Behind the scenes
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BroadwayWorld: Breathtakingly Beautiful
‘The ending of the piece was breathtakingly beautiful and served to bookend a complex and thoroughly engaging work’ – Barry Lenny, Broadway World REVIEW Value for Money Born in London, Barry Lenny was introduced to theatre as a small boy, through being taken to see traditional Christmas pantomimes, as well as discovering jazz and fine
ARTShub: Contemporary dance company recognised for pushing boundaries
Journalist Suzannah Conway spoke with GUTS Dance Co-Artistic Directors Frankie Snowdon & Madeleine Krenek; and Co-Directors, creators and choreographers of the GUTS Dance Production of Value for Money Sara Black & Jasmine Sheppard, as well as Artback NT’s Performing Arts Manager, Evan Saunders for a feature piece about the boundary pushing gutsy Mparntwe based dance company
Conversations, Some Like it Hot
Some like it hot, is an exhibition curated by Wendy Garden that showcases the work of two accomplished, much lauded and much-loved Northern Territory based artists: Therese Ritchie and Franck Gohier. These artists are well known for their satirical work that combines wit and humour with astute social observation. In this exhibition Garden reflects on
Playing “groove quarantine” tunes from the Desert to the Top End
Fusing blues, rock and funk into a unique desert sound, Purple Patch left their hometown of Alice Springs and headed north on their first tour through the Territory in May 2021. Their tour kicked off at Wide Open Space, then they drove up the Stuart Highway to Tennant Creek and Katherine. Stopping off in Darwin
Turning trash into animated characters through the magic of black light
Rick Knight and the production team from Channel NT caught-up with the creatives from Trash Magic. This new children’s play is being produced by Luminous Productions, an all-abilities theatre company. The show uses black light theatre and is scheduled to tour the Northern Territory later this year. Behind the light and under the black light
Celebrating Puṉuku Tjukurpa
Puṉuku Tjukurpa was the first exhibition from the Maṟuku Arts archive to tour nationally. The collection is housed at Muṯitjulu which is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park of the Northern Territory. The exhibition featured eighty-eight puṉu objects such as piti (wooden bowls), miru (spearthowers), tjaṟa (shields), kuḻaṯa (spears) and selected carvings of birds
Celebrating food as a form of social sculpture with Sarah Pirrie
Whilst taking a break from teaching earlier this year to pursue her next major piece of work that will contribute to a PhD, I caught up with SPARK NT Curator Sarah Pirrie in her studio. I can see how this space, which is also her home, is not only an incubator for ideas and discussion
Inside the Carriage
Hot off the heels of their whirl wind journey on the night train from Alice Springs to Darwin aboard The Ghan. Constantina Bush with Eduardo and The Night Train played to adoring audiences in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine – finishing with a roaring crescendo at the Darwin Festival. Friday night what should I
the catharsis of a good Q & A
Liz Rogers, Artback NT’s Performing Arts Manager, reflected upon the successful Q & A’s following the perception experiment. The show invited audiences to explore time and space in an innovative and experiential live dance performance, sound and sculptural installation. The following article provides an insight into the inception of ‘the perception experiment’ and offers a
Embracing passion for Australia’s Aboriginal Culture and Heritage
Barb Allan reflects on her time as an Artback NT Aurora intern last September … An email confirming I’d been accepted into the Aurora Internship Program landed in my inbox the very same day I graduated with my double Bachelor degree from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), and exactly one week after my 40th