honestly, valid.

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

There’s an important difference between scrutiny and concern. Here’s why this matters.

Ariana Grande’s appearance attracted intense scrutiny, not just genuine concern

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I loved The Fabelmans and West Side Story so much I will see any movie Spielberg makes, forever. But it feels like he keeps making movies that he’s convinced will spread the word that aliens exist, and instead, we keep responding by saying, what a fun summer movie! It’s heartbreaking

Earlier: "Minister John-Paul Langbroek will not say why his department removed eight Indigenous leaders from state cultural institutions.. It follows allegations the state government is systematically removing Indigenous directors in a sustained campaign..."

Qld minister tight-lipped about 'Project Invisibility' Indigenous sackings

Under the direction of Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, eight Indigenous directors have disappeared from the boards of south-east Queensland's cultural institutions.

abc.net.au

I'm sorry you cannot convince me this woman is a "food fraud expert". She is an arts administrator. Maybe a curator. Those glasses, that blouse, that vest, that broach are the true case of fraud 4 Corners should be reporting on.

Can't stop thinking about the show I saw at Fringe this year called "Nun Slut" where a woman stormed out 10 minutes into it and started yelling at the FOH staff about how she has the right to "cultural safety" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It took months for an LGBTQ+ arts pop-up to resurrect an old church – but just three days to shut it down

Group behind Divine Playhouse considering legal challenge and discrimination complaint after religious protests turned venue into culture war

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Happy Trainspotting the Musical reviews day to all who celebrate 🥂 www.timeout.com/london/news/...

‘Mindbogglingly bad’: ‘Trainspotting the Musical’ at Theatre Royal Haymarket Review

Choose life, choose a job… choose anything apart from Irvine Welsh’s musical adaptation of his own classic novel.

timeout.com

The long, global history of queer art in churches theconversation.com/the-long-glo...

The long, global history of queer art in churches

Divine Playhouse, a queer arts venue in a deconsecrated church, was forced to close its doors in Sydney last week. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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One time I did a $10,000 freelance job and I said "OK plus super" and they said "no super" and so I just didn't get paid super for that gig lol. I mean I didn't get super for most gigs. But that interaction stands out.

Okay someone please explain this article to me. The festival says paying pay-day super is too onerous and so they have to shut down, but also says that the festival "did not have the resources to get the bank and superannuation details" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Musos fear payday super rules could ruin live music industry

Two long-running Australian jazz festivals have been cancelled, with organisers blaming new superannuation rules.

abc.net.au

"Director Simon Stone – an Australian – seems obsessed with the English upper-middle classes." lol. true.

Andrzej Łukowski@mrlukowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

if you’re looking for an Icke-style faithful channelling of Aeschylus then Simon Stone’s The Oresteia at the Bridge is absolute garbage but if you’re up for a sort of Saltburn-styled true crime-style thriller I’d say it’s the best Stone since Yerma www.timeout.com/london/news/...

This article says "How do London and New York make it work?" ... but they don't. We are seeing similar issues globally. This isn't just an Australian story. Everyone who thinks we're special isn't looking globally.

Crikey@crikey.com.au · 3w ago

Australian theatre is dying. What went wrong? Industry insiders tell Crikey why Australian theatre productions are dropping like flies. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/15/a...

‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it * Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’ Big tech companies are asking for Australian copyright laws to be watered down, to allow them to scrape Australian output – including journalism, music and books – in order to improve their AI models. Guardian Australia this week reported on an industry proposal under which companies would commit more than $50bn in investment in datacentres and set up a $350m fund to compensate creatives in exchange for weaker copyright laws. Senator David Pocock has described it as the “ultimate dirty deal”. The Albanese government has insisted it has no plans to weaken copyright protections, after ruling out the potential text and data mining exemption last year – but creatives are sounding the alarm. Loudest among them this week are musicians, some of whom discovered last month that their work was already being scraped. Albanese is known for his love of Australian music. Guardian Australia spoke to some of his favourite bands to hear what they had to say to him. Continue reading...

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Oh no I went on holiday and now all I want is to be on holiday again.

haven’t seen it this pride month yet so reposting rn, gm all

I went on holidays and had a great time and this may be the best photo I will ever take.

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I can't believe I get to love my job and love art?! I get to love being an arts journalist?! I get to be an arts journalist?!!!!!!! Art is the best. I love art.

But I think if you're spending all of your time trying to sort fictional characters into DSM diagnoses you're losing sight of all kinds of socio-environmental factors and medicalizing the human condition. Which is fucking weird.

lol I deleted posts because i felt mean but I just need to say that people have known Oscar Wilde was queer for 150 years, it's not a revelation

let us have our fun, Lyn

The Stage@thestage.co.uk · 3mo ago

Does theatre need to be more honest about its close relationship with alcohol?, asks Lyn Gardner 👇

The artist population of Greater Sydney is shrinking – and becoming less culturally diverse theconversation.com/the-artist-p...

The artist population of Greater Sydney is shrinking – and becoming less culturally diverse

The artist population has fallen in all areas of Sydney, becoming less diverse, both racially and economically.

theconversation.com

I love this piece: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...

‘Do I put Sleeping Beauty on my CV?!’ Ballet dancers on their next steps, from midwifery to the House of Lords

Six dancers who made bold career pivots reflect on ballet’s transferable skills, what they miss about the stage – and what they were glad to leave behind

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Inspired by @hankgreen.bsky.social's fun new timeline of photos from the Artemis II mission, I wrote up an answer to a question that's more pertinent these days than it may seem: Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/a...

Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

anildash.com

Wow this is one of the stupidest things I've read about art in a while. www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

Is A Random Unknown Artist More Valuable Than Picasso? AI Thinks So.

We built an AI model to see whether artificial intelligence could bring more transparency to the art market. The data was striking.

artnews.com

saw someone on the internet critique psychology by saying "CBT is just conversion therapy to make people 'normal'" and I'm afraid I will be thinking about that stupidity forever now

Nicole Hockley’s 6-year-old son Dylan was murdered at Sandy Hook 13 years ago. She is the co-founder and CEO of Sandy Hook Promise. This smart piece, on what spoke most to her about THE DRAMA, is very much worth reading. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

My Son Was Killed at Sandy Hook. ‘The Drama’ Showed Me Every Warning Sign We Keep Missing

A mother who knows says the controversial Zendaya film contains exactly what we fail to see before violence erupts — and how to intervene.

hollywoodreporter.com

omg, this Q&A Adelaide Festival has published with their new Writers Week director www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2026/el...

good, productive feminism explains that gender isn't innate and the patriarchy can be deconstructed; essentially telling young women that all men are creeps and predators and will never change is actually just weirdly reactionary and purposeless

Kath Barbadoro@kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 4mo ago

i think it's just my algorithms since i interact w feminist content and this stuff often cloaks itself in that philosophy, but the fatalistic gender essentialism being fed to young women on social media rn is SO bleak

the internet is not ok