Critical Stages Touring is Australia’s national touring theatre company. Each year we tour outstanding theatrical productions to audiences right around Australia, helping to make live theatre accessible to audiences everywhere, especially in regional, rural and remote Australia. In 2019, we toured no less than 7 original Australian shows, reaching new audiences in over 100 different towns and communities right across Australia,…

Welcome to the Critical Stages Touring list of streaming theatre, cabaret, arts education and artist opportunities happening online this week and next. Our goal is to bring you with the best, as well as all the indy programming seen no where else. The list is updated throughout the week so if you find something we don’t know about, make sure we…

Welcome to the Critical Stages Touring list of streaming theatre, cabaret, arts education and artist opportunities happening online this week and next. Here you won’t just find the best, you’ll also find indy works from Oz and NZ that aren’t featured anywhere else. The list is updated throughout the week so if you find something we don’t know about, make sure…

Critical Stages Touring is thrilled to announce the launch of a new playwriting program in partnership with the UK’s Paines Plough Theatre Company. Come to Where I Am – Australia will engage seven regional and rural playwrights from around the country to create a new 10-minute story that is a snapshot of what it is like to live in their…

Welcome to the Critical Stages Touring list of streaming theatre, cabaret, arts education and artist opportunities happening online this week and next. Here you won’t just find the best, you’ll also find indy works from Oz and NZ that aren’t featured anywhere else. The list is updated throughout the week so if you find something we don’t know about, make sure…
In the last couple of months we’ve seen a huge number of artists, arts organisations and commercial entities rush to digital platforms to continue to engage their audiences, explore new ways of making theatre, and to connect with each other from isolation. What has become apparent is that many artists, particularly in the independent sector, have less resources and knowledge…

Welcome to the definitive Australian list of streaming theatre, cabaret, arts education and artist opportunities happening online this week and next. Here you won’t just find the best, you’ll also find indy works from Oz and NZ that aren’t featured elsewhere. The list is updated throughout the week so if you find something we don’t know about, make sure we do!…

Following up from our Covid-19 Survival Guide forum in April, Critical Stages Touring is hosting our next Indy Theatre Forum on Creative Practice in the Digital Environment. This one will be a little different. Shaped from feedback and suggestions from artists around the country this next zoom-enabled forum will recap the things we’ve learned so far about theatre in isolation,…

Welcome to the definitive Australian list of streaming theatre, cabaret, arts education and artist opportunities happening online this week and next. Here you won’t just find the best, you’ll also find indy works from Oz and NZ that aren’t featured elsewhere. The list is updated throughout the week so if you find something we don’t know about, make sure we do!…

Independent artists are the lifeblood of Australia’s theatre sector. They are the source of our most innovative and exciting new work, they stimulate our entire industry, provoke and often challenge our audiences, push the boundaries of what is possible and inspire us all. Independent artists create work for venues, festivals and communities large and small right around Australia, and often…