@elissablake

elissablake has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in July 2022. Resources elissablake has populated their site with include: • ‘Why should adults judge children’s books?’ Australian kids take over prestigious book awards • From plumbing shop to world stage: meet Australia’s Irish dance boy wonder • 'Better than we dared imagine': Sydney Opera House unveils its ‘miracle’ new concert hall • This extreme play makes people faint. How do the actors stay sane, night after night? • ‘My experience was not #MeToo, it was #HerToo’: Eryn Jean Norvill on her life-changing return to the stage • Anna Karenina review – this striking, steamy, seductive ballet is a masterpiece • ‘Don’t get rid of your old Lego!’: Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught’s unlikely rise to fame • ‘My head was exploding with it all’: understudies suddenly thrust into the spotlight • Plan to see a show or film? Your questions about Covid-safety in Australia answered • Major Australian musicals cancel shows as more than 90 performers contract Covid • From the Australian Ballet to Brandenburg’s Noël!: the best live arts to stream this Christmas • Risks, refunds and cancellations: your guide to buying tickets amid Covid this summer • Sydney theatres on tenterhooks and music festival cancelled as NSW braces for ‘astronomical’ Covid rise • What went wrong at Circus Oz? The story behind the veteran company’s ‘devastating’ downfall • Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your phones: how tech and shock jocks hacked Julius Caesar • Flouncing out: Australian Ballet stows away the tutu in 2022 • ‘Mum wasn’t looking for fame’: John Olsen’s children unveil Valerie Strong’s first solo art show • ‘Precision and artistry’: 35 years of Away, the quintessentially Australian summer play • New Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins: ‘If I can show kids how to be natural, that would mean the world to me’ • ‘The show can’t always go on’: will regional theatre bounce back in the Covid-normal age? • From Australia to the Tonys: Moulin Rouge! The Musical poised to make history • A tale of two cities: Sydney shows prepare to reopen as Melbourne theatres remain mothballed • Walls that talk: how to buy real art in lockdown, from budget finds to custom commissions • Australia’s arts sector shredded by latest Covid shutdown and won’t survive without government help, report warns • ‘Traumatic’: Hamilton and Come From Away musical cast and crew stood down without pay • Hamilton, Come From Away among shows to close during Sydney’s snap Covid lockdown • ‘A firework is a beautiful way to pay tribute’: Dark Mofo ceremony celebrates lives with a flash in the sky • Artist Sally Rees unveils her inner crone: ‘We need to embrace being cranky and terrifying’ • Come From Away: real-life characters from 9/11 feelgood musical treasure memories of kindness • Smash-hit musical Hamilton confirms Melbourne season: ‘Mask up and we’ll be there’ • Phosphorescence: Julia Baird’s bestseller wins book of the year • ‘We looked after each other’: Harry Potter's Australian cast finally returns to the stage • 'Half masks', packed foyers and bar queues: are Covid-safe theatres really safe? • Sydney festival teeters 'on a knife-edge' ahead of Wednesday's opening • Low-key new year celebrations as border closures cause chaos • 'We have broken a lot of hearts': Frozen, Pippin cancel shows amid Sydney Covid outbreak • Kerri-Anne Kennerley breaks collarbone after falling from trapeze during Pippin performance • 'Something to celebrate': Australian-produced Moulin Rouge! the Musical lands 14 Tony nominations • 'I go out to the beach to dance': Australian artists contemplate their lives – and careers – post Covid • Australian theatres nervously reopen with mandatory masks and temperature checks • Hamilton’s Australian producers say social distancing will be a ‘deal-breaker’ • 'It's been deeply odd': how NIDA, Australia's most prestigious acting school, is managing the pandemic • Your living room's a stage: the best arts, crafts and theatre for kids in lockdown • Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions deal 'devastating' blow to arts companies • 'It's like our future has gone': visual artists facing existential threat post Covid-19 • 'How do we recover?': Australian arts sector fears rescue package won't be enough to survive • Zoom fatigue and an awkward in-between: theatre can't wait to be back onstage • 'Show respect and listen': scenes from Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station • Christo's Wrapped Coast: how the monumental Australian work was made – and changed art history • Coronavirus NSW: galleries and museums scramble after unexpected lifting of restrictions • 'We put on theatre no matter what': what will Australian stages look like post-pandemic? • 'Our income vanished': Australia's galleries and museums buckle in Covid-19 storm • 'Theatre kept my mind so activated': the existential crisis of Sydney's 'standing ovation man' • Leotards in lockdown: ballet dancers find new ways to keep fit – but how long can they hold on?