Steve Dow

Steve Dow

Steve Dow is the 2020 Walkley Arts Journalism Award recipient for his essay, profile and reportage portfolio. The Melbourne-born, Sydney-based arts writer’s work also appears in The Saturday Paper, Guardian Australia, The Monthly, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Meanjin, Art Guide, and Vault.


Articles by Steve Dow

features

A new sheen to his career

Rahel Romahn plays Mozart in Amadeus, opposite Michael Sheen as his musical adversary, Salieri. He plans to pick Sheen’s brains, since the Welsh star portrayed Mozart in London in 1998 and then on Broadway.

November 21, 2022
features

On the beach

The Lithuanian creators of Sun & Sea discuss their award-winning opera-performance, which will be staged on an artificial beach at Sydney Festival.

November 21, 2022
features

Heart is a Wasteland: reimagined

Ilbjerri AD Rachael Maza and performer Monica Jasmine Karo discuss the remount of John Harvey's musical play, as we wait to see how the Albanese government honours its commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

July 18, 2022
news

Tony Burke on Labor’s arts policy

The Arts Minister discusses developing a cultural policy, an insurance scheme, local content quotas, support of the commercial sector and the role of the Australia Council, but remains tight-lipped on funding levels.

June 30, 2022
Supported by Festival of Voices

Festival of Voices ready to ring out

The Festival of Voices is back. Graham Abbott discusses one of the program highlights: Handel’s four Coronation Anthems.

June 10, 2022