Marg Horwell takes home a Tony and the Perth Cabaret Festival ceases operations

Marg Horwell has taken home the Tony Award for best costume design for a play for the Broadway production of The Picture of Dorian Grey, adding to her collection after taking out the Olivier Award for the West End production last year.As part of their exploration of reforms begun last year, the Productivity Commission has called for submissions into "Harnessing data and digital technology" including the use of AI. Claire Pullen from the Australian Writers' Guild shares the hopes and concerns from her sector of the arts.And the board of the Perth International Cabaret Festival has announced that the 2025 Festival will not proceed and that they will cease operations effective immediately. Ali Welburn, one of the festival's founders, explains what happened and looks to the future.Our track of the week is Final Days by Lucius, chosen by Ce BenedictStories mentioned in the headlines:Winners of the Tony Awards include Sarah SnookPolice investigating the killing of Jonathan Joss as a possible hate crimeAustin Mackay misses music festival performance after being detained at LAXMSO records significant loss over last financial yearLost Turner oil painting found after 150 yearsTom Cruise scores Guinness World Record for most burning parachute jumps