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The Eighty-Six is a new festival celebrating one of the world's greatest music cities – it’s the biggest party a tram line has ever thrown.
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State Library Victoria is offering creatives and scholars a share in $190,000 to support in-depth inquiry into the State Collection and bring fresh perspectives to Victorian life and history, as part of the 2023 Fellowships program.
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Come Dance with Me is a brand new TV dance competition show filming at Docklands Studio Melbourne for American Television.
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Melbourne's Arts Industry once again converges at the iconic Comedy Theatre to celebrate and applaud the accomplishments of its talented community at The 37th Annual Green Room Awards.
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From this Friday 11 January the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will begin releasing 40 tickets for every performance of the play for $40 per part.
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The former Victoria Police Mounted Branch stables have been transformed into world-class teaching and learning facilities for students of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music following an $18 million make-over.
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In the stunning surrounds of Raheen, her historic 19th-century home, a fortunate few eagerly awaited Jeanne Pratt AC stepping up to the podium to announce the shows that would form The Production Company’s 20-year anniversary season.
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Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, have today confirmed the record-breaking production will open in early 2019 in Melbourne, Australia, exclusively and only at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.
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Adelaide Festival Centre has announced that award-winning Australian stage and screen star, writer and performer Virginia Gay will take on the role of Artistic Director for the...
Wendy Mocke has been awarded the 2023 Griffin Award for new Australian playwriting for her play I am Kegu.
Sydney Fringe Festival, New South Wales’ largest independent arts festival, today announced the 2023 program.
NORPA has announced an innovative new appointment with the engagement of Jeanti St Clair as a Research Artist for the NORPA’s Makers Hub initiative.- The 2023 UKARIA residency has been awarded to accomplished composer Kevin March.
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Entirely sung through, this is a musical with a proper and original score that still feels remarkably fresh and sits in staggering contrast to the slot machine pay outs of a Jukebox musical.
Just like the source material, this is a morality tale, a fantasy to reflect dysfunction, rectify disappointment and repair disillusion but legacy and intergenerational grief are tenacious task masters.
LaPaglia is simply outstanding as a salesman bartering down his own price. Believable, present, committed – every indignity is expertly handled, never demonstrated but achingly and authentically realised.
Oneiric stands out as one of the best NICA graduate showcases in memory. The show is a true fusion of contemporary dance with circus skills.
It’s hard to follow the exact story, but that doesn’t really matter, as Crystal is more about enjoying familiar circus acts recontextualized within a bevy of ice dancers and stunt skaters.
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This Old Vic Production by Jack Thorne gives the Muppets a run for their money.
Just like the source material, this is a morality tale, a fantasy to reflect dysfunction, rectify disappointment and repair disillusion but legacy and intergenerational grief are tenacious task masters.