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Ten must-see shows at Melbourne Festival

Venture into the rich array of dance, circus, theatre, music and more on offer at the 2016 Melbourne Festival.

4 Oct 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: Back to Back Theatre’s Lady Eats Apple; photo by Jeff Busby.

No sooner has the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival faded into a happy memory than the Melbourne Festival rides to the fore, charging down side streets and laneways, activating institutions, and transforming existing spaces into temporary worlds of wonder and delight.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts