Melbourne
Review: Danger Music by Eddie Ayres, Allen and Unwin
Ayres teaches us the transcendental power of music, Afghanistan’s fighting spirit and the peaks and valleys of the Middle East.
Review: Bottomless by Dan Lee, fortyfivedownstairs
Support our playwrights and go to see this original new work. It's original, lyrical, unsettling and yet gentle.
Review: The Queen's Colonial by Peter Watt, Macmillan
Another epic from the master storyteller.
Thinking like plants: how art can help us empathise with vegetables
A diverse range of creative practitioners will use sound, dance, music and film to explore how we can listen to…
Review: MSO – Beethoven 5, Hamer Hall
A famous performance of classical music’s most famous composition.
Celebrating our City of Literature
In the ten years since Melbourne joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, how has the literary sector changed, and what…
Review: My Country by David Marr, Black Inc.
David Marr’s anthology, My Country, burns the names of those who fall under his crosshairs into their political headstones.
Review: Twelfth Night, Southbank Theatre
MTC’s take on Shakespeare’s tale of desire, love and disguise has a stellar cast but is worth going to for…
Review: Astroman, Arts Centre Melbourne
A coming- of-age tale about having to break patterns to give yourself a another life, Astroman is heartwarming but unnecessarily…
Million dollar grant will help La Mama rise from the ashes
The Andrews Labor Government has kicked off La Mama Theatre’s fundraising campaign following a devastating fire in May this year.