Melbourne

So you want my arts job: Director, Independent Theatre
If you love collaborative storytelling that helps communities form around a common goal, directing indie theatre productions may be the…

Potter Museum reopens in 2025 with exhibition and resources on 65,000 years of Australian art
After extensive redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art makes a comeback with a glossy new entrance and…

Comedy Review: The Good Immigrant, Trades Hall
A new Indian immigrant to Australia reflects on culture shocks and similarities between the two countries.

Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season
Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…

Circus training centre to open up for sector
One Fell Swoop and Na Djinang among those circus companies looking forward to the appointment of a new site operator.

Sondheim’s Follies and Boojum! revival feature in Victorian Opera 2025 season
Artistic Director Stuart Maunder discusses his 2025 season, which includes chamber opera, a lavish musical and a new opera for…

From Björk to Blade Runner 2049: revisioning the future at ACMI
The Future & Other Fictions is a major new exhibition focused on screen culture’s ability to imagine a better world.

Opera review: Puccini Gala: Suor Angelica, Athenaeum Theatre
A one-act opera and gala concert that showcases the best of Melbourne Opera talent.

Dance review: Dredge, Theatre Works
Dance theatre that tracks the beginning of life and follows it to modernity.

The 60-somethings ruling the roost this Melbourne Fringe
To borrow the words of the Bard (and Enobarbus), age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety.