Victoria

'Flashover' multimedia artwork provides unique insights into bushfires
A University of Melbourne project harnesses new effects technology to explore one of the Australian environment's most alarming ever growing…

YIRRAMBOI expands globally, welcoming Northern Turtle Island, Canada as its 2025 Focus Nation
The Naarm/Melbourne-based First Nations festival is taking a step towards global cultural unity and collaboration.Â

Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer
The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.

Vale Tom Lowenstein OAM – a man who looked after artists
The sector mourns the loss of one of Australia’s most respected arts tax accountants, Tom Lowenstein.

Musical review: Follies, Palais Theatre
Australia’s first ever fully staged production of 'Follies' deserves an extended run.

Performance Review: QRAVE, Abbotsford Convent, midsumma festival
A combined performance and exhibition presenting queer histories.

Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre
Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.

Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All
The Opera for All concerts are being seen all over the globe. This week it was Melbourne's turn.

Theatre review: 37, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Race, community and identity in AFL.

Exhibition review: Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition, Seaworks Williamstown
Some of the world’s best marine photography comes to Melbourne.Â