Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Observer
Pictured: Truth To Power CafePhoto: Kate Holmes Jeremy Goldstein and Theatre Works present Truth to Power Café from February 5 – 6 at Theatre Works, 14 Acland St , St Kilda.Created, written and performed by Jeremy Goldstein with Henry Woolf, directed by Jen Heyes, and described as ‘a profound theatrical reflection on loss, hope, and…
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Observer
Penny Farrow’s adaptation of Lewis Caroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a magical, fun-packed 60 minutes.Performed for a limited season at the Athenaeum Theatre, Farrow’s Alice in Wonderland was created over a decade ago with Executive and Creative Producer Ethan Walker, and still resonates with imagination and creativity.The fantastical characters Alice meets on her…
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Police News
Pictured: Sam Abdulrahim Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Preston on Tuesday morning (Jan. 28). Emergency services were called to reports a man had been shot in a car park on High S in Preston shortly after 10.30am. A man died at the scene. He is believed…
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Uncategorized
Pictured: Rouzbeh Nadjar (Ben the Survivalist), Melanie Tsimbas (Jane the Skeptic), Louisa Cusumano (May the Navigator), Sacha Brown (Laura the Leader), Stella Heard (Fiona the Seer), Jay Gold (Axle the Sadist) and Stella Klironomakis (Uma the Heretic) in The Aevum Valley. The Aevum Valley, an original new horror play by VCA Theatre alumni and emerging…
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Police News
Police are investigating a fatal collision in Gisborne on Tuesday morning (Jan. 28). Emergency services were called to Bacchus Marsh Rd where a car and motorbike collided about 6.20am. The rider, a 35-year-old man from Corio, died at the scene. The male driver of the car stopped at the scene. He was taken to hospital…
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Observer
Pictured: MSO Chief Conductor Jaime Martin. Photo: Paul Marc Mitchell Over three star-filled February summer nights, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will continue its more than 60-year tradition of performing free outdoor concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.The 2025 free summer series opens on February 5 with Cybec Assistant Conductor Leonard Weiss leading the MSO…
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Police News
Whitehorse Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after an attempted carjacking in a fast-food restaurant car park in Forest Hill on Sunday, January 5. Investigators have been told the two victims were sitting inside their vehicle in the car park on Canterbury Rd about 8.10pm. The victims noticed a black Mercedes pull into the park…
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Observer
Pictured: Elizabeth Brennan in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Photo: Ben Fon Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, under the stars, directed by Glenn Elston was a delightful night of theatre.Set at the Garter Inn and adjacent houses of two middle class Windsor families, the Fords and the Page, the company’s early 1970’s take…
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Police News
Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad have charged five people and seized four luxury vehicles worth over $600,000 as part of an investigation into fraudulent loan applications allegedly submitted to obtain the vehicles. Investigators will allege those involved were using fraudulent identity documents to submit loan applications to financial institutions to purchase high end vehicle…
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Observer
Life certainly deals some curve balls at times, and Queensland author Julie Holland explores that idea to the full in hee latest novel, ‘Full Circle’.As in Holland’s earlier novels, the protagonist is not some gorgeous size 8 blonde 20-something, but a mature woman in midlife. Not your traditional kind of heroine, but someone her readers…
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