Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Observer
Wendy Stapleton presents a tribute to the songs and career of Dusty Springfield, Britain’s greatest female pop singer in The Dusty Springfield Show Feat on Saturday, November 22 at Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland St, St Kilda. Doors open 7pm, showtime 8pm.Dusty Springfield endured a 35-year career in music because of her unique heartbreaking voice,…
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Observer
With the annual Remembrance Day looming next week, Skunkworks Productions is bringing its popular show The Silent Anzac to Hawthorn Arts Centre this weekend.The Silent Anzac is a moving tributed to one Australia’s most storied submarines and the men and women of The Great War.The show received standing ovations when it was performed at Australia…
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Observer
Frankston Arts Centre and HIT Productions present Tenori: On the Road on Friday, November 14 at 10.30am and 11.40am.Returning by popular demand as part of Frankston Arts Centre’s Daytime Music and Theatre program, Tenori will perform timeless classics from opera, music theatre, jazz and beyond.Featuring vocalists David Kidd, Stewart Morris and Andrew Pryor, with 75…
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Observer
SHOWS LOTS Theatre (Legends of the Skies): Charles Kingsford Smith – The Man, the Myth, the Mystery, Smithy a musical flight through history. November 6 – 8 at 7.30pm, Nov 8 and 9 at 2pm at the Moorabbin Air Museum. Artistic Director: Maggie Morrison. All tickets $25, family of four $90. Bookings: .trybooking.com/DFEAGMalvern Theatre Company:…
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Local People
True crime writer Vikki Petraitis captivated guests at a Joan Saxton Speakers’ luncheon with fascinating stories of her investigative work.A school teacher earlier in her life, Vikki’s first book The Phillip Island Murder was co-written with journalist Paul Daley and published in 1993.The book has now come full circle with the new Spotify podcast The…
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Police News
Brimbank Highway Patrol officers impounded two motorcycles in Diggers Rest on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 1).Police observed the two motorbikes, both without registrations plates, riding in convoy north along Plumpton Rd about 12.30pm.Officers were able to intercept one of the motorbikes and spoke to the 40-year-old female rider from Deanside.Not only did she have outstanding matters…
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Police News
Police are investigating a shooting in Bayswater on Saturday (Nov. 1).Emergency services were called to Station and High Sts just before 4pm where a man was located with a suspected gunshot wound.It is understood two men were seen arguing in a supermarket car park just prior to the incident.The victim was taken to hospital with…
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Observer
The Australian Opera’s revival production of The Barber of Seville plays to the inherent comic nonsense of the buffa tradition in opera.Count Almaviva (Shanul Sharma) attempts to woo Rosina (Helen Sherman) with the aid of Figaro (Samuel Dundas).Standing in his way is Rosina’s guardian, Dr Bartolo (Andrew Moran) who is advised by Don Basilio (David…
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Police News
Police are investigating an affray in Mirboo North on Friday night (Oct. 31).Investigators were told an altercation occurred between two groups of people at a recreational reserve on Strzelecki Hwy about 9.45pm.A 19-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man, all from Mirboo North, were assaulted during Halloween celebrations.They were taken to hospital with…
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Dandenong Police thought they had seen it all before responding to calls reporting a driver was asleep at the wheel in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant, in the early hours of Saturday morning (Nov. 1).Officers arrived at the Cheltenham Rd restaurant to find a man allegedly asleep at the wheel of a Toyota Camry…
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