Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, September 17, 2026
At its inaugural Music Data and Insights Summit, the Victorian Music Development Office launched its new research commission, Skills and Roles – Support workers in Victorian music industries.Following a long-term research partnership with RMIT University, these new insights provide the VMDO with a current evidence-based perspective and expands on the 2020 study, Career Path: The…
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Monash Uni Student Theatre (MUST, MSA) announces that while their season of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical being presented from May 30 to June 7 is booked out, an extra performance has been scheduled for Saturday, May 31 at 1.30pm in The MUST Space at Monash University, Clayton.Adapted from the book The Lightning…
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ShowsBairnsdale Production Line Theatre Company: Come From Away (by Irene Sankolff and David Hein) Until May 25 at the Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, Bairnsdale. Director: Peter Martignoles. Bookings: eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/leisure/whats-on-and-buy-ticketsEltham Little Theatre: Crossroads – A One Act Play Season. Until May 16 (Playwrights: Emma Wood, Paula Armstrong, John Jennings and Daniel Reitz) at the Eltham…
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From Roses to Poison, being the English translation, was premiered by the Melbourne French Theatre Inc as a rehearsed and costumed reading at their very own La Maison De Maitre Building in Carlton, being their 110th production over their 48 years.From English it has been translated into French by Michelle Beugnot with the help of…
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Gary Abrahams, in his direction of The Comeuppance by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, provides a juxtaposition of lives led vacuously against a backdrop of personal and social trauma.Ostensibly reconnecting for a class reunion after 20 years, five friends weigh up the cost of their successes and failures. Ursula (AYA), the recluse, doesn’t want to go to the…
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Easy Rider bluesAndy Baylor and his Cajun Combo plus special guests will be taking an easy ride through all the rocking roots music that has made Melbourne one of the greatest music cities in the world , says Andy.An inspirational force on the scene since the mid 1970s, Andy \has led bands on fiddle, guitar…
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Heidelberg Theatre Company’s production The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is sold out and it’s easy to see why.Playing until May 10 in Rosanna, this superbly staged and acted interpretation treats audiences to a memorable theatre experience.Adapted into a stage play by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s 2003 mystery novel, The Curious…
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In Winnipeg, a child dressed as Groucho Marx shows up to class and is immediately placed in a cupboard.Another child confesses that a turkey stole his spectacles.The exasperated teacher (Mani Soleymanlou) orders the class into the cupboard.Outside, a long trail of children queues patiently in the snow for a turn on a single swing.Later, two…
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Monolith is a powerful new dance work by Joel Bray Dance that echoes and honours generations of protest and rebellion, presented from June 3-15 at Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall as part of the Rising Festival.Together, five fierce Brown present themselves as obstacle and resistance to colonising power. They evoke a monolith – the…
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It is every aspiring musician’s dream to play with a professional symphony orchestra.While not every keen music student will reach those heights, some passionate community musicians have the chance to play with the acclaimed Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for just one day.On Saturday May 10 at 7.30 pm in Hamer Hall, selected community musicians will have…
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