Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria presents The Mikado from July 17 – 20 at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton.With music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and the libretto by W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado is a comic opera, featuring entertaining songs such as I’ve Got a Little List, A Wand’ring Minstrel I, Three…
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This Theatreworks production of Soldier Boy is masterfully adapted by writer Anthony Hill into a play from his bestselling novel based on a true story.Set in WWI in 1915, 14-year-old, Melbourne boy James Martin is resolute in his desire to put up his age and serve with the Australian forces overseas.Playing James, Oliver Tapp’s nuanced…
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St Kilda Film Festival has announced the winners of Australia’s Top Short Film Competition for 2025.Australia’s longest-running short film festival award winners will take home a combined $40,000 worth of cash and prizes across 14 categories.The prestigious Best Short Film Award, courtesy of City of Port Phillip, was awarded to The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie…
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The wonderful night time transformation of Melbourne ‘s botanical gardens into the dazzling sound and vision extravaganza that is Lightscape returns with a whole new show this year.If you’ve not been before, Lightscape is a series of over twenty different installations set up on a walking trail which winds its way through the gardens for…
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The 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival, presenting the best new cinema from the Nordic region, will be presented at Palace cinemas from July 11 to August 3.The unveiling of this year’s program revealed a diverse and thought–provoking selection from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland with 2025 Cannes Grand Prix winner, Sentimental Value as the…
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Buoys unpluggedIt’s all happening again at the Two Buoys Dromana Wine and Cocktail Bar.This year’s Unplugged open music competition has kicked off and will run over the next few months.Featuring solo artists, duos and acoustic acts, contestants will be playing their best for prizes totalling over $14.000 and the chance for future work opportunities. Visit…
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I am joining a standing ovation, having experienced one extraordinary performance and musical masterpiece after another.At Hamer Hall, the magnificent Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Benjamin Northey and guest pianists, have transported the audience to a place of joy.Nearly 140,000 votes were cast in this year’s ABC Classic FM Countdown for the 100 most popular…
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The Yellow Line (two worlds, one line) directed and co-written by Alaine Beek and Berne-Lee (Nana) Edwards will be presented on July 26 and 27 at the Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee.Described as ‘a powerful true story’, and inspired by events at Port Phillip Prison, now set to close in 2025 amid major prison reforms, The…
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Some best friends get together over coffee for deep and meaningful chat, but Melbourne-based besties Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus take it one step further.The two friends write together and have just released their fourth novel, Love Overdue.Described as a heartwarming rom com about the ink first love puts on your heart, Love Overdue introduces…
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Green Room(R). 95 minutes. Now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.Balancing a slow-burn intensity with moments of ferocious violence, the new film from writer/director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Hold The Dark, Rebel Ridge) supplies the kind of edge-of-your-seat thrills that is missing from so many American thrillers made today. Like Blue Ruin, things begin quietly. A…
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