Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Monday, October 12, 2026
Essence Theatre Productions presents The Yellow Line for five performances from May 29 to June 1 at The Bowery Theatre, St Albans.The Yellow Line, making its premiere, is a new work inspired by true events at Port Phillip Prison. The prison is set to close in 2025 amid major prison reforms.A Pasifika guard is tasked…
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The golden voice of Muriel Cooper brought so much inspiration and comfort to a generation of radio listeners in her two decades on 3AW and ABC Melbourne.But Muriel’s post-radio career has been equally fascinating. Today she is a popular novelist and is a clinical psychologist.Combining those two skills has led to her latest book, a…
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Nathan Hugh Robért returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a reworked version of Tiny King, directed by Taylor Griffiths at the Motley Bauhaus in Carlton.Is it a play, stand-up, or a self-deprecating monologue with a dash of audience participation?Honestly, it’s none of the above—and hard to define. What it is, though, is deeply…
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A fascination with the Guinness Book of World Records exposed Julian O’Shea to many of the world’s quirky and weirdest world records. And so he questioned the provenance of these records. Will they ever be broken and what do you do to become a record breaker?His desideratum to break a world record all started as…
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Virtuoso stars Casey Filips as the pompous and pretentious British actor, Tobias Finley-Fraser, in this solo comedy master class of a show.Co-opted as casting directors, the audience reserves its collective judgement on auditionee number 86, Finley-Fraser.A classically-trained actor and veteran, Finley-Fraser reveals, of 300 similar cattle call auditions.Like the legendary Alexander Dane from the iconic…
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Dalin Oliver is a South African comedian, making his debut performance at the MICF.He has performed his show in 18 cities and in seven countries including Australia, Netherlands, England, France, Spain and Germany.Dalin has boundless energy and enthusiasm for the diversity of his native South Africa.He enthuses about his native city of Cape Town and…
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“You have been watching Milo Edwards,” reads the headline of a card listing a glossary of British terms and references, laying on the seat of each audience member. Claiming that the show was the most ‘British’ show that he has ever written, it provided an insight into the many eccentricities and foibles of British life.A…
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Heidelberg Theatre Company presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from April 25 to May 10 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is adapted by Simon Stephens from the novel by Mark Haddon.The story tells of Christopher Boone, an extremely clever and intelligent young man,…
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Following a sellout season at Grouse Melbourne in 2024, Bree Carroll, Ava Grayland and Kadee Axiak present Throuple the Musical until April 20 at The Grace Darling Hotel in the Band Room.This jukebox parody follows Kadee and Bree as they decide to bring a third person into their relationship after a failed proposal.Enter Ava, who…
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Congratulations to Victorian writer Chrissie Bellbrae (pictured) on releasing her debut novel The Florentine Quilt.While working in education, Chrissie undertook a Fiona McIntosh Masterclass and completed her first manuscript. She says she hasn’t stopped writing since.The novel is inspired by Chrissie’s life-long interest in art and fabric, stories her grandmother told her, and remarkable women…
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