Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Sisters in Crime presents The Comfort of Cosy Crime on Friday, October 16 at 8pm at the Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan S, South Melbourne.Penny Tangey (What Rhymes with Murder), Kate Solly (The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up), and A.M. Stuart (Christmas at the Convent) will be exploring the joys (and challenges) of cosy crime…
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Monash University Student Theatre (MUST) presents the contemporary Australian play Prickly Love until October 3 at the MUST Space, Monash University.Written by Gita Bezard and directed by Tiara Pires, assisted by Nethuli Bandara, Prickly Love tells of the challenging climate of modern love, depicted with honest hilarity through messy breakfast breakups, bad dates with finance…
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Writer-performer Dayna Fallon, 2025 Victorian State Champion of the Australian Poetry Slam and National Finalist, presents her debut solo theatre work The Manager is Me as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, from October 8-17 at .Directed by Cathy Hunt, the story tells of Dayna Fallon’s husband having a seizure on the bathroom floor.In the…
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Narrative and theatre collide in this production of Lord of the Flies directed by Steven Mitchell Wright.First adapted for the stage in 1995 by Nigel Williams from William Golding’s novel, the story of English schoolboys going feral has become a classroom classic highlighting how easily the thin veneer of culture is broken.Wright has overemphasised production…
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Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company presents a new interpretation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, edited, designed and directed by Artistic Director Jonty Reason, from September 30 to October 4 at the Bellamy Hall Theatre, Albert St, Mornington.While retaining its traditional Edwardian setting, this production infuses the classic text with distinctly modern sensibilities, shifting the focus entirely…
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Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Bendigo last year.Emergency services were called to reports a truck had collided with a pedestrian on High St just after 8.30am on October 10 last year.The pedestrian, a 15-year-old boy, died at the scene.The truck driver, a 36-year-old Sebastian man, was…
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Writing Australia announced the winners of the 2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, celebrating six outstanding books that reflect the breadth, skill and vitality of Australian storytelling.The winners were revealed at a ceremony at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, on Thursday (Sep. 10).The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recognise the exceptional contribution Australian writers, illustrators, poets…
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Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre presents the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels until September 26 at the Lilydale Mechanics’ Institute, 39-41 Castella St, Lilydale.With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Jeffrey Lane, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is directed by Alan Burrows. Originally a 1988 hit movie starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, the musical written in…
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Arts Centre Melbourne and Hey Dowling present An Evening Without Kate Bush from October 13-18 at the Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne.Audiences of the cult cabaret are invited to enter Strange Phenomena, howl with the Hounds of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights all over again. An Evening Without Kate Bush pays…
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Internationally acclaimed harpsichordist and early music specialist Kristian Bezuidenhout joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a Handel and Bach concert at Ringwood’s George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Ringwood on Friday, September 18.Australian-born and now based in London, Bezuidenhout is one of the world’s leading period-instrument keyboard players, celebrated for his performances of Mozart, Bach and…
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