Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Observer
Williamstown Musical Theatre Company presents Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical from November 7- 22 at Altona Theatre, 115 Civic Pde, Altona.A 2015 American jukebox musical based on the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, the musical version has a score made up of hit songs from the 1990s. The film Cruel Intentions is itself a modern-day telling…
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Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again by Alice Birch is being presented by WIT Incorporated from November 25-29 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray, and December 13 at The Bowery Theatre, St Albans..Directed by Emily O’Brien Brown, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again dissects language, power and identity through vignettes.‘It twists words into weapons and turns…
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From November 5 to December 7, the 2025 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival, will open in cities across Australia, screening at Palace Cinemas, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas.Opening the festival is the Australian premiere of The Choral, a wartime drama with a cast led by Ralph Fiennes, and directed by Nicholas Hytner.As a group…
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Avid Theatre presents a theatrical reimagining of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs at The Bakery @ 1812 Theatre until November 8. Described as ‘tense, stylish and darkly funny’.After a jewel heist goes violently wrong, the surviving criminals meet in a warehouse to unmask the traitor among them.Paranoia builds, tempers flare, and loyalty unravels as the gang’s…
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The scope and ambition of Breath of Kings is epic. Director Robert Johnson has assembled a cast of 20 to perform Shakespeare’s Henry VI parts one, two and three, with Richard III thrown in for good measure. Rarely done, the Henrys are some of the earliest of Shakespeare’s oeuvre detailing the Machiavellian machinations during the…
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Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents One Night Only by Jackson Castiglione and Rawcus from November 26-30 at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.Multidisciplinary artist Jackson Castiglione (Field Theory, ICON, Anything & Everything) makes innovative live experiences that champion the voices of ordinary people. In this new theatrical adventure, One Night Only, he teams up with members…
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Presented by Flatpack and Theatre Works, Control was an interesting sci-fi odyssey which gave a glimpse, but only a glimpse, into what the late 21st century might look like.The play had three acts. In the first, four astronauts are aboard a spacecraft heading to Mars to establish a colony. Or maybe they’re not. The second…
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Written and directed by Kirk Jones, I Swear is a bittersweet, feel-good portrait that tells the true story of John Davidson (Robert Aramayo).Set in Galashiels in the Scottish borderlands, Davidson’s life is turned upside down with the onset of Tourette’s syndrome at age 14, a little-known neurological condition in 1980s Scotland.A promising goalie, an audition…
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La Mama is back, with more enthusiasm and dedication than ever before.After a hiatus in 2025, and rebuilding and updating their theatre, the dedicated team behind La Mama are ready to face 2026. Caitlin Dullard and the La Mama Committee of Management have been hard at work securing sponsorship and grants to preserve the future…
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In a joyous celebration of the music of Dolly Parton, the musical Here You Come Again is having an encore Melbourne season.A gay Dolly Parton fan, 40-something Kevin, is struggling with life as a relationship fails and he finds himself back living with his parents in Bendigo.However, a fairy godmother in the form of Dolly…
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