Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Observer
Some of Australia’s finest actors are set to take the stage in GWB Entertainment and Andrew Henry Presents’ production of Arthur Miller’s timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Death of a Salesman for a strictly limited season in Melbourne, August 11-22.Award-winning Anthony LaPaglia, will reprise his role as Willy Loman alongside Australian actor Alison Whyte, re-creating her…
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Observer
PLOS Musical Productions has a long history of presenting musicals with youth members in the casts, and now the theatre company is introducing something new and exciting for young people with a passion for musical theatre.The Next Generation musicals will continue the tradition of presenting productions at the Frankston Arts Centre, giving young cast members…
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Police News
A Werribee man, 27, was sentenced on Friday (July 3) by the County Court to 17 years’ imprisonment for the attempted importation of 63kg of methamphetamine, money laundering and drug trafficking offences.He will be eligible for parole after serving 11 years and six months.The man was charged following an investigation by the Victorian Joint Organised…
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Police News
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Tooborac on Friday morning (July 3).Emergency services were called to reports that two cars and a truck had crashed into a fallen tree on Northern Hwy about 6am.The driver of one of the cars died at the scene.The driver of the other car sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries…
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Emergency Services
Victoria Police Air Wing has rescued four occupants from a four-wheel drive washed away while trying to cross a flooded Glenmaggie River on Friday night (July 3).A Nissan Patrol, with four people on board, attempted to cross the Macalister River at the Burgoyne Track about 8pm. The river was under a minor flood warning at…
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Observer
ITD Events announce that Kween Kong has officially joined the cast of Drag Roast 2026, being presented as a national tour and performing at the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday, July 24, from 7pm to 10.30pm.Fresh from taking on the world in RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars and recently announced as part of the…
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Observer
Writer Isobel McArthur has given the full pantomime treatment to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, in this (sort of) reimagining.Complete with slapstick, physical comedy, sight gags and contemporary song, lovers of Austen may well claim the caricatures who inhabit the novel were the forerunners of the genre such is the comic timing and enthusiasm of…
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Observer
Acclaimed Australian director Sarah Goodes is reuniting with AACTA award-winner Kat Stewart for the premiere of Steve Rodgers’s Break of Day. This new Australian classic will play at Malthouse’s Merlyn Theatre from August 7–29.Stewart, recipient of the 2025 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production for Who’s Afraid…
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Observer
The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic will be spreading its musical magic beyond Melbourne, with its forthcoming concert called Evocations, which is a program of short choral works from around the world.Over the weekends of July 11-12 and 18-19, the RMP will perform this concert in Melbourne, Ballarat and Castlemaine.RMP Artistic Director Andrew Wailes (pictyured) has chosen…
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Observer
PHOTO: Broadway star Will Swenson plays Neil Diamond in A Beautiful Nose: The Neil Diamond Musical. Producers Paul Dainty and TEG Dainty, Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, have announced the new release of tickets for the Melbourne season of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, following overwhelming demand.The season has been extended by two…
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