Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Friday, September 18, 2026
Observer
Alanah Parkin (pictured) presents her 2026 MICF show Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale from March 30-April 5 at The Motley Bauhaus, Carlton.Directed by award-winning Isaac Haigh, Garage Sale follows the journey of Greg and Denise – a Narre Warren South couple nervously preparing for their big move to the retirement village up the road.Parkin will blend…
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Observer
Melbourne-based comedian Mel McGlensey (pictured) presents Mel McGlensey is Normal in the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival from March 26-April 19 in the Jade Room at the Chinese Museum.This time, Mel is letting her audience choose what happens in this collaborative clown experience plumbing the depths of normaldom.The show is co-created by game designer and…
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Observer
Can you imagine a world without William Shakespeare?That’s the starting point of Gordon Thompson’s (pictured) novel Kill Will: Nightbird in SunlightWe meet a teenage Will Shakespeare, who wishes on seven mystical stones, and falls through a time portal from 1580 Stratford into present day London.Seven physical manifestations of the women he has yet to create…
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Observer
ShowsEltham Little Theatre: Bondi Legal (by Tony Laumberg) Until March 7 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Eltham. Director: Susan Rundle. Bookings: elthamlittletheatre.org.auThe Mount Players: The Cemetery Club (by Ivan Menchell) Until March 8 at The Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: George Benca. Bookings: themountplayers.comMordialloc Theatre Company: The Great Divide…
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Observer
BottledSnail Productions Inc presents the satire Urinetown: The Musical at Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, from March 19–28.Urinetown: The Musical is a wickedly funny and sharply insightful musical satire that skewers everything from corporate greed and municipal politics to populism, bureaucracy, social inequality and even musical theatre itself.Set in a Gotham-like dystopia, a crippling 20-year…
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Emergency Services
Two teenagers have been arrested following a fire in Corio.Emergency services were called to the scene on Bacchus Marsh Rd after flames were seen coming from a bedroom of a residence around 11.30pm Tuesday (Feb. 24).The pair, aged 14 and 15-years-old from the Greater Geelong area, were found nearby and arrested. The girls have both…
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Police News
Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man was assaulted in Geelong last yearIt is understood the victim, a 26-year-old man, was walking along Moorabool St about 7pm on Saturday, December 13.Officers believe an altercation between the victim and an unknown man occurred which lead to the victim hitting his head on the…
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Emergency Services
Fire Recue Victoria responded to multiple calls to Triple Zero for a building fire in Taylors Lakes on Friday evening, February 20.Firefighters arrived at the Australia Drive place at 7.30pm, within five minutes, to find a residential garage fully ablaze and spreading to the attached double-storey house.FRV crews in breathing apparatus entered the burning home…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 12.09pm on Monday (Feb. 23)to an incident at Stewart St, Boronia, after a fire indicator panel was activated.Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find a thick smoke issuing from the wing of an aged care facility that was under construction.Alongside Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria paramedics, firefighters worked…
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Police News
Brimbank Highway Patrol are appealing for witness and dashcam vision after a motorist was left fighting for life following a collision in Laverton North.Police have been told the motorist was one of four drivers who had slowed their vehicles to a stop, in heavy traffic on Boundary Rd, when they were struck from behind by…
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