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Celebrities wearing catwalk fashions by Vivienne Westwood. Comme des Garçons
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Comme des Garçons fashion blockbuster to premiere in Melbourne

Rethinking fashion in revolutionary ways, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons are the spotlight for NGV International…

A young man looks shocked while another youth shouts at him in the background. A scene from Lunatix Theatre's 2025 production of 'Blackrock' at The MC Showroom.
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Theatre review: Blackrock, The MC Showroom

Nick Enright's 'Blackrock' is sadly as relevant today as it was in 1995 when it was first performed.

A fair-skinned woman, wearing black shorts and a black waistcoat, stands in a constricting shroud of paper (perhaps representing paperwork) on a bare, industrial-looking stage. This is Andi Snelling in her solo show 'Happy-Go-Wrong' at fortyfivedownstairs.
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Theatre review: Happy-Go-Wrong, fortyfivedownstairs

This exploration of chronic illness fuelled existential angst doesn’t make the leap from fringe festival circuit to the fortyfivedownstairs stage.

Two elderly woman looking at a display of a dozen kimonos hanging in a gallery with white walls.
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Exhibition review: Kimono, NGV International

The enduring allure of kimonos through a chronological timeline.

A small boy rides his dads shoulders at the Affordable Art Fair and points to a brightly coloured work that has caught his eye.
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Affordable Art Fair expands in both Melbourne and Sydney

The fifth Affordable Art Fair returns to Melbourne with its largest celebration of art to date, while the Fair’s Sydney…

Three women in a white space with holes in the roof, floor and sides.
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Theatre review: Super, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

A super entertaining experience.

Four dancers stand poised on a gree-lit stage as a DJ plays at stage front. An audience looks on. This is a sequence from 'Cortex' by the KianĂ­ del Valle Performance Group, which has been programmed alongside cutting edge sound works and DJs at Melbourne Town Hall for Now or Never.
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How winter festival Now or Never celebrates technology while remaining carbon-neutral

Artistic Director Elise Peyronnet describes Melbourne’s newest major festival – now in its third edition – as 'a festival like…

Crowds watching Water Stories, projections on mist over water, at Lightscape Royal Botanic Gardens 2025
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Installation review: Lightscape, Royal Botanic Gardens

Every year, 'Lightscape' ups the ante to ensure the crowds keep on coming back.

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AC/DC announces first Australian tour in a decade

Founded in Sydney in 1973, the legendary hard rock band returns to Australia for what may be their last tour.

A woman in a bonnet with a light blue sun umbrella.
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Musical review: Promise and Promiscuity, Chapel off Chapel

An energetic musical romp through assorted well-known Austen tropes.

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