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A man and a woman sitting next to one another. He's holding up a wine bottle. Sarah Morrison and Bobby Fox in Ordinary Days.
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Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs

Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life

Quiet Riot's 'Power Move', the Civic Commission at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe. The image shows five young people, blurred my movement as they dance inside a colourful, monolithic art installation at Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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Melburnians urged to become action heroes at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe

Members of the public are encouraged to embrace participatory art experiences and generate change at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A gallery wall painted blue, orange, white and yellow (in that order) showcasing a series of different artworks at Artbank.
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Artbank On Display review: 45 years worth celebrating

More showroom than exhibition, 'On Display' offers a glimpse into the calibre of Artbank’s collection and is testament to its…

Kala Gare in MTC's original stage musical 'My Brilliant Career' which returns for an encore in the company's 2026 season. The photo shows a fair haired and fair skinned young woman in period dress posing dramatically beneath a glittering chandelier. Her head is tiled back and her eyes closed as she sings, her right arm thrusts upward and her left arm swings back behind her.
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My Brilliant Career: MTC announces encore season of original musical in 2026

The critically acclaimed musical theatre adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career returns to the MTC in 2026.

Steven Pinker, a 70-year-old Caucasian man with curly gray hair, a stern face, wearing a navy suit.
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Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, announces first Australian tour in 2026

An Evening With Steven Pinker will dive into Steven Pinker's latest book on the hidden power of common knowledge.

ANAM students performing at Abbotsford Convent. The atmospheric photograph, taken in a historic venue with picturesque windows and a stage visible in the background, shows a seated audience listening to a group of six musicians, including strings, woodwind and a piano; one of the students stands behind a computer screen, suggesting the presence of electronics in the score being performed.
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Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration

Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.

A promotional photograph of the late Noel Tovey AM from the 2014 season of 'Little Black Bastard', presented by ILBIJERRI and Arts House. The photo shows an elder but still vigorous Aboriginal man with grey hair; he poses regally and is looking gravely down at the camera.
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Vale Uncle Noel Tovey AM: Indigenous champion of gay rights

Tovey is remembered for his spirit, courage and creativity, and as a courageous elder with a sly wit.

A man with holding a phone in his ear in the dark in Dial M for Murder.
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Dial M for Murder review: dial NQ for not quite

A new adaptation of Frederick Nott's 1952 play Dial M for Murder at Melbourne's Theatre Works feels like a missed…

Four women in sparkly gold outfits dancing. Two have silver pom poms in a production of PHANTASM.
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PHANTASM review: four dancers explore reality and beyond

Melanie Lane fights reality in PHANTASM, a new full-length work commissioned by Chunky Move.

Five people dancing in further coats in The Orchard.
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The Orchard review: Pony's Cam's radical interpretation of Chekov classic at the Malthouse

In The Orchard Chekov’s classic play is deconstructed as the jumping-off point for a smart, uncompromising rant against our dehumanised…

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