Melbourne

Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season
Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…

Circus training centre to open up for sector
One Fell Swoop and Na Djinang among those circus companies looking forward to the appointment of a new site operator.

Sondheim’s Follies and Boojum! revival feature in Victorian Opera 2025 season
Artistic Director Stuart Maunder discusses his 2025 season, which includes chamber opera, a lavish musical and a new opera for…

From Björk to Blade Runner 2049: revisioning the future at ACMI
The Future & Other Fictions is a major new exhibition focused on screen culture’s ability to imagine a better world.

Opera review: Puccini Gala: Suor Angelica, Athenaeum Theatre
A one-act opera and gala concert that showcases the best of Melbourne Opera talent.

Dance review: Dredge, Theatre Works
Dance theatre that tracks the beginning of life and follows it to modernity.

The 60-somethings ruling the roost this Melbourne Fringe
To borrow the words of the Bard (and Enobarbus), age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety.

Theatre review: Cost of Living, Southbank Theatre
Making its Melbourne debut, this production explores human connection and the lives of those living with disability.

Opera review: La Bohème, Athenaeum Theatre
Despite being a tragedy, Melbourne Opera’s La Bohème is a joyful delight to watch.

Invitation for a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung artist to create a permanent commission in new Melbourne urban garden
The Melbourne Arts Precinct transformation project is seeking Expressions of Interest for an artwork to be situated in Laak Boorndap’s…