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The Beacon takes over the highest level of Melbourne Recital Centre. Photo: Kalvin Gueli.
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Melbourne Recital Centre expands footprint with sky-high new venue, The Beacon

A $2 million redevelopment has transformed a storage room into an intimate performance space.

[GAMEBOY] from choreographer Amy Zhang tours as part of ORBIT 2026. Photo: Supplied.
Industry News

New touring initiative ORBIT creates sustainable pathways for indie dance

Three major dance organisations join forces to tackle the touring barriers facing independent choreographers.

Andrew Chapman, A Ford Cortina on fire, South Melbourne, 1979. Gelatin silver print, City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection. Courtesy: Andrew Chapman Photography.
Interviews

Watch Melbourne transform over 55 years of Andrew Chapman's photographs

Andrew Chapman’s remarkable work is celebrated in a beautiful career retrospective at City Gallery in Melbourne.

Playing at the 2026 Melbourne Fringe, Irene Holub's Manifesto of Silences marries opera, Auslan and physical movement. Photo: Irene Holub.
Interviews

Deaf artists lead the way at this year’s Melbourne Fringe

Deaf-led projects are hitting the spotlight at Melbourne Fringe, from a performance marrying opera and Auslan, to a panel talk…

Housewarming is giving away 18,000 free tickets to world-class acts. Photo: Daniel Boud.
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Melbourne's State Theatre welcomes back audiences with free tickets to world-class performances

Arts Centre Melbourne celebrates the Ian Potter State Theatre's reopening by flogging free tickets.

David Wenham stars in STC's 'An Iliad'. Photo: Daniel Boud.
News

Sydney Theatre Company's five-star hit An Iliad is touring to Melbourne

David Wenham returns to the stage in STC's acclaimed Trojan War epic, An Iliad.

Composer and sound artist Alvin Lucier. Photo: Supplied.
Opinions & Analysis

Where does the artist begin and end? At Revivification at Now or Never, the answer's far from simple

Composer Alvin Lucier is dead – so why are clumps of his neural tissue powering Revivification at Melbourne's Now or…

John Cameron Mitchell revisits Hedwig and the Angry Inch at MIFF. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25: John Cameron Mitchell on his cult hit

As he returns to Australia, John Cameron Mitchell celebrates a film that's greatest legacy may be its refusal to belong…

Finucane & Smith's Dance Palace: Hot divas, Hot chips, All sauce. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson.
Interviews

Melbourne's Luna Park is putting real-life artists back at the heart of its wildest attraction

As Finucane & Smith turns 30, the Melbourne amusement park is betting on the power of provocative live artists to…

Hyun Lee at the Sydney Film Festival premiere of French Girls. Photo: Tim Levy.
Interviews

Hyun Lee on French Girls: ‘You experience all of these magical things that reward you for taking the risk’

Hyun Lee shares the many moments of serendipity that led to showing her debut feature film at both SFF and…

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