National Theatre, St Kilda. Photo: Biatch, Wiki Images.
The heritage-listed National Theatre, Drama School and Ballet School is receiving capital works to restore the St Kilda landmark to its original glory.
The National Melbourne is the legacy of Australian performing arts pioneer, Gertrude Johnson, who established The National Theatre Movement in 1935 to ensure training and performance opportunities for young artists in Australia.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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