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Kala Gare in the MTC's 'My Brilliant Career', 2024. My Brilliant Career the musical is touring in 2026. The photo shows Gare, a fair-skinned woman with blonde hair and weaing a long sleeved white shirt and a dark blue skirt, reading a an unfolded letter and smiling. She is sitting on a pile of straw, denoting the story's rural setting.
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My Brilliant Career the musical will tour ACT and NSW in 2026

My Brilliant Career the musical plays Canberra, Sydney and Wollongong after its previously announced encore season at the Southbank Theatre…

The Lark. Image: Arts Centre Melbourne and Hey Dowling.
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The Lark review: Noni Hazlehurst calls last drinks at Arts Centre Melbourne

Noni Hazlehurst explores memories and a lifetime of paths not taken in Daniel Keene’s latest play, The Lark.

A scene from 'The Past is a Wild Party' by Noelle Janaczewska, one of the 7-ON playwrights. The photo depicts a female-presenting actor with blonde hair and wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and red trousers. Her arms are outstretched, her head tilted back and her mouth open as if she is exclaiming ecstatically. She holds a closed book with a red cover, perhaps a play script, in her left hand.
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The 7-ON playwrights: how to sustain a collective for 20 years

Members of playwrights collective 7-ON discuss their new anthology, and how they’ve operated successfully for two decades to date.

Man standing in foggy mountains holding up a yellow flag. The Unconformity
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The Unconformity: anything but usual - the intimate festival changing how we engage

The intimate and daring Tasmanian festival, The Unconformity announces its October program - and it's a cracker.

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.

Actor Andrew McFarlane in a promotion image for David Williamson's The Social Ladder', which opens Ensemble Theatre's 2026 season. The actor, a dapper, tanned man with grey hair, wears a suit, shirt and cravat, and is posing before an ornate gilded picture frame against a bright red background.
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Ensemble Theatre announces its 2026 season

Ten productions have been programmed for Ensemble Theatres 2026 season, including four new Australian productions, one of them by David…

A publicity image for The Street Theatre's production of 'The Chosen Vessel', a new Aboriginal Gothic play by Dylan Van Den Berg. The photo depicts an Aboriginal woman staring at the camera; a white man stands ominously behind her, disappearing into the shadows.
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What is Aboriginal Gothic? Ask The Chosen Vessel playwright Dylan Van Den Berg

Palawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg and Kalkadoon director Abbie-lee Lewis discuss the emerging theatrical genre, Aboriginal Gothic.

Melbourne's Butterfly Club has closed, sending shockwaves through the independent sector. The photo depicts a dead butterfly, partially crushed on a sandy beach.
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How the independent sector rallied after The Butterfly Club’s shock closure

Indie companies and venues discuss the implications of The Butterfly Club’s closure, and sound a warning for the future of…

A promotional image for La Boite and Dead Puppet Society's climate change production, 'We're All Gonna Die!'. The photo shows a female Asian-Australian actor's shocked looking face as they are engulfed by spreading rubbish and garbage.
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We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'

We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

Two older woman sitting at a table. The Spare Room
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Lessons from The Spare Room: what’s the real complication in your story?

Knowing where the complication lies is the true key to every storyteller’s job.

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