arts
Now or Never 2026: Melbourne’s playground for the curious
There are festivals that ask you to sit back and watch. Now or Never politely declines that arrangement.…
30 Jul 2026 arts
Holy Days Gives Comedy a Divine Intervention
If you’ve ever looked at a quiet, orderly convent and thought, “You know what this place really needs?…
30 Jul 2026 arts
Steel Magnolias
If you think you know the limits of small-town gossip, you clearly haven’t spent an afternoon trapped in…
25 Jul 2026 arts
Pretty Woman
If you’ve ever found yourself quoting Pretty Woman while staring longingly at a department store window, you’re in…
17 Jul 2026 arts
Heartbreak Hotel
There are plenty of shows about falling in love. Far fewer are brave enough to linger in what…
15 Jul 2026 arts
Pride & Prejudice* (sort of)
If you’ve ever sat through a period drama and found yourself desperately wishing everyone would stop wistfully walking…
24 Jun 2026 arts
Lightscape: Melbourne’s Winter Wonderland in Full Bloom
Every winter, the gardens slip into a different personality. Trees become canvases, pathways become portals, and familiar corners…
13 Jun 2026 arts
Day Tripper
RISING’s annual festival-within-a-festival once again transformed the labyrinth of Melbourne Town Hall and spilled into Max Watt’s, opening…
7 Jun 2026 arts
Nowhere: Rising 2026
Nowhere is the kind of performance that lingers long after the lights come up. Created and performed by…
3 Jun 2026 arts
Cocktails, Chaos and Cabaret: Inside VIVA’s Society
Melbourne loves to get saucy after dark, but VIVA’s new production Society takes things somewhere else entirely. Part…
24 May 2026