Words uttered in 1928 ring clear in the cavernous space of fortyfivedownstairs where you will find yourself rethinking your life from the get go. First spoken to a group of female students in one of the first British women-only institutions of higher education,…
Shakespearean specialist national treasure, Bell Shakespeare has Associate Director James Evans in the drivers seat on their latest national touring play, Much Ado About Nothing and what fun is to be had in this gender roles romp he takes us…
Women’s collective agency is on show in a new, Robert Reid directed The Bacchae performed inside the famous former Carlton Courthouse, remade as the La Mama Courthouse Theatre. A play tradition rooted in deeply patriarchal Athenian society, where women are the…
In Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds, an original play with songs, the show starts with the voice of God (a Kiwi woman) stating the rules of this Afterworld the quartet exist in. Four handsome Maori men stand in black suits…
In Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច choreographed by Nick Power and conducted within a marked circle on the timber floor of the State Theatre’s Rehearsal Room, an audience crowd round its edge to watch two male dancers (Aaron Lim and Erak…
This unique winter’s gig could not have been finer. The calibre so high, it may have been an unplugged recording in New York. As part of the final week of Glen Eira’s 9th annual Glen Eira Storytelling Festival, Glen Eira…
Want to see cutting edge dance from specialist apprentices? Get down to the state’s specialist arts training academy of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the Victorian College Of The Arts. Located beside NGV International and Arts Centre…
What better place to escape the cold of Melbourne winter than to a warm hearth with fiery music? Held annually on the June long weekend, the National Celtic Festival captivates the souls of many with Irish and Scottish traditions. Now…
Sharmini Kumar’s latest original play, The Sisters; or, Galileo’s Penance, is an enchanting hour spent visiting the 16th century lives of the two illegitimate daughters of Italian scientist, Galileo Galilei, in Italy. A pious Roman Catholic, he fathered three children…
No plans for the long weekend? Grab your kilt and get ready to dance the cold away at the National Celtic Festival 2019. Held over the June long weekend (7th-10th) in Victoria’s picturesque seaside town of Portarlington, lovers of culturally…