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Navigating who we are has never been tougher, access is blocked with the promise of beauty and perfection.

On a spring day in 1939, The Prince of Soul Marvin Gaye was born to loving parents in Washington DC and became one of the elite few who shaped the sound of Motown in the 1960s.

It's what you make of it, get involved with the next Arts House season.

The Cocoa Butter Club: Midsumma Special , a special cabaret and performance event featuring unapologetic and oh-so-hot-right now Indigenous and/or performers of colour is set to make its Arts Centre Melbourne debut today 19 January 2018.

Melbourne Theatre Company is delighted to announce the 12 new participants in its 2018 Women in Theatre Program.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will host the inaugural BrisAsia Symposium which will explore 'Asia and the Mindful Century' with a diverse line-up of arts practitioners, creative thinkers and cultural influencers on 17 February 2018 at the Cremorne Theatre.

Through some of history's best-loved authors women are portrayed in literature in ways that are fascinating, hilarious and disturbing in equal measure.

Listed as one of the Top Five Acts at 2017's Falls Festival by the Herald Sun, nominated for a third year for Best Comedy at Perth Fringe World with sell out shows in Perth and Melbourne Comedy Festival and after recording their first live DVD at the iconic Sydney Comedy Store, the Stevenson Experie

The National Theatre of Great Britain's Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will tour Australia for the first time from June 2018, following its acclaimed sell-out debut season in Melbourne.

Ruth Rogers-Wright is back to once again dazzle as Nina Simone in playwright Neil Cole's latest production Nina Simone: Liberian Days.

The prestigious Chinese Orchestra of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre make their New Zealand debut and Australian return with their unique concert Treasures of a Nation visiting Auckland, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne from Tuesday 27 February to Wednesday 7 March to celebrate

After dazzling audiences with a three-night sell-out season at The MC Showroom in Prahran, The Odditorium is returning this week only for a three-night limited run of more mystery, magic and marvel.

Following a successful Brisbane season in 2017, GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT commences its Australian Tour to the delight of punk rock fans.

Acclaimed Jazz-man Steve Sedergreen, Australian operatic soprano Antoinette Halloran and musical theatre star Melissa Langton are among the all-star line-up of performers in Arts Centre Melbourne's 2018 High Tea Live series.

Five female artists make up two of Melbourne's most exciting indie theatre companies.

Two Kiwi performers, a night out in Berlin, and an unexpected convergence in Melbourne are culminating in the first rendition of The Odditorium, an enchanting concoction of new-school cabaret meets old-school vaudeville, to be performed at The MC Showroom in Prahran this January 11 - 13.

Classical Movements will present four exciting performances by the world-renowned St.

JBLZE dates scheduled for later this month in Australia and New Zealand will be rescheduled to May - June 2018 due to unforeseen circumstances.

Melbourne Opera presents Richard Wagner's romantic drama Tristan and Isolde.

Daisy and Violet Hilton were conjoined twins born in 1908 in Brighton, England.

The multi-award nominated Fringe Wives Club - aka comedians Tessa Waters, Victoria Falconer and Rowena Hutson are staging a Launch Party of their smash hit show, 'Glittery Clittery: a ConSENSUAL Party' in preparation for when it hits Perth's Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe and an exclusive one-night o

Jimmy Carr has announced a 4th and Final Melbourne show on Monday February 19 as well as a 5th and final Sydney show on Saturday March 3.

Breathing new life into the 1939 classic motion picture, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams' adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ finally landed in Sydney to the delight of the opening night audience.

Have you ever wondered how different the world would be if we noticed that girl crying on the train, or that guy on the platform with the urge to jump? Would we hold them? Would we remind them it's going to be okay? Would we try to make a difference?

Popular opera and musical theatre star, David Hobson, international opera luminary Yvonne Kenny and Australian entertainment legend Normie Rowe are among the star-studded lineup for Arts Centre Melbourne's Morning Melodies 2018 program.