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THE EXECUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED Comes to Chapel Off Chapel
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2021
Welcome to the live TV studio of primetime game show 'Judge Your Neighbour'. After ten years of perfect justice where you, the people, have decided who lives and dies, our show is going stronger than ever.
Dolly Diamond's Star For A Night Comes to Chapel Off Chapel
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2021
This Midsumma Festival, Dolly Diamond will be rescuing contestants from their mundane lives, transforming them into their idols and making them stars for a night! Which stars will be unveiled? And who will win?
Red Stitch's Writer's Festival Goes Digital
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2021
Red Stitch's famed PlayList festival brings Melbourne's most exciting new and established writers together every year in a celebration of the wonder and possibility of theatre.
Be Part Of The First Movement Of ECOTORIO Singing Out About Climate Change
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2021
There's still time to register and help change the world - one note at a time!
Serious Comedy Presents WEST IS BEST
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2021
Serious Comedy presents an online and 'home friendly' night in of western suburbs comedy, music and stories – including the behind-the-scenes secrets of what happens when you pivot in a pandemic.
THE WHEELHOUSE Comes to MICF
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2021
Anarchy, conspiracy, drugs, racism, ableism, disability sex whores, Anti-Vax Karens, cover-up culture, is Peter Dutton an actual potato? Whatever the topic, it's in our wheelhouse. The Wheelhouse: it's current affairs in high-speed chairs.
State Memorial For Michael Gudinski to Be Held At Rod Laver Arena
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2021
A State Memorial celebrating the incredible life and achievements of Michael Solomon Gudinski AM will be held at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday 24 March.
Paul McDermott to Perform New Show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2021
Acclaimed television personality Paul McDermott returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to perform his brand new show Paul McDermott Plus One, from 15 – 18 April at the Malthouse Outdoor Stage as part of a national tour.
Arts Centre Melbourne Welcomes Back Morning Melodies
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2021
Arts Centre Melbourne's Morning Melodies returns to Hamer Hall to delight audiences with a stellar line-up of music theatre, cabaret, opera, jazz and dance from May to December 2021.    
Double Garage Presents THE TRAUMA PROJECT By Elizabeth Walley
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2021
The Trauma Project is an immersive composition for theatre crafted by Elizabeth Walley in response to her eyewitness experience of a domestic-violence homicide on her street.
BWW Review: Opening Gala at The Brunswick Ballroom
by Josh Stent - March 09, 2021
The opening of a new live performance venue during a worldwide pandemic may at first seem like an oxymoron…. However The Brunswick Ballroom defies the odds and truly proves that the live performance scene in Melbourne is back in business baby! This recently refurbished Sydney Road venue, located in the old Metropolis Hotel, has been spectacularly re-envisioned with inspiration drawn from the iconic 90's Prahran music institution The Continental Cafe. The Brunswick Ballroom truly is a ' diamond in the rough' with its grand staircase leading up to the ballroom and the magnificent stained glass domes that evoke Australian artist Leonard French's work. It is sure to have a long future ahead of it as one of Melbourne's premier live performance venues, enriching Melbourne audiences with an eclectic array of domestic and international cabaret, music and comedy.
Dummies Corp Presents The World Premiere Of Dumtectives in CIRQUE NOIR
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2021
From the prolific, internationally acclaimed Dummies Corp, comes a killer new circus comedy for adults, Dumtectives in Cirque Noir. Lacing Circus into the genre of 'Film Noir,' the world premiere show takes noir's murder mystery tradition and flips it on its head with a slapstick kick.
BERLIN Opens Next Month at Southbank Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2021
Opening on Thursday 22 April at Southbank Theatre, Joanna Murray-Smith's brand new play, Berlin, is a riveting romantic thriller that pits the dark shadow of history against the dazzling promise of true love.
Opera Australia Returns to the State Theatre in May 2021 With AIDA and ERNANI
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2021
Opera Australia will return to the State Theatre in May 2021 will its productions of Aida and Ernani.
UK Animation Studio Aardman Teams Up With Circa For A New Live Production Of International Hit SHAUN THE SHEEP
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2021
Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world's leading performance companies, has joined forces with multi award-winning and globally renowned animation studio Aardman to create a new circus-theatre production  for audiences of all ages, Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show.  
HAIRSPRAY will Return To Melbourne April 2021
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2021
It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable curvy teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular 'Corny Collins Show.' When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star and uses her new found fame to advocate for racial integration.
Completely Improvised Shakespeare Announced At Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2021
Soothplayers presents Completely Improvised Shakespeare will delight and amaze you as they conjure a full Shakespearean play from nothing but a suggested title from the audience. No plans. No scripts. No problem.
Australian Music Legend Michael Gudinski Has Passed Away
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2021
Michael Gudinski was a key figure in shaping the Australian music industry.  He founded the Mushroom Group in 1972 at just 20 years old, which flourished into Australia's largest independent entertainment group covering touring, record labels, publishing, merchandising, booking agencies, film and television production and creative services. 
The Brunswick Ballroom Has Arrived in Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2021
Melbourne's most dynamic and exciting new performance venue, the BRUNSWICK BALLROOM has opened with a bang enjoying a weekend of sold out shows. This week it prepares to welcome Tim Rogers to the stage as well as hosting gigs as part of the Brunswick Music Festival and on Thursday and Friday evenings it celebrates with the official Brunswick Ballroom Opening Gala hosted by Eddie Perfect and Margot Tanjutco.
Gillian English Returns To MICF With SHE WOLF
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2021
A show about Shakespeare's propaganda concerning Queen Margaret of Anjou from 500 years ago to shine a light on where we are in the 21st century. Daughter, princess, wife, queen, mother, warmonger, widow and crone... monster?
ON THE ORIGIN OF FAECES Comes to MICF
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2021
Alanta spent her 20s working in sanitation, inspecting Ugandan drop toilets. If one stares into a latrine for long enough, the latrine starts to stare back into you. Alanta was left with more questions than answers.
SCARY GOATS TOUR Premieres At The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2021
When Mel, a famous sceptic and ghost debunker, finds she has accidentally booked in for a goat tour instead of the ghost tour she wanted, it looks like her day couldn't get any worse. However, when Billy, an evil ghost goat, is summoned and attacks the group it is up to Mel to combine her knowledge of the supernatural with the facts she has learned about goats to save the day!
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD in Melbourne Returns Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2021
The Melbourne production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has resumed rehearsals, as the production is set to reopen on February 25, 2021.
YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL To Be 1st KXT Show Streamed Nationally This March
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2021
From 5th to 20th March, Rogue Projects, in association with Bakehouse Theatre Company, will present the world premiere of Sam O'Sullivan's much-anticipated new play You're Not Special; a wickedly dark comedy about relationships, intimacy, and the dangerous line between truth and fiction in the digital age.
THE DRUMMER QUEENS Come to Melbourne Comedy Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2021
Australia get ready – the DRUMMER QUEENS have announced brand-new shows in venues across Australia following on from the hugely successful Sydney season.

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