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During the 2021-22 season, Jaime Martín will also resume work as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and Chief Conductor of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin.

The July to October Darebin Arts Speakeasy season features a program of premieres and performances bigger than ever before, bursting with some of Australia's most unique performance makers including Marc Brew, Rawcus ensemble, Arielle Gray, Tim Watts, The Last Great Hunt, Double Water Sign (Rachel P

Directed by Bell Shakespeare Artistic Director Peter Evans, Shakespeare's seminal revenge tragedy is reimagined for contemporary audiences, transporting them to a wintery Denmark in the 1960s.

Emerging First Nations musicians, new Australian works by younger artists, regional artists and literature projects are among the recipients of the latest round of arts projects grants  supported by the Australia Council.

Following the success of Jurassic Park in Concert at Aware Super Theatre, ICC Sydney last month, TEG Dainty will present Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert with The Metropolitan Orchestra on the 40th Anniversary of the ultimate adventure classic first gracing the silver screen.

A major coup for Victoria's arts community, Maestro Martín is currently Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, where his appointment was extended in early June for an additional five years.

A curious double-bill at Arts House starts with SINK, a percussive eruption; and then descends into a subterranean gardening club, Mulch Underground.

Back to Back Theatre has announced its inclusion in the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework (NPAPF), a new eight year funding model which replaces the Australian Major Performing Arts Framework and will include eight new arts organisations.

What happens when our games are about war, and war is played like a game? Playwright Melissa Reeves has teamed up with director Susie Dee for a dark comedy exploring the frightening depersonalisation of modern warfare at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre from 10 – 20 August.

At one of the country’s oldest residential colleges, student and aspiring journalist Nikki Faletau is on a collision course with Jo Mulligan, the first female Master of the college.

The Digital Access performance, originally scheduled to livestream on Saturday 12 June, 2.

Tickets  are now on sale for the Broadway musical ONCE, which is set to melt hearts again at Melbourne’s prestigious Comedy Theatre from 17 September.

The spectacular line up locked in for the July soiree features four fantastic readers who will reflect on 'the words I wish I'd said', including television host Myf Warhurst, journalist and podcaster Osman Faruqi, Walkley-award winning radio host Virginia Trioli as well as editor and arts worker Luj

SYSTEM_ERROR by Chamber Made is a new hybrid work where technology and the human body collide to create a rich aural-visual experience through an amazing bespoke instrument made from a matrix of electrically conductive tape.

The producers of HAMILTON have today officially confirmed that the Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical will play in Melbourne, at Her Majesty's Theatre from 16 March 2022.

As Melbourne is currently in lockdown due to the COVID 19 pandemic this year's Melbourne International Singers Festival has been re-scheduled to the weekend of Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th August 2021.

Victorian Opera has apologized for a lack of diversity in the cast for its upcoming production of The Who’s Tommy, after the company received backlash on social media.

Highly acclaimed at-home audio experience, DARKFIELD RADIO, is back in Australia for its second season, KNOT, this June.

After an extensive audition process of over 250 performers, James Terry Collective has announced the full cast of Next to Normal.

After a sell-out run at The Omnibus Theatre in March 2020 just a few days before theatres shut their doors, Say It Again, Sorry? and The Warren will present the hit interactive show, The Importance of Being.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra explores the sordid and ultra-vibrant world of the Baroque concert hall in collaboration with Belvoir, running 19-30 June in Melbourne & Sydney.

From today, audiences around Australia will have the opportunity to watch Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Joanna Murray-Smith's brand new play, Berlin, via MTC Digital Theatre.

Frontier Touring has announced that Jimmy Barnes has added a second and final Melbourne show at the Palais Theatre on Friday 23 July.

Learn all about the production, cast, and how to get tickets now!

Following the roaring success of their 2020 and 2021 seasons, which saw an unprecedented  run of COMPLETELY SELL OUT performances; Showmen Productions are once again returning to their hometown of Melbourne with their hilarious R-RATED 18+ magic show aptly  named – ADULTS ONLY MAGIC SHOW.