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Details: 21 April 2009

Recipients for the 2008 Green Room Awards were presented at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, last night.

Details: 20 April 2009

The Barry Award, named after Barry Humphries, the first patron of the Festival, recognizes the Comedy Festival’s Most Outstanding Festival Show, specifically aiming to seek out those performers who are enhancing the art form of comedy and acknowledging their vision.

Details: 30 March 2009

One of Australia’s foremost contemporary opera and music-theatre directors, Douglas Horton, is stepping down as Artistic Director of the company he established back in 1988 - the pioneering and internationally regarded ChamberMade Opera - to pursue new projects in film and theatre.

Details: 27 March 2009

The Green Room Awards Association today announced the nominations for the 2008 Awards for excellence on the Melbourne stage.

Details: 16 February 2009

Multi Grammy-awarded jazz, soul and R & B legend, Roberta Flack and her band, will interrupt their Australian tour to perform a benefit concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, for the Victorian Bushfire Relief Appeal.

Details: 16 January 2009

Victorians will be able to take a look at the exciting new additions to Melbourne’s Southbank cultural precinct when Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company throw open their doors for two free public open days.

Details: 15 December 2008

The Australian cast has been announced for the upcoming national tour of the Tony Award winning Best Musical AVENUE Q.

Details: 08 December 2008

Would-be opera singers are invited to be a star this Christmas at Victorian Opera’s Sing Your Own Opera: Messiah at BMW Edge, Federation Square from 2:30pm Saturday, December 20.

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