The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced that Geoffrey Rush,
internationally-renowned, multi-award winner and one of Australia’s
greatest actors, has accepted a new role as ‘MSO Ambassador’.
Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Phillips this week
announced that six plays in the 2009 season would be performed at the
new MTC Theatre on Southbank Boulevard
Maxwell Foster has won the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of
the Year Award 2008. Maxwell along with the other finalists played to
a capacity crowd at Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre on Friday 19
September.
Only two weeks out from the extended date of 30 September, to raise
$1.8 million to secure the purchase of its Faraday Street home in
Carlton, La Mama has achieved its goal.
Victoria’s state opera company, Victorian Opera, today announced that
its fourth season will be its biggest yet, with four mainstage operas
to be presented alongside a range of other opera concerts and
activities.