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Details: 16 January 2012

Melbourne Festival today announced the appointment of Josephine Ridge as the incoming Creative Director of the Festival. She will succeed Brett Sheehy, whose fourth and final Festival will be presented in October.

Details: 16 December 2011

In 2012 PlayWriting Australia brings the National Play Festival to Melbourne for the first time, running 22 – 25 February at the Malthouse Theatre.

Details: 12 December 2011

The Australian Ballet and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) are joining forces in 2012 to present Ballet & Fashion, an extraordinary exhibition that explores the relationship between these two powerful art forms.

Details: 09 December 2011

The new National Graduate Opera Program that will train artists for the world stage will see participants undertake an intensive, two-year course that covers all aspects of opera.

Details: 09 December 2011

The Mornington Peninsula will again be filled with the glorious sounds of intimate chamber music, Bach cantatas, 18th century opera and balmy twilight jazz during the 5th Peninsula Summer Music Festival.

Details: 05 December 2011

It was announced today that Moonshadow, a new musical written by Yusuf, featuring the music and lyrics of Cat Stevens/Yusuf, will make its World Premiere at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne.

Details: 30 November 2011

Red Stitch Actors Theatre Artistic Director, David Whiteley has announced the company’s first season for 2012.

Details: 23 November 2011

Midsumma, Melbourne's annual festival celebrating queer arts and culture, today unveiled the 24th annual Festival Program at Melbourne’s Thousand Pound Bend.

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This Glass Menagerie is top shelf, and while blessed with an extraordinary cast and the highest of production values, it will not meet with everyone’s measure of how this play should be staged.
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