
It lands with a thud at Gabriel York’s feet – a miracle, an epiphany, and the first sign of hope – a dirty great fish, straight from the sky.

Celebrating the power of the arts, the Melbourne Arts Festival is bringing to audiences a series of three concerts focused on Christ’s last seven words on the cross “Into Thy hands I commend my Spirit”.

There are some subjects about which people have an almost morbid fascination. It is the hidden, the taboo and the deviances from the norm that spark the imagination and foster unutterable questions.


Elemental is almost beyond definition. It’s an exploration of quantum physics and modern cosmology through video art, music, poetry and live performance.


To the edifying sounds of Italian opera, in a blaze of high-tech lighting, Da Vinci’s second most famous painting is instantly transformed.