Arts & Culture

Artistic director Matthew Lutton to leave Malthouse Theatre
After nine years serving as Malthouse’s artistic director, Matthew Lutton will step down at the end of March 2025, and will still direct two major productions as part of the current season – The Birds and Troy.
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A new Test Garden opens at Fed Square
The Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation is bringing an expansive 18,000-square-metre urban garden Laak Boorndap to the heart of the Melbourne Arts Precinct.
Read MoreA female-led and Indigenous focus to Melbourne Art Fair 2025
Melbourne Art Fair (MAF) has announced an expansive female-led curation of video works, large-scale installations, talks and activations and a major focus on championing First Peoples artists for its 18th edition.
Read MoreEcological emergency the focus of ACCA’s summer exhibition
The Australian Centre of Contemporary Art’s major summer exhibition The Charge That Binds presents works by Australian and international artists celebrating the dynamism, vitality and power of natural phenomena until March 16.
Read MorePSC launches future-focused Bachelor of Screen Media
Southbank News sat down with course convenor Nic Kocher at Photography Studies College (PSC) to discuss his new Bachelor of Screen Media course.
Read MoreAcclaimed American duo bring new album Woodland to Melbourne
Following the release of their latest album, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings delighted audiences with a mesmerising run of shows at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, offering fans an intimate glimpse into the heart of Woodland.
Read MoreBoer War Memorial, St Kilda Rd
When Australia became a nation in 1900 the new country was already embroiled in war. For some time, the southern tip of Africa had been shared between British colonies and independent republics of Dutch–Afrikaner settlers, known as Boers.
Read MoreChoir 3006: Melbourne Recital Centre to launch free community choir
Melbourne Recital Centre will launch a new community choir in 2025 with the aim of bringing people together through the power of music.
Read MoreRecital Centre keeping the cultural conversation vital, says new artist-in-residence
Music is in the blood for Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2025 artist-in-residence Robin Fox.
Read MoreThe Wind in the Willows returns this December
The Australian Shakespeare Company’s classic production, which comes but once a year, returns again this summer.
Read MoreCatherine journeys from the stage to behind the camera
Graduating Photography Studies College (PSC) student Catherine Woodger has always been a storyteller. By pursuing an Advanced Diploma of Photography, she’s channelled her genuine love for working with people into a new medium.
Read MoreMelbourne Arts Precinct Transformation – a year in review
In 2024, the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAPT) made significant construction progress across multiple project sites.
Read MoreThe Tea House, Southbank
Perhaps the largest and tallest building from the 19th century in Southbank is the Robur Tea House in Clarendon Street.
Read MoreMalthouse launches macabre, musical, irreverent 2025 theatre season
Paula Arundel will lead Malthouse Theatre’s 2025 season in two productions, including an epic retelling of Homer’s The Iliad and a new immersive adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds.
Read More“Mammoth” program for Melbourne Recital Centre in 2025
Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) has released a mammoth program of musical events for 2025.
Read MoreVCA’s Shannon Owens makes a powerful new film, Left Write Hook
Shannon Owens is an educator at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and the filmmaker behind Left Write Hook, a compelling documentary that explores a groundbreaking program combining boxing and creative writing as a means of healing.
Read MoreApplications open for Merlyn Myer Music Commission
Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) is calling for applications for the sixth Merlyn Myer Music Commission; a unique opportunity for one talented female composer in Australia to earn artistic growth and recognition.
Read MoreFinding hope in anxiety: Michelle prepares for PSC graduation show
As a returning student to Photography Studies College (PSC), independent photographic artist Michelle Jose is unveiling her abstract artwork and its themes of bringing a sense of hope through anxiety while exploring ways people can move through it.
Read MoreTony Clark: Unsculpted: 40 years of work in a landmark exhibition
Buxton Contemporary proudly presents its latest exhibition; Tony Clark: Unsculpted, featuring more than 100 works spanning four decades by one of Australia’s most esteemed artists.
Read MoreMelbourne arts precinct construction update
As we come to the end of 2024, construction works on the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAPT) are progressing well across multiple project sites, including 77 Southbank Boulevard, the Sturt Street / Kavanagh St intersection, and both inside and behind the Art Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre.
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Clark and Melanie Lane set to shake up Now or Never festival
