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Artistic director Matthew Lutton to leave Malthouse Theatre

Artistic director Matthew Lutton to leave Malthouse Theatre

February 7th, 2025 - Anna Bolten

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

February 5th, 2025 - Southbank News

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. 

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A female-led and Indigenous focus to Melbourne Art Fair 2025 

February 5th, 2025 - Anna Bolten

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.

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Ecological emergency the focus of ACCA’s summer exhibition

February 5th, 2025 - Anna Bolten

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.

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PSC launches future-focused Bachelor of Screen Media

February 5th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

Southbank News sat down with course convenor Nic Kocher at Photography Studies College (PSC) to discuss his new Bachelor of Screen Media course.

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Acclaimed American duo bring new album Woodland to Melbourne

February 5th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

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.

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Boer War Memorial, St Kilda Rd

February 5th, 2025 - Robin Grow

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.

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Choir 3006: Melbourne Recital Centre to launch free community choir

December 4th, 2024 - Southbank News

Melbourne Recital Centre will launch a new community choir in 2025 with the aim of bringing people together through the power of music. 

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Recital Centre keeping the cultural conversation vital, says new artist-in-residence

December 4th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

Music is in the blood for Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2025 artist-in-residence Robin Fox.

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The Wind in the Willows returns this December

December 4th, 2024 - Sabrina Caires

The Australian Shakespeare Company’s classic production, which comes but once a year, returns again this summer.

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Catherine journeys from the stage to behind the camera

December 4th, 2024 - Sabrina Caires

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.

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Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation – a year in review 

December 4th, 2024 - Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation

In 2024, the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAPT) made significant construction progress across multiple project sites.

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The Tea House, Southbank

December 4th, 2024 - Robin Grow

Perhaps the largest and tallest building from the 19th century in Southbank is the Robur Tea House in Clarendon Street.

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Malthouse launches macabre, musical, irreverent 2025 theatre season

November 7th, 2024 - David Allen

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.

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“Mammoth” program for Melbourne Recital Centre in 2025

November 6th, 2024 - Southbank News

Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) has released a mammoth program of musical events for 2025.

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VCA’s Shannon Owens makes a powerful new film, Left Write Hook  

November 6th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

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.

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Applications open for Merlyn Myer Music Commission

November 6th, 2024 - Léa Carré

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. 

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Finding hope in anxiety: Michelle prepares for PSC graduation show

November 6th, 2024 - Faith Bugeja

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.

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Tony Clark: Unsculpted: 40 years of work in a landmark exhibition 

November 6th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

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.

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Melbourne arts precinct construction update

November 6th, 2024 - Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation

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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