Arts & Culture
Malthouse Comedy returns for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Southbank’s Malthouse Theatre is set to host a stellar roster of local and international guests as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) from March 26 to April 20, with more than 200 shows performed over 22 nights across four stages.
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Mads Barnes: exploring the art of storytelling at PSC
For Mads Barnes, photography isn’t just a hobby; it’s a passion and career in the making.
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Could you sum up how much you love your family in a single tweet?
Now imagine having just 66 characters – including spaces – to express a lifetime of love, grief, and remembrance. That was the limit given to families of Australian soldiers lost in World War I for the epitaphs on their headstones.
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New artwork goes up on Arts Centre Melbourne hoarding to celebrate Asia TOPA
A new artwork Dominus Aeris by Thukral and Tagra is now on display on the hoarding at Arts Centre Melbourne along St Kilda Rd between Hamer Hall and the Theatres Building as part of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA).
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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.
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A 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.
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Ecological 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.
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PSC 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.
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Acclaimed 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.
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Boer 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.
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Choir 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.
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Recital 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.
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The Wind in the Willows returns this December
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
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
In 2024, the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAPT) made significant construction progress across multiple project sites.
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The Tea House, Southbank
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
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
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
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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