Matilda the Musical
Matilda is magic. Not of the tricks kind (although there are lots of those) but of the genius musical kind. The kind that has a full house on its feet giving a standing ovation for minutes on end. The kind that leaves yo...
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Doubt: A Parable
Premiering in 2004, Doubt: A Parable by New Yorker John Patrick Shanley won awards including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2005 Tony Award for Best Play. It was subsequently adapted into the 2008 film directed by...
Seventh Gallery
Seventh Gallery’s current exhibition connects iconography associated with children and youth with complex ideas and varied forms of practice. Memorable for the intervention between gallery one and two, James Parkinson’s ...
Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great
This winter the National Gallery of Victoria radiates with the opulence and elegance of the Hermitage Museum. The gold and greens of the Hermitage’s Winter Palace commence the journey back to the private collection of Ca...
Don Carlos
Though it deals with weighty matters, politics and the human condition, Don Carlos is far from a heavy night at the opera. Crammed with lush melodies and absorbing characters, Don Carlos is rarely performed in this count...
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
‘Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd’, the final instalment in Victorian Opera’s Sondheim trilogy, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street currently playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, can demonstrate ...
The 27 Club
Some of the most talented musical performers of the rock and roll era were dying to get into The 27 Club, literally. Tragic ends due to drink, drugs or suicide at the tender age of 27 earned membership for Janis Joplin, ...
La Traviata
Even though this production has been in the repertoire for more than 20 years, it remains a glittering jewel in Opera Australia’s current repertoire. A spectacular and deeply satisfying realisation of Verdi’s glorious op...
