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Arts worker protest is a show stopper at theatres venue

Ticketholders won't be seeing shows at a major performing arts venue as workers protest over stalled pay negotiations.

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Arts Centre Melbourne workers face a battle between industrial and cultural policy

For the first time in decades, union members at Arts Centre Melbourne (ACM) are taking protected industrial action.

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A Year Without Summer review – Florentina Holzinger’s all-nude, orgy-filled, poo-pocalypse musical

Arts Centre Melbourne, Rising festival Exploring medical science, nature and humanity, the Austrian artist’s show is chaotic and not always coherent – and a thrilling vision of what theatre can be

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Dying: A Memoir review – Benjamin Law’s adaptation of Cory Taylor’s book fails to satisfy

Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre MelbourneTaylor’s account of her death has been adapted by her friend and, while some scenes work beautifully, this is not a cohesive play

The Guardian - AU

Live version of The Talented Mr Ripley kills on stage

Crime novelist Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley has inspired popular screen versions, but rarely has it been adapted for the stage.

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Never Have I Ever review – Deborah Frances-White comedy has its funny moments

Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre MelbourneDinner party discussions of sex, money, power and race make for a heady, if contrived, mix in the Guilty Feminist podcaster’s debut

The Guardian - AU

The underground tale of Arts Centre's electric glow-up

One of Australia's biggest performing arts centres is midway through a major renovation. But theatregoers will never see the most vital part of the project.

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Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

A show celebrating the golden age of Circus brings extraordinary acrobatics and giant elephant puppets to Arts Centre Melbourne.

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Miss Peony review – Michelle Law’s beauty pageant comedy is full of charm

Arts Centre MelbourneThe all-Asian cast is excellent in this funny play following a woman haunted by her pageant-mad dead grandmother, but some subplots feel shoehorned

The Guardian - AU

Rising has yet to establish its voice – but this year's festival gave us significant and thrilling work by First Nations artists

Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s festival scene, Rising replaced the much-loved White Night festival and the much-celebrated Melbourne International Arts Festival.

The Conversation

Cuts in the state budget, a gallery on hold and millions on sports: the decline of arts support in South Australia

The Adelaide Festival Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. Opened in 1973, the building was completed before the Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

The Conversation

Why did Princess Diana refuse to use the Melbourne Arts Centre private bathroom?

When Princess Diana attended a special performance at the Melbourne Concert Hall in 1983, it all went to plan for organisers — except for one thing.

ABC News

Lindsay and Paula Fox donate $100 million to new NGV Contemporary art gallery in Melbourne

The billionaire trucking magnate donates $100 million for the construction of the NGV Contemporary as part of the new $1.7 billion Melbourne Arts Precinct.

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The Great Levante's £1,000 Steel Trunk Mystery brought to Australia by Arts Centre Melbourne

When the Great Levante was at the height of his fame in the 1930s and '40s, this trunk was at the centre of his act. Decades later, Arts Centre Melbourne has brought it back to Australia.

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