GWB Entertainment, Andrew Henry Presents and Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre have today confirmed that the critically acclaimed Red Stitch production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Kat Stewart and directed by Sarah Goodes, has secured an historic and strictly limited 3-week mainstage commercial season at the Comedy Theatre in June 2024. Regarded as one of the most explosive and darkly comic plays in the English language, and in most pundits’ Top Ten of the 20th Century, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? burst back onto the Red Stitch stage in November last year, hailed by the critics as “electrifying”, “outstanding” and…
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For one night only in Concert Halls around the country seasoned performers Deborah Conway and Darren Coggan, together with a stellar line up of Australia’s finest musicians, will celebrate the enduring friendship and musical collaboration of two the most successful singer/songwriters of their generation – Carole King and James Taylor. The tour will come to Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Saturday 2 August 2024. Audiences will be treated to performances of all their biggest hits including Carole King’s seminal album TAPESTRY, early collaborations with Gerry Goffin such as Up on the Roof and from the James Taylor catalogue Fire and Rain, How Sweet it is (to be loved by you), Carolina…
Swatch is celebrating the opening of one of its largest stores in the Southern Hemisphere by taking Melburnians on an art journey with its immersive maze installation ‘A Maze’ to celebrate the opening, a pop up in-store experience inspired by its innovative Art Journey collection. Swatch invites guests into its new flagship store, located at 260 Collins Street, in the heart of Melbourne, to take a journey through the pop-up maze to experience this special art installation open from 19th April to 26th April between the hours of 11am –3pm daily for one week only. Known for its long-standing love affair with art, Swatch’s…
Australia’s favourite absurdist sketch group, Aunty Donna, are performing a one-off show at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday 7 May that will be filmed for an upcoming comedy TV special. The yet-to-be-titled show will feature material from their recent world tour, the Magical Dead Cat Tour plus new material they haven’t performed live before. It’s been a big few years for the trio who in 2020, partnered with Netflix for the worldwide release of Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House Of Fun, executive produced by Ed Helms and Scott Aukerman. The series was coupled with a record-breaking tour of Australia and…
Em Rusciano is back with a brand-new live experience and her first big national tour since her wildly successful ‘Rage and Rainbows’ show in 2019, and look yes, she is still angry, but now she knows why. She’s bringing the show to Ballarat and Melbourne this August. Since last you met, the writer, singer, stand-up comedian and podcast maven, was given the surprise diagnostic trifecta of – ADHD, Autism and behind door number three: early menopause! Any one of these revelations would rock most people to their core, but Em’s always been a show off, so of course she had to…
The refurbishment of Rutherglen’s iconic Victoria Hotel is now complete and is set to draw more visitors from across Victoria and interstate to regional Victoria. The historic 156-year-old hotel has undergone a major renovation, with the project creating a new all-seasons dining area for up to 190 guests, an expansive open-air beer garden, along with meeting and events facilities. It also features new boutique accommodation with six newly designed king suites to open in the coming weeks and an extra eight hotel rooms will be open later in the year, thanks to support from the Labor Government. The venue is…
In December 2024, the National Gallery of Victoria celebrates the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama with a world-premiere blockbuster exhibition spanning her eight-decade practice, including the global unveiling of the artist’s most recent immersive infinity mirror room work. Curated by the NGV, in collaboration with the artist, especially for Australian audiences, the exhibition Yayoi Kusama features more than 180 works, including many never-before-seen by local audiences and a diverse display of the artist’s showstopping immersive rooms. Displayed across the entire ground floor of NGV International, Yayoi Kusama is one of the most comprehensive retrospective exhibitions of the artist’s work ever presented globally and…
Rob Schneider, the popular American comedian and actor, is set to bring his comedic charm to Melbourne in June in one of three performances he’s doing in Australia. Known for his roles in films like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Hot Chick, Schneider’s stand-up performances are a blend of sharp wit, observational humor, and hilarious impersonations. Schneider also created and stars in the Netflix docu-series Real Rob, which focuses on the day-to-day hijinks of Rob’s life. The series marks the first time any actor has ever written, produced, starred in, directed and financed an entire season of a television show.…
Grammy Award Winning U.S. Rock act Greta van Fleet are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australian and New Zealand shores this August for the first time since 2019. Australia and New Zealand are directly in the firing line of the hugely successful Starcatcher World Tour. The tour, produced by Live Nation, saw the band hit the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley. The tour has seen them roll through the U.S., Europe and U.K. before heading back to the U.S. then on to the festival scene…
Blasting onto the stage with a phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus at the Playhouse from 17-19 May. The internationally acclaimed 360 ALLSTARS circus boasts a stellar cast of world champion and world record holding artists and athletes in a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges from street culture. The talented cast include world champion BMX Flatlander Peter Sore, champion breakdancers B-Boy Sette and B-Boy Leerok, world reenowned basketball freestyler Bavo Delbeke and many more. Add to this a stunning live soundtrack…
La Trobe University has introduced three emus to its wildlife sanctuary in Bundoora. The emus have been released at the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary at the University’s Melbourne campus, as part of its program to regenerate the 30-hectare (90-acre) nature reserve that is home to hundreds of species of flora and fauna. The introduction of the flightless birds gives La Trobe the rare honour of being the only Australian university city campus with three resident emus. They replace two older emus who spent more than 10 years at the Sanctuary and became local icons for students, staff and visitors, before they naturally…
Five years to the day since the devastating fire that ravaged the world’s most famous and beloved cathedral, Immigration Museum announces it will be hosting Notre-Dame de Paris, the Augmented Exhibition. Opening on 5 December 2024 – just days before the restored cathedral reopens in Paris on 8 December for the first time since the 2019 fire – the exhibition will grant singular access to Notre-Dame for visitors on the other side of the world, right here in Melbourne. Notre-Dame de Paris, the Augmented Exhibition is a 3D, 360-degree journey into the cathedral’s 850-year history and ongoing restoration. Designed and produced by…