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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 58m

John Moyle takes a look at Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes - currently playing at Belvoir St Theatre until 9 November, before playing the Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre from 21 November 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 1h

Gavin Roach takes a look at The Laramie Project - currently playing at the New Theatre until 1 November 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2h

June Collins takes a look at Tattoo Show - currently playing at Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall, as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe, until 19 October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 5h

The five-time Tony Award®-winning production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol returns to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre with Lachy Hulme, one of Australia’s most recognisable stage and screen actors, stepping into the iconic role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 17h

Paul Selar takes a look at Victorian Opera's production of Katya Kabanova by Leos Janácek - currently playing at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda, until 16 October 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 1d

Inspired by the many tales shared by his father, uncle and aunties, William J. Byrne has written his debut novel, The Warrumbar, a fictional story influenced by his family’s struggles and resilience, and the lasting impact of history and circumstance.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 1d

Lyric Opera of Melbourne returns to fortyfivedownstairs this October with the Australian premiere of Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, with music by Missy Mazzoli and libretto by Royce Vavrek.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 1d

June Collins takes a look at Stephanie Dogfoot in Gold Star Bisexual - currently playing at The Motley Bauhaus, as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival, until 18 October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 1d

Malthouse Theatre has unveiled its daring and diverse 2026 program, inviting audiences into a year of intimate portraits, radical reimaginings, powerful new voices and unforgettable live experiences.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

John Moyle takes a look at Sydney Theatre Company's production of The Shiralee By D’Arcy Niland and adapted for the stage by Kate Mulvany - currently playing in the Drama Theatre - Sydney Opera House until 29 November 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

Jason Whyte takes a look at Her Story - of the blues - which was recently presented at Trainscendence - The Limo-Scene, Collingwood, as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

Fluttering among hundreds of scribbled, food-stained dockets, the legacy of Melbourne’s renowned hospitality scene is served up in a new exhibition to open at Immigration Museum on Thursday 16 October: Order Up – a city fed by many cultures.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

Celebrating 90 glorious years of ‘innocent merriment’ from one of Australia’s oldest performing arts groups and 150 years of Trial By Jury, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria presents Jubilee at the Athenaeum Theatre 2 this October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play that took New York by storm, Mockingbird Theatre Company presents Sarah DeLappe's explosive and exhilarating play, The Wolves, at the Belconnen Arts Centre from 15 October - 1 November 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

Jason Whyte takes a look at Birds - currently playing at the Meat Market - The Stables (1), as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe, until 18 October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

The Sydney Fringe Festival 2025 has officially entered the record books, celebrating its most successful year ever with the highest ticket sales and largest number of participating artists in the Festival’s history.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 2d

Ahead of Victorian Opera’s performances of Katya Kabanova, Ben Minarelli spoke to conductor and Janáček specialist Alexander Briger about the enduring legacy of the composer, and the difficulties in bringing Katya to the Australian stage
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 3d

Fresh from its Matilda Award nomination, A Night With The Villains is back in 2025 – bolder, darker and with more parody than ever before at the Ron Hurley Theatre – Seven Hills Hub from 30 October – 2 November.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 3d

A jam-packed, five-day celebration of new, experimental and genre-defying art and performance from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, Performance Space will present the 2025 Liveworks Festival at Carriageworks from 22 – 26 October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Stephens OAM takes a look at RESONANCE - which was recently presented by James Batchelor & Collaborators in The Courtyard Studio - Canberra Theatre Centre.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 3d

Paul Selar takes a look at The Australian Ballet's Manon - currently playing at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne. until 22 October 2025.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 3d

Producers of the hit Broadway musical ANASTASIA have revealed the ensemble members who will be joining the highly anticipated musical for its Australian debut season, opening in December at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 4d

Michele-Rose Boylan takes a look at Pretty Woman: The Musical - currently playing in the Lyric Theatre – QPAC, Brisbane, until 23 November, before heading to Theatre Royal Sydney from 30 November 2025, and then Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne in 2026.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 4d

Jason Whyte takes a look at work.txt - currently playing in the Common Rooms - Trades Hall, as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival, until 12 October.
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Australian Arts Review @artsreviewau.bsky.social · 5d

Jason Whyte takes a look at The Flute Revamped - which is currently playing in the Studio Theatre - Gasworks Arts Park, as part of the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival, until 11 October.
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