Archives for September 2024

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will perform with special guest Italian fortepiano virtuoso Francesco Corti in his Australian debut for Mozart’s Jupiter. Corti joins the Orchestra for a program traversing a trilogy of Mozart’s most iconic works, culminating in a performance of the monumental Jupiter symphony, for what will be their largest orchestral lineup of the

The Irish Film Festival Australia has nnounced the full cinema and online program for their 10 th Anniversary 2024 Festival Festival Director, Dr Enda Murray said: “This year we want to celebrate 10 years of showcasing the very best of Irish cinema to Australian audiences. “From humble beginnings in 2015 the festival has grown to

The film version of Matthew Bourne’s charming ballet of Tim Burton’s iconic 1990 film, Edward Scissorhands, is a spectacle not to be missed. In a mansion on a hill, an eccentric Dr Coppelius-like inventor creates a creature with scissors for hands. After the death of his father, Peg Boggs (Kerry Biggin) invites the lonely creature

As a self-proclaimed pioneer of post-racial comedy, Anthony Locascio gave an entertaining performance of his much-travelled and well-received show, Pappou, at Melbourne’s Greek Centre. Greek for grandfather, Pappou centres on Locascio’s own grandfather with stories about him and his extended family forming the backbone of the show. Thematically rich, this allowed Locascio to roam across

CLOC Musical Theatre presents the Australian non-professional premiere production of Come From Away from October 11 to 26 at the National Theatre in St Kilda. Directed by Rob Robson, with musical direction by Malcom Huddle and choreography by Tailen Tynam, the real-life story Come From Away, shares the ‘other story’ of 9/11 following the 7000

Finucane and Smith present Global Smash Club from October 16 -19 at the ETU Ballroom Fringe Festival Hub, presented by Melbourne Fringe as part of Pulse. Twenty years after Finucane and Smith’s Burlesque Hour ushered in a new wild wave of burlesque, touring 18 countries, collecting 13 awards and rave reviews in nine languages along

Art Show The Noble Park Community Art Show celebrates its 19th anniversary this year. It’s been held at the Noble Park Community Centre since 2006. This community event is organised by a dedicated voluntary committee made up of local artists, volunteers and with administrative support from staff of Noble Park Community Centre. This year’s show

Director Brandon Armstrong, and choreographer Jessica Pascoe, have orchestrated an ensemble of players in Dredge to evoke suggestions of our lives and conduct within a community. The performance piece set mostly against a musical backdrop (Jack Burmeister, Hyacinth Makka) is open to interpretation allowing members of an audience the opportunity to read in to and