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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.

AAP · Sep 10

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.

The Conversation · Sep 2

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

The Guardian - AU · May 29

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.

AAP · Jan 4, 2024

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 · Aug 5, 2023

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 · Jun 22, 2023

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 · Jun 16, 2023

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 · Jul 2, 2022

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.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2022

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.

ABC News · Apr 7, 2022