13+ hour, 48+ min ago  (223+ words) Sergei Nakariakov has established himself as one of the most sought-after trumpet players on the international stage. Named "The Paganini of the trumpet, Nakariakov has also brought the flugelhorn to prominence on the concert stage. This masterclass is a unique…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (533+ words) Dennis McIntosh was 12 when Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October, 1970. He and his friends heard the terrible thud from their school" something hehas never forgotten. Thirty-five men died in what remains Australia's deadliest industrial accident. For the past decade,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (129+ words) Nominee Best Comedy Award 2025 Melbourne Fringe Greg and Denise have too much stuff! Narre Warren South's most notorious couple are moving to the retirement village up the road, and they can't possibly take everything with them. Join Greg, Denise and…...

17+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1683+ words) Timoth'e Chalamet's controversial comments and a new book by Caitlin Vincent, Opera Wars, lead Peter Tregear to ponder what (and who) is opera for? In a now notorious interview, actor Timoth'e Chalamet declared he only wanted to work in a…...

22+ hour, 31+ min ago  (443+ words) Weiss becomes the first Australian to conduct a subscription concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Australian conductor Leonard Weiss will make history this week when he becomes the first Australian to conduct a subscription concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra,…...

22+ hour, 51+ min ago  (540+ words) Callum Linnane leaves The Australian Ballet for Principal Artist role with Hamburg Ballet. Principal Artist Callum Linnane will leave The Australian Ballet after more than a decade to join Hamburg Ballet as a principal artist from the 202627 season, the company…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago  (661+ words) A compelling triple bill explores mortality through ritual, sculpture and ecstatic movement, uniting two companies in vivid collaboration. Gloria " A Triple Bill contains works by New Zealanders Douglas Wright and Moss Te Ururangi Patterson, and New Zealand-born Raewyn Hill. Hill…...

1+ day, 58+ min ago  (364+ words) Raewyn Hill, artistic director of Perth's Co3 Contemporary Dance, steps away from the company she founded. Raewyn Hill will step down as inaugural artistic director of Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia at the end of 2026, bringing to a close a 12-year tenure that…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (519+ words) Hello! The Mormons are back! First seen in Australia in 2017, The Book of Mormon is blasphemous, scurrilous, puerile, rude, satirical " and one of the funniest, sweetest, most joyous musicals ever staged. Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (250+ words) Niquet and Charvet's bristling Carmen challenge Gardiner's HIP first choice. Herv" Niquet's Carmen races out of the traps with bright, bracing, bristling period instrument bravura, brisk, propulsive tempi stoking up the energy and excitement to boiling point. Saturated with Spanish…...