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    07-19 May Nilaja Sun is back in her one-woman performance No Child... after an enormously successful run at last year's Melbourne... More details
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    16-23 May Ostensibly based on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, in company with wife Pat Nixon and secretary of state Henry... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-23 May Ostensibly based on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, in company with wife Pat Nixon and secretary of state Henry... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-23 May Ostensibly based on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, in company with wife Pat Nixon and secretary of state Henry... More details
  • (Theatre)

    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-23 May Ostensibly based on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, in company with wife Pat Nixon and secretary of state Henry... More details
  • (Theatre)

    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-23 May Ostensibly based on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, in company with wife Pat Nixon and secretary of state Henry... More details
  • (Theatre)

    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
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    23-25 May The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
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    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
  • (Theatre)

    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23-25 May The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
  • (Theatre)

    10-25 May CLOC Musical Theatre, one of Victoria's largest and most successful non-professional music theatre companies is preparing to... More details
  • (Theatre)

    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23-25 May The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun Get ready from some sing-a-longs as all the hits from the psychedelic '60s come back to life in this musical delving into the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details

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