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You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is unable to continue providing t...
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Western Edge Youth Arts have launched their brand-spanking new website.
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To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Tasmania's Terrapin Puppet Theatre has announced that it will be presenting ...
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Plays are meant to be performed, right? You can’t just read them on your own, right? So come along to Courtho...
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In 2012, Arena will partner with SEDA to run a pilot arts education project aimed at engaging young people in Years...
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How often do we get the chance to see inside the minds and imaginations of our children? To see
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You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is ...
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Something is coming, it’ s changing, breaking, dripping, splitting and dividing, sliding, joining and graftin...
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PlayWriting Australia offers travel grants of up to $2,500 to connect playwrights, dramaturgs and theatre companies...
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Polyglot is gearing up for a busy second half of the year performing in five languages and in f...
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HG Nelson once described Geoff Goodfellow as a "tough nut." In reality, he is a hugel...
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Having been identified by the Australia Council’s Theatre Board in 2010 as one of only si...
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Australian experts in young people's theatre, Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) Ex...
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The Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to launch the Creative Australia ArtistsGrants, a...
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Fresh from a highly successful London Festival, the Goldner String Quartet will join with long ...
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Writer Declan Greene nominated in Theatre for Young Audiences category. Moth was 26-year-old Gr...
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Australia’s centre of excellence in contemporary circus arts National Institute of Circus...
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Youth Arts Queensland invites young and emerging artists from across Australia to make their ar...
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TheatreSpace is a four-year research project investigating the responses of young people. The t...
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1 Jul
For over 16 years violet moon works have supplied performing arts resources to: education autho...
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Presented by Shopfront Contemporary Arts and Performance and framed against a bustling suburban...
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One of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Chekhov’s tragic-comic masterpiece of prov...
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These winter school holidays, Signal is hosting a cutting edge program jam-packed with ...
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From 26 September to 1 October 2011, NICA will present the NICA Melbourne Circus Festival celeb...
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1 Jul
Read the latest review by Lowdown's Adelaide based reviewer Jane Howard who visited the lat...
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Patch Theatre Company specializes in creating beautiful and inspiring theatre for 4-8 year old ...
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The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents Spring School Holidays at ACMI
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Australia’s centre of excellence in contemporary circus NICA announces National Auditions...
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At the height of his fame, Namatjira’s shows sold out within minutes. If you didn’t...
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1 Jun
Its crunch time for Lowdown and we need your help. We would like to know what you value in the ...
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1 Jun
When Aleksander journeys to the hallowed city of Robotika he is captivated by the technological...
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Restless Dance Theatre is a place where it is an advantage to have a disability. In residence a...
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1 Jun
Chamber Made Opera and the Victorian Writer's Centre are thrilled to announce a new initiat...
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1 May
With performances by Alex Manglet and Kate Mulvany, Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare’s new A...
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1 May
Moth, one of the hardest productions to get a ticket to in 2010 was written by Declan Greene, o...
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1 May
How real is the online reality for Australia’s young people? And is there a deep connecti...
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When two strangers meet on a park bench, we see class warfare at its most personal and instinct...
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1 May
The Australian String Quartet is currently calling for submissions from emerging composers for ...
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1 May
Queensland Arts Council's Youth Program is seeking a range of creative endeavors for inclus...
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1 May
How far would you go to be truly free? Step across the line with these 23 breathtaking young ar...
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1 May
Courthouse ARTS welcomes new Artistic Director, Ross Mueller. A newly renovated Courthous...
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1 May
Monkey Baa has been madly at work on our two new productions; Emily Eyefinger adapted from Dunc...
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1 May
The Danish theatre, Teatret Gruppe 38, is the first Danish theatre ever to have received one of...
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1 Apr
Youth music organisation The Push, are looking for a new Volunteer Publicity and Media Assistan...
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1 Apr
Arena Theatre Company follows up its recent success at the 2010 Green Room Awards with great ne...
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1 Apr
The recently launched Nanjing Cultural Exchange Project which celebrates the relationship betwe...
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1 Apr
Share the fun and excitement of Polyglots groundbreaking new work City of Riddles. Polyglot The...
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1 Apr
Lowdown is excited to announce that a new face is joining the Westside Circus team - Matt Wilso...
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1 Apr
On Friday 29 April 2011 Geelong Performing Arts Centre will be Short Circuited. More than sixty...
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1 Apr
Random is presented as part of the 2011 MTC Education Season and featured on the 2011 VCE Drama...
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1 Apr
Experience Saltimbanco and make a difference to the lives of young people in remote and regiona...
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1 Apr
Express Media is calling for applications for Write in Your Face 2011 which supports young writ...
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1 Mar
This is Bell Shakespeare’s third production of Much Ado About Nothing, following producti...
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1 Mar
Don't miss the world premiere of Polyglot's brand new work Tangled Web at Melb...
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1 Mar
Lowdown congratulates Arena Theatre Company on winning 3 Green room Awards for their production...
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1 Mar
Entries for the 2011 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize are now open for writers. So get th...
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1 Mar
If you are an indpendent producer in a performing arts platform, then you may be interested in ...
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1 Mar
Signal is back with a cutting edge program jam-packed with workshops and events destined to ins...
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1 Feb
State Theatre Company of SA presents The Misanthrope by Molière, translated and adapted ...
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1 Feb
Currency House have released Platform Papers 26, Not Just An Audience: Young People Transformin...
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The WiM forum held in March in Brisbane include a stellar line up of female artist. Emerging an...
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1 Feb
If you're a bit disappointed that St Martins is unable to offer workshops in Term 1, don...
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In 2011, Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) is introducing a new format to its ever popular Educat...
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ACMI will be hosting workshops between 8 - 27 April, 2011 for the school holidays! The first wo...
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1 Feb
Artistic Director Chris Kohn has been chosen to represent the Young People and the Arts Austral...
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Arena Theatre Company is delighted to announce that Moth has been nominated for 7 Gree...
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1 Jan
Courtesy of Hopscotch Films and Lowdown Magazine Online, WIN tickets to see CATFISH. W...
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1 Jan
Melbourne's Westside Circus will once again be holding Crossing the Tightrope Together in 2...
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1 Jan
Courthouse Arts is seeking a full-time (38 hours per week) talented Artistic Director to lead t...
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1 Jan
Zen Zen Zo have some fantastic opportunities coming up. Apply for the Company Internship, Physi...
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1 Dec
City of Melbourne are seeking a Program Coordinator to ensure the smooth delivery of the ArtPla...
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1 Dec
Premiering in Melbourne in 2001, We Built This City is now fresh from several world to...
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1 Dec
Featuring international artists from island locations across the globe, alongside some of Austr...
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1 Dec
In June 2011 ArtPlay will be presenting a week of puppetry workshops and performances: PuppetLa...
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1 Dec
A Merry Christmas and jolly splendid New Year from all of us here at Lowdown.
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1 Nov
The FReeZA Push Start is a state-wide Battle of the Bands competition that showcases young and ...
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A harvest of 2010’s freshest local talents, 10 months...4 Short Circuit nights......
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Get the Impro comedy skills that’ll keep your classmates laughing and your teachers on th...
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The Environment: Who Cares? We do! And so do Australia's primary and secondary sch...
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Aged 18-25? FReeZACentral are giving you the chance to meet and work with your dream music indu...
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Check out the exciting array of events Signal have to take you into the summer months.
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At the opening night of the Beardo art exhibition, Barking Spider Visual Theatre prese...
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1 Oct
Join St Martins for a night of celebrations!
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What cannot be spoken may still be heard.
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The wolf is at your door. Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow.
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1 Oct
The Push is thrilled to open applications for their Face The Music Regional Scholarships Progra...
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Fresh, sassy and fierce Geelong dancers take to the stage.
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Over $1.2 million of arts projects will be funded over the next twelve months as part of the Ci...
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Calling all budding authors!
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Circus Oz receives further funding from the Victorian Government to help with their new home.
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Malthouse Theatre creatively engages high school students with climate change in a ground-break...
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1 Oct
Pocketfool know that all the best wishes come true at the theatre.
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1 Oct
Victoria is preparing to showcase its vibrant and diverse youth arts sector. Presented by Young...
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1 Sep
Get your applications ready for the 2011 round of JUMP artist mentorships.
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Touring libraries across Victoria and South Australia Mr Badger, in the guise of storyteller, p...
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A new Australian musical especially commissioned for teenagers is set to premiere at St Martins...
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Canberra Youth Theatre is opening its doors to invite emerging artists from outside the ACT who...
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Arena Theatre Company's latest work is up for a big shiny trophy!
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Western Edge Youth Arts is a registered charity that works with culturally and linguistically d...
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Circus Oz has public classes for kids, teens and adults running from late September until mid-D...
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1 Sep
The Festival of Australian Student Theatre (FAST) is the first national festival of tertiary st...
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1 Sep
Frankston's youngest and hippest felines bring you Nocturno these holidays.
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During October, Terrapin's new production of The Gatekeeper will continue its tour...
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St Martins'll put a spring in your step these school holidays.
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Over the next two months, Finegan Krukemeyer will enchant children with three productions.
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1 Sep
St Martins presents a new musical commissioned especially for teenagers.
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23 Aug
On 17 August, Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) announced CarriageWorks and Melbourne Fringe as its n...
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1 Aug
A major new musical set to open in Melbourne in March 2011 is holding open auditions in Sydney ...
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1 Aug
The lovely folk at Arena Theatre Company are on the hunt for a new Program Coordinator. Are you...
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1 Aug
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the music industry (and more!) at one of FRee...
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1 Aug
In late October, 100 students, from Regional Victoria and NSW, will converge on Swan Hill, in N...
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The FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands hits Geelong this August.
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Now Courthouse Arts are very proud to present Sand, a striking and unforgettable new w...
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1 Aug
A series of projects presented by VCA's Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Creation studen...
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1 Aug
Express Media are on the hunt for talented young writers to take part in their Buzzcuts reviewi...
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1 Aug
A US premiere, 3 Helpmann award nominations, a hit Masterclass and...dandys? It's all in a ...
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1 Aug
YPAA's Executive Director, Lenine Bourke is traversing the countryside talking all things y...
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1 Jul
YPAA's Victorian Youth Arts Market is fast approaching!
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1 Jul
Lowdown would like to congratulate the three organisations successful in YPAA's Incubator P...
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1 Jul
The Australian Performing Arts Centres Association's Conference and Long Paddock National T...
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1 Jul
The Fairfax Festival is ready to showcase the creative talents of regional Victorian secondary ...
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1 Jul
Stone/Castro are at it again with Superheroes, their latest contemporary theatre work ...
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1 Jul
Are you a Melbourne-based arts worker who's tired of twiddling their thumbs? Well listen up...
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1 Jul
Asialink's 2010 Annual Arts Forum Art Asia Future- new models for residency, collaborat...
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1 Jul
Calling filmmakers of the future - it's Screen It time again!
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1 Jun
A young Adelaide girl will get the opportunity to meet her idol when she visits the Australian ...
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1 Jun
Malthouse Theatre is delighted to announce that their 2010 Company in Residence will be The Hay...
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1 Jun
Red Stitch Actors Theatre Artistic Director, David Whiteley has announced the Company’s s...
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1 Jun
Here Theatre and fortyfivedownstairs present 2007 RE Ross Award Winner TOPSY by Kit Lazaroo - t...
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1 Jun
It’s La Mama for Kids time again! Bring the family in out of the cold to cosy La Mama for...
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1 Jun
Exciting new kids on the block The Flemington Theatre Group present Black Face/White Mask
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1 May
Congratulations to Polyglot, who'll be wowing audiences with their acclaimed work We Bu...
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1 May
NICA offers a three year, vocational Bachelor of Circus Arts. Entry to the Bachelor program is ...
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1 May
Circus Oz, Victoria’s internationally acclaimed contemporary circus, is thrilled with the...
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1 May
St Martins Playwrighting Competition in on again, ready to unearth 2010's brightest new pla...
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1 May
Melbourne’s Polyglot Theatre is excited to announce a tour of its acclaimed work We Built...
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1 May
Gosh, do the RealTV gang have some goodies in store for you!
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1 May
Arena Theatre Company’s latest production Moth premieres at the C.U. B Malthouse from 13 ...
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1 May
Attention all artists, creative types and general Melbournians! The City of Melbourne ArtPlay a...
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1 May
Courthouse Arts is very proud to present, Emerging Artist Exhibition from 3 May to 28 May. Visu...
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29 Apr
Are you Australia?s next big star? Young people can get creative and "Live It Now? by subm...
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1 Apr
Outback Theatre for Young People (OTYP) teams up with Zeal and Golden Rivers to present an Apri...
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1 Apr
The Push is proud to announce the mentors for the 2010 FReeZACentral Program!
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1 Apr
Drug Education. Social Health. Critical Thinking. The Arts Centre Melbourne bring these issues ...
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1 Apr
In 2010, St Martins Youth Arts Centre is celebrating 30 years of providing hands-on performing ...
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1 Apr
In 2010 Express Media is giving young people, or people working with young people, the chance t...
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1 Apr
As part of its inaugural year’s program, Signal is running a pilot residency program, off...
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1 Apr
Polished Raw Productions and Vicious Fish Theatre will both be holding auditions for young Vict...
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1 Apr
The St Martins Glee Club begins April 19th!
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1 Apr
Backbone Youth Arts are currently offering a 6 week introduction to contemporary performance fo...
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4 Mar
The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (Brisbane) is seeking young Indigenous performers for...
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1 Mar
An Australian Council for the Arts survey of over 3000 Australians has revealed that 15-24 year...
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1 Mar
Melbourne’s Arena Theatre Company is thrilled to have received 8 nominations for its 2009...
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1 Mar
Dance and theatre artists are set to walk the boards with $114,000 in arts grants after Melbour...
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1 Mar
Platform Theatre’s Provokateur project returns in 2010 for another inspiring year.
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1 Mar
arts2GO will be teaming up with the Song Room to present Poetry Alive! - an hilarious ...
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1 Mar
The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creativ...
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1 Mar
Leave the Cat Alone productions presents... Diabolica Jones, a tale about leaving your comfort ...
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1 Mar
Join John Robertson on a surreal comic romp through History’s icky, shifty and weird bits...
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1 Mar
Acrobat are set to teach the world right from wrong with their world-premiere production, P...
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1 Mar
This is your chance to secure great seats for the fantastic performances and workshops for the ...
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1 Mar
Subsidies for Regional Schools to Boost Arts and Literacy Regional schools throughout Victoria ...
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1 Feb
Interested in social change and new media? Wayfarer v2 - Urban Agents is a web-based, multiplay...
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1 Feb
The Mobile States consortium is now seeking expressions of interest from artists across the per...
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1 Feb
La Mama for Kids is back for 2010 with more great performances for children at La Mama Theatre ...
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1 Feb
The National Gallery of Victoria has opened a new dedicated children’s gallery at Federat...
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1 Feb
Auditions for St Martins' Performers and Creative Ensembles are happening throughout Februa...
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1 Feb
The THRESHOLD Program for Emerging Companies has been specifically designed to support and prov...
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1 Dec
Experimenta Utopia Now examines the world we live in, re-imagining our current condition throug...
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1 Nov
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has announced the winners in the 2009 nationa...
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1 Nov
The Push’s signature all ages live music festival Push Over returns to The Abbotsford Con...
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1 Oct
A Little Piece
Harry is a grumpy toy hedgehog that’s flung out of the bedr...
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1 Oct
The inaugural Northcote Kids Fringe Festival opens in October with a program of inspirational c...
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1 Oct
The List Operators is a show staged specifically for young people this Fringe Festival. More ex...
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1 Oct
Melbourne International Arts Festival kicks off in October, and they have done a call out for p...
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1 Oct
On October 1 and 2, Artplay hosts drawing workshops inspired by the mixed up world of dog breed...
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1 Oct
In October, The Arts Centre and China Children’s Art Theatre present The Dragon Child in ...
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1 Oct
A girl who reads dreams, a mother who sews garments lined with love and warmth, a grandfather w...
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1 Oct
Muckheap is a colourful show full of delightful puppetry. Funny, fast and fantastically messy, ...
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1 Oct
In October this year, St Martins will transport a unique theatre project to Signal, Melbourne&r...
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1 Oct
Theatresports™ is the longest running improvisation comedy show in Melbourne. This ever-p...
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1 Oct
Arena's production powerhouse is full steam ahead in October and November with two shows ou...
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1 Oct
MEDEA in Prahran
Courthouse Arts' Medea, combining Euripides' classic t...
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1 Oct
Join Corrine Grant, Lally Katz, Joanna Murray-Smith, Michael Veitch, Robert Reid, Thomas Hennin...
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1 Aug
The 2009 national Fastest Boy in the World Tour is zooming through NSW, ACT, QLD and t...
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1 Aug
Drama Victoria has launched a new website specifically for Primary Drama Educators: Drama Dazzl...
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1 Aug
Write Across Victoria is a creative writing competition for Year 7–9 students in Victoria...
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1 Aug
Drama Australia’s National Conference, will be hosted by Drama Victoria at the University...
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28 Jul
World to submit the world to submit a half hour play to be considered for the 2010 season of Out of ...
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28 Jul
When I noticed little icicles dangling from the handlebars under blue fingers on my morning rid...
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28 Jul
At Arena development of The House of Dreaming is well underway. Meanwhile Mr Freez...
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28 Jul
Pocketfool for Preschoolers continues each month at ArtPlay. In a new, exciting venture, Pocket...
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28 Jul
In August ensemble theatre company Red Stitch will stage a return season of Joel Gross' int...
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28 Jul
Brett Adam will direct a new production of Explorations: A Streetcar Named Desire from...
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28 Jul
Hot on the heels of their tour to the Singapore Arts Festival with The Big Game, Polyg...
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28 Jul
Term 3 heralds the return of arts2GO's favourite rockers, OzRockStar, who will be touring s...
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28 Jul
Signal is the new City of Melbourne youth arts space in the centre of town. This iconic space w...
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28 Jul
Westside Circus has received a grant from the federal government (FAHCSIA) to work with refugee...
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28 Jul
Westside's The Homecoming works with refugee and newly arrived young people to promote self...
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28 Jul
Short Circuit on August 7 is a short play festival featuring five to ten minute plays that give...
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