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Stephen Fry Is Bringing His New Comedy Show to Australia

How very droll.

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NYC Institution The Moth Unveils Big Plans for Australia

Australian storytellers, your time has come.

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David Sedaris Announces 2016 Australian Tour

The NPR humorist and bestselling author is back.

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This Australian Theatre Production Just Got Saved By Taylor Swift

No bad blood here.

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Win Tickets to See French Baroque with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa

One of the most romantic date ideas we've seen all winter.

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What It's Like Learning to Dance in Pointe Shoes in 12 Weeks

To play Bottom in the Australian Ballet's The Dream, male dancers need to make like the ladies and go en pointe.

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John Oliver Is Coming to Australia

He's roasted and praised Australia many a time, now the political satirist is coming to deliver truth nuggets in person.

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The Book of Mormon Is Coming to Australia

Australians can finally get in on the crass magnum opus from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

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Lally Katz Takes Her Theatrical Surrealism to a Resort on the International Date Line for Timeshare

The Australian playwright says there's a lot you can learn over several weeks of 'research' in luxury resorts.

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Malthouse Theatre Is Giving Away Free Tickets, If You've Got 5000+ Followers to Tweet At

And for once, you won't be instructed to switch off your mobile phone.

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The Majestically Decaying Head of Queen Nefertiti Is Sitting in Sydney Harbour Right Now

See the barely believable images from Sydney's annual Opera on the Harbour.

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The 12 Best Shows to See at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015

Lol time.

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Dylan Moran Announces 2015 Australian Tour

The master of comedy at its surliest is taking his brand new show Australia-wide.

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MTC Announces NEON 2015 Season of Independent Theatre

Carnivals, cannibals and the real, foul-mouthed, alcoholic Calamity Jane.

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Why Fat Dancers Might Be the Most Important Thing to See at The Theatre This Year

With Nothing to Lose, dance company Force Majeure is poking at our prejudices.

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The Ten Best Things To See At Midsumma 2015

Melbourne's favourite summer festival is back to paint the town every colour in the rainbow.

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The Enduring Lure of Shakespeare Under the Stars

Why do midsummer nights go so well with the Bard? Shakespeare in the Royal Botanic Gardens director Glenn Elston has a hint.

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The Ten Best Things to See at Next Wave 2014

Featuring dance yoga, internet art and a real life fight club.

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Concrete Playground’s MICF 2014 Diary

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The Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014

From the most innovative internationals to the stuff that downright defies classification.

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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Comedian Paul Foot

He definitely has a madness, but is there method to it?

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The Creative Decathlon: Ten Things To See at the Festival of Live Art

Way more hardcore than White Night.

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Concrete Playground’s Guide to White Night 2014

An itinerary for Melbourne's classiest all-nighter.

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Your First Look at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Oh good, Wil Anderson has made another pun about his name!

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Benedict Hardie on The Hayloft Project’s Melbourne Swansong

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Concrete Playground Meets Sun Choreographer Hofesh Shechter

Schecter creates a show that balances light and dark, freedom and oppression, and that happy place we all have under the sun.

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The Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013

The upside of an uncurated festival is access to the unlimited scope, diversity, and imagination of the independent scene, but the sheer number of artworks on offer can make it tricky to navigate. Here's our top ten picks.

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Nude Dancers in Whirls and Swirls

Shinichi Maruyama has gracefully encapsulated the swaying of legs, swinging of hips and twirling of arms...

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The Search for Miss Burlesque Australia

State finalists are set to shimmy their way to the top in Miss Burlesque Australia 2012 Competition.

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