The Ten Best Things to See at Melbourne Festival 2016

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The Ten Best Things to See at Melbourne Festival 2016

Fire shows, Bowie tributes and plays informed by the talents of Tourette's.

David Bowie: Nothing Has Changed

Celebrate the legend.

Les Tambours De Feu — Deabru Beltzak

Melbourne's streets will be set on fire.

Haircuts by Children

Participate at your peril.

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

The National Theatre of Scotland will paint the town red.

Chiharu Shiota: The Home Within

A complex installation of red webbing is taking over multiple CBD locations.

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage

Beam us up.

Backstage in Biscuit Land

When your star has Tourette's, no two shows are the same.

The Triplets of Belleville

The quirky French animation gets the live score treatment.

Vertical Influences — Le Patin Libre

Street dance on ice.

Amiel Courtin-Wilson: Breaking Waves

A multi-screen film installation that charts the life's work of Melbourne-born composer Percy Grainger.

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