9th Jul 2008
Saturday July 19, 8pm, at Abbotsford Convent forone performance only
at the Crime and Justice Literature Festival, July 18-20 www.crimeandjusticefestival.com
tkts only $17 from Malthouse Theatre 03 9685 5111
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15th Jun 2008
Come along to Three to a Room’s Highland Fling Carnival!! 27th June, 2008 at the Lithuanian Club, North Melbourne.
The games night is raising money to get 'I Love You, Bro' to Edinburgh and promises to be a night of competition and hilarity!
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30th May 2008
Melbourne Writers' Theatre's MelBorn08 have announced open auditions for their MelBorn08 Actors' Ensemble and other major productions with theatre companies such as Fly-On-The-Wall, Broken Mirror Productions and Cracked-Actors.
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23rd May 2008
A discussion between Theatre Historian, Dramaturge and Academic Jukian Meyrick and Award Winning visiting Israeli Playwright and Screenwriter Motti Lerner.

Wednesday 25th June at 7.30pm at the State Library of Victoria.
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22nd May 2008
Melbourne Stomp physical theatre training intensive: 21-25 July, 10am-4pm, Earlybird rate: $357.50. Earlybird closes 31 May - don't miss out, book now! Taught by experienced trainers from the international performance company, Zen Zen Zo.
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18th May 2008
More than 400 artists, including 50 artists from interstate and 5 artists from across the seas, have converged on Melbourne to grab the arts industry by the seat of its pants and thrust it into the public domain with startling public projects, unexpected performances and invigorating discourse.
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16th May 2008
Melbourne Writers Theatre's 7th Annual short play festival is back - MelBorn08. Currently, the MelBorn08 team are calling for actors for their Actor's Ensemble.

Actors need to be experienced and be available from 14 September - 11 October 2008.
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27th Apr 2008
Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2008. A total of $210,000 will be awarded to established and emerging writers across twelve categories in one of Australia's richest and most diverse writing prizes.
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22nd Apr 2008
Call for Entries for the 2008 R.E Ross Trust Playwrights Development Awards has opened.
Closing date is Friday 23 May at 5pm.
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13th Apr 2008
Have you written the next great musical?

Then get it off your external hard drive and onto the stage by submitting to OzMade Musicals before 5 May 2008.
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27th Feb 2008
FULL TILT at the Arts Centre supports the development of new performance work by independent artists and small-medium companies.

We are now inviting proposals from artists and ensembles seeking support for new projects.

Proposals due 19 March 2008
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23rd Jan 2008
Friday 1 Feb 7pm – Late

24 Hardy St Brunswick
Entry $10

(proceeds go to a ladder)
COME ONE COME ALL

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2nd Nov 2007
To arrange an audition or interview with the writer/producer, either email adaprano@hotmail.com or phone Adrian on 0416 102 695.
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2nd Nov 2007
Eagle's Nest Theatre has just leased a space in Brunswick

James@eaglesnesttheatre.com

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19th Sep 2007
La Mama invites all first-time playwrights to submit a script of any length or style to be considered for further development by a professional director and cast.
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11th Sep 2007
Get Your Laughing Gear Along to the 2007 HotHouse Theatre Comedy Festival!
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2nd Jul 2007
An evening in conversation with Tom Keneally and Ari Roth (from Washington DC) with Associate Professor Mark Baker. The discussion will look at Keneally's new play.
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20th Jun 2007
Seize the chance to have your Australian Musical sung…

In November 2007, Magnormos will celebrate the fifth anniversary of OzMade Musicals, an annual concert by Magnormos Productions that celebrates and showcases Australian music theatre writing.
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1st Jun 2007
Alex Broun's acclaimed play Half a Person: My Life as Told by the Smiths produced by Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre and Adelaide's Feast Festival will be produced in Sydney later this year.
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29th May 2007
Thinking of auditioning for the Bachelor of Circus Arts Degree at NICA? Join us for a full day circus workshop to see what all the fuss is about.
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29th May 2007
Heat up your winter with CIRCUS!
NICA's popular holiday program for kids & adults brews up an energetic mix of activitiews for beginners and intermediates.
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22nd May 2007
Warm up with a friend this Winter at NICA's Come and Try circus classes. We're offering 20 per cent off. Discover the circus performer within...
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17th May 2007
Find out all you need to know to get your registration for The Age 2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival over the line.

With sessions in the north and the south, there's no excuse to miss this one. Come and meet the Melbourne Fringe team, venue managers and fellow artists.
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12th May 2007
It’s back! Over four nights, help our performer friends pay for their flights to participate in the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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21st Mar 2007
Liminal Theatre and Performance are seeking participants for three actor training workshops to be held late April to early May...
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14th Mar 2007
Ever dream of running off to join the circus? Or think about the excitement of juggling, tumbling, flying the trapeze, tip-toeing a high tight wire or pedalling a unicycle? Yes! Then NICA's Come and Try classes might be just the thing!
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7th Mar 2007
2007 SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW OPEN
Chorus auditions for Theatre @ Risk’s November production of Requiem for the 20th Century
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19th Feb 2007
One of Platform Youth Theatre's most successful programs returns in 2007 to offer young theatre writers 16-26yrs old advice and opportunity.
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12th Feb 2007
Chapel Off Chapel proudly presents a series of forums for Emerging Playwrights. This program offers writers, whose work is yet to be shown, an opportunity for rehearsed readings of their work and invaluable audience feedback on the plays.
Join us after the reading in the Chapel Foyer for nibblies and a lazy Sunday drink.
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29th Nov 2006
Come and join in the fun with Polyglot Puppet Theatre during the January school holidays.
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11th Nov 2006
Come and support Missfit and The Dandy Nongs at their 'cashraiser' for their return season of Showyourself! in the 2007 Midsumma Festival.
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12th Sep 2006
Don't miss the last month of the Arts Centre's Sunday Soapbox series with forums covering puppetry, independent theatre, stage management and the Melbourne International Arts Festival
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9th Aug 2006
Join a panel of established and emerging writers as they discuss the challenges of writing for the theatre today.
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9th Aug 2006
Sunday Soapbox continues at the Arts Centre right through September with discussions covering theatre making, music and percussion, stage management and Independant Theatre.
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4th Aug 2006
Be part of sending the cast of hit Australian musical VIRGINS to New York City by spending an evening with the cream of Australian music theatre talent.
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27th Jul 2006
Physical theatre, circus and theatre design all feature in the first two weeks of Sunday Soapbox free forums in August at the Arts Centre.
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25th Jul 2006
Artistic Director Chris Bendall will be running a nine-week acting workshop on working with text. Guest Workshop leaders include Simon Kingsley-Hall (physical theatre specialist), Julainne Eveleigh (voice & Alexander Technique specialist) and Victor Bizzotto (Theatre @ Risk Associate Director.)
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17th Jul 2006
Sunday Soapbox, the Arts Centre’s annual feast of conversation, performance and multi-media returns every Sunday afternoon from 23 July to 8 October.
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19th Jun 2006
It is with deep sadness & regret that the Board of Dance Works has announced that the company will be closing at the end of June 2006.
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4th Apr 2006
Impro Melbourne is bringing Keith Johnstone, renowned master improvisation teacher and creator of many improvised show formats, to Melbourne in May to run a series of workshops for the public and industry professionals.
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22nd Mar 2006
Building work commences in the next few weeks on the car park area next to the Red Stitch theatre. We expect this to cause a few parking problems.
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24th Feb 2006
Since it burst onto the scene in December 1999, The Store Room has become an integral part of Melbourne’s theatre community, playing host to more than 100 productions and providing a creative hub from which Melbourne’s theatre practitioners and audiences alike can push the boundaries of their theatre experience.
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23rd Feb 2006
The Minister for the Arts Mary Delahunty today announced more initiatives to support Victoria’s small arts organisations.
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16th Feb 2006
As part of NEXT WAVE06 & the Youth Program for Commonwealth Games Festival Melbourne 2006, Red Cabbage Collective will be creating a human maze at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday 26th March, 2006 as part of the closing event. AND WE NEED YOU!
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15th Feb 2006
A number of Australia-Japan dance collaborations involving emerging and established artists from Melbourne and regional counterparts in Japan will be presented in both Australia and Japan during 2006 as part of the Australia-japan Year of Exchange. All 3 projects have been funded through the International Program - Cultural Exchange in association with key partners: Japan Foundation, Australia Council, DFAT, MIAF, Asialink, City of Melbourne and Hirano.
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15th Feb 2006
A cabaret memoir of an Aussie girl at the Sorbonne
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2nd Feb 2006
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional


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31st Dec 1969
This Valentine's Eve, Magnormos invites you to join other like-minded Music Theatre enthusiasts in an evening of interactive trivia, great entertainment AND the hilarious hostings of comedy sensation Julia Zemiro (RockWiz, Spontaneous Broadway, Eurobeat). We'll even give you multiple chances to win tickets to the hottest shows in town and an assortment of terrific prize packs.
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24th Jan 2006
‘British cabaret icon’ Paul L Martin has announced he will bring his unique show SUBURBAN GLITTER to Australia for a once-off performance on Saturday 11 February.

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20th Dec 2005
In what may be one of the first direct tests on the Federal Government’s sedition laws, Buster Daniels will perform in a three-week season in the Melbourne Midsumma Festival, and then one week in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival.
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25th Nov 2005
The Australia Council’s 7th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) will feature the largest line-up of new Australian productions seen by international and national arts presenters and producers at one time. The Australia Council has announced the 36 companies that will take the stage at APAM 2006 in Adelaide in front of an elite audience of more than 400 arts programming decision-makers from 25 countries.

The following 14 Victorian companies have been invited to showcase in the Spotlight program at APAM, held in Adelaide on 27 February – 3 March 2006. Victorian productions amount to 38% of the APAM program.
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31st Oct 2005
In December 2005 NYID will be presenting two workshops: Body Listening and The Dramaturgy of Making Work.


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31st Oct 2005
Community members of all ages can get involved in dance and physical theatre when Kate Denborough and Gerard Van Dyck of Kage Physical Theatre hit town, from 28 October to 20 November.
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7th Oct 2005
How many stories can one suit tell? Not 3 Not 2 But 1 Woman reveals yet again the extraordinary talents of Trina Gilchrist.

A corporate worker by day – “yes, yes I’ve succumbed,” she says with a smile – the 27-year-old actor and singer, who’s been performing solidly for 16 years, drops the daytime pinstripes to unleash five self-penned characters and her stunning musical talent.
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28th Sep 2005
Artistic Director – Artists’ Program
(Part Time)

The Arts Centre is establishing a major new Artists’ Program which offers exciting opportunities for the creation and presentation of innovative and challenging work that encourages new audiences.
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26th Sep 2005
The mad and dirty world of Puppy Love extends its high powered late night season for two nights only.
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20th Sep 2005
St Martins Youth Arts Centre invites submissions from companies and individuals seeking space and support.
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19th Sep 2005
Origami continues Phillip Adams’ investigation into the possible dialogue between dance, visual art and choreographic design. The ancient Japanese art of origami is the central theme uniting the project’s creative collaborators. Mathematical design within origami forms the centre of the work’s choreographic intentions.
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19th Sep 2005
Get connected to the industry. Get in the know for auditions. Get the lowdown on making & producing your own theatre. It all happens on the Big Sunday.
Only $5 for members. To register, call 9867 2477 or e:info@stmartinsyouth.com.au

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13th Sep 2005
Be extra quick and snare yourself a late night front row seat at Angus Cerini's mad and inspired new fringe show Puppy Love.
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26th Aug 2005
In an innovative step, Arts Victoria is offering a new form of support for the booming small–medium and independent performing arts sector.

Melbourne’s performance scene is widely regarded as the best in Australia and one of the best in the world. Arts Victoria is keen to ensure this energy is supported and nurtured.

Theatre Alive will be launched on Monday 29 August at Theatreworks, St Kilda. Theatre Alive is a campaign and website dedicated to promoting Victoria’s vibrant small-medium performing arts companies (including dance, text-based and physical theatre, small-scale music and music theatre).

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