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Melbourne Festival 2011 | Assembly

Melbourne Festival 2011 | Assembly

Roger Nelson reviews Chunky Moves and Victorian Opera's Melbourne Festival collaboration, Assembly, the final and perhaps one of the most moving pieces presented by Gideon Oberzanek for the famed dance company.
Melbourne Festival 2011 | Half Real

Melbourne Festival 2011 | Half Real

The Border Project's contribution to the Melbourne Festival, Half Real, is interactive, experimental theatre at its very best. Hadass Ormandy-Neale explains why...
The Interview | Marcia Ferguson | Ganesh Vs The Third Reich | Melbourne Festival

The Interview | Marcia Ferguson | Ganesh Vs The Third Reich | Melbourne Festival

Jeremy Williams catches up with Marcia Ferguson of Back To Back to talk their new play, Ganesh Vs The Third Reich, now showing at the Melbourne Festival.
Melbourne Festival | 06-22 October 2011

Melbourne Festival | 06-22 October 2011

We get all cultured and stuff and preview this year's Melbourne Festival, opening this Thursday in a venue near you.
The Interview | Jason Chong

The Interview | Jason Chong

We catch up with Adelaide comedian, Jason Chong, to talk Fringe, filmmaking, Optimus Prime and his affinity for a particularly seedy Melbourne laneway off Chinatown.
At The Sans Hotel

At The Sans Hotel

Meisy Cheong reviews Nicola Gunn's moving performance in "At The Sans Hotel", now showing at Carlton's La Mama Courthouse Theatre.