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It wasn’t until Mindy Meng Wang left China that she realised that some people don’t get along because of their backgrounds.

Playing a guzheng is hard enough. Finding Europe in Melbourne? Forget it

As a child, Mindy Meng Wang would spend eight hours a day practising the guzheng. Then something changed her tune.

  • John Bailey

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What’s on in Melbourne: 14 things see and do this summer

What’s on in Melbourne: 14 things to see and do this summer

From the dotty delight that is Yayoi Kusama to Kylie and a return season of 37, we have you covered with exhibitions, festivals, concerts and more. 

  • Cam Woodhead
From left, Sigrid Thornton, Eddie Perfect and Paula Arundell return to Melbourne stages in 2025. 

Melbourne’s 10 hottest theatre tickets for 2025

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll sing along (no, maybe don’t do that) during a bountiful year ahead.

  • John Bailey
Teller, a former schoolteacher, almost never speaks on stage, while Penn almost never stops.

‘I hated magic’: The moment that broke, and made, a Penn & Teller star

He’s one half of the world’s biggest comedy-magic act, but Penn Jillette owes his career to a moment of heartbreak.

  • Karl Quinn
Erik Thomson will play Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Melbourne Comedy Theatre.

Christmas in Melbourne: where to find the best shows, lights, decorations and carols

From a Christmas Carol to the Nutcracker, Carols in the Domain and Home Alone, there’s something in the stocking for everyone.

  • Cameron Woodhead
Cabaret star Reuben Kaye plays King Herod in the new version of Jesus Christ Superstar.

He received death threats for a joke about Jesus, now Reuben Kaye is in Jesus Christ Superstar

The cabaret star is the “power-hungry, extravagant child nepo baby” King Herod in the latest revival of the enduring musical.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
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Peter and the Starcatcher’s mermaids: (Back row from left) Hugh Parker, Colin Lane and Peter Helliar; (middle row from left) John Bachelor, Lucy Goleby, Alison Whyte and Paul Capsis; and (front row from left) Ryan Gonzalez, Olivia Deeble and Benjin Maza.

Dancing mermaids and salty pirates: The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

It won five Tony awards, now the hit Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher has been given an Australian makeover.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Kala Gare stars in the MTC’s musical version of My Brilliant Career.

An Australian literary classic gets a mixtape makeover

My Brilliant Career the musical finds a bit of Billie Eilish in Miles Franklin’s heroine.

  • Michael Dwyer
Patricia Cornelius, left, and Susie Dee have created their grittiest work yet.

This play is about a violent man. So why is he played by a woman?

In the face of Australia’s shocking rates of domestic violence, our grittiest theatre makers take a bold new approach.

  • Kylie Northover
Tina Turner on stage in 1985.

‘Transformative’: The musical that freed Tina Turner from her past

Playwright Katori Hall knows all about the barriers faced by her musical idol. They’re the same ones confronting Kamala Harris today.

  • Michael Dwyer

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