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Daphne du Maurier in 1929.

It’s time to meet the mystery woman behind Hitchcock’s greatest hits

The full power of Daphne du Maurier’s writing is unleashed in new stage productions of The Birds and Rebecca.

  • John Bailey

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Actress Chenoa Deemal, left, and writer Andrea James revisit a local myth in The Black Woman of Gippsland.

A missing woman, an ancient mystery. Finally, a new story emerges

Andrea James was haunted by “The White Woman of Gippsland”. Her contemporary stage thriller shifts the perspective.

  • John Bailey
 Eddie Perfect unleashes his inner chaos agent as Beetlejuice. 

Rude, chaotic, needy: Why middle-class me loves playing Beetlejuice

This obnoxious loudmouth lets us laugh at death and decency. What better way to celebrate life?

  • Eddie Perfect
Rosanna Raymond of the Pacific Sisters.

The Pacific Sisters want you to don your Melbourne Cup best, then add nan’s lace and some bling

This Aotearoa-based arts collective has been blending ancestral Pasifika power with fashion, music, performance and fun for over 30 years.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

She spent too long watching pandas. Then this artist had a cute idea

Chinese-born artist Ran Chen unpacks the appeal of adorability in a show that even comes with a serve of fairy floss.

  • John Bailey
Eddie Perfect takes the title role in the musical, Beetlejuice.

From Beetlejuice to Les Mis and Annie: A big-ticket guide to Melbourne’s shows

There’s a massive year ahead for the city’s theatre fans, with big names, big shows and some big surprises (well, maybe).

  • Cameron Woodhead
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Harrison Ritchie-Jones (in green cap) with fellow dancers in TANTRUM for 6. 

This show might make you want to scream. It’s really that good

TANTRUM for 6 unleashes the pent-up toddler in all of us.

  • John Bailey
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
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

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