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How young people do democracy: pausing, questioning, creating and bringing others along with them

The second annual Shopfront Youth-Led Conference was designed by young people for young people. They wanted to talk about ‘redesigning success’.

14.10.2026 10

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Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency

Theatre can model new possibilities, transform thinking and centre the rights and needs of children.

15.05.2026 20

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Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age

This new play at Melbourne Theatre Company is a sharp, often darkly comic examination of conformity and resistance within the modern corporate...

23.02.2026 50

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New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story

Melbourne Theatre Company’s stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s story dazzles with its lighting, set and costume design. But it lacks thematic...

06.10.2025 40

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Destiny is a fierce new stage show exploring love, loss and rebellion under the shadow of apartheid South Africa

Kristy Marillier’s fierce new ensemble drama, playing at Melbourne Theatre Company, reminds us the personal is political.

25.08.2025 40

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