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Corteo by Cirque du Soleil.

A clown dreams of his own funeral in the latest Cirque du Soleil show

In Corteo at John Cain Arena, audiences are treated to the complete Cirque du Soleil package – elite acrobatics, elaborate costumes and a great spectacle.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Andrew Fuhrmann

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‘I will pay my debts’: A delighted Simon Mesa has won the $140,000 Bright Horizons prize at MIFF.

‘A film about the worst version of myself’ wins massive cash prize

MIFF’s Bright Horizons prize, worth $140,000, has gone to a sardonic Colombian comedy about a washed-up poet.

  • Karl Quinn
Performers Jess Nyanda Moyle and Jean Bachoura from upcoming show, Crisis Actor.

Which actor makes the ‘worthiest’ victim? In this show, you get to choose

Crisis Actor brings together live performance and technology in a show that delves into the overwhelming nature of the internet.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Richard Tognetti

The day Richard Tognetti shouted back at an audience member

Audiences have come a long way since the violinist took up the top job at the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

  • Nick Galvin
CEO of Sydney Writers Festival, Brooke Webb.

‘Censorship is never the answer’: Writers festival organisers call for braver spaces after Bendigo boycott

Festival organisers around the country have expressed dismay over the Bendigo Writers Festival code-of-conduct push, saying such codes stifle freedom of expression.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Michael with the cast for his adaptation of Tom Wright’s adaptation of the famous work.

This play treats the siege of Troy like one of today’s culture wars

Director Ian Michael’s Troy will offer revelations that might be surprising, given we’ve had millennia to get past the spoiler warnings.

  • John Bailey
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Dr Randa Abdel Fattah and the letter about her appearance at BWF.

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged concern over Palestinian author

A note warning about the appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was sent to event organisers by lobby group 5A in July.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Susan Provan, director of the Melbourne Intrnational Comedy Festival.

‘I can’t do this forever’: Comedy festival boss to hand over baton

After 30 years in the top job, Susan Provan is thinking it might be time for someone else to take the wheel. Maybe.

  • Karl Quinn
Claude Scott-Mitchell and Will McDonald play Marge and Tom Ripley in Sydney Theatre Company’s The Talented Mr Ripley.

‘A risk to society’: The next-gen stars tapping into the dark heart of The Talented Mr Ripley

Patricia Highsmith’s antihero has gripped readers for 70 years, now he is in the hands of a Heartbreak High star.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Dozens of writers have ditched the 2025 Bendigo Writers Festival

‘Not a time for silence’: More than 30 authors quit Bendigo Writers Festival

The festival started on Friday, but the opening night gala and the closing event have been cancelled along with a number of other sessions.

  • Kerrie O'Brien