Newsletter #836 | What's On this Week

Published: Tue, 01/03/23

Newsletter: 3 - 9 January 2023

What's On Newsletter | #836
Tuesday 3rd January 2023 - Monday 9th January 2023

Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne

& Juliet
Alexander McQueen: Mind Mythos Muse
AMINÉ | LIVE Melbourne
Arctic Monkeys
AO Finals Festival 2023
Australian Open 2023
Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland
Blessing of the Waters
Bricktionary: The Interactive LEGO Brick Exhibition
Code Camp - Best School Holidays Ever
Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences
Hamilton: The Musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Isaiah Firebrace - District Live
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Lightscape
Monet & Friends: The Lume Melbourne
Peninsula Summer Music Festival
Summer Night Market | Queen Victoria Market
Summer School Holiday Guide
TeamKids - Summer Holiday Fun
Temple Of Boom - NGV International
The Phantom of the Opera
Zipline Experience | Yarra River Melbourne

Free Every Week

Australian Open 2023

The countdown to the Australian Open 2023 is on!

Monday 16 January until Sunday 29 January 2023 - Melbourne Park

With the world's top tennis players fighting it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year, there's no better place to be. Join the biggest names in the game this summer for two weeks of all-star action. Who will reign supreme in 2023?

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AO Finals Festival 2023

The AO is truly open for all.

January 27 - 29 | Tickets from $34 or $5 with AO pass

Get set to celebrate with musical performances by Vanessa Amorosi, BENEE and Flight Facilities and the AOs first every Pride Hub.

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Summer School Holiday Guide

Keep the kids busy over Christmas and New Year holidays.

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 Sunday, 29 January 2023

Over 500 activities and child friendly things to do.

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TeamKids - Summer Holiday Fun

Australia's favourite School Holiday program provider delivering excursions, incursions and in-house event days that promise to keep your kids happy, engaged, safe, nurtured and having FUN.

For more information call 1300 035 000

Code Camp - Best School Holidays Ever

Every school holidays kids aged 5-13 years can design, code, and create with technology, producing games, websites, music and videos in just 2-3 days.

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Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show

Mind blowing magic right before your eyes

Witness miracles upclose with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.

Summer Night Market

Queen Victoria Market

Every Wednesday night: 5pm until 10pm until 15 March 2023

The season include a raft of Melbourne's finest with over 125 shops and stalls and a line-up of food and drink. Mr Miyagi and their Japanese-influenced street tacos, lobster rolls from George the Fishmonger, Casa Nata's perfected Portuguese tarts and plenty more.

Zipline Experience | Yarra River

Firefly Zipline over the Yarra River

Daily until Saturday 28th January 2023

This year a dual zipline means you can enjoy this experience with a friend by your side. Reach speeds of up to 35 km per hour and enjoy views of iconic Melbourne. Get your adrenaline pumping with their brand-new Quick Jump experience. Learn what free falling feels like without having to jump from a plane by plunging from a 10-metre-high platform. All while safely harnessed of course.

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Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

Join Alice on her amazing journey & experience an adventure like no other.

January 5-8 2023 - Athenaeum Theatre

This school holiday tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elston's highly acclaimed production this familiar tale is stunningly lifted right from the pages.

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Bricktionary: The Interactive LEGO Brick Exhibition

Official Tickets: ticketek.com.au

Until 29th January 2023 - Melbourne Museum

The exhibition is based on his latest book The Bricktionary: The Ultimate A-Z of Lego® and is about using LEGO to inspire and encourage imagination.

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Rone: Time

Time is a nostalgic love letter to mid-century Melbourne and a tribute to one of the city's great icons

Until 29 January 2023 - Flinders Street Station (Ballroom)

Profoundly atmospheric Time captures both the grand scale and character of the site and the minute detail of a period of Melbourne's history long lost to progress.

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& Juliet

The award-winning & JULIET opens in February at the Regent Theatre

26 February 2023 - 9 April 2023 - Regent Theatre

This hilarious inspiring and poignant new musical is wrapped up in one of the most addictive and joyful soundtracks to ever hit the stage. Shakespeare gets a remix with some of the world's most loved and glittering pop anthems from legendary songwriter Max Martin and collaborators.

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Peninsula Summer Music Festival

World-class music | Intimate performances | Unique peninsula places

Until Thursday 19 January 2023 across the Mornington Peninsula

This year we again present a cornucopia of delights celebrating the unique musical and geographical environment of the Mornington Peninsula.

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Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences

Back by popular demand: multi-sensory experiences in complete darkness.

Each experience combines binaural (3D) sound and sensory stimuli in complete and utter darkness. Using speech recognition technology guests are transported through rooms and down corridors on an intense and exhilarating journey.

Until Sunday 5th February 2023

Multi-Sensory Experiences

Coma

Eulogy

Flight

Séance

Monet & Friends

@ The Lume Melbourne

Until 31 January 2023 - The Lume Melbourne

Embark on a mesmerising journey across bohemian Paris and countryside France. Young and old will be plunged into Monet's Water Lilies and dancing with Degas' ballerinas in this stunning explosion of life light and colour.

Temple Of Boom @ NGV

NGV ARCHITECTURE COMMISSION

Ground Level Grollo Equiset Garden - Free

An evocative reimagining of The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens by Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang. An annual series that invites Australian architects to create a work of site-specific ephemeral architecture.

Lightscape 2023 - Royal Botanic Gardens

Back by popular demand- Immersive after-dark experience

16 June 2023 - 6 August 2023

Never before seen lightworks along with the impressive Winter Cathedral will light up the Gardens when Lightscape returns in June. Immersed in light colour reflection and music the all-new trail just over 2km will take you through the green heart of Melbourne. Expect colour-changing installations large-scale illuminated sculptures and surprises along the way.

Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade

An icon unseen for 100 years.

Built for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition the Dome Promenade was a key attraction providing visitors the opportunity to view the emerging Melbourne skyline.

Discover the history of this extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage listed building before experiencing views from the dome over Carlton Gardens the city and greater Melbourne.

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Tyama: multisensory experience of nature

Wander Through A Nocturnal World

Until January 2023 - Melbourne Museum

Tyama transports you to Victoria's nocturnal worlds immersing you in 360-degree responsive projections breathtaking effects and exquisite soundscapes.

The Phantom of the Opera

Opera Australia's The Phantom of the Opera

Until 29 January 2023 - State Theatre Arts Centre

Experience the phenomenon of one of the most successful musicals of all time. Hit after hit punctuates the thrilling score from the stunning romance of "Music of the Night" "Think of Me" and "All I Ask of You" to the splendid "Masquerade" and brilliant title song.

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Go Go Go and Save Save Save! Special $20 TIX

Until 29 January 2023 - Regent Theatre

Direct from the London Palladium. The joyous "pure gold" production awakens the humour heart and soul of the multi-award-winning epic of biblical proportions. The spectacular musical features iconic pop and theatre classics known the world over including Any Dream Will Do Close Every Door To Me There's One More Angel in Heaven and Go Go Go Joseph.

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Hamilton: The Musical

A record-breaking masterpiece..

Until 15 January 2023- Her Majesty's Theatre - Last days (must close)

Featuring a score that blends hip-hop jazz R&B and Broadway HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre - a musical that has had a profound impact on culture politics and education.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ReImagined - Extended by popular demand

Until April 2023 - Princess Theatre

The most globally awarded play in history Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now experienced as one thrilling theatrical event.

Powerpal | Electricity Monitor

FREE for every Victorian

Powerpal connects a smart phone to your electricity meter and shows power usage in real-time helping you to make better decisions about the way you use energy.

Ready-Made Meals - Home Delivered

Fresh and delicious meal kits delivered right to your door.

Whether you call them instant meals convenient meals no fuss meals or simply ready made meals Australia now has everyone covered with express home delivery plans diet plans and weekly food plans