Wagner's Ring: opera stretches to seven hours after 'technical difficulties'
It's a marathon even when things go according to plan, but opera-goers stayed till after midnight to hear Ride of the Valkyries in Die Walkure.
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Hannah Francis
Hannah Francis is a Technology Reporter for Fairfax Media.
Circus 1903 brings us back to the nostalgic circus of old
Created by some of the team behind War Horse, the puppets in Circus 1903 – mother elephant Queenie and baby Karanga – captivate onlookers with their life-like movements.
Revenge of the blerds
As faces change on our screens, people once marginalised in some aspects of pop culture are now embracing their distinct identities.
The Ring goes full cycle: War, wabbits and warrior princesses
From Bugs Bunny to Apocalypse Now, Wagner's opera has become a pop culture classic.
Metallica fans dress up for mass performance of Enter Sandman
Some people wore witches' hats for Halloween, but in Northcote, 35-odd musicians donned black T-shirts and smashed out a Metallica song.
Play breathes new life into Cemetery
TBC Theatre's latest immersive play takes place in the heritage-listed Gate Lodge.
Gwenno's Welsh electro-pop eccentric and endearing
Gwenno Saunders is well aware of how foreign Welshness is, even to a predominantly Anglo-Saxon audience in Melbourne.
Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan's Ancient Rain turns 100 years of Irish poetry into song
A century after the Easter Uprising, there's a treasure trove of literature worth singing about.
The best reality TV show that hasn't happened yet?
There's a dozen or so people, and a pile of cash on the table. You've got 90 minutes to figure out what to do with it.
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