Melbourne festival 2014
Editor's picks
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In pictures
Framed movements: public art at Melbourne festival
Gallery: From urban grasslands sprouting on the state library steps to Carsten Höller's golden mirror carousel at NGV, the best of the art at Melbourne festival -
Ones to watch
How we made Hipbone Sticking Out: 'no story is neutral'
Video: Scott Rankin and Trevor Jamieson discuss Hipbone Sticking Out, which covers thousands of years of Pilbara history, and the death in custody of John Pat
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New work
Team of Life review – theatre, sport and therapy
Two stories run in tandem: a young couple expecting a baby and a former child soldier as comfortable with a soccer ball as a gun, writes Alexandra Spring -
A secret life
Finding Vivian Maier – fascinating study of talent
Documentary uncovering the mysterious life and times of Maier, a nanny whose photographs bear comparison with Cartier-Bresson, writes Peter Bradshaw -
International
Complexity of Belonging – superior stagecraft but little emotion
Scenes overlap in this Falk Richter and Anouk Van Dijk collaboration and the result is inarticulate confusion, writes Van Badham -
In the city
Art and shade: MPavilion opens in Melbourne
A new pavilion in the Queen Victoria Gardens is designed to provide shade – and free culture events – in the summer, writes Nancy Groves
Most recent
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Video
(6min 06sec),
22 Oct 2014:
Circus dominates at this year's Melbourne festival, but there's no big top, tiger or ringmaster in sight. Nancy Groves reports
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Video
(3min 09sec),
21 Oct 2014:
Artist Jeff Makin climbs aboard as eight decorated art trams brighten up Melbourne's streets for the second year running
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Video
(2min 09sec),
13 Oct 2014:
The nine-strong cast of Complexity of Belonging in rehearsals before its world premiere at Melbourne festival 2014
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Video
(3min 21sec),
8 Sep 2014:
Australian hip-hop artist Urthboy takes a few minutes to sit down with Guardian Australia to talk about the humble, sentimental and DIY art of making a mixtape
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Video
(5min 55sec),
18 Jan 2014:
The creators of a new play portraying the experiences of indigenous men in the first world war sit down with Guardian Australia before taking on the Sydney festival. Director Wesley Enoch and writer Tom Wright tell Van Badham what drove them to tell the oft-forgotten story of men who signed up to fight for the aims of the British Empire, only to remain second-class citizens in their own land
Culture blog
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Play it again, Godot: Luke Mullins on taking his Lucky to London
Alexandra Spring,22 Oct 2014 01.41 EDT -
Nikki Lane/the Delines review: from bar room to lounge, the best in country
Martin Farrer,22 Oct 2014 01.09 EDT -
ABC TV's Kitchen Cabinet returns with Silver Bodgie on the menu
Doug Anderson,21 Oct 2014 22.56 EDT -
Barry Humphries and Barry Spurr are a comedy double act no one needs
21 Oct 2014 19.39 EDT -
Dating Naked: reality TV nobody should be exposed to on a sofa
Jazz Twemlow,19 Oct 2014 21.53 EDT -
A burqa across Australia – in pictures
19 Oct 2014 19.53 EDT -
Northern soul attracts a new – and younger – demographic down under
Pete Smith,17 Oct 2014 21.18 EDT -
Hotel Sorrento rewatched – highfalutin soap opera based on the play
Luke Buckmaster,16 Oct 2014 20.36 EDT -
Adelaide festival 2015 will tempt with outside-the-box line-up
Nancy Groves,16 Oct 2014 02.30 EDT -
Son of a Gun review – a silly, fun film with unfortunate character flaws
Luke Buckmaster,15 Oct 2014 21.49 EDT
On the Guardian today
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Film
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Football
Liverpool v Real Madrid: Champions League – live!
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Comment is free
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Film
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