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Good Times return

Five icons of Australian music will bring their classic hits back to Geelong as the Good Times Tour hits the city next Sunday. The yearly...

Mask off for comedy icon

After more than 60 years of holding the mirror to Australia through his iconic characters, Barry Humphries will give Geelong a look behind the...

Relive hits of Frank, Petula

West End veteran Philip Gould returns to Geelong next week with a tribute to Frank Sinatra and the many women in his life. Frankly Sinatra...

Farewell for Irish Charlie

By Luke Voogt UK country music icon Charlie Landsborough was “amazed“ to find a couple who drove 600km to Tamworth for his first...

Bleeding the humour vein

By Luke Voogt Victorian writer Angus Cerini could be lurking in the audience as his “grotesquely funny” play begins with a gunshot in the night. Geelong...

Wall of voice to fill church

More than 200 singers will hail the beginning of the 10th Wildfire Festival of Music on Friday in a “breathtaking” massed-choir “extravaganza”. Music at the...

Earthy pics light up city

The city centre will glow with earth-inspired projections and edgy artwork when Geelong After Dark returns on Friday. The festival, now its fifth year, will...

Pop legends back on tour

By Luke Voogt Australia is “very much like home” for pop legend Dolores ’Dee Dee’ Kenniebrew, an original member of '60s supergroup The Crystals. “The country’s...

‘Giant freak’ on loose in Geelong

By Luke Voogt Elise and Tony Dahl “took a big risk” bringing a seven-foot mutant freak back from Edinburgh, according to Geelong director Doug Mann. The...

‘King’ returns for GPAC gig

Adelaide’s Mark Anthony has won Elvis awards from Memphis to Vegas, from Canada to Collingwood, and next weekend he performs as the King in...

Diesel to inject rock into Corio hotel

Johnny Diesel and The Injectors had just $95 between them when they stepped off the bus in Perth after crossing the Nullarbor 30 years...

Geelong production a breath of fresh Eyre

By Luke Voogt Christine Davey brings Jane Eyre to life with two chairs in her “minimalist” and “fast-paced” onstage adaptation of the classic novel. “Theatre should...

Finals beckon

On a warm day for cricket, Independent photographer Ivan Kemp covered the North Geelong vs St Peters clash and the Barrabool vs Queenscliff game....