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If 2020 proved one thing, it’s that pollies don’t deserve the arts – The Age
After a bleak year, the arts scene’s leading lights have some big ideas for resurrection – and revenge.
Moira Finucane has declared 2021 a ”Phoenix year”.Credit:Jodie Hutchinson/Image design Tear It Up
And there’s cause for hope. The good news is that Melbourne’s cultural calendar is less of the wasteland it became in 2020. There will be a Comedy Festival. We’ll see the debut of RISING, the new festival created from the merging of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night. Bands are already playing gigs, theatres are announcing seasons, and DJs are spinning vinyl.
But this year will…
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