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After a huge and costly glow-up, the largest stage in the southern hemisphere is ready for play

Two and a half years since closing its doors, Melbourne’s renamed Ian Potter State theatre is back. Don’t be fooled by the fact that it, kind of, looks the same We are standing on the vast, empty stage of Victoria’s newly refurbished State theatre – days before its official reopening and two and a half years since it closed its doors to the public – as we wait for the curtain to rise. Normally…

After a huge and costly glow-up, the largest stage in the southern hemisphere is ready for play

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