Celebrate the future of art and music as our graduating students showcase their most ambitious work.
Across our Southbank campus this season, you'll encounter bold new voices, innovative ideas and fearless artistic vision.
These concerts, installations, theatre pieces and exhibitions are your opportunity to experience the creativity of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music - the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Upcoming eventsCelebrate the achievements of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music's 2026 graduating class. Immerse yourself in concerts, installations and presentations that showcase emerging talent across Performance, Composition, Interactive Composition and beyond.
Join us for an evening celebrating the creative work of VCA Design and Production students in The EYE (End of Year Exhibition). Southbank campus will come alive with a showcase of models, drawings, projections, soundscapes, costumes, stage sets, and more – plus work from Dance, Theatre, Film & Television, Music Theatre and the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development.
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Step into one of Australia's largest exhibitions of emerging art. Discover an extraordinary collection of work by more than 140 graduating students from our Sculpture, Photography, Painting, Drawing and Printmaking, Honours, Master of Contemporary Art, and PhD programs.
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Theatre readings
11-14 November 2026
The 2026 Writers' Festival is an opportunity for the graduating Master of Theatre (Writing) students to present a moved reading of their work, which has been developed through an in-depth writing and dramaturgical process, to the public.
Interactive musical performance
11-19 November 2026
Immerse yourself in collaborative music, sound and multimedia works by graduating students of the Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) as they each present unique works that incorporate sound within diverse visual and performance mediums.
Stage performance
6-11 October 2026
As part of their graduating season, VCA Master of Theatre (Directing) students present seven distinct works. The seventh production, Toto's Song (directed by Kate Fryer), follows Phillip, a struggling performer, and his unconventional mother Toto as she faces the end of her life.
Musical performance
7-21 October 2026
Celebrate the premiere of newly written and commissioned works by our Composition students. Featuring a wide range of styles and approaches, listen and immerse yourself in these diverse compositions created by our talented emerging composers.
Stage performance
20-24 October 2026
Presented by VCA Acting and VCA Design & Production, Arthur Miller's classic tragedy is a cautionary tale that examines an average working-class family in 1950’s Red Hook Brooklyn as they navigate an inevitable and unstoppable threat from within.
Musical theatre performance
20-24 October 2026
Presented by VCA Music Theatre and VCA Design & Production, this fabulously fun and action-packed award-winning musical is based on the adored movie and follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams.
Stage performance
20-24 October 2026
Presented by VCA Acting and VCA Design & Production, this resonant and funny, modern adaptation of Ibsen's 1882 masterwork by Melissa Reeves follows Dr Katherine Stockman as she exposes a contaminated spa and ends up caught between public health and toxic commerce.
Musical performance
26 October 2026
Celebrate extraordinary emerging talents in an evening of live jazz and improvisation featuring graduating students from the University of Melbourne.
