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Melbourne Festival Top Ten

Broadsheet's top picks for the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

By Brooke Babington, 11th October 2009

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he avant-garde is alive and well in Melbourne. Here are ten must-see events at the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. They might just restore your faith in the power of art to inspire change, feeling, and reflection… even if it means enduring worm demons, war-torn homes, obscure Japanese grindcore/no-wave/noise outfits and an entire country’s revolution in sound.

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