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Cassidy Knowlton

Cassidy Knowlton

Deputy news director, The Age

Comedian Lizzy Hoo

‘They’re wild’: Why Tuesdays are comedy gold, and Adelaide can be a joke killer (yeah, really)

Stand-up star Lizzy Hoo can read a room before she actually walks on stage. Sometimes that can be an “uh-oh” moment.

  • Cassidy Knowlton

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The Twelve Apostles.

Visitors to be charged to see the Twelve Apostles

An entry fee and booking system is expected to be introduced at the new $126 million visitor centre, which is due to open this year.

  • Benjamin Preiss and Cassidy Knowlton
Lunching with Tom Gleeson is less pressured than appearing on his show.

How to win Hard Quiz – and other secrets from Tom Gleeson

The Gold Logie winner reveals the subject he would use to destroy his own show – and why he refuses to meet contestants before the cameras roll.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
GIF: Rhonda Burchmore.

Rhonda Burchmore’s husband threatened divorce, but she still went on the ‘horrific’ show

She’s a stage legend and a straight shooter – so when it comes to sharing her opinion about TV shows and other productions ... well, this star doesn’t hold back.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Melbourne Metro Tunnel stations are Arden, Parkville, State Library, Town Hall and Anzac.

First look: The five new stations of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel in pictures

Take a visual tour of the Metro Tunnel’s stations before it opens to the public on November 30.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Sean Johnston (left) and Nick Cox star in The Book of Mormon.

Still offensive, still selling: How does The Book of Mormon stay relevant?

The updated version of the show returns to Melbourne, after setting a record in 2015 for the longest-running musical in the city’s history.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
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Meow Meow

‘You think you look fabulous – then you realise you’ve got knickers on your head’

Inside the crazy “kamikaze-cabaret” world of Meow Meow.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Rent stars, Henry Rollo and Calista Nelmes, at Opera Australia in Sydney. 16 September 2025 Photo: Janie Barrett ID p5mu95

No day but today: Why Rent still resonates

The director and stars of a new production at the Sydney Opera House discuss the Jonathan Larson musical’s legacy.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
The weekly pro-Palestine march and an anti-immigration march will divert police resources away from the manhunt.

Two protests and manhunt stretch police to the limit

An anti-immigration march and the weekly pro-Palestine demonstration are set to be held in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, as police hunt alleged police killer Dezi Freeman.

  • Cassidy Knowlton and Alexander Darling
Frances Rings has wanted to be a dancer all her life.

‘Your failures are just as important as your successes’

It is every performer’s nightmare: what if you go on stage … and then forget everything. It happened to Frances Rings – in her first performance, her big break. How she stumbled through it has become a life lesson.

  • Cassidy Knowlton