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The Smitten Guide – a summary of arts and culture events happening around Melbourne, Victoria and Australia

• Another Other by Chamber Made Opera finishes tonight at 8pm, tickets still available. Performed at the Meat Market in North Melbourne
• Lungs by Melbourne Theatre Company is playing at the Fairfax Studio at the Arts Centre Melbourne until 19^th March
• Phantom Ride by Daniel Crooks is exhibiting at ACMI until the 29^th May
• The Adelaide Festival of Arts commences the February 26^th and goes until the 14^th of March – an event that looks of particular interest is the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of ‘The James Plays’ trilogy, a political thriller about the evolution of Scottish nationhood – runs for 7 hours! 
• Celestial Empire – Life in China 1644-1911 is exhibiting at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, running until the 22^nd May
• Encounters – revealing stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objects from the British National Museum – currently on show at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra until the 28^th March
• Tacit Contemporary Art in Abbotsford present ‘Editions 16’ – the annual printmaking exhibition, now showing until the 28^th February
• Malthouse Theatre present’s Picnic at Hanging Rock at the Merlyn Theatre, opens 26^th February and runs until the 20^th March
• Melbourne Fringe Festival 2016 – Victoria’s most vibrant independent arts showcase – open for applications Monday 4^th April to Monday 23^rd May. (If you have something in the pipeline, start getting your show and application together!)
• Cinema Nova – TRUMBO film starring ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston is now showing