The classic musical, The Phantom of the Opera, is returning to the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. The Phantom first premiered in the city in 1990, starring Anthony Warlow. Seventeen years later, Warlow is returning to play the Phantom once more.

Organisers of the 2008 Australian Open have ditched the Rebound Ace playing surface for courts at Melbourne Park in favour of a new acrylic composition.

The 12th day of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne has provided more historic moments with three more world records set in the Susie O'Neill Pool, where 11 different nations figured among the medals awarded on Wednesday night.

Visit the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's musical zoo where your favourite fairy tales and animals come to life, on Saturday 31 March, 8pm and Sunday 1 April, 2pm.

China's Wang Xin has taken the gold medal in the 10-metre platform at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne. Wang's team-mate, Chen Ruolin, won the silver, while Germany's Christin Steuer won bronze. Australia's Melissa Wu was placed 11th.

Olympic champions Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova of Russia have claimed their third gold medal in the synchronized swimming technical duet event at the world swimming championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Australian divers Melissa Wu and Briony Cole won a silver medal in the 10 metre synchronised platform event at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne on Monday evening.