First Light: Opening Night

Name: First Light: Opening Night
Start: 2025-08-21T18:30:00+1000
End: 2025-08-21T19:30:00+1000
Location: The University of Melbourne - Arts and Culture building, Level 2 Foyer

Thu, 21 Aug, 6:30pm - 7:30pm AEST

The University of Melbourne - Arts and Culture building, Level 2 Foyer

Parkville VIC, Australia

MUDfest by UMSU Creative Arts

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First Light: Opening Night:

Begin your MUDfest in style! Swing by First Light: Opening Night to celebrate the beginning of our performing arts program, including First Light: Theatre & Dance, and Unreliable.

Mingle with audience and performers alike, discuss your favourite bits and what refraction means to you!

Food and drinks will be provided.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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MUDfest by UMSU Creative Arts

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MUDfest is the University of Melbourne’s very own student arts festival — a bold, biennial celebration of student creativity in all its forms. From theatre to film, music to visual arts, MUDfest is where new ideas come alive and students take centre stage.

Founded in 1990, MUDfest has grown into one of Australia’s largest student-run arts festivals. Every two years, it transforms campus spaces into vibrant venues showcasing original student-led work. It’s a space for experimentation, expression, and collaboration — whether you're debuting a play, exhibiting artwork, premiering a short film, or running a hands-on workshop.

2025 Theme: Refraction – One Self, Many Reflections

Like light through a prism, this year’s theme explores multiplicity — of self, of meaning, of identity. Whether personal, political or poetic, we’re inviting artists to bend the light and show us their many sides.