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An African circus delight with Cirque Africa

We at The Plus Ones love circus. I’ve been a complete circus aficionada the past few years, hitting up everything from Circus Oz to NICA to Cirque du Soleil. I know me some circus. So it is with great authority that…

Scandinavian Film Festival 2015: The Plus Ones’ Guide

The Scandinavian Film Festival Australia 2015 has just started! This is the second year of this festival, which takes place at Palace Cinemas in Paddington and Leichhardt. Here is my comedy wish list based on the trailers, worldwide audience reception,…

Melbourne Theatre Company’s play ‘SHIT’

“They have shit, and we have shit. It’s all just different shit.” ‘SHIT’ is Dee & Cornelius’ contribution to the Neon Festival of Independent Theatre, an event where five companies get to present their own work as they want.  …

Mojo Juju

Mojo Juju’s ‘Seeing Red/Feeling Blue’ tour

Mojo Juju‘s bio describes her as “5’3″ of wise crackin’, sass mouthin’, jump jivin’ attitude, wrapped up in a zoot suit and propped up on a Cuban heel”. She may be small, but dear god, she owns a stage like…

Sex on Toast

Sex on Toast: ‘Oh Loretta’ single launch

The first time I heard about Sex On Toast they were described to me as ‘face-meltingly amazing’. I was not lied to. For their music video launch at Toff in Town, supported by Peter Bibby and the spectacular Cactus Channel,…

Champagne Heaven with Wine Tasting Events

French champagne. A pop-up CBD location. In a suite with floor to ceiling views of Melbourne. Could this have been any more enticing to a Melburnian? Add in a major twist: the chef for the evening was trained at The…

Top 5 Secret Melbourne Events – July 2015

We’ve done some serious rummaging to get you through July 2015 in Melbourne. We usually give you our top five events each month – this time we’ve dug a bit deeper to find some things you probably haven’t heard of….