See a world of imagination come to life with live orchestration, vivid colour, catchy songs, and top stage performances to recreate Roald Dahl’s playful 1964 children’s classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The New Musical.Relive all your childhood hopes and…
While brilliant events happen every day in Melbourne and Sydney, sometimes on a cold and wet night you just want to stay home with some great friends for a board game, some tasty food and a glass of wine (or…
The art of mixology and making is something that comes naturally to the guys and girls over at Brogan’s Way. Not only has this Richmond distillery created their very own collection of gins, but a cocktail menu of unique tastes…
It’s that time of the year again when cinema lovers of Melbourne brave the arctic weather for a nice big glass of red wine and some truly excellent cinema. Running continuously since 1952, MIFF is the leading film festival in…
This plays got it all. At the Australian premiere of the play adaptation of the 1998 Oscar-winning Film, Shakespeare In Love you gain access to the height of the English literary canon, men in tights, a stunning set evoking London…
Two dance companies from opposite sides of the world combined to showcase the best of the Ukrainian diaspora spirit in colourful and energetic flair in RAZOM, Two Nations, One Spirit. Melbourne’s own Lehenda Ukrainian Dance Company shared the stage with…
While everyone in Melbourne has heard of a big theatrical production about a certain boy wizard, we’re here to tell you about a new musical in town that deserves to be added to your ‘must see’ list. Come From Away…
Words uttered in 1928 ring clear in the cavernous space of fortyfivedownstairs where you will find yourself rethinking your life from the get go. First spoken to a group of female students in one of the first British women-only institutions of higher education,…
Shakespearean specialist national treasure, Bell Shakespeare has Associate Director James Evans in the drivers seat on their latest national touring play, Much Ado About Nothing and what fun is to be had in this gender roles romp he takes us…
Women’s collective agency is on show in a new, Robert Reid directed The Bacchae performed inside the famous former Carlton Courthouse, remade as the La Mama Courthouse Theatre. A play tradition rooted in deeply patriarchal Athenian society, where women are the…