Twenty years after Finucane & Smith’s Burlesque Hour was born in the laneways of Melbourne, the divas have returned to throw an all you can eat art party at Melbourne Fringe Festival. Taking over the magnificent Trades Hall Ballroom for…
The Brunswick Ballroom has arrived! Opening with a bang this month, the stunning new Sydney Road venue has already enjoyed a weekend of sold out shows. My Plus One and I were lucky enough to attend the Opening Gala hosted by…
We know how challenging these times are for everyone. In our home city of art and creativity, culture and conviviality, we feel the impact of a city-turned-ghosttown and the silence from the shutdown of our theatres, public venues, bars, restaurants…
The polar caps are melting, sacred trees are being carved down and Moira Finucane has had enough. Come party at the edge of the abyss. Yes that’s right – Melbourne’s apocalyptic rock goddess Moira Finucane has returned from Antarctica with…
Have you heard the news? The Famous Spiegeltent is doing a 3-week spring season in St Kilda’s Luna Park! These two historic icons are combining for your entertainment. If the Opening Party is anything to go on, this season is…
Nestled in the heart of St Kilda’s iconic Luna Park, The Famous Spiegeltent will deliver magic, music, thrills and spills to audiences this October as part of the Carnival Dreams show. Built in 1920, the intimate pop-up salon made of…
Subversive art is a fearful thing, not often attempted and almost never achieved, although every so often it takes to the stage, usually at the Malthouse Theatre. Declan Greene’s The Homosexuals or Faggots manages to weave the audience along a…
Finucane & Smith’s Glory Box: Lucky 13 held at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Midsumma was a dazzling variety show of acrobatics, dance, circus and performance art rolled into one highly-sexual and fascinating package. The Melbourne-based, internationally-awarded vaudeville group…
As part of this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival, The Boon Companions staged ‘You Might As Well Live‘, an immersive experience for the literary elite of 1929. It was a night to write, create, dance, love, and live. Upon entering, a group of…
Glory Box – La Revoluciόn is the new season of the electro-charged freak show from Melbourne burlesque icons Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith. The Plus Ones were lucky enough to be invited along on Saturday night to take part in…