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Melbourne Festival – The Plus Ones’ guide to the must-see events

It’s time to get inspired: the Melbourne Festival brings the opportunity to connect with art, people, and ideas. Running from 4-22 October 2017, the festival has something in store for everyone. Be it dance, theatre, music, visual arts or multimedia…

‘Big Heart’ at Theatreworks

Motherhood: a relationship marked by unconditional love, support, and an undeniable struggle for power. In Big Heart, writer Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee explore an odd mother-and-child relationship: that of Australia with the rest of the world. In the…

Saxophone player Yolanda Brown at Bird’s Basement

As I walked into the dim blue lights of Bird’s Basement, I felt like I was suddenly transported into an upscale jazz corner of New York. The small venue is tucked away in Singers Lane (near Flagstaff Station), right underneath…

Take a Seat Kieran Gould-Dowen The Butterfly Club Melbourne

‘Take a Seat’ at The Butterfly Club

What happens after we die? We’ve all probably asked ourselves this from time to time, but only Kieran Gould-Dowen decided to make a play about it. Take A Seat is set in a courthouse waiting room, where seven confused and frightened…

‘The Gathering’ at 45downstairs

Do you have a thing for musicals? Are you feeling nostalgic for a good old house party? Then you need to get yourself down to fortyfivedownstairs and buy a ticket for ‘The Gathering‘. Written by Will Hannagan and Belinda Jenkin,…

Friday Nights at NGV with the Pierce Brothers

What’s better than getting an art + drinks + live music combo? Well, that’s exactly what the National Gallery of Victoria has in store for you each Friday night at NGV. Their latest special exhibition features the work of Edgar…

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

The terrifying thing about watching The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is that you suddenly understand how terrible things (such as the Holocaust) happened through a chain of seamless and ordinary events. In a perfect allegory, Bertolt Brecht wrote a…

Cabaret by Polyphonic Voices

Cabaret! By Polyphonic Voices

The Melba Spiegeltent surprises you from the moment you lay your eyes upon it. Set in the middle of Collingwood amidst average buildings, the colourful circus tent emerges out of the blue with wooden frames and stained glass that transport…

Cine Latino Festival

Cine Latino Film Festival: The Plus Ones’ Guide

Australia! Behold! The sights and sounds of Latin America are coming to the big screen from 9 – 24 August in Sydney and 17 – 31 August in Melbourne. Set in various Palace Cinemas venues, the Cine Latino Film Festival…

Peter Bjorn and John

A psychedelic night with Peter, Bjorn and John

The Corner Hotel is just a stone’s throw away from Richmond station. The live music venue has welcomed national and international artists since the 1940s, but today it serves up a mix that ranges from renowned DJs to experimental jazz…