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A World of Gin at Junipalooza

Gin lovers rejoice! Junipalooza is back on Australian shores. This prestigious celebration of gin appeared in London, Hamburg and Sydney on a festival world-tour. Junipalooza is a highlight on my gin-fuelled event calendar. Samples are included in the ticket price…

Hour of the Wolf

Taking its name from the 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman, ‘Hour of the Wolf‘ builds on the success of ‘Because The Night’ (2021) to bring to life Malthouse Theatre’s latest large-scale immersive experience. ‘Hour of the Wolf’ introduces…

Amphlett House Celebrates Spring

Nestled beneath the Ovolo Hotel in the ‘Paris-end’ of the city, Amphlett House recently received a facelift and is now far more than a standard hotel bar. Alongside the dark, refined and considered interiors comes a refreshed menu and wine…

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Launches Its 2023 Program

We’re here. We’re Queer. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival program launched at Town Hall with the Lord Mayor Sally Capp presiding over rainbows, free-flowing drinks, and pipe organ music. No seriously. The launch featured a 1918 drag-comedy silent film accompanied…

Here We Go Again! MAMMA MIA! Returns To Melbourne

MAMMA MIA! the beloved ABBA jukebox musical is back in Melbourne once again! This hugely successful show based around ABBA’s many hit songs has been touring the globe for a number of years now with an estimated 60 million people seeing…

Elvis: A Musical Revolution

The Icon. The King. The Legend. Elvis needs no introduction, and it’s little wonder that our collective fascination with his personal life lives on through screen and stage almost 50 years after his death. A new bio-musical Elvis: A Musical…

Mythos Ragnarok at Melbourne Fringe Festival

Mythos: Ragnarok

Melbourne Fringe Festival is back with another season of truly amazing theatre, cabaret, circus, music, dance and… Norse Gods wrestling??! On cold and wet Melbourne night, my plus one and I ventured out to see Mythos: Ragnarok, a one-of-a-kind theatre…

Maho Magic Bar, photo by Helen Orr

Maho Magic Bar

Imagine being whisked away to the magical neon-lit streets of Tokyo – but without the jet lag! Maho Magic Bar has returned to Melbourne for a magical bar experience unlike any other (but only for a limited time). Following stellar…

Love Lust Lost

Choose-your-own adventure immersive theatre experience, Love Lust Lost premiered this month at the soon to be knocked down Austral Theatre in Collingwood, and my plus one and I were there to check it out. Love Lust Lost invites you to…

Tools For After: A Festival of Ideas

Tools For After is a new six-week festival that celebrates Italian ingenuity and asks the question: what are the tools we will need to face the future? With the world currently experiencing some of the worst global warming related catastrophes in…