White Night: White Night whispers promises of all-night wonderment from 7pm-7am. There are big projections, roving performance, and centralised music stages. Here are our top picks. Outside The Box – 7pm-7am Lonsdale Street ( between Swanston & Russell) Graffiti art face off…
It’s that time of the year, where Melbourne showcases what we’re extraordinary for… farshen, dahlings! Running from 1–18 March 2018, Virgin Australia Melbourne Festival (VAMFF) will be the style-light of the city with centrepiece runways and popup events held at…
Do you eat at the table? Are you sharing meals with members of your household, friends, family, and other loved ones? If not, you need to start as a matter of urgency. During her 60-plus-minute discussion with Aussie social researcher…
The excellent Zoo Twilights is back this summer at Melbourne Zoo. In the fight against wildlife extinction, our world-class home to some pretty special animals has invited great local and international musicians to play live, under the stars and in…
Sassy banter, cabaret music, and Dolly Diamond (aka the ‘Queen of Cabaret’). What more could you ask for on a Midsumma Festival Saturday night? The Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne’s CBD was the perfect stage for Dolly Diamond’s 15 Year Gala Reunion. That’s right, Dolly has been…
All the way from Ireland comes Riot – a camp variety show full of drag, poetry, circus, dance, comedy, acrobatics and even a little bit of nudity. With little to no idea what the show would be about, we descended…
Each morning in her studio Del Kathryn Barton looks at this mounted quote: I Have Been to Hell and Back, And Let Me Tell You, It was Wonderful (Louise Bourgeois, 1996). No audience sees the alchemy of transforming private emotion into a…
Klub Korporate is an office-themed rave-art club cabaret spectacular with drag queens and karaoke. Do we really need to say any more!? Okay, let us explain… As part of the always excellent Midsumma Festival, Klub Korporate was a dance party…
Smoky vibes filled the church at the theatre venue Chapel Off Chapel for Mayfield’s chance at Chapel Summer Sessions. The heat of the afternoon lingered into the evening, and if you closed your eyes the tunes could take you to a…
I’ve spent a lifetime maintaining that I’m crafty, not arty. You want me to whip up a cable-knit sweater, sew a miniature outfit for your niece’s Barbie using a vintage ’50s pattern, embroider eye-hurtingly cute bunny cushions, or crochet an…