The Ballarat Beer Festival provided an excellent reason to escape the city for the day and go on a mini adventure. My intrepid plus one and I boarded the V-Line with a number of other Melbourne based beer enthusiasts for…
A musical about a gay bushranger, once a Pastor, whose death wish was to be buried beside his one true love. At the doorstep of what we sometimes call ‘Australia Day’, premiere Australian musical Moonlite celebrates our untamed colonial history…
Meet Mama Manoush – Brunswick East’s newest Lebanese eatery in a trendy warehouse space. You may think your mama’s food is good, but we’re willing to bet you’ve never tasted anything like Mama Manoush’s. Mama Manoush has made a big entrance into the Melbourne food…
It’s only January and Melbourne Theatre Company has already launched one of the most highly anticipated shows of the year: The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time. Based on the best-selling book of the same name, the play…
If I had to do it all again…I wouldn’t change a single thing.. so go the lyrics from one of Melbourne girl Minogue’s early career pop anthems. With this show, commissioned by the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, co-written with Dean…
Sweet cheesus! It was a cheese fever dream of epic portions at the The Australian Grand Dairy Awards judging table. The annual awards recognise the cream of the crop from around Australia. And this year they cooked up something extra…
Familiar beats in this coming of age tale feel fresh under Gerwig’s camera eye. Greta Gerwig is one of those artists who you can’t help but notice. If it isn’t a film about her or her character, she’s still probably…
The Terminus Hotel didn’t let a flood warning stand in their way of celebrating the first weekend of summer. The team kicked off the summer drinking season with Sour-Off, their latest installment in the popular Craft Beer Showdown series. The…
Hollywood designer Edith Head’s iconic costumes are as famous as the actors who wore them. In a short two hour trip to Bendigo, Curator Tansy Curtin offers, in The Costume Designer: Edith Head and Hollywood, a unique once-in-a-lifetime show to…
A cheekily exuberant rendition of Shakespeare’s comic romp, Much Ado About Nothing, shows for three weekends in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens Rose Garden. On a relaxed summer’s early evening, there is no better way to celebrate all that is…