Will the new players cope with pre-season training whilst fasting for Ramadan? With themes as far apart as refugee migration and footy change rooms, Damian Callinan’s The Merger surprises on a range of levels. That one man alone on stage…
There are many forms and styles of comedic presentations one may stumble upon during the festival, and some of the most impressive involve one performer taking on all of the roles in their self-made tales. Sophie Joske explores such a…
Melbourne Town Hall, Mondays: April 1, 8 and 15, 7.15pm (60mins) The Big Hoo-Haa are a Melbourne improvised comedy institution: whilst they can usually be found on a Friday night at The Butterfly Club they have returned to the Melbourne…
David Massingham graced the Comedy Festival last year with a sketch show that proved the old style of dedicated writing that hit the comedy beats is very much still alive and relevant. Those who Massingham’s previous outing will be pleased…
Jeeves Verma is back at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2019 with his latest show, Get Rickshaw Die Trying. Held at Tasma Terrace, in a small, intimate room, Jeeves takes his audience on a journey through his childhood and the…
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival for 2019 is underway! The town hall is bannered in pink, filled with comedic talent flyering for your attention, and rightly so. Here at the Plus Ones we understand that a guide of over 600…
If music be the food of love, play on! So said Will in his classic celebratory play Twelfth Night and this marvellous tale of mistaken identity, secrets, and pretence offer up so much fun in the park from a ribald team…
From the creative mind of Sarah Ward, known for Yana Alana, comes a new sci-fi rock opera The Legend of Queen Kong Episode II: Queen Kong in Outer Space as part of the packed Midsumma Festival lineup. With complete disregard for…
An evening under a summer’s sky awaits you with some of the most famous romantic lines of all time in Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s newest outing, Romeo And Juliet. Set outdoors in St Kilda Botanic Garden’s beautiful Rose Garden, tucked between…
Things turned upside down in this decadent, embellished romp with original compositions and superb music being the unique ingredient on an exciting stage littered with Australian performing greats, Melbourne Theatre Company’s Simon Phillip’s Twelfth Night will see you chuckling in…