The Poppy Seed Theatre Festival‘s mission has artists swooning. Put simply, the festival aims to ‘help artists excel’. They achieve this goal by providing a select number of curated projects with cold hard cash, a theatre venue, and a publicist. In…
O’Keeffe, Preston, and Cossington Smith share a modernist spirit, and desire to capture an aesthetic distinct to place. Taken comparatively, the trio countered classical oil traditions in subject and style. You can view their works in the Heide Museum of…
Full disclosure – I had high expectations when I heard that Nakkiah Lui’s new play was opening at the Malthouse. ‘Blaque Showgirls’ did not disappoint. The play follows ‘light skinned ‘blaque’ girl’, Ginny Jones (played by Bessie Holland), who dreams…
He may be diminutive in size but he towers in stature. His legend is known worldwide but he is a local Melbourne man. His voice is rich and calloused, bearing testament to the artistic excellence and grace of a man…
Arts House is the centre of creative product in North Melbourne. A home for experimental artmaking, there could be no better place to reveal the kinetic sonic wonder that is ‘Tremor‘. Inspired by the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, bare form and…
The Golden 20s: a time of post-war celebration, female liberation, and nightclub debauchery. In short – a time I would have liked to experience (minus the two World Wars between which this small sliver of prosperity was wedged). Luckily I…
He’s back. From the post-Depression 1930s, the vaudeville stages of London, and the backlots of Hollywood. It’s the man with three eyebrows, in the tuxedo jacket and pin-striped pants, a fat cigar, and an ability to talk underwater. It’s Groucho…
‘Dusty the Musical‘ portrays the life of Dusty Springfield and her transformation from the shy, awkward, Catholic school-girl Mary O’Brien to the glamorous world-famous soul singer. Her childhood is tempered by comparisons with her supposedly more talented brother. ‘Dusty’ is…
When hope is dashed against the rocks of reality, and clouds of pessimism obscure all dreams, what becomes of love? This is one of the main questions put to us by ‘Blessed’ — though I might also be speaking of the recent…
‘Deceptive Threads’, by David Joseph and Karen Berger, is a journey of self-discovery through investigation of family history. Joseph is both deviser and performer of this honest and humorous performance. Embodying family members, he tells stories of origin, community, and…