Category: culture

‘Wit’: Pulizer Prize-winning theatre at 45 downstairs

Pulitzer Prize-winning theatre, I don’t get many invitations to see them. ‘Wit’ is the only play written by Margaret Etson, and she made it count – it won the Pulitzer, was performed hundreds of times all over the world, and…

‘We Will Rock You’ rock musical comes to Melbourne

Returning to Melbourne 13 years after its original tour wowed Australian audiences, Ben Elton’s revamped ‘We Will Rock You‘ production is loud, witty, and pretty saucy. This is a rock musical after all. ‘We Will Rock You’ does not set…

Mick Harvey at NGV Friday Nights

NGV was bustling with people for ‘Friday Nights at NGV’. The spherically compacted Volkswagen was first to hit the eye, then the mirror maze lured us in. This impressive piece wonderfully distorts reality and is great to check out before…

Seen & Heard at The Butterfly Club

In their own words, strippers speak, carnies chat, and dancers dare to share. The group show Seen & Heard aims to share intimate stories from performers who have spent their careers entertaining under the cover of their on stage persona. Playing…

Gentlemen of Deceit: Three Times the Magic

Whoever said three is a crowd might need to reconsider their words after seeing Gentlemen of Deceit: Three Times the Magic. Luke Hocking, Alex de la Rambelje and Vyom Sharma are the gentlemen in question who in a previous life…

Melbourne Fringe Festival 2016 – The Plus Ones’ Guide

Melbourne Fringe will soon be upon us. There are many theatre shows, exhibitions, interactive experiences, and showcases available to experience that one could get easily overwhelmed without a guiding hand. We at The Plus Ones have curated a guide to…

Melbourne Festival 2016 – The Plus Ones’ Guide

The Melbourne Festival is the premier arts, culture, and theatre festival of the year. For theatregoers like ourselves, it is the chance to indulge in the quality international theatre within the comfort of Melbourne. There are always the favorites that…

‘The Last Brunch’ at Gasworks Arts Park

Doomsday cults are as common as apocalypses aren’t.  If you’d asked what the seminal work is on the matter, I would have readily pointed you to the 1956 classic work of social psychology When Prophecy Fails.  As of last night,…

‘Regression’ by Bitten By Productions

‘Regression’ the play explored how perception of self affects not only how we relate to our present selves, but our future and past selves. Written by Gabriel Bergmoser, the 2015 winner of the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award and…

The What’s What of September 2016

September! Spring is in the air and we all start frantically asking ourselves ‘where has the time flown? Just yesterday it was May!’ Before we know it we’ll be fighting the hordes for Christmas bargains! But for now, let’s enjoy…