Final Frontier space festival
Who else had ‘astronaut’ on their ‘when I grow up I wanna be’ list? Most of us, right? Well, this new exploration of all things space, The Final Frontier Festival, aims to take you a bit closer to your distant…
Category: culture
Ranters Theatre’s ‘Come Away With Me to the End of the World’ at the Malthouse
Be surprised to find yourself reflected on stage with Ranters Theatre’s new work, ‘Come Away With Me to the End of the World’ at the Malthouse Theatre. The real you, who ponders other’s reactions, and who speaks without thinking. A mediation…
Gillian Cosgriff in ‘This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’
Gillian Cosgriff is hilarious. Her show ‘This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’ is Cosgriff’s exploration of her feelings and review of her decisions as she careens towards her 30s, or in her words, ‘adulthood’. We didn’t stop laughing the whole…
Melbourne Magic Festival: MagicSports
What do you get if you take TheatreSports but use magicians instead of actors and add magical objectives as well as theatrical ones? You end up with MagicSports, a wonderful opportunity for magicians to show their comedic side. And sometimes it’s even…
Melbourne Magic Festival: Cath Jamison – Conjure Woman
Cath Jamison uses no stage props. She doesn’t need them. From the moment she walks onto the stage at the Northcote Town Hall, her personality fills the room with sassiness and charismatic mischief. The evening starts with you walking into an…
Melbourne Magic Festival: Max Maven
Northcote Town Hall has been transformed into a hub of shady-looking characters, a disproportionate number of them brandishing decks of cards. The smell of popcorn wafted through the air, and there was even a free show going on while we…
Get to know the man behind the haircut with ‘Einstein: The Musical’
He’s more than a haircut. He’s more than a meme. German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is one of the modern world’s best innovators. Finally, he has his story told on stage in song and dance. With one of the catchiest theme…
Erotic Fan Fiction with The Wheeler Centre at The Toff in Town
Here are words you might never have said on a Monday night: Erotic Fan Fiction. Yes, this is an actual event that happens in Melbourne, and on a blustery winter’s eve it was filled to capacity with Melburnians eager to hear sordid, tawdry…
‘The Events’ at the Malthouse Theatre
‘The Events‘ is a play about a community-shattering act of violence. Each night actors Catherine McClements and Johnny Carr are joined on stage by a different Melbourne choir to tell the story. Before we even entered the theatre the foyer was…
‘Degas: A New Vision’ exhibition brings art and ballerinas to the National Gallery of Victoria
Degas: A New Vision at The National Gallery of Victoria is a must-see for lovers of iconic artists. Naturally, the entire Degas collection cannot be presented in this exhibition, so some of your favourites may be absent. However, there is a…