Midsumma: ‘The Measure of a Man’ review
How DO you measure a man? My plus one and I pondered this as we made our way to the Gasworks Arts Park to see ‘The Measure of a Man’, a play by critically acclaimed queer artist Gavin Roach. We…
Category: culture
An Evening with Sam Harris
Think Inc. is an Australia-based enterprise, dedicated to breathing a new life and enthusiasm into rational daily conversation. How? With brain-nourishing events welcoming leading scientists, intellectuals, and writers, or in short: with thinkers. Recently, they brought us five time New York…
Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid at The Malthouse
I really love ‘The Little Mermaid’ – not the wide-eyed Disney version (although that’s pretty great too) but the gritty original story of doomed love and the always looming threat of turning into sea foam if you get your heart…
February 2016: The Best of the Best
We’ve scoured Melbourne’s social scene, and we’ve tracked down our top picks for February, just for you. Without further ado: Courtyard Cantina: Every Friday in February – “Delight your senses with DJ’s, pop-up bars, live music and authentic foods from…
January monthly wrap: Scribble Salon and flying chickens
So many great things happen in Melbourne that it’s all we can do to keep up! We’ve dedicated our monthly wrap series to highlighting some of our favourite events that happen each month. Here are our selections from January 2016: …
Shakespeare’s Best Bits with The Australian Shakespeare Company
Noted critic Harold Bloom states that Shakespeare transcends history, his genius is universal, and his collected works are a scripture from which we derive much of our language, psychology, and mythology. Which is an erudite way to express how I…
Tinderbox at the Owl and Cat
Tinderbox is an outstanding play, let me get that out of the way. Still, after little more than an hour duration, the audience met the closing scene with scattered applause. I can explain – I was too stunned to react,…
‘Member’ at La Mama: theatre showing Australia’s dark history
Midsumma Festival is currently underway, and the city is filled with a sense of freedom and a hope that same sex marriage is not too far away. The violent events of the many unsolved cases of missing gay men from…
Midsumma: Rhonda Butchmore’s Fabulous Guided CouTours
Get your sequins on for ‘Rhonda Butchmore’s Fabulous Guided CouTours’ and learn the inside story on the biggest old dame of the local theatre scene, the Melbourne Arts Centre. It’s led by movie-star redheaded trivia expert, Rhonda Butchmore, and her affable tuxedo-clad 2IC,…
Midsumma Review: Elegy
The Gasworks Arts Park is hosting an epic program over this year’s Midsumma program. 12 events, 2 premier shows and a show in each of Midsumma’s programming streams. Elegy is one of the premier shows, and rightly so. The show…