While everyone in Melbourne has heard of a big theatrical production about a certain boy wizard, we’re here to tell you about a new musical in town that deserves to be added to your ‘must see’ list. Come From Away…
Words uttered in 1928 ring clear in the cavernous space of fortyfivedownstairs where you will find yourself rethinking your life from the get go. First spoken to a group of female students in one of the first British women-only institutions of higher education,…
Shakespearean specialist national treasure, Bell Shakespeare has Associate Director James Evans in the drivers seat on their latest national touring play, Much Ado About Nothing and what fun is to be had in this gender roles romp he takes us…
Women’s collective agency is on show in a new, Robert Reid directed The Bacchae performed inside the famous former Carlton Courthouse, remade as the La Mama Courthouse Theatre. A play tradition rooted in deeply patriarchal Athenian society, where women are the…
Get your pom poms ready! Bring It On The Musical is touring Australia and the first stop is Melbourne! If your thinking “hang on… isn’t Bring It On the name of that cheerleader film from the 2000’s?” Well you would…
In Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds, an original play with songs, the show starts with the voice of God (a Kiwi woman) stating the rules of this Afterworld the quartet exist in. Four handsome Maori men stand in black suits…
In Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច choreographed by Nick Power and conducted within a marked circle on the timber floor of the State Theatre’s Rehearsal Room, an audience crowd round its edge to watch two male dancers (Aaron Lim and Erak…
3 Ravens Brewery has launched a dark beer to keep you warm on the dark winter nights. Debuting for the winter solstice, the Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout clocks in at 14.2% ABV and carries a secret message on the…
The Melbourne Magic Festival is casting its spell across Melbourne once again from June 30 to July 13 with over 300 performances of 75 different shows including international guest magicians from all over the world! For our first show of…
This unique winter’s gig could not have been finer. The calibre so high, it may have been an unplugged recording in New York. As part of the final week of Glen Eira’s 9th annual Glen Eira Storytelling Festival, Glen Eira…