Bienvenue, Mesdames et Messieurs! Welcome to BLANC de BLANC: the sexy new cabaret spectacle hitting St. Kilda’s winter foreshore festival, Map 57. The theme of the show revolves entirely around the joys of a good bottle of sparkling white: how…
What a joy to attend the fabulous opening gala of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. Artistic Director Dolly Diamond lays out her vision for the eighth annual festival: Thirteen Australian acts, a balance of new talent with much-loved Aussie cabaret darlings….
An Evening with Jane Goodall, brought to Melbourne by Think Inc., brought Jane to the Melbourne Convention Centre to discuss her experience and views on the future of our planet. If there is one person qualified to answer the question…
Win a $300 Amazing Adult Magic Pack – enter now! Win a $250 Fantastic Family Magic Pack – enter now! Have you discovered magic yet? The Melbourne Magic Festival has been bringing together some of the world’s best performers in…
The Healesville Sanctuary and some of the best wineries in the Yarra Valley teamed up for Queen’s Birthday weekend to host a spectacular outing with a difference, Wine and Wildlife. It’s not often you can say you walked around a…
Most of us are familiar with the iconic Australian work boot, Blundstone. This may sound like a controversial statement to any Little Island natives reading, but they are possibly Tasmania’s greatest global export. It turns out that 1 in 8…
There is no better way of celebrating the Queen’s Birthday than with her not too distant relatives, the Germans. Hophaus’ 1st Annual SausageFest serves up just that. I could start this article with a complete and utter array of childish, immature, vulgar, grotesque…
Jamon, olives, cava, tempranillo, tortilla…need an excuse to indulge in Spanish delicatessen? June 15 is World Tapas Day – a Spanish celebration carried out in major cities around the world, and 2017 marked Melbourne’s first year as part of the…
The power of dangerous emotions to corrupt are writ large in Dirty Pretty Theatre and Critical Stages’ adaptation of a famous 19th century realist thriller, Thérèse Raquin. Adapted and directed by award-winning Gary Abrahams, a stellar cast is at…
A swashbuckling night of rough bravado awaits in Melbourne Theatre Company’s version of the Scottish play, Macbeth. Set in a warring world, this is a one-off telling that will hold you breathless. A play about ‘leaping ambition’, it’s a classic…