I remember the time when I was 14 years old and my parents, back in Germany, surprised me with tickets to a David Copperfield show. This was my first experience of world-class magic and I will never forget the sense…
You make a booking for dinner without knowing the venue, the menu or who your company might be. Sounds risky, right? Well fear not, you and about a hundred other people are in the same boat. But come the evening…
The Melbourne Magic Festival is a bit of an institution and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To honour this occasion, regular magic event Top Hat Tuesdays put on a special showcase at 86 Cabaret Bar in Fitzroy with snippets of…
The atmosphere was positively electric for Moira Finucane’s opening of her new performance, The Rapture. There was frenetic buzzing energy from the audience as we shuffled to our seats at the cabaret-style tables at fortyfivedownstairs. A cross-shaped catwalk dominates the…
One of cinema’s greatest joys is that it allows viewers to visit faraway places, often with filmmakers whose intimate knowledge of their homelands can offer more than a real visit would. Melbourne is lucky enough to host film festivals all…
Nothing filled my soul with fire on a chilly night like Bach – Passions of the Soul at the Melbourne Recital Centre by an ensemble of talented artists directed by Rachael Beesley, who also performed beautifully on the violin. Bach…
Shimmering forms, feats of marvel and the everyday made magical is what this year’s NICA Bachelor of Circus Arts graduating students display in their mid-year skills showcase, Circosis: Left Brain, Right Brain. Enter a world of possibility, where ‘normal’ is…
You know that look that your pet dog or cat always gives you? That knowing gaze seems to look right through you and reminds you that you are not just dealing with an ‘animal’, but a living breathing creature that…
What does it feel like to be human in 2017? Does anything we do make a difference? Who can find time for yoga, riding a bike to work, and keeping up with social media — and what is happening in…
Korean restaurant Seouljaboy is tucked away at the Parliament end of Bourke Street. Situated in a nondescript-looking building from the outside, you would be forgiven for walking straight past — but don’t. The restaurant has an industrial/factory style with cool, comfy booths. The Plus Ones…