‘Because I had this privileged access, I felt like it was my responsibility to tell this story that was authentic.’ The balance between comedy and drama is a crucial one. Offset by a flicker of a facial expression or a…
It’s time to get inspired: the Melbourne Festival brings the opportunity to connect with art, people, and ideas. Running from 4-22 October 2017, the festival has something in store for everyone. Be it dance, theatre, music, visual arts or multimedia…
The Melbourne Fringe Festival (14 September-1 October 2017) is one of the most experimental festivals of the year, and we at The Plus Ones have ruffled through the guide, and conducted extensive research, to bring to you some of the…
Captivating physical theatre entertained with humour and skill on a winter’s night as part of Stonnington’s 2017 Glow Winter Arts Festival in If These Walls Could Talk. The work is set in an apartment within which a vibrant set of…
Swedish film The Square is making its Australian debut at Melbourne’s most wonderful film festival, MIFF. After taking out the 2017 Cannes Palm d’Or, my fellow movie-watching crew and I had high hopes for filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s unusual and inventive…
It’s August, and that part of this City of Literature’s calendar given over to enlightening speakers, fervent debate, and general conviviality known as The Melbourne Writers Festival. Headquartered at Federation Square, using ACMI,Deakin Edge and the forecourt, this ideas fest…
The Wound is the directorial debut from filmmaker John Trengove that has been receiving some hot debate about its controversial look at the clash of tradition and modernity in South Africa. On a chilly Melbourne evening we made our way…
Homoerotic, kinky bondage, and Catholic parables do not usually fit within the same sentence, that’s why we were so intrigued to see one of this year’s most unconventional films at MIFF – The Ornithologist. This Portuguese film from 2016 stars…
The opening screening of the new Arts Learning Festival, Shakespeare Republic’s Speaking Daggers, was a fantastic introduction to Australian theatrical output as tool-for-education. The short film was commissioned by the Arts Learning Festival, and the premiere showed the 11-minute short…
What happens when two arch rivals, a comic book hero and a super villain, are double-booked for a convention? The answer is explored in Comic Conned, performed by stand-up stalwarts Geoff Setty and Danny Stinson. Each adopt a character and…