Italian Jewels, Bulgari Style at the NGV

If there’s one thing the Italians are good at, it’s everything. From their prosciutto to their pistachio gelato, their scooters to their renaissance artists, there seems to be nothing the Italians can’t nail. But nothing — not even endless panini —…

Rolling Stone Live Lodge: A.B. Original

Never did I expect to see a day where Rolf Harris would be played to a sold out audience at a rap concert ­– but it happened. ‘Tie me kangaroo down’ played and 200 people stopped dancing and started booing…

Malthouse Theatre’s 2017 season: your sneak peak

Let it be known that the TPO team can keep a secret. Which is no easy feat when the secret is new and exciting art. Case in point: receiving an early press release detailing Malthouse Theatre’s 2017 season. Start marking…

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Waiting for Waiting for Godot’

We all know what it’s like to wait for something. To wait patiently, over time, other hurdles, people and their promises. And then to be told, just when your goal is in reach, that things have changed. The shop is…

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Damian Callinan and the Lost WWI Diary’

From lime green to khaki — a  Digger comes to the Fringe. For one night only, as a charity fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Research, esteemed national comedian Damian Callinan trod the stage dressed in his fatigues as an Aussie icon….

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Tudor Roses’

She’s pert, pretty and ain’t afraid to get her gear off. She has the innocence of an angel yet talks dirty as if it were easy as breathing. With the voice of a diva, and a cute offsider on piano,…

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Improv Against Humanity’

If you’re a fan of the game Cards Against Humanity, ‘Improv Against Humanity‘ is the show is for you. It was a full house at Fancy Hank’s to see the fearless group of improvers take on the unique idea of pairing…

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Islamofarcist’

Is coffee okay with Allah? What did Baywatch mean to millions of Muslims worldwide when it came out on cable TV in the early noughties? Are there really ‘virgins’ awaiting suicide bombers in the afterlife, or had there been a mistranslation…

Melbourne Fringe: ‘Cosmonaut’

Ryan Good goes on a quest to find the ten worst sex tips of all time in Cosmopolitan magazine for his Melbourne Fringe show ‘Cosmonaut’. However, the show is more than a top ten list inspired by a magazine packed…