Friday Nights at NGV with the Pierce Brothers

What’s better than getting an art + drinks + live music combo? Well, that’s exactly what the National Gallery of Victoria has in store for you each Friday night at NGV. Their latest special exhibition features the work of Edgar…

Lavazza Italian Film Festival – The Plus Ones’ Guide

Running from late September to early October in every Australian capital city, the Lavazza Italian Film Festival will be screening over 30 feature films with numerous special events, festival guests and Q&As also taking place. From its opening night film…

First Date – The Musical

I never thought I would say this but… I have found a musical that I really love. Normally I walk out of musicals thinking, well that was nice if it wasn’t for all the unnecessary singing, but not this time….

High Tea at Melbourne Zoo

The iconic Melbourne Zoo is one of Victoria’s best and most popular tourist attractions. This may come as a surprise to some, but the zoo is not just home to our fur and feather friends. I didn’t know this until…

Oriel

You might assume being appointed Australia’s first playwright-in-residence (1944), coupled with a prodigious output across many decades, might mean you weren’t a footnote in national literary lore.  However, the 1955’s Playwright’s Advisory Board’s co-winner for her play ‘The Torrents’ (beside…

Empty Bodies at NICA

WOW, is it ok to begin an article with WOW? Well too bad it’s done. Tucked away on Green Street Windsor is the National Institute of Circus Arts, known as NICA. I have walked past here on the way home…

The Beethoven Festival: The Piano Concertos

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Australia’s oldest orchestra, is bringing Beethoven’s music to life with The Beethoven Festival: The Piano Concertos. Running over four nights, each performance will feature one of Beethoven’s famous piano concertos. The MSO will also play…

You Got Older

Redstich Theatre brings all of the feels to their intimate venue with ‘You Got Older.’ The production is part dark comedy, part family drama, and billed as a coming-of-age story for adults. We met Mae, played by Emily Goddard, at…

Opening Gala at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week

Spring is at our door step once again, which means it is about time for us to embrace the new breeze of fashion. Melbourne Spring Fashion Week has always been huge, not only for designers, but also for the fashionistas…

Bridget Jones’s Baby

Twelve years after last gracing our screens (and fifteen since her debut), Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is back for more awkward antics, and brings with her a number of friendly faces to celebrate the latest change in her life –…