When you head down to Prahran Market’s Harvest Hall to get yourself some fresh local produce something new may catch your eye. ‘Is it a mirage?’ you may ask yourself. For glittering amongst all the fruit and vegetable stands is…
Melbourne Fringe will soon be upon us. There are many theatre shows, exhibitions, interactive experiences, and showcases available to experience that one could get easily overwhelmed without a guiding hand. We at The Plus Ones have curated a guide to…
The Melbourne Festival is the premier arts, culture, and theatre festival of the year. For theatregoers like ourselves, it is the chance to indulge in the quality international theatre within the comfort of Melbourne. There are always the favorites that…
Doomsday cults are as common as apocalypses aren’t. If you’d asked what the seminal work is on the matter, I would have readily pointed you to the 1956 classic work of social psychology When Prophecy Fails. As of last night,…
I must confess, I am a little bit of a wine snob. I’m by no means an expert though, and I love any opportunity to develop my knowledge and treat my palate to something new. Naturally, I was very excited…
‘Regression’ the play explored how perception of self affects not only how we relate to our present selves, but our future and past selves. Written by Gabriel Bergmoser, the 2015 winner of the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award and…
September! Spring is in the air and we all start frantically asking ourselves ‘where has the time flown? Just yesterday it was May!’ Before we know it we’ll be fighting the hordes for Christmas bargains! But for now, let’s enjoy…
$40 for a five-course degustation sounds too good to be true. A Fan’s Notes has proven otherwise with a degustation rivalling those of its more expensive competitors. The degustation menu is offered weekly on Friday and Saturday nights and alternates…
The best food and wine from Van Diemen’s land is front and centre at Vin Diemen 2016. The event previously known as ‘Tasmania Unbottled’ is back in Melbourne, bringing some of Tasmania’s finest wines to the mainland for a one-day…
The terrifying thing about watching The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is that you suddenly understand how terrible things (such as the Holocaust) happened through a chain of seamless and ordinary events. In a perfect allegory, Bertolt Brecht wrote a…