What better way to end the week than with a journey to the stars and beyond at the SpaceUpAustralia unconference at the University of Melbourne. An unconference is more than a conference; it’s a place where the people attending get to…
The Gertrude Street Projection Festival is arriving just in time to lift spirits up from Melbourne’s dreary winter. Running from 15 – 24 July, the Gertrude Street Projection Festival is a ten-day program that transforms one of Melbourne’s hippest streets…
Well ladies, gentlemen, and all those in between, The Butterfly Club, that grand dame of Melbourne venues supporting emerging masterpieces, has yet again given a stage to the maestro Shanon Whitelock and his new cabaret collaboration. ‘Nigella – Love Bites‘ is absolutely…
Thanks for keeping art in the CBD interesting, fortyfivedownstairs. ‘Retro Futurismus, New World‘ opened this weekend and I’m still trying to figure out how to describe it. Anni and Maude Davey call their show a ‘post-apocalyptic after party.’ They smash…
Here at The Plus Ones we pride ourselves on being across Australia’s festival scene. Adelaide has long been on our ‘to-do’ list. Its reputation for festivals is first-class, and I can’t believe it has taken us this long to get there! The…
Nothing beats burgers, beer, and good camaraderie on a Friday night. Lucky for us south-siders, The Windsor Alehouse delivers the first two. The latter is BYO, but I’m sure you can manage. For me, it doesn’t get more local than…
Sip a bit of history. Whisky & Alement are hosting an once-in-a-lifetime experience at their Bar White Oak pop-up. It took three and a half years to amass Australia’s largest collection of Japanese whisky. This is your only chance to try…
All aboard! Departing Prahran for the story-of- the-last-century! Step up for your front row view of disaster with ‘Titanic, The Musical‘. Winner of five Tony Awards, In The Heights Director James Cutler and StageArt bring this gem of a musical…
Good things happen after dark in Melbourne. On a cold and wet Melbourne night my plus one and I met up in the comfortable, grubby clutter of The Tote. We were here to do what everyone loves to do in…
Open House Melbourne is an annual event where almost 200 buildings are opened to the general public to free or very cheap tours. These can range from council buildings normally impossible to get behind the scenes of, to private residences…