TED talks are all the rage among the intelligentsia, the in-the-know, the podcast addicts. But it’s one thing to watch the talks online: it’s quite another to be able to see them live. Enter TEDxStKilda. One of the satellite events…
While I’m very aware of my privileged life here in inner-city Melbourne, the daily struggle with FOMO (fear of missing out) experienced by Kendall and Tiffany from The Melbourne Cabaret Festival’s show #FirstWorldWhiteGirls hit a cord with me. I too…
Moving to Mars at the 2016 Melbourne Cabaret Festival is an exercise in imagination. The audience is informed that we are to buckle-up and prepare for takeoff. We are the select 1% picked to abandon Earth and embark on a one-way journey…
Amy G. is a virtuoso on roller-skates. Or just reckless. She runs around in sequins, something you should not do wearing skates. Does the splits and plays the ukulele. Performs magic tricks. Scams the audience out of their wine, teetering…
Last week I was offered the opportunity to review Harvey Sutherland and Bermuda on Queen’s Birthday Eve, not really knowing what I was in for. I am a big fan of The Toff in Town, though, so any excuse to get…
Things I love: Gin History Gin Music Comedy Gin Cabaret shows combining all of the above. The wondrous women behind Lady Sings It Better are back in Melbourne for the Cabaret Festival, premiering their new brainchild, ‘Mother’s Ruin‘. Maeve Marsden…
There are two types of people in the world: those who dream of running away to join the circus, and those who actually do it. My childhood days of rhythmic gymnastics taught me enough to appreciate a good hoop and…
Songs on Film opens with a dapper gentleman, Joe Stilgoe, taking a seat at the piano on a darkened stage, and playing out the opening bars of Jaws. We barely had a few moments to chuckle at such an incongruous…
With the rain lashing down outside on a cold Thursday, I could think of no better way to spend my morning than huddled up in Carlton’s Cinema Nova watching a media preview of Downriver. A debut feature from Australian director Grant…
I don’t normally wear makeup to yoga, obviously. But getting to attend Flow Athletic’s Glow in the Dark Silent Yoga Disco called for a bit of effort. Armed with a yoga mat and a passable downward dog, I headed to Melbourne Town…