Stacks On – The World’s Happiest Festival

Culture Jam events are something special, they push past the everyday into an experience that is part game, part experiment, part let’s get weird. I have been lucky enough to attend a number of the Culture Jam happenings over the past two years, and every…

Joanna Newsom at Hamer Hall

Joanna Newsom’s magical storytelling and fabulous musical talent completely enraptured the audience last night at Hamer Hall. Underneath the speckled lights and brilliant acoustics, we felt pretty spoilt to be seeing such a show. The supporting act, Mick Turner (Australian…

Midsumma Festival: Gender Spanner

‘Gender Spanner’ is all about labels that don’t stick. Jessica McKerlie takes you on a journey of labels that have been adorned on her over her life, how she found who she is and the experiences that led her there. Prior to…

Royal Stacks: burgers fit for a king

Burgers. In the U.S., they run the gamut of eating options. In Australia, we have experienced mostly the regrettable low-end varieties. It has been great to see that in recent years a few chains have appeared which have been looking…

Workshopping Work-Shop

Whether it be welding for beginners, a bacon-making class, or learning shibori, there’s something to pique everyone’s interest. Work-Shop’s classes are inspiring, a bit different, and an energising way to spend an evening after work. We checked out two very…

South Melbourne Night Market 2016

Allow me to introduce you to the South Melbourne Night Market, the smaller affair south of the river. It’s the perfect counterpart to the enormous Queen Victoria Night Market. You’ll find everything you love about night markets here: live music, delicious…

Australian Shakespeare Company: Tinkerbell & The Dream Fairies

I had the pleasure of attending The Australian Shakespeare Company‘s 2015 summer season, and couldn’t rate it highly enough. Some of those shows, such as ‘The Wind In The Willows’ and ‘Pirates of The Carribbean’, are running a second season –…

Tradition Perseveres With Fiddler on the Roof

“Tradition…” The famous Fiddler on the Roof melody rang out through the historic Princess Theatre in Melbourne to open the award-winning musical about a poor Jewish family living in Tsarist Russia torn between the old world and the new. Set…

The Illusionists 1903 at Arts Centre Melbourne

Step back in time to the Golden Age of magic with The Illusionists 1903. From humorous balloon animals to a heart stopping escape act, the production embraces the showmanship and theatricality of a bygone era. Set in the rich, red…