Even a few blocks away, my plus one and I could hear the thumping jazz tunes of The Lagerphones playing at the New Orleans Street Party. As a part of Melbourne Music Week, Dodds Street in Southbank was transformed to resemble…
When I agreed to go see ‘Comma Sutra’ on Friday night, I didn’t consider just how much pressure there would be to write a grammatically perfect review on a self-confessed grammar nazi’s comedy/cabaret show. And pressure makes commas go astray. So…
The Plus Ones sent three writers to Sexpo, Australia’s largest adult exhibition. Here are their slightly-NSFW accounts. Read on for their accounts of bouncing in an inflatable vagina, meeting topless firefighters, and a visit to Pricasso the penis portrait artist. I finally…
Techno lovers were out in full force to prove it’s a mainstay genre in Melbourne’s music scene. Stable Music & The Goethe Institute in combination with Melbourne Music Week presented Monolake, Echo Inspectors, and Split Silo in the 2015 flagship…
Part-concert, part-sculpture installation, part-haunted house, Swell LIVE was an exciting way to experience performance at Melbourne Music Week. Walking down the corridor towards the eerie green light of the bar and passing several zombie-like people dressed in hospital clothes, I…
If you haven’t been, the Immigration Museum is a beautiful heritage building on Flinders St. In fact, it’s one of the oldest in Melbourne. It was once where Victoria’s waves of migrants were met and processed as they stepped on…
There’s no other event that’s quite like Melbourne Music Week (MMW). Returning in 2015 for its sixth year, 2016’s program is hotter than ever. MMW is known not just for their stellar lineups of local and international bands but also…
The School of Life bills itself as a ‘conversation cafe, bookshop and classroom’. Founded by philosopher and author Alain de Botton in London, Schools of Life are around the world — everywhere from Istanbul (home of one of our branches) to…
Warning – you will be in tears of laughter for large parts of this play. I won’t lie to you, I lost my shit at the team’s re-enactment of the landing of the ‘Mongol’ hordes. It is so many levels…
On Tuesday evening, the floor of Coco Republic’s Melbourne store was adorned in modern American glamour as delicious food enticed spectators. The elegant furniture on show held clean and timeless grace that was accented by the somewhat quirky accessories, such…