‘Nassim’ at Arts Centre Melbourne
Nassim is one of the plays that works best the less you know about it. In fact, mystery is baked into this play’s premise. It begins with a brief intro: a producer invites the guest actor on stage (each performance…
Tag: comedy
‘WE ARE LIGHTNING!’ at North Melbourne Town Hall
It’s challenging to label WE ARE LIGHTNING!. There is a bit of audience participation. It is part performance, part live music gig. There is a narrative arc of sorts, and a touch of whimsy. It is also part biographical, a…
The Butterfly Club’s 2017 Summer Program: The Plus Ones’ picks
The ever charismatic and entertaining director Simone Pulga once again invited The Plus Ones to the The Butterfly Club’s curated summer 2017-18 program, with matching cocktails. One of our perennial favourites in the independent arts space, there is much to…
‘Hamiltunes’ – glorious improvised musical history at Melbourne Fringe
Like improv comedy? Like history? Musical theatre? Tried to get tickets to the musical Hamilton overseas, but couldn’t afford that on top of your mortgage? Hamiltunes delivers all that and more. Put six gifted improv comedians on stage, who also are…
‘Bookcrastinators Anonymous’ at Melbourne Fringe
Come in, come in. Make yourself cozy. Here’s your name tag. Christian, right? Do you need another cushion? A blankie or a biscuit? Have you finished the mandatory reading? Of course not. Bookcrastinators Anonymous is part book club, part support…
PO PO MO CO present ‘Recreation & Leisure’ at Melbourne Fringe
PO PO MO CO present Recreation & Leisure delivers an hour of more than a dozen outrageous, baffling, grotesque, and over-the-top if not impossible to define sketches. The Queer Post-post Modern Comedy (PO PO MO CO) troupe exists to address…
Completely Improvised Shakespeare at Melbourne Fringe
On a blustery spring evening, in a quiet northern pub, a Melbourne improv troupe took on the Bard for the enjoyment of a Fringe Festival audience. Completely Improvised Shakespeare, performed by the Soothplayers, has been a staple of the Melbourne…
The Clams’ Crimson Tide at Melbourne Fringe Festival
Despite being self-proclaimed as Melbourne’s least professional water ballet squad, The Clams have certainly vaulted to be the city’s most popular. Their debut show Crimson Tide had only a short run over a weekend, though the 25 ballerinas certainly made…
DEATH BOAT! – a zany nautical one-man sketch extravaganza at Melbourne Fringe
What is a cruise ship Captain Roland Carter to do, with a ship enshrouded in a deadly, possibly supernatural, fog? How to placate the wealthy patrons before they mutiny in boredom? Can he reconcile career and family, when faced with…
Rama Nicholas in The Lucky Ones – Melbourne Fringe Festival
Rama Nicholas has a cult following among the cognoscenti at TPO, and you can add me to the list of adoring fans. Rama returns with her titillating multi-character romance erotica feel-good show The Lucky Ones to Fringe. It is an…