A promising director’s most accomplished work yet Playing at this year’s American Essentials Film Festival, Lynn Shelton latest, Outside In, is easily her most accomplished work yet. She applies the improvised, almost dogme-like Mumblecore approach, headed by this film’s producers…
It was too be no surprise to learn, once again, that Zoë Coombs Marr knows how to deliver a knock-out performance. After years of performing her award-winning, awkward, and misogynistic character ‘Dave’, ‘Bossy Bottom’ sheds the persona to reveal the…
There is a significant selection of improvised shows at this year’s festival, and within them is a particular trans-Tasman duo that have brought over a very successful and delightful formula. ‘Awkward Threesome‘ sees Wellington based stalwarts of improvisation Jennifer O’Sullivan…
‘Moonshine’ was originally a slang term for high-proof distilled spirits usually produced illicitly, but Melbourne Moonshine have brought credibility to the drink at their boutique operation in Port Melbourne. Together with Shannon Martinez from Smith + Daughters and Mike Patrick…
If you haven’t familiarised yourself with what ‘live art’ is, now is the time. The Festival of Live Art (FOLA) is yet again showcasing a body of bold, ambitious and provocative work and Let’s Go Up Here is the embodiment of…
Is it really time to be putting together some plans for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’. The Plus Ones have once again taken the time to bring you our top ten picks from the…
Loosen the belt buckle, get the stretchy pants on, do what you need to do to make sure you make the most of the upcoming 2018 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Running from 16 – 25 March, this event is…
On the beach and in the jungle. This is how Envision Festival was first billed to me, and I was sold. Held along the ‘whale’s tale’ of Costa Rica on a divine parcel of jungle-meets-coast (Rancho La Merced), Envision Festival…
Melbourne! Tis’ the season of holiday parties, Christmas shopping, and drunk uncles. With a range of markets, parties, and plays, you’ll definitely find something to do this December. Check out out guide for the top ten events around you this…
This is how you make a film about dance. The Bolshoi is a film about the ballet and its director, Valery Todorovskiy, dances with his camera. There is so much graceful movement in the way this movie is filmed, it’s…