“…we have gossip to discuss…” You know you are in a Jane Austen drama when such a line is seriously pronounced by a Prominent Person and so opens the sparkling delight which is a world’s first – a singing version…
I have only had but a few circus experiences in my life. But preceding every one, there has always been a sense of excited anticipation. There is something about the circus, a youthful thrill that is always present. This was…
November is when the days are becoming longer, the weather is getting warmer and the holiday season is getting closer. It is also the month when The Sunset Cinema will be running on every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With…
The month of September marks plenty of celebrations for Melbourne: the arrival of spring and the start of the festival season, to name a few. The Melbourne Fringe Festival is back in town with an exhilarating program, and that can…
Doomsday cults are as common as apocalypses aren’t. If you’d asked what the seminal work is on the matter, I would have readily pointed you to the 1956 classic work of social psychology When Prophecy Fails. As of last night,…
Change your plans because Bare Naked Theatre is putting on A Theatrical Tribute to the Music of David Bowie that is a decadent feast for the senses. This is not your ordinary cover band interpretation of classics; this is a…
The Midsumma Festival is almost over for another year but they’ve saved one of the best for last. ‘Gone’ premiered in Melbourne on Wednesday night, and is here for a short time before moving to Brisbane for the Melt Festival….
How DO you measure a man? My plus one and I pondered this as we made our way to the Gasworks Arts Park to see ‘The Measure of a Man’, a play by critically acclaimed queer artist Gavin Roach. We…
‘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…
Betty Davis is a total rockstar, and Cecilia Low embodies her feline screeching and dynamic stage presence to a tee in her fringe performance of ‘They Say She’s Different‘. As we filed into the Gasworks auditorium it was clear that…