Tag: LGBT

If These Wigs Could Talk: Panti Bliss Live In Melbourne

Melbourne, darling, get ready to bow down to royalty! The one and only Panti Bliss, Ireland’s most beloved drag queen and self-proclaimed accidental activist, has sashayed her way into town for Midsumma Festival, and let me tell you, her show…

F Christmas: A Festive F**k You to Traditional Holiday Cheer

It’s not hard to feel a bit disillusioned by Christmas. After all, Australians use more than 150,000 km of wrapping paper during the festive season. That’s nearly enough paper to wrap around Earth’s equator four times! It’s also estimated that…

La Cage Aux Folles at Arts Centre Melbourne

Hold onto your pearls Melbourne! The dazzling, award-winning spectacle, La Cage Aux Folles, is hitting the stage at the wonderful Arts Centre to mark its 40th Anniversary – that’s four decades of glitz, glamour, and enough sequins to make a…

The Huxleys wearing shiny outfits

Techno Bingo at Melbourne Music Week

Bangers and bingo – what more could we wish for? One of our favourite events of the year Melbourne Music Week was thankfully extended this season and we couldn’t be happier. Our highlight of the season is a special event…

Briefs: Close Encounters

From a galaxy far, far away… Prepare yourself for interstellar aerial feats and warp-speed strippers from outer space because the Briefs boys are back! After a few whirlwind years touring the world with their unique variety of cabaret, comedy, burlesque…

Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2019: What Not To Miss

Exciting changes are in store for the 29th annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia’s largest and longest running celebration of queer cinema. Held over twelve days, the festival has hand-picked a selection of films that are as diverse as…

‘Hir’ at Red Stitch Theatre: a transgenre play

Hir opens to a set that is a technicolour pigsty. A lounge and kitchen, stacks of dirty dishes, laundry strewn across the floor not unlike the garish knick knacks that clutter walls and surfaces. Centre stage is Arnold, a morose middle-aged…

Dolly Diamond

Dolly Diamond’s 15 Year Gala Reunion at Midsumma

Sassy banter, cabaret music, and Dolly Diamond (aka the ‘Queen of Cabaret’). What more could you ask for on a Midsumma Festival Saturday night? The Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne’s CBD was the perfect stage for Dolly Diamond’s 15 Year Gala Reunion. That’s right, Dolly has been…

Melbourne Festival: The Wrap featuring Taylor Mac

Feeling tired Melbourne? We are not surprised. You have just finished a mammoth three weeks laughing, crying, exploring mirror mazes, eating and drinking, and having your cultural boundaries pushed in the most interesting ways. That’s right – Melbourne Festival has…