Tag: Northcote

Melbourne Magic Festival: Deceptology

As I walked into the Northcote Town Hall I was immediately transported through time. I felt as if I was standing in a little town’s plaza from the 1900s: people of all ages and sizes walked around the dimly lit…

Melbourne Magic Festival 2016: The Plus Ones’ guide

If you love magic, then the 2016 Melbourne Magic Festival will blow your mind. Running for 13 days from 27 June – 9 July, the festival is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. This year, the sixth edition…

Celebrate Shakespeare with ‘The Winter’s Tale’

It’s the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and Melbourne is all a-whirl with commemorative events. So far this year we’ve seen an all-female version of ‘Coriolanus’. Experienced ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the banks of the Maribyrnong River. And been…

Next Wave Festival: microLandscapes

‘microLandscapes‘ is not your average art show. It is intense. Gripping. Entertaining. Playing as part of the Next Wave Festival, ‘microLandscapes’ is a unique collaborative exhibit that features original video and sound design, sculpture, and performance art. It features Perth-based dance…

Best of October: monthly roundup

Melbourne is so jam-packed with events that we can barely keep up. Here are a few of our favourites from October. We dressed like Germans, tried new wines, evaded evil clowns, and explored this wonderful city. Wine Republic’s new Northcote store…