La Sirene’s Good Beer Week event Uptown Funk was a funky beer tour of La Sirene ales artfully paired with L’Artisan cheese, including cheeses washed in La Sirene’s own saisons and sours. To top it off, hosts Boilermaker House paired…
With 270 events on offer, there are amazing experiences happening every day in Melbourne during Good Beer Week. However, considering the scale of the festival, it’s also a given that some great events will fly under the radar. Case in…
Sydney Dance Company’s double bill, ORB, showed at Arts Centre Melbourne to rapturous applause. ORB opens with the mystifying Full Moon by Taiwanese choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, a hypnotising melody of his fascination with the moon and all those who inhabit…
Combining a little bit of history, a healthy dose of experimentation, and lots of tasty beer, Clay Time at The Craft event proved a cracking start to my 2017 Good Beer Week experience. The event saw Collingwood’s Craft & Co….
If you adore music and performance, and want to witness an inspired demonstration of pathos, Opera Australia’s double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is a must. These two distinct operas are weaved together through setting, character, and…
The opening screening of the new Arts Learning Festival, Shakespeare Republic’s Speaking Daggers, was a fantastic introduction to Australian theatrical output as tool-for-education. The short film was commissioned by the Arts Learning Festival, and the premiere showed the 11-minute short…
Labour round-the-clock was the life of a Victorian servant, as we discovered in the delightful exploratory history event, Life As A Servant At Como, at Como House and Garden museum. Our National Trust host enquired whether we’d have time to…
One of the best things about Good Beer Week is the one-of-a-kind experiences on offer. Case in point: The Garage Project Lab. For one night only, New Zealand brewery Garage Project converted Forester’s Hall into a beer science fair. Considering…
Who doesn’t love a good secret, especially when it involves live music? When I was invited to the exclusive performance of Bradley Stone’s first album release ‘On the Moon,’ I was intrigued by the mystery of it all. Kept in…
If you want to learn about something at depth, it pays to go to the source, which in this case is internationally renowned tea grower and vendor Dilmah. Founded as a tea exporter in Melbourne (of all places) by Merrill…