Since Antonio Zeccola founded it in 2000, Melbourne’s Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2017 has grown to become the biggest celebration of Italian cinema outside of its home country. Every year, the festival brings the nation’s freshest talent and most exciting…
Nevermind weapons during the zombie apocalypse — where will I get my single origin coffee?! Melbourne is crawling with the brain-eating undead after a new drug trial goes sour. A few survivors of varying backgrounds and ages find shelter at…
Spring was literally in the air at Melbourne Fashion Week 2017 Premium Runway Four. A stunning floral arrangement positioned at the end of the runway was the perfect styling backdrop for the beautiful designer collections on show. I was incredibly…
Lights, Camera, glamour! Melbourne Fashion Week 2017 Premium Runways have kicked off in Melbourne, with the David Jones Premium Runway 1 presented in beautiful Melbourne Town hall. As Melbourne shivers through the cold, MFW certainly warmed things up. The sought-after front…
A trailer for our planet – if it were filmed by aliens. Say what you will about Terrence Malick – that his dialogue is insufferable; that, since The Tree Of Life (which was iffy at best) the quality of his…
Underworld is an energetic and crunchy dance performance devised by contemporary dance choreographers Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen and presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy. Streams of plastics across the performance space at the Northcote Town Hall as cocooned performers worm…
FISH is yet another fabulous production by the Rollercoaster Theatre Company, a not-for-profit ensemble of trained actors with disabilities. This play explores the perpetual state of fear that we live in as a society. The beautiful Melba Spiegeltent is transformed…
What happens you trap a seemingly random group of people in a room together and tell them they are all dead and awaiting a journey to heaven or hell? Do they accept their fate, question their religion, or does it…
With the flashing vigour of a flying Sherrin, a trio of footy-mad sheilas huddled to elevate all things women’s AFL on high in Footy Girls, as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival Schools Program. Featuring long-time AFL commentators Alicia Sometimes…
Boardgames are all the rage, and Queen of Spades bar in Fitzroy is helping the growing trend get even bigger. The Plus Ones’ writers team was invited to experience an afternoon at their new Smith Street location. Food, games, drinks,…