GOOD MUSLIM BOY

In limbo and swing between the political hotbed of The Middle East and locations all the more familiar to audiences here at home, Good Muslim Boy is a work by Osamah Sami, presented by Malthouse Theatre. It begins with strong image: all cold steel, clean glass, fluorescent lights and mosaic tiles – the transitory nature…

PERFORMANCE

17/02/2018

THE WOW FACTOR

Experience the true cost of fashion in Wowzzzeee, a participatory sweatshop complete with all the tools needed to make a glittering and spectacular onesie – it’s a space to unite through the transformative power of fashion to democratise and fabulise. Presented as part of FOLA 2018, and created by Adele Varcoe, Wowzzzeee is a new…

FASHION

16/02/2018

LETS TALK ABOUT SEX

Sex work is real work. Sex workers are real people just like you and I, but its not often, due, perhaps, to the restraints and stigma placed on the industry by society at large, that we view this often unspoken world through the same lens as we do our own. “The Sex Worker” is a…

FILM

13/02/2018

HITCH TO THE STICKS

Ever wanted to hitch a ride on-board your favourite band’s tour bus? Fantasised about starring in the next Almost Famous film? Well, listen up, because Dallas Frasca is about to give you precisely that chance with what is guaranteed to be one of the musical highlights of 2018. The tour takes in a number of…

MUSIC

09/02/2018

VENUS

21st-century sexual politics colide with 19th-century S&M in Venus in Fur, a mysterious, funny and erotic drama. A whip-smart exploration of sexual politics, gender and power through the lense of sadomasochism. Directed by Green Room Award winner Kirsten von Bibra, it features Lightning Jar founding member Tilly Legge joined on stage by Darcy Kent as…

PERFORMANCE

06/02/2018

TAYLOR MAC : HIR

When Taylor Mac came to town last year with a 24 Decade History Of Popular Music, we were at once under judy’s spell, cast aside any aspersions about ticket prices and the like, – what it boils down to is that this individual is an artist with so much to give in terms of contemporary…

PERFORMANCE

02/02/2018

PRISCILLA

Priscilla, apart from being one of the most definitive pieces of Australian cinematography, was, upon its release in 1994, sensational in the way it presented queer culture as something of strength, and deeply relate-able. Aside from the films beauty and artistic merit, it paved the way for so many that came later. When we look…

PERFORMANCE

29/01/2018

DE PROFUNDIS

There are few artists in history that have left with us a legacy as relevant now, as it was back then. Oscar Wilde is, indeed, one such artist; coming into notoriety through his literature and lifestyle, Wilde was the first celebrity subjected to trial by media. Found guilty on charges of indecency, he was sentenced…

PERFORMANCE