THE ORIGIN OF LOVE

Let’s talk charisma, let’s talk cult following, let’s talk transgression, let’s talk John Cameron Mitchell. For decades, this artist has been at the forefront of queer reverence through performance, with his creation, Hedwig, looked upon by many, as a blinding example of Trans rights, long before this term even formed a part of common language…

PERFORMANCE

18/06/2018

BROTHERS WRECK

Up North, where frogs croak their never-ending song and where the pattering of rain never ceases, all amidst the oppressive stickiness of wet season, is perhaps an unfamiliar reality to some, but for others any evocation of the oppressive wet and of this place, strikes a definitive chord. It is from this setting that Brothers…

PERFORMANCE

07/06/2018

FURY

Relevant, contemporary and edgy as all fuck, this is theatre with a message and a meaning; tackling, head-on, Australia’s “fear of the other” and, more specifically, in response to our times, the plain fact that over 20 percent of our population expresses fear or mistrust in Islam and in our Muslim brothers and sisters. But…

PERFORMANCE

06/06/2018

OF NATURE AND CIRCUS

There is no other company in Melbourne that has stolen the hearts of both the young and the old, captivated and enchanted audiences through their high-wire antics, like Circus Oz have and continue to do. 40 years on and still going strong, they’ve recently tumbled back home and, are now gearing up to present their…

PERFORMANCE

04/06/2018

NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

We enter this performance full of promise of something amazing because, simply put, Little Ones Theatre are the best independent theatre makers kicking around Melbourne right now. Though, sadly, it does not take long for us to realize that our hopes for an amazing theatrical experience will be left somewhat dashed. For here they have…

PERFORMANCE

23/05/2018

GOING DOWN

Going Down, penned by Michele Lee, is the kind of side-splitting comedy that commands its audience to put aside all airs and graces and, in the process, take a long hard look at their entitlement and privilege, particularly if you’re a Gorman-wearing, soy latte sipping inner-Melbourne-living individual, because if you are, you are most certainly…

PERFORMANCE

10/05/2018

BLISS

Ripped from the literary womb, and brought kicking and screaming onto stage, this is the kind of bastard adaption we wish to disown the moment we cast our gaze upon it. Bliss, originally penned by Peter Carey, with its satiric portrayal of the middle class should prove rich source material. It’s narrative and characters should make…

PERFORMANCE

08/05/2018

CRUNCH TIME

Part live art experience, part dinner party, this is Crunch Time; a work that wishes to explore the notions of a democratic process, though is only moderately successful in its explorations. The audience – come dinner guests – are seated at a long table tucked away in a room at Darebin Arts Centre. Over the…

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