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20/09/2017

MUMMY

Sexy, politically incorrect and not at all affected by osteoporosis, Brianna Williams is Mummy Num Nums, faded star and arch nemesis of Bette Midler, desperate to hold on to her youth. She’s definitely not old, not even remotely; in fact, she’s practically a “sexy baby.” Part sketch and part improvisation, Mummy Num Nums: A Sexy…
PERFORMANCE
19/09/2017

DESPERATE MEASURES

For two days of Melbourne Festival in 2017, Arts House will be repurposed as an urban survival camp, with top members of Australia’s battle-hardened arts community passing on the secret skills that will make all the difference when disaster comes knocking. Survival Skills For Desperate Times is the second work of its kind presented by this North…
PERFORMANCE
18/09/2017

CIRQUE NOCTURNE

Fishnets, fire, aerial and acrobatics are all wrapped up in this glamorously entertaining murder mystery presented by Adelaide’s cabaret group Cirque Nocturne. Dressed in uniforms of black and sequins, the talented troupe glide with purpose, each performer commanding the stage. Blue light bounces off sequinned bodies in shimmering haloes. Cirque Nocturne strikes the balance between…
PERFORMANCE
18/09/2017

ONE SELF

  ONEself is an altogether experimental and exciting dance work that personifies exactly what Fringe Festivals around the world should stand for; that is, creating a platform for new artists and work to be developed. ONEself explores notions of self-identity and belonging but in response to and in the surrounding digital interface. Using one of…
PERFORMANCE
15/09/2017

JACK RILEY CONTACT

It’s infinitely pleasing to come across such an intelligent and well thought through performance so early in Fringe, though for whoever comes next, Contact has left the bar impossibly high. It’s tightly wound stuff with razor sharp choreography, and the connection shared between the ensemble is almost palpable. What makes this more exciting is that this is…
PERFORMANCE
14/09/2017

LIVE FROM THE FRINGE

  For two and half weeks every September, Melbourne comes alive with more 400 amazing events happening right across town as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival. The festival has and continues to be a hot bed of imagination and provocation, a shinning beacon of local creativity and expression amid these increasingly uncertain times. Here is…
PERFORMANCE
13/09/2017

QUAKERS AND SHAKERS

Six extraordinary dancers create an everlasting cycle of loops and oscillating ecstatic rhythms, investigating themes of permutation, transformation and the infinite. This is Ever, the latest Melbourne Festival offering by Melbourne’s very own Ballet Lab. A performance where the work of two of the most iconic 20th century chamber musicians—John Adams’ and Richard Strauss’ are reimagined through what promises to be…
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