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The Festival Hub at Trades Hall, home to the Melbourne Fringe Festival, was abuzz with people meeting up with friends, catching a drink at the bar or pouring in and out of the many theatre spaces to take in a Fringe show. A real sense of excitement: the Melbourne arts scene is back and fired
It is said that you never act with animals and maybe children but this show has to be an exception. Written by Ron Elisha, a prolific Australian playwright, Everyman and His Dog has credentialed actor Dennis Coard sharing the stage with Dog, a well trained 12yo golden retriever known off stage as Zita, who sat
Encore Theatre presents When Dad Married Fury by David Williamson until October 29 at the Clayton Community Centre. Directed by Damian Jones, this social satire tells of no-nonsense ‘filthy rich’ businessman Alan who has made no apologies about stepping over the little people to get there. His two sons Ian and Ben, and their wives
Cracked Actors Theatre presents Secret Expedition from October 26 – 29 at Power House on the Lake, Level 1, 34 Lakeside Drive, Albert Park, as part of their program to take new Australian works from page to stage successfully from December 2019. Secret Expedition by Eddy Burger is set in a private club where five
The stage of the Karralyka Centre, Ringwood was transformed into ancient Rome during Babirra Music Theatre’s rollicking, entertaining production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on Burt Shevelove’s book, Pseudolus, an artful slave, connives to win the hand of beautiful courtesan Philia
Victorian Theatre Company returns to Theatre Works with Low – a thriller from playwright Daniel Keene, from November 8-12. After a cancelled season in May due to Covid, this keenly anticipated production is finally about to open. Emma and Jay are lovers, isolated and outcast from society. Money is scarce and Melbourne’s streets are dark
Heidelberg Theatre Company presents the Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park from November 4-19 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna. Directed by Llaaneath Poor, newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter begin their new life together in an unfinished Manhattan apartment. Paul is a straight-laced lawyer and Corie a romantic free spirit. When Corie’s mother
After a three-year break due to COVID-19, the Melbourne Passion Play will again resume in 2023 for its 24th performance. Recruiting for the Annual Melbourne Passion Play is now under way. Two performances only, Palm Sunday April 2, at 1:30pm and Good Friday April 7, at 10am. No acting experience is necessary. Only five rehearsals.
GWB Entertainment presents A Christmas Carol opening in Melbourne at the Comedy Theatre from November 12 to December 29. Starring David Wenham as Ebenezer Scrooge, the production will feature Bernard Curry (Savage River, Wentworth) as Bob Cratchit, Debra Lawrance (Please Like Me, Five Bedrooms, Home and Away) as The Ghost of Christmas Past and Samantha
In JSMR, Jessica Stanley invites the audience to experience the weird and wonderfully stimulating world of ASMR, otherwise known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. As the curtain parts on an old-fashioned fortune-telling booth set in an old-style carnival tent, we don headphones and blankets and settle in for an auditory experience. “Your fate has been
