Melbourne Fringe 2015

Finding your feet: an interview with Nebahat Erpolat and April Albert, Melbourne Fringe 2015

No Comments 16 August 2015

Chloe Dallas interviews Melbourne Fringe Festival artists Nebahat Erpolat and April Albert about relocating, feeling adrift and building a life in a new place.

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Dreams brought vividly to the stage: an interview with Chris Kirk, Melbourne Fringe 2015

No Comments 16 August 2015

Spoken word artist Chris Kirk brings his debut theatre piece about what it means to love someone while dreaming to the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

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This is a laughing matter: an interview with Isobel Marmion, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015

No Comments 15 August 2015

When it comes to mental illness, creating any sort of representation can be a risky business. Not only do you have to be accurate, but you also have to ensure that the audience is able to understand it. Some artists may use a conventional method such as a dramatic play or an open forum to […]

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Smart return to Fringe with ‘Unlikely’ triple-header, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015

No Comments 15 August 2015

When the curtain closes on Bliss! The Perfect Girlfriend! at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, it won’t be closing on Harris Smart. The writer, producer, actor and director will be only one third of the way through his three-production run – one for each week of the festival – throwing himself head-first back into Fringe […]

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Smashing aphorisms: an interview with Shane McGrath, Uncommon Places Melbourne Fringe 2015

No Comments 14 August 2015

If you’ve flown into Melbourne from overseas recently, you’ve probably seen Shane McGrath’s work. He’s the artist behind the large-scale mural that lines the walls of the snaking corridors at Tullamarine Airport’s international terminal. It’s a piece that celebrates cultural diversity, depicting dozens of people from an array of backgrounds hurling a myriad of brightly […]

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A musical wonderland: an interview with Helen Bower, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015

No Comments 14 August 2015

Chloe Dallas interviews violinist Helen Bower about her solo show which incorporates a creatively challenging piece of equipment.

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Darkness shines light on new age of theatre: an interview with the team behind ‘His Ghostly Heart’, Melbourne Fringe 2015

No Comments 12 August 2015

Two Brisbane actors and a New Zealand director join forces to bring a rarely performed and unique play to Melbourne Fringe 2015.

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Combobulated : an interview with artist Frank Duyker, Uncommon Places 2015

No Comments 08 August 2015

Frank Duyker comes prepared for our interview. Eager to illustrate the merits of his perhaps unusual materials, the sculptor removes three unlikely objects from his pocket. There is a brown square ceramic block with gold plates and pins arranged on the surface, or a CPU chip circa 1989, as he likes to call it. There’s […]

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Beguiling Giles: an interview with sound artist Vincent Giles, Uncommon Places 2015

No Comments 07 August 2015

Vincent Giles, in spite of his busy schedule, always makes time for a coffee. The sound artist/composer is also Artist in Residence at the University of Melbourne’s School of Chemistry, as well as a PhD candidate at Monash University. His thesis: ‘Microsound, Spectra, Objectivity: a meme’s-eye view of comprehension in music’. He also blogs infrequently […]

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It’s murky territory, the space between female agency and subordination

No Comments 06 August 2015

“Don’t walk alone, don’t leave your house,” Melbourne playwright and poet Izzy Roberts-Orr cautions. “But also, don’t stay inside because your partner’s the one most likely to kill you.” It’s these sorts of contradictions, filtering through to women in public, that Roberts-Orr hopes to explore in her latest offering for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Her […]

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