I Still Call Australia Homo is a title that really alerts you to the subject matter. This play, presented by the In and Out Project (formed by four recent graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts), introduces us to two couples, Pippa and Daniel and Jake and Cara. Set in Australian suburbia on steroids, […]

Luminous is the only show of its kind in the world. It is a clever combination of circus, UV light and live body painting by the 2011 Australian body painting champion, Jessica Watson Miller. The combination is breathtaking. The performers are multi-talented and undoubtedly enthusiastic in their roles as luminous ‘creatures.’ Even without the added […]

A much loved story, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will take your breath away with its charming characters and mischievous fairies. Lysander (Jamie Pottinger) and Hermia (Lucy Bull) declare their love for one another and petition the priest in order to get around her father’s wishes for her to marry Demetrius (Liam Andrews). But Demetrius has […]

If you are a live music regular and if you are someone who is lucky to find themselves in the right place at the right time, you might have seen Maggie Rutjens or Louis Donnarumma perform. If you haven’t and considering they’re both talented musicians in the process of blooming into full form, you’re in […]

When a play takes its title from lyrics of Billie Holiday’s 1939 song ‘Strange Fruit’, a song which describes racism and lynching in the American South, you know it’s going to tackle some difficult problems. Blood at the Root, currently playing at Holden Street Theatres, does just that. Set in a Louisiana high school, the […]