Melbourne Fringe 2013

A Little Less Conversation

No Comments 30 September 2013

When you think physical comedy, do you think slapstick? Mime? Dance? Perhaps dance seems like an odd inclusion, but after seeing Dave Callan at the Melbourne Fringe Festival I now know dance is the best comedy in town.

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Melbourne Fringe 2013

One of a Kind

No Comments 30 September 2013

Disclosure: I’m an only child. Therefore, when faced with a one-woman show about being an only child, I was always likely to take the performer’s side. Aleisha McCormack spends an hour on stage talking about what it’s like to be an only child, and how the perceptions of only children are stuck in the past. […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2013

101 Vagina Book

No Comments 26 September 2013

This exhibition, in the words of its creators, “breaks down the taboo around vaginas and body-image shame”, and more generally to celebrate the diversity of bodies and stories from women.

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

The Old Melbourne Ghost Tour

No Comments 17 October 2012

The setting for ghost stories was perfect: rain pelted down from a dark sky, a wind shivered into our spines, the expectations of the tour was high  - but unfortunately they would not be met. Melbourne is a city with an interesting history, with some stories of gore suitable for an Underbelly episode, but its […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

Ballad of the Plague Doctor

No Comments 15 October 2012

Ballad of the Plague Doctor tells the dismal story of Dr Marrok Corvus Rapere, who as a child was locked in a cellar, leading to a story turned twisted and fuelled by darkness. At the peak of the Black Plague Dr Rapere, or the Plague Doctor as he soon becomes known, begins his “experiments” to […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

No Comments 15 October 2012

  With a title showcasing the names ‘Butt Boy’ and ‘Tigger’, one expects a bundle of laughs,and while the show effectively succeeds in inciting side-splitting belly laughs, the play’s main drawcard is its stirring premise brought to life through a brilliantly written script and beautiful acting. With rave reviews and sell-out seasons in Edinburgh, Dublin, […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

Slutmonster and Friends

No Comments 15 October 2012

Slutmonster and Friends is a gutsy title, and this comedic production about two bickering brothers called Bovril and Larch (and a furry hermaphrodite monster)is a mischievous comedy executed with impeccable bravado. Complete with boob-covered trees, glowing phallic mushrooms and other strange genitalia-orientated vegetation, Slutmonster and Friends is a coalescence of innuendo and endless sex drives intertwined […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

Xavier Toby – White Trash

No Comments 15 October 2012

What makes people become racist? Is it ok to be a little bit racist? And are penguin analogies the answer to solving world racism? Xavier Toby, general nice guy, seems to think so and uses puns and one-liners to back up his opinions and research on evolution. Standing in front of the Lithuanian Club audience, […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

One Night Stand

No Comments 15 October 2012

  Mitch Jones, who plays Captain Ruin, isn’t your average stage performer. It could be said that he is a troubled lad – or maybe it’s just that trouble has a way of finding him. After being jailed numerous times, one being a not-so-pleasant bout in a Turkish prison, Mitch Jones is a novelist’s dream. […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Eve and Next In Line

No Comments 15 October 2012

The performers in Eve and Next in line are all students at ‘The Space’, a dance and arts centre in Prahran. This school obviously breeds a love of dance and expression in its students and the opportunity to perform in the Melbourne Fringe Festival is a fantastic learning experience for these young people. The night […]

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