Melbourne Fringe 2012

Minor Victories

No Comments 27 September 2012

Created by young New Zealanders (see: professional procrastinators*) Sherilee Kahui, Nellie Pearson and Dan Fraser, Minor Victories showcases the shallow and ambivalent mind of today’s chronically hedonistic twenty-somethings. Using an array of clever media including psychedelic AV projections, regret-riddled limericks and excruciating sock puppets, this series of vignettes demonstrates the trials and, more often than […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2012

The Warmth we Make with our Lives

No Comments 26 September 2012

Nestled in a covert space above the Order of Melbourne sits comedian Bart Freebairn’s makeshift pillow fort. Once you get down to your hands and knees and crawl through the initial entryway, you are greeted with Winnie-the-Pooh bedspreads that clothe the walls, smoothed doonas that line the floor and lumpy pillows that prop up the […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

In The Cut: Volume 3

No Comments 14 October 2011

Impressive street art, dope DJs, MCs and then, for good measure, throw in a few sexy saxophones. In The Cut Volume 3 took place in a Carlton basement – its walls covered in artwork – all created by Melbourne street artists. Ranging from impressive full-scale prints of beautiful, curvaceous Native American babes, to cardboard-based political […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Life is Something

No Comments 09 October 2011

Directed by Vlady T and written by his alter ego Bradley William George Klendo, ‘Life is Something’ addresses the absurdity of life and our chase for its meaning with a decent bunch of odd characters. Mark (Leigh Ormsby) and Cathy (Rebecca Fortuna) love each other but their dissatisfaction with their banal lives start to ebb […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Just Like The Movies

No Comments 09 October 2011

Richmond’s The Owl and the Pussycat is like one of the friendliest haunted houses you’ll ever come across. Stumble, dripping wet from rain, and be led up a dark, creaky staircase, into performance space The Runcible Spoon. Once seated cozily, chat with the handful of audience members and have a glass of red. Don’t be […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

The Contortion and Hand-balancing Spectacular!

No Comments 09 October 2011

Stepping off Chapel St and climbing up the stairs to Red Bennies is like going into another world. Red light shines everywhere, candles and cocktails sit on small tables upstairs and there is a small stage that looks like it was transported out of the set of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Red Bennies isn’t […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Death in a box…one pussy’s tale!

No Comments 07 October 2011

A haunting chime sets the scene for Mandie Combe’s ‘Death in a box…one pussy’s tale!’ The chime ringing until Combe’s partner, Tony Johannsen enters with guitar in hand and begins his song; his considered lyrics and strong melodies forming the foundations for the rest of the performance. The actors, Combe and Johannsen, are a real […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Snatches

No Comments 07 October 2011

Directed by Lynne Ellis and featuring emerging RMIT writers, performers and friends, Snatches is a production of short plays, readings, dance and standup comedy. Having little knowledge on the history of Snatches (which is in its 12th year, according to the program), I went into this performance with lower expectations. I was extremely surprised. The […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Bluey by Phil Spencer

No Comments 07 October 2011

It’s safe to say Phil Spencer’s solo performance will be the only show at the Fringe Festival that will have you browsing monkey puppets on eBay well into the morning. In Bluey, Spencer uses a monkey puppet Alfred to tell the story of his father, a British RAF Sergeant sent off to Iraq for six […]

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Melbourne Fringe 2011

Mystic Bubblegum

No Comments 07 October 2011

Throw together two fourteen year old besties, a magical crystal and an octopus stripper with massive mammaries, and the colourful result is ‘Mystic Bubblegum’, a live art show which mashes Harry Potter, The Labyrinth and flamboyantly ridiculous costumes and burst of songs enough to make the likes of The Mighty Boosh jealous. ‘Mystic Bubblegum’ turn […]

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