My Melbourne Arts

One-man show Spoons wraps humour, grief and stubborn independence into the story of an ageing widower who refuses to be neatly packed away....

If only all on-boarding processes were as enjoyably hectic as Sunny Youngsmith’s Cabin Pressure . In a suitably small black box theatre spac...

The first thing you notice about Katrina Mathers’ set is how 'Fifty Shades of Pink' the dressing room inspired design is, every surf...

Amelia Pawsey has been living in a sharehouse with three others: her two housemates, and Heephah, a 60cm-tall taxidermy fox purchased from t...

With a beaming smile and wide eyes, Frankie McNair tells us she is a survivor of childhood sexual assault and sexual assault. She laughs as ...

To save themselves from a very high and very overdue Edinburgh Fringe tax bill, cabaret producers Dolly Diamond and Skank Sinatra decide to ...

Nick Schuller would have to be the least excitable person performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The stand-up comedian r...

In these trying times, with the world seemingly on the brink of World War III, it feels more important than ever to find stable employment t...

Maitreyi Karanth began her stand-up career in her 40s. Now the 53-year-old Indian comedian has made her Melbourne International Comedy Festi...

An alien spaceship has crashed into the Peel nightclub in Collingwood, with B48Y left to navigate their new human environment. B48Y Crash La...

Break-ups and heartache are rarely neat, they tend to be chaotic, messy, and experiences that many people spend a lot of time trying to make...

For three years, Sweeney Preston worked at PEDESTRIAN.TV, Australia’s largest youth publisher, as a journalist, breaking stories like “There...

Having worked in a video store, a Video Ezy to be specific, I was hit with a wave of nostalgia the second I took my seat for Alexei Toliopou...

Natalia Sledz unleashes a chaotic, keenly observed feline world in Puss Puss , blending physical comedy, music, and surreal imagery into a l...

Work retreats. Enough said. Framed as a corporate-style seminar, MagicSafe: Conjuror vs Corporate turns the spotlight on workplace complianc...

Little Devil and the War Machine is set during the peak of political instability in Renaissance Italy, when Florence was frequently involve...

Sam Taunton’s This Must Be The Place is a personal hour of stand-up built around a moment of transition. The show’s central premise takes s...

Mel McGlensey is normal. Or at least, she wants to be. But what is normal? At its core, it means what is typical or expected, but expected b...

Christian Elderfield’s **Swingers** is a personal account that charts his experiences navigating the world of non-monogamy, framed under a ...

In Hot Chicken Bags , Grace Hogan combines original songs, stand-up, and audience interaction in a cabaret-comedy set that is energetic and ...