My Melbourne Arts

At some point during Conversations with a Fried Egg , I stopped trying to make sense of what was unfolding before me and simply let it happe...

From the second Birds takes flight, it’s clear this isn’t your typical beach getaway. With sharp wit, absurd scenarios, and a darkly playful...

Sons of Stratford are back this Melbourne Fringe with Birds , a piece where sun, sand, and impending doom collide. Shayna and Beverley loung...

In a kitchen where existential eggs meet sharp-tongued rats, Ivy Crago and Maxine Palmerson examine friendship, vulnerability, and the absur...

Presented by Easy Killer Productions, YOU CAN DO IT! (Follow Your Dreams) is the motivation we all need to go out and achieve big things, in...

Another year gone, another year of extraordinary theatre created and performed in Melbourne. I only managed to get to 111 shows (the shame!)...

There's nothing quite like the excitement of moving into your own home and the freedom of doing what you want when you want. But there...

From the moment Belinda Anderson-Hunt enters the room, you can tell that The Sun and the Hermit is going to a very unique show. Anderson-H...

A seachange is said to be an effective way to reassess what you value most in life and to gain new perspectives. But what about a riverchang...

It seems to be an unwritten rule that the later your Fringe Festival show is scheduled, the more outlandish and wacky the show will be. Jazz...

It's the age-old question: is it jazz or a bucket of blood? It has divided people even deeper than what colour that dress actually was. ...

In Social Dance , audience members have been invited to Suzie Spittle's dinner party in which she intends to present the first instalmen...

Goodness. What a devilish delight that Grim is. Ellen Grimshaw plays Grim, an alien who gets pushed off their Mum's spaceship on their ...

I've been reviewing Barnie Duncan's shows in Melbourne since 2017. They have focused on physical theatre and comedy, both on his own...

Dr. Brown Beturns is Dr. Brown's return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 11 years. Having seen his award winning show ...

The world came to a standstill when this powerful iconic woman recently passed away.  It was a national day of mourning in virtually every c...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theatre, Juniper Wilde is back with more zest for life than ever be- oh, she's dead....

Alex Hines is having a pretty crappy birthday. Her dad is missing and Blockbuster is closed. What's a private schoolgirl on a swimming s...

It's been five years since Dani Cabs' alter ego Poncho graced Melbourne stages and in that time, while he has definitely matured, hi...

New Zealand performer Barnie Duncan returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a show that is quite unlike what he has done...