My Melbourne Arts

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

12 years ago, Julia Gillard delivered a speech that was voted as the most unforgettable moment of Australian TV history by Guardian readers....

Edith Aldridge has just 90 minutes to prepare for the most important day of her life, and it's not her wedding. Makeup artist Rosie has ...

Mandy Nolan ran for the Federal seat of Richmond (Northern NSW) as the Greens candidate and lost. She lost by a 2% margin. In The Candidate ...

It's been almost three years since Gone Girls debuted at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. A farcical, queer retelling of two of the most p...

Based on English poet John Milton's epic 1667 poem "Paradise Lost", local independent theatre company The Bloomshed presents...

Back in 2016, I was given a copy of David Finnigan's play Kill Climate Deniers . In it, a group of armed eco-terrorists storm Parliament...

It was seven years ago when I saw Kids Killing Kids but I remember it so vividly. The show reflected on a previous collaboration between f...

It's difficult to fathom that up until 1997, being gay in Tasmania could land someone in jail for a longer term tha n a rapist or an a...

Australia may have recently celebrated two years since marriage between same-sex couples became legal in this country, but it's importa...

Working with emerging artists who were also asylum seekers and immigrants, Outer Urban Projects have brought together a mix of writers and...

Julia Gillard and Julie Bishop had to put up with a lot of crap during their time in politics. Facing a daily barrage of sexism and person...

In the three years that she was Prime Minister, Julia Gillard successfully passed 561 legislative bills, a ratio that is unmatched by any ...

Unless you've lived thr ough a wa r, it would be near impossible to underst and the thoughts and feelings of th ose who have survive...

US based cabaret diva Lady Rizo makes her Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her “Apology Tour” show, Red, White and Indigo . W...

This time last year, drag artist Panti Bliss was in Melbourne du r ing Midsumma Festival with her solo show, High Heels in Low Places . In ...

There is a sense of excitement and anticipation shared between twenty strangers as they stand around the National Gallery of Victoria'...

Presented as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Heard of Elephants is a musical on elephant conservation that follows a herd of elepha...

I first came across David Finnigan's work at the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival show, Kids Killing Kids . In this, Finnigan and three ...