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100% Melbourne
0 Comments. 1,817 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 11:33am.
  Statistics isn’t usually a word associated with fun or creativity. Without faces to a number or stories to a percentage, it’s hard for anyone to muster the energy to care about how John and Jane down the street filled out last year’s census form. 100% Melbourne is putting an animated spin on those usually lifeless numbers, attempting to encourage people to stand up and take notice of their... Read More
They Will Have Their Way, The Palais, Saturday November 5
0 Comments. 1,087 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 2:04pm.
This show, the culmination of the all-female She Will Have Her Way and the all-male He Will Have His Way Finn brothers tribute albums, and featuring selected artists from both, was aimed at honouring the legacy of Tim and Neil as songwriters more than performers. In other words, while fans who couldn't tolerate any variation on the original recordings would have been better... Read More
Sleep Me Deadly
0 Comments. 1,557 Views. Posted 9 Sep 2011 @ 12:03pm.
It's Darebin Music Feast time again, as is wont to happen with a Melbourne-borne arts festival, the lines between creative disciplines blur deliciously, spawning intriguing events that centre around our Melbourne must haves: style, music and a cinematic view of life. Speak Me Deadly is one such event; a performance evening projected through the classic crime-genre lens of film noir. Film noir... Read More
The Gangsters' Ball
0 Comments. 2,265 Views. Posted 8 Sep 2011 @ 9:26am.
" We have whisky, wine, women, song, and slot machines. I won't deny it and I won't apologise for it. If the majority of people didn't want them, they wouldn't be profitable, and they wouldn't exist." Infamous Atlantic City politician (and noted racketeer) Enoch "Nucky" Johnson made this fabulously ballsy statement nearly a hundred years ago during the American Prohibition - and the public's... Read More
Jordie Lane, Friday 12 August, The Corner Hotel
0 Comments. 1,745 Views. Posted 16 Aug 2011 @ 11:35am.
Tonight's bill of three contemplative, young, gents all performing their own brand of folk infused country and blues-based ballads was never going to put the security staff to the test. The only hostility on the dance floor was an over-zealous air conditioner.   Little John sure warmed the crowd's hearts though. John Dickson and his exceptional bandmates trade in tender sentiments, using... Read More
Of The Causes of Wonderful Things
0 Comments. 1,882 Views. Posted 12 Aug 2011 @ 9:16am.
Solo theatre pieces have always tended to be intimate in nature, as they explore the depths of emotion the individual actor is both capable of experiencing and of conveying to the audience. Much more so, contemporary solo productions continue to incorporate an even deeper level of psychological involvement, forcing the actor not only to perform, but to compose the work on the most elusive levels... Read More
Melbourne Cabaret Festival
0 Comments. 2,620 Views. Posted 13 Jul 2011 @ 10:09am.
Among the many great things about Melbourne is the sheer amount of artistic expression that you can witness on any given night. For the lover of culture, there's never a lack of it. Enter any bar with a stage and you're likely to enjoy a great local band showcasing their musical talent. If you're up for a laugh, comedy gigs are aplenty and the theatre scene is brimming with new arrivals and... Read More
Spontaneous Broadway
0 Comments. 1,095 Views. Posted 21 Apr 2011 @ 10:35am.
Spontaneous Broadway has all the cheese and energy you'd expect of a broadway musical. The performers are introduced with the gusto of a TV warm up and take to the stage in character, gait, and stance beyond their personalities, even before they're endowed with their musical identities. From buckets of audience suggestions ideas are selected to form the basis of a number from yet-to-be-created... Read More
Spontaneous Broadway
0 Comments. 1,097 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2011 @ 9:46am.
Spontaneous Broadway has all the cheese and energy you'd expect of a broadway musical. The performers are introduced with the gusto of a TV warm up and take to the stage in character, gait, and stance beyond their personalities, even before they're endowed with their musical identities. From buckets of audience suggestions ideas are selected to form the basis of a number from yet-to-be-created... Read More
He Says, She Says
0 Comments. 996 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2011 @ 12:50pm.
Any masochist worth their salt will, at some point in their life, have had the misfortune of watching an episode of Sex And The City. It's awful, bloody awful in fact, but underneath the superficial facade there is a genuine issue being ruminated over; Why are men and women so different? Obviously, there are other, more vacuous things happening, but most of the time is spent harping on about how... Read More
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