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Two Guys, A Girl and A Microphone
0 Comments. 836 Views. Posted 10 Oct 2012 @ 11:43am.
There's comfort in knowing Two Guys, a Girl and a Microphone is exactly as promised, showcasing the wares of up-and-coming comedians Sam Petersen, Roland Hoffman and Lauren Bok. However, it's equally true that this is an hour lacking in ingenuity and imagination, serving up the bare minimum expected of a stand-up ensemble. The format of Two Guys... is intriguing. It's a show comprised of three... Read More
Dr.Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown & His Singing Tiger
0 Comments. 492 Views. Posted 10 Oct 2012 @ 8:11am.
Dr.Brown's family-friendly venture fuses his award-winning physical comedy with good, wholesome fun.  Stuart Bowden plays a singing, ukulele-strumming tiger, the friendly MC of proceedings. He sports an unusually nervous disposition, flustered in the face of Dr.Brown's antics. Where Bowden does his best to keep everything together, Brown plays an endearing agent of chaos, exuding a Mr.Bean-... Read More
Dr.Brown: Befrdfgth
0 Comments. 522 Views. Posted 10 Oct 2012 @ 8:09am.
2012 has seen Befrdfgth conquer both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh, solidifying Dr.Brown's status as one of the hottest comedy prospects around. The master of madcap mischief recently staged a successful homecoming, with a return season of his celebrated show at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Befrdfgth is an imaginative, ambitious spectacle based around Dr.Brown's... Read More
Now And Then
0 Comments. 751 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 12:09pm.
The Melbourne Fringe Festival turns 30 this year and there is certainly no threat of it becoming all downhill, menopause and talkback radio from here. The enthusiastic folks behind the great Fringe are still wanting to celebrate the milestone and as part of the festivities, The Fringe Club in North Melbourne will play host to two evenings of musical celebrations via Now & Then – 1982 vs. 2012... Read More
Spontaneous Broadway: Jubilee!
0 Comments. 729 Views. Posted 2 Oct 2012 @ 11:37am.
Spontaneous Broadway is back at Fringe, 12 years on from its original debut at the 2000 Fringe Festival. Over a decade of made-up musicals has produced countless only seen once classics.  “A young girl who was nine wrote the song title, ‘IKEA is the gutter that drains my soul’, because she has been dragged around IKEA that morning with her parents,” explains one of the shows founders... Read More
Independent Arts Manager At Melbourne Fringe Festival
0 Comments. 1,822 Views. Posted 15 Mar 2012 @ 2:36pm.
A rare senior Melbourne Fringe position is now open for applications. This is one of the most impactful positions in the independent arts, fostering the presentation of hundreds of new works per year.  The Independent Arts Manager facilitates artists’ participation in Melbourne Fringe’s programs: managing the open-access Independent Arts Program; curating and managing the Festival Hub... Read More
Red Bennies Fringe Program
0 Comments. 1,858 Views. Posted 4 Oct 2011 @ 4:22pm.
There’s no business like it, and you can tell from speaking to Chris Mitchell, creative director and co-owner of Red Bennies, that show business is a 24/7 job. He’s juggling a morning meeting with breakfast as I call, but insists there’s time to speak with me about the monster of a project that is his venue. With the 2011 Melbourne Fringe Festival now in full swing, and over 13 registered shows... Read More
Revolt Melbourne Fringe Program
0 Comments. 2,428 Views. Posted 15 Sep 2011 @ 9:17am.
Kimberley Grigg is a passionate woman. As Creative Producer of Revolt in Kensington, she works day in day out ensuring that her diverse venue is constantly host to an array of innovative productions and artists. Therefore it is little surprise to find that Grigg is more than a little excited about the fast approaching Melbourne Fringe. As we chat casually on the phone, the sheer thrill is written... Read More
The Melbourne Fringe Festival
0 Comments. 2,676 Views. Posted 26 Aug 2011 @ 9:33am.
It's not normal to be submerged in a three-week festival for eleven months. For Beau McCafferty, Independent Program Producer of the Melbourne Fringe Festival (MFF), it's been a reality for four-and-a-half years. With only a few weeks to go until the Fringe officially launches, McCafferty is calmly gearing up for the three most hectic weeks of his year, but this kind of frenetic energy seems to... Read More
Melbourne Fringe: Girls@Work
3 Comments. 3,822 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
Theatreworks in St. Kilda have taken their opportunity at the Fringe festival this year to showcase the wild and wonderful women of Melbourne theatre, covering straight performance to Cabaret, from serious subjects to do with immigration and feminism, to the dissection of the female orgasm. Entitled Girls @ Work, and encompassing five separate performances, as well as two workshop-based events... Read More
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