After 20 years in North Melbourne, we Melbourne Fringe respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians It has always been the job have moved our Fringe Hub to Trades Hall as the Festival’s new civic heart. The People’s Palace is a site steeped in a of the land on which we live, work, play and hold our Festival. of a festival to bring people history of people who alone had no power We acknowledge that the oldest living culture in the world has been kept alive by a rich but together changed the world. We take together, but this Fringe, on this history with rigour, respect, and and continuing history of storytelling, music, dance, art and language. our own brand of rebellious rainbow glitter, Melbourne will unite. ready for the next part in our story. We will We pay our respects to the people of the Kulin Nations and all Aboriginal and Torres put the ‘art’ in party, and the party back Strait Islander Elders past and present, who maintain an enduring spiritual and cultural Our crew of artists, art lovers, random into politics. citizens, industry thugs and more come connection to the land. Sovereignty was never ceded. together to amplify our voices from the Art and politics have always needed each margins to the world. We unify as the other. We rely on politics to set the agenda, resistance to the status quo, to take on the and we trust in art to break the rules. old-world order. We are changemakers with Welcome to Fringe at Trades Hall and things to say. We are new voices shaping to the next step in our future. Let’s do it. our future and we are shifting power, Together. United. bit-by-bit. We are Fringe and we are loud. Simon Abrahams The 2019 Festival heralds an electrifying Creative Director & CEO new chapter for our Festival and its artists. Simon Abrahams, Trades Hall 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob.

SALLY CAPP MARTIN FOLEY MP Lord Mayor Minister for Creative Industries City of Melbourne Rules of Fringe 04 Cabaret 29 Artist Development 100 Welcome to Melbourne Fringe 2019 – Australia’s biggest, The City of Melbourne is delighted to support Victoria’s largest Tickets 05 Circus 34 Access & Inclusion 101 boldest celebration of independent arts. festival of independent arts. Accessibility 06 Comedy 39 Awards 102 Alongside events right across the city, this year’s Fringe throws As one of the world’s great creative cities, this is truly art for the Trades Hall 08 Dance & Physical Theatre 53 Tour Ready 104 open the doors of its new home at Trades Hall. Known as the people and by the people; with more than 3,000 artists featured Fringe Hub 10 Experimental 57 Money For Art 105 “People’s Palace”, it’s a fitting focal point for one of our most at around 450 events across 160 venues and more than 350,000 accessible arts festivals. people expected to attend. Club Fringe 12 Kids 61 Donate 106 Keynote Projects 14 Music 65 People & Partners 108 The Andrews Labor Government is a longstanding and proud Melbourne Fringe is set to take over our city with its program of art, partner of Melbourne Fringe and its year-round work to support performance and events that will spark conversations and new ideas. Deadly Fringe 25 Social Events 68 All Events Index 110 independent artists. Major Venues 26 Theatre 73 Venues Index 114 I invite you to explore the boundaries of what art can be, as our Visual Arts & Film 88 Congratulations to the Fringe team and to all participating city’s laneways, cafes, libraries, galleries and theatres transform artists on another festival that proves great things happen at into art spaces this September. Words & Ideas 94 the intersection of independence, diversity and creativity. Congratulations to the Fringe team and the wonderful performers and artists on another marvelous Melbourne Fringe Festival. Enjoy!

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Please check with Arts Access Victoria (AAV) is Melbourne Fringe’s you contact the venue directly for further information some background music or sounds. individual venues about parking. Please make sure accessibility partner. AAV is dedicated to an or assistance. ambitious agenda of social and artistic transformation you tell us about your access requirements when Visual Rating 50% – these events are partly for people with disability, the communities in which booking your tickets. subtitled or include dialogue and have they live and the arts sector in which they aspire to background music or sounds. 2. If the wheelchair symbol is not shown, access AUDIO DESCRIPTION participate without barriers. For more information, may be partial. We encourage you to call the venue This service enhances the live event experience for visit artsaccess.com.au. directly to check whether they can provide you people who are blind or have low vision. An audio TACTILE TOURS with the access you need. describer uses a small transmitter to describe what is happening in an event or how something looks at Free audio described tactile tours are on offer an exhibition. People using this service use a personal for Fringe Furniture and some other events in the TRADES HALL ACCESS listening device enabling them to experience the event Festival Program. Contact our ticketing team for Our new home, Trades Hall, is complete with building from anywhere in the space. Check the ‘Accessibility’ dates and booking info – 03 9660 9666 or upgrades to make the complex accessible through section on each event page of the website for dates [email protected]. the Lygon Street entrance, with DDA compliant and of audio described performances. melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept gender-neutral bathrooms and lift access inside. For more access or transport information visit Melbourne Fringe makes every effort to ensure that our accessibility information is correct. Please get in touch melbournefringe.com.au. with us if you spot a mistake, or if you have any suggestions or feedback, call us on 03 9660 9600 or email 6 [email protected]. 7 After 20 years in North Melbourne, we packed up our disco balls and glitter and moved into the one and only Trades Hall.

Photo by Duncan Jacob.

Some pretty momentous events have taken place in 2019 so far... Located smack-bang in Melbourne’s centre, Melbourne Fringe The most exciting part? Once the Festival dust settles, from Nobody can move homes without a little help from their friends. at Trades Hall will be home to a quarter of our 450+ annual events, November we will throw open those Trades Hall doors. No, we’re We would like to say an enormous, Trades Hall-sized thank you to Governments around the world declared a Climate Emergency. following fresh renovations that make the venue accessible (we’re not putting on a year-round Festival, we’ll still do that for 18 glorious our generous community of donors for their support in enabling us Mueller released his 448-page report (and nothing happened). talkin’ lift access, gender neutral bathrooms and more!) to our entire days a year. But for the other 347 days, we’ll be running the bar to move into our new home. ScoMo defied all odds. Two million people protested in the Fringe community. upstairs as a venue for one-off events, live music, parties and streets of Hong Kong. The Netherlands won Eurovision. industry gatherings, workshops, residencies and events. We’re not just visiting – we’ve moved in. Our new home is the But none could be bigger or more exciting than our move. embodiment and expression of everything we stand for: diversity, melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept The Festival’s civic heart now beats from the historic chambers, inclusion, equality, rebellion, risk – the boldest ideas by the halls and corridors of one of Melbourne’s most iconic buildings. bravest artists. Trades Hall Partners Tony Wheeler AO & Maureen Wheeler AO History and future meet between the mighty columns as our entire Hub and Club unify under the one neoclassical roof. 8 9 Queen of the Night, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob.

The Fringe Hub isn’t just about art, it’s about community. Your people live here (well, for the duration of the Festival). It’s time to come together – FRINGE ROULETTE Hosted by Double Denim PISCA, Faces of Fringe 2019. Photo by Sarah Walker. to unify – and create memories that On Wednesdays, we spin the wheel in the most random Open Mic nights you will ever witness. All genres and talents welcome. Place will live on in the halls and walls of a your bets. You could be a winner. Step inside the Fringe Hub and enter a place where art triumphs Wednesday 18 & 25 Sept, 9:15pm (90 minutes) Imagine Trades Hall – in all its majesty over adversity; community over competition; and parties over politics. Melbourne institution (oh, if these walls Page 69 Take in over 100 events across every genre imaginable, unified under and grandeur. Now, add music, add the one roof. Across 10 different performance spaces – from the could talk). intimate to the enormous – our audiences are transported through art, add colour, add glitter, add even stories imagined by some of our most exciting artists. AWARDS NIGHT AND CLOSING PARTY Go out with a glitter bomb bang at the coveted Melbourne Fringe If your appetite for art is as big as our Festival, then our Hub serves Awards and after party. more flags, add an unstoppable energy up an appetizer, entrée and main fit for a Kween, and Club Fringe delivers the warm chocolate pudding you weren’t sure you could fit HAPPY HOUR DEALS AT THE BAR Sunday 29 Sept, 9:00pm til late in but now that it’s on the table you don’t want to share it with anyone powered by a community of people who In between the art, find yourself at the Young Henrys Loading Dock Page 68 else. Bon appetit – your fellow Fringe comrades await. bar, sipping on delicious wines, beers, soft drinks and an array of cocktails. Enjoy our daily Young Henrys Happy Hour and shake up melbournefringe.com.au have found their home – their place in your Saturdays with our $13 SKYY Cocktail Hour. 12 – 29 2019 Sept this world – and are ready to show you Young Henrys Happy Hour: 5:30pm Tuesday to Sunday SKYY Cocktail Hour: 8:30pm Saturdays everything they’ve got. Pages 69 & 70 10 11 OPENING NIGHT PARTY CULTURAL RENEGADES We kick open the doors to our brand- An immersive night of hip-hop new Fringe Hub at Trades Hall for one and dancehall. massive party. Saturday 21 Sept, 10:00pm til late Thursday 12 Sept, 10:00pm til late Page 68 Page 69 3 MINUTES TO SAVE THE WORLD FRIDAY THE 13TH The world is ending. Hosted by Geraldine Quinn You’ve got three minutes. GO. A party to really sink your teeth into... Thursday 26 Sept, 10:00pm til late Page 68 KIDS CLUB Friday 13 Sept, 10:00pm til late Why should adults have all the fun? Page 68 Fringe’s infamous Kids Club is back, CHOIR-2-K a place where every kid can have a HONCHO DISKO Hosted by Lou Wall great time. For queers and their friends who Millennials take on the Millennium Bug. The floor is yours, little ones. love to party. There’s a new Club in town. Friday 27 Sept, 10:00pm til late Saturday 14 Sept, 10:00pm til late Page 68 JUAN VESUVIUS SAYS RELAX! Page 69 Forget the past, forget your present, Presented by Barnie Duncan forget tomorrow. Did someone say kick ons? KICK ON Keeping it chill in the Kids Club with the FUCK FABULOUS. THE PARTY. Hosted by Betty Grumble Caribbean’s most ridiculous DJ. Yes. Yes, they did. Yana Alana The Grand Final after-party that does sport Sunday 22 Sept, 11:00am (60 minutes) Club Fringe takes Melbourne Fringe Imagine a massive party at your best friend’s mansion ballroom. Yana Alana brings together a ferocious the Fringe way. Page 61 If your best friend lived at Trades Hall, invited every artist in line-up of women and gender-queer artists. Festival revelry to a whole new level in Melbourne and was into surprising kooky things. And mirror balls. Saturday 28 Sept, 10:00pm til late Endless mirror balls. Thursday 19 Sept, 10:00pm til late Page 69 MINI SPIN 2019. Perched on Trades Hall’s second The music is pumping, the drinks are delicious, the get-ups are wild, Page 69 and immersive live art forms around you while your boogie shoes Presented by Anna Seymour floor, Club Fringe is where dusk turns into are grooving of their own volition. in collaboration with Bec Reid RHYTHM NATION Who said dance clubs are for adults only? disco every Thursday, Friday and Saturday There are nine unique nights to be yourself (or whoever you want to be) at Club Fringe – so dress up, dance on and party out. Little Ones Theatre Friday 27 Sept, 11:00am (60 minutes) melbournefringe.com.au night until late during the Festival. See you at Club Fringe – your late-night home this September. It’s all for you – a night dedicated to one Page 61 12 – 29 2019 Sept of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, Janet Jackson. Friday 20 Sept, 10:00pm til late A safe space thanks 12 to MC Security Awards Night, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob. Page 69 13 Melbourne Fringe presents Neuroqueer entanglement. Ink it in forever. Tattoos are a proud reflection of identity, diversity and non-conformity for many queer, and neuro-diverse people. In a new work by queer artist and activist Alison Bennett, SKIN takes the form of a large-scale photographic artwork that wraps Melbourne Fringe and the skin of tattooed neuro-diverse LGBTQIA+ people over the the Metro Tunnel Creative walls of Trades Hall and the digital facade of Fed Square. Program present It’s all about the values that are important to us – the importance of affirming personal identity, individuality, and the rejection of gender by Alison Bennett constructs. And it’s about a big, fabulous artwork, of course. SKIN is a proud, indelible statement of non-conformity and self-expression – and what could be more Fringe than that?

KIGALI2097, Faces of Fringe 2019. Photo by Sarah Walker.

Photo by Alison Bennett. Much like magicians, artists rarely reveal the process behind their In the future, this new station will make it easier for Fringe acts and work. Together with the Metro Tunnel, we’re lifting the veil on exactly audiences to connect to Trades Hall – making it even easier to get how art – that ethereal, elusive concept – gets made; and the your maximum fill of Fringe. unrelenting journey from page to stage. So, to celebrate the Fringe’s new home at Trades Hall, the Metro Tunnel Creative Program commissioned photographer Sarah Walker 12 – 29 Sept 12 – 29 Sept to capture Fringe Hub artists at Trades Hall, giving a sneak peek of 7:00pm to 11:00pm Open 24 hours, 12 – 29 Sept Metro Tunnel Hoardings, melbournefringe.com.au the work they’re presenting at this year’s Festival. 12 – 29 2019 Sept regular screenings Open 24 hours from Trades Hall to Trades Hall These portraits will be displayed between Trades Hall and Melbourne City Baths 54 Victoria St, Carlton Fed Square Melbourne City Baths on the side of the acoustic shed which houses 420 Swanston St, Melbourne Free Cnr Swanston St & Flinders St, construction of the Metro Tunnel’s new State Library Station. Free Melbourne 14 Free 15 Melbourne Fringe presents

by Cause Collective (USA)

The truth has never been a greater unknown. It’s high time truth-seekers send out their search parties to discover what really matters – and Cause Collective’s global project In SO, WHAT’S SEE THE Search of the Truth is doing exactly that. ON YOUR MIND? STORIES Step inside a giant inflatable speech bubble, take a seat in front of the Friday 13 – Sunday 15 Sept Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 Sept melbournefringe.com.au camera’s curious eye, and respond to the prompt “The truth is…” 12 – 29 2019 Sept 10:00am – 4:00pm (drop in) 12:00pm – 5:00pm No matter what shape these moments take, the participants’ truths are captured, edited and collated into a public exhibition, projecting a Various Locations Chapel off Chapel Gallery Cause Collective is: Jim Ricks, Ryan Alexiev, Hank Willis Thomas, See website for details 12 Little Chapel St, diverse portrait of people within the community and across the world. with Jorge Sanchez and Will Sylvester Free Prahran 16 So, what is the truth for you, Melbourne? Free Photo by Cause Collective. Supported by Daniel Besen 17 Theatre Works presents Discover the real Batmania – Melbourne Fringe and Wyndham City Council present the town only the locals know. There is something for everyone in Batmania, so come and discover exactly why this place truly is ‘the lucky country’. Drink in unique sights, unidentifiable smells, and experience local culture at its by The Very Good Looking Initiative downright, un-Australian twisted best. There are two fair dinkum ways to journey to the heart of Batmania’s rich history and culture. Visitors can take a seat aboard the Batmania Bus Tour or see what the future holds for the town at Batmania Expo‘19.

Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 Sept Theatre Works & Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 Sept 14 Acland St, St Kilda Page 74

by Binge Culture (NZ) Darebin Arts Speakeasy in association with Melbourne Fringe present

by Everybody NOW!

Photo by Karin McCracken. Join performance collective Everybody There’s more than meets the eye... NOW! for a shiny, glittery, mega mix of Ancient Shrines and Half Truths is a satirical, immersive outdoor the ultimate dance moves. MINIS audio experience that takes travellers on a journey to discover Wednesday 18 – Sunday 22 Sept Werribee War Memorial Grab your dancing shoes – this is your invitation to have a whole You’re never too young (or old) to unleash your inner dancing star, hidden gems, embrace local cultural rituals and absorb the tales 11:00am & 1:00pm (60 minutes) Meet at Station Place, lot of fun, feel the rhythm and embrace the groove. See you on the with children participating along with their parents, grandparents that pervade them. opposite The Park Hotel Cnr Watton St and Station Pl, dance floor. and carers. Even mini minis (under five years) are welcome too. Join performance alchemists Binge Culture on a guided adventure Werribee through Werribee where the lines surrounding ‘places of interest’ are Free – bookings essential blurred into mystery. melbournefringe.com.au You will navigate the township with the aid of a smartphone, a 12 – 29 2019 Sept Friday 20 – Sunday 22 Sept Northcote Town Hall Saturday 21 Sept & Sunday 22 Sept Northcote Town Hall user-triggered app, and headphones, through which the voice of Friday & Saturday, 8:00pm Arts Centre 10:00am (45 mins) Arts Centre a cultural insider will re-shape what you thought you knew around Sunday, 6:00pm 189 High St, Northcote 189 High St, Northcote every corner. (90 minutes) Page 56 Page 63 18 Your authentic experience has arrived. Or has it? 19 Arts Centre Melbourne presents

by Arch 8 (Netherlands)

They say if you can remember the ‘80s you were probably there playing Tetris. Photo by Mulyana. In a colourful flashback to the past, this unique dance work involves Melbourne Fringe, ArtPlay and strength, agility and acrobatic skill to mimic and reimagine moves from cross-generational games Tetris, Twister and the all-time Maribyrnong City Council present favourite Rubik’s Cube. Watch as this highly skilled acrobatic quartet navigate not only the stage but each other, twisting and interlocking to communicate with and create new meanings for their bodies.

by Caitlyn Lesiuk, Jack Burton, Monica Lim, Wednesday 25 – Saturday 28 Sept Arts Centre Melbourne Mulyana and Patrick Telfer Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 11:00am Page 62 Ready to create your own monster? Don’t worry, these ones won’t Thursday, 11:00am & 2:00pm take over the world. Hopefully... (55 minutes) We Are The Robots is a colourful, explorative experience where kids enter ‘The Pod’ – a massive, translucent dome-shaped performance space – where they will build wild creatures. Exploring sound through touch, kids will create robots that produce a soundscape based on their visual choices. Although the robots can’t be taken home (out of pure fear of them destroying us humans) the children will get a happy snap with their otherworldly Photo by Aviva Endean and Justin Marshall. creation, along with the audio produced during the workshop. The future sounds pretty cool.

Melbourne Fringe and ArtPlay present

Saturday 21 – Monday 23 Sept Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 Sept 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm & 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm 4:00pm (60 minutes) (60 minutes) Free – bookings encouraged Free – bookings encouraged

Nicholson St Mall ArtPlay Cnr of Nicholson St and Birrarung Marr, behind by Aviva Endean and Justin Marshall Chambers St, Footscray Fed Square, Melbourne

Sonic Labyrinth invites kids and their families into an immersive and Big ideas are never beyond the years. interactive journey of discovery through sound. Each turn uncovers new experiences with special listening devices and mysterious Photo by Dider Philispart. objects that enable hearing sounds on the edge of perception. In an otherworldly realm inhabited by the labyrinth keepers, the XS is back at Melbourne Fringe giving kids up to 12 years old participants choose their own adventure. This work reflects on a chance to choose their own adventure through experimental, ArtPlay in association with Melbourne Fringe present Led by performance maker Caroline Bowditch and designer Laura the age-old uses of the labyrinth for problem solving, accessing contemporary and live art realms. Hook, this multi-disciplinary workshop and artist learning session will creativity, transformation and communication that is both ancient explore how design and non-verbal forms of communication can be XS ditches the storybook and places kids in worlds where they and futuristic. used to create works for children and young audiences. are at the centre of the narrative, offering the extra smalls an XS of possibilities. In the morning you will use movement and design to create character (Only sessions on Sun 29 Sept will be wheelchair accessible) and narratives - these will then be explored further with children and So, pick a door. Any door. families in the afternoon. This session will be led inclusively. Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 Sept ArtPlay 11:00am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, Birrarung Marr, behind melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept 2:00pm, 2:45pm & 3:30pm Fed Square, Melbourne (30 minutes) Free – bookings encouraged Sunday 22 Sept ArtPlay with Caroline Bowditch and Laura Hook 10:00am – 5:00pm Birrarung Marr, behind Fed Square, Melbourne 20 Page 95 21 Melbourne Fringe presents

Yeah Sure, Nellie Rogerson, Fringe Furniture 31. Photo by Josh Braybrook.

Fringe Furniture 33 celebrates our individuality and our differences, From the reassuringly practical to the while acknowledging the things that bind us together. Fringe Furniture 32, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by J Forsyth. Established as an experimental playground, Fringe Furniture is a confusingly obtuse, Fringe Furniture standout exhibition of emerging and market-ready design and has provided a platform for artists and designers to exhibit their work AUDIO DESCRIBED LAURA MCCUSKER has seen it all. for 33 years, making it one of the longest running design events in Australia. ARTIST-LED TACTILE CHATS TIMELESS A boundary-pushing showcase of cutting-edge design, this is no Ikea showroom (though you may get equally lost and find yourself TOURS TOURS DESIGN with a plate of Swedish meatballs). Think Kramer’s coffee table melbournefringe.com.au Sunday 15, 22 & 29 Sept Wednesday 25 & Saturday 21 Sept 12 – 29 2019 Sept book about coffee tables, only the book is made out of coffee 3:00pm (60 minutes) Saturday 28 Sept 1:00pm (60 minutes) tables, and the coffee table is made out of books. And those Thursday 12 – Sunday 29 Sept Free – bookings essential 11:00am (90 minutes) Free – bookings essential books are about coffee tables. Inception. Abbotsford Convent Wednesday – Sunday, Rosina Auditorium Page 90 Free – bookings essential Page 90 Through the different elements of design – lighting, furniture, 11:00am – 5:00pm 1 – 3 St Heliers St, Abbotsford Page 90 22 tableware, sculpture, and other unimaginable things – Free 23 Arts Centre Melbourne in association with Melbourne Fringe present

Take Over! is a unique and ground breaking partnership between Arts Centre Deadly Fringe unearths and nurtures Melbourne and Melbourne Fringe that brand-new work by First Nations artists. Now in its third year, Deadly Fringe in 2019 is moving across enables an independent artist, company mediums with a focus on visual arts, increasing participation by, and representation of, First Nations artists and community. or collective the extraordinary opportunity Together with the Koorie Heritage Trust, our new Deadly Fringe visual arts program features Current by Pierra Van Sparkes, to develop a new creative idea throughout KALKADOON by Arkie Barton and Edwards Gammin Café by Gammin Threads’ Tahnee Edwards and her dad, Uncle (Choco) the year, ready for presentation in the 2019 Talgium Edwards. We’re also commissioning two new theatre works to premiere at Melbourne Fringe Festival. the 2020 Festival. But you’ll have to wait a whole year to see them. KALKADOON by Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen / Deep Soulful Sweats Backed by Arts Centre Melbourne who’ve tailored an epic program of Our Deadly Fringe artists are supported by emerging First by Arkie Barton support and mentorship in producing, marketing and fundraising, this Nations Producers, Kalyani Mumtaz (Trawlwoolway) and Savanna is one hell of a project-creation program. Kruger (Wotjobaluk and South Sea Islander), who work under the Tuesday 10 – Saturday 28 Sept Bus Projects This year, What Am I Supposed To Do? takes the stage, offering mentorship of Erica McCalman (Ballardong). Alongside producing Tuesday – Friday, 25 – 31 Rokeby St, Collingwood a dark, hopeful and irreverent cautionary tale that stares into the these works for the Festival, they facilitate Yarning Circles, 12:00pm – 6:00pm Free community outreach and engagement; creating safe, blak-only hypocrisies of trying to be good, or do good in the face of climate Saturday, 10:00am – 4:00pm Page 91 catastrophe. Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen / Deep Soulful spaces for community to come together. Wednesday 18 – Sunday 22 Sept Arts Centre Melbourne Wednesday – Friday, 7:30pm 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Sweats invite you to jump in the twin cab for a jaw-dropping ride through the cultural detritus of colonial Australia. Directed live, Saturday, 4:00pm & 7:30pm Page 60 Sunday, 5:00pm the entire audience participate in a visceral collage of drama, (60 minutes) symbolism and narrative, each playing their part in an unfolding environmental horror.

Generously supported by Monica Lim and Konfir Kabo and Lorraine and John Bates

EDWARDS GAMMIN CAFÉ CURRENT by Tahnee Edwards in collaboration with Uncle (Choco) Talgium Edwards by Pierra Van Sparkes

Wednesday 11 – Saturday 28 Sept SEVENTH Gallery Thursday 12 – Saturday 28 Sept The SUBSTATION Wednesday – Saturday, 155 Gertrude St, Fitzroy Tuesday – Saturday, 1 Market St, Newport 12:00pm – 6:00pm Free 7:00pm – 1:00am Free melbournefringe.com.au Page 89 Page 89 12 – 29 2019 Sept

Deadly Fringe Partners Project Partners Supported by Craig Semple

Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti. 24 Indigenous Languages and Arts 25 As well as the Fringe Hub at Trades Hall, we’ve also teamed up with four amazing establishments to create major venues across our great city, each presenting mega programs of Fringe events. They will be a hive of activity during the Festival, with multiple performance spaces, tons of shows, and that all-important Festival vibe.

Queen of the Night, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob. GASWORKS ARTS PARK THE BUTTERFLY CLUB THE MELBA & BEYOND WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT 21 Graham St 5 Carson Pl 35 Johnston St Fed Square, The Paddock Albert Park Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne

Discover the largest south-side venue of the Festival at this Cramming character into every crevice, you’ll find intimate Circus Oz has programmed three venues in Collingwood, including The Wonderland Spiegeltent will make Fed Square its home during vibrant arts precinct featuring intimate and large performance performance spaces accompanied by a cocktail list fit for the historic Melba Spiegeltent, featuring works that reflect their values the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Perfect for big circus, cabaret spaces and – you guessed it – a giant park. a (cabaret) queen. of community, diversity, humanity and hilarity. or music acts, and kids shows during the school holidays. Go here for: circus, theatre, cabaret and kids events. Go here for: cabaret, comedy, theatre and music. Go here for: circus, dance, comedy, music, theatre and magic. Go here for: circus, cabaret, comedy, music and kids events. melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept

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ROCK BURLESQUE COMEDY Can’t pick a show? A Dreamer's Guide to A Masquerade Ball by Artemis: Utter Mess Reality Le Grande Cabaret A one-hour, one-enby show The world can be a harsh Masquerade Ball themed Trans, non-binary, neurodivergent, Let Fringr seal your fate. place for a dreamer. Cabaret and Burlesque Show ace, and mixed race ... Artemis has too many adjectives. They're stuck in A Dreamer's Guide to Reality Step inside the ballroom of glitz, the middle of so many intersections features Rosalind and her five-piece glamour and taboo tease...where that they're practically a traffic rock band as they explore secret burlesque beauties tantalise you and hazard. No wonder they've taken so places, sibling rivalry, living through boylesque temptations seduce you, MELBOURNEFRINGE.COM.AU long to learn to drive! bushfires and a touch of existential in masked performances that make

angst. you question your very existence in a What happens when every night you'll never forget. document, every bathroom, every THE MC SHOWROOM Featuring original songs from the HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) Welcome to A Masquerade Ball by Le THE BUTTERFLY CLUB community seems to want you to Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran recently released EP 'Rosalind'. This 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy Grande Cabaret! 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 8:30 PM (60 mins) 9:00 PM (60 mins) 8:30 PM (50 mins) 'decide', and none of the binaries deeply personal and atmospheric seem to fit? TICKETS music encourages you to find the TICKETS A decadent night of Burlesque TICKETS Full $30, Conc $24 dreamer within yourself. Full $26, Conc $22 combining the divine glamour and Full $35, Conc $31 Cheap Tuesday $24, Group 6+ $24 Group 6+ $20 Group 6+ $28 Utter mess. Preview $24 (23 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge glitz of Burlesque eras gone by, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and unique modern Burlesque JOIN FRINGE DWELLERS AND BECOME A PART OF OUR TIGHT-KNIT FRINGE FAMILY. performance with the seductive WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY luxury of a Masquerade Ball! PRODUCED BY Rosalind Theodore Murray DIRECTED BY PRODUCED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Christine Anketell Camilla Cream Artemis Munoz

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COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY Baby Bi Bi Bi Badass BOOBS Strap in or Strap on Tash York This tale of mammary proportions follows one woman and her two Baby Bi Bi Bi is a wickedly funny, Whether it's wielding a bat to the boobs through a literal hurricane of often filthy cabaret about being a patriarchy, challenging life's norms, life changing events. bisexual woman. Featuring entirely or just cussing like a sailor, Tash original music and entirely unoriginal York is on a journey to find her inner Laugh and gasp your way through questions from dudes called Brent, Badass. Star of the award-winning, one big decision, a million opinions, because when you like your men like 5-star show "Adulting", York and a natural disaster and an 'Australian you like your women... sometimes her badass band bring you parodied first', as one woman's determination people need a little clarification. songs, improvised raps, hilarious unwittingly shakes the very true stories & a whole lot of heart. FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB foundations of how we perceive Winner Best Cabaret Ensemble FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - gender, body autonomy and boobs Green Room Awards 2019 If you've ever had a panic attack full price tickets and delightful Club Fringe discounts BALLROOM 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran MUSIC ROOM in general. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Thu, Fri 7:00 PM, Sat 9:00 PM (60 mins) while having sex, been overly Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 9:30 PM (55 mins) Winner People's Choice Melbourne emotional in a children's film or just Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) TICKETS Selina Jenkins is a multi-award Fringe 2018 think way too much about stationery TICKETS Full $27, Conc $25 TICKETS winning cabaret artist, acclaimed - then this show is for you. Full $29, Conc $24 Group 6+ $25 Full $26, Conc $22 musician and celebrated musical Group 6+ $24 Winner Queer Development and Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $22 comedian. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Mentorship Award, Supported by wwwww VoicemagUK Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Midsumma, Melbourne Fringe 2018 wwwww Hi-Fi Way "Stunning." The Age NEED WE SAY MORE? wwwww Upside News CREATED AND PERFORMED BY wwwww Weekend Notes 12 – 29 2019 Sept Samantha Andrew, Erin Pattison & wwwww Whats on ADL CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Annabel Larcombe Selina Jenkins

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP AT MELBOURNEFRINGE.COM.AU 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY NEW WRITING SATIRE Commander Q Breaks Confessions from the Cousin Tara's Gym Junkie I Was Birthed From I'm Not Your Patsy The Rules Bell Jar Intervention Variety Want to become a gym junkie all An Egg In A Crater On Singing songs of co- Weird brains and growing pains - this In 1963, Sylvia Plath makes the Hour from the comfort of your seat? This Uranus dependence and other is a show about misunderstanding decision to end her life by shoving new and improved 6 step formula will catastrophes It's been a long time coming. have you burning those calories in no Hatched from an egg in the darkest the rules, or willfully barreling right her head in the oven. Jack Lynch crevice of Uranus, EIDANN is born. I'm Not Your Patsy is a cabaret show Tara doesn't know it, but we're time with 'fitspirational' tips and your through them. wants to know why. Through original But growing up on Earth is hard, about the trials and tribulations of staging an intervention. As her favourite gym anthems. songs and confessional comedy, especially when you're a bizarre alien modern dating, from swiping left to Through song and story Commander Jack explores his relationship to dearest family and friends, you're the Lisa-Marie invites you to become a being with a nervous temperament! co-dependence and polyamorous Q takes you through all the feet Plath's notorious novel, 'The Bell best chance she's got! gym junkie with her observational Trying her extraterrestrial best to meanderings told through song. they've stepped on, the fuck-ups Jar', and her other personal writings, humour and big voice, breaking down blend in, follow this Martian misfit as they've made, and the times they've to reveal their enduring relevance to Join Cousin Tara and special how to wear neon, why cauliflower she navigates the perils of conformity If you like country, punk and pop this wondered why everyone else seemed his (and your!) own struggles with (meddling) guests each night for THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - THE BUTTERFLY CLUB THE BUTTERFLY CLUB CAMPARI HOUSE THE BUTTERFLY CLUB and probes what it means to be CAMPARI HOUSE show is a fun sing along ride on the to have a rulebook on life, and they a bizarre hour of eclectic cabaret, will never substitute for rice and the THEATRETTE 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne depression and social isolation. He 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne human. 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne train to love and back. didn't. brilliant comedy and original music reason you should never skip squats. 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North 7:00 PM (60 mins) challenges the audience to talk about 10:00 PM (60 mins) 7:30 PM (55 mins) 10:00 PM (50 mins) Featuring original music inspired 9:00 PM (60 mins) 9:45 PM (60 mins) the things that we're not supposed to that will stick in your head from now "A bitingly funny all-singing, by cosmic creatures Bjork and Kate (Spoiler alert: it was Autism!) TICKETS talk about. So, take a seat. TICKETS until family Christmas (if we're all still TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS Full $35, Conc $31 Full $35, Conc $31 Full $25, Conc $22 all-sweating look at fitspo." - Glam Full $35, Conc $31 Bush, this musical cabaret is an Full $25, Conc $22 Let's talk. talking by then). Find out what's got Full $30, Conc $25 Group 6+ $28 Group 6+ $28 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 Adelaide Group 6+ $28 intergalactic exploration into feeling Group 6+ $18 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Tara in a tizzy. Discounts: Fringe Dweller Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $25 These are the Confessions from the like an outsider in your own skin. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Bell Jar... CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Commander Q The Butterfly Club Eidann Glover PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY IN COLLABORATION WITH Shane Murphy, Fran Woodruff and Mik Frawley Jack Lynch Tara Leigh Dowler Lisa-Marie Ryan Oliver Cowen Kate Follington

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NEW WRITING STORY TELLING SATIRE COMEDY THEATRE CLOWNING Creatures Lost Devil Woman Diagnosis LOTUS Moira Finucane's The PISCA A Picked Last For Sport A Transcendental Cabaret Perfectionism A Viet powerhouse taking Rapture Chapter II: Art Cabaret on quack! production Devil Woman is tired of waiting in A incurable comedy cabaret Australia by storm vs Extinction Following an outstanding Creatures Lost is a cabaret about the wings for her time to shine. She The true story of one woman's After starring in Vietnamese- Party: edge of the abyss Green Room Award nominated animals that have been driven to is a Diva, ready and roaring to light struggle to come to terms with being Australian comedy web series Phi performance, audience favourite extinction and those on the verge of your fire. and Me, Chi Nguyen emerges with Moira Finucane: Empress of Pisca returns for a limited season diagnosed with an incurable disease. burlesque macabre, live artist, extinction. The disease of Perfectionism. her debut solo cabaret LOTUS this Melbourne Fringe. Featuring original songs, the all about her outrageous life as a scientist & genius magic realist brings her fresh new epic The Packed full of original songs, infamous map to love "The 4 Man Cecilia Klaxon's quest for Vietnamese immigrant in Australia. Pisca was born to be a duck. He's Rapture Chapter II: Art vs Extinction. Creatures Lost is a stark reminder Plan," and dance moves to delight, understanding, awareness and just not good at it. The transcendent emporium of that we need to look after the Devil Woman will whip your life ultimately a cure, is a universal story FRINGE HUB Featuring original songs Things FRINGE HUB gothic-erotic dreams, rock'n'roll Through a combination of clowning, THE BUTTERFLY CLUB animals we have and remember the THE BUTTERFLY CLUB into shape. CLUB VOLTAIRE of fighting to live one's best life, even FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - White People Say to Me, Google FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD angels, skin shedding tales, human physical theatre, song, and 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne ones we have lost. 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne when the odds are stacked against MEETING ROOM Translate Saved My Life and I'm 45 Flinders Ln, Melbourne BALLROOM 7:00 PM (60 mins) 8:30 PM (60 mins) Starring Powerhouse Performer Fri, Sat 9:30 PM, Sun 4:30 PM (60 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Wed-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 5:30 PM (90 mins) sculpture and gesamtkunstwerk. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton imPECKable timing, this cabaret will you. Or, when things are really tough, a Banana (Yellow Outside, White Clare Elizabeth Dea, her courage and Tue-Sat 6:30 PM, Sun 5:30 PM (60 mins) Winner Climakaze Award (Miami). Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) duck dive deep into the exploration TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS you can always sing about it. You'll Inside), LOTUS promises to warm TICKETS electric storytelling will captivate, wwwww The Times, UK of Pisca's life, and his desperate Full $35, Conc $31 Full $35, Conc $31 Full $25, Conc $20 laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to make TICKETS your heart and make you laugh your Full $48, Conc $38 TICKETS entertain and move you. wwwww Theatre People search to find what he's good for. Group 6+ $28 Group 6+ $28 a donation. Full $25, Conc $22 ass(imilation) off! Group 6+ $38 Full $30, Conc $25 Discounts: Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller Cheap Tuesday $22, Group 6+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge wwwww Farsa, Argentina Cheap Tuesday $25, Group 4+ $24 Waddle he do? Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge You'll never look at perfectionists in "Tasteful comedy" - YOMYOMF CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY quite the same way again. CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Moira Finucane & more PERFORMED BY Clare Elizabeth Dea Chi Nguyen Cameron Taylor CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Shelley Van der Werff, Tanya DRAMATURG Finucane & Smith Unlimited & PRODUCED BY Picked Last for Sport Richard Lawton Edlington and Jaq Bryan Jean Tong fortyfivedownstairs Ben Anderson

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BURLESQUE A CAPPELLA THEATRE STORY TELLING STORY TELLING pm 23-29 FANTASTIC BREASTS Gays of our Lives Golden Age Girls Placebo Scarred For Life September (And Where To Find Beloved a cappella girl gang Ginger Ruth and Irene were born in the From being in a Christian cult aged Have you ever had your boyfriend 9 Them) and Tonic are putting their signature wrong era. Despite their modern 15, to touring Australia with a watch you pee into a bottle? Josh spin on a glittery canon of iconic hits; upbringing, they crave the glamorous sociopathic blues musician at 22 and Belperio has. Join Josh as he tells CAMPARI A Harry Potter Burlesque from Kylie to Queen, Ricky Martin life that accompanied the Golden Age hitch-hiking across the Balkans age the story of his bike accident, Parody! to Cher! It's a celebration of queer of Music Theatre. To realise their true 30, Placebo is a one woman cabaret heralded by Andrew Bolt 'man falls HOUSE artists and their pride anthems that calling they must become the most of original songs and personal stories off bike, becomes star'. With original 23-25 Hardware Lane Join Harry and friends on their will have you shaking your bon-bon! booked performer for the over 55's based around the idea of the placebo songs, witness Josh surgically weirdest and sexiest adventure yet! community - but there's only room effect. Hilarious, gut-wrenching dissect his hospital trauma while Dumbledaddy has summoned the The award-winning quartet are for one star soprano at the Women's and disturbingly relatable, this leaving the audience in stitches. trio for a very important mission. known for their superb harmonies Rotary Bowling Country Club. show explores the possibilities and Someone has let lose multiple and hilarious cabaret shows. With How far will they take their duel to FRINGE HUB consequences of belief. WINNER - 2018 Adelaide Fringe dangerous and saucy magical 24 MOONS THE BUTTERFLY CLUB fans like Tim Minchin ("These ladies THE MC SHOWROOM become the diva they always dreamt FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD THE BUTTERFLY CLUB Weekly Best Cabaret Award creatures and they're threatening to 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne are fantastic!") and Deke Sharon Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran they'd be? Join Music Theatre COUNCIL CHAMBERS A folk, blues, wordy and whimsical 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 8:00 PM (2 hrs) expose more than just the Wizarding 8:30 PM (60 mins) 6:00 PM (60 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 5:30 PM (60 mins) (musical director of the Pitch Perfect WAAPA graduates Amy Fortnum cabaret of diverse, wonderful, wwwww - The Upside News World... Tue-Sat 7:45 PM, Sun 6:45 PM (60 mins) TICKETS TICKETS films), these babes have won the TICKETS and Jess Clancy in their 2019 WA strange experiences, questioning TICKETS wwwww - Glam Adelaide A hilarious and magical comedy Full $35, Conc $32 Full $35, Conc $31 hearts and laughs of audiences all Full $34, Conc $25 Fringe World Cabaret Award winning TICKETS that fine line between openness Full $35, Conc $31 wwwww - Mindshare for all Harry Potter fans! Get up Group 6+ $30 Group 6+ $28 over the world, and they're inviting Child $20, Group 6+ $28 cabaret full of tap dancing, hilarious Full $22, Conc $20 and lunacy. Group 6+ $28 wwwww - Scenestr Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge close and personal with some of Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $18, Group 4+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge you to party with them! drama and the beautiful hits from the wwwww - SceneTV your favourite characters, enjoy a Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Golden Age of music theatre. Placebo is the debut solo show of Another Butterbeer and prepare for a Potter PRESENTED BY Lucy Fox, one part of award winning PRODUCED BY Parody like you've never seen before! The Butterfly Club Under The Microscope melbournefringe.com.au comedy trio The Travelling Sisters. Late 12 – 29 2019 Sept PRODUCED BY PRODUCED BY WRITTEN BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Night GEEK OUT! 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Yet, and storytelling. underneath his Hi-Vis exterior beats In his debut Fringe show, Nathleigh the heart of a Broadway star. boldly tackles the big issues: Escaping the chill of her tragically crime, climate change, health, romantic youth, our heroine is pulled WAAPA graduate Todd Peydo takes overpopulation, self-acceptance, into the orbit of one Mrs Monivae you on a magical journey from work stress, knowing what to believe, Jones, who shines her light on a THE BUTTERFLY CLUB cement mixer to the perfect vocal THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - the existence of God and even...how THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON bright and beautiful tomorrow for 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne mix. From rollin' darts, to a career THEATRETTE to find a romantic partner. 140 Lygon St, Carlton Little Miss CeCe. 8:30 PM (60 mins) 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North 8:15 PM (60 mins) in the arts, Rusty reminds us that 6:45 PM (55 mins) TICKETS you should never judge a book by Be amazed as one major problem TICKETS Set in Sydney's 1960s, this sapphic Full $35, Conc $31 its cover. TICKETS after another is solved before your Full $27, Conc $22 salon celebrates a queer awakening Group 6+ $28 Full $23, Conc $18 very eyes. And ears. Group 6+ $22 that makes love, hope, and possibility Discounts: Fringe Dweller Group 4+ $18 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge abundant. WRITTEN BY PERFORMED BY Todd Peydo Ms CeCe Rockefeller SUPPORTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DRAMATURG Kohan van Sambeeck Nathleigh Cathy Hunt

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VARIETY DRAG DRAG Whoop Dee Doo: YUMMY DELUXE YUMMY UP LATE Another Late Night Winner of 'Best Cabaret' YUMMY UP LATE is the wildest Revue Fringe World 2019. offering from the darlings of Fringe, YUMMY Productions. The multi- Oh, here we go again! Another After touring the globe, the award winning drag and burlesque variety show raving about its diverse legendary cabaret YUMMY is back ensemble has toured the globe, and lineup of excellent burlesque, in Melbourne! Join the ever fabulous is now ready to unleash outrageous cabaret, comedy and drag artists; and multi award-winning ensemble new acts in its home city. YUMMY each bringing to the table their own as they take you on the most UP LATE is the risqué part of the personal style and exquisite talents delicious and unpredictable ride of repertoire, pushing the boundaries of to entice our audiences. We're not your life. YUMMY DELUXE is a mix of art vs entertainment and everything going to over-sell how different FRINGE HUB new acts and YUMMY favourites with you thought you knew about this CAMPARI HOUSE we are, or try to convince you that FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU some electric new group numbers. WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT legendary group. With a cast of stars 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne our show is better than others. BALLROOM Don't miss this legendary crew Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne who tour with some of the world's 9:00 PM (60 mins) We just know we're putting on a Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton that has become synonymous with 10:30 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 7:00 PM (60 mins) biggest shows, YUMMY UP LATE is TICKETS damn entertaining, highly arousing breath-taking drag, music, circus, TICKETS absolutely the place to be for a wild Full $35, Conc $33 celebration of performance art. TICKETS and burlesque. Full $39, Conc $35 weekend. Group 6+ $30 Full $38, Conc $35 Discounts: Fringe Dweller Discounts: Fringe Dweller Group 6+ $35 DIRECTED BY CREATED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge James Welsby YUMMY Productions PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY Valerie Hex, Hannie Helsden, Zelia Valerie Hex, Hannie Helsden, Zelia PRODUCED BY Rose, Benjamin Hancock, Jandruze Rose, Benjamin Hancock, Jandruze Miss Maple Rose and Joni in the Moon and Joni in the Moon

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32 ELEMENTAL PERFORMANCE TROUPE presents: KIDS CABARET ‘Do You Even Gestate, Incognito Moi How did it come to this? It's all about me... Bro?’ When the spy training headquarters Laugh, cry, gaze in wonder and are infiltrated, a group of new to the giggle as circus artists & aerialists field spies must use their skills to perform quirky acts that leave you A CIRCUS SHOW defend the base... the trouble is they breathless, in all the right ways! haven't passed training yet! Discover fantasies, fetishes, likes & dislikes, watch in awe & gasp with intrigue as we explore instant gratification and tantalising WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT suspense... 17-19 Sept 5:00 PM (60 mins) 35 Johnston St, Collingwood 6:30 PM (60 mins) THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT 26 Sept 6:30 PM (60 mins) TICKETS Full $30 TICKETS Group 6+ $26 Full $22 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $19 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY CircArts CircArts CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY CircArts Junior Performance Troupe CircArts Adult Student Performers Gasworks Arts Park Cast 2019 2019 Sept 19th – 21st , 9pm M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 & 3pm matinee on Saturday 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 CIRCUS

CABARET COMEDY COMEDY CABARET COMEDY CABARET Aleksandra The Great Circus-Cision Do You Even Gestate, PHAT CAB CLUB Railed SOCIETY Presents: From Russia Those that made the cut! Bro? Fierce, bold and utterly Sizzling and Sweaty Circus. Inspired by the French Quarter - Welcome to SOCIETY With(out) Divorce Welcome to Circus-Cision: Those unstoppable contemporary From the creators of the smash hit Flipping baby making upside Influenced by the best party on that made the Cut! circus cabaret 'Elixir' (winner of Best Circus and Papers down - literally. earth, Mardi Gras; in the past these Physical Theatre award at Adelaide Come experience a sperm race first PHAT CAB CLUB is a night out like infamous festivities were hosted A tale of heartbreak, self Featuring some of the best circus Fringe 2018). no other, featuring Australia's most by secret societies competing to acts of the Fringe. A raucous hand, get an up close view of male discovery and castration... exciting young circus artists bringing hold the most lavish party in their late-night variety show hosted by gestation, and dodge some flying Welcome to 'Railed', a western- Have you ever had your heart a fresh and fierce take on cabaret. quarter. Blending Cajun party the incredible Head First Acrobats nappies as EPT (which coincidentally themed circus spectacular, smashed into pieces by someone you Taking inspiration from a striking culture, French exuberance, Creole (creators of smash hit Elixir and does NOT stand for Early Pregnancy combining the trademark physical loved...? If you can relate to this, then hip-hop soundtrack combined with a voodoo, masquerade and breath- RAILED). Featuring a mash-up of Test) takes you on a ridiculously talents, finely chiselled bodies and allow Aleksandra The Great to take FRINGE HUB sharp lighting design, complete with FRINGE HUB taking acrobatics. An all alluring, Spiegeltent legends, home-grown energetic and voyeuristic story of life, hilarious comic timing of the Head HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) you on a voyage through the wonders WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT GASWORKS ARTS PARK - THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT a Saturday night after party featuring WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT all-encompasing onslaught on the favourites, and the freshest and circus style. First Acrobats. 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy of Sideshow Circus and Vaudevillian 13, 14 Sept 10:30 PM (60 mins) GASWORKS THEATRE 35 Johnston St, Collingwood guest acts and DJs, PHAT CAB CLUB Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne 17 - 22 Sept 9:00 PM (60 mins) senses, nothing is off limits in this 9:00 PM (60 mins) hottest circus superstars of this 21 Graham St, Albert Park 9:30 PM (90 mins) 12 - 14 Sept 8:30 PM Cabaret Theatre in her one woman Be prepared to laugh til you cry, cry is the hottest late-night destination at indulgent Circus Cabaret. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU year's festival. If you want to see the Thu, Fri 9:00 PM, 15 - 25 Sept 7:00 PM (60 mins) Prepare yourself for when bare FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU TICKETS show. Listen in amazement as Sat 3:00 PM & 9:00 PM (60 mins) for reals, and blow open the long TICKETS this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival. "If every circus act could be like BALLROOM best, and only the best, of this year's chested circus meets bare knuckle BALLROOM Full $25, Conc $20 she recounts the epic saga that is 21, 28 Sept 9:30 PM (60 mins) held confines of what bodies can, Full $35, Conc $30 TICKETS 25 - 28 Sept 6:30 PM, 'Society', there could be a real Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Fringe, Circus-Cision is for you. Group 6+ $26 Full $39, Conc $35 bar fights. A racy, heart-stopping her life, from being raised by her TICKETS and should, do. WINNER Best Circus- Perth FRINGE 29 Sept 5:30 PM (60 mins) circus renaissance, which would TICKETS Full $21, Conc $18 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 4+ $37 display of the finest acrobatics by Grandfather, living in Russia, keeping WORLD 2019 help to draw audiences back to the Full $35, Conc $31 WARNING: Acrobats perform Full Group 6+ $18 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge the most ridiculous storytellers in TICKETS a secret that would have cost her her Group 4+ $31 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Sun - Thu: Full $35, Conc $32 ever-impressive physical arts." - Frontal Nudity the circus. life, the breakdown of her marriage Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CREATED AND PERFORMED BY wwww1/2 - Fringe Feed Fri & Sat: Full $39, Conc $35 wwwww - Theatrepeople and living with the consequences of Elemental Performance Troupe Cheap Tuesday $30, Group 6+ $30 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge her actions. A dedication to all those CREATED BY DIRECTED BY PRODUCED BY DIRECTED BY DESIGN BY who have had a broken heart. Head First Acrobats Caitlyn Larsson of Fit To Fly MotherFishers John Walton and Debra Batton After Dark Theatre

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CONTEMPORARY CABARET COMEDY COMEDY Good As New IMPETUS The Peter Principle YUCK Circus What could possibly happen Launching fresh circus talent The Peter Principle is the philosophy Sugar, spice, and apparently that every worker is promoted to when circus acrobats explore A delightful dégustation of new acts "nice"? the level of their incompetence, but an op shop? from some of Australia's freshest what if you are already hopeless at With our bloody good sense of circus artists. Let your imagination run wild with everything? humour, we're going to rip into the a visit to your local op shoppe... uncomfortable using high-flying Featuring the latest creations from where swinging from the rafters This physical comedy with circus acrobatics, absurd confessions and remarkable young artists on the cusp and tumbling down the aisles is bits in it works 9 to 5 to understand groovy dancing. of their careers. encouraged... well, not by the our relationship with work, shopkeeper - if you break it you procrastination and purpose. WINNERS of Best Emerging Artist buy it! Get a taste of what's to come at Adelaide Fringe 2019, and in contemporary circus - it's THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT This 45 minute travesty is suitable THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT the FRINGE WORLD Martin Sims guaranteed to be just your cup of tea! 18 Sept 6:30 PM, 28 Sept 5:00 PM Watch in awe as circus performers 35 Johnston St, Collingwood 35 Johnston St, Collingwood for interns, work experience kids 35 Johnston St, Collingwood Award 2019; get ready to witness (60 mins) 8:00 PM (60 mins) One night only. Thu, Fri 6:30 PM, Sat 3:00 PM (45 mins) 8:00 PM (60 mins) delight with acrobatic feats and and rusted-on pencil pushers a powerhouse of female circus WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT expressive performance exploring TICKETS TICKETS everywhere! TICKETS performers kick art in the face. 20 Sept 5:00 PM (60 mins) unity through difference. Full $25, Conc $15 Full $25, Conc $22 Full $30, Conc $20 Group 4+ $20 Child $20, Group 4+ $20 Group 6+ $23 "YUCK were able to create the TICKETS Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge perfect balance of discussing serious Full $22 Group 6+ $19 PRESENTED BY topics, flying through the air and Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CircArts being disgustingly hilarious" wwww FRINGE Feed melbournefringe.com.au CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept CircArts Student Performance Amazing young artists including CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Troupe Cast 2019 students of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus Y Thomas McDonald Georgia Deguara M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Societ M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 - THEATREPEOPLE- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 34 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 35 & Beyond! 2019 Fringe Major Venue

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CIRCUS COMEDY MUSIC & MORE BOOK NOW The Melba Spiegeltent MelbourneFringe.com.au 35 Johnston St Collingwood TheMelbaSpiegeltent.com MUSICAL THEATRE STAND UP STAND UP Aisha the Aussie An Inconvenient Anna Piper Scott: Geisha Comedy Show Queer & Present The Accidental Oriental Comedians saving the world, Danger Aisha the Aussie Geisha is a cross- one seven-minute stand-up Your new favourite trans icon cultural love story about a Koo Wee set at a time. is here Rup dairy farmer who becomes the Shit's fucked. Climate crisis, rampant Anna Piper Scott is one of Australia's world's first foreign Geisha. inequality, and Pauline Hanson is most exciting stand up comedians. Through story and song Aisha tells still a thing. So these comedians are She's an aggressive, charming, and of her heartbreak when her Nar Nar saving the world, one seven-minute fabulous trans woman with talent Goon asparagus farmer fiancé Craig stand-up set at a time. to spare. falls for a beautiful Japanese girl on COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM a footy trip to Tokyo. Heartbroken CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - THE BUTTERFLY CLUB Come along to see Captain Getup Queer & Present Danger is an 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne Aisha rushes to Tokyo where she VAULT 11 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 8:10 PM (50 mins) Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne live on stage, heckle a vegan, and 8:30 PM (60 mins) empowering show all about enrolls in a traditional Geisha school. 7:10 PM (50 mins) learn why eating the rich is the new debunking trans myths, the blunt TICKETS Aisha navigates the alien world of TICKETS superfood. We will also answer truths about queer life and how to go Full $25, Conc $20 Geisha as only a dairy farmer from TICKETS Full $35, Conc $31 important questions, like who is the through puberty two separate times. Group 6+ $23 Koo Wee Rup can! Full $25, Conc $22 Group 6+ $28 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 leader we need in these trying times: Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Aisha the Aussie Geisha takes us on Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge ALBO, SCOMO, or that goat that yells "hot, smoking comedy gold" - an emotional roller coaster through like a human? X-Press Magazine original songs. It's a love story as hot "the queen of snark" - Gutter Culture as wasabi... "honest and empowering" - The WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY Plus Ones Kate Hanley Corley Maxwell J Smith and Tim Lo Surdo

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STAND UP STAND UP SKETCH Annie Louey: Don't Best of the (Fringe) Big Dreams Skinny Look at Me! (Look at Fest Jeans Me) Want to see the best of the festival Join spectacular duo Merryn and As heard on triple j's Good Az Friday all in one place? The Coopers Inn is Cam for the NIGHT OF YOUR (overly and JOY94.9. where it's at! Every day we'll feature ambitious) DREAMZ! the top comedy acts from around Annie Louey is bringing a new stand- the festival. Working in retail is a grind, but actie up show to the Melbourne Fringe for actors gotta sell sell sell to make rent the third year in a row. Previous guests of Comedy at rent rent. But isn't pretending to love Coopers Inn have included Tom your job hard? Don't we all wanna Annie is an introvert who loves the Gleeson, Celia Pacquola, Dave dance in the spotlight? O'Neil, Luke McGregor, Anne COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM limelight. She was a teacher's pet COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne who grew up to be a comedian. 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne Edmonds, Dave Thornton, Tom VAULT 11 Expect glitz, expect glam but mostly FED SQUARE FRINGE HUB 7:35 PM (50 mins) Annie is a burns survivor whose 9:15 PM (50 mins) Ballard, Nick Cody, Becky Lucas, Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne expect two performers trying 8:20 PM (50 mins) favourite smell is a wood log fire. Dilruk Jayasinha, Ivan Aristeguieta REALLY HARD for your love and TICKETS TICKETS and Geraldine Hickey, so you never admiration xxx PS that looks great Full $23, Conc $20 Full $15 TICKETS Group 4+ $20 Her latest hour dissects the parts Group 4+ $12 know who will drop by! Full $25, Conc $22 on you! Preview $20 (12 Sept) of her life that don't seem to go Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 4+ $20 WONDERLAND NEW BALLROOM Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller together. Or do they? SPIEGELTENT PERFORMED BY wwww Merryn McDonnell and Cam Whitten 25th – 29th SEPTEMBER - Funny Tonne 12 – 29 2019 Sept PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY 17th – 22nd SEPTEMBER 6:30 PM Annie Louey Felicia Jong 9:00PM (5:30 PM SUNDAYS) M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 - THEATREPEOPLE- Y 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Societ 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 39 THEATRE STAND UP SKETCH STAND UP CABARET IMPROV Billy vs the Internet Blade University Boss Octopus: Sketch Comedy at The Comic Psychic - Completely Meet Billy Sutherland, owner of the STUDY THE BLADE. HONOUR Comedy Coopers Inn HorrorScope Improvised Potter YouTube channel, BS95. He wants THE BLADE. BECOME THE Famed scientist, Boss Octopus, gives Want to see the best comedians all in Every thing you NEVER FOUR SHOWS ONLY! to be the next big online sensation. BLADE MASTER. humanity the upper hand against one place? Comedy at the Coopers wanted to know about your We solemnly swear that we are up The only things standing in his way the zombies by bringing dinosaurs Inn is where it's at! Every weekend In one year, Maddy Weeks bought 25 star sign. to no good as we improvise new are his lack of understanding of back to life. during the festival, Coopers Inn real life swords. Rather than admit Harry Potter adventures before your the internet, his inability to afford a More than just companions, Boss will feature top comedy acts from Madame Elbac fortune teller to the she clearly had a break down, she very eyes. Using a suggestion from new video camera and the fact that Octopus and the dinosaurs fall in Australia and abroad. stars? Or by the stars? has used them to create art (and a the audience of what could've been The Wiggles won't let him cover love, but have little in common: tax deduction). the title of a Harry Potter book, but their songs. One enjoys old films & floral tea. Previous guests of Comedy at Comic Psychic extraordinaire will wasn't, Completely Improvised Potter The other, museums & the sense of Coopers Inn have included Tom showcase her many questionable See how he overcomes these Join queer comedian, professional FRINGE HUB will show you a year at Hogwarts like accomplishment from ripping out the Gleeson, Celia Pacquola, Dave metaphysical talents and her latest THE BUTTERFLY CLUB limitations in this original comedy by COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM sad boi, and master of the blade THE BUTTERFLY CLUB COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU you've never seen it before! throat of a weaker enemy. O'Neil, Luke McGregor, Anne foray into matchmaking. 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne Sam Hargreaves. 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne Maddy Weeks for her debut show 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne THEATRE BALLROOM 5:30 PM (50 mins) 6:30 PM (50 mins) 7:00 PM (60 mins) Can they settle their differences and Fri 6:00 PM & 10:30 PM, Sat 6:00 PM Edmonds, Dave Thornton, Tom three years in the making and 21 Graham St, Albert Park Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 'Whether you're a Potter-head or end the zombie uprising? (50 mins) Ballard, Nick Cody, Becky Lucas, Tue-Fri 9:45 PM, Sat 3:30 PM & 9:45 So forget finding your soulmate on 6:30 PM (60 mins) definitely not the product of a just in for some disarmingly brilliant TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS See "Sketch Comedy", a show 65 Dilruk Jayasinha, Ivan Aristeguieta PM (55 mins) the web, instead follow Madame's Full $35, Conc $31 Full $15, Conc $12 breakdown 22 years in the making. Full $35, Conc $31 TICKETS TICKETS comedy, you're destined to find million years in the making. and Geraldine Hickey, so you never fail proof methods to attract your Group 6+ $28 Group 4+ $10 Group 6+ $28 $15 TICKETS Full $32, Conc $26 Completely Improvised Potter Siriusly Preview $12 (12 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge * Show has nothing to do with know who will drop by! Full $34, Conc $28 perfect mate. Group 6+ $20 magical.' wwwww - Beat Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge dinosaurs, zombies, or love. Group 6+ $27 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Be sure to book ahead as these Maddy Weeks Boss Octopus shows will sell out. WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY IMAGE CREDIT PRESENTED BY PRODUCED BY Sam Hargreaves Rory Gillen The Butterfly Club Soothplayers

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NZ STAND UP SATIRE STORY TELLING IMPROV STAND UP STORY TELLING Brett Blake: Bogan Bringing Some Gum to Cardinal Sins: Pell in Completely crowdwork. Dancing On My Own Genius a Knife Fight a Cell Improvised Professional comedians riff Maddy is used to dancing on her own, but, y'know, not in like a lonely, Brett Blake suffers from ADHD and with Prof. Richard Pritchard A challenging, heartwarming, Shakespeare funny conversations with dyslexia. He spent most of his time at emotional comedy in which Frank you, the audience! sad way or anything.

COMEDY & Dr. Arthur Downwards COMEDY school either suspended or throwing shares his experience of growing Made up on the damned crowdwork. is a late night lineup She's going to make you laugh (not erasers into ceiling fans. All the The year is 2025, and as sea levels up in Ballarat as a Catholic boy at spot! continue to rise, the Great Nation of show with a twist - performers can't at her expense), well, hopefully! teachers wrote him off as a no-hoper the worst possible time. A witness Hilarious Shakespearean plays do any prepared material. until his IQ was tested and they Australia™ sends its two most gifted at the Royal Commission into Child created from nothing but a suggested The key is to just have fun and to not discovered he was close to being a (and handsomest) climate scientists Sexual Abuse, Frank's stories of Pell title from the audience. No plans. to prepare the people of the island Instead, a diverse assembly of stand- panic. At all. genius - which still shocks everyone and his cohorts are remarkable and No scripts. They guarantee you will ups, improvisers, clowns and cabaret to this day! FRINGE HUB nation of Tuvalu - the first cab off the FRINGE HUB revealing. FRINGE HUB laugh or your money back. Really! FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB metaphysical rank of extinction - for artists are given 5-10 minutes on COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD their imminent doom. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - the clock to fill simply by talking to FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne If you struggled in school, have COUNCIL CHAMBERS LIBRARY Unable to be performed in Victoria BALLROOM 'A must-see for fans of the theatre, MUSIC ROOM the audience. LIBRARY 8:10 PM (50 mins) been written off as an idiot or have Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton since 2017, Cardinal Sins is in its Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton of improv, or for anyone who just Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton represented yourself in court and Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (50 mins) A light-hearted, laugh-a-minute Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) 4th year - critically acclaimed, Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) wants to add a little pseudo-culture Thu-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) TICKETS Playing at Fringe Hub, it's the won (seven times) then this is the lecture about global devastation award-nominated, this is a show not to their comedy.' wwwww The Full $20, Conc $16 TICKETS and the horrifying deaths of TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS perfectly chaotic place to see all TICKETS Group 6+ $15.50 ultimate underdog show for you! to be missed if you are interested in Funny Tonne Full $20, Conc $18 untold millions. Brought to you by Full $30, Conc $20 Full $28, Conc $22 Full $15, Conc $12 your favourite local, national and Full $23, Conc $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $15, Group 4+ $15 Group 6+ $25 human stories told with honesty and Group 6+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge international acts like never before! Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Lemonanza™! Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge humour, promoting love and hope. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge 'Clever, charming and wildly WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY impressive from start to finish' Beat Hosted by Alistair Baldwin (writer for PERFORMED BY Brett Blake Frank Hampster Magazine Get Krack!n, The Weekly and Hard Maddy Warren Quiz - who also was Matthew the PA PRESENTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY in Get Krack!n). Shannon Toyne Jordan Prosser & Sam Burns-Warr Jo Bain Soothplayers Apple Box Brand

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STAND UP THEATRE STAND UP DANCE MUSIC INTERACTIVE Catherine McClintock: Chaddyslap! Claire Sullivan: Toast Dazza and Keif Go Don't Draw Pictures Drag Show the Game Please and Thank RUN! DON'T WALK, FROM... a Rat Viral in Space with Ya of Dicks The One-Man Show transparent breakdown of our costs! Yous a new comedy show from Mum Musical It's a drag show, that's also a Like most Canadians, Catherine was - 40% of your ticket splits between Claire Sullivan Dazza and Keif are intergalactic An un-PC satire of outrage game show! raised to be polite. As she gets older the 14 artists co-creating this sketch TOAST + RAT = TOAST RAT. heroes who are gonna save the world culture played on the viola In 'Drag Show the Game Show' you and after years in Australia, she kind show where everyone is trapped in and shit, starting by being the first RAT + TOAST ≠ TOAST RAT? When a kid draws a dirty picture on get to experience the highs and of can't be bothered. Sorry. Chadstone shopping centre. blokes to breakdance on the moon. his homework he gets into trouble greasy lows of being a Melbourne - 32% to our venue, 17% to fringe. "genius... alternative brilliance" Plus they heard there's heaps of hot with the Human Rights Commission. drag queen! You'll join your drag Please and Thank Yous will have - 5% to design, including a wild wwww 1/2 The Music space chicks in the Milky Way if ya The commissioners for race, gender, mothers (The Beastie Girls) and you snorting (laughs, not coke) as AV re-creation of the shopping "one of the country's hottest rising know what I mean. FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB religion etc accuse him of the most battle for supremacy over your Catherine battles to overcome her centre they're all stuck in. Will talents." wwww Time Out heinous hate crimes. How will the rival house. From putting on your THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON good girl persona. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - they get out? Will any of us escape FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - wwww Hugging Comedians FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - This award-winning drag duo CLUB VOLTAIRE SCHOOLHOUSE STUDIOS kid and his lawyer get out of this makeup last minute to slamming a 140 Lygon St, Carlton MEETING ROOM the clutches of advertising!? It's ARCHIVE ROOM wwww Funny Tonne QUILT ROOM presents high-energy dance, 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne 81 Rupert St, Collingwood halal snack pack at 4 in the morning. 9:30 PM (50 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 9:30 PM (60 mins) one? You can be sure that whatever 8:00 PM (60 mins) Catherine's debut hour of stand everywhADVERTISING! "it's incredible." Popculture-y hyper-masc homoeroticism and a Tue-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 9:45 PM, Sun 8:45 PM (50 mins) Tue-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) happens, it's gonna be offensive. There's no low you won't stoop to! TICKETS up is about the high expectations - 3.5% to publicity, 2.5% fines for "she has created something that is record-breaking number of dick TICKETS TICKETS One man will play 8 characters, sing It's fun for the whole family*. Full $22, Conc $18 we live with, wrapped in jokes TICKETS filming inside a shopping centre. TICKETS utterly uncompromising." Chortle TICKETS jokes per minute. Their spaceship is Full $23.50, Conc $19.50 Full $30, Conc $25 Group 4+ $18 Group 6+ $19.50 11 new songs (rap, disco, punk, Group 6+ $25 about breastfeeding mishaps and Full $27.50, Conc $22.50 Full $22.50, Conc $19.50 "copiously funny" The Skinny Full $26, Conc $21 ready. Wanna ride? *except kids and your homophobic Preview $18 (19 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $16.50, Group 4+ $18.50 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $18 Discounts: Fringe Binge death metal and more) and destroy Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge masturbating dogs. Chaddyslap. Because you're worth it. uncle. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Preview $16 (12 Sept) Preview $20 (12 Sept) all your cherished moral sensibilities, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY all while playing the viola! "Excellent Magical Mystery Co Claire Sullivan Danni Ray & Keely Windred vocal writing" - Seesaw melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN BY OUTSIDE EYE PRODUCED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY FEATURING Catherine McClintock Harley Hefford Lauren Bok Tom Backhaus William James Smith The Beastie Girls

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 40 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 41 JPN USA STORY TELLING STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP VARIETY Dud Roots Duncan Turner - Broke FARM BACKPACKER How Dare You How Gay Am I? A sex show, just a bad one. jokes from the bleeding edge (Subclass 417) You know Kate. She gets on great A queerdo's queery with your parents and she offered Over the past few years, Michelle of penalty rate cuts Japans' Quickest Comedy Export, Sunanda asks "How Gay Am I?" to proofread your thesis. She has Jarni has been having terrible sex. Takashi Wakasugi will return to in this comedic solo multimedia Ever been broke? Same. a friendly aunt energy and tells you Melbourne with his brand-new show. She begins with a story about stories about her cat. Sometimes As a questionable form of art show after a sold out season at coming out to her conservative Stand up and sketch for those on when she's smiling and nodding, BOSS OCTOPUS therapy, Michelle decided to turn her MICF 2019. Indian parents, followed by a range Newstart or the Newstart-adjacent. If her mind wonders. Sometimes she's bedroom mishaps into an Instagram A typical Japanese boy, Takashi of 'gay' characters that get gayer you are a landlord this show is not for downright furious. art project called Dud Roots. Since you, please do not attend BROKE. came to Australia on a working and more absurd. Meet a 'nice then, hundreds of humans have holiday visa and had a wonderful Indian girl' at the matchmaker's, After 27 years of being amiable anonymously shared their awkward time. Did you know if you are on that 'Incognito Lesbian', and 'Mustachio!' Duncan Turner is a polite stand up she'd like to tell you what's really SKETCH sexual encounters with her. visa and spend three months doing Be convinced by a TED Talk on "Why THE MELBA - STUDIO CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - comedian from Adelaide who spent CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON on her mind. From her reflections THE BUTTERFLY CLUB farm work, you can get a one year Everyone Should Be a Lesbian, 35 Johnston St, Collingwood VAULT 11 10 years in insecure work and still VAULT 10 140 Lygon St, Carlton as an awkward teen, to her growing 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 6:45 PM (45 mins) Join Michelle as she explores her Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne extension on your visa? Takashi 9:30 PM (50 mins) 10:00 PM (45 mins) Today!" There's even an original has nightmares about getting fired frustration at the unearned anger of enigmatic alter ego, Dudley Routes, 6:00 PM (60 mins) 7:40 PM (50 mins) did that. song and some light dancing. TICKETS from American Apparel. TICKETS white men, she's got some thoughts TICKETS COMEDY and attempts to analyse what's For three months, Takashi worked Because without song and dance Full $20, Conc $18 TICKETS TICKETS Full $20, Conc $15 she'd love you to hear. You know, if Full $35, Conc $31 really going on between the sheets on a country side farm with a (not) how gay would this show REALLY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $25, Conc $22 Full $20, Conc $17 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge it's a good time for you. Group 6+ $28 in Australia. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge racist farmer and stayed at a (very) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge be? dirty backpacker hostel with crazy CREATED AND PERFORMED BY backpackers. Takashi had a great "...(a) bright presence. What a love." Michelle Jarni time and the worst time there. -- Ilana Glazer, Broad City Takashi will talk about that. And he PRODUCED BY just wants to say Thank you (Fxxk PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY KP Productions you) Australia! Kate Chalmers The Butterfly Club M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

STAND UP STAND UP VARIETY STORY TELLING STORY TELLING STAND UP Frantasia Free Comedy @ Fresh and Fruity I got bit by a monkey I made my bed, you Inconvenient Empathy You ever seen a cat wearing Highlander A zesty cocktail of physical once lie in it. A tribute to Eurydice socks? It's the stand-up freecomedy.com.au comedy A storytelling show to be To really make your bed, you'll want Inconvenient Empathy was a show version of that. to start at the start, acknowledging Eurydice Dixon wished to perform COMEDY Free shows are now an integral part The most ap-peel-ing performers taken aurally. COMEDY that time, motion, and change are Frankie is standing on a magic carpet of the Edinburgh Fringe experience from around the Fringe Fruitbowl will about the frustrations of being a The moth storySLAM loser and potentially all illusions. Popular bed asking the audience "do you trust and Free Comedy has presented delight you in this evening of sketch, feminist but sympathising with some award losing comedian Matt Harvey makers suggest to lay your bed me?" as she attempts to express this genuine alternative at Australian clown, and silliness. Hosted by of the arguments of the Men's Rights has done a lot of dumb things. topper over the blanket and adjust as herself. It's stand-up. It's sketch. festivals for the past 8 years. In 2019 rising starfruit Cherese Sonkkila and Movement. And he knows you have too. There feels pleasing. If you have draped, It's the fever dream of a confidently we had our biggest crowds ever. featuring the viral music sensations are few joys in life like embracing insecure queer comedian in her mid and totally bananas The Spoon maybe now relax the wrinkles and As a tribute to their talented friend, the embarrassing, stripping it of creases of time with misted water, 20's. Buckle up. Check out a plethora of Free Comedy Monkeys. There will be games, FRINGE HUB comedians Duff, Sofie Prints and its power and putting it on display or keep them to remind you of the THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON In 2019 Frankie McNair sold HIGHLANDER - THE LIBRARY acts at Highlander Bar - for a wee THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON there will be dance numbers, and by CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD Andrew Roberts are presenting their before anyone else can. Join Matt for past, present, future, whatever 140 Lygon St, Carlton out her debut show Frantasia at ROOM taste of Edinburgh in more ways than 140 Lygon St, Carlton gooseberry there will be puns - we VAULT 10 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy BALLROOM version of the idea. 7:00 PM (60 mins) 7:00 PM (60 mins) an hour of storytelling that will make Thu, Fri 7:00 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) seems more appropriate to your the Canberra Comedy Festival, 11A Highlander Ln, Melbourne one. See freecomedy.com.au for full will not pull any fruit punches! Get Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 7:00 PM (3 hrs) 6:30 PM (60 mins) you feel better about the choices you needs and desires. Let sex worker, 9:15 PM (60 mins) They're deeply committed performed to sell out crowds at the details on individual shows. peachy keen for this juicy explosion TICKETS TICKETS have made. Exploring moments when TICKETS writer and fantasy maker Queenie Full $18, Conc $15 Melbourne International Comedy TICKETS Full $23, Conc $18 of passionfruit sure to be a bunch of TICKETS Full $23, Conc $18 TICKETS to exploring the concept of you are most alone, most desperate, Bon-Bon be your guide through her Group 6+ $15 Festival, and was a Raw Comedy Free "Had the whole room laughing... Group 4+ $20 fun. We really hope you cumquat. Full $25, Conc $22 Group 6+ $19 Free - bookings essential "inconvenient empathy", and doing Preview $12 (19 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 and most stupid. After sell out shows Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge rumpled journey of bodies, bonds State Finalist. She's also one half of great jokes" - Hey Hey it's Friday it the best possible justice, but on Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Preview $20 (23 Sept) across Australia the storytelling and beginnings. some level would have liked it if comedy duo Sweaty Pits, who won Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge sensation returns to Melbourne for the 2018 Sydney Fringe Festival "Far better than many shows I've PRESENTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Eurydice had just wanted to do a another season. Sit back, relax, and show about ducks. "New Zealand Tour Ready Award". paid to see" - RHUM Cherese Sonkkila and friends enjoy the failure. Queenie Bon-Bon Her mum frequently asks her if she PRESENTED BY FEATURING CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DRAMATURG PRESENTED BY needs money. freecomedy.com.au The Spoon Monkeys Matt Harvey Lisa-Skye Awkward Giraffe

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SKETCH STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STORY TELLING Game Boys Cinematic Geraldine Hickey - Happy Hour Inexcusable Is This It? Isabella Valette: How Universe Things Are Going Well Felix has been a bartender for Stand up comedy with two Is This It? by The Strokes is an album Far I'll Go MICF BEST INDEPENDENT NOMINEE Melbourne International 3 years. He wants to share his Melbourne locals, Cat Finch about the debauchery of youth. We all know performers work PRODUCTION Nominee (2017, 2019) Comedy Festival Award for Most experience with you about everything and Jordan Barr terrible jobs to stay afloat, and Is This It? by Ian McCarthy is a MELBOURNE FRINGE BEST Outstanding Show 2019 from cocktails to security guards and Isabella's done them all. Harassed Jordan Barr (triple J, RAW Comedy Fringe show about one geeky kid's COMEDY Nominee (2018) WINNER Piece of Wood Award, of course.... customers!! as a pudding in shopping centres, state finalist) and Cat Finch (once non-debaucherous obsession. Melbourne international Comedy forced to dance round children's Join Felix for a night of drinking and ate a kebab out of her boobs while Following a sold out season at MICF, Festival 2019 tables as they eat at parties stories as he recalls his experiences topless) are inexcusable, and now This is an hour of stand up about hold onto your butts as Game Boys dressed as a crying emoji, turning from mundane to insane. they've teamed up to create a solid adolescence, rock & roll, idols and Cinematic Universe blasts off at Geraldine does things like mushroom up to christenings as a clown...but hour of stand up comedy. when to kill them; performed by one 88mph for an adventure 65 million hunting now, even though she anything for a gig, right? FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB of Melbourne comedy's rising stars. years in the making. doesn't really like mushrooms. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT HOWLER FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - You'll be treated to sharp witted and CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - TIC: SWANSTON Clearly things are going well. Isabella lifts the lid on the ridiculous ARCHIVE ROOM 35 Johnston St, Collingwood 7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick EVATT ROOM satirical observations paired with VAULT 11 2019 Raw Comedy Victorian Finalist 502/37 Swanston St, Melbourne Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Join brothers Eden and Josh - your 8:00 PM (60 mins) 7:00 PM (50 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton just the right amount of references Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 7:45 PM (50 mins) and publicly embarrassing extents Tue-Sat 9:45 PM, Sun 8:45 PM (50 mins) personal guides for the world famous As seen and heard on RRR Tue-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 7:30 PM (50 mins) 6:00 PM (60 mins) artists will go to, with unbelievably to bodily functions. With a surprise "A gorgeous tapestry of laughs" Game Boys Studios Backlot Tour! TICKETS Breakfasters, MICF Oxfam Gala and TICKETS TICKETS chaotic and hilarious true stories. TICKETS Thu: $26 Full $25, Conc $20 TICKETS guest act each show, you'll be TICKETS -SYN Media Full $25, Conc $22 Full $25, Conc $20 And keep your eyes peeled for any Fri & Sat: $32 ABC Next Gen. Full $20 exposed to some of the best up-and- Full $20, Conc $17 Group 6+ $20 Group 4+ $20 Hollywood producers - you might just Group 4+ $15 Group 4+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge 'wwww' Adelaide Advertiser coming comics in Melbourne, and "Unique stage presence and well Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge get discovered! Or harassed. Don't miss your chance to see the Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge maybe even some people from the honed jokes" -Funny Tonne WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY sell-out hit of this year's Melbourne telly! Woah! WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Eden & Joshua Porter Comedy Festival. Get your tickets Isabella Valette melbournefringe.com.au before they're gone! 12 – 29 2019 Sept AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Kinetic Screen Felix Castaner Hosed Productions Declan Fay

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PHYSICAL THEATRE CLOWNING STAND UP EXPERIMENTAL STAND UP VARIETY Jofus and the Plank Jon O Josh Perring - Totally Killa Vageez Killing the Planet is Kings of Comedy An anarchic new clown work by The Long Boy Mild are on the swarm...Do not tell Against My Religion 'Fringe Showcase' Lily Fish, one of Melbourne's most Even more impressive than Jon's us you haven't been warned! A Bishop, a nun, a Rabbi, an talented physical comedians. Totally Mild Live & Uncensored height, is his length. Jon is a long ordained Buddhist and a Uniting COMEDY Josh thought he peaked early in life With their kuntalini powers Kings of Comedy's highly acclaimed COMEDY boy with long limbs. I mean look at Church Minister walk into the office Meet Jofus: fast quipping, when he became the host of the kids combined, Killa Vageez squirt brutal showcase presents our Melbourne that wingspan! Like a bird. of Josh Frydenberg to talk about the story spinning, absurd miming TV show; Totally Wild. realness in the face of unsuspecting Fringe Debut! Come and experience Adani coal mine. extraordinaire. Part Marcel Marceau, civilians. Splooosh! one of Melbourne's best comedy Join Jon as he uses his well- part Looney Tunes, and armed with Turns out it brought no fame or clubs. Rotating line-up every show. endowed extremities to pick up This is the true story of the life of nothing but a plank of wood. fortune, just more knowledge on Shocking and shameless, this Dinner/Show packages available. things that do not belong to him and New Zealander Tejopala Rawls - iguanas. dynamic duo combines stand Bookings essential. put them in his pocket. He will also climate activist, ordained Buddhist This is turbo-charged clowning at its up comedy, improv and original do a performance. Sketch, stand-up, and stand-up comedian. THE BURROW - STUDIO stupidest and most precise. CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM A handful of careers later and after STORYVILLE music to bring you this consciously CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - THE COLONIAL HOTEL What people are saying: 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VAULT 10 theft, improv, you name it, Jon does 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne a stint living in New York, Josh is 185 Lonsdale St, Melbourne cuntalicious, cosmic cabaret. VAULT 11 585 Lonsdale St, Melbourne "Hilarious night, cheeks and belly Tue-Sat 7:00 PM, Sun 2:00 PM (55 mins) Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne it! Marvel at Jon's rubbery face (did I 7:05 PM (50 mins) 13-14 Sept & 20-29 Sept 7:30 PM Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne The show asks such universal 8:00 PM (90 mins) "Physical theatre at its best" - here with his debut hour of comedy, Featuring freestyle harp rapping and sore from laughing" wwwww - 8:50 PM (60 mins) mention the extraordinary texture of 17 & 19 Sept 8:45 PM (60 mins) 8:20 PM (50 mins) questions as 'Can you attain TICKETS Australian Stage TICKETS sharing what he thinks is the true live quief looping. TICKETS audience member his face?) before he is locked away, Enlightenment by working flat out as Full $28, Conc $24 "Basking in the joyous and ludicrous TICKETS Full $20, Conc $15 meaning of life - keeping it mild. TICKETS Yes, live quief looping. TICKETS Full $29, Conc $25 "A festival favourite" - Scenestr for a very long time. a climate activist?', 'Can you save Child $14.50, Group 4+ $22 has never felt so good" - Gutter Full $20, Conc $17 Group 4+ $15 Full $34 Full $24, Conc $22 Group 6+ $20 "Brings local comedy to the forefront Preview $24.50 (24 Sept) Group 6+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $30 Group 6+ $20 the world via stand-up comedy?' and Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Culture Opinions and advice from a WARNING: and guarantees laughs" wwww Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Criminal defence lawyers enter free. Preview $30 (13 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge 'Why the hell do I live in Australia "Thoroughly silly... in the best millennial, it's what people want. Group 4+ $30.50 May contain traces of DMT. - Beat Magazine when my Prime Minister is Jacinda possible way" - Fringe Feed Josh can be heard as one half of Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge P.S BYO Front Row Poncho. "Get more bang for your buck with Ardern?' 'Zach & Josh' on FOX FM. this highly acclaimed showcase" CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY -Herald Sun Lily Fish Oscar Hebblewhite Josh Perring Cecilia and Meiken Belina Raffy

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ABSURDIST STORY TELLING SKETCH STAND UP Joshua Ladgrove Just A Small Town Boy Kiwifruit - An Laugh with Akwasi Presents Melbourne's A bittersweet coming-of-age story Autobiography Osei-Tutu & Move to Only Bilge Pump Sales exploring the idiosyncrasies of On the day of his 100th birthday, the Beats growing up as an outsider in small- Seminar a celebrated Gay Kiwi Comedian town country Australia. looks back on his life through sketch Let's Laugh and Dance WINNER: Golden Gibbo 2019 "Touching on identity politics, and song. Come and enjoy a fun filled night notions of traditional masculinity A Bitingly funny of live comedy with local comedian MICF. The ONLY Bilge Pump and the dark lengths individuals Sales Seminar in Melbourne. all-singing, Will he get out of New Zealand? Akwasi Osei-Tutu followed by will go to in order to belong... what all-sweating Will he tell his parents he's gay? live urban contemporary music. WARNING: This is not a comedy makes Just A Small Town Boy so look at fitspo Will he ever wake up from that 15 Combining the two disciplines of FRINGE HUB show, it's a seminar on how to FRINGE HUB unique is its surprising poignancy, year coma? comedy and music will ensure you achieve financial freedom through each hilarious memory tinged with have a unique night full of happiness FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - BRUNSWICK MECHANICS the sale of Bilge Pumps. unexpected pathos, often captivating Glam Adelaide Lets find out together. It's Kiwifruit. and frivolity. MEETING ROOM COUNCIL CHAMBERS the audience into silence" VAULT 10 INSTITUTE - THEATRE Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton (wwww - AltMedia). Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 6:30 PM, Sun 5:30 PM (60 mins) 6:30 PM (60 mins) 7:00 PM (140 mins) Presented as part of Critical Mass. "A highly amusing but subtly complex TICKETS TICKETS hour by a talented wordsmith" TICKETS TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 Full $24, Conc $20 wwww -The Music Full $20, Conc $17 Full $22, Conc $15 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $20 Group 4+ $20 Group 6+ $18.50 Discounts: Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge "A growing force in Australian comedy" - Broadsheet CREATED BY "Wry, gentle storytelling from a soft PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY Joshua Ladgrove Simon Hawkings Afro Hub melbournefringe.com.au soul" - Sydney Morning Herald 12 – 29 2019 Sept CREATED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY PERFORMED BY Jason Marion Jack Gow Indiana Kiely Akwasi Osei-Tutu

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17–22 September 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Campari House, Hardware Lane 44 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 45 CHN ABSURDIST STAND UP IMPROV STAND UP SKETCH VARIETY Let Meowt! Like A Persian Mahua Improv Night Pat McCaffrie - Patrick Collins - Mime Pic-a-Dick 2 cats, 1 bathroom In this charming new blend of spoken BE HERE NOW Politics and Polar Consultant Walk the line between your legs with word and stand-up comedy, Iranian Freddie and Sarah. Two packages, 2 cats VS a bathroom. Pepper and Mahua Improv is the most famous Bears (There Are Still Nominee 2019 Melbourne Australian performer Sammaneh one comedian, bending your world Cinnamon find themselves locked and influential improvisation International Comedy Festival Golden Poursh explores what it means to be No Polar Bears) and your genders. Come for an in the bathroom while their human performance and training brand Gibbo Award a queer Muslim refugee in 2019. inappropriate number of dick jokes, mother is out for the day. in China. The performers use free Pat McCaffrie (Mad as Hell, MICF solicited dick pics, life issues and a dialogue, physical expression and Comedy Zone, The Leak), returns to Patrick Collins isn't just a comedian, free king-sized drag show. Humour Trapped in a tiled prison, with no performance skills to create unique Melbourne with a brand-new show. magician and bisexual. Now he's a that will cuddle you at night. Sarah food or litter tray, what ever will improvised comedy by organising He is bringing politics. He is not mime consultant. Joy is Freddie Carey's sister from they do? impromptu scenes, characters and bringing his sleuth of polar bears. another mister. Freddie is Sarah's FRINGE HUB plots based on keywords given by FRINGE HUB Let go of your reality and enter Join Pat for his first show post the Patrick's world, a world of sound, brother from another mother. THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT the audience. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - THE BUTTERFLY CLUB THE FOX HOTEL 2019 election as he surveys the characters, magic and ropes when Together they are packing more than 140 Lygon St, Carlton VAULT 10 14 & 15 Sept 4:00 PM (90 mins) EVATT ROOM 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 351 Wellington St, Collingwood Fort Knox and contouring to the gods 8:15 PM (50 mins) Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne Without scripts, props and Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton wreckage and casts his satirical 10:00 PM (60 mins) there are, in fact, no ropes. 9:30 PM (60 mins) of gender bending. Both have been 7:40 PM (60 mins) FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU rehearsals, combined with the Tue-Sat 9:45 PM, Sun 8:45 PM (60 mins) eye over the Australian political TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS on the Melbourne scene for more BALLROOM Mahua style performance concept landscape. 'Go and see this show. It's hilarious, Full $28, Conc $22 TICKETS 22 Sept 5:00 PM & 8:30 PM (90 mins) TICKETS Full $35, Conc $31 Full $15, Conc $10 than a year, jamming as much into and skills; Mahua Improv is beneficial it's transformative, it's nonsensical. It Group 6+ $20 Full $25, Conc $22 Full $25, Conc $20 Group 6+ $28 Group 4+ $12 their package as possible. Preview $22 (12 Sept) Cheap Tuesday $20 TICKETS to people who would like to release Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge "The most fundamentally worthwhile Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge borders on alchemy.' wwwww Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $59, Conc $45 pressure and inspire creativity. hour you will spend at this Festival" - Rachel Hyland, Funny Tonne Group 10+ $45 wwwww - Funny Tonne CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller PERFORMED BY Catherine Holder This event is performed in Mandarin. Sarah Joy CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY DIRECTED BY PERFORMED BY Laura Moran Sammaneh 'Shampoo' Poursh Hands Down Comedy Justin Gardam Freddie Carey

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STAND UP STAND UP STORY TELLING PHYSICAL THEATRE MUSICAL THEATRE SKETCH Matt Stewart & Jess Michael Shafar - All Mormon Girl PO PO MO CO present Polygamy, Polygayou Poopie Tum Tums Perkins in Razzle New As the eldest daughter of a rural Flutter and Flounce A New Musical Following from a smash hit and Mormon family, Jess was taught sold out season at Melbourne Dazzle Physical comedy X queer sketch X In the forgotten town of Old South A work in progress. her body was off limits. The church International Comedy Festival, Honor eccentric dance. Wales, three sister wives have been COMEDY Stand up comedians Jess Perkins As seen and heard on ABC's Comedy informed her a woman's primary and Patrick are tired of comedy COMEDY Bodies are on the line as PO PO in a loving group marriage with (Triple J, RAW Comedy national Bites, triple j's Good Az Friday and purpose was to become a mother. and are hanging up their red noses MO CO dive deep into the saturated their darling husband Edgar. When finalist) and Matt Stewart (ABC TV, Channel 10's The Project. But Jess was born with a disability and anal beads to endeavour on RAW Comedy winner) are ready emotions of animals, plants and Edgar dies suddenly in a horrific and no uterus, so how would that minerals. A neo-vaudevillian their most serious show yet, Poopie to razzle (and dazzle) you in this Last year, Michael did a show about carriage accident, the wives farewell work? delicatessen of serious stupidity and Tum Tums. Victorian comedy debut. beating testicular cancer and now him through song, catching the sly snipers. attention of a big-shot Hollywood he faces his biggest challenge yet - Mormon Girl is a hilarious, bizarre This is sketch comedy at its dirtiest, This is queer theft of life's dramatic music producer. Before you can 'Razzle Dazzle' features all new FRINGE HUB writing an all new show. Come help FRINGE HUB and beautiful coming of age story. FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB most outrageous and hilarious. moments, dethroned and clown- say "three's a crowd!" - the wives COOPERS INN - MAIN ROOM material from the award-winning and FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY him decide which jokes to keep! FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - A journey away from the church and FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ified. are thrust into the modern age and 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne critically acclaimed comedians, and LIBRARY QUILT ROOM into the world of punk boys, broken QUILT ROOM BALLROOM QUILT ROOM wwwww "Seriously funny" - 7:05 PM (50 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton catapulted to stardom. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton marks Triple J favourite Jess Perkins' "A cracking pace for the full show" hearts, backseat fumbling, and solo Funny Tonne Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (50 mins) Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (60 mins) wwwww - The Music Tue-Sat 7:45 PM, Sun 6:45 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) TICKETS triumphant return to stand up wwww1/2 Fringe Feed self-discovery leads Jess to places wwww1/2 "Hilarious" - See Saw wwww½ - Theatrepeople 'Polygamy, Polygayou' is a hot new Sun - Thu: Full $20, Conc $17 comedy, after a year long hiatus. TICKETS TICKETS she never thought she'd be, learning TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS wwww "Swings between 'I wwww½ - The Australian Times musical about love, sisterhood and Fri & Sat: Full $21, Conc $18 Full $15 "A warm and intelligent Full $34, Conc $28 all the things her doctors, priests and Full $30, Conc $26 Full $25, Conc $20 Full $28, Conc $23 shouldn't be this aroused' and 'I Cheap Tuesday $17, Group 4+ $17 Two thirds of the popular comedy Cheap Tuesday $12, Group 6+ $13.50 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $25 Group 4+ $23 Group 6+ $18 the bonds of matrimony. Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 Preview $15 (12 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge performance" Preview $25 (21 Sept) parents never thought to tell her. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge can't un-see that'" - TimeOut Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge podcast Do Go On, this show will wwww The Age Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY also feature the hilarious Dave WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY STARRING Alice Tovey, Charity Werk, Margot PRESENTED BY Warneke as MC. Jessica Knight PO PO MO CO Tanjutco, Hayley Tantau. The Very Good Looking Initiative PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY OUTSIDE EYE DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Michael Shafar Bridget Balodis Maude Davey Clare Rankine Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva

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IMPROV STAND UP STAND UP SKETCH STAND UP SKETCH Murder Village: An Nina Oyama Needs Oliver Coleman: Pre-Reunion Tour Pretentious Princess Problems Improvised Whodunnit A Lift Poolside After years of performing award Can a girl on a stage ever really be Take a peek into the day to day lives winning, fast paced, off the wall trusted? of a poesy of Princesses that are After sell-out runs at 2018's Fringe The wild autobiographical Melbourne International Comedy and 2019's Comedy Festival, Festival Best Newcomer and Golden comedy The Pool Boys return for practically perfect at bugger all. journey about trying to live Comedian & musician Avery Hutley Murder Village reopens its gates for Gibbo Nominee 2019 one more tour-de-force of sketch life in the fast lane when vivisects the various performances Fractured fairy tales meets sketch more improvised Agatha Christie and musical comedy before their she's given in her life - of art, gender, comedy live on stage. Will these mysteries. you're still on your P plates. Master of buffoonery Oliver Coleman impending 2046 Reunion Tour. BEST NEWCOMER - NOMINEE - brings his hit show to the Melbourne online dating profiles and beyond problematic Princesses find their Step into a 1950s English village Melbourne Comedy Festival 2019 Fringe. This wet 'n wild show is full Chris, Dave and Stu bounce off - to find out who or what is hiding happy ever after? and try to crack the case. Meet a to the brim with his unique character each other like an exercise ball in a underneath all the pretense. colourful cast of eccentrics each In 2014 Nina moved from the city comedy and surreal stand-up. Dive trampoline factory in their brand new FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB A metatextual variety show from more suspicious than the last, played to start a new life in the countryside in and experience this frenetic hour laugh-a-minute show. CAMPARI HOUSE FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - SPEAKEASY HQ UNIVERSAL RESTAURANT one of Melbourne's fastest-rising CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - by some of the best comedians - you know, like all good retirees of unbridled silliness... BYO pool 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne BALLROOM EVATT ROOM 522 Flinders St, Melbourne You either go out a hero, or live long 141 Lygon St, Carlton stand-up talents. VAULT 11 7:30 PM (60 mins) from The Big HOO-HAA! and do. Except she was 20 and instead noodle! 6:00 PM (50 mins) 8:15 PM (50 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton enough to see yourself become John Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne Impromptunes. Inspired by your Tue-Sat 7:45 PM, Sun 6:45 PM (60 mins) of settling down, Nina got heaps Tue-Sat 7:15 PM, Sun 6:15 PM (55 mins) 7:10 PM (50 mins) Farnham. TICKETS suggestions, each show is a brand- of speeding fines, lost her driver's wwww - Time Out TICKETS TICKETS Full $30, Conc $27 TICKETS TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 Full $24, Conc $19 TICKETS new puzzle for you to unravel. Your licence 4 times and owed thousands "Poolside is absurdist comedy at its Cheap Tuesday $25, Group 6+ $25 Wed & Thu: $20 Full $20, Conc $18 Group 6+ $20 "sweet, sweet comedy... polished Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $25, Conc $22 Preview $25 (23 Sept) votes decide who lives, who dies and Fri & Sat: $25 of dollars to the government. She Cheap Tuesday $15, Group 6+ $15 finest" - Arts Review Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 4+ $20 and perfected to the second" - Pop Discounts: Fringe Dweller who will be unmasked as the killer - Sun: Full $22, Conc $18 also became a black-market taxi Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge "Coleman creates characters which Preview $20 (19 Sept) Culture-Y WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY so no mystery is the same! Cheap Tuesday $18 driver, delivered a cargo of drugs are tear-inducingly funny" - Pop Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $15 Tara Fox, Meerna Yousif and Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge across the state and fell in love. Culture-Y Maddison Verduci melbournefringe.com.au "A laugh-out-loud, rollicking good "And so a cult is born" - Chortle 12 – 29 2019 Sept show; who knew murder could be so WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRESENTED BY entertaining?" - The Plus Ones Nina Oyama Phonies M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 46 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 47 PUPPETRY STORY TELLING PHYSICAL THEATRE STAND UP MUSICAL THEATRE SKETCH PUPPET JAM Rise & Shine Safety Banana Speckie vs Normie Super Elusive Tandem LOVE, DEATH... PUPPETS Renee Baker feels like she's never The story of a solo female Eliza Thomas is Autistic and Queer, Condom: The Musical 'Tandem' is a solo sketch show in truly been seen, which makes sense Wendy Torbet is a neurotypical two parts. In that sense, it's a duo Cry, laugh, and wee a little bit as traveler backpacking around It's the future. Super aggressive STIs considering her job. straight married mother. Eliza is sketch show. But in another very you question everything you thought the world have taken over the human race and capable of plugging in a USB stick important sense, it's an answer to you knew about puppetry in this turned 90% of the population into Renee is the token female co-host Safety Banana is a one woman show first try, even in the dark. Wendy can the question: How can two people irreverent comedy cabaret. sex-crazed zombies. There's only on Gold Coast breakfast radio show, that will take you on a journey to the answer the phone without having one thing that can save them: our work in tandem? Derek and Kieran "Rise & Shine With Benno and realisation that "it's OK to be you". an existential crisis. Their different each have their comedic styles A motley crew of passionate two heroes must journey forth in Dale". Being a radio presenter was Be immersed in a playful, powerful skill sets make them an unstoppable and sensibilities, but how can puppeteers, capricious clowns, and search of the Super Elusive Condom! always Renee's dream. Although and hilarious world where being force... but for what? these co-exist? There will be some eccentric drag performers apply their in her dream she got to speak confident, single and yourself is OK. sketch, some music, some improv, skill and humour to love, death and This is an abridged version of a more, she didn't get told off for not "caters for people of all mental FRINGE HUB but all fun. everything in between! This show is brand-new Aussie musical, featuring THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - wearing make-up at 4 AM, and there THE MELBA - SAWTOOTH Hanger is so real I travel with a safety CAZ REITOPS DIRTY SECRETS shapes and sizes." wwwww FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - for the child you suppressed when all original music and starring Riley 140 Lygon St, Carlton VAULT 10 definitely wasn't as much Katy Perry. STUDIO banana at the end of my bed. Believe 80 Smith St, Collingwood Tulpa Magazine. EVATT ROOM VAULT 11 In this Australian premiere split-bill 8:15 PM (60 mins) you became an adult, who still wets Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 35 Johnston St, Collingwood Wed, Thu 7:30 PM, Fri, Sat 6:15 PM Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Nottingham (Metro Sexual, Gilligan's Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne me when I say it's gotten me through "Originality and blistering wit." show, Derek Wilson and Kieran Boyd the bed when you get drunk. 7:40 PM (50 mins) 8:30 PM (45 mins) (45 mins) Tue-Sat 7:15 PM, Sun 6:15 PM (50 mins) Island: The Musical) and Belinda 7:10 PM (50 mins) Renee's life seems like a blur of thick and thin. I've had some crazy Rip It Up. will present original comedy that is TICKETS Jenkin (50 Shades! The Musical, The Full $28, Conc $22 TICKETS soundbites, prank calls, and dodgy TICKETS adventures, but s**t's about to get TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS sure to make you smile, and maybe Come get sticky with us! Gathering). Group 6+ $20 Full $20, Conc $17 second-hand car commercials, until Full $25, Conc $20 real because I'm recently 30 and Full $19, Conc $16 There will be a dedicated pillow-fort Full $20, Conc $18 Full $20, Conc $17 even teach you a little something Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 4+ $17.50 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge been put on the shelf by my family. Group 6+ $14 Cheap Tuesday $16, Group 4+ $18 Group 4+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge a mysterious phone call inspires her Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge for audience members who may feel Preview $18 (12 Sept) Preview $15 (11 Sept) about friendship along the way. PRESENTED BY to orchestrate a plan to convince anxious sitting in relentless rows Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge PERFORMED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge The Puppetsmithery people to finally start listening. PERFORMED BY of unforgiving chairs. Some chairs Riley Nottingham & Belinda Jenkin Jacinda Patty CREATED AND PERFORMED BY will be provided for "normies" who WRITTEN BY Jhess Knight, Jess Davie, Jet WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY insist on grown-upping everywhere Brian White, Riley Nottingham & DIRECTED BY Phoenix, Anna Thomson, and guests Katherine Allan Three Feet Rising they go. Georgina Love Indiana Kiely

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STAND UP THEATRE PUPPETRY THEATRE SATIRE THEATRE Scout Boxall: Good Seabaths Showko: Occasions That's So Hospo The Briefing The Final Hours Hour Egg It takes a village to raise a Kooky Japanese comedy! A show made by people in A press briefing with "Curl yourselves up with a nice cozy mug of tea. If you don't have tea, Scout's mum once watched child, but what if you're stuck Hilariously off-beat ventriloquist hospitality for people in America's (second) most just a mug of water. If you don't have Amelie and decided to give Scout with the village idiots? Showko and her team of quirky hospitality. notorious liar COMEDY water, just a mug. If you don't have a COMEDY a quirky blunt fringe and bob puppets turn the spotlight on life's Sandy cheeks, bubble 'o' bills and Melbourne, the mecca of the hipster, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the mug, just your hopes and dreams will haircut, condemning her kid to special occasions. From first dates having a cheeky wee in the pool. the capital of the cappuccino, the former White House Press Secretary do. If you don't have those... Anyway, three formative years of living down to funerals, from moving house to keeper of the keep cups. and Trump's most trusted truth- here's a song." the nickname "egg head". Since Comedian Taylor Griffiths paints honeymoons - there's even a sitcom twister. Now that she's left her post, then, Scout has embraced their starring a life-size inflatable doll. a picture of coastal NSW in 2005 Juniper starts her first hospitality join her on the Australian leg of her Tune in, if you can, to The Final high forehead, capitalised on self- Think: Nina Conti meets Mighty and the adults that taught her what job so that she can save money, global propaganda tour for an event Hours Hour: the world's best, and deprecating humour and reclaimed Boosh via Hello Kitty. FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB not to do. FRINGE HUB how hard could pouring a beer and that is part character stand-up and perhaps only, radio show. The the word "egg" as a gender-neutral FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - serving a table be? UNIVERSAL RESTAURANT part improvised Q&A. Bring your THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - world has ended, and one lone soul term of endearment. wwwww Glam Adelaide EVATT ROOM LIBRARY "The winning Taylor Griffiths quite MUSIC ROOM VAULT 11 141 Lygon St, Carlton questions! THEATRETTE surviving in a bunker presents a Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton wwww1/2 Herald Sun Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 9:30 PM (60 mins) 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North stole the show, in many ways, This is a hospo show made by hospo capsule of life to anyone listening Tue-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 7:30 PM (60 mins) Bringing their unique blend of sketch, Tue-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) Sun 5:15 PM, Tue-Sat 6:15 PM (55 mins) wwww The Advertiser 9:30 PM (60 mins) 8:00 PM (60 mins) needing only one word or change people for hospo people showing American expat Melissa McGlensey through the very dead air. clown, stand-up and low-fi, prop- wwww TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS of facial expression to bring forth a TICKETS Great Scott! TICKETS you there is a light at the end of the Full $25, Conc $20 sifts through the dumpster fire of TICKETS heavy misandry to the stage, this is Full $34, Conc $28 Full $18, Conc $15 huge laugh"- The Funny Tonne Full $26, Conc $22 Free - bookings essential tunnel...Oh wait no, that is just the Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge daily news from her home country in Full $21, Conc $18 The Final Hours Hour is a solo Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $25 Scout's first solo show. It's going to Preview $15 (12 Sept) Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $22 morning light dawning through those this brand new one-woman show. Group 6+ $15 Preview $25 (12 Sept) be a cracking time. Discounts: Fringe Dweller Preview $20 (22 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge comedy play about loneliness, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge grimey windows. apocalypse, and the small moments WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY of mundane joy that we find to Scout Boxall Taylor Griffiths Showko Showfuketei Melissa McGlensey counteract them both. Also: onions. PRODUCED BY DIRECTED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Hot Mess Productions Ben Russell Janet A McLeod Adam Hembree Ben Volchok

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USA STAND UP THEATRE STAND UP CLOWNING SKETCH Simon Taylor Sir Robert's Sporting The Joy of Working The Living Room The Other Side with Is a Super Funny Boy Legends with Children and A Comedy of Grief Vicky and Dawn "His delivery is so finely tuned that Bob Franklin's award- Other Lies These Accountants of Death work Hot takes don't stop just he scores belly laughs each time" winning character returns in Josh Webb, Billie Duncan and Nick tirelessly to record the death toll. because your heart did. - The Age Confined to The Living Room, the a brand new show. O'Connell are three of Melbourne's Vicky and Dawn are two wild and occupational hazards wear on funniest comedians, who also quick-witted talk show hosts, but "Well-rounded comedy is intelligent When Sir Robert is engaged for these two clowns as they learn the happen to be three of Melbourne's alas, they're dead. The worst part? and thought provoking." a fundraising dinner to present meaning of life and death. An absurd most professional teachers (who've Due to legal obligations, they are - West Australian flattering profiles of several and physical jaunt brimming with definitely never put on a video still contracted to be the hosts of Australian sporting legends, things existential phone calls, impaired don't quite go to plan. because they were hungover). They'll their late night program, "The Other "Smart and engrossing from FRINGE HUB answer every question you have dancing and the love of a goldfish. beginning to end." Side". Through their powers of THE KODIAK CLUB - LITTLE FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - Best Comedy Award Winner, COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM about teaching. Is my child gifted? THE BUTTERFLY CLUB TIC: SWANSTON ghostly persuasion (and the tender BLOOD - Time Out EVATT ROOM 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne The Living Room rides the very fine 502/37 Swanston St, Melbourne Melbourne Fringe 2018 (No) Do teachers judge my parenting act of bodily possession), these 272 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 7:35 PM (50 mins) skills? (Yes) Will there be a test 8:30 PM (60 mins) line between comedy and tragedy. 6:30 PM (50 mins) 8:30 PM (50 mins) wwww 1/2 - The Music Tue-Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 5:00 PM (50 mins) Employing physical and absurdist two firecrackers are back in the TICKETS after? (Maybe) TICKETS TICKETS wwww 1/2 - Time Out Best Comedy Show of the Year theatre techniques, this show leaves broadcasting business, stronger and TICKETS TICKETS Award Winner, Sunday Age, 2011 Full $15, Conc $10 Full $35, Conc $31 Full $17, Conc $15 deader than ever! $20 wwww 1/2 - The Advertiser Full $26, Conc $22 Group 4+ $12.50 The perfect show for anyone who is a Group 6+ $28 the audience laughing and crying Group 6+ $12 wwwww - Adelaide Radio Cheap Tuesday $22, Group 6+ $22 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and thrust out into the night to Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge teacher, parent or former child. This sketch comedy show will prove wwwww - The Age Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge ponder it all. that you don't need to be alive to live Print, mail, campaigns and logistics. www.DhaliDati.com your best life. melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept PRESENTED BY PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY sturnbull@finsbury.com.au Josh Webb, Billie Duncan and Nick CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Simon Taylor Bob Franklin O'Connell Amrita Dhaliwal & Gemma Soldati Katie Currie and Heather Claypoole

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Post-Brexit, MI6's budget Roger Seahorse are keeping the would you do different? have NOT joined evil forces to record has been cut to the bone, but they beauty pageant dream alive, right Veteran NZ comedian Dan Brader They think they might be friends. An an album. The Singing Feminazis need a new agent in Berlin. Out-of- here in Melbourne. Their lifelong brings an hour of blistering, no idea explored through sketch, stand A Special Agent, must dismantle master musical timing and genre to work comedian Tom Skelton has mission to show the true power punches pulled, hilarious story up and musical comedy. This is a a bomb in the office that only has create comedy, with spicy characters 'seasoned abilities as an improviser' of pageantry is culminating in this telling about a difficult Father and an test to see if the friendship is worth a couple minutes until detonation! and acoustic instruments manifesting (Chortle), makes things up as he very prestigious, glamorous and equally difficult Son to the Melbourne pitching to the ABC. However every time it explodes, a spiritually punk outlook. They goes along, speaks 'ein bisschen completely self-funded affair. Fringe Festival. he finds himself in a time loop, put a spin on the 'angry feminist' Deutsch', and is registered blind repeating the same scenario over and 'fragile snowflake millennial' (who'd suspect a blind spy?). A Le FRINGE HUB A children's beauty pageant that is It's about his tempestuous and and over again! stereotypes by inviting laughter at all Carré-On character comedy thriller FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD most definitely not for children. CAZ REITOPS DIRTY SECRETS comical relationship with his grumpy UNIVERSAL RESTAURANT COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM the serious stuff, without punching unfolds as Tom wanders blindly COUNCIL CHAMBERS 80 Smith St, Collingwood cynical businessman Dad. His Dad 141 Lygon St, Carlton 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne 140 Lygon St, Carlton This outrageous comedy will have 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Wed, Thu, Sun 7:30 PM, Fri, Sat 6:15 PM 7:00 PM (60 mins) down. The Singing Feminazis deal 9:45 PM (50 mins) 9:30 PM (60 mins) 6:30 PM (60 mins) into Berlin's dark underbelly of "Victoria Beauvoir and Roger thinks he's a "no good stinkin' loser you laughing on the edge of your seat Tue-Sat 9:00 PM, Sun 8:00 PM (60 mins) (60 mins) with contemporary feminist issues espionage, betrayal and currywurst. Seahorse are completely and comedian" and Dan thinks his Dad is TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS throughout. With its over-the-top TICKETS such as body shaming, slut shaming, 'Deliciously talented' (Guardian). TICKETS undeniably responsible for ruining my TICKETS a right wing bully! Full $20, Conc $15 Full $22, Conc $18.50 Full $25, Conc $20 characters and hilarious script, Full $20, Conc $15 masturbation and men's rights 'An extremely clever one-man show Full $22, Conc $20 life" - Beatrice, 8. Full $15, Conc $12 Who's right? Who wins? Is it a draw Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $17.50 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge you're in for an explosive show. Group 6+ $12.50 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $18 Group 4+ $8 or do they both lose... activists. Using song parodies, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge that cries out for a bigger stage' Preview $18 (21 Sept) Preview $10 (11 Sept) original music, sketch comedy, wwww (EdFestMag). 'Skelton Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge The Pageant is performed and Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge clowning and storytelling this show is fucking funny' wwww (Funny created by Patrick Dwyer and Laura There's also a surreal but heart- CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY rips the patriarchy to shreds. Tonne). Trenerry (one third of The Travelling warming story about his beloved Annie Lumsden and Lena Moon Jason Ekonomides Granny Doris that's been a hit with Sisters - Winner Best Comedy CREATED AND PERFORMED BY MENTOR STARRING CREATED AND PERFORMED BY audiences all over New Zealand. Melbourne Fringe 2017). Carrie Henschell and Chloe Garrett Michelle Brasier Jason Ekonomides Tom Skelton

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SKETCH SKETCH STAND UP IMPROV SKETCH ABSURDIST The subtle art of The Travelling Sisters: This Is Not A Drill! TriAngel UHT: Bab Crabulous UHT: Kung-fu Man online dating Thy Thus 'Twas A comedy night fundraiser The totally-made-up true and the Dinosaur Presented at UHT's Guild Hub Have you ever wondered what it From the red dust of the Queensland Malthouse Theatre is assembling story of the rise, fall and Dilemma Kung-fu Man is a play-within-a-play. would be like to experience the fun plains, comes three unsuspecting an entourage of the most red-hot rebirth of a music sensation It captures a Chinese theatre's COMEDY Presented at UHT's Guild Hub COMEDY and fab world of online dating? thespians in the making. Balls deep fringe comedians to bring you an Bananarama. Destiny's Child. Little production of Fist of Fury. However, It is the year 3000 and the world is in in inspiration and with too much time unmissable one-night-only fiesta of Mix. Every generation has sung into the sound operator vanishes before chaos, but Bab Crabulous and their Come on this wonderful journey and on their hands, Darryl, Vinnie and #lolz for a cause. Raising dollars for a hairbrush and danced around their the show, and the only backup is ragtag team have a time machine experience the highs and lows of how Berrick join forces to create the show our mates, all proceeds from ticket room to an It-girl group. Inspired drunk. Actors and actresses have to and a plan to fix everything. to navigate the modern-day quest of of their dreams. As someone very sales will be donated to Melbourne by the internet-breaking news of adapt to the circumstances over the finding the ideal partner. famous once said - "All the world's Fringe via an oversized cheque*. the Spice Girls reunion, TriAngel chaotic sounds. Leave your expectations of traditional FRINGE HUB a stage, and all the men shall play FRINGE HUB is a rollicking improvised musical Or not. all the parts". The flame of theatre sketch comedy at home, as this is a THE BUTTERFLY CLUB FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - MALTHOUSE THEATRE Alarmingly low-fi and subversive, this FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - documentary about an all-female GUILD THEATRE GUILD THEATRE Founded in 1993, Melbourne roving show! Follow the team from 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne QUILT ROOM burns in the belly of the boys. Come 113 Sturt St, Southbank is going to be one hilarious hot mess MUSIC ROOM pop trio's tumultuous rise to fame. Level 1, Union House, University of Level 1, Union House, University of University Chinese Theatre Group location to location, helping them to 10:00 PM (60 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton and feel the heat. 7:00 PM (90 mins) that you don't want to miss. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Expect saucy gossip, awkward group Melbourne, Parkville Melbourne, Parkville (MUCTG) aims to advocate and Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (55 mins) Thu, Fri 5:00 PM, solve clues and save the world on Thu, Fri 9:30 PM, Sat 8:15 PM (50 mins) choreography and unforgettable, spread traditional Chinese culture in TICKETS Created by Lucy Fox, Laura Trenerry, TICKETS Sat 1:00 PM & 5:00 PM (75 mins) this incredible mission. Full $35, Conc $31 TICKETS $15 *Because, comedy. TICKETS booty-shaking hits, all paying tribute TICKETS Australia. We strive to provide the Group 6+ $28 Full $24, Conc $22 Ell Sachs and Kimberley Twiner. Discounts: Fringe Binge Full $24, Conc $21 to the joy and obsession of fandom. TICKETS Full $14.50, Conc $12.50 chance for students to perform on Discounts: Fringe Dweller Cheap Tuesday $22, Group 4+ $20 "Give us your money (please)" - Cheap Tuesday $21, Group 6+ $21 Full $20, Conc $15 Group 6+ $13 the stage and develop their creativity Preview $20 (12 Sept) WINNER Best Comedy Show at Simon Abrahams Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $10 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge through performing. This show is Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Melbourne Fringe 2017 Amanda Buckley, Amy Moule and PRESENTED BY performed in Mandarin with English NOMINEES Best Newcomer at Candice D'Arcy The Mudcrabs surtitles. Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017 PRESENTED BY MUSIC BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY Malthouse Theatre Jamie Burgess Finn Lloyd and Iszzy Williamson MUCTG

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SKETCH SKETCH STAND UP “BOLD, CONFIDENT, Update: no update Waiting for Combo Wasp Movie IN-YOUR-FACE CIRCUS THAT Not-a-real-update update Two cinema snack bar employees, Every once in a while someone TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL” trapped working an endless shift. comes into your life who changes What's the update? The update is: As the special midnight screening everything... no update. And that's good news. I runs on for eternity, these isolated mean, name a good update? I'll hold. FRINGE FEED eccentrics turn to their own minds ...and sometimes that someone is a See. No good. By that logic, 'Update: to pass the time - converting swarm of angry wasps. PHAT no update' won't be bad. Stay tuned. their workplace into a cinematic We'll provide further updates. wonderland. Or is it a nightmare? Nikki Viveca was looking forward to life in her cute new house. That was 'Richards leaves an audience Join Caitlyn Staples (Best Comedy until the wasps moved in. Would she laughing their heads off' wwww Nominee with Hit By A Blimp, Fringe FRINGE HUB be able to get along with her stripy - BEAT MAGAZINE CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - TIC: SWANSTON 2017) and Scott Limbrick (Comedy FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY new housemates, or even learn to VAULT 10 502/37 Swanston St, Melbourne Central UK; Soho Theatre Young LIBRARY love them? Or was she just going to Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 'Funny sketches and his personality 7:45 PM (55 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton CAB Company) as they tear through the be running round screaming a lot? 8:50 PM (50 mins) shines through' Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (60 mins) TICKETS silver screen with a tasty combo of - POP-CULTURE Y TICKETS $15 sketches, songs and characters! TICKETS Join Nikki (The Lazy Show, Asexual Full $20, Conc $17 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $25, Conc $20 Healing) as she spins a slightly Group 6+ $14 Group 6+ $20 Preview $15 (17, 18 Sept) Free popcorn on admission. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge terrifying true tale into comedy for Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge your amusement in this classic girl- WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY meets-wasp story. Caitlyn Staples and Scott Limbrick melbournefringe.com.au CLUB 12 – 29 2019 Sept PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY SEPTEMBER 12-28 Willem Richards Tiana Hogben Nikki Viveca M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S THE MELBA SPIEGELTENT 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AFTER PARTIES ON SATURDAYS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 50 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 51 BURLESQUE STAND UP IMPROV What's That Smell? Where are you from Will it Juice? SERIOUSLY, SOMEONE from? No plan. No scripts. No backup. CRACK A WINDOW. Lee Ton is an Actor, Husband & Will it Juice? Go on an adventure with your Father. Before all of that he was Asian and he wants to tell his story favourite stupid and sexy duo, Slinky They're here to say Yes! & Kinky Malinki. of growing up in Australia between two cultures. Join nine of Melbourne's juiciest Combining comedy and burlesque, improvisers as they turn your Growing up in the commission strap in and on for a series of suggestion into an hour of joy-filled, housing of Richmond, dealing with sketch(y) routines that will be sure to raucous silliness right on the spot. make you confusingly horny. parents adjusting to Australia, trying to fit in at school, getting married THE BUTTERFLY CLUB STORYVILLE THE BURROW - STUDIO 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne 185 Lonsdale St, Melbourne and having kids have given him a 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 10:00 PM (60 mins) 6:00 PM (45 mins) story to tell and he can't wait to 10:00 PM (60 mins) share it with you. TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS Full $35, Conc $31 Full $18, Conc $15 Full $18, Conc $15 Group 6+ $28 Group 4+ $17.50 Group 6+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Binge

PRODUCED AND PERFORMED BY Slinky & Kinky Malinki WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Slinky & Kinky Malinki Lee Ton Beth Lepley

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CAN STAND UP STORY TELLING STORY TELLING CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY Yelling At Racist Dogs You Can Do Anything You're a Good Man, A Study of Being Baby Boy But Why The Australian tradition that Is human-powered flight possible? Doctor Pirate 8 subjects in a clinical space Lee is a boy girl girl boy boy. Lee Austinmer Dance Theatre - has always existed Can anyone become a millionaire? For Gillian English's 30th birthday, contemplate their own significance. feels mostly boy. They often feel Double Bill What happens if you attempt time her mother got her a session with a neither quite works. COMEDY Yelling At Racist Dogs (YARD) is Why is it that they came into 'being'? Former Sydney Dance Company travel based on advice you found on famous astrologer. A prediction was the anti-racist direct action group Lee is dancing. The dance is dancer, Mortimer Eipper's the internet? made, a prophecy was revealed, and & all-Australian way of life founded Is there a greater significance to constantly forming and reforming. "Pastiching Tetsuo" is a Westerner's a series of events set in motion that by Sean Bedlam and Tom Tanuki, This comedy storytelling show is one 'being'? Childhood memories unfold into tribute to the Japanese practice of would change Gillian's life forever. making headlines and displeasing man's attempt to find out. bodily confusion, ambiguity, drag Anime. A reworked, reinterpreted mix racists since 2017, curating fun & Or do they as 'beings' just simply and match of some of Japan's most Do we control our fate, or is it written and campy theatrics. Lee stumbles recording direct-hit yells targeted This hilarious true story will take exist? influential pop-cultured artefacts, in the stars? Are we destined to live through their issues surrounding at racist filth. YARD instigated the FRINGE HUB you on a journey through a world this work aims to shape new worlds out a fairy tale, or will the gravity of gender and performative versions CAFE GUMMO protest that gave us Eggboy. Some FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - of amateur space flight, emojis, COOPERS INN - SMALL ROOM DANCEHOUSE - UPSTAIRS TEMPERANCE HALL DANCEHOUSE - SYLVIA STAEHLI that are familiar but unique and reality bring us crashing back down of self. They continue to mix, 711 High St, Thornbury ignoramuses ask - is Yelling At Racist EVATT ROOM democracy sausages, tuk tuks, and 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne STUDIO 199 Napier St, South Melbourne unpick and repair modes of moving, THEATRE discordant yet structured. Forté's 8:30 PM (60 mins) 8:40 PM (50 mins) to earth? 8:00 PM (50 mins) Dogs just as bad as racism? We yell Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton various other misadventures. 150 Princes St, Carlton North exploring the lived experience of 150 Princes St, Carlton North "Life Interrupted" explores the at them. At the YARD live show you Tue-Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 5:00 PM (60 mins) 8:00 PM (50 mins) Thu-Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 6:00 PM (60 mins) Australian Women's prison system TICKETS TICKETS wwwww - The Age TICKETS Queerness through the body as an Full $20, Conc $15 will learn YARD history, techniques, TICKETS This show is a celebration of geeky Full $25, Conc $20 TICKETS Full $20, Conc $18 empathetic pathway into chaos, loss TICKETS and the effects of incarceration on Group 6+ $15 philosophy and meet its heroes Ned Full $20, Conc $17 obsessions and the weird and Group 6+ $20 Full $25, Conc $20 CHOREOGRAPHED BY and play, unaware of the inevitable Full $25, Conc $20 the greater community by delving Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 4+ $17 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 10+ $18 YELLy, YELLson MandYELLa, Missy wonderful places they can take you. Kayla Douglas final eruption. further into the use of text combined YELLiot, Dame Nellie YELLba. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge with abstract dance. CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY CHOREOGRAPHED BY Sean Bedlam & Tom Tanuki Adrien Tucker, Angus Syben, Damian Lee Osmond Cass Mortimer Eipper Meredith, Kaitlin Malone, Larissa PRODUCED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Anthony, Michaela Tancheff, Nikki PRESENTED BY CHOREOGRAPHED BY Jo Bain Julian O'Shea Gillian English Tarling, Sarah McCrorie Temperance Hall and Lee Osmond Michelle Forte

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SITE SPECIFIC DEVISED Cabin Fever Crackpipe Dreaming She camps on the fringes, picking An experimental performance through the scorched remains of a installation piece about how broken family, wringing her hands drugs - namely crystal meth - has over wrongdoing and non-machine weaved its way into the First Nations BECOME A washable fabrics. community. It explores the idea of escapism from this imposed trauma Set in a 1978 Viscount Explorer and oppression of Indigenous people, caravan for a maximum of eight and finds comparisons between TIME OUT INSIDER audience members, Cabin Fever is a paranoid psychotic hallucinations, danced eulogy. and the heightened state of spiritual FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB awakening through culture and Keep up with the best Melbourne FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL Expect to move and be moved in this FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - connection to our source of creation. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton half hour encounter with a woman MEETING ROOM Are voids being filled, where there 17 Sept 6:30 PM only Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton restaurants, bars and events by Tues - Sat 6:30 PM, 7:30 PM & 8:30 PM, contemplating escape. Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) once existed a spiritual anchorage Sun 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM (30 mins) through cultural expression? Is signing up to Time Out’s weekly TICKETS addiction and madness an outcome TICKETS Full $20, Conc $10 of oneself lacking a fully completed Full $20, Conc $18.50 Group 10+ $10 newsletter – your ultimate guide Cheap Tuesday $14.50 Discounts: Fringe Binge identity? Crackpipe Dreaming sifts Preview $14.50 (17 Sept) through these themes and questions for things to do in Melbourne. Discounts: Fringe Dweller CREATED AND PERFORMED BY through movement, dialogue and Dianne Reid melbournefringe.com.au installation work. 12 – 29 2019 Sept MUSIC BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Stuart Day Jack Sheppard TIMEOUT.COM/MELBOURNE M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 52 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 53 NPL EXPERIMENTAL CONTEMPORARY THEATRE HYBRID WORKSHOP CONTEMPORARY Dark Points Doors Shut ELEPHANT GOD Into-Me-See JunkPractice Moments Prepare for the decay and Three collaborators are stuck A showcase of Trans- A slapstick adventure with a hint of presented by Coburg 'Moments' is an original dance and disintegration of the environment in a moment and they can't Himalayan cultural dance, circus and touch a cabaret. Carnivale physical theatre piece that visits and around you. A lattice articulated get out of it. drama, music and comedy. explores significant moments we through movement and sound. A train pulls away from the station this is a class experience throughout our lives and Dark Points will immerse you in a Alice, Will and Caroline have died. Six blind persons sense a beast and a lone passenger is left with a elation & energy how they affect us. landscape exploring the fragmentary in the forest. A speaking tree mysterious bag. What's inside the some unauthorised yoga nature of our perception. In Hell, they must take a long hard Goddess informs them that there is bag unravels a tale of the lives we maybe chi-gong? Moments blends dance, physical introspective look at themselves. a gentle elephant in front of them. lead, the many hats we wear and shaking theatre, music and voice. The To have the bad times you have to All of them begin speculating and who we dream ourselves to be. At its breathing cast of nine performers, led by have the good. Hell is a play acted by dancers with imagining what an elephant is. Their heart it's a story of what we carry, fake sleeping choreographer Madeline Pratt, utilise you in the audience. imagination ranges from taking what we keep inside, what we let out chamomile tea in your their talents along this sensory MYCELIUM STUDIOS Dark Points is the debut work of TEMPERANCE HALL ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - the animal as human beings, as THE MELBA - SPIEGELTENT and what we leave behind. COBURG COURT HOUSE nescafé CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL journey to warm your heart, while 10-12 Moreland Rd, Brunswick East DIE ANGLE (Thalia Livingstone and 199 Napier St, South Melbourne THEATRE 2 constitution, as nationalism, as 35 Johnston St, Collingwood 1A Main St, Coburg self-care has its issues 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran making you laugh, cry and think. 8:00 PM (60 mins) 6:30 PM (50 mins) Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda momo, as someone's girl or boy 4:30 PM & 6:30 PM (45 mins) 23 - 28 Sept Thu, Sat 7:00 PM, Fri 9:00 PM (60 mins) Mitchell Mackintosh). 2:00 PM & 6:30 PM (60 mins) A highly visual, witty and moving See website for session times TICKETS TICKETS friend, as a God, deconstruction, TICKETS physical theatre performance take off your shoes TICKETS Full $25, Conc $15 Full $20, Conc $18 TICKETS nihilism, and so on. Full $25, Conc $18 presented by artists with diverse TICKETS or leave them on Full $29 Full $20, Conc $15 Group 6+ $20 abilities that will leave you in stitches Free (i invite you) Group 6+ $24 CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Group 6+ $10 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge x Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and tears all at once! Alice Dixon, Caroline Meaden, CREATED BY William McBride and Mark Wilson DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIE ANGLE Subarna Kumar Thapa BoilOver Performance Ensemble PRESENTED BY PRODUCED BY Temperance Hall and Alice Will CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY CREATED BY CHOREOGRAPHED BY Tom Backhaus Caroline feat. Mark Krishna Bhakta Maharjan Carmen Maddison Jayson Patterson Madeline Pratt

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Nations (Victoria), told with explores an unstable world at its practices that female identifying two works by Erik Satie, 'Vexations' around us. dance. Stories that tell of the tipping point. Disconnected from the bodies engage with, in their working and 'Furniture Music', mixed with an Muse is a triple bill show with an natural world - how do we reengage lives. episode of 'I've Got A Secret' from What is it to live alongside the exploratory look into the brain's night spirits. The lights we with the body? 1960s American TV. It questions smallest and most resilient life- ability to protect, survive and create. shouldn't follow. The places The exhibition forms an archive endurance, spectatorship, and value. forms, acknowledging and learning we shouldn't swim. The Within a humane sensation of reality, DANCE DANCE A highly physical work, Eyes Wide of women's stories and aims to Made for multiple performers, 'Group from their 3.8 billion years? things we should not move. 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Address provided upon booking, Brunswick the microscope to better understand CENTRE - THE SKYDECK characters with stylistic Alexandra Ave, Melbourne 344 Swanston St, Melbourne 8:00 PM (30 mins) 7:30 PM (20 mins) 7:00 PM (3 hrs) HERE we should all know so we can Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton The archive incorporates film, Performed by Kara Burdack, Deanne and question how this impacts our 318 Chapel St (Enter via Carlton St), Prahran choreography, join us as we embark Thu-Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 7:00 PM (50 mins) 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7:00 PM (90 mins) on a journey through the mind and traverse on Kulin Country and keep photography and live performance of TICKETS Butterworth, Ben Hurley, Michaela TICKETS relationship to the natural world TICKETS the spirits happy and ourselves safe. TICKETS TICKETS Full $20, Conc $18 Full $16, Conc $14 TICKETS its complexity that creates our own Full $25, Conc $15 choreography and dance. Ottone & Oliver Savariego. Sound by more broadly. This solo performance This is a cultural interaction piece. Full $28, Conc $22 Free Michael Munson. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge combines dance with sound by Full $18.50, Conc $15 individual sense of reality. Group 6+ $20 Group 4+ $22 Group 6+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge A journey of spirit. Be prepared. Be Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge NOTES Perth-based experimental musician, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Mob tickets: Free - bookings essential Afraid. Be Brave! Come and go as you please CHOREOGRAPHED BY Alex Turner, to offer a textural sense Additional dates available from 5 - 7 CREATED AND DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Deanne Butterworth of living alongside microorganisms September, see website for details. PRESENTED BY Aimee Schollum Sofie Burgoyne Herding Cats Management & Events PRESENTED BY with humility and appreciation, in PRESENTED BY SOUND DESIGN IN COLLABORATION WITH Temperance Hall and Deanne contrast to floating above on a man- The Space Dance and Arts Centre PRODUCED BY Tamara Violet Partridge Tess Campbell Butterworth made plastic throne. F.I.I.T Students Amos Roach

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CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IMMERSIVE DEVISED Home(s) ICARUS If I Don't Understand Not Working Together Ophelia Pink Matter 'Home(s)' unravels our experiences Driven by an obsession to harness You -Thomas 24/05 21:50 Hamlet done differently lips, fingernails and vaginas as second-generation immigrants the sun's power, Icarus travels to its What if we don't work together? We IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU is Ophelia is an immersive experience too in Australia. By delving into the centre, discovering an energy beyond work concurrently, yet independently, a new performance for six that based on one of the most famous complexity of our identities, this comprehension. Only in death can it between the two cities we live? What "Pink Matter" is an interdisciplinary attempts to decipher how we are narratives. performance work combining dance, dance work investigates our sense be truly understood. with others; forever separate and if our work collides, co-exists & of belonging at the crossroads of momentarily aligns? Let's? visual theatre and live music to inseparable in the world. Inspired by William Shakespeare's diverse cultural influences. This contemporary adaption of the -Toby 24/05/2019 21:50 interrogate pink narratives and their Hamlet, the story takes place from classic Greek Myth journeys into the Desires/Plans: I would like to sing implications regarding female and Negotiating the dance between the the perspective of Ophelia and Bringing together artists from mind and thoughts of Icarus, using songs alone at a keyboard. I would queer experience. hopeful desire to be understood gives our audience a different view contemporary dance, street dance an interplay of dance, music, vocals, like to mention coincidences & other "Pink Matter" presents a world and the potential disaster of towards the whole story through an of pink, not completely unlike the and experimental music, this bold visuals and fashion. misunderstanding, the performance kinds of magic. I would like to tell DANCEHOUSE - SYLVIA STAEHLI CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL TEMPERANCE HALL TRELOARLAND RMIT FIRST SITE GALLERY eccentric ordeal. DANCEHOUSE - SYLVIA STAEHLI one we live in. It is a world where a collaboration pushes boundaries recognises the intrinsic indefinitive stories- real & fictional. THEATRE to identify who we are as cultural 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran 199 Napier St, South Melbourne 87a Albert St (2nd Door - Side Lane), // Woodman's choreography reveals RMIT Storey Hall Basement, 344 Swanston THEATRE 12-and-a-half-year-old has her first Sun 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM, 6:30 PM (40 mins) and slippery nature of choreography. Brunswick St, Melbourne 150 Princes St, Carlton North beings and as artists. a human & not-so-human in flux, 150 Princes St, Carlton North sexual experience with a pink rose. Thu, Fri 8:00 PM, Fri 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM (50 mins) Thu, Fri 8:00 PM, 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM (40 mins) 7:00 PM (55 mins) Where a group of women find a baby Sat 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM (45 mins) TICKETS Sat 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM (50 mins) with a split attention, embodying TICKETS Full $20, Conc $18 and imagining. Graham's songs TICKETS TICKETS in a field of pink grass. It is a world TICKETS Full $30, Conc $25 TICKETS explore a compassionate relationship Full $15, Conc $7.50 Full $25, Conc $20 of pink lips, sunsets, exotic fish, and Full $25, Conc $20 Group 6+ $25 Full $15, Conc $10 Group 10+ $9 Group 6+ $22 raspberry cruisers thrown up on your Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge with the world & a curiosity about Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge DIRECTED AND CREATED BY the subconscious. 'Not Working 15th birthday. We are born from pink Jennifer Ma DIRECTED BY Together' presents this choreography DIRECTED BY and we are made of pink. Dudi Zvedeniuk Aim Nattha Sangboon melbournefringe.com.au CREATED AND PERFORMED BY & music simultaneously. CREATED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept David Leupolu, Jennifer Ma, Kaitlin CHOREOGRAPHED BY PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN BY Beth Raywood Cross, Stella Webster Malone, Nak Assa Sarah Carinci Temperance Hall and Shelley Lasica Thomas Woodman & Toby Graham Abdul Gazi and Diane Pereira

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PHYSICAL THEATRE FR NZ EXPERIMENTAL CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY COMEDY PROMENADE STORY TELLING & SLUTS LIKE US Surge The Right A Quintet For One Ancient Shrines and Anthropocene Filthy Female Fantasies 'Surge' is a contemporary dance It's all show Human Half Truths COME WITH US NOW ON A performance that explores the JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND Doggy style and handcuffs and bad Strap on your best pollie tie and This is a one-human solo group show organic process of change. Everything you believe to be SPACE, to the Anthropocene. The boys, Oh My! How about we dig a review your how to vote cards, The with fruit support... true may be false. era of significant human interference little deeper, let's explore our real Right will have you chomping at the This work presents a view of how Ancient Shrines and Half Truths is with the earth and its environment: primal urges. bit for your preferred candidate. An Irish stand-up sit-down surreal we as individuals respond to, and circus comedienne, Aedín takes a satirical, immersive outdoor audio The era we currently live in. This are affected by, this inescapable phantasmagoric journey follows the Sluts like us are on a quest to Or are you ready for the thrill of a us down the rabbit-hole of human experience that takes travellers on DANCE DANCE cycle of life. It asks us to reflect on Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, unleash HER deepest, individual leadership spill? habits and nature meeting eggs, a journey to discover hidden gems, our own attitudes and involvements imagined as a family of giant desires. cucumbers, condoms, gender, the embrace local cultural rituals and with change, as well as celebrate our puppets. All the food has been In a field of personalities and Catholic Church, Irish Dancing, fiddle absorb the tales that pervade them. ability to adapt with our environment. FRINGE PRESENTS eaten, all the rivers have dried up. This event is a collision of bleeding hearts who would you put playing, objectification, sexualisation, THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - DANCEHOUSE - UPSTAIRS DANCEHOUSE - UPSTAIRS GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO WERRIBEE WAR MEMORIAL BLUESTONE CHURCH ARTS Who will look after War once Famine dance, performance, design and money on? and much much more along the way. Join Binge Culture on a guided THEATRETTE STUDIO In a state of flux, three outstanding STUDIO THEATRE Meet at Station Pl, opposite The Park Hotel adventure through Werribee where SPACE and Pestilence have passed away? 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North audio-visual content. Inclusive of 150 Princes St, Carlton North 150 Princes St, Carlton North 21 Graham St, Albert Park Cnr Watton St and Station Pl, Werribee 8A Hyde St, Footscray dancers grace the space as they It will be up to Death, Death, and 8:30 PM (40 mins) the LGBTQIA+ community. We Thu-Sat 7:00 PM, Sun 5:00 PM (50 mins) Wed-Fri 7:00 PM, Be audacious, finish that democracy 8:00 PM (50 mins) For one purpose only, to try to BE in 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM (60 mins) the lines surrounding 'places of Tue-Thu 7:00 PM, Fri, Sat 9:00 PM, Sun search for connection and stability. hungry rats. encourage everyone to come get Sat 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM (45 mins) sausage and join our melee of that elusive here and now, with you, interest' are blurred into mystery. 6:00 PM (60 mins) TICKETS TICKETS Guided by an immersive sound TICKETS TICKETS down to SLUTS LIKE US! modern politics and dance! the audience. Are you ready for this Free - bookings essential Full $20, Conc $17.50 Full $25, Conc $20 composition, 'Surge' offers fluid TICKETS Full $25, Conc $15 TICKETS All profits raised donated to Support Group 4+ $17.50 Group 6+ $15 Full $25, Conc $20 Group 6+ $15 force of nature? Full $25, Conc $20 Discounts: Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and memorising visuals, inviting an Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge NOTES Group 6+ $23.50 for Djap Wurrung Embassy introspective experience. This is a promenade work that will move PRESENTED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CONCEPT BY PERFORMED BY through the streets of Werribbee Melbourne Fringe and Wyndham Brenda van Geffen and Dani Weaver Fine Lines City Council ARTISTS IMAGE CREDIT CHOREOGRAPHED BY CHOREOGRAPHED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Oliver Crafter, Iona Julian-Walters, Casey Horsfield Isabelle Beauverd Katrina Rank Binge Culture Rose Harley & Georgia Smith

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EXPERIMENTAL PARTICIPATORY INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE IMMERSIVE Time Loop I You Should Be Art Mulch Painting Assimilate Body Acousmonium The premiere choreographic work Dancing pARTy theatre Wrestling with colonisation. "I am noise, an amplifier of certain from dancer and DJ Alexander Join performance collective frequencies..." Our venue is a GIANT Assimilate is a storytelling driven Powers sees them navigate the Everybody NOW! for a shiny, glittery, CANVAS! piece exploring the struggle to Though the amalgamation of digital illusion of time. Through a physically mega mix of the ultimate dance practise culture in an environment sound and body, sound is given its intensive durational performance, moves. Have you ever struggled with creative Powers seeks to channel everyone blocks? that suppresses its significance. The own physical, spatial presence. they've ever been or ever will be. Grab your dancing shoes, slap on The Art Mulch pARTy theatre piece explores themes of language, This premiere work by Slow Twitch your best threads and storm the experiment is a Creativity Gym identity, belonging, migration, Collective uses sound art and dance Performed to an unrelenting dance floor for a non-stop, good empowering you with FUN & detachment and community through to explore the coexistence and soundscape of noise and drone, Time times party through the decades FREEDOM! movement, soundscapes and visuals FRINGE HUB shifting relationship between sound Loop I is a work to acknowledge and of dance. to create an atmosphere of the BRUNSWICK MECHANICS transcend identity, boundaries and NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL - MAIN ART MULCH As you walk into a huge blank NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL - narrator's environment. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - and body, creating a unique multi- INSTITUTE - STUDIO expectation. HALL 7/74 Tinning St, Brunswick studio room you are offered paints STUDIO 2 NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS sensory experience of spatial sound. 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 189 High St, Northcote Mon, Thu, Fri 6:00 PM, 189 High St, Northcote Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 8:15 PM (60 mins) Fri, Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 6:00 PM (90 mins) Sat, Sun 2:00 PM (3 hrs) and brushes and given freedom to 7:00 PM (60 mins) Supported by Darebin Arts 8:00 PM (50 mins) Presented as part of Critical Mass. paint anything! As the night goes on Speakeasy Developed with support from Lucy TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS creative games and performances TICKETS TICKETS Guerin Inc's residency program. Full $20, Conc $15 Full $20 Full $28.50 Full $25, Conc $21.50 Full $26, Conc $22 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $15 Group 4+ $23.50 based on the walls take you on an Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Binge imaginative and immersive journey Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge CREATED BY into your creativity and fun. CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Everybody NOW! CREATED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Alexander Powers Daisy Nduta Gillian Lever and Amanda Lever melbournefringe.com.au PRESENTED BY Come with your friendz, its a pARTy! 12 – 29 2019 Sept SOUND DESIGN Darebin Arts Speakeasy in DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY PRESENTED BY Bridget Chappell association with Melbourne Fringe Mitch Lagos & Melissa Gan May Sabet Slow Twitch Collective

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USA CHN LIVE ART PERFORMANCE PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE STORY TELLING Energy Haunting the Flesh In Search of the Truth Such n Such - tang The Beige A unique exchange between Haunting the Flesh is a collaborative The truth has never been a greater Every Resolution is 'tang' is an experimental theatre How I learned to stop artist, audience and his sound and visual performance by unknown and it's high time truth- Temporary piece exploring the five-thousand- worrying and love The Beige subject. Live action painting Papaphilia and Mossy 333. Their seekers send out their search parties year history of Chinese culture. cross-disciplinary performances to discover what really matters. This performance challenges An exploration of our guilty and erotic with resonate soundscapes. fuse together electronically produced linear thinking: spontaneous The show touches on different obsession with plastic. Butoh meets Focus Your Energy. Four Australian sound, with narrativized movement In Search of the Truth is doing constructions attend to the aspects of this culture, including spoken word meets trash. subjects will be painted on canvas, and costume; their bodies respond exactly that. prophetic foreshadowing of potential the harmony between humans and whilst the artist rides a skateboard. to the oscillating aural chaos of their futures. The dance, circus and text nature, Yin and Yang and the beauty A wholesome journey to find hope The art focuses on the exchange soundtracks by finding and trusting Much like a giant photo booth are equally emergent, creating of fine clothing. and meaning in nature and love of energy, art and power through the flow of rhythms to guide them. confessional, this is a chance to performance identities and real is interrupted by transformation. physical whole body movement. FRINGE PRESENTS reveal your truth in private, on fictions that unsettle the certainty Chinese culture developed through Through broken desire and ugly rapture, another character emerges EXPERIMENTAL GASWORKS ARTS PARK - Balance is a fundamental aspect to BRUNSWICK MECHANICS This performance is a ceremonial VARIOUS LOCATIONS camera to the world... inside a giant THE MELBA - STUDIO of form as you know it. With Such 24 MOONS reconciliation instead of conquest, THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - EXPERIMENTAL GASWORKS THEATRE this performance, allowing for the INSTITUTE - THEATRE plea to physis, to capture the See website for details inflatable speech bubble. 35 Johnston St, Collingwood n Such the domestic is political and 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote crossing the barriers of nations THEATRETTE and confronts the virtuous other. 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (5 mins) 7:15 PM (45 mins) Wed 1:00 PM, Thu 7:00 PM, 21 Graham St, Albert Park artist to move with harmony and 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick excesses of being that spills out in the personal is public and everything and territories, full inclusiveness 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North The old fight between love and Thu, Fri 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM (60 mins) Fri, Sun 3:00 PM, Sat 2:00 PM (90 mins) 6:45 PM (60 mins) control succumbs to the sirens of Sat 3:30 PM & 7:00 PM (60 mins) grace. The result is dependant on the the daily conflict between bodily TICKETS So, what is the truth for you, TICKETS changes. Movements are disarming, and equity, learning widely from exchange of energy provided from TICKETS autonomy and settler notions of Free Melbourne? Full $28, Conc $24 humour is revealing, the audience TICKETS others' strong points, pluralistic TICKETS The Beige, who answer all doubt and TICKETS both artist and subject in this one of Full $15, Conc $10 human civility - such as racial, sexual Group 6+ $24 is intimate as each moment looms. Full $15, Conc $10 development and building a splendid Full $18, Conc $15 yearning. A failure or triumph of the Full $35, Conc $28 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Never leave your ending til the end. Group 6+ $8 Group 6+ $13 human spirit? Discounts: Fringe Binge a kind experience. and gendered purity. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge future together! Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge

ARTIST Presented as part of Critical Mass. PRESENTED BY Dare to step towards the secret Brett Ashby Melbourne Fringe destiny of our plastic hearts. CURATED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DEVISED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DEVISED BY Christine Perera Papaphilia and Mossy 333 Cause Collective Debra Batton and Catherine Magill Hongchen Xia James Curtin

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USA VISUAL ARTS MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION CONTEMPORARY IMMERSIVE IMMERSIVE In Search of the Truth in-Stability Jîyan The Church of Burt The Lizard is The Loneliness Project - Exhibition in-Stability is a performance Jîyan (meaning 'life' and Burt...'meaning bright & Present: Gala in We can all feel alone, but we rarely The truth is out there...in an series associated with Stability, an also the stem of the word glorious'...led by a She. honour of Marina speak about it. exhibition to the public. exhibition of sound sculpture and 'jîn' for 'woman' in Kurdish) projections by Clinton Green. Dream pop wonderland living disco. Abramolizardvic Drawn from interviews conducted is an immersive exhibition YOU - the pattern of life. WE - take with people across diverse In Search of the Truth has collected exploring the sacred, life- a roller coaster ride of hyper beauty. Melbourne Fringe is honoured On 19 September, choreographer to welcome internationally gender, sexuality, age and cultural and collated truths from all over the giving connection of womxn ARE - here in this ancient land. world and Melbourne's candour is Emma Riches presents a live dance renowned artist and lizard Marina backgrounds, The Loneliness Project performance interacting with to nature. Take part in this immersive projection explores what it is to feel lonely in next to be revealed. This audio-visual music experience of Baccharach Abramolizardvic for the gala event of display will showcase diverse faces Clinton's video projections, based Jîyan involves dancers and artists of the festival: a tribute to her radical, an ever fluctuating world, which we on the experience of moving through tunes that flip us into our natural struggle to keep up with. FRINGE PRESENTS and thoughts of truth-tellers who diverse backgrounds and womxn of present. Musicians, performers, FRINGE HUB visionary work. dared to enter the booth, offering train stations in the Western suburbs. colour in performance that displaces Cultural commentators and industry CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL SUNSHINE ART SPACES GALLERY SITEWORKS BIGBANG STUDIO audience blend in deep delight. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL MEAT MARKET - MEETING Incorporating immersive insight into the minds that make up the masculine gaze and disrupts leaders will give an insight into the 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran 2 City Pl, Sunshine On 26 September Clinton performs 33 Saxon St, Brunswick 1/177 Beavers Rd, Northcote ENTRY WARNING: AUDIENCE MUST Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton ROOM soundscape, music and voice, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM this city and beyond. 7:30 PM (60 mins) Fri 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM meta-narratives of colonialism and 8:00 PM (120 mins) 9:15 PM (60 mins) practice of the contemporary art in a live collaboration with his COME FULLY ATTIRED IN WHITE 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne The Loneliness Project is a live art Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM late stage capitalism. CLOTHING. icon, including rare stories from 8:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 9:00 PM, 9:30 PM & TICKETS Truth be told. TICKETS automated sound sculptures and TICKETS TICKETS Abramolizardvic's assistant. 10:00 PM (20 mins) experience to be shared by many in Free Free video projections. TICKETS Full $30, Conc $20 Full $15, Conc $10 This historical moment will be the hope that you... me... we, will no Fri (opening event): $10 Group 6+ $24 ARTISTS Group 6+ $10 TICKETS marked by the appearance of the longer feel so alone. Sat & Sun (exhibition): Free Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Emma Bathgate, Simon Eszeky, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge $10 lizard herself. Come dressed in Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge ARTIST Renato Vacirca, Dan Witton, Jim NOTES your finest, ready to walk the green PRESENTED BY Clinton Green Opening event 20 Sept 6:30pm PRODUCED BY Dunlop & DJ Sweetbeast COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY carpet. Melbourne Fringe Workshops across weekend, see website Leila Lois Connor Ross melbournefringe.com.au PERFORMED BY for details PRESENTED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept DEVISED BY Emma Riches, Clinton Green and CURATED BY Emma Bathgate, Lou McLauren and CURATED BY CONCEPT BY Cause Collective others Michaela Meadow BigBang Studio Vidya Rajan and Arie Rain Glorie Gavin Roach

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IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE INTERACTIVE MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP CIRCUS What Am I Supposed White Rabbit Worldline A Day In The Life Of Convent Kids Don't Mess With the To Do? The Motherless Haus Corporations You presents: Create Dummies Now is not the time to sit The Motherless Haus presents The Time Travel Experts A musical that tackles the big for Change banner Lions and Tigers and back and watch White Rabbit: a 1 hour drag show of Do you have what it takes to work in issues in a little person's life. making workshop Dummies, OH MY! decisions and ego discovery. Guiding This dark, hopeful and irreverent the Time Travel sector? We want to Yella is little with big energy. Blueno From the unstoppable Dummies you to a critical place and time, In the fight for climate action, cautionary tale stares into the hear from you! is equal parts grumpy and silly. Corp. comes an all-new we meet you in the dark. 8 figures young people around the world hypocrisies of trying to be good, 'Worldline Corporations' is hosting Reddy has a secret past. Together extraordinary adventure! before you. There is nowhere else have banded together to prove or do good in the face of climate open recruitment events to showcase the Musical Sprouts characters to go but forward. A priestess, a you're never too young to make a catastrophe. our new time travel facilities. If you create a colourful world for children Set up camp and stampede into the caterpillar, a black cat, a fish, a goat, difference. Inspired by these young think you're resilient enough, come which reflects everyday life in a jungle for an outlandish, circus-filled a crow and a demon. activists please join us at this Jump in the twin cab for a jaw- along and find out. most imaginative way using catchy intergenerational banner-making extravaganza that will leave you EXPERIMENTAL ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE - dropping ride through the cultural BRUNSWICK MECHANICS LONG PLAY WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT songs, live instruments, theatre ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - workshop led by visual artists Nina WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT chuckling like a monkey and roaring FAIRFAX STUDIO INSTITUTE - THEATRE Who do you walk with? 318 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy After an award winning premiere Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne PACKING ROOM, SACRED HEART Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne detritus of colonial Australia and 7:00 PM (30 mins) 11:00 AM (60 mins) and gorgeous artistry. "A gift of Ross and Hannah Tai. The workshop Sat, Sun 11:00 AM, Mon-Fri 1:00 PM for more. 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick season at Adelaide Fringe 2019, BUILDING Wed-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM, play your part in an unfolding Tue, Wed 9:30 PM, Thu, Fri 7:00 PM You decide. Audience inclusion a show that allows children to be 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford will empower young people and (60 mins) Sun 5:00 PM (60 mins) (60 mins) TICKETS this dark humoured, experimental TICKETS Get ready for circus-filled hilarity as environmental horror. makes for a choose your own immersed in song, dance, music 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM their grown-ups to shape the world Full $23, Conc $20 experience is the perfect Fringe show Full $20, Conc $18 and storytelling" Verity Hunt-Ballard, they want, and harness the power TICKETS the Dummies monkey around the TICKETS CREATED BY TICKETS experience, creating an alternate Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Child $20, Group 4+ $18.50 TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 for all you time travel and dystopian Mary Poppins Australia of art and creativity to make their jungle, swing through treetops and Full $35, Conc $30 Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen / Full $20, Conc $15 timeline for every night. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full: $5 Child $20, Group 4+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller Group 6+ $15 future lovers! voices heard on issues that matter Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge skip past foliage. Expect a rockin' Deep Soulful Sweats CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Conc: Free - booking essential Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller to them. At the end of each session, soundtrack, unbelievable acrobatics Presented as part of Critical Mass CREATED AND DIRECTED BY Bridget a'Beckett, Sharni Page and participants will parade their banners and the trademark frivolity, for which PRESENTED BY Amy McNickle Julia Davis Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over! around the Convent grounds. the Dummies are famous! Commission, in association with WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY IN COLLABORATION WITH COMPOSERS DIRECTED BY Melbourne Fringe Tre Turner Steffie Yee Bridget a'Beckett and Julia Davis Jamie Bretman

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MUSIC COMEDY DANCE Kid-aoke Kids Club: Juan Kids Club: Mini SPIN Mass karaoke for kids Vesuvius says RELAX! Dance, Dance, Dance Kid-aoke is a safe, inclusive, and A Kids Club for EVERY kid Who said dance clubs are for adults wacky space for kids to celebrate the We're keeping it chill with the only? Inspired by Anna Seymour's fun of dressing up and singing with Caribbean's most ridiculous DJ, Juan SPIN, Mini SPIN is for kids and the their friends and family. Vesuvius. Whether you want to make young at heart. a loud splash or have a quiet sit, you Join Melbourne queer performance Join Deaf hosts Anna, Luke and can expect a pitch-perfect mix of artist Bae Marie (Alex Morris - Robbie for a SIGN-a-long and an interactive storytelling, comedy and Musical Director, Choral Conductor hour of dancing and making noises (of course) plenty of sweaty-as- and Music Educator) and Cameron to the funky beats of DJ Callum KIDS CLUB socks dancefloor breaks. KIDS CLUB GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO Thomas (pianist extraordinaire) in a FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU Padgham. THEATRE group singalong designed especially BALLROOM Proudly supported by Lucas Dental BALLROOM 21 Graham St, Albert Park Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton An immersive, interactive dance rave for little ones aged 5-10 (and the Care, this event is suitable everyone 2:00 PM (45 mins) 11:00 AM (60 mins) 11:00 AM (60 mins) for both Deaf and hearing children young at heart). including children and families and their families. TICKETS TICKETS who experience Autism Spectrum TICKETS An interactive dress up party, $22 Child $5, Adults Free Disorder (ASD) or similar sensory Child $5, Adults Free Group 4+ $18 karaoke extravaganza, and music Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and communication disabilities. lesson in disguise; come and get PRESENTED BY dressed up, warmed up and ready to PRESENTED BY Melbourne Fringe raise the roof! Melbourne Fringe and Barnie Duncan melbournefringe.com.au FEATURING 12 – 29 2019 Sept STARRING Anna Seymour, Luke King, Robbie DJ Juan Vesuvius Burrows, Callum Padgham (DJ)

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NLD CIRCUS DANCE CIRCUS DANCE Super Circus Squad TETRIS The Circus Firemen You Should Be A circus superhero origin Witness four performers intertwine Firemen themed circus fun Dancing MINIS CHOOSE YOUR OWN story and connect, to bring this classic for the whole family. Throw on some sparkles, whip on video game to life right in front of Super Circus Squad is a superhero The Circus Firemen turn up the heat your boogie shoes and get ready to your eyes! This unique dance work discover your inner dancing star at origin story about two brand new uses strength, agility and acrobatic with high energy acrobatics, red hot ADVENTURE THROUGH circus superheroes. High energy fire juggling, daring ladder balancing, this dance party for the young and skill to mimic and reimagine moves young at heart! acrobatics, aerials stunts, slapstick from not only the cross generational and hilarious physical comedy. comedy and a whole lot of power game 'Tetris' but also 'Twister' EXPERIMENTAL, posing. In this highly interactive These two brothers have been In this family-friendly, participatory and the all-time favourite 'Rubik's and inclusive show for all dancing journey, kids and adults join in to Cube'. Watch as this highly skilled touring the world for over ten years help our heroes find their powers, with their award-winning circus abilities, Everybody NOW! invites you acrobatic quartet navigate not only to take to the floor and lay down your CONTEMPORARY AND GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO fears, strengths, weaknesses and - ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE - GASWORKS ARTS PARK - comedy style. NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL - MAIN the stage but each other, twisting grooviest groove. THEATRE most importantly - their names! FAIRFAX STUDIO and interlocking to communicate GASWORKS THEATRE HALL 21 Graham St, Albert Park 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne with and create new meanings for 21 Graham St, Albert Park "Impressively difficult and delightfully 189 High St, Northcote 10:00 AM (45 mins) Wed, Fri, Sat 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM (60 mins) 10:00 AM (45 mins) LIVE ART REALMS. They will need as much help as they entertaining" - The Age Thu 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM (55 mins) their bodies. Designed to get people can get in order to defeat their super KIDS TICKETS involved, this participatory work TICKETS TICKETS Kids, grab your adult and KIDS $22 villain, the audience VILLAINTEER! TICKETS invites the audience on stage to $23 wwww - Broadway Baby $20 Group 4+ $18 Choose your words wisely. $28 Group 4+ $20 Group 6+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge imitate the troupe and create moves Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge head to page 20 for details of their own! CREATED BY DIRECTED BY Everybody NOW! Hannah Cryle PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Darebin Arts Speakeasy in Happy Haps Productions Arts Centre Melbourne and Arch 8 Angus & Matilda association with Melbourne Fringe

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MUSIC COMEDY STORY TELLING The Fairy Wonderland The Listies Make You The Nylon Zoo Show LOL! Enter the Zoo-niverse Explore the magical The Listies, Australia's most sought Ever been inside the belly of a giant wonders of Fairyland here in after kids comedians, are returning magical salmon or turtle? Ever Melbourne! to the Melbourne Fringe by popular learned bubble language from a demand with the original classic The whale before you were swallowed Do you love to giggle until your Listies Make You LOL! whole? We have! cheeks hurt, sing your heart out and Join us, The Nylon Zoo, as we enter dance like nobody is watching? Are Featuring alien attacks, toilet paper a fantastical story Zoo-niverse... you fascinated by Fairies and magical guns, spew, the rudest word in the A place where theatre, costume, creatures? world and the most disgusting pair of dance, music and play allow us If this sounds like you then The undies in the world! The Listies will to journey to ancient kingdoms, WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT Fairy Wonderland show is not to WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT CANDYLAND Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne keep making you LOL but this is the 224 Normanby Ave, Thornbury enchanted realms and to sparkly 1:00 PM (60 mins) be missed! Sat, Sun 2:00 PM, Mon-Thu 11:00 AM last time to ever catch this award- 12, 13 Sept 5:00 PM, 14 - 29 Sept unicorn playgrounds and back again. Come along on a hilarious musical (60 mins) winning production. Don't miss out! 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM (60 mins) Our journey of the imagination is a TICKETS journey with Fairy Jasmine and Fairy Full $18.50 TICKETS TICKETS unique celebration of colour, magic Child $16, Group 6+ $16 Jack, and learn all about the true Full $25, Conc $20 This show is rated S for Stupid. Full $24.50, Conc $20 and play that will stay with the young Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge meaning of being a fairy. Child $20, Group 4+ $20 Child $24.50, Group 4+ $20 and young-at-heart forevermore. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge WRITTEN BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Jasmine Dare Lea Loveheart melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Jasmine Dare and Brendan Kerss Matt Kelly & Richard Higgins Todd Price

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EXPERIMENTAL BLUES THEATRE data:heal Dreamboogie Play The Folk Psychology exploring the growth and Blues An amateur psychologist trauma with being raised Featuring leading blues analyses the music of one online vocalist Rebecca Davey of Australia's least known bands Ivy Hollivana and Emily Glass Dreamboogie are a leading present a breathtaking audiovisual Melbourne blues act. Featuring the We're all amateur psychologists. experience detailing the ill-fated renowned vocalist Rebecca Davey, We're all music critics. symbiotic partnership between an artist who is inspired by the great human and Internet, from gestation, female blues artists of the 1920s Join a pseudo psychologist as he through maturation, to decay - but and 30s. "I want to bring some of examines the music and lyrics who is the host and who is the the attitude and style of Bessie of North Coast three piece folk HORSE BAZAAR parasite? WONDERLAND SPIEGELTENT Smith and Ma Rainey to modern BAR OPEN band Jum and shares his opinion 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne Fed Square, The Paddock, Melbourne 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy about each song's content and 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM 7:00 PM (60 mins) audiences", she states. 5:00 PM (60 mins) With an opening set by experimental the underlying psychological TICKETS pop artist Katie Dey, the night TICKETS They have twice won the Melbourne TICKETS significance. Additional anecdotes $15 explores the growth and trauma with Full $30, Conc $25 Blues Challenge and represented $12 and comments from Jum front-man, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge being raised online. Group 6+ $25 Simpso, about what he thought Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Melbourne at the International Blues NOTES Challenge, held in Memphis (USA). they meant. Stay for the full event or come and go as They have released 3 albums, you please their 1st reaching Number 1 on the WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY James Simpson Australian Blues and Roots Chart. 12 – 29 2019 Sept ARTISTS FEATURING Ivy Hollivana, Emily Glass & Katie Dey The Jum Band

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Tangled Orbit teams together over Responding to the age of injustices... by Elvis Costello multi-award winning songwriter and led him to write and produce for Two live looping artists, using 25 musicians and challenges them to denials....distractions...capitalist In 1993, Elvis Costello stunned comedian Jude Perl is going back to a number of artists as well as different technology, battling it out compose new music with artists they imperatives and the tired plod of critics and audiences alike with her musical roots to rock out with a collaborate on several hit songs in an epic loops-of-the-century fight have never worked with before. the dying patriarchy, The Convoy his gorgeous and ambitious album killer five-piece band, featuring some including Rewind (w/ MzVee), Killing to the death. embark to wholly form and embody and song cycle, The Juliet Letters, of Melbourne's best musicians. This Me Softly (w/ Adina) and Adwenfi (w/ The project celebrates musicians community. A work engineered to recorded with The Brodsky Quartet. long anticipated re-imagining of her DJ Vyruskyand ShattaWale). Incorporating your favourite from different backgrounds coming permeate through and beyond the Against all predictions, the live back catalogue of solo material, and repertoire from contemporary artists together to share ideas, practices program of everyday mundane. recorded, classically leaning album, FRINGE HUB first band show in three and a half Kuami Eugene has won several such as Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran, to and techniques to compose work that comprised of imaginary letters to years, celebrates the launch of her This is an event held to facilitate FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD RED BETTY awards including 'Highlife Artiste ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - the classics of Toto and Phil Collins, THE NIGHT HERON feels unique, fresh and stimulating. BRUNSWICK MECHANICS THE MELBA - SAWTOOTH Juliet Capulet, climbed the charts sharing of a vast, dynamic and BALLROOM latest single, the zany banger 'Hey Hi 859 Sydney Rd, Brunswick of the Year', 'Best New Artiste of LOUNGE you won't believe what these two 228 Nicholson St, Footscray INSTITUTE - THEATRE STUDIO worldwide. ecstatic space-time where our Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Hey Hello'. Fans of Jude's stream-of- 9:30 PM (60 mins) the Year' at the 2018 Ghana Music Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda young musicians can achieve! 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM It encourages the breaking down 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 35 Johnston St, Collingwood Sun 8:30 PM, Tue 9:30 PM (60 mins) consciousness style lyrics and wildly Awards, and 'Most Promising Artiste 7:00 PM (90 mins) of perspectives in order to reach a 8:00 PM (120 mins) collective powers of listening and 8:30 PM (75 mins) TICKETS The Crossing Machine, a Melbourne inventive and catchy compositions in Africa' at the 2018 AFRIMA TICKETS shared vision. This event is the first contemplation activate a sensory and TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 TICKETS With two keyboards, looping $15 TICKETS TICKETS based string quartet featuring some experiential wholeness - diversity Full $27, Conc $24 will be in for an absolute treat to Group 6+ $15 awards. $15 pedals, vocal effects and beat Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge time the musicians will showcase $24 Full $34, Conc $22 of the most in demand string players within unity, unity within diversity. Group 6+ $22 witness her transcendental vocals, boxing, this duo will transform what they have created together. Discounts: Fringe Dweller Group 6+ $30 in the country, will breathe life into Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge NOTES For lovers of infinity - not to be Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge uncompromised, in this massive He has certainly proven himself to your understanding of live looping New visual art from emerging the album in this stage production. musical event. Four shows only. Stay for the full event or come and go as missed. Presented as part of Critical be one of the leaders of new school with the sheer magnitude of their you please local artists will accompany the For this limited season of The Juliet Mass. Ghanaian Highlife/Afrobeat music. soundscape. performances. Letters they are joined by stalwart Winner of four Green Room Awards Lovers of Afrobeat and Highlife tenor opera singer Asher Reichman. Winner of Best Cabaret Melbourne should look out for his versatile PERFORMED BY CURATED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Fringe 2018 performer this Fringe. 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STORY TELLING EXPERIMENTAL CLASSICAL MUSICAL THEATRE CLASSICAL COMEDY Love Child feat. MASCinprogress Netsuke and Inro The Muse The Unravelling Tuck Shop Ladies - All Aksuna x Kaesis A performance by GIRL Between the Shadows of the Take an unfiltered look into the Two pianos, two composers, rhyme, no reason genesis behind creative genius in one cinematic dream sequence. Love Child is a musical project that Take off your masc. Dying Sun The triceps ain't what they used this all new song cycle composed by Twists and turns are woven into explores the human expression; an Exist in this space. Not sure about opera? This to be but the funny bone has only unexpected collaboration between Green Room Award winner Shanon a psychedelic silent movie live gotten sharper... The Tuck Shop suggestive new work is sure to whet Whitelock. experience. Be transported through a local concert pianist-composer, A queer conjuring of experimental Ladies are an amalgamation of your appetite. the portal of music. Fiercely naïve Aksuna, and spoken word artist, sound, song, movement and spoken Australian folk music darlings Sam With a sound somewhere between and darkly elegant, this lavish style Kaesis. Together, they weave a word, MASCinprogress is the first Lohs (Fruit) and Rosie Burgess Combining elements of Japanese Alan Menken and Carole King, of storytelling is going to lead you tapestry of original piano music and instalment of a new performance (Rosie Burgess Trio). Strapping on a noh and kabuki with Italian opera, Whitelock's piano trio - starring somewhere words never could. poetry that evoke experiences of work by electronic music duo GIRL pair of ukuleles, the pair pull back the Netsuke and Inro is a ground- Adam Noviello - are set to take you love, pain and hope in an narrative (Em König & Jason Sweeney). curtain to share an intimate selection breaking composition exploring the on a narrative journey that sheds arc that transports listeners into an of the often ridiculous, but always ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - BRUNSWICK MECHANICS ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - THE extraordinary relationship between CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL light on the question 'how the hell did STORYVILLE THE BUTTERFLY CLUB inner world of reflection. This project has been assisted by harmonious songs that were birthed LOUNGE INSTITUTE - THEATRE STUDIO Japan and the West during the third 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran they think of that?' 185 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Australia Council for the Arts and Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda year of the Meiji restoration (1870). Thu 9:00 PM, Fri 7:00 PM (60 mins) 19 Sept 10:00 PM 10:00 PM (60 mins) in the back of a tour van, to amuse 6:30 PM (75 mins) 9:30 PM (60 mins) Arts South Australia, and developed 6:30 PM (60 mins) 20, 26 & 27 Sept 9:15 PM only themselves. TICKETS 21 & 28 Sept 8:45 PM TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS with support from The Mill, The TICKETS Join Victoria's finest young operatic Full $35, Conc $30 (45 mins) Full $35, Conc $31 Full $37, Conc $30 Full $15, Conc $10 SUBSTATION, pvi collective and the $34 talents as they come together for a Group 6+ $25 Group 6+ $28 Their live show is an insight into the Child $15, Group 4+ $33 Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE thrilling evening of original Australian Discounts: Fringe Dweller TICKETS Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge relationship of touring musicians, Development Program. Full $24, Conc $20 and the result of what happens when opera in St Kilda. Group 6+ $20 PRODUCED BY CREATED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge every day life is a Broadway musical. MUSIC MUSIC Presented as part of Critical Mass. Callum Watson Shanon Whitelock The Tuck Shop Ladies invite you into their hilarious world and leave you CREATED AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY COMPOSER PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY wanting to run away on tour with Aksuna x Kaesis Jennifer Greer Holmes Scott A. Aschauer Adam Noviello Victoria Cotta and Christina Higham the band. M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

PARTICIPATORY EXHIBITION EXPERIMENTAL CABARET VARIETY FRINGE WITH BENEFITS Off Off Off Broadway Omnitemporal SLOW MOTION Welcome to Twin Wilin Fan The Flames Karaoke An immersive musical PICTURES - YOU ARE Peaks Celebrating the deadly An all-in musical experience of sonic illusion. THE HUNTER Beautiful Dark recreate the talents of Wilin students & extravaganza 'Omnitemporal' puts you in the Indie Electronic, man vs. woman atmosphere of the TV series alumni Are you a bedroom Rizzo, a shower (literal) centre of musical illusion. duo. Mood lit duets, semi-electronic Twin Peaks with unnerving WILIN FAN THE FLAMES features a Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a peak hour beats, reverberating against guitar fidelity. diverse showcase of performances, Intricate rhythms and ambiguous crystalline. visual art, film and conversations Inspector Javert? The time has Beautiful Dark bring the mood sounds dance around as you sit to keep the flames roaring for come to take your place centre stage and music of David Lynch and within a sphere of speakers and You are the Hunter is the final single Indigenous Arts & Cultural and perform some of the greatest Mark Frost's television series Twin live performance - creating an from Slow Motion Pictures' full length Development across the Faculty of musicals of all time...in karaoke Peaks, with projections, props and FRINGE HUB environment that is equal parts album Tourmaline. Fine Arts & Music and our thriving form. Join us for a rapturous night a total commitment to the original FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TRELOARLAND unique, intense and ambiguous. HORSE BAZAAR THE TOFF IN TOWN MARTIN MYER ARENA communities. of collective euphoria, where the soundtrack. From the Double R MUSIC ROOM 87a Albert St (2nd Door - Side Lane), 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne Come and experience the album Level 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne 26 Grant St, Melbourne character arcs are dramatic, the lyric Diner to the Red Room, be taken Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Brunswick Yelderbert's work induces trance, 4:30 PM & 6:00 PM (60 mins) performed live with immersive 9:00 PM (50 mins) 6:30 PM (75 mins) Please join us as we come together Tue-Sat 10:00 PM, Sun 9:00 PM (60 mins) videos are still pretty random, and Tue-Thu 7:30 PM on a journey through a strange and focus and disorientation. imagery in the intimate space of the to celebrate the talents of our deadly everyone is a star. Fri 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM (30 mins) TICKETS TICKETS mysterious world where the birds TICKETS TICKETS Full $15, Conc $12.50 Horse Bazaar. Full $32, Conc $28 Free - bookings essential students and alumni. WILIN FAN Full $25, Conc $22 TICKETS Group 4+ $12.50 sing a pretty song and there's always THE FLAMES reflects on all our Full $18, Conc $15 Discounts: Fringe Binge music in the air. DAMN fine. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Choose between a matinee and early success throughout the year and evening session. will leave your embers glowing well PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY into the next. Jess McGuire and Emma Smith Beautiful Dark melbournefringe.com.au PRODUCED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept PERFORMED BY ARTIST FEATURING Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts & You! Yes, you! At last! Yelderbert The music of Angelo Badalamenti Cultural Development

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | BIRDINHAND.COM.AU | 66 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 67 PARTY PARTY PARTY Club Fringe: Fuck Club Fringe: HONCHO Club Fringe: Kick On Fabulous. The Party. DISKO The Kick Off Kicks On Host Yana Alana brings together For queers and their friends It's a Grand Final after-party that a ferocious line-up of women who love to party does sport the Fringe way. and gender-queer artists in Fuck Fabulous, The Party. This fierce Australia's most infamous subversive Sashay through an enormous banner and uproarious party says farewell queer event HONCHO DISKO joins and sing along to a disco rendition to glitter, sequins and performance forces with Melbourne Fringe for a of the winning team's song that puts convention and embraces the real, huge inclusive party you won't want Beyonce's half-time show to shame. absurd and subversive. to miss. Hosted by sporting legend Betty CLUB FRINGE CLUB FRINGE CLUB FRINGE Grumble*, this is your safe space to Showcasing the best local Featuring circus icon Nicci Wilks, keep the party going long after the FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD underground performers, musicians FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD dance duo Glitter and Snatch, vogue final siren sounds. BALLROOM BALLROOM + ETU BALLROOM and DJs, strap yourself in for BALLROOM Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton sensation Alex Xand, drag king Koko Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 10:00 PM til late Ma$$, performance artists Gabi 10:00 PM til late a guaranteed night of sensory 10:00 PM til late No winners or losers, just bangers. Barton and Emma J Hawkins and the pleasure. TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS $10 DJ stylings of Niveen Hoe. $10 $10 *not yet a sporting legend, but Pull a look, get your dancing shoes definitely a legend. NOTES Fuck fabulous. I Am Me! NOTES on, and be prepared for one hell NOTES Fringe artists free entry - show your artist Fringe artists free entry - show your artist of a party. Fringe artists free entry - show your artist pass at the door (subject to capacity) pass at the door (subject to capacity) pass at the door (subject to capacity) PRESENTED BY Melbourne Fringe PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Melbourne Fringe and HONCHO HOSTED BY Melbourne Fringe and Yana Alana DISKO Betty Grumble

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PARTY INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENTAL PARTY PARTY DRAG Awards Night and Bingo with Timberlina Club Fringe: 3 Minutes Club Fringe: Opening Club Fringe: Rhythm Drag of Kwatye Closing Party A Drag Queen's take on to Save the World Night Party Nation First Nations Flower Power Last Call Before Curtain Call BINGO! Three-minute acts that will A Very Melbourne Fringe Janet Jackson: Kween of Pop Party We're going out with a glitter-bomb- A NATURAL PERFORMER, LARGER save the day Housewarming Janet Damita Jo Jackson: singer, Celebrating the beginning of Fringe sized-bang and saving the best THAN LIFE, Forget Madonna and JT, you've This is it. We're turning up the heat songwriter, dancer, sex symbol... Festival 2019 with a lil bit of flower 'til last. SHE NEVER FAILS TO SURPRISE actually only got three minutes to on this housewarming party. actress? 30 years since the power and blak excellence, because AND DELIGHT! save the world. The world is ending iconic release of Rhythm Nation, we are what? blak and excellent. Our coveted Awards Night caps off and we're calling on Melbourne's Tonight, we kick open the doors to tonight (and all nights at Club Get set for an evening of fast paced A First Nations driven party with the 2019 Festival in style with a night best experimental performance our brand-new Fringe Hub at Trades Fringe) wardrobe malfunctions are frivolity, dance beats and playful drag performances and DJ sets by of captivation, commiseration and makers to deliver three-minute acts Hall and we're inviting y'all to bring a encouraged. FRINGE HUB banter as Timberlina struts her CLUB FRINGE CLUB FRINGE CLUB FRINGE FRINGE HUB the Motherless Haus throughout celebration. that will save the day (or at least plant, make out on our couch, pass stuff in a night of hilarity, glitter and the night. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU distract you from our impending FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD out in our housemate's bedroom, and FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD It's all for you - Little Ones Theatre FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD BALLROOM + ETU BALLROOM Once the formalities come to a close, 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy glamour. BALLROOM BALLROOM + ETU BALLROOM BALLROOM + ETU BALLROOM bring you an extravagant night BALLROOM 7:30 PM (2.5 hours) doom). dance the night away. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton it's time for artists and art lovers to Let's play BINGO. Great laughs Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton dedicated to one of the world's best- Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton The party will blossom at 9:15pm, 9:00 PM til late 10:00 PM til late 10:00 PM til late 10:00 PM til late 9:15 PM - 11:15 PM where the luscious and sylvan shake out that Festival adrenalin with TICKETS and prizes aplenty while Timberlina Short, sweet and weird as hell, this Dress code: EXTREME (there is no selling artists of all time, bringing garden in Trades Hall Old Ballroom TICKETS one last dance under the glistening Full $30, Conc $25 shakes up the balls and calling (not TICKETS collision of curated talent is resetting TICKETS such thing as too over-the-top). TICKETS us together again for a celebration TICKETS Free mirror ball. your Grandmother's) BINGO!! $10 $10 $10 of sex positivity, body confidence, $15 will be your playground to frolic and the agenda. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge 3 fabulous games of bingo, Artists and art lovers welcome, it's and an extensive back catalogue of dance for the night! performances and laughs all night NOTES NOTES NOTES Fringe artists free entry - show your artist Fringe artists free entry - show your artist time to get this Festival started. Fringe artists free entry - show your artist vaguely familiar r'n'b tracks to keep NOTES long! pass at the door (subject to capacity) pass at the door (subject to capacity) pass at the door (subject to capacity) the party going. Stay for the full event or come and go as PRESENTED BY you please Koorie Heritage Trust You might even see a few dance offs, Prizes for the best (i.e. most extreme) PRESENTED BY costumes on the night. PRESENTED BY games and costume changes. PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Melbourne Fringe and Little Ones PRODUCED BY Melbourne Fringe Melbourne Fringe Melbourne Fringe Theatre Stone Motherless Cold SOCIAL EVENTS M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

MUSIC HIP HOP PARTY VARIETY COMMUNITY FOOD & DRINK Club Fringe: Choir-2-K Club Fringe: Cultural Club Fringe: Friday Fringe Roulette LEtGO of Stigma SKYY Cocktail Hour Millennials Take on the Renegades the 13th Take a gamble on some A world record attempt for At the Fringe Hub, the SKYY's the Millennium Bug Fringe art walking across Lego barefoot limit, particularly during our SKYY An immersive night of hip A party to really sink your Cocktail Hour. Saturday night at the The year is 1999. We are all fearing hop, dancehall and rap. Bring teeth into... On Wednesdays, we spin the wheel Designed to inspire conversation, Festival is your time to shake off for our lives (sounds familiar) as it on. It's Friday the 13th and your worst in the most random Open Mic nights LEtGO of Stigma takes talk about the working week with a delicious, the world's top scientists warn our you will ever witness. All genres mental health out of such a dark Words and dance collide when nightmares are about to come true. Festival-inspired cocktail at a happy computers will turn against us when and talents welcome - sign up on place to create a safe and accessible the Cultural Renegades challenge Sharpen your chainsaw, don your hour price ($13 cocktails anyone?). the clock strikes 2000. our website or jump on stage on the space for all to challenge their everything you thought you knew creepy clown costume and exorcise your demons as Club Fringe gets night (if the wheel spins your way). understandings. Enjoy signature $13 SKYY Cocktails Now 20 years on, it's time to sing about dance. Boundaries between creepy. at our Loading Dock bar (responsibly, CLUB FRINGE along with some of Melbourne's CLUB FRINGE artist and audience blur as hip hop CLUB FRINGE FRINGE HUB Not sure what to see this Fringe? At Based on own experiences of living FRINGE HUB and dancehall combine through of course) as part of the SKYY FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU most glorious choirs to celebrate the FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU Surrender to fearless host Geraldine FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD Fringe Roulette, you can sample the THE DAX CENTRE GALLERY with bipolar disorder, Ferris aims FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL Cocktail Hour, then kick back conscious rap, killer dance moves 30 Royal Pde, Parkville BALLROOM magic that was Y2K, led by fearless BALLROOM BALLROOM Quinn as she guides you on a BALLROOM diversity and randomness of Fringe. to provoke conversations about Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton and settle into a night of Fringe Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton and good vibes. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM host Lou Wall. blood-curdling, spine tingling, pants resilience, invisible pain, functioning entertainment. You've earned it. 10:00 PM til late 10:00 PM til late 10:00 PM til late 9:15 PM (90 mins) Place your bets, this is a gamble you shitting journey through Melbourne's TICKETS and more. TICKETS Hit me baby one more time because can't lose. Your croupier awaits - it's Free TICKETS TICKETS PRESENTED BY TICKETS most gruesome and grisly acts. But TICKETS Free $10 there ain't no scrubs if you believe in $10 Melbourne Fringe and Cultural $10 Free time to play Fringe Roulette. please don't watch the videotape. NOTES life after 1999. Renegades We warned you. Stay for the full event or come and go as NOTES NOTES NOTES you please Fringe artists free entry - show your artist Fringe artists free entry - show your artist FEATURING Fringe artists free entry - show your artist pass at the door (subject to capacity) PRESENTED BY pass at the door (subject to capacity). pass at the door (subject to capacity). PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Melbourne Fringe and Alex Morris Kieran Crowe, Lisa Crowe, Chido Melbourne Fringe Melbourne Fringe melbournefringe.com.au Mombeshora, Strictly DT, Feras Prizes for the best (i.e. most terrifying) 12 – 29 2019 Sept HOSTED BY Shaheen, Johnny Yayo, Kiara costumes on the night. HOSTED BY HOSTED BY PRODUCED BY PRESENTED BY Lou Wall Thomson, Jordan Hill & Steve Martin Geraldine Quinn Double Denim Ferris Knight SKYY Vodka & Melbourne Fringe

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70 MUSICAL THEATRE IMMERSIVE COMMUNITY COCKTAIL HOUR 5 Redwood Close A Conversation A fundamentally A New Australian Musical Would you sit in the same flawed love story After a tense reunion dinner between room as the man who Growing up, she was taught that AT MELBOURNE FRINGE Logan, his estranged mother Alice, murdered your child, let getting married was the most and their respective partners, a alone have a conversation? important thing a woman could do. She should always be seen as broken car traps the four in the A Conversation explores the use 'marriage material'. family home for the night. In the of community conferencing - a hours that follow, dark secrets are process where the criminal and their Her grandmother's catchphrase was revealed and old traumas relived, as victims (in this case the families of 'I didn't have an education, but I Alice and Logan attempt to confront each) come together to talk in an know how to behave.' FRINGE HUB the past. attempt to ease, or at least begin to

FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU MEAT MARKET - MEETING understand, the pain and suffering FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS Growing up, he was taught to always BALLROOM UMMTA is back for its third ROOM caused by violent crime. What CENTRE - PERFORMANCE be strong and tough, and that crying Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton consecutive year at the Fringe 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne follows is an intense 90 minutes (no SPACE Sat 6:30 PM, Sun 8:30 PM (50 mins) 8:00 PM (90 mins) 45 Moreland St, Footscray is for the weak, even if he is deeply Festival with this honest and interval) as the play explores themes vulnerable story exploring family, Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM hurt and in pain. He should always be TICKETS TICKETS of classism, nature vs nurture, toxic (80 mins) seen as a 'real man'. Full $20, Conc $15 living with trauma, and what it means $24.50 masculinity and the devastating Discounts: Fringe Dweller to be gay in modern Australia. effect of violent crime. TICKETS WRITTEN BY Full $20 His grandfather's catchphrase was Group 4+ $15 'I'd rather shed blood than tears.' Lachlan Boldt and Cindy Jiang WRITTEN BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge David Williamson PRESENTED BY UMMTA (The University of Melbourne IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRESENTED BY Music Theatre Association) FizzWack Theatre Break Boundaries

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SATIRE CONTEMPORARY COMEDY A Meme Stole My A Slippery Thing After, The End. Girlfriend We make it, take it, find it, save it, Death. OMG OMFG FFS SOML ILYSFM lose it, spend it, waste it It happens to us all, and to everyone LOLS, The One Where... We are on it, behind it, ahead of it. We keep it, we kill it we know, and yes, despite the The world of the Influencer is upon It heals, it flies.. inevitability, none of us are prepared us, just where it will lead us is for it. anyone's guess. Instagram rules the Time is a slippery thing After, The End. explores what it lives of many young people and the Time is on our minds means to experience death through not so young but curious. Candice is Yoko Ono has never worn a watch comedic storytelling. an influencer, but she's not satisfied. - she hates the idea of having time She wants to be the Influencer, the CAMPARI HOUSE STUDIO 4, VCA THEATRE strapped to her wrist, yet time is in THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - Because nothing says humour like most followers ever. She has scores 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne Building 879, 28 Dodds St, Southbank us, in our bodies THEATRETTE death. 6:00 PM (60 mins) to settle and she will let nothing, not Tue, Thu 6:30 PM, 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North her wife, not her friends, not even Wed 4:00 PM & 8:00 PM (60 mins) 9:30 PM (60 mins) A mostly physical exploration of the TICKETS YOU stand in her way. Her memes Full $30, Conc $27 TICKETS ways we are all slaves to the rhythm. TICKETS Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge are her solace, her expression Full $20, Conc $15 Full $20, Conc $18 and her weapon of one man's Group 10+ $15 Cheap Tuesday $16, Group 4+ $10 destruction. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Preview $15 (9 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DEVISED BY Louis Blitsas 2nd Year VCA Theatre Students 12 – 29 2019 Sept OUTSIDE EYE DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Carolyn Duchene Rinske Ginsberg Jayden Walker

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COMEDY IMMERSIVE IMMERSIVE DRAMA MUSICAL THEATRE DRAMA Apex Predator Batmania, Expo'19 Batmania, The Bus Broken River Buffy Kills Edward Chasing Yesterday Something wicked this way After years of anticipation, Expo'19 Tour A dismembered female body is We've all wondered what Everyone has a single token, comes... is finally here! Visit Batmania, the newest and most discovered in country Victoria. would happen if Buffy met which has the power to popular holiday destination! Edward... change one past decision... In a world filled with predators, Expo'19 is a unique, once in a A police investigation names a what's the next evolutionary step? In an alternate universe, Buffy the Mrs. B recounts how her unwavering lifetime, face melting extravaganza Take your seat aboard the Batmania culprit, but what was the chief Who hunts the hunters? Enter that will leave your budgie smugglers investigator doing the night of the Vampire Slayer is introduced to the dedication to work ruined her Lucretia Mackintosh, the Apex Tour Bus. Enjoy the sights on a fully characters of Twilight and chaos marriage; Suzie discovers her in a twist. A sensational exhibition of guided journey through the heart murder? Who and what is The Predator. innovative speakers and coal-tural Brotherhood? Where does the ensues. Upon slaying Bella's beloved partner Diana is having an affair, of Batmanian history, culture and Edward, a war of the two worlds and hopes to amend this betrayal; entertainment, it will be the BIGGEST politics. evil lie? Brutally funny and joyfully dark, Apex event in Batmania's small, but commences in which few will make and Naomi blames her spontaneous FRINGE HUB Predator explores trauma, anger and it out alive. purchase of a house with pink sacred, history! Batmania is a surreal, twisted, An exciting fictional expose of the FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - power through clown, stand up and THEATRE WORKS THEATRE WORKS LA MAMA COURTHOUSE GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO LONG PLAY walls on everything that is wrong horror comedy where tourists will dark heart of evil lying beneath the MUSIC ROOM storytelling. From award winning 14 Acland St, St Kilda Expo'19 is a downright, un- 14 Acland St, St Kilda 349 Drummond St, Carlton surface of crime and its policing in THEATRE With original songs such as "I Slay" 318 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy with her life. 'Chasing Yesterday' Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton comedian Elizabeth Davie. Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 7:00 PM, Sun 6:00 PM (90 mins) be confronted with all that this Wed 6:30 PM, Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, 21 Graham St, Albert Park and "Everyone Loves a Bad Boy," 6:30 PM & 8:30 PM (60 mins) examines society's ideas of regret, 12-20 Sept Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM Australian, twisted horror-comedy. Sun 4:00 PM (120 mins) present-day Melbourne. 6:15 PM (60 mins) great, southern land has to offer. this musical explores the themes of and whether our ill-made choices 21-29 Sept Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM TICKETS TICKETS Come visit! TICKETS (55 mins) "Comedic brilliance" wwww½ Full $30, Conc $25 Full $35, Conc $30 TICKETS TICKETS vampire worlds and the characters Full $24 are worth repairing, or a necessary -- Fringe Feed Cheap Tuesday $23, Group 6+ $23 PRESENTED BY Cheap Tuesday $28, Group 6+ $28 PRESENTED BY Full $30, Conc $20 Full $35, Conc $30 within. Group 4+ $22 catalyst in the chaos of life. TICKETS "Sensational" wwwww Preview $25 (11 Sept) Theatre Works and The Very Good Preview $28 (11 Sept) Theatre Works and The Very Good Group 6+ $32 Full $26, Conc $22 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $22 -- Perth Happenings Looking Initiative Looking Initiative Preview $20 (12, 13 Sept) CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN BY PRESENTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Elizabeth Davie CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Tony Reck Emma Knights Productions Becki Bouchier Elliott Gee, Honor Wolff, Patrick Elliott Gee, Honor Wolff, Patrick DIRECTED BY Durnan Silva and an ensemble of Durnan Silva and an ensemble of DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY PERFORMED BY Beth Twentyman & Jessie Ngaio Very Good Looking collaborators Very Good Looking collaborators Richard Murphet Laura Wiley Eugenia Rahi and Sally Brown

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NEW WRITING NEW WRITING PHYSICAL THEATRE NEW WRITING COMEDY Beautiful Girls BLITZ Child's Play Daring Dog Dead On A new play by Holland Brooks London, 1980. A one woman-wolf tale Monologues The only survivors of an unfortunate plane crash, Sarah and Ben have What would you be willing to do in Think 'Women who Run with the Sid Vicious is dead. Punk is past it. Five human tails of beauty, survived 23 days alone on a remote order to live your wildest dreams? Wolves' meets 'Harry Potter' and Mods are old hat. bravery & barking madness desert island, scavenging through you're getting close. A dog flies breathlessly all the way luggage and munching on limpet Ariel is a driven young model with A new youth cult is, according to to the moon. A woman-dog dreams "risotto". And no one's coming dreams of fame and fortune. Patsy An endearing and comedic its bizarre disciples, set to sweep first of love, then revenge. A dogless for them. is a naïve amateur on her first shoot. one-woman show brings to life Britain. man reveals a secret talent. We Lewis, the photographer, will go to two classic fables and completely went digging in a local garden bed, So what happens when you find any lengths to ensure he perfectly shape-shifts them into bigger, hairier Based on the true story of the small a Russian spaceship and a suburban out that the only person you've got captures the image in his mind. and wilder versions truly fit for the London club and its visionary "New bedroom or two, and these are the left might be responsible for it all? adult, but without leaving behind our GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - THE Romantic" inhabitants that changed THE MC SHOWROOM GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO treasures we turned up. Quick, share THE BURROW - STUDIO How can Ben atone for what he's At a photoshoot for what Ariel and inner child. THEATRE STUDIO the world. Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran THEATRE them with us, before the sun goes 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy done when there's no one left to 21 Graham St, Albert Park Patsy are told is for one of America's Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda Wed-Sun 6:00 PM, Sat 2:00 PM (60 mins) 21 Graham St, Albert Park Tue-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 4:00 PM (60 mins) argue? Does Sarah owe it to the 9:45 PM (90 mins) biggest fashion magazines, it quickly Tue-Fri 6:30 PM, See physical theatre and animal work 8:00 PM (60 mins) down, before we lose our bravado TICKETS TICKETS world to make sure the right thing is becomes clear that making it in the Sat 2:00 PM & 6:30 PM (45 mins) like you've never seen before. and just start burying them all. TICKETS Full $32, Conc $28 TICKETS Full $24.50, Conc $19.50 done? Dead On is a darkly comedic modeling industry has so little to do $32 TICKETS Group 4+ $25 Full $34, Conc $28 Cheap Tuesday $15, Group 6+ $15 examination of one woman's duty Discounts: Fringe Binge with just how you look. Full $25, Conc $20 Preview $25 (25 Sept) "Jem is a tour de force." - Steve Group 6+ $28 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge PERFORMED BY to justice. Preview $18 (24 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Davis, ABC Adelaide Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Madeleine Magee Carr, Callum WRITTEN BY Mackay, Edward McCullough and WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Five daring writers from Melbourne WRITTEN BY Lucy Seale Jem Nicholas Writers' Theatre Zoe Gough melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Nicola Bowman Ebony Rattle Ellie Morgan Our ensemble of defiant actors Millie Holten

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 74 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 75 CONTEMPORARY DRAMA MUSICAL THEATRE JEM NICHOLAS PRESENTS DEVISED MUSICAL THEATRE Eleven Suburban Equation Erstwhile Engelbert FINITE Presented by Flicker Scenes Taking a risk of combining In a time when humanity Split Second Theatre A space between together fascinating scientific facts with have lost the ability to and not Laughing at ourselves the extravagance of creative arts "Jem is an "Jem is a It holds you together. It holds express their feelings and Do you call Australia home? into theatre, Equation is a comedic energy tour de force" you in. When they're together, they each emotions, having relied on Do you want to see Tony Abbott mystery about possessive love which magnet... Everything is finite. A flash. A hate the other. When they're apart, gifs, memes and emojis, - Steve Davis they miss them. John and India are undone? invites the audience to experience This play will go moment of impact and your world Why does that old woman catch the spiral of emotions through there lives one of the last ABC in a "Flicker Relationship" (because places." of passion and life is obliterated. the bus? fun and absurdity with a tinge of remaining professional Before, after and everything it's on and off ). Most of us have experienced this romantic limbo at And do dogs really enjoy poetry? Malaysian madness. Expressers, Erstwhile - Peter Green in-between this moment becomes some point in our lives and as we can Eleven Suburban Scenes'll make you Engelbert. 3MBS intertwined and expanded. FINITE laugh, dance and ask why we are the allows you to explore the human all attest, it never ends happily. Enter the world of this gifted, CLUB VOLTAIRE way we are. SIGNAL CLUB VOLTAIRE THEATRE WORKS body through a visual spectacle THE BUTTERFLY CLUB 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne eccentric hermit as he maintains a 14 Acland St, St Kilda 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne Watch as India and John try to figure Devised by a local ensemble of of lights and distorted shadows. 6:30 PM (60 mins) Thu-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 7:30 PM (60 mins) 8:00 PM (50 mins) tenuous grip on reality, in a world Thu & Fri 8:30 PM, Sat 9:00 PM, 7:00 PM (60 mins) out what it is that drives them apart emerging and established artists. You will see the connections and that's marched steadfastly into Sun 6:00 PM (60 mins) and pulls them back together and TICKETS Come watch as we deconstruct TICKETS TICKETS CHILD'S PLAY disconnections between body and TICKETS a technology-gripped present. whether or not the last 3 years of Full $18.50, Conc $15 Australia, its characters and our very Full $22, Conc $18 Full $20, Conc $16 TICKETS soul when exposed to trauma. Your Full $35, Conc $31 Group 6+ $12 Group 6+ $19 Group 6+ $18 You will experience his Gift at Full $28, Conc $21 Group 6+ $25 their life has been for nothing. way of life. A one woma n-wolf tale fragile shell is finite. It holds you Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge work, expressing on behalf of the Group 4+ $24 Discounts: Fringe Dweller Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge together. It holds you in. emotionally challenged, as you WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DEVISED BY accompany him on the path to DEVISED BY Oscar Grant An Ensemble of Talented Misfits dreaming requests into song form. Split Second Theatre September 25th - 29th STARRING IMAGE CREDIT CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY 6 - 7pm MENTOR India Morris , Julian Dods and Julian Stickland Poh Choo Kee & Jue Theng Soo Richard Péril Matinee 28th @ 2pm Drama Tutors from Deakin University Oscar Grant M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S MC Showroom, Prahran M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

UK VERBATIM NEW WRITING MUSIC CONTEMPORARY STORY TELLING POLITICAL Esoteric Estimated Time EURYDICE Flock Furfur the Ragged Gone Girls Visible reality is no more than Arrival A story about taking leaps, Once upon a time there was a family. Some heroes live out their final days Boys, they're back. Not your ordinary family, but one in peace. an illusion and being a daily superhero. Julie Bishop and Julia Gillard rose to What's the difference of many. Picture it: Two zealous the top of #auspol until it all came "What if the world was run by angelic between catching a ride- Internationally award-winning conservative Christian parents and Some die fighting for their cause. crashing down. Men ruined their light? Love, unconditional love. Non- share and life? You can't sit company present the sister their three adult daughters living Others are not so lucky. dreams, now they will kill everyone. judgement. Love your fellow man to at home and wait for life to production to their smash hit under one strict roof. Each one living the truest sense of the word. Imagine 'ORPHEUS'. Leni is 5 years old, without free rein, nursing their own A former folk hero, fleeing from the show up at your door. This high-camp, high-octane drag that. Living in a world like that. " holding a Superman costume for personal agenda. But one night of people he once served, lays bare his Desperate to find some direction revenge fantasy tears through the her first day at school. Eurydice is 5 bloody discovery has them facing many tales before his avian traveling in her life, Sam registered to be a halls of Parliament and the last There's just one obstacle:The deep years in to the rest of her life, with a new revelations and unexpected companion. ride-share driver. Expectations low, decade of Australian politics, taking state superpowers. They run the FRINGE HUB bee tattoo on her wrist. consequences. A story of fractured FRINGE HUB she only ever thought her car would a sledgehammer, an axe and a vial of SAINT MARTINS PLACE world and fill our minds with the CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - THE MC SHOWROOM sisterhood, blind lust, shameless THE BUTTERFLY CLUB Witness the side the public never FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - be filled by ordinary people, going poison to the Patriarchy and its army 374 St Kilda Rd, cnr Martin Street, St Kilda latest Kardashian scandal, Royal 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS Winner of Adelaide Fringe BEST Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran sanctimony and extrinsic ambition. 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne sees as Furfur relives his past, with ARCHIVE ROOM 7:30 PM (60 mins) Thu, Fri 9:00 PM, Sat 7:00 PM (60 mins) ordinary places, with ordinary stories Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Thu, Sat, Sun 7:15 PM 5:30 PM (50 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton of red and blue ties. weddings, they'll even break up a boy THEATRE - 2019, a story about Told boldly with a twist of wit and all of its successes, failures, joys, to tell. Instead, she finds herself Tue-Sat 9:30 PM, Sun 8:30 PM (75 mins) Fri 3:30 PM & 7:15 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 7:30 PM (50 mins) TICKETS band if it keeps us distracted from TICKETS making changes, taking leaps inspired by true experiences that will TICKETS and regrets. Its oh so many regrets. playing a major part in the lives of an United by rage. Spurred on by Full $22.50, Conc $16.50 the truth. That's the kind of world Full $27, Conc $22 TICKETS and being a daily superhero. A TICKETS tug at your heart strings. Full $35, Conc $31 TICKETS Group 6+ $15 Jayden (Bennie Wragg) was fighting Discounts: Fringe Dweller eclectic string of regulars, who up Full $30, Conc $25 searing mix of spoken word and live Full $25, Conc $20 Group 6+ $28 Full $25, Conc $22 revenge. This sisterhood of Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge for, that's what he's still fighting for. until now have been waiting for their Group 6+ $25 electronica. Group 4+ $20 WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $22 retribution will go off with a bang. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge How will you define him? Conspiracy own lives to arrive, catch up, or leave Sarah Shade theorist? Truth researcher? Or Free them behind altogether. WRITTEN BY CREATED BY thinker? Life is a journey, What's your ETA? Alexander Wright PERFORMED BY Patrick Livesey and Esther Myles Shane Grubba, Jane Elizabeth Barry, CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN BY MUSIC BY Briannah Borg, Rachel Adams, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY Bennie Wragg & Lauren Huggard Polly Garrett Phil Grainger Simon Benjamin & Sarah Shade Shannon Allas-Scott Liberty Gilbert

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DRAMA CABARET DEVISED PHYSICAL THEATRE CIRCUS Facing Medea Feminah Grand Gesture Happy-Go-Wrong Hard To Reach Places Three young women pass a church Vulgar Feminist Power Ballad I love you. I love New Year's Eve. I Sometimes an accident is no A day in a woman's life is played out where an important marriage is love Romeo. I love the house you built non-sequentially as she navigates Feminah is one woman's pursuit accident... taking place. They hear an explosion me. I love Paris. I love the top of the the challenges of parenting, of true vulgarity, monstrousness and terrifying screams...a horrific Empire State Building. I love summer. Andi Snelling's life has taken a relationships, show business and the and zero fucks; a cabaret of female tragedy unfolds in front of them. I love my brother. I love dogs. I love spectacular wrong turn, leaving her unrealistic expectations she places driven pop songs spanning fifty years Frida Kahlo. I love Mandy Patinkin. I fighting for survival. Little does she on herself and others. paired with the ultimate rebellion They try to piece together what love mid-century architecture. I love know, she is about to be rescued in against femininity. has happened and gradually they Adidas. I love banana bread. I love the most profound way. Combining circus, movement, text realise it is Medea's tragedy that my Macbook Pro. I love you. and sound in a darkly humorous, It's a power ballad for women who they have witnessed - the immediacy Blending clowning, storytelling and irreverent and personal insight into censor themselves: this is what of its impact is both personal and FRINGE HUB An exploration of deep true deep physical theatre, Happy-Go-Wrong FRINGE HUB one person's daily experiences and happens when a woman refuses the LA MAMA COURTHOUSE powerful. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - STUDIO 4, VCA THEATRE deep love using verbatim pop THE BURROW - STUDIO is a visceral odyssey through the FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - the chaos that ensues from some idea of 'having it all' and instead, 349 Drummond St, Carlton MEETING ROOM Building 879, 28 Dodds St, Southbank culture texts as a starting point and 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy darkest depths of human struggle, lit QUILT ROOM questionable life choices. Wed 6:30 PM, Thu & Sat 7:30 PM, Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton annihilates it. Tue, Thu 8:00 PM, 5:30 PM (60 mins) by the power of resilience. Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Fri 1:00 PM & 7:30 PM, Sun 4:00 PM 'Facing Medea' is not an adaptation Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (55 mins) Wed 2:00 PM & 6:30 PM (60 mins) everything in the universe as an Tue-Sat 8:45 PM, Sun 7:45 PM (45 mins) (90 mins) of a Greek tragedy but a search for ending point. 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Full $28, Conc $23 Full $20, Conc $15 Group 4+ $24 "The standout is Andi" - Herald Sun Full $25, Conc $22 "Strange and powerful" Australian Full $30, Conc $20 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $22 Group 10+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge "A theatrical hit" - The Plus Ones Group 4+ $22 Preview $20 (25 Sept) Preview $20 (12 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Stage DIRECTED BY Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge DEVISED BY "Captivating, provocative" Jenny Kemp CREATED AND PERFORMED BY 2nd Year VCA Theatre Students wwww½ - Theatrepeople WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Charlotte Otton Anna Lumb melbournefringe.com.au PERFORMED BY Sabrina D’Angelo presents DIRECTED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept Iris Gaillard, Annie Thorold and Kasia MUSIC BY Morgan Rose Aldrich and Kat CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Kaczmarek George Ashforth Cornwell Andi Snelling Rebecca Church M T W T F S S M T W T F S S MONSTER / WOMAN M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 a surreal black comedy 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 76 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Sept 21-29 Fringe Hub Trades Hall 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 77 COMEDY STORY TELLING NEW WRITING COMEDY DRAG DRAMA HIGH SCHOOL NEVER How To Drink Wine I Am Not a Cake JUST US GIRLS La Nonna Lake Disappointment ENDS: A DOUBLE BILL Like A Wanker How do you bake yourself into a cake A woman is a child who Buon appetito! "Kane and I were both rising stars. when all the voices inside your head I was rising to the top of the hand- Occasionally emotional, mostly survives Like a bowl of Nonna's Sicilian Growing up has never been keep trying to eat the batter? How modelling world and Kane was doing ridiculous 'How To Drink Wine Like pasta, this joyous homage is a salty, more complicated. do you make yourself light, fluffy and Just Us Girls is a story of all the girls his plays. Kane got his first action a Wanker' is a delightful little story satiating hot mess. After a sellout A double bill of two short plays by easy to consume? in the world. The ones you're lucky film and I became his double. We involving a fabulous flight of SA season at Midsumma 2018, the award-winning writer Tremayne to know, the ones you're yet to meet clicked. Everyone said so." wines* & 12 months of sobering drag cabaret cum Italian cucina Gordon. A healing meditation on sexual (how exciting for you!) and the ones self-discovery. Part performance, extravaganza about the relationship trauma from the point of view of you'll unfortunately never meet! Kane is one of the world's biggest part wine tasting, 'How To Drink between Nonna and her nipote is HIGH HOPES is a short play about the a young woman, and the voices How proud I am of the complex, movie stars. And his double is every Wine Like a Wanker' follows back - in the heart of Little Italy. daunting transition from 'Teenager' that live inside her head. A deeply colourful and unapologetic girls I bit as important, sharing more one woman's accidental journey FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB La Nonna is a musical-dance to 'Adult' and the relationships that personal and experimental work, I know, laughing in the face of radical than just looks with his famous from shallow wine novice to full exploration of the migrant past, a THE HUB AT DOCKLANDS help us through it. 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NZ UK IRL VERBATIM PARTICIPATORY CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL THEATRE NEW WRITING I Didn't Invite You I Still Haven't Found I'm a Phoenix, Bitch Little Tadpoles Locker Room Talk LOVE+ Here to Lecture Me What I'm Cooking For By Bryony Kimmings Looking for Mama Man Saw, He Came, He A one-woman two-hander Enrol now for your 50-minute degree This is not a competition for the One of the UK's most significant 小蝌蚪找妈妈 F*cked Off. about the inevitability of in just about everything. faint-hearted or weak-minded. This human/robot relationships performance makers, Bryony This immersive performance Before the time when Queer Disabled is a competition for highly-skilled Kimmings, returns to Melbourne intertwines an installation of a 1960s Sex Workers inherit the earth, Delilah What happens to romance when With a script stitched together home cooks who won't let a with a solo masterpiece about animation of a whimsical Chinese and Jasmine work through the slow there's a machine who can do from tangential quotes noted down grinding 50 hour work week, family motherhood, heartbreak and finding story about tadpoles in search of nights and suck the dicks of tedium. everything for you; cook for you, verbatim over 7 years at uni, this solo commitments or the skyrocketing inner strength. She combines their mother with the retelling of the clean for you, never forget your piece considers enduring themes of cost of renovating the third floor personal stories with epic film and childhood loss of the artist's own In a Melbourne brothel, a sleepy birthday or how you like your tea, language, being, action and memory. mezzanine stop them becoming original pop songs, in a powerful, mother. Join Dan on her quest to find night in the locker room is broken tell you you're beautiful, hold you Good Food Citizens. dark and joyous tour de force. 'another mother' amidst a world of up by a visit from the police, who FRINGE HUB when you're crying, and still make Playing 9 lecturers across 5 UNIVERSAL RESTAURANT A HOME IN THE INNER NORTH ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE - CHINESE MUSEUM ephemeral memories, threading a CLUB VOLTAIRE cannot resist displaying their power FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - you cum? university faculties, Austin moves 1 cook. 'An exhilarating ride. Wacky and 141 Lygon St, Carlton Address provided upon booking FAIRFAX STUDIO 22 Cohen Pl, Melbourne complex tapestry of renewal out of 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne to the two friends. What the police MEETING ROOM 8:15 PM (60 mins) deftly from one to the next with a 7:30 PM (60 mins) 1 kitchen. 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne wonderful.' wwwww 2:00 PM (60 mins) 6:30 PM (60 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton textures and fibres from across the underestimate is the sharpness of LOVE+ isn't about whether or not we large dollop of humour. 30 minutes. Wed-Fri 8:00 PM, Sat 4:00 PM & 8:00 PM - The Guardian Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (60 mins) world. Little Tadpoles Looking for their knives. can love machines, because we all TICKETS TICKETS A f--k tonne of questions. Sun 5:00 PM (75 mins) TICKETS TICKETS Full $32, Conc $24 $25 Full $20, Conc $15 Mama is a dance with difference, a Full $15, Conc $12 TICKETS already do. It's about what it'll be like "Hilarious ... an hour-long PTSD Who will be the next Jamie Oliver? Co-commissioned by Battersea Arts Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller TICKETS Discounts: Fringe Binge story within a story, where nature Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $25, Conc $20 when they start to love us back. trigger with fellow [uni] survivors" - Full $55, Conc $45 Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge meets nurture; a dialogue of sound audience member "Manic and fearless" - The Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Attenborough Centre for the Creative and movement that explores love, wwwww British Theatre Guide Australian Arts and supported by Latitude WRITTEN BY loss and our everlasting search for "Genuinely subversive" - The Age Festival. Amy Mansfield human connection. PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DEVISED BY Mika Austin Stage Mom Bryony Kimmings Pippin Latham MALAPROP

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STORY TELLING CONTEMPORARY DRAMA COMEDY It all sparks joy It's Not Too Far Down Man Up! Monster / Woman A hoarder tries to de-clutter A device is released that tells the Will real voices shape the A surreal black comedy. user when the peak of their life using the KonMari method way society will man up? Medusa. has happened. Alex, a young and She's the original femme fatale, In this intimate and immersive ambitious marketer throws a party, Man Up! explores current societal whose beauty made men much theatre show, the audience sit in the and receives one in the mail. It views and norms around the way harder than they'd like. For over bedroom of self-confessed hoarder goes off. men behave and questions where Jeremy Parker. Following the advice men and masculinity are headed. three thousand years, the story of snaky-locked Medusa has titillated of Japanese Netflix sensation Marie This absurdist play explores what Based on countless interviews with and terrified. Poets, philosophers Kondo he attempts to tidy up the happens when we are confronted real people, the script is woven and artists have told and retold her clutter left generated by him and his with knowing that it doesn't get to reflect the way people have story, all attempting to discover FRINGE HUB former wife. As each layer is peeled better from here. perceived men in their life and what FRINGE HUB FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL back, the memories become more GASWORKS ARTS PARK - THE RATTLESNAKE SALOON the future holds for our young boys FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - the true Medusa. If only it was that Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton painful and old wounds reopen. GASWORKS THEATRE 140 Lygon St, Carlton as they become men. A fascinating QUILT ROOM simple. Tue-Sat 7:00 PM, Sun 6:00 PM (60 mins) Hopefully Jeremy can still find 21 Graham St, Albert Park 8:15 PM (60 mins) insight into what people are currently Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 7:00 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (55 mins) From award-winning theatre-maker TICKETS something in his life that sparks joy. TICKETS thinking and feeling. A touching Full $28 TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 performance exploring social issues TICKETS Sabrina D'Angelo comes this dream- Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $25 "Humour tinged with sadness is Full $34, Conc $28 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge of domestic violence, aggression, Full $26, Conc $22 like and thrilling comedy about Preview $25 (12 Sept) rising star Dylan Cole's bread and Group 6+ $26 homophobia and dominance; Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $20 one character's wild journey back Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge butter" wwww1⁄2 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge balanced by the nurturing, Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge through time and into the paradoxical - The Advertiser WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY vulnerability and sensitivity we don't and really weird history of herself. Matt Bostock always see. melbournefringe.com.au PERFORMED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PRODUCED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Sabrina D'Angelo and David Dylan Cole Nicholas Kirkby Jeremy Ives McLaughlin

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JPN CONTEMPORARY NEW WRITING SCI-FI DRAMA DEVISED My sister's diary n0wherians Psyche Punk Rock - MISFIT Qualia And the Journey of the What does a... A science fiction fantasy Theatre 24 hours in a public psych ward Dead-fing-fascinated five-year-old, is brutal. People are suffering; White Cat The android had been picking up Sleep-averse Caribbean matriarch, Watch what happens when in emotional, physical and social space debris. One day, he noticed A whirlwind tale of travel and Manz who worked security for I let go... distress and trying to navigate the rescue signal. There was a baby mystery. Rihanna (once) and William Carlisle has the world at his the trauma of being confined in a who had just woken up from the Two teenage gyals discovering feet but its weight on his shoulders. medical space. Millie is about to begin a journey by cold-sleep. He decided to bring up nature-strips-below-the-hips have William and his fellow Sixth-Formers boat to Lisbon, following the trail of the baby, but his body was going to in common? are preparing for their mock A-Levels What if you're also Deaf? Or a family member who went missing be broken. while navigating the pressures of new to the system? How do you in childhood. Her odyssey takes her Not a lot. But they all live in a street communicate, if you're unable to A story of an android who dreams of teenage life. to several different countries as she in the sky. understand the language and system the Earth and builds a spaceship. AKA STUDIO YOGA follows various leads. O_STUDIO THE MC SHOWROOM THEATRE WORKS They are educated and aspirational NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL - of a psychiatric ward? Qualia is a 130c Nicholson St, Brunswick East 200A Argyle St, Fitzroy Peep into the lives of inner-city Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran 14 Acland St, St Kilda young people, but the pressure is STUDIO 2 new theatre work in development by 8:00 PM (60 mins) Meanwhile, she is haunted by the 7:30 PM (60 mins) Fri 8:00 PM, Sat 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM, A nonverbal performance including Thu, Fri 7:00 PM, Sat 4:00 PM (2 hrs) 189 High St, Northcote London council estate dwellers. They mounting and something has to give, multi-disciplinary artist and producer, ghost of her sister, whose diary Sun 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM (35 mins) dance elements. Fri, Sat 6:45 PM, Sun 2:00 PM (45 mins) TICKETS TICKETS may be at the bottom of the food TICKETS as step-by-step, the dislocation, Heidi Everett. Working with a team of mysteriously appears in her suitcase, Full $20, Conc $12 Full $20, Conc $18 chain but they're top of the block. TICKETS Full $30 disjunction and latent violence TICKETS artists with lived experience, Qualia Group 4+ $12 along with several pieces of old Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $23, Conc $20 WINNER Thumbs Up! Taipei Fringe Group 6+ $25 Full $20, Conc $15 simmering under the surface of explores the disparate realities within Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge clothing and other relics from her Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Festival 2018. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $15 Over-policed and undervalued, prosperity is revealed. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge the medical system. past. It is an unpredictable trip which n0wherians is a big F U to the leads to chance encounters and 'notopia' narrative. PERFORMED BY WRITTEN BY CREATED BY powerful revelations about her life. Yutaro Wada Simon Stephens Heidi Everett PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY PRESENTED BY Emskje Arnel Lucy Ansell Syuhei Katsuyama Sarah Ward Darebin Arts Speakeasy

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COMEDY NEW WRITING SATIRE COMEDY CONTEMPORARY COMEDY Nevernatal Obstinate Little Tart Oh No! Satan Stole My Quite Drunk, Very sadface SADx Preggatini? Prenatal yoga? If feminine is chaos and masculine Pineal Gland! Jesus-y A millennial wet dream The TED talk nobody asked is order, what will actually happen Prefer to die than attend Anyway, Hail Satan. 'Do you think you can still I lie tucked up in bed, typing dirty for. another baby shower? when women take over the world? Your friendly neighbourhood be friends with someone if words into my MACBOOK. Suddenly Take everything you think you know the bedroom door swings agape, in Everyone's getting married and Obstinate Little Tart is a darkly Satanists gather. They just want to you don't agree with their about sadness and chuck it in the waltzes ZUCKERBERG. "Let's do having babies and Erika's got a comedic (dramedic?) monologue that have a chat - no, seriously. politics?' 'Of course you can. bin. Erin Hill has years of experience this thing" he hollers and in bound thesis and a hangover. Now Paige examines identity and power in the with mental illness and she's put Just don't talk about politics.' SCOMO and ALBO - two DADDIES is pregnant and Erika has to wade murky waters of gender dynamics, Australia's most absurd writer everything she's learned together Four old friends from youth group. fully frenching each other. All THREE through another living Pinterest holding up contemporary notions of (definitely probably) debuts an ode to to present the TED talk you didn't One snug log cabin. 'Quite Drunk, of them start to caress my ripe frame hell and play that weird chocolate womanhood against the archetype every awkward, hellish conversation realise you needed to see. Very Jesus-y' is a new play exploring and soon enough we're shooting nappy game. of the witch. Celebrating mistakes, FRINGE HUB you've endured to make 1x friend. FRINGE HUB how teenage faith plays out in adult through outer space and into the CLUB VOLTAIRE CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - grief, remorse and redemption, the FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - UNIVERSAL RESTAURANT CAMPARI HOUSE SADx explores what works, what life and what the logical breaking SUN, courtesy of ELON MUSK's 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne Can you stay best friends when VAULT 11 piece ultimately seeks to discover NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS Human connections are tough, so NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS 141 Lygon St, Carlton 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne doesn't, and tells all the crazy stories 19-21 Sept 6:30 PM, 26-28 Sept 8:00 PM Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton point of any childhood friendship 9:30 PM (60 mins) rocket. Elon likes to watch. SO 7:30 PM (60 mins) you're in completely different places? how a flawed and imperfect woman make a deal with the devil. that come along with crazy. (60 mins) 8:20 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 7:00 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 6:15 PM, Sun 5:15 PM (85 mins) should be. Developed as part of The WILL YOU. How can Erika be excited when a can become her own anti-heroine. TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS baby seems as thrilling as a potato, TICKETS TICKETS "The future of Australian comedy" TICKETS Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship, Full $22, Conc $18.50 A double bill about sex and the self Full $25, Conc $22 it won Highly Commended at the on the internet, both new works Full $28, Conc $24.50 without the vodka capabilities? And Full $25, Conc $20 wwww "An almost visceral Full $25, Conc $22 Jean Tong; "Brash, bold and Full $30, Conc $26 Group 4+ $17 Group 6+ $20 Group 6+ $24.50 Group 6+ $20 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 4+ $20 Cheap Tuesday $25, Group 4+ $25 Rodney Seaborn Award 2017. Best Discounts: Fringe Binge created by two young people with Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge don't even get her started on the experience" - The Funny Tonne brilliant" Lou Wall - The Age Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Preview $15 (17 Sept) Preview $15 (21 Sept) Preview $23 (12 Sept) enjoyed with a (large) glass of Shiraz! huge vanity complexes. carbon footprint. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Beth McMullen Jean Tong & Lou Wall Grace De Morgan Sara Bolch and Amy Spurgeon melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY DIRECTED BY PRODUCED BY Freya Magee Pierce Wilcox Kirby Medway Peter Blackburn Freya McGrath

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MUSICAL THEATRE DRAMA STORY TELLING COMEDY MUSIC Sex and the Musical Share House Side A Temporary The Art of Lies and From the team that brought you Share Everything Making a good mix tape took Amy's life as a receptionist is a rut Obfuscation 'Buffy Kills Edward' comes a new of emails, ergonomics and endless A young woman is found murdered skill, patience and a ball parody musical, a prequel to Sex unrealistic expectations. She spends A vanishing twin, a woman in a park, walking home the night point pen. and the City. 'Sex and the Musical' her days tackling the big issues - like on a quest, an inter-galactic of a party. The last three people to answers the question of how our 2017 Melbourne Fringe Best the optimal temperature of the air fantasy inspired by a famous see her alive, her partner and two favourite girls became friends, with Performance nominee Amanda conditioning and how to ensure the compendium on the art of friends, can't remember anything. As a pop score by composer Laura Santuccione is back with her brand coffee machine is being appropriately they struggle to cope with their loss lying. Wiley ('Buffy Kills Edward', 'Winter Is new show Side A. cleaned. Now, on her journey and grief, it becomes apparent that Bio wants to take us to the stars. Coming', 'The Video Games'). Meet Join Amanda as she weaves stories to find another gluten-dairy-nut one of them knows more than they're pre-pilot Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, of growing up in an analogue world free cake for the big merger deal, letting on... Riding on an original electro- and Samantha as they meet one FRINGE HUB where labels were things we were Amy stops to wonder: is this her choral-orchestral music score and GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO another in fabulous New York City. THE MC SHOWROOM FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - TOY born into and fought against. THE BUTTERFLY CLUB moment to escape to freedom, or THE MC SHOWROOM Presented as part of Fine @ Fringe a conceptual space vehicle, one THEATRE Come grab a cosmo and see the Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran LIBRARY Where your identity was hidden 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne the beginning of her descent into Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran 21 Graham St, Albert Park Tue-Fri 8:30 PM, and sponsored by the Howard Fine Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 5:30 PM (60 mins) Tue-Fri 7:15 PM, Sat 2:00 PM & 7:15 PM, woman draws us into an absurdist show that brings original pop songs, somewhere amongst the songs and corporate oblivion? Created on the 9:45 PM (60 mins) Sat 4:30 PM & 8:30 PM (60 mins) Acting Studio, Share House is an Tue-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 6:30 PM (60 mins) Sun 4:30 PM (60 mins) sci-fi fantasy and a potentially showstopper choreography, and the hiss of a self-made mix tape. A world TICKETS clock behind a real reception desk, original stage play premiering at murderous intrigue. TICKETS four sexiest women in NYC. TICKETS TICKETS where you had to wait until tomorrow Full $35, Conc $31 Temporary reveals endless humour in TICKETS Melbourne Fringe that looks at Full $35, Conc $30 Full $25 Full $24, Conc $18 night if you didn't press record and Group 6+ $28 the mundane 9-to-5. Because if the Full $32, Conc $27 Group 6+ $32 Cheap Tuesday $20, Group 6+ $20 grief, relationships, guilt, loyalty and Cheap Tuesday $18, Group 4+ $18 Discounts: Fringe Dweller Group 6+ $30 It's theatre. It's film. It's music. wwwww Iconic Blonde play at the exact same time. receptionist doesn't do it, who will? Discounts: Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge manipulation. Preview $15 (12 Sept) Preview $27 (17 Sept) Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Told through storytelling, spoken Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge PRESENTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY word and live musical soundscape, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PERFORMED BY Emma Knights Productions Adeodatus McCormack this is the debut season for Side A. Katie Lees Talia Rita Graziano WRITTEN BY SUPPORTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Laura Wiley Howard Fine Acting Studio Amanda Santuccione Nisrine Amine Edward Primrose

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Melbourne Fringe presents NEW WRITING DRAMA COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY Snatches Something Unspoken The Lizard The Aussie Ethnic The Critic The Dark Side of the Student theatre. We know Tensions reach a tipping Identity Crisis Jamie has just scored her dream Room what you're thinking. Don't point in Tennessee Williams' is present: A light play about being dark or job as a theatre critic for a major The year is 1984. Well, it's not. The think that. tightly coiled one-act play. a dark play about being white, newspaper. When her fledgling year is actually 2019. But at one Gala in honour of playwright friend Emma begs her to Snatches is two nights of short Breakfast is well and truly disrupted depending on where you're seated. point in time, for about a year, the review her newest play, Jamie figures year was 1984. And in 1984, Alan theatre, art, music, poems and when Miss Cornelia Scott learns her marina abramolizardvic it's an easy favour. short films - all written, directed and bid for Regent of the Confederate A comedic look into the nouveau Chipperfield, a neurotic man from Australian identity through the lens East London needs to pay his electric performed by RMIT students. Daughters Society is under threat. A tribute to a contemporary art icon Until she discovers that the play is of a Sri Lankan boy, Chathura and his bill by the end of the day. It's well And if that wasn't enough, there's terrible and she's confronted with Sept 27th, 9.15 pm, Old Ballroom - Trades Hall Grandmother. overdue, and Eastern Electric has Over 15 new pieces will premiere the insistent silence of her long-time an impossible choice; be honest and For more details, visit: fb.me/thelizardispresent threatened to cut his power. The each night in a theatrical feast of secretary Grace. Is today the day potentially ruin her friend's career thought of leaving his flat to pay the RMIT KALEIDE THEATRE word-play, where you can gorge on HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) the secrets between them will TIC: SWANSTON THE BUTTERFLY CLUB or lie and ruin her own before it's CLUB VOLTAIRE bill, however, is quite the excruciating 360 Swanston St, Melbourne a smorgasbord of the unexpected, 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy finally erupt? Rehearsed using 502/37 Swanston St, Melbourne 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne even begun. 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne 7:00 PM (120 mins) Tue, Wed, Sat 7:00 PM, Thu 9:00 PM 6:30 PM (60 mins) 5:30 PM (60 mins) 9:30 PM (60 mins) prospect. And so, his friends Simon served from a menu that offers techniques from the Actors Studio, (45 mins) and Roxanne arrive to rouse him everything from black comedy to this brand new production from the Fast, fierce and funny; The Critic TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS into action. The stakes are high, as Free - bookings essential drama, monologue to poetry. No TICKETS Anthropocene Play Company brings Full $18, Conc $15 Full $35, Conc $31 is an incisive look into the world Full $23, Conc $20 Alan stares down the barrel of a life stone is left unturned! Full $30, Conc $20 vivid life to Williams' beloved play. Group 6+ $15 Group 6+ $28 of theatre, criticism and just how Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller engulfed by darkness, without light, Image by Greg Elms Photography. worthwhile our opinions actually are. without hope, unable to see where WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY DIRECTED BY he is going. And that's if the power RMIT Students Bronwen Coleman Aran Thingsatrandom Rose Flanagan doesn't go out. melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept PERFORMED BY STARRING PRESENTED BY A PRODUCTION BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RMIT Students Clare Larman and Pia O'Meadhra The Brown Ballet Bitten By Productions Con Coutis

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SATIRE NEW WRITING DRAMA CABARET POLITICAL The Market is a Wind- The Paper Planes I The Space Between Tragedy! (a new Transgression Truth Bomb!!! Up Toy Made For You The space between the road and comedy) Sure, we have marriage, but some A string of short performance pieces the footpath of us still can't take a piss without and a music video linked by a single After Dante When Wolfgang moved into their Meet your maker!... Well... studio apartment in a garage they And the footpath and the shops getting harassed. prop, not content. One person's The Market Is A Wind-up Toy - the One of them anyway... were happy to be getting out of a And when it's late, the space perspective on society and how they latest radical political work from The 'Transgression' is the premiere show sharehouse. between the streetlights In a world saturated with pop culture, travel through it. Some experienced, Bloomshed. by human rights advocate, Jacob They wanted somewhere to be able selfies, narcissism, and the hunger some witnessed, some imagined. It's the end of the world sale - all Lucy Rees navigates what she's been Thomas, that explores the lived to focus. for everyone's 15 minutes, how can things reduced to clear - time to take told about dark streets, how to act at experience of being gender diverse From relationships and social media To do better. one god(dess) preach to the choir stock of what we have and flog it till it parties, and growing up just wanting after Australia passed marriage addiction to growing up queer as a To be better. of modern civilisation in an effort stops breathing. to be a cool girl, you know, like one to reclaim power over the mortals? equality. teenager in the '90s, to turning 40 The market has collapsed, leading But even here there is too much of the boys, but not one of the boys, Tragedy! (a new comedy) is a chance and what that was like for 'me'. THEATRE WORKS economists are jumping out of ALEX THEATRE ST KILDA - THE THE MELBA - STUDIO THE MELBA - SAWTOOTH MEAT MARKET - STABLES Be sinful. Break the rules. Be GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO noise; too much responsibility, like a cool girl. for modern day mortals to meet their 14 Acland St, St Kilda skyscraper windows, the golden bull STUDIO 35 Johnston St, Collingwood STUDIO 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne authentic. And if you can't freely take THEATRE Truth Bomb!!! is coming to Tue-Sat 9:00 PM, Sun 8:30 PM (60 mins) too much to think about, too many 8:45 PM (60 mins) maker... Well, one of them anyway. 9:30 PM (60 mins) has been put down. Arvid Flatpack Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda Join her for the personal, and the 35 Johnston St, Collingwood a piss then take the piss freely out of 21 Graham St, Albert Park Melbourne after a run in Traralgon Wed-Sat 8:30 PM, Sun 6:00 PM (60 mins) memories and too many choices. 7:00 PM (60 mins) 6:15 PM (60 mins) TICKETS has to fix it. Watch him journey down TICKETS familiar, and the space between. Tragedy! (a new comedy) is a cabaret TICKETS those who hurt you. followed by the Sydney Fringe Full $28, Conc $20 to the darkest recesses of hell to TICKETS Full $25, Conc $20 TICKETS Full $20 TICKETS Wolfgang feels trapped in a web and for anyone who cannot live without Festival. Group 6+ $20 recurrent the only system that works Full $30 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Full $25, Conc $20 Group 4+ $15 Full $30, Conc $25 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Preview $20 (25 Sept) every web has a creator. Group 6+ $15 their smartphone, wi-fi or their daily Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge - the free market. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge worship and pilgrimage to their favourite barista. PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY The Bloomshed Lucy Rees Kerri Gannan DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY MUSIC BY James Jackson Ash Dorman Elizabeth Wilhelm Elizabeth Scales Jacob Thomas Kerri Gannan

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ARG CONTEMPORARY DRAMA PUPPETRY The Voices of Joan The Will To Be The World in a of Arc No legacy is so rich as Suitcase Radical Feminist Punk Ritual honesty Intimate, interactive, object Now more than ever we need to One lonely night in 1962, a young theatre on a global scale. draw inspiration from the galvanising university lecturer weighs up his life. An old red suitcase filled with over wisdom of rebels; the people who The career of his dreams is no more. 100 items, sent from more than 100 are not afraid to speak truth to His secret is out. Will he choose love people in 100 different countries power and have the courage to take or the law? especially for this project. action. Janie Gibson invokes the Through object manipulation, spirit of Joan of Arc and unearths the In a time when homosexuality puppetry, clowning, music and damning voices of her oppressors in is illegal in Australia, a man of interactive projections the weird and DANCEHOUSE - SYLVIA STAEHLI a spell to dissolve the patriarchy. THE BUTTERFLY CLUB reputation must ask the everlasting BLUESTONE CHURCH ARTS wonderful objects are brought to life THEATRE 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne question: 'to be or not to be?' SPACE by a lone traveller who seems to have 150 Princes St, Carlton North 7:00 PM (60 mins) 8A Hyde St, Footscray 9:15 PM (50 mins) "The dialogue lays bare the vicious 7:00 PM, Sat 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM (45 mins) lost her way... misogyny of the Church at that time... TICKETS A one-man show exploring legacy, This work is about crossing borders TICKETS It brings the passion of Joan of Arc to Full $35, Conc $31 sexuality, and shame, married with TICKETS and connecting people and places. It Group 6+ $28 Full $25, Conc $20 life with dignity and dramatic force." the words of William Shakespeare Full $18, Conc $15 explores the possibilities of modern Group 6+ $20 and music of the 1960s. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Cameron Woodhead, The Age communication and celebrates global citizenship. It is a journey around the PERFORMED BY Does a life filled with fear and denial world from the inside of a suitcase, Janie Gibson make for any life at all? melbournefringe.com.au why don't you come along? 12 – 29 2019 Sept DIRECTED BY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Anu Almagro Mark Salvestro The Travelling Light Project

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DRAMA ADAPTATION DEVISED COMEDY POLITICAL COMEDY UHT: Our Father UHT: The UHT: The Playground WRATH YAY FOR CANE TOADS! Your Silence Will Not Presented at UHT's Guild Hub Metamorphosis Presented at UHT's Guild Hub Volatile. Razor-Sharp. Arvo tea on the veranda, a Protect You priceless view, and...I'm forgetting The truth can rewrite your past When was the last time Mum made Ruthless. Do you remember the panic attack Presented at UHT's Guild Hub something...Never mind!...How are you a Milo? Or cut the crusts off your you had the first, and only, time you Gregor Samsa is a hard-working "Funny as all hell" wwww your investments going darling? A man who is a father, a husband fisted someone? Gavin does. And it travelling salesman, providing the sandwich? Do you miss the days - The Music and an ex teacher is about to be when nothing hurt more than grazing was hilarious. only support for his family. That is Physical, wordy, weird, poignant, convicted. He leaves his wife and a knee on astroturf? until he wakes up one morning and This is the dog-eat-dog world of high poetic and hilarious, this genre- children spinning with the revelation Having tackled bullying and body discovers that he has transformed stakes business and newbie Henry defying cook-up gets stuck into that of his acts. In this devised work, we ask our image, language and love, acclaimed into a giant insect... or something. has just entered the hornets' nest. pantry full of stale and unfinished creative team to go back to that time queer artist Gavin Roach has caved Everyone's a threat on the ladder business, pulls out a desiccated rat As their world is capsized and and embrace their inner child; to into demand and is finally offering up MU Modern Theatre present a FRINGE HUB to success so when a suspicious and some sugar. their memories manipulated; how a more "happy" and "fun" show. GUILD THEATRE GUILD THEATRE new adaptation of Franz Kafka's GUILD THEATRE think about the games, the objects, FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - discovery is made on the boardroom THE BURROW - STUDIO MEAT MARKET - STABLES implicated are they? Are you guilty the sites and scenarios where they Level 1, Union House, University of Level 1, Union House, University of inimitable and sinister novella for Level 1, Union House, University of NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS table, all hell breaks loose... 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Born on Kulin country, grown up 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne Melbourne, Parkville for keeping someone else's secret? Melbourne, Parkville Melbourne, Parkville were truly able to express the weird Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Thu, Fri 8:30 PM 8:15 PM (60 mins) An illuminating adventure about the stage, drawing from the canon on Kabi Kabi country, creator and 7:00 PM (45 mins) Thu, Fri 8:15 PM, Sat 9:30 PM (50 mins) 5:45 PM (50 mins) and wonderful. Take the plunge and Tue-Sat 9:30 PM, Sun 8:30 PM (60 mins) Sat, Sun 4:00 PM & 8:30 PM (55 mins) coming to terms with mental illness, of Absurdist and In-yer-face theatre WRATH is a deliciously satirical performer, Kendra Keller, aka TICKETS In light of the recent royal hit the Playground with us, because navigating alcohol abuse and trying TICKETS TICKETS stagings of Kafka's work, and TICKETS TICKETS rollercoaster that threatens to go full TICKETS Lady Longdrop, is a whitefella and Full $20 commission into institutional child maybe being an adult doesn't have to figure out why the hell you didn't Full $10, Conc $8 Full $20, Conc $15 bringing new life to the story for Full $12 Full $30, Conc $25 pelt off the rails. This explosive new Full $24.50, Conc $18.50 multidisciplinary artist, wrestling Group 4+ $15 Group 4+ $8 abuse, this is a look into the families Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Group 6+ $10 to be so hard. Cheap Tuesday $25, Group 6+ $24 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge say something sooner. Melbourne Fringe 2019. work promises a delectably black it out with deep-tissue questions Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge of the accused. Discounts: Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge and shamelessly irreverent trip down around colonial-capitalist barbarity, WRITTEN BY PRESENTED BY the rabbit-hole. normalcy, amnesia and arrival. Are WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Franz Kafka Four Letter Word Theatre you ready? Gavin Roach WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY PRESENTED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRESENTED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY DIRECTED BY Lucy Holz MU Modern Theatre Union House Theatre GROUP PROJECT Kendra Keller Lauren Hopley

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DEVISED CONTEMPORARY COMEDY UnderLyingSkins Waterloo wednesday morning Eternal becoming meets a A show about love and violence. A 3am ENERGY forgotten Anglo lineage and new work-in-progress season from award-winning artist Bron Batten. Thomas has written a play an identity crisis of a fake and it's a cracker. nation, only to ask questions 'Super intelligent performance It's about the discovery of the of First Nations peoples. wwww ' - The Age Cosmic Microwave Background How to exist as a person who has Radiation, proof of the Big Bang, the been born of a culture that profits 'Heartbreakingly vulnerable...Not sound of the early universe. from the denying of another? When to be missed' wwww - Three you wouldn't exist without it. Weeks, UK FRINGE HUB Although something doesn't seem WHO AM I? How do we go home right, the reading doesn't seem to be CROWDED IN THE VAULTS - when the house is a stolen one? We BRUNSWICK MECHANICS 'Amazing, existential-dilemma-driven FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - going as planned. Pretty difficult to VAULT 11 could make room by ripping up the INSTITUTE - THEATRE theatre' - Sometimes Melbourne ARCHIVE ROOM screw up a play reading... Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 6:00 PM (50 mins) concrete, but no one will do that until 7:00 PM (60 mins) Tue-Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 5:00 PM (50 mins) we start ripping up everything we 'Bron is a stage presence to be wednesday morning 3am is about TICKETS think we know. How far back does TICKETS reckoned with wwwww' - TICKETS failing. Full $25, Conc $22 Full $20, Conc $17 Edfringe Reviews Full $24, Conc $20 Group 6+ $20 the forgetting go? Ancients and Group 6+ $15 Cheap Tuesday $18, Group 6+ $20 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge witches. Rituals and remembering. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge That, and the biggest thing I touch my skin and I know I'm here. Presented as part of Critical Mass. imaginable. Think big. Yeah. Bigger I close my eyes and I feel the true than that. melbournefringe.com.au size of myself. 12 – 29 2019 Sept CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY CREATED AND PERFORMED BY A unique exchange between Kristen O'Dwyer Bron Batten Dr. Thomas D. Richards artist, audience and his subject.

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JPN UK CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION WORKSHOP PORTRAITURE EXHIBITION DIGITAL 5MINS.....INKS ART JAPAN 2019 Artist Speakeasy: CREATING A SCENE CRITICAL MASS @ Current Live performance in inks on Japanese Pop & Modern Art Exhibition Proposal Following an education in Sheffield, BLAK DOT We come and go. We stay Vivienne found the only thing he 10 plus metre paper A colourful and vibrant group show Writing forever. could do was paint, cry silently, CODE-SWITCH introducing the talent of more than 5 mins. Join Linden New Art Director whisper sweet nothings into a Blak Dot joins forces with Siteworks My mother and I make tea in my 30 Japanese artists. This exhibition Flowers. Melinda Martin in this professional filled-to-the-brim tumbler of gin, and and Brunswick Mechanics Institute nan's old crockery, items passing will explore the artistic scene in Two live posers. development workshop for artists slide down the wall of the shower under one banner to program Critical between hands and in and out of Japan as a cultural superpower 10m+ paper. to learn how to write effective into a slumped wet mess at least Mass -- a series of live performance, frame as they move between us. crossing a number of mediums and Ink and brush. exhibitions proposals. once weekly. multi-disciplinary events and visual Up and down the hills and valleys themes from fine art to illustration arts. Blak Dot will be host to a we go, grateful guests on beautiful and Pop Art to Modernism and Auslan speaking visual artist and Whether you're applying to exhibit This retrospective of portraits by group show of crucial ideas curated Taungurung country we've called beyond. This exhibition showcases live performer, Selwyn explores in artist run initiatives or public art Vivienne captures styles, moods, by Moorinia Bonnini and Tyson DEADLY FRINGE home for all these years. Unmoved the very best of contemporary ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - themes of affinity and transformation BRUNSWICK STREET GALLERY BUS PROJECTS galleries, this session will explore a KADO WAREHOUSE and moments from 2006 to the BLAK DOT GALLERY Campbell: Code: Switch. THE SUBSTATION and shaken up, you hold us all the Japanese art today. More than 80 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, SACRED in his live performance exhibition 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 25-31 Rokeby St, Collingwood range of proposal formats and how 36 Cremorne St, Cremorne current day. Paintings on canvas 33 Saxon St, Brunswick 1 Market St, Newport same. The brush grows back, old 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM works will be exhibited! 2:00 PM (60 mins) Thu, Sun 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7:00 PM - 1:00 AM HEART BUILDING bringing together the worlds of to effectively convey your artistic and oversize prints. His gin-induced Speaking through whiteness: paths are walked again. 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford Fri, Sat 4:30 PM - 11:00 PM Auslan (Australian Sign Language) TICKETS TICKETS practice and exhibition ideas on collection fills the room with stillness TICKETS rewriting ancestral knowledges into TICKETS 10:00 AM (120 mins) Special event: On Sat 21 Sept there grammatical features and drag Free $11 paper. Discover what galleries are TICKETS and mania. Free the futures of our communities that Free Current is a video projection piece TICKETS queens. will be a Sumie demonstration by looking for and how to put your best Free were never dormant. supported by Hobsons Bay City Free NOTES Kinran Kamataki from 2pm. foot forward. Council. Opening 20 Sept, 6:00 PM Join Vivienne for the best-priced pink gin cocktails in the inner city. DEVISED BY CURATED BY PRESENTED BY Pierra Van Sparkes Mayumi Nihei Linden New Art Left - Post Knife, Right -Lithium PRESENTED BY ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTIST CURATED BY Melbourne Fringe in association with Selwyn Hoffmann Mayumi International Bus Projects and Melbourne Fringe Vivienne Moorina Bonini & Tyson Campbell The SUBSTATION

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EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLIC INSTALLATION EXHIBITION INSTALLATION ARTS AND FILM VISUAL Away with the fairies Blurry Borders. Bust or Boom Edwards Gammin Cafe Faces of Fringe For Our Freedom Taken from the saying that a person Blind Photography Digital projection of Serving up some truths. Much like magicians, artists rarely An audio-visual installation is 'away with the fairies', meaning reveal the process behind their work, Exhibition endurance performance In this exhibition Tahnee Edwards of storytelling, original music distracted, in a dreamworld or even a so together with the Metro Tunnel, piece by Helen Mathwin of Gammin Threads will join forces and video projections little mad, the exhibition encourages Legally blind photographer Kristan we're lifting the veil on exactly how with her dad, Uncle (Choco) Talgium people to embrace their wacky Emerson has been shooting the featuring Bryan Luff art gets made. This installation combines Indigenous Edwards, to explore the blak history inner visions. It presents a point of world on his overseas travels since A man and a boy each sit astride To celebrate the Fringe's new home, storytelling, poetry written by asylum and spirit of Fitzroy through their realisation in the artist's own journey 2016. a horse. For 12 hours they move the Metro Tunnel Creative Program seekers, an original music score and respective mediums including: wood of valuing their creativity. Rather towards one another across a remote commissioned photographer Sarah video projections into an immersive burning, graphics, projection work than seeing this as a departure from On their own the photographs are landscape. Walker to capture Fringe Hub artists experience to explore a narrative of and merchandise/apparel. reality, it is an embracing of one's beautiful - when you consider the at work at Trades Hall. cultural identity in Australia. Each Drawing not only from Uncle imagination and true self. photographer only has 3% vision in Video installation Bust or Boom DEADLY FRINGE FRINGE PRESENTS These portraits will be displayed piece of work broadcasts the voices Talgium's personal connection MAGGIE WREN'S ART SPACE READINGS CARLTON just one eye you won't believe what SECURE PARKING questions our notion of productivity SEVENTH GALLERY METRO TUNNEL HOARDINGS between Trades Hall and Melbourne BRUNSWICK STREET GALLERY of people from different backgrounds with Fitzroy, but his work on No 178 Johnston St, Collingwood Through escapism people are ALLEYWAY he can capture. 522 Flinders Ln Carpark, Melbourne and time well spent. 155 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Melbourne Trades Hall to Melbourne City Baths City Baths on the side of the acoustic 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy - their cultural struggle, traumatic Fri 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Tyne St, Carlton 6:30 PM - 6:30 AM 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Jurisdiction, the works will be 420 Swanston St, Melbourne 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM free from society's expectations shed which houses construction of pasts and uncertain futures - and Sat, Sun 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM an opportunity to explore the Open 24 hours (particularly those placed on women, "My eyes don't have lenses but my TICKETS TICKETS the Metro Tunnel's new State Library TICKETS carries a message of hope and sense entitlement of gentrification and TICKETS disadvantaged groups or anyone TICKETS camera does. It is my way of seeing Free Free TICKETS Station. Free of belonging to this country. reclaim this historically blak and Free Free who breaks the status quo) and Free detail in an otherwise blurry world." working class area. NOTES NOTES can be themselves. The exhibition Opening 20 Sept, 6:00 PM DIRECTION AND ORIGINAL Opening 20 Sept, 6:00 PM also references childhood as many This free exhibition has been audio CREATED BY PRESENTED BY MUSIC BY of us are more honest versions of described to promote accessibility ARTIST Tahnee Edwards and Uncle (Choco) Melbourne Fringe and the Metro Jordan Gilmour Helen Mathwin Talgium Edwards Tunnel Creative Program melbournefringe.com.au and inclusion - see website for 12 – 29 2019 Sept ourselves when young. WRITTEN BY details. ARTIST FEATURING PRESENTED BY ARTIST Richard J. Frankland, Hani Abdile Amelia Saward Bryan Luff Melbourne Fringe Sarah Walker and Abdul Aziz Muhamat

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SLB TALKS TOUR IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION SHORT FILM SCULPTURE Fringe Furniture 33: Fringe Furniture 33: Heart for Solo Melbourne's Darling Mirroring, My Little...... Laura McCusker chats Tactile Tours A musical and visual journey Spend a moment or two with Synchronous Explore how different timeless design Can you feel it? across the Solomon Islands your urban neighbour - the Behaviour, Reflexes & artisans have reimagined pigeon - in this whimsical this iconic toy by adults for Fads come and go but good Get up close and personal with some This immersive installation is Movement design lasts forever. Internationally designed to showcase the songs, pop up installation. adults. of the most extraordinary objects on Art as a beautiful vibration, recognised designer Laura McCusker display at Fringe Furniture. Designed faces and natural beauty of the Melbourne's Darling is an interactive We're all looking for something joins Fringe Furniture and shares her especially for people who are blind Solomon Islands. It's a diverse live-art installation featuring a pigeon You Can Do Anything that reminds us of our youth only journey, reinforcing the importance or vision impaired, an experienced collection from around the country in a dress. The piece welcomes A human being can harness their to discover, once found, it doesn't of timeless, robust design that can accessibility guide will take you on an that includes everything from kastom audience, visitors and Melbourne courage to step onto a path of always live up to our expectations. be used, re-used, passed through audio described tour - piece-by- songs to church choirs, sublime street crawlers to spend a quiet trust in life, no longer held back This exhibition of modified My Little FRINGE PRESENTS generations and that offers a lifetime FRINGE PRESENTS piece - into every nook, cranny, sunsets to mining sites. moment exchanging letters, gestures by fear. Experience short films by Pony toys explores how we interpret, ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - ROSINA of love. ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - ROSINA curve and corner that these playful SITEWORKS THE BURROW - COURTYARD - or simply admire from afar. FED SQUARE - DIGITAL FACADE performance artist Brett Ashby as he LORD COCONUT as adults, the meaning behind such AUDITORIUM AUDITORIUM works boast. 33 Saxon St, Brunswick The exhibition is an invitation to 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Bringing to spotlight our urban warps and distorts gravity. Through Mitchell House, Level 5, 358 Lonsdale St, an iconic toy from our childhood. 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wed-Fri 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Melbourne 1-3 St Heliers St, Abbotsford Come and find out what it takes to 1-3 St Heliers St, Abbotsford spend time reflecting on the images co-inhabitant, Melbourne's Darling 12, 15, 17, 23, 25 Sept 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM gestural abstraction painting and 1:00 PM (60 mins) 11:00 AM (90 mins) and music. The extraordinary Sat 21 Sept 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Mon-Fri 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, build a successful and ethical career Need some help getting to the TICKETS Sat 28 Sept 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM is a celebration of a love for pigeons HORSE BAZAAR acceleration on the skateboard; Sat 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Each repurposed toy has been TICKETS in furniture design. TICKETS Abbotsford Convent? Catch a ride Free musical talent of Solomon Islanders Sun 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM and sharing a quiet moment in our 26, 28 Sept 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Ashby attempts to balance and moulded, painted, sculpted and/ Free - bookings essential Free - bookings essential on Melbourne Fringe's free shuttle is transporting while each portrait busy, busy city. Go ahead - feed 27 Sept 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM manipulate gravity, allowing him to TICKETS or modified to reflect the artistic PRESENTED BY tells a story of the country as it faces TICKETS Free service from Flinders Street Station Free the pigeon. TICKETS communicate the narrative. practice of local designers, crafters Melbourne Fringe for the Wednesday session. Call the converging challenges of the Free NOTES and artisans for this exclusive to 21st century. ARTIST Opening 13 Sept, 5:30pm SUPPORTED BY 9660 9600 to find out more or to Melbourne Fringe in-store exhibition. reserve a place. NOTES Brett Ashby The Naomi Milgrom Foundation Come and go as you please PRESENTED BY as part of the Fringe Furniture for PRESENTED BY ARTIST CREATED BY Live music accompaniment on 28 Sept CURATED BY Lord Coconut and our weird artistic Gender Equality initiative Melbourne Fringe Patrick Rose Sandra Chui Christine Perera supporters

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VISUAL ARTS AND FILM VISUAL EXHIBITION EXHIBITION PAINTING INSTALLATION DIGITAL ARTS AND FILM VISUAL HousingFirst Annual Insurge OBSCENE GESTURES Plastisphere SKIN Art Exhibition 'Insurge' is an exhibition featuring Hands are tools and we rely on them presented by Coburg Neuroqueer entanglement new work by visual, sound, and every single day; to hold, touch, Carnivale Ink it in forever. Our Place performance artists of Oceanic create and build. How much do you This mixed media exhibition descent, commissioned by Kingston rely on them to communicate? A lot Explore our plastic future in Tattoos are a proud reflection of showcases art and photography Arts. In the United Nation's more than you think. an immersive art installation identity, diversity and non-conformity created by residents living in International Year of Indigenous As emission targets are ignored, and for many queer, and neuro-diverse community housing. Our artists Languages, 'Insurge' ignites We all use a variety of gestures we hurtle towards the point of no people. consider the concept 'Our Place'. the voices, and documents the every day. Auslan (AUstralian Sign return, it's clear we've lost the ability Is it a connection to geographical languages, stories and talanoa// LANguage) is an extension of this. to empathise with future generations. In a new work by queer artist location or an inside space? A feeling korero//conversations of Birraranga's and activist Alison Bennett, SKIN within oneself, or tied to one's diasporic Pasifika peoples. We call in Obscene Gestures explores the FRINGE PRESENTS Plastisphere explores this fractured takes the form of a large-scale GASWORKS ARTS PARK - ARB identity? Does it relate to a sense KINGSTON ARTS CENTRE the mana of our peoples, our voices THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - variety of physical communication COBURG LIBRARY FED SQUARE - DIGITAL FACADE empathy by giving a voice to photographic artwork that wraps GALLERY of connection to individuals, or to 979 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin and our storytelling for a process EXHIBITION SPACE in our lives. This exhibition hopes Cnr Victoria and Louisa Streets, Coburg Open 24 hours - regular screenings 21 Graham St, Albert Park Wed-Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North 20 & 21 Sept future generations. Audiences are the skin of tattooed neuro-diverse communities? Is it real, or imagined? of cultural resurgence, revitalising to bring awareness of everyone's 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Sat 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM See website for session times confronted with a distorted message FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL LGBTQIA+ people over the walls of These questions and reflections are the power of our ancestral tongues; ability to communicate purely 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM from the future and a desolate Trades Hall and the digital facade of TICKETS part of a wider conversation about TICKETS the vast and complex languages of TICKETS through simple gesturing without TICKETS Free Free Free Free nostalgia felt for a world promised. TICKETS Fed Square. ourselves and interactions with the the Pacific. the associated social and political Free world around us. stigmas. NOTES NOTES "We are the seeds you will plant in Opening Night 24 Sept, 6:00pm Opening 10 Sept, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Q&A 14 Sept, 1:00 PM (60 mins) plastic. We are your stagnant future." PRESENTED BY HousingFirst Ltd New Wayfinders Melbourne Fringe melbournefringe.com.au CREATED BY 12 – 29 2019 Sept IN COLLABORATION WITH CURATED BY ARTIST Laura Collins, Louis Stevens and CREATED BY The HousingFirst Artist Collective Isabella Whāwhai Waru Gonketa (Jaycob Campbell) Conor Jamieson Alison Bennett M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 90 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 91 PHOTOGRAPHY MULTIMEDIA MIXED MEDIUM Spiritus et Locus Sweet Sunshine Tech-xiety #light Walking Tour In Mark Manson's counterintuitive book The Subtle Art of Not Giving Sweet Sunshine takes you on An exercise in contemplative a F*ck, the author proposes a suburban tour through the photography that 'Technology has solved experiences of women working in Spirit sends its light out to everyone economic problems by giving us industry. in the world. Shining forth into the new psychological problems. The internet has not just open-sourced darkness. In hidden corners, dusty Live and projected performances, information; it has also open- shadows, and unexpected places, soundscapes and spoken word will sourced insecurity, self-doubt, and light is found. At the oddest hours, be your guide. light is already there. We're invited shame.' This forms the basis for the exhibition Tech-xiety, where to share this light, and to walk in it. We will visit functioning and obsolete CHALICE SUNSHINE ART SPACES GALLERY VERNISSAGE GALLERY three contemporary artists: Tina Where do you find light? sites as the barometer of past, 251 High St, Northcote Meet at 2 City Pl, Sunshine 509 High Street, Prahran Douglas, Daniel Gardeazabaal 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 6:00 PM (60 mins) present and future. 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Take photos and reflect upon and Amaya Iturri respond to this TICKETS Spirit's illuminating presence in that TICKETS TICKETS current paradigm of technology with Free moment. Share on Instagram using Free - bookings essential Free newly commissioned works. They #SpiritusEtLocus #Light or upload are executed in varied mediums at spiritusetlocus.org. An exhibition with personal reflections acting as of contributed photos will be held at antidotes to the unspoken crisis. 7pm on Thursday, 26 September at Chalice (251 High Street, Northcote). ARTIST CURATED BY Chantal Wynter Alojz Babic

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CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION INTERACTIVE The Amazing Painting The Auslan Movement Uncanny Valley Like a coin operated ride, where An interactive performance/ Use Snapchat to delve into you watch a painting comes alive exhibition featuring Auslan augmented reality generative with an aura, giving you the spiritual (Australian Sign Language). Join art experience of art you've always been Deaf artist Chelle Destefano in a told you are supposed to have. conversation while she creates Enter the uncanny valley, an sculptures of wet watercolour paper unnerving place, a place to explore This work has been supported by from the spatial movements of computer generated people, to the Salamanca Arts Centre's Situate Auslan in real time. transplant their faces onto your program, which is funded by the own and see humanity and the Australia Council for the Arts, the Observe how watercolour sculptural posthuman surrealism of snapchat FRINGE HUB Federal Government's arts funding shapes are formed out of signs and through a computer's eyes. FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL and advisory body. BRUNSWICK MECHANICS conversations. INCINERATOR GALLERY Rosenbaum collected tens of Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton INSTITUTE - STUDIO 180 Holmes Rd, Aberfeldie thousands of Snapchat selfies Tue-Sat 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM (5 mins) 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM from the internet and trained their Sun 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM (5 mins) 6:45 PM (60 mins) New sculptures will be added to the wall after each performance event. TICKETS computer to generate its own. TICKETS TICKETS Free These interactive works question Free Free - bookings essential Presented as part of Critical Mass. identity and the aesthetics of NOTES machine generated art. Download NOTES Opening 26 Sept, 6:00 PM 5 minute experience for one person at a time Snapchat and explore the funny, CREATED BY creepy and bizarre world of machine Chelle Destefano vision with J. Rosenbaum. CREATED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTIST Arie Rain Glorie Critical Mass J. Rosenbaum Abbotsford Convent... M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 A distinctive place to develop

VISUAL ARTS AND FILM VISUAL VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION or present your next project. Unity: Augmented Visual Discourse #9 Reality Art Ancient Waters Water Series From intimate to grand, industrial to opulent, the Convent’s spaces are historically A mind trip between realities Morris' practice focuses on fascinating and bursting with character. Discover a unique 19th century landscape filled 'UNITY' hovers invisibly above the waterways, watercourses, rivers and Arts Centre Melbourne lawn: An related places in the environment. with artists’ studios, cafes, galleries, markets and more. This bustling multi-arts precinct audacious, building-sized Augmented This exploration continues her work Reality (AR) art installation. Smart and philosophy - where the works is a rare fusion of the old and the new, just four kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD. phone access only into this wild, become metaphors for memory experimental fusion of reality, intense of place, and significance of site; glowing art and electronic music through their aesthetic indicating messing with your brain. Step into abbotsfordconvent.com.au/venues the poetic aspects, linked with ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE the sphere. What's it about? The 303 the presence of water to land, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne individual? Harmonising together? 303 High St, Northcote 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM & 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM environment and ecological issues. Ascension? Take a headset and post TICKETS a selfie from your favourite colour! TICKETS Free Free Get App: www.AuraVistaAR.com or www.richardpayne.com.au Where every kid ARTIST Installation view: Katie Lee, ‘Set Elements’ 2017-19, Richard Payne can have a good time. Temporal Proximities, Magdalen Laundry, Abbotsford Convent, melbournefringe.com.au March 2019. Curated by Kelli Alred. Photo: Clare Rae IN COLLABORATION WITH CURATED AND PRODUCED BY Taylors & Probir Dutt Colleen Morris THE FLOOR IS YOURS, M T W T F S S M T W T F S S LITTLE ONES. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Page 13 for details 92 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 STORY TELLING PANEL STORY TELLING Fantastic Feminist Flesh, the law, and Let me get something Folktales black humanity off my chest Fantastic Feminist Folktales is a What neo-colonial technologies of ...and more tales from storytelling night of folktales, myths whiteness censure the intellect, beyond the binary. and stories from throughout the literature, art of Blak, Black, queer ages, inlaid completely with women's and feminisms of colour and outlaw 'Let me get something off my chest' power and potential. Be enthralled their bodies at the periphery? is a brand-new storytelling telling and inspired by an eclectic mix of night for trans and gender diverse stories, both dark and dangerous, A panel of BIPOC critical thinkers people to share stories about their and delightful and inspiring, by construct an imagined future. experiences navigating the path to storyteller Kate Lawrence. Tracking back to the present, they gender-affirming medical care. bare the socio-legal and political LONG PLAY SITEWORKS HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) We'll hear about what people have 318 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy It is a bold, brave and compelling 33 Saxon St, Brunswick architectures that imprison and kill 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy 7:30 PM (90 mins) first show, in the imperfect art that is 5:00 PM (60 mins) ideas, bodies and futures. What 7:00 PM (60 mins) done to save up for surgery, which oral storytelling, from storyteller Kate might we do to intercept and subvert bad movies they watched during their TICKETS Lawrence, principal of Story Wise. TICKETS the necropolitical conditions where TICKETS recoveries and who came through Full $20, Conc $12 Full $15, Conc $10 Full $15, Conc $10 to support them when they needed Discounts: Fringe Dweller Kate brings her unique artful eye flesh, the law, and black humanity Group 6+ $12 and feminist sensibility to the classic reside and die. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge it most. This event will be led by a stories of Red Riding Hood, Joan of group of first-time trans and gender PRESENTED BY diverse storytellers and allies. Arc, and Demeter & Persephone, as Siteworks well as other stories. WRITTEN AND CURATED BY Loving Feminist Literature + And Also Presents

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TOUR PODCAST TOUR WORKSHOP WORKSHOP MULTIMEDIA Abbotsford Convent ARTery Convent Made Tour Making Stories Marketing For MetHER Social History Tour Your main line to the heart of Abbotsford Convent is home to more Without Words Storytellers Connection and divergence. Discover the Abbotsford Convent's the Melbourne Fringe than 150 artists, thinkers, makers Led by performance maker Caroline Find out how stories can influence Friendship as survival. rich history while exploring its and creators. From handcrafted Bowditch and designer Laura Hook, behaviour and learn how to translate Artists, audiences, venue managers, jewellery and screen printed An immersive ode to friendship dramatic interiors, serene grounds producers - anyone who wants to this multi-disciplinary workshop and this into bums on seats. between femmes told in bold and hidden pockets. homewares, to ceramics, sustainable artist learning session will explore Do you regularly look out into an stay updated with what's happening fashion and so much more, countless multidisciplinary forms. at Fringe... tune in! how design and non-verbal forms audience of familiar faces, peers, Guided tours focus on the social works of art are crafted at the of communication can be used to other artists? Chase the impossible Convent every day. A unique storytelling experience history of the Abbotsford Convent; ARTery takes you to the heart of create works for children and young dream of reaching a broader which integrates performance poetry from its place as a meeting point for audiences. audience with your art? You make it all to share the buzz generated Join our Convent Made tour to step with film and soundscape. the Kulin Nation, to its 100+ years great work, so why won't the masses from all those creatives sharing the behind the scenes, explore the XS as a closed monastic site run by the In the morning you will use buy a ticket? Well... does your ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - THE MOTLEY BAUHAUS - FRONT collective festival experience. Join ABBOTSFORD CONVENT - studios and galleries, and meet our ARTPLAY GASWORKS ARTS PARK - STUDIO BRUNSWICK MECHANICS Artists and friends (Jazz Giuliani and Sisters of the Good Shepherd. movement and design to create marketing get right into the part of PROVIDENCE LAWN (OUTSIDE) BAR host May Jasper in a daily wrap-up PROVIDENCE LAWN (OUTSIDE) talented community. Birrarung Marr, behind Fed Square, THEATRE INSTITUTE - THEATRE Melanie Scammell) celebrate love 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North of everything Fringe. With news, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford Melbourne character and narratives - these will 21 Graham St, Albert Park the brain that moves them to come? 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick that exists outside the relationship 2:00 PM (90 mins) Learn about the community's battle See website for session details gossip, reviews, interviews, live 11:00 AM (90 mins) 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM then be explored further with children 8:00 PM (60 mins) Are you telling the most compelling 9:30 PM (45 mins) hierarchy and explore how it keeps to save the site from redevelopment and families in the afternoon. story about your work? TICKETS TICKETS performances and more. TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS us alive. Full $15, Conc $12.50 into apartment blocks, and how the Free Full $15, Conc $12.50 $20 Full $25, Conc $20 Join renowned storyteller and Full $24.50 Group 6+ $10 Convent was gifted to the community Group 6+ $10 An expression of interest is required to This session will be led inclusively. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge communications consultant Simon Group 4+ $22.50 Presented as part of Critical Mass. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge NOTES Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge attend. See website for details. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge to eventually become the arts, PRODUCED BY PRESENTED BY Oats as he shares amazing insights culture and learning hub it is today. Subscribe to the podcast for daily updates from Neuroscience and Psychology and check the website for details of our The Motley Bauhaus NOTES ArtPlay in association with CREATED AND PERFORMED BY This workshop is for adults only. live events. Melbourne Fringe to help you market your art. Jazz Giuliani

FEATURING IDEAS PRESENTED BY A brilliant line-up of Melbourne PRESENTED BY DEVISED BY HOSTED BY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

Abbotsford Convent Fringe Artists and Audiences Abbotsford Convent Caroline Bowditch and Laura Hook Simon Oats Melanie Scammell &

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Deadly Fringe: An Dodgy Deals - The No Apologies: The Put Your Damn Phone WORDS Assemblage of Collins Street Sellout Chat Show Down Memories John Batman, back from the Sold-out during the Melbourne Sometimes you've got to Get practical in this hands-on grave, takes you on a walking International Comedy Festival, the disconnect to reconnect. workshop open to anyone, tour of Melbourne's richest Colony of Hellcats reassemble for another instalment of the funny, Get lost in conversation on the from budding creative minds to street. balcony of the ESPY hotel as host established artists. Using found feisty, femmo chat show inspired Melbourne, Batmania, Bearbrass, Glenn Manton guides you through imagery collected from newspapers by the new book 'No Apologies' by Birrarung Marr, M-Town. A city some frank and illuminating and magazines, Hayley Millar-Baker Joanne Brookfield. built on stolen* land, made rich by discussions. will lead participants through easy gold, now wonders why the One show only. Check website for Put the tech away & discuss some DEADLY FRINGE cut-and-paste methods to construct FRINGE HUB developers get all the brakes and line up. big questions...and some not so big. WOODS STREET ARTS SPACE a photographic assemblage of a MEET AT OLD TREASURY FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU HOTEL ESPLANADE - BALCONY public amenity is sold out to shoebox Think. Be sincere. Be authentic. 44 Woods St, Laverton childhood story (symbolic or literal). BUILDING BALLROOM BAR Does more money equal more 11:00 AM (3 hrs) 20 Spring St, Melbourne apartments. Take a tour down Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton "A rallying cry...vital, irreverent and 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda 6:00 PM (90 mins) Melbourne's richest street and learn 5:30 PM (60 mins) colourful." - The Age 7:30 PM (60 mins) problems? Who was your first crush? Consider how your story is linked to TICKETS why all the good spots are gone, What is failure? Will technology be Free - bookings essential people, places, and experiences from TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS where the nice buildings went, and the death of us all? your past and ponder your desires, Full $20, Conc $15 Full $24.50, Conc $20 Full $34.50, Conc $29.50 who the winners and losers are in Forget about what's happening on beliefs, memories and dreams. Preview $15 (11, 12 Sept) Group 6+ $20 Group 4+ $29.50 Discounts: Fringe Binge real estate development. Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Instagram or Facebook & go old school! Supported by Hobsons Bay City CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Jack Dunstan melbournefringe.com.au Council as part of Studio Time. 12 – 29 2019 Sept PRESENTED BY DEVISED BY HOSTED BY HOSTED BY Melbourne Fringe Wade Kelly Joanne Brookfield Glenn Manton

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INT STORY TELLING WORKSHOP SPOKEN WORD The Melanin The Science of The Unfolding of Monologues Transportive Benjamin's Misery The Untold Stories of the Storytelling Benjamin would still to this day be South Asian Community Why is it that some shows have the an exploited migrant had he not ability to transport us into another witnessed a spoken word poetry IT With A Business Mind How many stories have gone untold? performance/workshop by an How do you handle tragedy? Do your world, while others leave us cold and critical? What do the scientists at the enlightened, world-roaming Bard family know you're queer? How do that day. Benjamin, now a storyteller, you discuss mental health? Where Pentagon know about storytelling that you as an artist could hack for will narrate you through that worst do you feel like home? The time imaginable and yet most redemptive has come to pass the mic to those good rather than... well, let's say FRINGE HUB "political"? Is there a science to day of his life, as if you were present who have not been given a chance when he saw a potential of everyday FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU GASWORKS ARTS PARK - ARB compelling storytelling? A set of THE BURROW - STUDIO There’s a difference between IT that to speak. Collecting perspectives dissident in a miserable slave of BALLROOM of the South Asian community and GALLERY elements and a structure that are 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton 21 Graham St, Albert Park irresistible to the human mind? Thu & Fri 7:00 PM capitalism that he himself was... 6:30 PM (60 mins) featuring the works of Melbourne- 2:00 PM (120 mins) Sat & Sun 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM Join renowned storyteller and based Sri-Lankan Filipino poet (60 mins) "His poetry is lovely and soul- supports business and IT that takes TICKETS TICKETS communications consultant Simon Charlotte Sareño Raymond, this is baring, flirting with the edges of Full $20, Conc $16 Full $35, Conc $30 Oats as he shares amazing insights TICKETS a chance to hear what has not been $14.50 provocation." - theatreview Group 6+ $15 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge on how to craft your stories to Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge heard before - this is 'The Melanin businesses forward engage the imaginative centres of Monologues'. This show is generously supported the brain and the neurochemistry by Ralph Mclean Microgrants. of empathy. @maxitcs

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WORDS Tickets on Myself TMI Night We Are United WORDS Normal is so last century Melbourne's finest writers, artists Our night to fight for the and activists combine for a boutique Tetris. You know the game? The one common good event at our beloved Hares & Hyenas. with colourful, non-regular shaped TMI Night (Too Much Information To open the 2019 Melbourne Fringe objects that are pushed around Night) is a rare opportunity for artists Festival, Wheeler Centre guest until they disappear? Since forever, to write a completely uncensored speakers and Fringe artists come this has been the experience of the personal piece of fact or fiction. together to celebrate the power of other. Come join reformed stand-up Expect the awkward, the tragic, the the collective in a great big fight for comedian and Autist MC Jacci Pillar fierce and the hilarious. Hosted by the common good. and guests Sally Goldner (AM), the queen of the overshare Sarah Kath Duncan, James Williams and FRINGE HUB Ward (Yana Alana), backed by DJ FRINGE HUB With songs of protest and unity Yvonne Fein in some critical social FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - OLD HARE HOLE (HARES & HYENAS) Niveen Hoe and special guests FRINGE HUB: TRADES HALL - ETU plus words words words inspired It doesn’t matter if it’s your current website intersectional commentary down the BALLROOM 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy including Clementine Ford, Nic BALLROOM by Fringe's new home - Victorian Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton path away from the Tetris medical 7:30 PM (135 mins) Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Holas, Catherine Deveny, Fiona Trades Hall - our city's much loved or that crazy idea you just can’t stop thinking 6:00 PM (75 mins) models to social models of being. 6:30 PM (60 mins) TICKETS Scott-Norman, Leisa Prowd, Paola (and sometimes controversial) site of You too can enjoy not being normal, TICKETS Full $25, Conc $15 Balla, Creatrix Tiara, Bradley TICKETS resistance, activism and change. about - if it’s digital strategy or website related, because normal is so last century. Full $35, Conc $27 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Storer, Crusader Hillis, Loki Rickus, Free - bookings essential Group 6+ $27 Discounts: Fringe Dweller | Fringe Binge Jessie Jungle, with writing from let’s get together and do something really big. Emma-Maye (Betty Grumble) and a PRESENTED BY performance by Dandrogyny. Gin and Titters melbournefringe.com.au Proud to support Melbourne Fringe. 12 – 29 2019 Sept PRESENTED BY DEVISED BY PRODUCED BY Melbourne Fringe and the Wheeler Jacci Pillar Sarah Ward & Hare Hole Centre efront.com.au M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 96 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 97 MELBOURNE IS A CREATIVE CITY The City of Melbourne proudly supports major and emerging arts organisations through our 2018–20 Triennial Arts Grants Program

African Music and Cultural Festival KINGS Artist-Run Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Aphids Koorie Heritage Trust Melbourne Writers Festival Arts Access Victoria La Mama Multicultural Arts Victoria Image: Leisa Hayhoe Australian Art Orchestra Liquid Architecture Next Wave Festival Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Lucy Guerin Inc. Polyglot Theatre BLINDSIDE Malthouse Theatre Speak Percussion Chamber Made Melbourne Fringe St Martins Youth Arts Centre Circus Oz Melbourne International Arts Festival Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra Yuhui Ng-Rodriguez Craft Victoria Melbourne International Comedy Festival Emerging Writers’ Festival Melbourne International Film Festival West Space Performance Maker / Eavesdropper / Sidekick / Human Rights Arts & Film Festival Melbourne International Jazz Festival The Wheeler Centre Tiger Mum / Creative Victorian ILBIJERRI Theatre Company Melbourne Queer Film Festival Wild@Heart Community Arts

Yuhui is a performance maker who explores the relationship between place and people. She was born in Singapore, lives in Geelong and regularly commutes to Melbourne on the V/Line.

For this year’s Fringe she has collaborated with Kerensa Diball on The Kick Inside, a performance about one woman’s decision to remain childfree.

Creative Victoria proudly supports Melbourne Fringe and creative Victorians, see how at creative.vic.gov.au melbourne.vic.gov.au/triennialarts We aim to increase participation, raise awareness, share knowledge and make real cultural change. Carly Findlay – disability activist, social media champion and published author (read: famous) – is our dedicated Access and Inclusion Coordinator. She increases awareness of inclusive arts practices and supports artists and venues to improve Liyan, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob. their accessibility. Have you downloaded our Guide to Access? It’s pretty good, even if we do say so ourselves. Barriers to our Festival be gone! CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Through Talent Matters (thanks Creative Victoria!), we have also Our Creative Workshops are part of the hardcore hands-on support hired our first Deaf staff member, Anna Seymour, as the brilliant, Fringe provides independent artists, helping them with the creative unstoppable Assistant Producer in our Artist Services team. nuts and bolts to produce their work. We are now in the second year of Let us know if you’ve got more ideas of things we could do. Presented in association with Arts Centre Melbourne and facilitated We’re up for it. by leading practitioners, these workshops are designed to question and challenge contemporary artistic practice. our ambitious three-year Access and Our workshops this year focused on embedding access into Inclusion strategy to nurture and support performance; intercultural performance; and queering your practice. young and emerging Deaf artists and artists with disability. We pride ourselves on being the stepping stone for artists ready to take on the next INFO SESSIONS Our free sessions are packed with information and advice to help stage of their career. artists produce their work at the Festival. Presented in partnership with MILKE, we cover all of the basic but oh-so-fundamental tips For us, it’s simple: the Festival is the easy part – getting there can and tricks, including marketing, social media, producing accessible be the challenge. That’s why we’re here to make the ride as smooth events, touring, even the elusive topic of ‘self-care’, because as possible. sometimes yoga and a cup of tea won’t cut it. Sessions are open to all artists – not just the legends presenting at our Festival. NAVIGATE The name says it all: Navigate, our inclusive mentorship program provides support for people who feel ready for someone to help show them the way forward. STEPPING STONES This year we paired 14 participants with professional mentors and You’ve probably pieced together by now that we’d do anything for provided them with access to masterclasses, one-on-one production our artists. We’d even jump in front of a bullet for them (if we were support, registration assistance, and guidance with presenting their wearing a bullet-proof vest, of course. Safety first.). But what’s the event at this year’s Festival. point of up-skilling our artists if our own staff get left behind? Like Fringe, Navigate is open to everyone. We reserved some places Stepping Stones is a new professional development program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Deaf people and designed to support emerging arts workers to progress in people with disability, to ensure strong representation and diversity. experience, confidence and career planning towards becoming our future arts leaders. The program provides on the job learning, support from experienced industry mentors, access to workshops and masterclasses, as well as professional development and career planning. In 2019, our Stepping Stones participants are Caitlin McNaughton melbournefringe.com.au 12 – 29 2019 Sept 2019 participants: (Artist Liaison and Ticketing Manager) and Brigit Ryan (Fringe Jacqueline Brady, Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Jaycob Campbell, Furniture Coordinator). Selwyn Hoffman, Irene Holub, Pippin Latham, Loki Liddle, Sammaneh Pourshafighi, Charlotte Raymond, Amos Roach, 100 Tom Skelton, Rosy Thurston, Kimberley Twiner and Dan Wei. Church of Oyster, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by James Henry. 101 Awards Night, Melbourne Fringe 2017. Photo by Theresa Harrison.

DOG SHOW, Melbourne Fringe 2018. Photo by Duncan Jacob. FRINGE FURNITURE AWARDS TOURING AWARDS ARTIST DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Authentic Design Award of Merit The New Zealand Tour Ready Award Access and Inclusion Award Market Ready Award Supported by Authentic Design Alliance Supported by New Zealand Fringe Supported by Arts Access Victoria Supported by Regional Arts Victoria Award for Lighting Innovation The NSW Tour Ready Award Best Emerging Circus Performer Original New Circus Supported by Rakumba Supported by Sydney Fringe Supported by Theatre Network Supported by Circus Oz Australia’s CaPT Initiative CATEGORY AWARDS SPECIAL AWARDS CNC Production Award The Queensland Tour Ready Award The Discovery Award Supported by Like Butter Best Emerging Indigenous Artist Supported by Melbourne International Cabaret Best Emerging Artist Supported by Brisbane Comedy Festival Supported by Wilin Centre (VCA & MCM) Arts Festival Design for a Circular Economy Award Circus Best Feminist Work The SA Tour Ready Award Supported by Banyule City Council Best Emerging Performance Ensemble The Temperance Hall Award Supported by MC Security Supported by Adelaide Fringe Comedy Supported by Theatre Network Australia Supported by Phillip Adams BalletLab Emerging Designer Award The Summerhall Award Dance & Physical Theatre Industry Trivia All-Star Champion Award Supported by Craft Victoria Supported by Summerhall, Edinburgh Best Emerging Producer Trades Hall Residency Award Experimental Melbourne Fringe Living Legend Supported by MILKE Supported by Melbourne Fringe Finely Crafted Award (Emerging) The WA Tour Ready Award Kids People’s Choice Award Supported by The Shed Supported by FRINGE WORLD Festival Best Emerging Writer Young Creatives Award Supported by Emerging Writers’ Festival Supported by SIGNAL Music Spirit of the Fringe Maker in Residence Award Supported by FAB9 Children as Creative Collaborators Award Theatre Sound and Technical Excellence Award Supported by ArtPlay melbournefringe.com.au Supported by ALV Productions Most Experimental Design Award LIVING LEGENDS 12 – 29 2019 Sept Visual Arts & Film Evolution Award 2018: Susie Dee Venue of the Year Unite Exhibition Provocation Award Supported by Arts House Words & Ideas Supported by The Abbotsford Convent 2017: Richard Watts Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice 2016: Rinske Ginsberg 102 Supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria 2015: Ian Pidd 103 Left: Congress, Melbourne Fringe 2017. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti. If an event takes place at a Festival but never tours – did it ever really happen? Yes, yes it did. But to put that level of blood, sweat and tears into a work and not share it with the world is criminal. Criminal. Tour Ready equips our artists to extend the life of their show beyond the Festival. RALPH MCLEAN MICROGRANTS We bring delegates to town to see works for potential presentation With the help of our enormously generous donors, we have hugely or future development (cha-ching). expanded this program to reduce barriers to participation for more In the lead-up to the Festival, artists can attend our Tour Ready artists than ever before, continuing the great legacy of Ralph Mclean Info Session to pick up the skills for Touring 101. – art legend, former Fringe board member and diversity champion. This year, 30 artists received a microgrant to cover the cost of During the Festival, Tour Ready participants have access to their registration. networking events with interstate and local programmers. We acknowledge a significant gift from Michael Agar and Caroline Farmer, as well as our supporters Tamara and Mark Boldiston, Jason Craig, Dan Koop, Maggie Maguire OAM, and family and friends of Ralph Mclean.

JEWEL BOX PERFORMANCES GRANTS We teamed up with Jewel Box Performances to provide support to three artists of colour participating in this year’s Festival: Daisy Nduta, Vidya Rajan and Amos Roach. The grant covered registration fees, advertising and marketing support, as well as one-on-one mentoring Money doesn’t grow on trees, and sessions with the Fringe Marketing Team. neither does art (unless we’re talking CITY OF PORT PHILLIP MICROGRANTS Our mates south of the river at City of Port Phillip generously about an experimental tree art supported 20 free registrations for events happening within performance piece). their municipality. Our Money for Art program is overflowing with bold ideas and next big things to maximise participation and provide a much-needed step-up for emerging artists.

CITY OF MORELAND Our mates north of the river at Moreland City Council supported seven artists by covering the cost of their registration if they are living or presenting their Fringe work within the city boundary. ShowSupport is a Fringe match-making service that teams up independent artists with our amazing donors to commission original work to premiere at this year’s Festival. COBURG CARNIVALE Our 2019 ShowSupport recipients and donors are: Projects by Laura Collins, Catherine Holder and Jayson Patterson Crackpipe Dreaming supported by Craig Semple received support to take part in Coburg Carnivale at this year’s Festival. The grant provided development and rehearsal space, Grrl Power, Melbourne Fringe 2017. Photo by Theresa Harrison. Eyes Wide Open supported by Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking presentation space, marketing support and technical support. Gone Girls supported by Pinky Watson and Rosemary Walls FEMINAH SAY SOMETHING NICE Hard to Reach Places supported by Jenepher Martin TOUR READY WA Tour Ready Award, New Zealand Tour Ready Inexcusable supported by Ron and Margaret Dobell Foundation FRINGE WORLD Festival Award, New Zealand and Vinay Kumar Fringe AWARD Page 76 SIGNAL INCURSION Mad as a Cute Snake supported by Debbie Dadon AM Page 82 Supporting a young artist looking to take the next step in their WINNERS Neon Corroboree supported by Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers creative practice, SIGNAL covered registration and venue costs, LOVE+ rehearsal spaces, and provided a range of workshops and melbournefringe.com.au Netsuke and Inro supported by Michael Watt and Cecilie Hall 12 – 29 2019 Sept We travelled to fringe festivals development opportunities. The 2019 recipient was Juetheng Soo. ‘round the country and the Summerhall Award, TRUTHMACHINE Placebo supported by John and Lorraine Bates globe to find the best shows Edinburgh Fringe SA Tour Ready Award, out there and bring them Page 79 Adelaide Fringe direct to our Melbourne Fringe 104 audiences. You’re welcome. Page 86 105 Jokes aside for just a sec, we’re about to get sentimental. We have been so incredibly touched and humbled by the depth of community support we have received to take on this next big chapter in our Festival’s story. We have always loved our Fringe folk, but it feels good to know the feeling’s mutual. Thanks guys. Shucks. We couldn’t make our Festival or future happen without you, so we want to take this opportunity to thank our supporters who believe in our artists and our work and give generously.

SPECIAL PROJECTS FRINGE SUPPORTERS

TRADES HALL VENUE ( $100,000+) CREATOR – $10,000+ INNOVATOR – $1,000+ ACCOMPLICE – $200+ Maureen Wheeler AO and James McCaughey Nicole Beyer Julia Adams Tony Wheeler AO Craig Semple Alison Currie Sarah Austin and Jason Craig Nicholas Verginis Susanne Dahn Penelope Bartlau FRINGE FURNITURE FOR DISCOVERER – $5,000+ Carrillo Gantner AO Simon Bedford GENDER EQUALITY ($15,000+) Daniel Besen David Geoffrey Hall Hugh and Elizabeth Bradlow Linda Herd Fox & Hickey Richard Chambers Naomi Milgrom Foundation GIVE US YOUR MONEY (PLEASE) Jewel Box Performances Catherine Hutchison Billie Giles-Corti Jayne Lovelock and Neal Harvey Stephanie Hamilton They say money and art should never mix. But donors and artists? SHOWSUPPORT ($5,000+) Gideon Obarzanek Nick Hays Well, they make the world go ‘round. EXPLORER – $2,500+ Ian Pidd and Sue Giles Jerry Hodgins John and Lorraine Bates Sam and Monica Abrahams Vanessa Pigrum Mike Hyde We depend on the generosity of our Fringe folk who are willing to Debbie Dadon AM Sally Browne Fund, Australian Toby Sullivan Robyn Lansdowne dip into their pockets, wallets, coin purses, piggy banks, cheque Ron and Margaret Dobell Communities Foundation Scott Welsford Benjamin Lee books, or cash-stuffed-mattresses. Foundation and Vinay Kumar Phlyssa Koshland Peter Wetenhall and Jo Horgan Michele Lee Rosemary Forbes and Ian Your donation gives our diverse and creative programs much Maggie Maguire OAM Paul Wheelton AM KSJ and Sabina Lunja Hocking needed nurturing – and enables marginalised voices to be amplified. Nicholas Wimbush Angela Wheelton OAM Peter Manasantivongs We have so many exciting things on the horizon, but we need a Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers Sue and Ted Woodward Luke McKinnon hand (preferably with a wallet in it) to help make it all happen. Dr Jenepher Martin Anonymous (1) Georgie Meyer Craig Semple Alice Nash Rosemary Walls and Tye Norman Pinky Watson consortium RABBLEROUSER – $500+ Felix Preval WHERE DOES MY MONEY GO? Michael Watt and Cecilie Hall Don Anderson James Ralston I’m glad you asked. Here’s just a very quick look at how your Steven Carew Jerry Remkes dollars have serious impact: RALPH MCLEAN MICROGRANTS Linda Catalano Bertha Rubin and Ron Elisha Shut Up and Dance, Melbourne Fringe 2015. Photo by Theresa Harrison. Liza Gelt Katrina Sedgwick • We support over 3,000 independent artists year-round with ($10,000+) Matt Jones Andrea Stahel workshops, forums, info packs, touring info and opportunities, Michael Agar and Caroline Farmer Richard and Andrea King Tim Stitz and Petra Kalive and one-on-one assistance. Nicky Klempfner and Marcus Kevin and Liz Walsh • We run Artist Development initiatives, like Deadly Fringe that HOW DO I DONATE? O’Reilly Kate and Abby Woosha support First Nations artists, and mentorships so emerging You can donate at melbournefringe.com.au. You can also add ($250+) Paul Muller Anonymous (2) artists can develop and present their work. a donation to your ticket purchase and in person at our Box Office. Tamara and Mark Boldiston Liz O’Brien We can also come to your place, at any hour of the day or night, Jason Craig Kaylene O’Neill • Our Access and Inclusion program supports emerging Deaf to extract that cold, hard cash from your mattress. Maggie Maguire OAM Lou Oppenheim FRINGE COMMUNITY artists and artists with disability, significantly increasing the Juanita Pope – UP TO $200 diversity of our artists and audiences. Let’s be real, we will literally do anything for a buck because we Dr Jill Smith in honour We would also like to thank know how far it can go for our artists. of Joan Kirner melbournefringe.com.au • We have microgrants that pay a registration fee for those who LEGACY all of our wonderful community 12 – 29 2019 Sept Leonard Vary and can’t afford to participate, giving anyone with a creative vision All donations are fully tax-deductible and come with a smile and donors that give so generously. Thank you to Mark and Tamara Boldiston for their generous bequest Dr Matt Collins AM QC every chance of bringing it to life. endless good feels (warning: good feels may expire with a new to Melbourne Fringe. Thanks for your ongoing support. financial year). Pinky Watson • We commission free public artworks by leading independent artists that give every citizen a chance to get involved. Donate now at melbournefringe.com.au or call 03 9660 9600. To find out more about leaving a gift in your will, contact You’re all legends. 106 [email protected] 107 Melbourne Fringe is not greater than the sum of its parts – we rely on those dedicated, hard-working parts (aka people) to put Major Government Partners on one epic Festival and support artists year-round through our ever-increasing range of programs and initiatives. Thanks to all the people who have helped to make this Festival happen, and sorry to your husbands, wives, partners, friends, children, pets, parents and neighbours – we will return them to you in October. We would also like to say a huge thank you to the hundreds of hard-working volunteers who give up their time in the name of independent work, critical thought, bold ideas, brave art and one Federal Government Partner hell of a good party.

Indigenous Languages and Arts

MELBOURNE FRINGE STAFF CONSULTANTS Auslan Training – Auslan Consultancy – James Blyth and Luke King Local Government Partners Creative Director & CEO – Simon Abrahams Bookkeeping – Sam Ryan (S.A.Y.S.O. Pty. Ltd.) Branding & Creative Agency – Raft Studio BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS TEAM Deadly Fringe Mentor – Erica McCalman Pro Bono Legal Advisers – Baker McKenzie and Gilbert + Tobin General Manager & Deputy CEO – Will Dawson Lawyers Business Operations & Systems Manager – Shirrah Comeadow Professional Development Consultant – Laura Milke-Garner Venue Manager – Simone Porter Photography – Jackson Grant and Sarah Walker Administrator – Christa Jonathan Publicity – Zilla & Brook Ticketing Manager & Participant Liaison – Caitlin McNaughton Registration System – Eventotron Philanthropic Partners Ticketing Coordinators – Stacey Lavender and Lauren Simpson Risk Management – Tracey Wall, Safety in Numbers Volunteer Coordinator – Alice Moloney Sponsorship Consultant – Abby Elisha Ticketing – Red61 MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM Trades Hall Venue Marketing Strategy – Luke McKinnon, Common State Head of Marketing & Development – Miranda Borman Video Production – Lachlan MacLeod Marketing & Communications Manager – Dan Beacom Website and social media – efront and Design by Wolf Funding Strategy & Evaluation Manager – Pauline Cady Marketing & Development Coordinator – Michelle Tseng (to April) Marketing & Communications Coordinators – Nicole McKenzie and Lillian Birch Development Coordinator – Cat Graveson BOARD Mascot and Office Pet – Mao Mao Acting Chair – Nicholas Verginis Chair – Gideon Obarzanek (to July) Festival Partners Program Partners Company Secretary – Juanita Pope PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TEAM Treasurer – Rob Camm, Liza Gelt (to June) Senior Producer – Danny Delahunty Directors – Alison Currie (from July), Kirsty Ellem, Stephanie Producer (Artists, Venues & Events) – Tom Browne Hamilton, Michael Hyde, Ben Lee, Nicky Klempfner (to June) Associate Producer (Artistic Development) – Patrick Hayes Observer – Chris Booton (to June) Access & Inclusion Coordinator – Carly Findlay Fundraising and Advocacy Advisor – Maggie Maguire OAM Production Manager – Ian Corcoran Bar Advisors – Tracey Lester, Daniel Manly & Matthew Mullins Festival Supporters Assistant Producer (Participation) – Anna Seymour Assistant Producers (Deadly Fringe) – Savanna Kruger and Kalyani Mumtaz Fringe Furniture Coordinator – Brigit Ryan Production Coordinator – Rylan Beckinsale Industry Partners

THANK YOU Nicole Beyer, Joel Bray, Sarah Buckley, Charlotte Christie, Dan Clarke, Jan Cochran-Harry, Max Coffman, Bill Coleby, Fiona Cook, Holly Cooper, Jane Crawley, Tara Ellis, Madeleine Flynn, Roshelle Fong, Rinske Ginsberg, David Gonzalez, Luke Hilakari, Damien Hodgkinson, Matt Jones, Luke King, Matt Kunkel, Monica Lim & Konfir Kabo, Tabitha Lovett, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, Erica McCalman, Candy Mitchell, Antony Moore, Caroline Moore, Rupert Myer, Alice Nash, Kalinda Palmer, Jake Preval, Pooria a Sadr, melbournefringe.com.au Rupert Sherwood, James Shuter, Jill Smith, Tim Stitz, Laila Thaker, Sue & Ted Woodward, and all of our Auslan interpreters. 12 – 29 2019 Sept Cultural Partners Media Partners Thanks to Arts House and Lithuanian Club for giving us an amazing home and a lifetime of memories in North Melbourne. Special thanks to Hadley Agrez for his role in laying the foundations to realise the vision of our new home at Trades Hall. Massive shout out to our outgoing Chair Gideon Obarzanek for his strategy and vision in planning this next chapter. And a big thank you to our families, friends, partners, parents, children, 108 children-to-be, lovers, ex-lovers and heart-breakers, who have forgiven our absences and accepted our sacrifices to the gods of Fringe. 109 ALL EVENTS INDEX 5 Redwood Close 73 BLITZ 74 CREATING A SCENE 89 FINITE Presented by Split Second I’m a Phoenix, Bitch 78 L 5MINS.....INKS 88 Blurry Borders. Blind Photography Creatures Lost 30 Theatre 77 I’m Not Your Patsy 31 La Nonna 79 Exhibition 88 CRITICAL MASS @ BLAK DOT 89 Flesh, the law, and black humanity 95 ICARUS 54 Lake Disappointment 79 A Body Acousmonium 57 crowdwork. 41 Flicker 77 If I Don’t Understand You 54 Laugh with Akwasi Osei-Tutu & A Conversation 73 BOOBS 29 Current 89 Flock 77 IMPETUS 34 Move to the Beats 45 A Day In The Life Of You 61 Boss Octopus: Sketch Comedy 40 Folk Psychology 65 In Search of the Truth 58 Let me get something off my chest 95 A Dreamer’s Guide to Reality 29 Boys Taste Better with Nutella 75 D For Our Freedom 89 In Search of the Truth - Exhibition 58 Let Me Show You My Hole 91 A fundamentally flawed love story 73 Break Up 58 D.T.F ...means Down To Fun?... Fort 26: A Nest Knit for a Queen 90 in-Stability 58 Let Meowt! 46 A Masquerade Ball by Le Grande Brett Blake: Bogan Genius 40 Right? 58 Frantasia 42 Incognito 35 LEtGO of Stigma 69 Cabaret 29 Brick 75 Dancing On My Own 41 Free Comedy @ Highlander 42 Inconvenient Empathy 43 Like A Persian 46 A Meme Stole My Girlfriend 73 Bringing Some Gum to a Knife Fight 40 Dandelion Wine and La La Ville - Fresh and Fruity 42 Inexcusable 43

ALL EVENTS INDEX Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama 79 A Quintet For One Human 57 Broken River 75 A Night Traversing Earth and Stars 65 Fringe Furniture 33 90 Insurge 90 Locker Room Talk 79 A Slippery Thing 73 Buffy Kills Edward 75 Daring Dog Monologues 75 Fringe Furniture 33: Artist-led Tours 90 Into-Me-See 55 Loop Your Heart Out 66 A Study of Being 53 Bust or Boom 88 Dark Points 54 Fringe Furniture 33: Laura McCusker Invisible Skin 91 LOTUS 31 Abbotsford Convent Social But Why 53 data:heal 65 chats timeless design 90 Is This It? 43 Love Child feat. Aksuna x Kaesis 66 History Tour 94 Dazza and Keif Go Viral in Space Fringe Furniture 33: Tactile Tours 90 Isabella Valette: How Far I’ll Go 43 LOVE+ 79 After, The End. 73 C with Ya Mum 41 Fringe Roulette 69 It all sparks joy 78 Aisha the Aussie Geisha 39 Cabin Fever 53 Dead On 75 Furfur the Ragged 77 It’s Not Too Far Down 78 M Aleksandra The Great Presents: Cafe Play! Presented by Coburg Deadly Fringe: An Assemblage Mad as a Cute Snake 62 From Russia With(out) Divorce Carnivale 58 of Memories 94 G J Mahua Improv Night 46 Papers 34 Can’t Complain. Frequently Do. 65 Devil Woman 30 Game Boys Cinematic Universe 42 James Donald Forbes McCann: Making Stories Without Words 95 All I See Is You 74 Canopy.of.Tents 89 Diagnosis Perfectionism 30 Gays of our Lives 30 Devil’s Advocate 44 Man Up! 79 AMATEUR SOLO 74 Cardinal Sins: Pell in a Cell 40 Do You Even Gestate, Bro? 34 Geraldine Hickey - Things Are James G Warren: (ood) 44 Marketing For Storytellers 95 An Inconvenient Comedy Show 39 Catherine McClintock: Please and Dodgy Deals - The Collins Street Going Well 42 Jimeoin 44 MASCinprogress 66 Ancient Shrines and Half Truths 57 Thank Yous 40 Sellout 94 Gestures of Care 54 Jîyan 58 Matt Stewart & Jess Perkins in Anna Bella Eema 74 Chaddyslap! 40 Don’t Draw Pictures of Dicks The Golden Age Girls 30 Jofus and the Plank 44 Razzle Dazzle 46 Anna Piper Scott: Queer & Present Chasing Yesterday 75 One-Man Musical 41 Gone Girls 77 Jon O 44 Melbourne’s Darling 91 Danger 39 Child’s Play 75 Don’t Mess With the Dummies 61 Good As New 34 Josh Perring - Totally Mild 44 MetHER 95 Annie Louey: Don’t Look at Me! Circus-Cision 34 Doors Shut 54 Grand Gesture 77 Joshua Ladgrove Presents Michael Shafar - All New 46 (Look at Me) 39 Claire Sullivan: Toast Rat 40 Drag of Kwatye 69 GROUP FURNITURE 54 Melbourne’s Only Bilge Pump Mirroring, Synchronous Behaviour, Anthropocene 57 Club Fringe: 3 Minutes to Save Drag Show the Game Show 41 Gym Junkie 31 Sales Seminar 44 Reflexes & Movement 91 Apex Predator 74 the World 68 Dreamboogie Play The Blues 65 Jude Perl: Hey Hi Hey Hello (Single Moi 35 ART JAPAN 2019 88 Club Fringe: Choir-2-K 68 Dud Roots 42 H Launch) 66 Moira Finucane’s The Rapture Art Mulch Painting pARTy theatre 57 Club Fringe: Cultural Renegades 68 Duncan Turner - Broke 42 Happy Hour 42 JunkPractice presented by Coburg Chapter II: Art vs Extinction 31 Artemis: Utter Mess 29 Club Fringe: Friday the 13th 68 Happy-Go-Wrong 77 Carnivale 55 Moments 55 ARTery 94 Club Fringe: Fuck Fabulous. E Hard To Reach Places 77 Just A Small Town Boy 44 Monster / Woman 79 Artist Speakeasy: Exhibition P The Party. 69 Edwards Gammin Cafe 89 Haunting the Flesh 58 Just for Funny 45 Mormon Girl 46 roposal Writing 88 Club Fringe: HONCHO DISKO 69 ELEPHANT GOD 54 Heart for Solo 90 JUST US GIRLS 79 Moulding 55 Assimilate 57 Club Fringe: Kick On 69 Eleven Suburban Scenes 76 HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS: Mullygrubs 80 Awards Night and Closing Party 68 Club Fringe: Opening Night Party 69 Energy 58 A DOUBLE BILL 78 K Mummy’s Milk 80 Away with the fairies 88 Club Fringe: Rhythm Nation 69 Equation 76 Home(s) 54 KALKADOON 91 Murder Village: An Improvised Collab-rah-doodle 89 Erstwhile Engelbert 76 HousingFirst Annual Art Exhibition 90 Kelly Fastuca: Good Egg 45 Whodunnit 46 B Comedy at The Coopers Inn 41 Esoteric 76 How Dare You 43 Kid-aoke 61 Muse 55 Baby Bi Bi Bi 29 Comic Psychic – HorrorScope 41 Estimated Time Arrival 76 How Gay Am I? 43 Kids Club: Juan Vesuvius says My Little...... 91 Baby Boy 53 Commander Q Breaks The Rules 30 EURYDICE 76 How To Drink Wine Like A Wanker 78 RELAX! 61 My Names - 80 Badass 29 Completely Improvised Potter 41 Eyes Wide Open 54 Kids Club: Mini SPIN 61 My sister’s diary 80 Batmania, Expo’19 74 Completely Improvised Shakespeare 41 I Kieran Bullock Builds Ikea Furniture Batmania, The Bus Tour 74 Confessions from the Bell Jar 30 F I Am Not a Cake 78 On Stage and Talks To The Audience 45 N Beautiful Girls 74 Convent Kids presents: Create for Faces of Fringe 89 I Didn’t Invite You Here to KIGALI2097 59 n0wherians 80 Best of the (Fringe) Fest 39 Change banner making workshop 61 Facing Medea 76 Lecture Me 78 Killa Vageez 45 Neon Corroboree 55 43

melbournefringe.com.au 39 FANTASTIC BREASTS (And Where I got bit by a monkey once Big Dreams Skinny Jeans Convent Made Tour 94 Killing the Planet is Against My 12 – 29 2019 Sept Netsuke and Inro 66 Billy vs the Internet 40 Cousin Tara’s Intervention Variety To Find Them) 30 I made my bed, you lie in it. 43 Religion 45 NEUROMANTIC - a queer cabaret 59 Bingo with Timberlina 68 Hour 30 Fantastic Feminist Folktales 95 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Kings of Comedy ‘Fringe Showcase’ 45 Nevernatal 80 Black Water 65 Crackpipe Dreaming 53 FARM BACKPACKER (Subclass 417) 42 Cooking For 78 Kiwifruit - An Autobiography 45 Nina Oyama Needs A Lift 46 110 Blade University 40 Crashing by design/ William Holt Feminah 76 I Was Birthed From An Egg In A Kuami Eugene 66 111 Exhibition 89 Crater On Uranus 31 ALL EVENTS INDEX No Apologies: The Chat Show 95 Say Something Nice 82 The Church of Burt 59 TriAngel 51 Y Not Working Together 55 Scarred For Life 31 The Circus Firemen 62 Triple Threat 63 YAY FOR CANE TOADS! 87 Scout Boxall: Good Egg 48 The Convoy & The Oracle 67 Truth Bomb!!! 85 Yelling At Racist Dogs 52 O Seabaths 48 The Critic 83 TRUTHMACHINE 86 You Can Do Anything 52 OBSCENE GESTURES 91 Seduction 82 The Crossing Machine play The Tuck Shop Ladies - All rhyme, You Should Be Dancing 56 Obstinate Little Tart 80 Seeing Red 56 Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello 67 no reason 67 You Should Be Dancing MINIS 63 Off Off Off Broadway Karaoke 66 Self-Care: An Anti-Musical 82 The Dark Side of the Room 83 Twelvis 60 You’re a Good Man, Doctor Pirate 52 Oh No! Satan Stole My Pineal Serenade for naturality 56 The Drunkards 84 twenty-something 86 Young Henrys Happy Hour 70 Gland! 80 Sex and the Musical 82 The Fairy Wonderland Show 62 Two Twenty Somethings Decide Your Silence Will Not Protect You 87 Oliver Coleman: Poolside 46 Share House 82 The Final Hours Hour 49 Never To Be Stressed About YUCK Circus 35 Omnitemporal 66 She’ll Be Right: A Tradie Cabaret 32 The Joy of Working with Children Anything Ever Again. Ever. 86

ALL EVENTS INDEX YUMMY DELUXE 32 ONOMATOPOEIA! 81 Showko: Occasions 48 and Other Lies 49 YUMMY UP LATE 32 Ophelia 55 Side A 82 The Kick Inside 84 U ORPHEUS 81 Simon Taylor 48 The Listies Make You LOL! 62 UHT: Bab Crabulous and the Sir Robert’s Sporting Legends 48 The Living Room 49 Dinosaur Dilemma 51 P SKIN 91 The Lizard is Present: Gala in UHT: Kung-fu Man 51 Passionate Machine 81 SKYY Cocktail Hour 69 honour of Marina Abramolizardvic 59 UHT: Our Father 86 Pat McCaffrie - Politics and Polar SLOW MOTION PICTURES - The Loneliness Project 59 UHT: The Metamorphosis 86 Bears (There Are Still No Polar YOU ARE THE HUNTER 66 The Major and the Matron 1914 84 UHT: The Playground 86 Bears) 47 SLUTS LIKE US 56 The Market is a Wind-Up Toy 84 Uncanny Valley 92 Patrick Collins - Mime Consultant 47 Snake Of Light 96 The Melanin Monologues 96 undateable 60 PHAT CAB CLUB 35 Snatches 82 The Muse 67 UnderLyingSkins 86 Pic-a-Dick 47 SOCIETY 35 The Nylon Zoo 62 Unity: Augmented Reality Art 92 Pink Matter 55 Solutions 32 The Other Side with Vicky and Dawn 49 Update: no update 51 Pirate Circus 62 Somebody’s Somebody 32 The Pageant 50 PISCA 31 Something Unspoken 82 The Paper Planes I Made For You 84 V Placebo 31 Sonic Labyrinth 62 The Peter Principle 35 Visual Discourse #9 92 Plastisphere presented by Coburg Speckie vs Normie 49 The Power of the Holy Spirit 60 Carnivale 91 Spiritus et Locus #light 92 The Right 56 W Please Do Not Move 56 Squirt 96 The Rotten Apple Doesn’t Fall Far Waiting for Combo 51 PO PO MO CO present Flutter Subliminal Massage 83 From The Toxic Tree 50 Wasp Movie 51 and Flounce 47 Such n Such - Every Resolution The Science of Transportive Waterloo 86 Polygamy, Polygayou 47 is Temporary 59 Storytelling 96 We are all CAPE-able 63 Poopie Tum Tums 47 Super Circus Squad 62 The Singing Feminazis 50 We Are The Robots 63 Pre-Reunion Tour 47 Super Elusive Condom: The Musical 49 The Space Between 84 We Are United 96 Pretentious 47 Surge 56 The subtle art of online dating 50 wednesday morning 3am 86 Princess Problems 47 Sweet & Sour Dilemmas 83 The Travelling Sisters: Thy Thus Welcome to Country 70 Psyche 81 Sweet Sunshine 92 ‘Twas 50 Welcome to Twin Peaks 67 Punk Rock - MISFIT Theatre 81 The Unfolding of Benjamin’s Misery 96 What Am I Supposed To Do? 60 PUPPET JAM 48 T The Unravelling 67 What’s That Smell? 52 Put Your Damn Phone Down 95 Table for Two? 83 The Voices of Joan of Arc 84 What’s Your Gamble? 87 Tandem 49 The Will To Be 84 Where are you from from? 52 Q tang 59 The World in a Suitcase 84 Where We Are Now 97 Qualia 81 Tangled Orbit 67 This Is Not A Drill! 50 Whiplash 87 Quite Drunk, Very Jesus-y 81 Tech-xiety 92 This Is Our Pilot 51 White Rabbit 60 Telescope 96 Tickets on Myself 96 Who Gave Me Genital Warts? 87 R Temporary 83 Ticking Time Bomb 51 Whoop Dee Doo: Another Late Railed 35 TETRIS 62 Time Loop I 56 Night Revue 32 Rise & Shine 48 That’s So Hospo 49 TMI Night 96 Wilin Fan The Flames 67 The Amazing Painting 92 Tminus1200 85 Will it Juice? 52 S 60

melbournefringe.com.au Worldline Corporations The Art of Lies and Obfuscation 83 Tom Skelton: Blind Eye Spy 51 12 – 29 2019 Sept sadface 81 The Auslan Movement 92 Top Gun! The Musical 85 WRATH 87 SADx 81 The Aussie Ethnic Identity Crisis 83 Toy Symphony 85 Writing and Concepts 97 Safe Word 59 The Beige 59 Tragedy! (a new comedy) 85 112 Safety Banana 48 The Briefing 49 Transgression 85 113 24 Moons Tandem 49 You Can Do Anything 52 VENUE INDEX Blak Dot Gallery The Loft Quilt Room 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote That’s So Hospo 49 33 Saxon St, Brunswick Badass 29 Fringe Hub: Trades Hall Dazza and Keif Go Viral in Space FANTASTIC BREASTS (And Where UnderLyingSkins 86 CRITICAL MASS @ BLAK DOT 89 Estimated Time Arrival 76 Break Up 58 with Ya Mum 41 To Find Them) 30 ICARUS 54 Crown Street Stables Cabin Fever 53 Hard To Reach Places 77 tang 59 Bluestone Church Arts Space Moments 55 40 Crown St, Flemington Fort 26: A Nest Knit for a Queen 90 I Am Not a Cake 78 A home in the inner north 8A Hyde St, Footscray The Muse 67 Canopy.of.Tents 89 It all sparks joy 78 Monster / Woman 79 Address provided upon booking Anthropocene 57 Top Gun! The Musical 85 We are all CAPE-able 63 SKIN 91 Mormon Girl 46 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Dandelion Wine and La La Ville - A Night SKYY Cocktail Hour 69 PO PO MO CO present Flutter and Dancehouse Cooking For 78 Traversing Earth and Stars 65 Chinese Museum The Amazing Painting 92 Flounce 47 150 Princes St, Carlton North The World in a Suitcase 84 22 Cohen Pl, Melbourne The Lizard is Present: Gala in honour Abbotsford Convent Poopie Tum Tums 47 Brunswick Mechanics Institute Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama 79 Sylvia Staehli Theatre of Marina Abramolizardvic 59 The Travelling Sisters: Thy Thus ‘Twas 50

VENUE INDEX 1-3 St Heliers St, Abbotsford 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Club Voltaire But Why 53 TRUTHMACHINE 86 Industrial School, Sacred Heart Toy Library 14 Raglan St, North Melbourne Home(s) 54 undateable 60 building Studio Cardinal Sins: Pell in a Cell 40 Diagnosis Perfectionism 30 Pink Matter 55 Welcome to Country 70 5MINS.....INKS 88 NEUROMANTIC - a queer cabaret 59 Dancing On My Own 41 Don’t Draw Pictures of Dicks The The Voices of Joan of Arc 84 Young Henrys Happy Hour 70 Triple Threat 63 The Auslan Movement 92 Michael Shafar - All New 46 Time Loop I 56 One-Man Musical 41 Upstairs Studio Meeting Room Seabaths 48 Packing Room, Sacred Heart building Eleven Suburban Scenes 76 A Study of Being 53 Theatre Chaddyslap! 40 Side A 82 Convent Kids presents: Create for Erstwhile Engelbert 76 Seeing Red 56 Haunting the Flesh 58 Crackpipe Dreaming 53 Wasp Movie 51 Change banner making workshop 61 Locker Room Talk 79 Surge 56 Laugh with Akwasi Osei-Tutu & Feminah 76 Who Gave Me Genital Warts? 87 Providence Lawn (outside) My Names - 80 The Right 56 Joshua Ladgrove Presents Move to the Beats 45 Gasworks Arts Park Abbotsford Convent Social Nevernatal 80 Melbourne’s Only Bilge Pump MASCinprogress 66 Fed Square History Tour 94 The Dark Side of the Room 83 21 Graham St, Albert Park MetHER 95 Cnr Flinders & Swanston Sts, Sales Seminar 44 Convent Made Tour 94 LOTUS 31 ARB Gallery The Convoy & The Oracle 67 Coburg Court House Melbourne Rosina Auditorium LOVE+ 79 HousingFirst Annual Art Exhibition 90 Waterloo 86 1A Main St, Coburg Mirroring, Synchronous Behaviour, Fringe Furniture 33 90 Say Something Nice 82 The Science of Transportive White Rabbit 60 JunkPractice presented by Reflexes & Movement 91 Storytelling 96 Fringe Furniture 33: Artist-led Tours 90 SKIN 91 Music Room Brunswick Street Gallery Coburg Carnivale 55 Fringe Furniture 33: Laura McCusker Apex Predator 74 Gasworks Theatre 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Footscray Community chats timeless design 90 Coburg Library BOOBS 29 Do You Even Gestate, Bro? 34 ART JAPAN 2019 88 Fringe Furniture 33: Tactile Tours 90 Cnr Victoria and Louisa Sts, Coburg Arts Centre crowdwork. 41 Energy 58 For Our Freedom 89 Plastisphere presented by 45 Moreland St, Footscray It’s Not Too Far Down 78 AKA Studio Yoga JUST US GIRLS 79 Coburg Carnivale 91 A fundamentally flawed love story 73 130c Nicholson St, Brunswick East Brunswick Town Hall Off Off Off Broadway Karaoke 66 The Circus Firemen 62 My sister’s diary 80 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Coopers Inn fortyfivedownstairs Showko: Occasions 48 Studio Theatre Self-Care: An Anti-Musical 82 282 Exhibition St, Melbourne TriAngel 51 A Quintet For One Human 57 Alex Theatre St Kilda 45 Flinders Ln, Melbourne Moira Finucane’s The Rapture Beautiful Girls 74 Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St, St Kilda Bus Projects Main Room New Council Chambers Aisha the Aussie Geisha 39 Chapter II: Art vs Extinction 31 Body Acousmonium 57 Buffy Kills Edward 75 Lounge 25-31 Rokeby St, Collingwood Best of the (Fringe) Fest 39 EURYDICE 76 Comic Psychic - HorrorScope 41 Loop Your Heart Out 66 Artist Speakeasy: Exhibition Proposal Fringe Hub: Trades Hall Brett Blake: Bogan Genius 40 Eyes Wide Open 54 Daring Dog Monologues 75 Love Child feat. Aksuna x Kaesis 66 Writing 88 Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton Comedy at The Coopers Inn 41 Oh No! Satan Stole My Pineal Gland! 80 Kid-aoke 61 KALKADOON 91 Archive Room The Studio Josh Perring - Totally Mild 44 ORPHEUS 81 Marketing For Storytellers 95 Claire Sullivan: Toast Rat 40 BLITZ 74 CAFE GUMMO Matt Stewart & Jess Perkins in Quite Drunk, Very Jesus-y 81 Sex and the Musical 82 Game Boys Cinematic Universe 42 Netsuke and Inro 66 711 High St, Thornbury Razzle Dazzle 46 WRATH 87 Super Circus Squad 62 The Paper Planes I Made For You 84 Yelling At Racist Dogs 52 Gone Girls 77 Truth Bomb!!! 85 Small Room Old Ballroom Tminus1200 85 Kieran Bullock Builds Ikea Furniture Campari House Annie Louey: Don’t Look at Me! On Stage and Talks To The Audience 45 Club Fringe: Cultural Renegades 68 Guild Theatre Theatre 2 23-25 Hardware Ln, Melbourne (Look at Me) 39 The Kick Inside 84 Club Fringe: Kick On 69 Level 1, Union House, University of ELEPHANT GOD 54 A Meme Stole My Girlfriend 73 Blade University 40 Twelvis 60 Completely Improvised Shakespeare 41 Melbourne, Parkville The Drunkards 84 Gym Junkie 31 Kelly Fastuca: Good Egg 45 wednesday morning 3am 86 Drag of Kwatye 69 UHT: Bab Crabulous and the Dinosaur I’m Not Your Patsy 31 The Joy of Working with Children Fringe Roulette 69 Dilemma 51 Art Mulch ETU Ballroom Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit 46 and Other Lies 49 Inconvenient Empathy 43 UHT: Kung-fu Man 51 7/74 Tinning St, Brunswick 5 Redwood Close 73 Art Mulch Painting pARTy theatre 57 SADx 81 This Is Our Pilot 51 Jude Perl: Hey Hi Hey Hello (Single UHT: Our Father 86 Baby Bi Bi Bi 29 Table for Two? 83 Tom Skelton: Blind Eye Spy 51 Launch) 66 UHT: The Metamorphosis 86 Circus-Cision 34 ArtPlay Whoop Dee Doo: Another Late You’re a Good Man, Doctor Pirate 52 Kids Club: Juan Vesuvius says RELAX! 61 UHT: The Playground 86 Club Fringe: 3 Minutes to Save Birrarung Marr, behind Fed Square, Night Revue 32 Nina Oyama Needs A Lift 46 Crowded in the Vaults the World 68 Melbourne PISCA 31 Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas) Candyland Vaults 10-12, Federation Wharf, Club Fringe: Choir-2-K 68 63 Johnston St, Fitzroy Making Stories Without Words 95 Polygamy, Polygayou 47 224 Normanby Ave, Thornbury Melbourne Club Fringe: Friday the 13th 68 A Masquerade Ball by Le Grande Cabaret 29 Sonic Labyrinth 62 Snake Of Light 96 The Nylon Zoo 62 Vault 10 Club Fringe: Fuck Fabulous. The Party. 69 Aleksandra The Great Presents: We Are The Robots 63 Tickets on Myself 96 Cato Square FARM BACKPACKER (Subclass 417) 42 Completely Improvised Potter 41 From Russia With(out) Divorce Papers 34 Arts Centre Melbourne Old Ballroom + ETU Ballroom Cnr Cato and Wattle Sts, Prahran I got bit by a monkey once 43 Kids Club: Mini SPIN 61 Bingo with Timberlina 68 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Awards Night and Closing Party 68 In Search of the Truth 58 Jon O 44 Mahua Improv Night 46 I made my bed, you lie in it. 43 Arts Centre Melbourne Kiwifruit - An Autobiography 45 No Apologies: The Chat Show 95 Club Fringe: HONCHO DISKO 69 Let me get something off my chest 95 Unity: Augmented Reality Art 92 Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets Like A Persian 46 SOCIETY 35 Club Fringe: Opening Night Party 69 Something Unspoken 82 80 Smith St, Collingwood Fairfax Studio Rise & Shine 48 The Melanin Monologues 96 Club Fringe: Rhythm Nation 69 TMI Night 96 James G Warren: (ood) 44 I’m a Phoenix, Bitch 78 Update: no update 51 We Are United 96 Old Council Chambers twenty-something 86 Speckie vs Normie 49 TETRIS 62 YUMMY DELUXE 32 AMATEUR SOLO 74 The Rotten Apple Doesn’t Fall Far Vault 11 Highlander What Am I Supposed To Do? 60 Bringing Some Gum to a Knife Fight 40 From The Toxic Tree 50 An Inconvenient Comedy Show 39 Evatt Room 11A Highlander Ln, Melbourne James Donald Forbes McCann: Bar Open Big Dreams Skinny Jeans 39 Inexcusable 43 Free Comedy @ Highlander 42 Chalice 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Duncan Turner - Broke 42 Oliver Coleman: Poolside 46 Devil’s Advocate 44 251 High St, Northcote Folk Psychology 65 Is This It? 43 Pat McCaffrie - Politics and Polar Just A Small Town Boy 44 Horse Bazaar melbournefringe.com.au Spiritus et Locus #light 92 Just for Funny 45 Bears (There Are Still No Polar Bears) 47 KIGALI2097 59 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne 12 – 29 2019 Sept BIGBANG studio Chapel Off Chapel Killing the Planet is Against Scout Boxall: Good Egg 48 Placebo 31 data:heal 65 1/177 Beavers Rd, Northcote 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran My Religion 45 Sir Robert’s Sporting Legends 48 The Pageant 50 Mirroring, Synchronous Behaviour, The Church of Burt 59 The Power of the Holy Spirit 60 Reflexes & Movement 91 Foyer Obstinate Little Tart 80 Super Elusive Condom: The Musical 49 Princess Problems 47 Sweet & Sour Dilemmas 83 SLOW MOTION PICTURES - 114 In Search of the Truth - Exhibition 58 YOU ARE THE HUNTER 66 115 VENUE INDEX Hotel Esplanade Metro Tunnel Hoardings, SEVENTH Gallery I Was Birthed From An Egg In A Studio Universal Restaurant 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda from Trades Hall to Melbourne 155 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Melbourne Crater On Uranus 31 Dud Roots 42 141 Lygon St, Carlton Put Your Damn Phone Down 95 City Baths Edwards Gammin Cafe 89 ONOMATOPOEIA! 81 Such n Such - Every Resolution How To Drink Wine Like A Wanker 78 420 Swanston St, Melbourne Signal She’ll Be Right: A Tradie Cabaret 32 is Temporary 59 I Didn’t Invite You Here to Lecture Me 78 Howler Faces of Fringe 89 Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne Temporary 83 The Space Between 84 Mullygrubs 80 7-11 Dawson St, Brunswick Equation 76 The Will To Be 84 Pretentious 47 Happy Hour 42 Missing Persons The Motley Bauhaus sadface 81 411-12, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne SITEWORKS Upstairs 102 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North Squirt 96 Incinerator Gallery Safe Word 59 33 Saxon St, Brunswick Boss Octopus: Sketch Comedy 40 Exhibition Space The Briefing 49 180 Holmes Rd, Aberfeldie Flesh, the law, and black humanity 95 Creatures Lost 30 OBSCENE GESTURES 91 The Singing Feminazis 50 Uncanny Valley 92 Mycelium Studios Heart for Solo 90 Devil Woman 30 Front Bar Where We Are Now 97 10-12 Moreland Rd, Brunswick East Jîyan 58 Flicker 77 VENUE INDEX KaDo Warehouse Dark Points 54 ARTery 94 36 Cremorne St, Cremorne Writing and Concepts 97 Gays of our Lives 30 Vernissage Gallery Passionate Machine 81 Collab-rah-doodle 89 CREATING A SCENE 89 Nicholson St Mall 509 High St, Prahran Speakeasy HQ Theatrette Cnr Nicholson and Chambers Sts, Patrick Collins - Mime Consultant 47 Tech-xiety 92 Kathleen Syme Library & 522 Flinders St, Melbourne Scarred For Life 31 After, The End. 73 Footscray Pre-Reunion Tour 47 Community Centre The Critic 83 Anna Bella Eema 74 Werribee War Memorial We Are The Robots 63 Meet at Station Place, 251 Faraday St, Carlton Steps Gallery The Living Room 49 Commander Q Breaks The Rules 30 opposite The Park Hotel Telescope 96 Northcote Town Hall 62 Lygon St, Carlton The subtle art of online dating 50 SLUTS LIKE US 56 189 High St, Northcote Cnr Watton St and Station Pl, Kings Domain Subliminal Massage 83 Tuck Shop Ladies - All rhyme, Solutions 32 Main Hall no reason 67 The Beige 59 Werribee Alexandra Ave, Melbourne StoryVille You Should Be Dancing 56 What’s That Smell? 52 The Final Hours Hour 49 Ancient Shrines and Half Truths 57 Neon Corroboree 55 185 Lonsdale St, Melbourne The Major and the Matron 1914 84 You Should Be Dancing MINIS 63 The Colonial Hotel Wesley Anne Kingston Arts Centre Jimeoin 44 Studio 2 585 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 250 High St, Northcote 979 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin Killa Vageez 45 The Night Heron Assimilate 57 Kings of Comedy ‘Fringe Showcase’ 45 228 Nicholson St, Footscray Can’t Complain. Frequently Do. 65 Insurge 90 The Unravelling 67 Qualia 81 Where are you from from? 52 Tangled Orbit 67 The Dax Centre Gallery Wonderland Spiegeltent La Mama Courthouse O_Studio 30 Royal Parade, Parkville Fed Square, The Paddock, 349 Drummond St, Carlton Studio 4, VCA Theatre The Rattlesnake Saloon 200A Argyle St, Fitzroy LEtGO of Stigma 69 140 Lygon St, Carlton Melbourne Broken River 75 Building 879, 28 Dodds St, Southbank n0wherians 80 Catherine McClintock: Please and Thank A Day In The Life Of You 61 Facing Medea 76 A Slippery Thing 73 The Fox Hotel Yous 40 Circus-Cision 34 Readings Carlton Alleyway Grand Gesture 77 351 Wellington St, Collingwood Linden New Art Don’t Mess With the Dummies 61 Tyne St, Carlton Frantasia 42 Sunshine Art Spaces Gallery Pic-a-Dick 47 Dreamboogie Play The Blues 65 26 Acland St, St Kilda Blurry Borders. Blind Photography Fresh and Fruity 42 Crashing by design/ William Holt 2 City Pl, Sunshine The Hub at Docklands Good As New 34 Exhibition 88 How Dare You 43 Exhibition 89 in-Stability 58 17 Waterview Walk, Docklands La Nonna 79 Incognito 35 Red Betty Sweet Sunshine 92 HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS: Long Play Let Meowt! 46 Mahua Improv Night 46 859 Sydney Rd, Brunswick A DOUBLE BILL 78 318 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy Temperance Hall Man Up! 79 Pirate Circus 62 Kuami Eugene 66 Chasing Yesterday 75 199 Napier St, South Melbourne The Kodiak Club PUPPET JAM 48 Railed 35 Fantastic Feminist Folktales 95 RMIT First Site Gallery Baby Boy 53 272 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Somebody’s Somebody 32 SOCIETY 35 The Fairy Wonderland Show 62 Worldline Corporations 60 RMIT Storey Hall Basement, 344 Doors Shut 54 Little Blood Ticking Time Bomb 51 GROUP FURNITURE 54 The Listies Make You LOL! 62 Swanston St, Melbourne Simon Taylor 48 The Space Dance and Arts Centre Loop Project Space & Bar Gestures of Care 54 If I Don’t Understand You 54 YUMMY UP LATE 32 19-23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne Stratosphere Theatre 318 Chapel St, Prahran Ophelia 55 Please Do Not Move 56 Woods Street Arts Space Invisible Skin 91 D.T.F ...means Down To Fun?... Right? 58 Muse 55 RMIT Kaleide Theatre Tempo Rubato 44 Woods St, Laverton Lord Coconut The MC Showroom The SUBSTATION Deadly Fringe: An Assemblage 360 Swanston St, Melbourne 34 Breese St, Brunswick Mitchell House, Level 5, Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran 1 Market St, Newport Snatches 82 Black Water 65 of Memories 94 358 Lonsdale St, Melbourne A Dreamer’s Guide to Reality 29 Current 89 303 My Little...... 91 Ruckus House Child’s Play 75 The Blender Studios The Toff in Town 303 High St, Northcote Address provided upon booking, 33-35 Dudley St, West Melbourne Flock 77 Maggie Wren’s Art Space Level 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne Visual Discourse #9 92 Brunswick Serenade for naturality 56 Golden Age Girls 30 Welcome to Twin Peaks 67 178 Johnston Street, Collingwood Moulding 55 Psyche 81 Away with the fairies 88 Whiplash 87 The Burrow Share House 82 Theatre Works 83 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 14 Acland St, St Kilda Malthouse Theatre Saint Martins Place The Art of Lies and Obfuscation 83 Courtyard Batmania, Expo’19 74 113 Sturt St, Southbank 374 St Kilda Rd, cnr Martin Street, What’s Your Gamble? 87 Melbourne’s Darling 91 Batmania, The Bus Tour 74 This Is Not A Drill! 50 St Kilda The Melba FINITE Presented by Split Esoteric 76 Studio 35 Johnston St, Collingwood Martin Myer Arena Brick 75 Second Theatre 77 Sawtooth Studio 26 Grant St, Melbourne Sandy V’s Dead On 75 Mad as a Cute Snake 62 Boys Taste Better with Nutella 75 Wilin Fan The Flames 67 171 Smith St, Collingwood Happy-Go-Wrong 77 Punk Rock - MISFIT Theatre 81 Safety Banana 48 Mummy’s Milk 80 Jofus and the Plank 44 The Market is a Wind-Up Toy 84 Meat Market The Crossing Machine play The The Unfolding of Benjamin’s Misery 96 Two Twenty Somethings Decide Never 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne Schoolhouse Studios Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello 67 Will it Juice? 52 To Be Stressed About Anything Ever Meeting Room 81 Rupert St, Collingwood Tragedy! (a new comedy) 85 YAY FOR CANE TOADS! 87 Again. Ever. 86 A Conversation 73 Drag Show the Game Show 41 Spiegeltent The Loneliness Project 59 The Butterfly Club TIC: Swanston Secret Location in Coburg Geraldine Hickey - Things Are Stables 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne Going Well 42 502/37 Swanston St, Melbourne Details provided upon booking Isabella Valette: How Far I’ll Go 43 All I See Is You 74 Cafe Play! Presented by Downstairs Good As New 34 Anna Piper Scott: Queer & Present The Aussie Ethnic Identity Crisis 83 Lake Disappointment 79 Coburg Carnivale 58 IMPETUS 34 Let Me Show You My Hole 91 Danger 39 Incognito 35 The Other Side with Vicky and Dawn 49 Toy Symphony 85 Secret Location in the CBD Artemis: Utter Mess 29 Into-Me-See 55 Waiting for Combo 51 melbournefringe.com.au Transgression 85 See website for details Billy vs the Internet 40 Moi 35 Treloarland 12 – 29 2019 Sept Your Silence Will Not Protect You 87 Seduction 82 Confessions from the Bell Jar 30 PHAT CAB CLUB 35 87a Albert St (2nd Door - Side Lane), Cousin Tara’s Intervention Variety Hour 30 Meet at Old Treasury Building Secure Parking The Peter Principle 35 Brunswick Furfur the Ragged 77 20 Spring St, Melbourne 522 Flinders Ln Carpark, Melbourne YUCK Circus 35 Not Working Together 55 How Gay Am I? 43 116 Dodgy Deals - The Collins Street Sellout 94 Bust or Boom 88 Omnitemporal 66 117 Sustaining the past … PROUDLY PART OF THE unlocking the future MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL 12 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

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