The Melbourne Fringe Festival is back! I've seen four shows with @NarrelleMHarris, and we've reviewed:

- How to Art (absurdist physical comedy taking on the art world);
- Murder in the Graveyard (an improv version of a Christie-like murder mystery);
- Sincere Apologies (an audience-run series of apologies from past, present and future);
- Motion Sickness (text and music combine to give a glimpse of the cosmos).

Read our reviews here, free to all: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140943635

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Fun piece of active art:

"There’s no rule saying you can’t dance in Fed Square – but as of this week, it’s actively encouraged. As part of this year’s Melbourne Fringe, the space is playing host to Power Move, a centrepiece work of this year’s festival.

"The usually sandy expanse has been broken up with a block of colour, designed by local street artist Drez. Unlike most artworks, the idea is that people walk over and through it, using their movement to bring it to life."

#MelbFringe #arts #festival #fringe https://www.theage.com.au/culture/dance/wait-why-are-there-people-dancing-in-fed-square-20250929-p5myru.html

Lots of purple and red at Trades Hall last night, while it's hosting the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Vibrant!

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Free for all to read! @NarrelleMHarris and I have been seeing more shows at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Here's our reviews of Delusions and Grandeur, and of Assigned Magician at Birth: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reviews-fringe-2-113653862

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A big bundle of Melbourne Fringe Festival reviews from the Age reviewers...

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I had a brief appearance on stage Saturday night, at a Fringe show I was attending with reviewers' tix.

In Villains, a drag parody of Disney's villains, I was selected along with another bearded bloke to be the 'Captain Hook' character's henchmen and do a fan dance while wearing a sailor's beanie. We basically followed the main henchman's lead and ended with fluttering the fans behind us as if tails. It was very popular.

You'd be amazed how often this has happened over the years! Odd to end up in a show you're supposed to be reviewing.

Anyway the show is excellent, much recommended if you're after something raunchy with fabulous costumes (and an excellent dissection of the concept of villainy): https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/villains-a-dizney-in-drag-parody/

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Melbourne Fringe Festival reviews! @[email protected] and I have been seeing shows - here are our reviews of A Brief Episode, Cabaret Unscripted, Flop, and Villains: A Dizney Parody in Drag.

Free for all to read! Find them at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113390447

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The action movie SPEED was mostly set inside a bomb-rigged bus that would detonate if it slowed down. It was one of the highest-grossing films globally in 1994 and catapulted Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock to household-name status in Hollywood.

The play version however — also mostly set inside an actual bus — is a comedic interpretation of the movie filled with creative "special" effects and the most hilarious interactions between the actors and audience. A guaranteed fun evening and probably the most original and most exciting show at this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival. #melbfringe

In another round of Fringe shows, @NarrelleMHarris and I review a simulated Zoom call between two estranged brothers; an amazing physical theatre act with no words; and a wild show in which four people achieve a variety of tasks while running on treadmills.

Read "Reviews: Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023, Part 2" - reviewing 'So...', 'Only Bones', and 'Burnout Paradise' - at https://www.patreon.com/posts/90945917 [this post is free to all]

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That was a laugh - @NarrelleMHarris and I just saw the latest instalment of Sammy J's 50 Year Show (he does just one show every five years, with reappearances by previous cast members). Fun concept. Join us for the next one in 2028...
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Sammy J - The 50 Year Show | Melbourne Fringe https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/sammy-j-the-50-year-show/

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