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BEAT MAGAZINE’S FRINGE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2012 CONTENTS PAGE 6 One Trick Pony: Carousel The Unstoppable, Unsung Story Of Shaky M Pants Down Circus Two Guys, A Girl And A Microphone This Is Siberian Husky: The Misery Factory Aphrodite’s Bordello Mentalist Robert Haley: Elixir PAGE 8 Tegan Higginbotham: Million Dollar Tegan Jessamae St James Is Tied Up Dot Com/Love Hey Big Spender! An Evening With Shirley Just Us But Not Really – The Lost Episode Singing 5 Ways To Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother Sylvia Plath In The Domestic Sublime PAGE 10 Damian Callinan: The Merger The Faders Suitcases, Baggage & Other Synonyms Matthew Klein: Sugarcoat Slutmonster And Friends Pinky Beecroft: Mainstream Freak One PAGE 12 Maps The Fringe Hub The Fringe Club The Warren PAGE 14 Word/Play Air Oceania Flight AO11 The Deer Johns are Growing Up Activating The Dead White Pelvis Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine Spontaneous Broadway: Jubilee! Confessions Of A Grindr Addict PAGE 16 Choir Girl The Big HOO-HAA! Festival Special Lounge Theatre Medea Friend Ship Volume 4 with Ghostboy and Sir Lady Grantham PAGE 18 Sunday Showdown Behind The Bow...A Cabaret Foreplay Mickey LaMar’s Video Stars The Super Normal Life of Aiden Allcock A Guide To Unhappiness: The Magic And Philosophy Of Sunny Leunig PAGE 19 Dance+Anecdote Narcissus Knock Oﬀ Xavier Toby: White Trash PAGE 20 May And Alia Do Pirates! (Of Penzance) Hello My Name Is Ellipsis Memoirs Of An Aisha Sect, Lies and Videotape Spark! Pure Puppet Palaver PAGE 22 Of Dysentery And Madness Sepia Loonatic Spectacular: A Modern Vaudevillian Cabaret The Häxan Curse The Seance Stand The Musical Silent Monologues

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL! I’ll tell you what though, you don’t look a day over 21. Yep. It’s now been over 30 years, 1,560 weeks, 10,920 days and a heck of a lot more hours than my iPhone calculator can count since the Melbourne Fringe Festival was ﬁrst established way back in 1982 following the closing of the legendary Pram Factory in Carlton. It’s been a wild ride ever since, to say the least. Over the past 30 years the festival has presented the artistic work of over 50,000 individual and independent artists to millions of Victorians and its legacy in promoting and presenting the work and creativity of Melburnian’s and beyond is paramount to the cultural heart that this city is famed for. This year the festival will present over 4,000 artists in 120 venues city-wide, showcasing the most poignant, inspirational and groundbreaking works in Victoria’s utterly diverse contemporary arts scene. So, let’s get on with the show, yeah? Get out your highlighters, start circling and let’s get Fringing! Wonderful. See you in the Fringe Club for a drink or six after the show. Tyson Wray Arts Editor, Beat Magazine

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL iiNET PLAYLIST This year the Melbourne Fringe deliver an innovation for an interactive Fringe experience, the iiNet Playlist. The online tool will help attendees plan and share their Festival itineraries in a personalised mix tape, allowing users to add shows to a virtual lineup, purchase tickets and share their plans via social media and email. With over 300 events across the festival, this initiative will help audiences navigate the vast celebration and its extensive lineup. The system of referrals from social media and existing playlists means Fringe-goers can quickly source and plan the shows that will best suit their interests, including contemporary work across all artforms. As Victoria’s largest independent arts organisation, the iiNet playlist plans to make the Fringe more open-access than ever. Visit melbournefringe.com.au to ﬁnd out more and get started.

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So, heaps of these shows look ok amazing, right? Right. But sh, you’ve got absolutely no cash, right? Right. Not to fear! We’re giving away tickets to heaps of shows this festival. Keep your eyes peeled for the ‘Win tickets to this show at beat.com.au’ starbursts within the guide and then head to our website to win tickets to see these marvelous shows: Pants Down Circus, This is Siberian Husky: The Misery Factory, Jessamae St. James is Tied Up, Pinky Beecroft: Mainstream Freak, Sylvia Plath In The Domestic Sublime, Slutmonster And Friends, Singing 5 Ways To Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother, Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine, Sepia, ONE, Lounge Theatre, Choir Girl, Sunday Showdown, Hello My Name Is, White Trash, Knock Oﬀ, Ellipsis, Mickey LaMar’s Video Stars, Burlesky, The Big HOO-HAA! Festival Special, Dance+Anecdote, Matthew Klein: Sugarcoat, The Super Normal Life of Aiden Allcock, A Guide To Unhappiness: The Magic And Philosophy Of Sunny Leunig, Mentalist Robert Haley: Elixir, Friend Ship, Volume 4 with Ghostboy and Sir Lady Grantham, Bizoo-KA, Memoirs Of An Aisha, Loonatic Spectacular: A Modern Vaudevillian Cabaret, Damian Callinan: Merger, Confessions Of A Grindr Addict, Medea, Spark!, The Unstoppable, Unsung Story of Shaky M, The Deer Johns are Growing Up, Word/Play, Of Dysentery and Madness and Aphrodite’s Bordello.

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ONE TRICK PONY: CAROUSEL BY JOANNA ROBIN One Trick Pony invite you to take a ride around the carousel with their colourful cast of old world circus characters. Tango dancing ring masters, slapstick loving clowns, hypermasculine strong men, conjoined twins, a hula hooping beauty queen and two beautifully bizarre horses will lead an audience on a journey of “disease and dis-ease”. Under the direction of Anni Davey, Carousel is the ﬁrst full-length show by female performance duo Joh Fairley and Christy Flaws. Specialising in a unique mix of acrobatics, dance and physical theatre, these two women certainly have more than one trick up their sleeves. The two began performing together in 2006 with company Quiche Lorraine and formed One Trick Pony in 2008. They successfully toured their ﬁrst work Peep in Adelaide and Tasmania, taking it to Harvest Festival and The Village Festival. A performance installation in a custom built PeepTent, it was composed of short vignettes to be viewed by nine audience members at a time. Where Peep allowed its audience a brief glimpse into a mysterious world, Carousel breaks down the barriers between audience and performers to share deeply intimate stories. “It’s a 60 minute show, exploring the old world circus but

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focusing on the characters, having a new modern take. Some of them are quite satirical in nature. We look at gender and sexuality, using those really classical images and applying them to a contemporary story,” Joh explains. At several points the show blurs the onstage-oﬀstage distinction, allowing audiences to view some of the more liminal aspects of performance. It explores the relationship between the characters, but also between the two women as performers. “All changes between the characters are done on stage, completely stripped to naked at points. We change between the characters and between the costumes throughout the show. That’s done with two antique bureaus, we go back to the bureau and often have candid conversations at that point, we improvise talking about how we’re acting or what’s happening, or ‘your stockings are too high.’” Autobiographical subplots run throughout, including an exploration of Joh’s struggle with cancer. When the two began performing together in 2008, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. “When we got together in 2008, I was going through chemo and radiation for cancer, so part of the show is about our relationship as performers going through that journey, but also the cancer itself. We

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This show does what it says on the tin: up and coming comedians Sam Petersen, Roland Hoﬀmann and Lauren Bok talk about life, love, and how The Nanny is an archetype for all comedy sitcoms. All three have been making waves on the comedy scene with their quirky, original and energetic performances at Spleen Bar, Caz Reitop’s Dirty Secrets, and the Exford Hotel amongst many more. Sam Petersen is a former child star with a wonky smile and a heart of gold, Lauren Bok was recently nominated for Best Emerging Comedy at the 2012 Adelaide Fringe Festival for

her performance in Insert Sponsor Here Radio Variety Hour, and Roland Hoﬀmann pours a mean bowl of cereal. Venues: Trades Hall and Gertrude’s Brown Couch Dates: September 26 - October 7 (except Monday) At Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets Carlton, October 9 - 13 at Gertrude’s Brown Couch, 30 Gertrude Street Fitzroy Times: 7pm (Trades Hall) and 6pm (Gertrude’s Brown Couch) Tickets: Full $15, Conc. $12, Preview, Tuesday and Group $10

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Shaky M has waited 23 years, three months and 16 days to be rescued. Now she’s decided to become her own hero, tell her own story, and make the ultimate mixed tape. Combining elements of physical theatre, clowning and puppetry, Shaky M plunges us into the world of a woman held captive by her own body and her imaginative quest to set herself free.

PANTS DOWN CIRCUS Pants Down Circus showcases some of the biggest circus acts possible by a four-person company. They take it beyond the excitement of a traditional circus by drawing theatrical roots to make the comedy and impulse behind the acts that are in them so exciting. Essentially, this is a show that is greater than the sum of its parts. Between the four performers, they are capable of over eight world-class circus acts including Duo Trapeze, Toss the Girl, Balancing Ladder, Chinese Pole German Wheel, Juggling, Rola Bola and Tempo Acrobatics. However Pants Down Circus is more than just a collection of high skill circus acts; it is a conglomerate of comic moments, emotion and ensemble creativity. It is a show to be loved by all.

Venue: Meat Market, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 6 - 13 (except Monday October 8) Times: 8.30pm (Sunday 7.30pm) Tickets: Full $18, Conc. $12, Group $10

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explore the body and how the body can malfunction.” A section of the show entitled The Good Cancer is a physical piece about the body, set to an MRI soundtrack, which sits in contrast to the creepy old world circus tunes that accompany many of the pieces. The show itself deals with a complex array of human relationships. “It has dark themes that run through it, we deal with heartbreak, sadness and grief. It’s not really a family show, but deﬁnitely we hope it appeals to a broad range of adults.” It premiered in its entirety earlier this year at the Perth Spiegeltent and completely sold out when it was previewed in Brunswick. Commenting on performing to a larger audience, Christy notes, “a lot of these acts we’ve been

doing in this tiny tent, it’s amazing when you can see an audience and get their reactions.” Highly personal and packed with real emotion, the show will inevitably tug at the heartstrings. “It’s been a labour of love. We’ve been working on diﬀerent sections of it for years and years, the detailing and the costuming and the soundtrack, even the choreography. Everything is very dense and extremely intricate.” Venue: The Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 9 -13 Time: 9pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Tuesday and Group $15

THIS IS SIBERIAN HUSKY: THE MISERY FACTORY Sketch comedy duo This is Siberian Husky punch in and don Hi Vis vests for their latest comedy adventure. The world needs misfortune, adversity, calamity and mild nuisance! Thank goodness Suﬀer Inc.’s human misery factory has the means to produce it on an impressively large scale. Set in a facility whose machines pump out the disastrous and irritating aspects of life - from death and disease to paper cuts and windburn, The Misery Factory is a twisted excursion through power, pain, a bit more power and pelicans. Put on your safety goggles and join This is Siberian Husky as they create a dystopian world where unhappiness has been commercialised. L’usine de misérables! Venue: Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton Dates: October 9 - 13 Time: 8.15pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Group $12

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Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 2 - 14 (Except Monday October 8) Times: 8.30pm (Sunday 6.30pm) Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Preview $18

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Mentalist Robert Haley is back with his new show Elixir. This time the tables have changed. This time you get to do the incredible. During the show, Robert is a travelling Elixir salesman dispensing dreams, magical cures and superpowers from his intriguing Elixir suitcase. Be prepared to be extraordinary.

Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 9 – 14 Times: 6.30pm (Sunday 4.30pm) Tickets: Full $27, Conc. $20, Tuesday $20, Group $20

APHRODITE’S BORDELLO In a temple in the town of Eresos, on the island of Lesbos, worshippers of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation, stand ready to perform their ‘sacred service.’ But in a town without men, what happens when the tradies of the oldest profession in the world ﬁnd themselves without clientele? Six women explore how to package and sell sex in this explosion of dance, drama, poetry and comedy which spans the ages.

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CAL WILSON, EMILY TAHENY, RIK BROWN, ANDREW McCLELLAND GILLIAN COSGRIFF, RUSSELL FLETCHER, JOHN THORN and more!! 28-30 Sept, 2-7 Oct @7.30PM (Sun 6.30) FRINGE HUB-LITHUANIAN CLUB Bookings: 9660 9666 or melbournefringe.com.au tix $28/22

TEGAN HIGGINBOTHAM: MILLION DOLLAR TEGAN In the blue corner, standing at 168cm and weighing in at 58 kilos, Tegan Higginbotham, aka ‘Million Dollar Tegan,’ takes on the world of female boxing in and out of the ring in her highly acclaimed and award nominated show as part of this year’s Melbourne’s Fringe Festival. It’s a show she premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year, but given this is for the cooler crowd at the Fringe there are some subtle diﬀerences. “Fringe,” Tegan explains, “gives you the leeway to be a little darker, you can take more risks. There are some stories associated with me taking part in a boxing match that just aren’t suited to a comedy show. At a comedy show you really are just aiming for solid laughs - that should be your number one priority. At the Fringe you have an obligation to tell more of the story… so I think it’s okay to go into less funny territory.” Nevertheless, it is a funny story, right? “It’s not just stand-up, it is slightly more theatrical than stand-up, but it is still best described as stand-up.” All of the best one-person shows come from a place of

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truth, with the performer delivering all they have learned and lived through to challenge and entertain. Whilst never having been a big boxing fan, Tegan’s inherent tomboyishness gave her the impetus to get the story onto the stage. “I was raised as a tomboy, I was definitely the tomboy in my family. I’d never [sought] boxing out but it was something I always found fascinating, like if Dad ever put on a boxing movie I was transfixed by it. “But for a long time it was always settled in my head that boxing was something done by men. And then I saw this ridiculous Clint Eastwood film, Million Dollar Baby, which just planted this terrible, terrible seed in my mind that I might be able to do this. From there it just grew and grew and grew. I stumbled across this thing where you could train for three months and then have a real fight, so it was like it was meant to be.” However, she didn’t set out for this experience to become a show. “On the advice of others, I tried not to focus on the story while it was unfolding through the training. I think that

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Do you have a fetish? Don’t lie to me. A series of erotic tales and melancholy jazz. An exploration into the often veiled, dark areas of sexuality. Burlesque and cabaret entwine as Jessamae St. James is ‘tied up’ in a delightfully deviant world of seductive song and temptation. Jessamae is a Melbourne based jazz musician and burlesque artist who studied musical theatre at the VCA and has since returned to focus directly on song, currently undertaking a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Music Jazz Improvisation. Accompanied by a four-piece band, Jessamae presents a mix of original songs and haunting arrangements as each character comes forward to tell their erotic tale. Enter Jessamae’s world. Find your fetish.

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Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 25 Bennetts Lane, CBD Dates: October 4, 11 Time: 8pm Tickets: Full $25 Conc. $20

stupid but it really hurt,” Tegan chuckles again. “The ﬁrst time it happened I was quite shocked, but getting hit in the head was really painful.”

Venue: North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensbury Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 13 (Except Mondays) Times: 7.45pm (Sunday 6.45pm) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $18, Tuesday and Group $15

Saf Ovacik, Miranda Worthington, Hunter Smith, Veronica Cybulski and Martin Dunlop. Hold on to your space-time continuum, it’s a 50 minute rollercoaster ride of absurdity that threatens to make you break out in paroxysms of glee. Venue: Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton Dates: September 28 – 29, October 2 - 6 Time: 9.30pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Tuesday $17, Preview $17

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Venue: Spensers Live, 419 Spencer Street, Melbourne Dates: October 2 - 3, 5 - 7 Times: 8pm (Saturday 2pm and 8pm) Tickets: $25

HEY BIG SPENDER! AN EVENING WITH SHIRLEY Imagine Shirley Bassey live at Bennetts Lane! The hype, the glamour, the glitz and a full Orchestra! Well, you’ll have to keep imagining. This dame’s got a piano and is from the wrong side of Dubrovnik. If you like Shirley Bassey, you’ll love Shirley Basi. With some snazzy sound eﬀects, a sparkling dress and that belting voice, you’ll think you were seeing the real thing. Well...almost. This crazy Croatian is on a mission and nothing will stop her ballsy Balkan blitz. So, hey big spenders, come and see all of the famous (and not so famous) Shirley Bassey songs for a little bit of history repeating.

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JUST US BUT NOT REALLY – THE LOST EPISODE

Blow the man down and hoist the mainsail! We be goin’ on a trip through time, me hearties! A deliciously absurd comic romp, Just Us But Not Really – The Lost Episode explodes with unbridled mirth and exhilarating lunacy. What begins as an innocuous meeting of friends manically devolves to a point where The Pigeon Maﬁa turn history on its head. Forget the fourth wall - they’ve thrown the rules out altogether! Featuring some of Melbourne’s upand-coming young comics, The Pigeon Maﬁa comprises

Venue: Bohemia Cabaret Club, 226 - 228 Coventry Street, South Melbourne Dates: September 26 – October 11 (Wednesdays and Thursdays only) Times: 9pm (Thursday 9.45pm) Ticket Price: Full $22, Conc. $18, Group $18

How easy is it to be preyed on by internet scammers, when a lonely, abused middle-aged woman looks for company? A lonely single mum has an online romance, only to uncover a nasty surprise. In the end every player gets what’s coming.

as a writer if you are too self-aware you can sometimes skew the direction of the story and it becomes unnatural. It was the day after I had my fight my director put a pen in my hand and said, ‘This is where you start writing,’ and from that point on it was going back and recalling the events that happened. All the way through I just tried to be as in the moment as possible.” Tegan’s show earned her a Best Newcomer tag from The Age this year and her work interpreting Shakespeare’s best fight scenes as part of the group Watson may be familiar to some dilettantes, however her brief career so far on stage could not prepare her for the experience of getting hit in the ring. “I’ve never been unfit but before the fight I was the fittest I had ever been. But getting up in front of all those people in the ring I was terrified, I actually thought that because I’d performed for such a long time I’d be alright,” she explains, “but it was almost the opposite. I was incredibly selfconscious of the 1500 people watching me and was so aware of how little I knew about what I was supposed to do. I’d been taught well and knew how to box but I just couldn’t put together how I was going to stop this woman from hitting me in the head. It was far scarier than any performing I’d done.” Tegan laughs a little recalling it, but reminds me that it was a proper boxing match, and she did get hit in the head. “I got hit in the head 27 times and I know this sounds really

Diana Nguyen, author of 5 Ways To Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother, and co-writer and performer of Melbourne International Comedy Festival Sensation Phi And Me brings her new show to Melbourne combining her mother’s love of Karaoke and Diana’s love of Singing 5 Ways To Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother. Sing along with Diana as she retells her short story through karaoke. The short story has been a hit with VCE English Students studying Alice Pung’s Growing up Asian in Australia. Only 5 ways? 1. Being an actor, 2. Having ﬁve jobs, none full time, 3. Not learning Vietnamese, 4. Having a boyfriend before ﬁnishing university, 5. Being kicked out of home at 18. Come and hear the funny stories Diana shares about growing up in Australia and strange things she encountered overseas. Like taking her mum to Amsterdam - wrong move. Sing Mariah Carey, ABBA and more!

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Venue: Chaplin Karaoke, 428 Little Bourke Street, CBD Dates: September 26 - October 14 (Except Tuesdays and Wednesdays - except opening night) Time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Group $15

SYLVIA PLATH IN THE DOMESTIC SUBLIME BLIME This poetry-infused virtuoso performance by pianist Danaë Killian features Sylvia Plath’s legendary Ariel poems spoken on the 50th anniversary of their creation. JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations transform with musical magic a forlorn Footscray cottage into a resounding gothic cathedral, while from the sublime polyphonically woven body of the Goldberg, Plath’s words of domestic apocalypse bloom like stigmata. Danaë Killian’s 2012 Fringe oﬀering belongs to her postdoctoral research project, Transformations and Initiations: Sylvia Plath in Flames, In Performance, which explores the human potential for self-transformation through art. Deep ontological transformation involves the negotiation of challenging, even treacherous, existential thresholds. Danaë Killian seeks, like Plath, to performatively cross ﬂaming thresholds between biography and art, existence and death, potential and actual selves.

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Venue: 35 Hotham, 35 Hotham Street, Seddon Dates: September 26 - October 13 (Except Monday October 1, Tuesday October 9 and Thursday October 11) Times: September 26-29, October 2-6 10.30am and 6pm, September 30 and October 7 10.30am and 2pm, October 8, 10, 12, 13 6pm Tickets: Full $36, Conc. $27, Tuesday $27, Group $24

1/2 STARS in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Published Short Story in “Growing up Asian in Australia”.

Diana presents

SINGING 5 Ways To Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother Opening Show Wednesday 26th of September. Thurs to Sun-7.30pm

Chaplin Karaoke Bar Level 1 428 Little Bourke St. Melbourne. $20/$15 www.diananguyen.com.au/karaoke - 9660 9666 - www.melbournefringe.com.au

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DAMIAN CALLINAN: THE MERGER Damian Callinan has been a TV sketch show performer, broadcaster, actor, writer, radio host, and Barry Nominee. You wouldn’t guess somebody with such a rich array of success has had an entirely different career before embarking on his comedic journey. Before performing, Damian taught drama and English. Having an entire career of material to draw from helped him to write characters. “I ended up writing a one-man-show about a fictional Catholic boys school.” In terms of stand-up, Damian avoided using his former career as inspiration. “I don’t do a lot of biographical stuff, I’ve done it a few times and I know how hard it is to make material out of nothing.“I think the way it helped most was through life experience. It’s very rare that people walk into comedy not having done anything else in their lives. It certainly helps having a palate of life experience to draw on. It doesn’t dry up as quickly.” Damian now revisits his fellow teachers, providing both talks and workshops in schools around the country. “I guess I know their world, which always helps.” He runs some workshops on a large scale, giving a talk to an entire year level. The smaller workshops tend to be for specialty groups.

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“At one stage I was teaching stand-up comedy to intellectuallydisabled teenagers. It was absolutely amazing.” After the workshop Damian got on stage with them. They did a live performance at the Big West festival after completing the workshop. “It was almost a show within itself. “It completely blew my notion of how to run a workshop out the window. They didn’t need a warm-up; they were running around with wigs on completely unabashed. The end performance was hysterical. “One of the kids got stage fright so I was trying to encourage another to do a bit he hadn’t yet done. He replied, ‘No Damian, you’re only making me do that because Kim’s run out of the room and there’s nothing more left in the show.’” Touche – talk about keen observational skills expressed in a comedic style. The workshop seems to have completed its objective. Certain experiences do have a way of sticking with you. Damian strongly recalled another of these moments when reminiscing about his days on television. “My favourite experience of television would have to be Skithouse because it was like working and playing with your mates for three years. We were given license to really do what we liked.”

When performing Skithouse, Damian recalls playing a teenage girll who practices calisthenics professionally. He was shooting a scenee at the Malthouse with some other callisthenic professionals. “II have to come running onto the stage late and take on their pose.. I sat down in the middle of the other girls, but farted very loudlyy as I sat down. There was this beautiful moment where all the littlee w girls tried to remain professional and hold their pose. After a few seconds they all collectively started to scream and ran out of thee theatre.” The phrase ‘room clearer’ may have never been quite so appropriate as in this harrowing tale. Luckily Damian didn’t let the experience defeat him. He actually seemed to be suppressing a giggle throughout the story. It’s an admirable man who can laugh these moments oﬀ. Damian now brings his Barry Award nominated show The Merger back to the stage. A singular nomination for a Barry Award is deemed a career peak by many Australian comedians. Three nominations is testament to Damian’s talent. “It’s nice to get that elevation for your work. Then again there’s also a lot of great comedians who haven’t been nominated so I don’t listen to the hype.” The ﬁrst two nominations were early in Damian’s career. “That nomination probably meant the most. I wasn’t needing to win, but it was just really nice to be nominated again after quite a long gap. It literally was a nice surprise.” The Merger received absolutely rave reviews and has consistently

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sold out performances. Damian is now in the early stages of reworking it for the screen. “I’m working with another writer on a treatment for it so it’s quite a while oﬀ being ready. We’re just playing around with it at the moment, selecting which characters from the show I will use. I’ll obviously play somebody…” Damian paused and reevaluated the possibility that they might ﬁnd somebody better than himself to play his characters. “Well, I’ll hopefully play somebody.” In a thorough and convincing plea, Damian concluded the interview with these persuasive words: “It’s a good show so yeah I guess just come. Please come!” Venue: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 9 – 13 Time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full $22, Conc. and Group $15, Tuesday $12

SLUTMONSTER AND FRIENDS

THE FADERS

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Presented by Liquid Skin, a physical theatre of contemporary dance, music, and puppetry of the carpet, The Faders is about the fear of fading into obscurity, of disappearing, not being seen, and the lengths some people will go to in order to remain in the limelight. These days the desire to be famous is unprecedented. Being adored, validated and conﬁrmed by others holds power, like a drug to some people. In the words of Tim Kasser Galesburg, “We all need to make meaning out of our lives, and this is one way people attempt to do it.”

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the delightfully disturbing Slutmonster in its natural habitat, replete with hyper-sexual alien vegetation, unnatural arcane rites and vacuous puppet side-kicks. Come quickly before this unique and baffling landscape is altogether spoiled by the encroaching human influence, a psychotic pervert and his long-suffering neurotic brother bumbling their way into the eye-burningly colourful heart of the wild. There’ll be snappy musical numbers, dick jokes, and a jaunty hat. If that doesn’t make you climax you’re not picturing it properly.

Venue: The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport Dates: October 3 - 7 Times: 8pm (Sunday 7pm) Tickets: Full $25, Conc. $15, Preview $12, Groups $15

Venue: Club Voltaire, 14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 4 - 7, 11 - 14 Time: 10.15pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $18, Group $18

SUITCASES, BAGGAGE & OTHER SYNONYMS

PINKY BEECROFT: MAINSTREAM FREAK

Four friends, countless opinions, a dance break and ultimately only one destination. A charming little show about friendship, travel, love and some other hilarious crap. An original cabaret slash musical! Written by and starring Hannah Daniel, Sarah Jackson, Casey Dolcetta, Melissa Kahraman and Barnaby Reiter. All of whom realistically you won’t have heard of…yet.

Beecroft rants, raves, cusses and croons his way through the outer reaches of his own mind in his very ﬁrst ever stand-up comedy show. Part autobiography, part cry for help, the show examines Beecroft’s freakish inability to connect with the mainstream. Featuring anecdotes, parables, non-sequiturs and songs, Pinky Beecroft is a rakish, shambolic mess of a person who tells strange stories and appears simultaneously razor-sharp and completely out of his mind. His show is chaotic and cluttered. It’s a little bit like a lecture from a very bright and charming mental patient. In Mainstream Freak Pinky continues in the role of messed-up raconteur, but the show is far more autobiographical than anything he’s done before. No doubt most of the night will be completely haphazard, in the Beecroft tradition. Venue: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote Dates: October 11 – 13 Time: 8pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Group $15

MATTHEW KLEIN: SUGARCOAT After a year of living and touring in America, Matthew w Fox Klein was ready to present a new hour-longg show about his experiences abroad. Then somethingg happened. Something small. A ﬂight was immediatelyy n booked home and every line of material written over the past 12 months was scrapped, before the e plane touched down he had written an entire new w show. Sugarcoat is about old habits, new beginnings, s and admitting the sometimes painful truth. Fully supporting beyondblue with proceeds from ticket sales going to the organisation, Sugarcoat deals with the issues surrounding depression, isolation and loss in a personal and unadulterated way.

Venue: Gertrude’s Brown Couch, 30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy Dates: September 26 - October 7 (Except Monday October 1) Time: 9pm Tickets: Full $15, Conc. $12, Tuesdays and Group $10

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Venue: North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 6 - 13 (Except Monday October 8) Times: 10.30pm (Sunday 9.30pm) Tickets: Full $25, Conc. $20, Tuesday or Group $18

ONE ONE is an exciting new dance performance having found a language somewhere between the two homelands of its creators, Zimbabwe and Australia. ONE tells the story of the essential drive humans have to connect with each other while struggling for self-preservation in the most diﬃcult of circumstances. ONE is an exploration of the things we all have in common – loneliness, rubbish and ultimately, each other. Gilbert Douglas and Susan Doel’s seven lines of movement weave throughout this piece creating a work that is expressive and dynamic in a unique piece of live performance. The original score for ONE has been composed by Daniel Soﬀner, a classical musician and electro punk composer from Germany. Venue: Meat Market, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 – October 5 (except Monday October 1) Times: 8.30pm (7.30pm Sunday) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $17 Group $15, Tuesday $10

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MEET THE MYTH FOR OUR GENERATION. EVEN PERFECTION HAS A MORNING AFTER.

NA R C I S S U S Venue:

Revolt Melbourne Loading Dock, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington, 3031 Dates: 2-6 and 9-13 October Time: 9.30pm (approx 60 min running time) Tickets: Full $18, Conc. $13, Tightarse Tuesdays $13.

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WHERE THE FRINGE AM I?

THE FRINGE HUB

THE FRINGE CLUB

14 NIGHTS, 10 VENUES, 45 SHOWS, 1 CLUB

14 NIGHTS OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT

North Melbourne will once more host a brilliant selection of Fringe Festival shows as the Fringe Hub will showcase a diverse cross-section of the indie arts scene in Melbourne. Covering all genres, from theatre to dance to comedy, the Fringe Hub program amalgamates work from both emerging and established artists. The Fringe Hub has been serving the Festival for years, and there’s a reason why. Check it out.

You know how sometimes when you go to buy a cat and you visit the cat dealer and you ask how many months has the cat been alive for and he says “three” but you hear “free cat no worries mate on the house eh” and then you run oﬀ and get arrested for stealing a free cat? Well, this is actually free. Those whacky kittens at The Fringe Club have established themselves as the deﬁnitive place to head to after your Fringe show. Engage with hundreds of Melbourne Fringe artists and alumni as they do their thang on the Club stage, then drink and dance the night away with them – you won’t be the same again.

THE WARREN

FEELING A LITTLE LOST?

COME DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

NO IDEA WHERE YOUR SHOW IS?

Sharing a name with legendary rapper Warren G, American billionaire Warren Buﬀett and Beat’s favourite Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren, The Warren is a cozy little place to enjoy a beverage before or after your Fringe show. Find a comfy corner downstairs from the Fringe Club or explore the fascinating installations and performances throughout.

Not sure how to get there? Trying to cram in as many performances as you can because if the Mayans are right and the world ends this December then you’ll never get to live out another Fringe Festival again? Slow down! Deep breaths. Okay? Here we go. Check out the map. Baby steps. We’re gonna get you there.

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WORD/PLAY

BY TESS WOODWARD

Impro Melbourne is one of Melbourne’s most prestigious improvisational groups. Their show in Melbourne Fringe this year is called Word/Play, a combination of literature, poetry, and improvisational acting that’s sure to be an amalgamation of exceptional creativity. Jason Geary is directing both this season of Impro Melbourne and Word/Play. He gave us a little insight into the world of impro and what we could expect from the unpredictable, potentially perilous profession. Impro Melbourne Theatre’s stated mission is to “push boundaries and break expectations of what improvised theatre can be.” People often have an embryonic or outdated preconceived notion of what Impro Melbourne does, he says. “Generally people can think of improvisation like theatre sports they may have done or seen at school. It’s on a whole diﬀerent level, we dedicate our whole lives to improvisation.” A sucker for punishment, Jason enjoys having no idea where a performance will go. You have to be in a constant state of awareness, ready for any strange scenario that may be thrown your way. Surely there must be horriﬁc moments of humiliation having such little control? Jason chuckles loudly at the question. “I rarely get embarrassed but I guess it helps having had experience with comedy. If you’ve got a problem

with feeling embarrassed then it’s the wrong business to be in.” Jason does seem to have the ideal personality type for performance. He has performed stand-up comedy sporadically throughout his career. Though he enjoyed aspects of it, he ultimately decided stand-up required too much honing and redrafting for his liking. “I was missing that spontaneity. It was ultimately the spontaneity that drew me to improvisation above all else. It’s what’s held me there for 17 years. That and the lure of connection with genuinely great people.” The idea of stand-up comedy is enough to send many ﬂeeing from the room, shaken to their very core. Jason however decided the repetitive routine didn’t feel quite challenging enough. Though he rarely suﬀers feelings of humiliation, Jason acknowledges there’s a copious collection of embarrassing memories. Choosing just one moment proves too challenging a feat. “There isn’t a moment that comes to mind as I think you tend to try to bury those things quite deep down. If you dwelled on those experiences then you wouldn’t get on the stage next time. The gift that we’ve got with impro is a blank slate every time we step on stage. In terms of drying up or not being able to think of anything, that rarely happens. If I look like I’ve got

nothing then someone else is going to give me something.” Again emphasising a sense of community, Jason spoke highly of the group mentality and support he experiences in Impro Melbourne. “Our job is to make each other look as good as we can. It’s basically all we’ve got when we’re up there with nothing. We endow that to anyone who gets on stage with us.” Even inexperienced audience participants generally feel safe as the cast is there to help them, and in turn the performance. “It’s a real delight when we invite audience members on stage and they play parts with us. Sometimes they’ll [be informed of] what we are doing on stage, sometimes they will move us and we become their puppets.” The idea of puppets seems a curious one. People have a tendency to stoop to innuendos and naughty words during any audience participation I’ve personally witnessed. In Word/Play their stimulus will be a guest author’s work, so unfortunately you won’t witness any of these puppet-related shenanigans at this year’s show. “I thought actually it would be really nice to get a diﬀerent sort of input,” he says. When deciding who might be best, Jason struggled for a while. The quest for a great storyteller began, concluding with the self-proclaimed “obvious realisation” that authors would have the best writing. The core part of that is getting a monologist in to tell truthful stories or stories about their lives. The impro artists will not have heard the reading before, only the author

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that will be attending each evening. “I think this conﬂuence of two art forms is interesting because one is very practiced and drafted and one is quite instantaneous and in the moment. It should create a unique dynamic. It will be a really interesting mix of the written word and the interpretation of that. I think it’ll be a really interesting thing. We are expecting a slightly diﬀerent audience. People who do love writing and do love books.” So if you love books, acting, and utter unpredictability you should check Word/Play at the Melbourne Fringe Festival this year. Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 2 - 13 (Except Sunday and Monday) Time: 9pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Preview, Tuesday and Group $15

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AIR OCEANIA FLIGHT AO11

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A tumultuous flight from Melbourne to LA gives way to the collision of five different travellers’s paths. Dealing with class, claustrophobia, generational differences and homophobia - Air Oceania Flight AO11 means to comment on the mindset of travelling Melburnians. Turbulence, toilet queues and teeny-tiny alcoholic beverages aplenty, with humour, this play explores the transient nature of these fledgling relationships.

Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 2 - 7 Times: 8pm (Sunday 6pm) Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Group $18

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Fresh oﬀ two sell out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe, The Deer Johns bring their brand of light-hearted musical storytelling to Melbourne. Come space hopping through the ‘70s as we see life through the eyes of a young boy named Jonathan. Jonathan reminds us what it was like growing up in an era when disco was king, chest hair was out of control and the world was covered in crazy wallpaper. Using the eclectic music of the era, The Deer Johns bring this very funny musical narrative to life with

their usual energy and verve creating a show that is part musical, part theatre, part concert and above all, brimming with comedy gold. Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: September 28 – 30 Times: 9pm (Sunday 8pm) Tickets: Full $18, Conc. $15, Group $15

ACTIVATING THE DEAD WHITE PELVIS

Not-Nick makes money from people who are genuinely in love with him. In a conversation with Tim Spencer the male sex worker (portrayed by Charles Purcell) tells us about his work and history. The scripted interview is an alluring study of integrity and play acting, made volatile by the rules of theatre. The men gently pry into each other’s lives and discover the sheer pleasure of generosity and candour. Widely held assumptions about sex work and theatre set up invisible cultural collisions between the two men, but if there is nothing risked, there is nothing gained.

Venue: North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 13 (Except Mondays) Times: 9pm (Sundays 8pm) Tickets: Full $22, Conc. $19, Tuesdays $15, Group $20

SPONTANEOUS BROADWAY: JUBILEE! After entertaining thousands of punters around Australia and overseas Spontaneous Broadway is returning to the Fringe. Its very ﬁrst season was at the Fringe 12 years ago at The Czech Club where it won the famed Palme d’Broadway Award and in 2012 it plays the Lithuanian Club Theatre for nine big shows! Cast includes the brilliant Cal Wilson, Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell’s Emily Taheny, bon vivant Andrew McClelland, improv god Rik Brown, cabaret sensation Gillian Cosgriﬀ, host Russell Fletcher and the scorching pianist John Thorn, all in sparkling form. They’ll also be joined by some of Australia’s hottest music theatre stars including Tripod’s Scott Edgar, the legendary West End girl Sally Bourne, comedy legend George Kapiniaris, Rock of Ages’ Brent Hill, Keating’s Casey Bennetto, the delightful Amanda Buckley and many more. Venue: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 7 (Except Monday October 1) Times: 7.30pm (Sunday 6.30pm) Tickets: Full $28, Conc. $22, Tuesday $20

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The mutilated body of a young male prostitute has been discovered in a city hotel. The authorities have rounded up a selection of the city’s high profile sex-workers to assist in establishing a profile of the killer before he strikes again. Who is systematically killing off the street sex workers in this city’s darkest corners – a serial killer in Melbourne? Or is it just that Parliament are sitting again?

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Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 2 – 13 Time: 9.30pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Tuesday $15, Group $20

Felix has a date. So why is he freaking out? It’s been over a year since Felix has been on a date and he can’t help but wonder: what does a guy actually do on a date that doesn’t involve sex? Join Felix as he shares his secrets about sex, love and the odd fetish or two.

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Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 2 – 6 Time: 10pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Tuesdays and Group $15

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Intimate, moving and highly engaging, this bold new theatre concept is a unique, micro-theatre production of two powerful plays, one per night. Watch as two diﬀerent truths unfold when old friends reunite. Late at night, two friends renew their acquaintance after a reunion. Despite an awkward beginning, a casual conversation between them will soon trigger moments of revealing truths far deeper than either person is prepared for. Raw. Truthful. Intimate. It’s Lounge Theatre.

Venue: The Butterﬂy Club, 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne Dates: October 2-13 (Except Monday October 8) Times: Sunday – Wednesday 7pm, Thursday – Saturday 8pm Tickets: Full $25, Conc. $20, Tuesday $15, Group $20

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How far would you go for love? What sacriﬁces would you make? And what happens when it all turns sour? A contemporary Australian adaptation of the Euripides classic.

Venue: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 13 (Except Mondays) Times: 9pm (Sundays 8pm) Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Tuesday $16, Group $16

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Venue: The Portland Hotel, Cnr Russell and Little Collins Streets, Melbourne Dates: The Big HOO-HEART! September 30, Raiders of the Lost HOO-HAARK! October 7, The Big MOOHAASICAL! October 14 Times: 7.30pm Ticket Price: Full $14, Conc. $12, Group $10

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Remember what the world was like before Dr. Kenzie Larsen invented friendship? Before her research, friendships only took place behind closed doors and even then, only between married couples, families and people who already knew each other. Come and experience the seminar that will unlock the history and personal practice of friendship as we know it today. In a 30 seat cinemaarena Dr. Kenzie Larsen presents her groundbreaking research and inventions to motivate and enlighten the masses on the mechanisms and means of the ancient science of making friends. This show is a ﬁctional account

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Venue: Long Play, 318 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy Dates: September 26 - October 4 (Except Friday September 28) Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $17, Preview, Tuesday and Group $15

Sarah Curro presents her solo ampliﬁed violin show Volume, with new music, costume, ﬁlm clips and instruments. This year she’ll be joined by the astounding Ghostboy and Sir Lady Grantham in an exquisite combination of dark comedy, neo-cabaret, spoken word and theatre of the provocateur. The dynamic spoken word performance of Ghostboy (David Stavanger) and the sounds from Sir Lady Grantham’s array of instruments are an exquisite combination and Sarah decided a double bill was in order for the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

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Venue: Hares and Hyenas Bookstore, 63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy Dates: October 12, 13 Time: 9pm Tickets: Full $25, Conc. $15

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of a ﬁctional character based on real-life intentions to entertain and dazzle audiences. Friend Ship combines video, sculpture and performance to create live work that is a spectacle of both micro and macro proportions.

VOLUME 4 WITH GHOSTBOY AND SIR LADY GRANTHAM

MUSIC COMPOSITION BY DANIEL SOFFNER

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A NEW DANCE WORK BY ZIMBABWEAN AND AUSTRALIAN CHOREOGRAPHERS GILBERT DOUGLAS AND SUSAN DOEL.

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Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: September 26 - 30 Times: 8pm (Sunday 6pm) Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18

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The 2012 Fringe Festival has many gems, but nothing so exciting as the choral comedy pop hit wonder Choir Girl. This dark comic monologue of isolation, connectedness, unrequited love and madness is accompanied by a 14-member choir that will blow you to the wall. Set in suburban Melbourne, we meet an average woman who is happily living her average life. Or so it seems. Susan is group-singing’s most dedicated member and desperately wants to be just like Annette Funicello, but life just never turns out the way it should. As our star treads the ﬁne line between dedication and obsessive mania we see a side to her that isn’t so sweet. Original choral adaptations of top 40 hits and golden oldies are merged with harmonious aural soundscapes to create a 60-minute blast of comedy and harmonies. Come along to laugh, obsess and harmonise with us.

From the team that brings you The Big HOO-HAA! every Thursday night at The Portland Hotel with its special blend of energetic improvised comedy, storytelling and singing, comes this deliciously entertaining Festival Special. Featuring Melbourne’s best impro comedians in three very diﬀerent shows; The Big HOO-HEART! A Romance, Raiders of the Lost HOO-HAARK! An Adventure and The Big MOO-HAASICAL! A Musical, The Big HOOHAA! enters uncharted territory for the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival, embracing the genres of romance, adventure and musical across three Sunday night performances. It’s the show that began the burgeoning careers of Tim Minchin and Claire Hooper, and these fearless comedians mix audience suggestions with wit, humour and bad mime skills to create a completely improvised show that is wonderfully unique.

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THE DEER JOHNS ARE GROWING UP FOLLOWING TWO CONSECUTIVE SELL-OUT SEASONS AT THE ADELAIDE FRINGE, THE DEER JOHNS BRING THEIR UNIQUE STYLE OF LIGHT-HEARTED, MUSICAL STORYTELLING TO MELBOURNE, USING ICONIC SONGS FROM THE 1970S. VENUE:

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SUNDAY SHOWDOWN Australia’s Got A New Comedy Competition. Every Sunday during the Melbourne Fringe Australia’s top emerging comedians will be putting forward their finest five minutes to be judged live by industry professionals including resident judge the ‘Fabulous’ Adam Richard. Featuring an extended performance by a professional headline act and News Smash! putting a pitchfork to current affairs and events with Xavier Toby, Micah D Higbed and hosted by the comedic bundle of joy that is Dilruk Jayasinha.

Venue: The Portland Hotel, Cnr Russell and Little Collins Streets, Melbourne Dates: September 30, October 7, 14 Time: 2pm Tickets: Full: $15, Conc. and Group $12

BEHIND THE BOW...A CABARET Who is Lucizzle O’Brizzle? She has perfect pitch and ain’t afraid to use it whilst ridding the world of gentle pop-rock, one bland chord progression at a time. With an attitude as big as Lady Gaga’s costume budget and the head bows to prove it, Lucizzle O’Brizzle is anything but cliché. Come see what all the noise is about in Lucy O’Brien’s debut cabaret, Behind the Bow...A Cabaret; a story about a girl with her head in the clouds, trapped in a struggle with her sassy alter-ego and an evil head bow. A must see for all music theatre lovers and anyone who’s suﬀered an identity crisis.

Venue: Goodtime Studios, 746 Swanston Street, Carlton Dates: September 25, 28 Times: Tuesday 9.30pm, Friday 7pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc and Group $20

FOREPLAY When a leaked phone call links local council bigwig Rod Chambers to an unknown sex worker his closest aide pushes him to spin the incident and seize the ‘victim’ window. The Minister, however, considers the matter private and the political implications moot: the Victorian trade is legal, out of the public eye and, frankly, a dead topic. What follows is the interconnected stories of men and women surrounding the sex industry, from feminists to gossips, health experts, sex industry representatives, the disabled and the parents.

Venue: Goodtime Studios, 746 Swanston Street, Carlton Dates: September 25 – 29 Times: 8pm (Monday 7pm, Friday 9.30pm) Tickets: Full $20

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MICKEY LAMAR’S VIDEO STARS In the tale of one greasy man and his undying love for MTV. Mickey LaMar is down-and-out after years of pseudo-success in the music video industry. Now he’s on the hunt for Melbourne’s best booty-shakers and heartthrobs to front his music video talent agency Mickey Lamar’s Video Stars, in the show of the same name. This one-of-a-kind interactive musical comedy celebrates Gen X and Y’s nostalgia by recreating your favourite music videos live on stage, complete with costumes, props, and back-up dancers, starring you! Conceived in the forgotten theatres of Perth, Mickey Lamar’s Video Stars is 50% reality television, 50% dance-karaoke, and 100% guaranteed enjoyment. Flanked by his exotic dancer sidekicks, Mickey LaMar will make you laugh, cry, cringe, and boogie in your boots as he tells anecdotes from his time in the biz. Shake your stuﬀ or just sit back and enjoy. Calling Rock DJs, Billie Jean, and All the Single Ladies; Mickey LaMar’s Video Stars is a thriller of a good time.

Venue: Bar Open, 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Dates: October 10-13 Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $18, Conc. and Group $15

THE SUPER NORMAL LIFE OF AIDEN ALLCOCK The Super Normal Life of Aiden Allcock is the cheeky feel-good mini-musical about wearing your heart on your sleeve and your undies on the outside! Straddling the stage and the screen, cabaret and comedy, and with a soundtrack somewhere between an epic ﬁlm score and Flight of the Conchords this show is high energy, exciting and completely original. On at the Portland Hotel across the three weekends of Melbourne Fringe, don’t miss it. All his life Aiden Allcock has been waiting for the day he gets bitten by a radioactive spider or mutated by toxic waste. Then he will become the superhero he was born to be. But, what happens if super powers never arrive? This quirky tongue-in-cheek show explores themes of love, youth, friendship and spandex. This show will appeal to young and old and everyone in between, especially those who have ever found life in the suburbs a little boring, those who dream big dreams, and everyone who has ever stood in front of a mirror with their undies over their pants and imagined they have super powers.

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Venue: The Portland Hotel, 115/127 Russell Street, CBD Dates: September 29 - 30, October 6 - 7, 13 - 14 Times: Saturdays 5.30pm and 8pm, Sundays 5.30pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $20, Group $20

A GUIDE TO UNHAPPINESS: THE MAGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SUNNY LEUNIG NIG Amongst the chaos and rush of our big city, in the loft of Melbourne’s Lithuanian Club, Sunny Leunig sits, waiting to bring us a thoughtful and irreverent performance and most importantly, a lesson in Magosophy – magic and philosophy combined – in A Guide To Unhappiness. Sunny Leunig is a Magosopher (ma-jos-opher) – a cross between a hapless, awkward magician and an amateur philosopher. In A Guide To Unhappiness, a depressing malaise inspires him to embark on a European journey and discover his favourite philosophers who take him on a whimsical guide to ‘unhappiness’. Magosophy is about disentangling the riddles of our human existence. Versatile and unique, the show incorporates stunning magic and philosophical musings that encompass pathos and explore the joys and sorrows of the human condition. Helping Sunny dive in and explore his minor key emotions are the haunting musical talents of Sara Retallick, chameleon like performance of Jono Burns (Bell Shakespeare, Arena Theatre Company) under the direction of Anne Browning (The Pitch, The Colours, The Water Carriers).

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Venue: The Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: 6 – 13 October (Except Monday October 8) Times: 6.45pm (Sunday 5.45pm) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. and Tuesday $15

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Devised by two independent Melbourne dancemakers, dance+anecdote presents a series of short contemporary dance pieces in an immersive installation experience. The audience is invited to engage with the sensuous live and video works set within Manysquaremetres - a vast, expressive warehouse space. A series of solos, group performances and projections, dance+anecdote presents works that are non-narrative in form but suggest conceptual associations. Human. Contemporary. Succinct.

KNOCK OFF Get prepared for death-defying stunt work, nail-biting acrobatics and a healthy dose of mischievous Aussie humour as Three High Acrobatics catapult into Gasworks to present their award winning performance, Knock Off. Highly respected in their fields of stunt work, flying trapeze and fire spinning, watch Three High Acrobatics’ hilarious exploration of what it takes to make a piece of ‘contemporary art’. Knock Off entertains audiences with fast-paced, humorous and highly skilled circus acts using teeterboard, ladder, manipulation, aerial rope and partner acrobatics, all accentuated by a soundtrack of classic pub rock anthems. With sold out shows at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Hoopla Festival and The Spiegeltent at the Docklands, come see why audiences love Three High Acrobatics!

Venue: Manysquaremetres, Level 2/Suite 202, 10 Elizabeth St, Kensington Dates: October 12-14 Time: 8pm Ticket Price: Full $12, Conc. $10

Venue: Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park Dates: October 2 – 6 Times: 7.30pm (Friday 9pm, Saturday 4pm and 7.30pm) Tickets: Full $25, Conc. and Group $20

NARCISSUS

XAVIER TOBY: WHITE TRASH

3am Chapel Street. The boys were gunning for a big one, but they never expected this. Four Walls and a Roof Theatre reimagines an ageold myth for our generation in their latest selfdevised work. In the water, the mirror and now the screen, Narcissus explores the relationship with what’s staring back. On one terrifying night, at the edge of the self, four friends discover what lies at the heart of infatuation. Four Walls and a Roof Theatre recast the not-so-strange everyday in a

compelling new light, an original piece from some of Melbourne’s ﬁnest young talent, as sure to unnerve as it is to excite. Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington, Dates: October 2 - 13 (Except Sunday and Monday) Time: 9.30pm Tickets: Full $18, Conc. $13, Tuesday $13

How racist are you? How racist am I? In Australia, how racist are we? There is so much confusion about what is racist and what is not that for some the mere mention of ethnicity constitutes racism. At the other extreme, there is open discrimination that is blatant racism, but excused as everything else. So I’d like to have a chat about it. To have a look at what’s going on in Australia then try to ﬁgure out what’s racist, what’s not, and if there’s a line. At times, I’m worried that I’m a little bit racist. At other times, I’m sure that people I know are. Most of the time, it seems that racism is everywhere, but that nobody really understands what it is.

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Venue: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 6 – 13 (Except Monday) Times: 6.30pm (Sunday 5.30pm) Ticket Price: Full $20, Conc. $18, Tuesdays $10, $15

HEY BIG SPENDER! AN EVENING WITH SHIRLEY "Hey Big Spender! An Evening with Shirley", is a tribute to Shirley Bassey with a Balkan twist.

Bennetts Lane 25 Bennetts Lane

DATES: 4 and 11 Oct TIME: 8.00pm (90min) TICKETS: Full $25 / Concession: $20 TO BOOK visit melbournefringe.com.au or call (03) 9660 9666

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HELLO MY NAME IS Theatre Works present the Victorian premiere of Nicola Gunn’s Hello My Name Is, a participatory performance about getting up close and personal with strangers. Set in a room called the Community Centre, the audience are cast as volunteers. Their mission: to build a community. With no two shows exactly alike, this will be a theatrical experience where the audience is immersed in the action. As the performance unravels the complexities and mysteries of everyday life, viewers are asked to rethink the way they connect with strangers. Hello My Name Is looks at some of the most mundane features of social interaction and turns them into thought provoking snippets of everyday life. Nicola introduces us to various characters and shares anecdotes drawn from her own experiences to question what we value and what they say about who we are.

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MAY AND ALIA DO PIRATES! (OF PENZANCE)

ELLIPSIS Through the use of wireless headphones, audiences are invited into a world where live and pre-recorded soundscapes meld into an aural cocoon. A unique immersive dance experience set within a threemetre cube made of hundreds of pieces of ﬁlament, Ellipsis exists in the space between thoughts, time and light. A deeply visceral and dark experience of choreography.

Venue: North Melbourne Town Hall, 33 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: October 6-13 (Except Monday October 8) Times: 7pm (Sunday 6pm) Ticket Price: Full $20, Conc., Tuesdays and Groups $15

Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: September 26 – 30 Times: 7.30pm, Saturday 2pm and 7.30pm, Sunday 6.30pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18, Group $18

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In a love story as hot as wasabi, Aussie farm girl Aisha has lost her bloke to Japan and a beautiful Japanese woman. Determined to get him back, Aisha becomes one of the ﬁrst foreigners to become a Geisha. She transforms from Aussie country girl to reﬁned Japanese entertainer! Look out Tokyo!

Venue: Theatre Works, 14 Acland Street, St. Kilda Dates: September 25 - 29 Times: 8pm (Friday 2pm and 8pm, Sunday 5pm) Tickets: Full $28, Conc. $20, Tuesday $15, Group $20

It’s the chance they’ve been waiting for. The rest of the cast are held up in traﬃc, doubled over with food poisoning or have been eaten by the orchestra zombies, and now there is no other option. May and Alia are going to have to perform the whole of Pirates of Penzance by themselves! With nothing to fall back on but funny voices, silly hats and hastily cobbled together balloon faced co stars, the stakes have never been higher and the challenge seems insurmountable.

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Venue: Rue Bebelons, 267 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Dates: September 26 - October 1 Times: 7pm (Sunday 8.30pm, Monday 6.30pm) Tickets: Full $15

SECT, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE

A young girl ﬂees a cult and returns to life in ‘normal’ society. Those around her recount their version of events - but are they all just immersed in cults of their own? BYO Kool-Aid. Written and performed by Brenna Glazebrook and written and directed by Nicky Arnall.

Venue: Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 5 (Except Monday October 1) Times: 10pm (Sunday 9pm) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. and Group $15, Tuesday $12

SPARK!

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A breathtaking evolution in improvisation, Jason Geary, Rik Brown and Karl McConnell take to the stage each night to tell one single narrative using nothing but each other for inspiration. Three minds. One story. No gimmicks.

Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 4-6, 11-13 Time: 10.45pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Preview $12, Group $12

PURE PUPPET PALAVER

Celebrate puppet diversity, perversity and absurdity. Stimulate your senses with the funniest collection of dolly wagglers in Melbourne. Immerse yourself in bizarre animated entertainment. Witness manipulation beyond your wildest imaginings. Leave the children at home and wallow in the unbridled pleasure of Pure Puppet Palaver. Injecting puppetry directly into your eyeballs since 2004. And there’s a band.

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Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: September 27 - 29, October 4 - 6, 11 - 13 Time: 10.30pm Tickets: Full $23, Conc. $18

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The Substation Dates & Times: Preview Wednesday 3rd October at 8pm Opening Thursday 4th October at 8pm, Friday 5th, Saturday, 6th October at 8pm, Closing night Sunday 7th October at 7pm Ticket Price: Full $25.00 Concession $15.00 Preview $12.00 Groups of four or more $15.00 each

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OF DYSENTERY AND MADNESS

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Quiet. Lean in and listen and I’ll show you something special. This story is set in the snow, in the winter, in the freezing Arctic darkness. A haunting. A romance. A requiem. A love song. A lesson from an unqualiﬁed alchemist. Trapper is wintering alone in the Arctic, six months of darkness, six months of bitter lonely nights. His companions are dead, his sweetheart rests on a frozen seabed, he is completely alone. So who is that screaming?

Room: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 9 – 14 Time: 7pm (Sunday 5pm) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. and Group $15

SEPIA Sepia is a new South Australian play...about cuttlefish. Sepia was inspired by the recent controversy around the planned desalination plant in Whyalla and its potential effects on the largest known breeding ground of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish: Sepia Apama. For Neil, the South Australian coastal town of Whyalla is a place of hidden beauty. Just a short drive from his caravan park, a few metres under the water, are hundreds of thousands of cuttlefish in their natural breeding ground. But now things are changing. The de-sal plant has been approved, the cuttlefish are going missing and Neil is finding his family is further away then ever. Can Whyalla still be all he thought it could be?

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An experimental, radically re-cut and rearranged version of the silent 1922 ﬁlm Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages, The Häxan Curse meddles stunning early cinema scenes of witches and cunning folk from history with bizarre new subtitles into an absurdist black comedy with a biting edge. Conceived by emerging Melbourne visual artist, designer and musician Giosuè Prochilo, it premieres with an

Venue: North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne Dates: September 28 - October 5 Times: 6:45pm (Sunday 5:45pm) Tickets: Full $23, Conc. and Group $18, Tuesday $10

LOONATIC SPECTACULAR: A MODERN VAUDEVILLIAN CABARET Get ready for a roller coaster of circus, live multimedia, comedy, magic, clown and more. Modern entertainment with vintage charm, as electro beats meet live gypsy swing, and classic clown meets circus comedy. Your host, the Moon, presents the best acts from through the ages as he tells you tales of all he has seen in his unending circles of the Earth since time began. Sip a cocktail under the sparkling lights, hear live gypsy swing and let Solid State Circus wow you with gravity defying acrobatics.

Venue: The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston St Dates: October 8 - 11, 14 Time: 8pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Opening Night $5

SILENT MONOLOGUES Showcasing an immaculate combination of performance and a live visual art, Silent Monologues is a ground breaking silent theatre production presented by choreographer Medina Sumovic and the Australian Theatre of the Deaf. A fully Auslan interpreted production, Silent Monologues shares almost real life stories from a deaf lesbian, a mother, a cancer survivor and a wild one. Audiences may not know Auslan, but they will be able to decipher the sign for ‘penis’. It will be very visual, descriptive and detailed. Now, can you imagine a lesbian talking about a penis? Now that’s an interesting story. Be sure to capture this unique and memorable Fringe experience that breaks all the usual rules of interpretation at Gasworks during this Fringe Festival. Venue: Gasworks Theatre, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park Date: October 5 Time: 7pm Ticket Price: Full $20, Conc. $15, Group $10

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THE HÄXAN CURSE

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accompanying live performance of an original score of atmospheric, rock-infused electronica. Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: October 4 – 7, 11 - 13 Times: 11.00pm (Sunday 9pm) Tickets: Full $18, Conc. $13, Group $10

THE SEANCE The Seance is an intimate performance encounter where audiences attempt to make contact with the ghost of a dead celebrity. With sixth senses attuned and hands on an upturned glass, sitters will commune with a restless spirit that may be trying to send a message from the Other Side. The seance will be conducted by NO SHOW, the team behind Next Wave’s Shotgun Wedding, in a secret location for exclusive audiences of only ten. The Seance delves into the obsession with immortality that has ensnared our generation. We want to be famous, we want to be remembered, and we consume media and pop culture like no generation before us in the search for a connection to something bigger. As the environmental, ﬁnancial and cultural apocalypses loom closer, we want to know that there is a life after death. We’ll ﬁnd the Virgin Mary in a piece of toast, or turn a celebrity overdose into an act of martyrdom. The Seance is a compelling and darkly funny dream of pop excess, media mythologising, and the allure of self-destruction.

Venue: Secret North Melbourne Location, meet on the steps outside North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne Dates: October 3 – 6, 10-13 Times: 7.30pm and 9.00pm Tickets: Full $15

STAND THE MUSICAL

Eleven recruits, one mission and one teeny-weeny scandal. An unconventional musical surrounding the debaucheries of the Australian Defence Force, Stand The Musical explores the lives, loves, labours, logistics, language, laws, limits, lessons, leaders, lesbians, lingerie, liberties, laurels and legacies of eleven Australian Defence Force recruits. Filled with drama, humour, and above all, the importance of camaraderie and resilience, Stand promises to be an BEAT AT MAGAZINE’S A N ’ FRINGE R F FESTIVAL ST V G GUIDE 2 2012 1

engaging and fun show for all! Venue: Gasworks Theatre, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park Dates: September 27-29 Time: 8.30pm Ticket Price: $20

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BIZOO-KA! Bizoo zine’s ﬁnal issue Bizoo: The Best, The Worst And The Trash That Never Made It will be launched at Bizoo-KA! Bizoo-KA! is a punchy mini-festival line-up of bands, a discussion panel and interactive artwork. It features some of the best indie bands from around Australia: The Frowning Clouds (Geelong), The Gooch Palms (Newcastle), Dead Shades (Brisbane) and Brendan Black from Melbourne band The Stabs. Whilst your ears are busy, you can check out the art exhibition featuring past Bizoo covers from Ken Taylor, Rowan Tedge, Milly Loveknuckles, Simon Degroot and Sam Mackenzie. There’s also a DIY arts discussion panel, interactive artwork and printmaking - help us to create a newspaper on the night.

Venue: The Old Bar, 74-76 Johnston Street, Fitzroy Date: October 6 Time: 6pm Tickets: Full $12

BURLESKY It’s burlesque in an Esky. How are you supposed to be sexy when you’re dancing in an Esky? It’s not hot, it’s just really, really cold! Driven by the particular magic of two women with absolute chemistry, BurLesky leaps into the burlesque form, freezes it, shakes it like a snow globe, whips it into a slushy and hands it out in dirty cups. Developed in an abandoned warehouse with no power, where your ﬁngers are no longer useful, with fans blasting blizzards, the only way to stay warm is by not being too cool to dance. We are just women trapped inside women’s bodies trapped inside an Esky! Created and performed by Gemma Falconer and Georgia Lucy.

Venue: Disco Beans, 238 High Street, Northcote Dates: September 26 – October 3 (Except Monday October 1) Times: 8.30pm (Sunday 7pm) Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15, Group $15

ALICE IN THE MADHOUSE A spectacular surreal psychological circus thriller from the freshest artists at NICA, 1st year students, captained by Felicia Lannan, make straight for the fantasy imagery of Lewis Carroll and present a spectacular range of performance skills when they produce their ﬁrst show, Alice In The Madhouse at Red Bennies. These young artists specialise in creating wonder, and now take you down the rabbit hole into a wonderland of familial characters, transforming creatures and physical magic.

Venue: Red Bennies, 373 Chapel Street, South Yarra Date: October 3 - 6 Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $23

BRING BACK THE SHOWGIRL! Bring Back The Showgirl! is a living fantasy of showgirl style and burlesque beauty rolled into one fantastic show. Fresh from their worldwide tour, Bring Back The Showgirl! infuses the art of the traditional showgirl with the beauty of the new wave big burlesque into one glittery, glamorous and sexy show. Showcasing award-winning Australian performers, Bring Back The Showgirl! is reminiscent of the lost art of adult entertainment of old Hollywood and Parisian clubs.

Venue: Red Bennies, 373 Chapel Street, South Yarra Dates: September 27 - 29 Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $23

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LIVING MUSIC SHOWCASE Part theatre, part musical performance, Living Music Showcase is a very diﬀerent kind of show. Young performers have put together some of the freshest, cruising R&B, funked-up electronica, psychedelic, tell-all pop, and soulful hip-hop. The stories they tell are authentic; sometimes so full of hurt they make you wince. Yet resoundingly – inspiringly – full of love.

Venue: Revolt Melbourne, 12 Elizabeth Street, Kensington Dates: September 27, 28 Times: Thursday 6pm, Friday 3pm and 6pm Tickets: This show is free.

FRINGE ROYAL RUMBLE WITH MIKELANGELO & THE TIN STAR Witness the cream of Melbourne Fringe Festival performers, handpicked to enter into mortal combat in the Red Bennies Mexican Wrestling ring of carny carnage. Burlesque vs. Vaudeville. Comedians vs. Cabaret. Mime vs. Circus. All to the sounds of live surf rock and hosted by non other than Melbourne’s own ‘Mikelangelo’. The infamous Mikelangelo (frontman of Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen) formed The Tin Star in late 2009 to channel his love of Western cinema soundtracks with his love of ‘50s and ‘60s instrumental surf. The night also features the members of 3 High Acrobatics, who come from very diverse backgrounds. Highly respected in their fields of stunt work, flying trapeze and fire spinning, these three acrobats come together to poke fun at contemporary circus.

Venue: Red Bennies, 373 Chapel Street, South Yarra Date: October 9 Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $20, Conc. $15

PRETTY PEEPERS CABARET Fresh oﬀ her June nomination for “Favourite recurring event”, Pretty Peepers Cabaret comes to Red Bennies for the Melbourne Fringe Festival in three explosive shows. Known for its theatrical extravagance, Pretty Peepers twinkles between sexy, funny and bizarre in a unique night of psychedelia, the cabaret is coming to town so strap into your harnesses for a very special night of quirky, cheeky and absurd surrealism.

Venue: Red Bennies, 373 Chapel Street, South Yarra Date: October 11 - 13 Time: 7pm Tickets: Full $23

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