Full Festival info http://www.melbournefringe.com.au
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Sarah Curro – VOLUME
12-13 Oct @ Hares & Hyenas
Sarah Curro presents, once again, her solo amplified violin show Volume. New music, costume, film clips and instruments. This year joined by the astounding Ghostboy and Sir Lady Grantham show We Love You. An exquisite combination of dark comedy, neo-cabaret, spoken weird, and theatre of the provocateur. A deliciously naughty experience.
Artists Sarah Curro and David Stavanger
www.volumeconcert.com.au
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Mickey LaMar's Video Stars
September 10-13 @ Bar open
Calling all booty-shakers, prima donnas, and heartthrobs! The devotee of MTV, Mickey LaMar, is on the hunt for a star to head his new music video talent agency, Mickey LaMar's Video Stars.
In an interactive rom-com cabaret like no other, that's part Thank God You’re Here and part So You Think You Can Dance, Mickey LaMar’s Video Stars recreates the magic of music on television from MJ to Beyonce. Follow Mickey's journey through the biz and you might find yourself asking, do you have what it takes to be a video star?
mickeylamarsvideostars.com
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The Super Normal Life of Aiden Allcock
Sat & Suns Sept 29 – Oct 14 @ Portland Hotel
The cheeky feel-good mini-musical about wearing your heart on your sleeve and your undies on the outside! All his life Aiden Allcock has been waiting for the day he gets bitten by a radio-active 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?
Straddling the stage and the screen, cabaret and comedy, and with a soundtrack somewhere between a Hollywood blockbuster and... some other thing. The Super Normal Life of Aiden Allcock is a high energy, highly entertaining show for everyone and anyone who has ever dared to dream that one day their dreams may come true!
Created by Dan Nixon
Tix here
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Complete, not comprehensive)
27-30 Sep @ Trades Hall – Annexe
Laughs, tears, stabbing, cross-dressing and professional-level insulting! The 36 comedies, dramas and histories of Shakespeare's First Folio are snipped up, mixed up and glued back together with all the boring bits left out. The language and themes create a series of brand new short plays.
You might not develop more than a passing acquaintance with Shakespeare, but you still might win the inaugural 'Shakespeare Bingo'. Cross the plays off your list off as you hear them quoted. Shout 'bingo!' Win a prize.
completeshakespearefringe.com
Directed and Devised by Sharmini Kumar and Nigel Willcock
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Suburban Misbehavin'
26,27,30 Sep + 3,4,7 Oct
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets, 80 Smith Street Collingwood
A twisted tale of the extreme outer suburbs and what created the sickly sweet mind of Andrew Lewis. From the suburbs to the city Andrew has found practical solutions to society's ills that you might just love.
Written and Performed by Andrew Lewis
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Lounge Theatre
The Butterfly Club Oct 2-13
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 old friends renew their acquaintance after a reunion. Despite an awkward beginning, a casual conversation between the two will soon trigger moments of revealing truths far deeper than either person is prepared for.
Raw. Truthful. Intimate. It’s Lounge Theatre.
Presented by LOUNGE THEATRE and JIMMY FLINDERS PRODUCTIONS.
jimmyflinders.com.au
Written and Produced by Sean McIntyre
Produced and Directed by Marco Romero Rodriguez
Time - 7.00pm Sun - Wed, 8.00pm Thurs - Sat (60min)
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Bella Union - Bella Festa
Trades Hall – 27 sep – 13 oct
Want to drive your Festival dollar further? Spend your dosh on seeing shows, then be our guest at Bella Festa. Featuring live bands, football, dance parties, dragons, and story slammers, it’s free with an Artist Pass or Festival ticket for that day; or $10 at the door after 11.00pm.
It’s the perfect complimentary complement to a Melbourne Fringe night out.
Tix here
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Pants Down Circus
Fringe Hub – Meat Market
6-13 Oct
Pants Down Circus is a show that is greater than the sum of its parts. Four multi-talented performers defy gravity with an eclectic collection of spectacular circus acts. Finally, a modern circus show that doesn't lose what everyone loves about the circus.
facebook.com/pantsdowncircus
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ONE
Fringe Hub – Meat Market
Sep 28-Oct 5
ONE is a new work by Zimbabwean born choreographer Gilbert Douglas and Australian born choreographer Susan Doel. A vibrant and athletic performance comprising of five solo dance works which each explore themes of identity, belonging, ethics, justice and risk in contemporary life. As the movement unfolds, each story is stitched together by a powerful narrator – ONE - the body.
newworkcollective.com.au
Choreographers Gilbert Douglas and Susan Doel
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Choose Your Own Comedy
Loop
26,27 Sep, 1,3,4,8 Oct
Stories. Paul D'Agostino has a million of 'em. Maybe not a million. He wrote them all down and sorted them into lexicographical order. But Paul needs your help. He can't tell them all at once. Great stories, like the time he used lexicographical order when he should have just said alphabetical. You know your ABCs. You don't know Paul. Yet.
Written and Performed by Paul D'Agostino
Directed by Alexander De Petro
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