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2018 Melbourne Cabaret Festival

The ninth annual Melbourne Cabaret Festival bursts onto the stage with some of the most fabulous and seductive cabaret from across Australia.

Returning to Chapel Off Chapel with an even bigger program, up to 10 performances daily, from Tuesday 19 June to Sunday 1 July 2018.

Featuring 20 brand new cabaret shows, the festival again provides an opportunity to see new works from established and emerging artists before they tour to take on the national and world festival stages.

Queen of Cabaret, Dolly Diamond returns as the festival’s Artistic Director. ‘Well there’s no denying that 2017 was a fabulous year for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, so the pressures on to make this year’s festival even bigger. We’ve absolutely loved gathering such an eclectic line-up of performers for 2018, See you at The Chapel…’

Program highlights include:
Opening Gala
Some of the best highlights from shows from across the festival in the one extravaganza, hosted by the one and only Dolly Diamond.

God Only Knows: The Brian Wilson Songbook
Brian Wilson is undisputedly one of the greatest composers of all time. Through The Beach Boys he revolutionised the world of contemporary music. Behind the song-writing, Wilson’s life was emotional and complex; the music frequently mirroring life as he knew it. Accompanied by band, cabaret rockstar Drew Downing narrates the life of Wilson through one of the most acclaimed songbooks of any composer.

Sun Rising
This critically acclaimed show pays homage to the early music of Memphis record label, Sun Records. The label was owned by a man named Sam Phillips, who went on to discover Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, BB King and more. Sun Rising tell their amazing stories, beautifully tied together with the incredible music.

David Cosma, acoustic guitar, vocals narration; Damon Smith, piano, vocals, narration; Adrian Whyte, electric guitar, vocals; Trent McKenzie, bass, vocals; Adam Coad, drums, vocals; and Cookie Baker, vocals.

Shaken – A James Bond Cabaret
The Man. The Number. The License. His name is Bond, James Bond.
Join Charlie D. Barkle and Erin Hutchinson as they plunge head first into over 50 years of James Bond iconography. Pitting the seven ‘Bond’ actors against each other in a race to determine, scientifically, which of them is the greatest all-time Bond.

The award winning Shaken is packed with some of the greatest Bond themes, trivia, and anecdotes. Including hits from Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, and Tina Turner.

What Doesn’t Kill You [blah blah] Stronger
A river guide gets swallowed by a hippopotamus…and survives. A British stewardess makes it through three shipwrecks. Winner of the two major awards from this year’s Perth Fringe World Festival this outstanding production reveals several bizarre, extraordinary, but true, tales of survival from all over the world.

Starring Erin Hutchinson, Tyler Jacob Jones and Joshua Haines on piano.

The Songs That Saved Your Life
Features the darkly sensitive rendering of iconic songs from the alternative rock and grunge era of the 1990s, backed by some of Australia’s most celebrated improvisational jazz musicians. It includes seminal tunes from The Smiths, Nirvana, The Violent Femmes, and the filmic soundtracks to David Lynch films.

Jazz Chanteuse Kimba Griffith will explore these iconic in die rock tunes through the lens of jazz, with some of Australia’s most celebrated improvising musicians – Julien Wilson, sax; Niko Schauble, drums; Ryan Griffith, guitar, and Tamara Murphy, bass.

Audience members can get involved by submitting song requests, mix tape lists, or journals entries to www.teenagejournals.com

Your chance to win a double pass to the show here.

Fire Walk With Us: The Music Of Twin Peaks
A live re-imagining of songs and music from both the Twin Peaks TV series soundtrack (1991) and the prequel film Fire Walk With Me (1992). Composed by Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch, this music is a masterclass in minimalist atmospheres, haunting vocals and sinister soundscapes.

This hypnotic performance work is produced and devised by Brisbane-based Electric Moon and brings together a broad range of musicians from the jazz based, to avant-garde noisemakers, to the four diverse vocalists – all bound together by a deep love for Lynch’s most celeb rated work.

When: 19 June to 1 July
Where: Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran
More information: check their website.

Review: Bring It On The Musical

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Time to get your dance moves ready and be prepared to #bringitonau Melbourne! Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL takes audiences on a high-flying journey that touches on themes of friendship and acceptance. We think seeing the musical is a fantastic way to spend a cold Melbourne Winter night with your best pals or with your fam bam.

BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL is suitable for all ages and all diversities. The musical will undoubtedly bring you laughter and take you down the memory lane to those nostalgic high school moments.

The story follows two squads with one mission: to claim the title at the National Cheerleading Championships. Through this, the challenges and unexpected bonds formed through extreme competition are explored.

A musical which everyone can relate. The competitive and determine self right now in school. The person back in high school who was popular, and now have supportive and life-long friends. Or maybe you merely love cheerleading and street dances. We think no matter what age you are or which stage in life you are at, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL will wow you in all different ways.

BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL had a critically acclaimed, long running Broadway season and has toured the United States before it’s Australian premiere. The production runs for 2 hours 20 minutes including a 20-minute interval.

Go on, Melbourne; book your tickets now before it is all sold out!

When: 7.30pm Thursday 7 June, Friday 8 June, Wednesday 13 June, Thursday 14 June, Friday 15 June, 1.00pm & 8.00pm Saturday 9 June & Saturday 16 June
Where: The Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Swanston Street
Bookings: visit website.

Food Truck Park June 2018 Edition

Published by We Know Melbourne

Rug up with friends and family at Melbourne’s home of street food this winter! The Food Truck Park is dishing out brand new events, bringing back crowd favourites and is ready to delight guests throughout the colder months.

Check out our street food themes for this June at Preston;

⎯ Mac ‘N’ Cheese Festival, June 08-11 (open all Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend)
Name a better duo. We’ll wait. If you love it fried, sandwiched or with lobster, the sexiest of microwave snacks has grown-up enough for its own festival. With lots of exclusive eats available this weekend only, the FOMO will hit hard if you miss out on your chance to try Mac ‘N’ Cheese in every possible melty combination available. Line-up announced soon.

⎯ Hummus Festival, June 15-17
How often does something good for you taste as good as hummus does? It’s time to give back to our favourite healthy spread. Let’s celebrate the conclusion of Ramadan with the halal food that brings everyone together – hummus! There’s a reason you can buy 1kg tubs of the good stuff. Help us spread hummus not hate. Line-up announced soon.

⎯ Vegan & Vegetarian Weekend, June 22-24
Vegan and Vegetarian weekend is back! A whole weekend of awesome veggie meals and desserts awaits. Line-up announced soon.

⎯ Cookie Festival June 29 – July 01
Australia’s first cookie festival, need we say more? This weekend only, enjoy cookie dough, ice-cream sandwiches, macarons, madeleines, cookie milkshakes and PLENTY more! Line-up announced soon.

When: Friday 5pm-10pm, Saturday 12pm-10pm and Sunday 12pm-9pm every week.
Where: The Food Truck Park™ Preston 518 High Street, Preston 3072
More information: here.

WIN: 2 tickets to Sugar Republic Exhibition

Published by We Know Melbourne

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

Do you love anything sweet? Never say no to dessert? Candy is your second best friend? Well, then we think Sugar Republic is the exhibition for you! It is a delicious experience dedicated to celebrate all things sweet, only in Melbourne!

Relive your childhood and climb a tree, but instead of a tree… climb a candy rainbow instead. Expect a giant pink bubblegum ball pit and spin the wheel o’treats. It is practically a candyland for all ages.

Here is your chance to jump out of a giant birthday cake because we have 2 x tickets to giveaway. Enter via filling the form below and don’t forget to share this amazing news on Facebook. (Yes, we would love it if you can tag us @weknowmelbourne and ask your friends to follow us on social too!)

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Next Matriarch Exhibition 2018

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Next Matriarch carries a conversation between First Nations female artists and artworks, from ancestral healing and the dystopia of modern society, to the language of pop culture and the Sovereign female body as a carrier of children, resilience and knowledge at the Koorie Heritage Trust.

‘’We are delighted to be presenting Next Matriarch, as part of our activities for Reconciliation and NAIDOC Week. This year, NAIDOC’s theme Because of her we can – celebrates the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made – and continue to make – to our communities, our families, our rich history and to our nation,’’ says Tom Mosby, CEO, Koorie Heritage Trust.

Next Matriarch calls on the strength of First Nations women past, present and future and presents new and recent photography, painting, video and installation works by seven leading First Nations female artists from across Australia: Paola Balla, Ali Gumillya Baker, Hannah Brontë, Miriam Charlie, Amrita Hepi, Nicole Monks and Kaylene Whiskey.

Highlights include Hannah Brontë’s fierce new rap music video, Umma’s Tongue-molten at 6000˚, visualising environmental destruction in relation to the female black body; Nicole Monks’ powerful threechannel video self-portrait, Mother; Kaylene Whiskey’s playful paintings that reimagine super heroes and pop idols in remote desert community landscapes; and dancer and choreographer Amrita Hepi’s large scale installation Dance Rites, which considers the body as the ultimate archive to probe the idea of what it means to prove cultural authenticity through the dance floor or performative space.

“This exhibition is about strength, sisterhood and the integral role that these artists have in contemporary art in Australia. The works in Next Matriarch speak to the Sovereign authority that female First Peoples have in community, healing and in activism. The artists share lived experiences grounded in their culture and community but also look forward and construct future imaginings of the Blak Matriarchal space. This exhibition is both an ode to sisterhood, those who have come before and a message for the future female,” said co-curator Kimberley Moulton.

Established in 1985, the Koorie Heritage Trust is a bold and innovative not-for-profit arts and cultural organization. Aboriginal owned and managed, the Koorie Heritage Trust provides opportunities for all people to learn, connect and re-connect with the rich living cultural heritage of Aboriginal Victoria originating from a 60,000-year-old history.

Next Matriarch at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Federation Square opening Saturday 2 June until Friday 13 July 2018. Free entry www.koorieheritagetrust.com.au

Photo credit: Hannah Bronte, Welcome to the muvva, 2017

When: 2 June ~ 13 July 2018
Where: Koorie Heritage Trust, Federation Square
More information: visit their website.

THE SWEETEST INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE LAUNCHES IN AUSTRALIA!

Published by We Know Melbourne

Sugar Republic is an incredible pop-up museum is dedicated to the celebration of desserts, candy and all things sweet through twelve amazing sensory rooms.

Relive your childhood as you climb a candy rainbow, splash about in a giant pink bubblegum ball pit and spin the wheel o’treats. Take a swing surrounded by fairy floss, dance inside a giant gum ball machine and pose for a sweet selfie in our pink tearoom.

Other attractions include a mini cinema, neon candy art, numerous sweet-themed displays and a grown-up candy store. In collaboration with local food creatives, Sugar Republic is opening on June 22^nd in Melbourne’s old MacRobertson’s confectionery factory (the birthplace of Freddo and Cherry Ripe) for a limited 8-week season.

Painted using the new Taubmans Endure paint with aptly named colours such as Minty Green, Raspberry Rush and Burnt Apricot, the thematic rooms include Ice-Cream Dreams, Sherbet Rainbow, Tutti Frutti, Eye Candy, Bubblegum Bathroom, Pink High Tea and Birthday Party. An area is also dedicated to Australia’s iconic sweet snacks. The concluding room, White City, pays homage to Sir Macpherson Robertson, the founder of MacRobertson’s confectionery factory in which the museum is located.

The event will be the flavour of the moment. Visitors are offered edible treats as they explore the design-led space, specially created for the event by local food artisans and iconic brands. Alongside the exhibition, Sugar Republic has a Private Party VIP event space curated by leading dessert maker Caroline Khoo of Nectar & Stone.

It’s this Winter’s ‘must see’ exhibition for anyone who ever hit a sugar high, slammed a Tim Tam or jumped for joy at the sound of a Mr. Whippy van.

When: 22 June ~ 17 August 2018
Where: MacRobertson’s Factory 365 – 379 Smith St Fitzroy
Ticketing: $35 per adult | $15 per child (from age 3 ~16)| groups of 6 or more $30 pp
More information: check out their website.

When Pizza Meets Bagel

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Just when you thought you couldn’t have any more carbs, there’s Five and Dime Pizza. Owned by Zev Forman, the owner of Five and Dime Bagel; where everything is made in a traditional-ish way.

Zev said “There’s Australia style of pizza, or there’s real pizza… The Italian style.” As a man of traditions, and loves sharing his love of food; he has not only brought delicious bagels to Melbourne, also some big and thinly sliced pizzas made in the traditional Italian way. We weren’t surprised how Five and Dime Pizzas came in giant slices. So big that you have to eat it in the New Jerseyan (or is it New Yorker?) style – folded it in half.

Five and Dime Pizza opened its door just a few weeks ago. This new kid in town is on UberEats and Deliveroo, but we think you should visit them at the store and watch the pizza making in action.

Five and Dime Pizzas’ are made with love and care by Alex, the owner of HazelBark Patisserie. With many trial and errors, Alex and Zev have designed the perfect pizza dough accompanied by delicious yet simple pizza menu, now sharing their passions for pizza with us Melbournians.

Zev told us their tasty pizza dough takes three days to make. It is all about letting the yeast doing its magic. At Five and Dime Pizza, they offer vegan options too! Who would have known vegan sausages can taste better than usual meat sausages? We couldn’t believe it until we tried, and as the Italians would say it “Super delizioso!”

Go on and order that giant pizza bagel to share with your mates, we know you want to. Don’t forget to order the yummy bagel pudding as your dessert too!

When: Tuesday – Saturday, in Store from 3pm
Where: 16 Katherine Place, Melbourne
Order: On UberEats or on Deliveroo

BLUE PEA FLOWER TEA TASTING

Published by We Know Melbourne

Blue pea flower is making a splash around the world as the next superfood! Here is a chance for you to try this colour-changing herb in tea, juices and desserts at Prahran Market!

High in antioxidants, anthocyanins, and with a strong anti-inflammatory factor, we are offering a wide range of blue food and drinks for tasting, including hot and cold-brewed teas, iced juices, yogurts, dips and cheesecakes!

So make sure you visit the Omega and Neil Perry Kitchen on Saturday 30th June, and Sunday 1st July for this exciting Blue Pea Flower Tea Tasting event!

Content from Prahran Market website

When: 30 June 2018
Where: Prahran Market, Omega and Neil Perry Kitchen
More information: Check their website.

WIN: 2 tickets to Circus Oz Precarious

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COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

In their 40th year, Circus Oz tumbles back home to Melbourne to premiere their new show, Precarious, under the heated Circus Oz Big Top. Across the winter school holidays the tent will be nestled within the trees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria with three weeks of shows from 26 June – 15 July 2018.

Here is your chance to win 2 x adult tickets to the show! All you need to do is fill out the form below and tell us why you love circus shows.

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Circus Oz returns back to Melbourne with Precarious

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Inspired by the garden surrounds, Precarious is a 70-minute non-stop spectacle of acrobatic mayhem for audiences of all ages. The Circus Oz ensemble will unearth innovative circus acts to create an exciting three-dimensional world that examines the fragility that exists between humanity and nature.

The outstanding skills and talents of the Circus Oz ensemble will include extraordinary foot juggling, jaw-dropping aerial rope and tippy ring, mesmerising roué cyr, Chinese pole and hula hoop – all hilariously woven together with original music from the live Circus Oz band.

Circus Oz Artistic Director, Rob Tannion, joins forces with independent director, Kate Fryer, to craft Precarious and create the mayhem that is the ministry of nature – an absurd lo-fi bureaucracy filled with phenomenal acrobatics, spectacular aerials, live music and physical comedy.

Brought together by their shared love of storytelling in recognisable, yet surreal worlds, Tannion and Fryer will continue to push circus innovation, extending expectations of circus skill and apparatus through collaboration with the Circus Oz ensemble, musicians and production team.

The Precarious Co-Directors explain, “We are in precarious times environmentally. How much more can our ecosystem take? Are we approaching the tipping point? Can humanity restore the natural balance before it is too late?”

Tim Entwisle, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Director and Chief Executive, comments, “We are delighted to be partnering with Circus Oz’s show Precarious. The show’s nature theme perfectly complements the new location. We look forward to welcoming its audience to the Gardens, and we hope to foster a strong, ongoing relationship together.”

Your chance to win 2 x adult passes here.

When: 26 June – 15 July 2018
Where: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Southern Cross Lawn
Ticketing: Adult $50 – $60 | Concession $40 – $50 | Family $135 – $165 | Child $35 – $45 Groups (8+) $35 – $50 | Children three and under – sit on your knee for FREE
*Ticket on sale now* Purchase your tickets here.
More information: here.