All posts tagged: melbourne

Heathers: The Musical

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Revisit the joy and anguish of your high school days at Heathers: the Musical this May. Based on the greatest teen dark comedy of all time, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers: The Musical is not your typical pom-pom and cheerleader high school tale. You’ll be taking deep into the dark comedic story about two high school students who unintentionally make suicide popular. “HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass… but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. Heathers: The Musical is set to be the most subversively funny show of 2016, and so “Very” you may have to kill to get a ticket!” …

AFL at Etihad Stadium

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Catch an AFL game at Etihad Stadium this footy season. Recognised as one of the best stadiums of it’s kind in the world, the venue was purposely built for Australian Football and is the only football stadium in the Southern Hemisphere with a fully retractable roof.the only. This year the stadium will host 46 matches for the 2016 AFL home and away season. You can’t come to Melbourne without catching a game at Etihad – it truly is an unique Aussie experience. When: Footy Season, March – September 2016 Where: Etihad Stadium Visit the website here.  Want to find out more about what’s happening in Melbourne? Sign up to the We Know Melbourne mailing list here to stay in the loop.

Splash around at Melbourne’s Hot Tub Cinemas

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Movies, Mojitos and hot tubs! Sound like a good time? Then you’ll want to put Hot Tub Cinemas into your calendars. Already a favourite in London and New York, it’s finally Melbourne’s turn this April. Setting up at The Common Man, in South Wharf, Hot Tub Cinema will run for 6 weeks and will show all your old time cinema favourites (including Labyrinth, Ghostbusters, 21 Jump Street to name a few). There’ll be 10 portable inflatable spas to choose from and of course a waiter/waitress serving Mojitos and Martinis to you in your 40 degree hot tub! If you’re all about the #squadgoals then you can hire out the whole tub with a hot tub bling/vip ticket for you and your 5 friends or make some new friends and book a wet ticket, and share the hot tub with others. For those who are not sure about getting into the tub there’s always a dry ticket – chair seating with no hot tub access. Bikini season isn’t over yet – see you there! When: April 21 – May …

MARCS Laneway Festival

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Summer is almost over for another year, but in typical Melbourne style, Melbourne has a few festivals on this week to close out the season with a bang. This Sunday, the  MARCS (Melbourne Art Restaurant Cocktail Sound) Laneway Festival will be taking over ACDC Lane and Duckboard Place to celebrate the essence of ‘what is’ Melbourne’s culture and lifestyle. There’ll be free children’s activities, hawker food stalls, bars, amazing street artists, cocktails, local and International street artists, DJ’s, local Melbourne bands,  poker tournaments plus much more. When: 12pm- 7pm, Sunday 28 Feb Where: ACDC Lane Visit the website here. 

Opera in the Market

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For one memorable night, the historic Queen Victoria Market will be transformed into a theatre like  no other – the famous fruit and veg stalls will make way for front stalls as Opera in the Market takes centre stage. You’ll enjoy all the drama and spectacle of some of the world’s favourite operas as you sample fine wines and wonderful food from a selection of Melbourne’s famous food vans. When: Gates open at 5.30pm.  Concert begins at 7.45pm, Monday, 22 Feb Where: Queen Vic Markets Visit the website here.  Want to find out more about what’s happening in Melbourne? Sign up to the We Know Melbourne mailing list here to stay in the loop.

Moth StorySLAM

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If you’ve jumped onto the podcast wagon like the We Know Melbourne team have, then you’ll want to bookmark The Moth, an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide and since August last year, Melbourne now has it’s very own monthly StorySLAM. Launching different themes each month (previous themes have included love hurts, strange encounters, payback and celebration), The Moth have opened up the Melbourne stages to all storytellers near and afar. Presented as on open-mic theme, the story-tellers will get the chance to get intimate with the audience sharing their deepest, emotional, spellbinding tales. “Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.” The next Melbourne StorySlam is on March 7 and the theme is Lost. Think  about a …

Melbourne Tomato Festival

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This weekend, The Melbourne Tomato Festival will take over the Edendale Community Farm in Eltham to celebrate ‘National Italian Day’. On the back of a sell-out event in its inaugural year, The Melbourne Tomato Festival 2016 will be a gathering of local farmers selling produce, speakers, agriculturalists, cooking demonstrations, Italian food, artisan producers, special guests, history, workshops, entertainment and of course, the main event passata making! When: Sunday, 21 Feb 10am – 4pm. Where: Edendale Community Farm, Eltham Visit the website here. 

The Dress Collective Runway

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On February 13, 2016, The Dress Collective will merge the digital world with the tangible, presenting an interactive runway to raise funds for the Black Dog Institute, a not-for-profit organisation and world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.  Featuring 100% Australian made and independent fashion, The Dress Collective Runway will present our exclusive range of emerging and established designers including: Sophia Martin, Chip The Teacup, Kabel Apparel, Vincent Li, Cameron and James, Harlow, That Dapper Chap, Orocéo Castro, AlcieMay Designs + more! The Dress Collective Runway is an official event of the 2016 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival Offsite Runway Series.  When:  Saturday February 13, 2016 Where: 524 Flinders Street Visit the website here. 

Transitions Film Festival

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Transitions Film Festival returns to Cinema Nova next Friday and if you’re a documentary buff you’ll love this year’s program. With films covering an enormous spectrum of controversial and empowering topics including, activist grandmas, global tax avoidance, the history of climate change, and so much more, this year’s Transitions Film Festival places a strong emphasis on ideas and impact. To kick off the program there will be a pre-festival outdoor screening at City Square in partnership with The New Joneses, and Federation Square in partnership with Pause Fest, before the opening night screening of Catching The Sun at Cinema Nova on the 18th of February. Film highlights include O​verburden,​ a ​film about the need to transition away from coal, H​ip​Hop­e​ration,​ which sees a charismatic group of eighty­​ plus­​ year­ olds compete in an international hip h​op tournament, and 10 Billion ­ What’s on your Plate,​ which explores the revolutions needed in the food system to feed a growing planet. Catch a film during the two week program and find out what it means to be human. When: 18th Feb …

An Interview with Brigadier David Allfrey

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Melbourne is abuzz with the excitement of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. In its 65-year history, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has only ever left its Scottish homeland three times touring to New Zealand in 2000 and Sydney in 2005 and 2010. Now it’s Melbourne’s turn. The show is set to take over Etihad stadium for five shows where 1,200 musicians and dancers from ten regiments in the UK plus bands from Switzerland, Norway, Tonga, Fiji and all across Australia (and even as far flung as the Shetland Islands) will perform in front of a packed out stadium. This morning, the We Know Melbourne team were invited to have breakfast wtih the Producer & Chief Executive of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Brigadier David Allfrey MBE. Talking to Brigadier David, it was easy to see why he had such a passion for bringing The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to Melbourne. A charming and engaging storyteller, Brigadier David recalled the history of the Tattoo up to it’s present day. The very first Tattoo was held in 195o, after the depression of …