Archives for March 2025

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OBSERVER: Austen-Con

Friday, March 28, 2025

24 Carrot Productions, a Melbourne-based theatre and film production company, will celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th year in their Austen Con 2025 event on Saturday, April 12 from 10am – 4pm at the Abbotsford Convent.The celebration and exploration of all things Jane Austen and Regency will include dancing (both English and Indian styles) costumes, talks, lace-making…

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OBSERVER: Legends of the Skies – ANZAC Eve

Legends of the Skies Theatre presents another ANZAC Eve special event on Thursday, April 24 at 7.30pm in the Casey Hangar at the Moorabbin Air Museum.The family friendly cabaret-style event is titled Why – Why we respect, why we remember, why we work for peace.Yarns, quizzes, facts, music, table competitions. BYO drinks and nibbles. Tables…

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OBSERVER: A Chance to Address the Amish Rumours

Stephanie Hare’s A Chance to Address the Amish Rumours launches with the sound of a cow mooing.Hare then ruminates on a childhood spent in the backcountry boondocks of rural Tassie, Jackeys Marsh, to be exact, which had a population of 40 in the last census.Embracing an alternative lifestyle, Stephanie’s mother left Melbourne to pursue life…

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OBSERVER: Actually Kinda Hot

Chris Demos returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his third solo, new show Actually Kinda Hot, being presented at The Butterfly Club Downstairs from April 7-20 at 8.30pm.Chris asks: “Have you ever been told you’re actually kinda hot? It’s not quite a compliment, is it? More of a surprise revelation, like discovering your…

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OBSERVER: Rourke’s Review

Novocaine(MA). 110 minutes. Opens in cinemas April 3.Intermittently amusing action/romance/comedy that, while quite gruesome at times, doesn’t take its premise to the absolute crazy extreme, playing it too predictable too often.Jack Quaid (son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid) plays Nathan Caine, an assistant general bank manager who has a rare genetic condition that has…

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OBSERVER: Spin That Wheel

Kru Harale, a local Melbourne comedian, is part of a team presenting Comedy Roulette – Spin That Wheel on April 4, 11, 12 and 18 at 10.20pm at the Melbourne Town Hall Lunch Room.This standup comedy show presented as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has a twist in that the audience spins the…

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OBSERVER:Ben McCarthy

Comedian Ben McCarthy brings his latest show Cadet Kelly is the Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen in my Friggin Life to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from April 7- 20 at the Motley Bauhaus, Carlton.Ben’s world turned upside down after seeing the Disney Channel original movie: Cadet Kelly, starring Hilary Duff. He’s certain it’s the…

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OBSERVER: Josephine Wants To Dance

Monkey Baa Theatre Company returns to Melbourne with Josephine Wants to Dance at the Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts from April 11-12.This musical production is based on the children’s book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley with a deeper meaning around following dreams and believing in oneself.The show includes ballet, hip-hop and a kangaroo…

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OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report

ShowsFab Nobs Theatre: Come From Away. Until April 5 at Fab Nobs Theatre, Factory 33, 1-45 Industry Place, Bayswater. Director: Sarah Tierney; Musical Director: Sally McKenzie; Ass’t. Director/Choreographer: Aimee John; Ass’t. Director/Ass’t. Choreographer: Amy Miles. Bookings: fabnobstheatre.com.auWarrandyte Theatre Company: When the Wind Blows (by Raymond Briggs) Until April 12 at the Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute, 180…

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OBSERVER: The Sex Lives of Married Women

Journalist Saman Shad had such a success with her debut novel The Matchmaker, she has taken up her pen again to write about the next chapter of women’s life.Her new novel, The Sex Lives of Married Women, examines what love looks like after 10 years with a partner, and when women decide that being able…