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OBSERVER: Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems

Friday, March 28, 2025

Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems is being presented as part of the MICF from April 8 – 20 at 6.15pm at the Grace Darling Hotel, Downstairs, in Collingwood.Lucille dreams of having a boyfriend, but despite her beauty and charm, can’t seem to find one.One fateful day, her simple fantasy turns cerebral breakdown and she’s catapulted…

OBSERVER: Purple is the Gayest Colour

Making her debut appearance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from across the ditch, Alayne Dick’s Purple is the Gayest Colour is an energetic hour of lesbian levity and gay abandon.From growing up in rural New Zealand — though you wouldn’t pick it with her accent — to her day job among the bookshelves and…

OBSERVER: The Boys

Sevenfold Theatre Company presents Gordon Graham’s The Boys from April 29 – May 5 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray.The Boys, directed by Green Room Award nominated director Tess Walsh, is a fictionalised insight into the lives of the three brothers involved in the Anita Cobby murder, and the impact it had on the…

OBSERVER: Austen-Con

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…