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OBSERVER: Roland Rocchiccioli

Friday, March 28, 2025

Author and actor Roland Rocchiccioli shared colourful stories of his remarkable theatrical journey over nearly 60 years at a Theatre Heritage Australia event held in the Process Lab, Arts Centre Melbourne.Roland engaged his audience with firsthand entertaining accounts of how the boy from the goldfields of Western Australia discovered the theatre and gained his start…

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OBSERVER: Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers

Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot will be presented at the Melbourne Museum Theatre in Carlton as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from April 2 – 14 at 2.45pm.This award-winning show is described as ‘ a side-splitting, gooey escapade and an adventure that’s nothing to sneeze at.’The promotional blurb…

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OBSERVER: Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…