Fringe Picks 2024
We're gearing up for a busy few weeks of show-hopping at Fringe. Catch a few familiar faces from RISING, including artist alumni and staff. Melbourne Fringe is on from 02—20 October.
FEAST by Pony Cam — $5—100
FEAST is an intimate dinner party served and performed by Pony Cam, and you're invited. Expect and evening of appetite and excess. You won't leave hungry.
Long Prawn present COOKED: Hot Nights – Deep Soulful Sweats — Free
The BBQ is a stage in a night of experimental performance, raw and well done. Join Deep Soulful Sweats for a night of experimental performance and dance. A BBQ occasion where the sweats are not (necessarily) meat-related
Four Sites by Jo Lloyd — $35
4 remarkable independent choreographers, 4 new works, in 4 distinct locations at Abbotsford Convent. Featuring Rebecca Jensen, Jo Lloyd, Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Lee Serle.
The Winner Takes it All by The Huxleys — Free
A grand slam queer takeover of the sporting world – part art happening, part grand final, part disco! The Huxleys invite ordinary queer citizens and their allies to live out epic sport fantasies, captured in a series of joyous and surreal photographs.
Body of Knowledge by Samara Hersch — $25
This intimate and playful work performed by teenagers who call into the theatre on mobile phones. A powerful meditation on age and change: changes to bodies, changes in attitude, and changes to life.
Gikilangangu Wergaia by Alice Skye, James Howard, Michael Julian — $32.50
Three artists celebrate and share Wergaia language and stories on the Wurundjeri lands that each performer calls ‘home’. Through each unique performance, they’ll weave our own personal histories — stories of family, of ancestors, community, and Dreaming.
Dream Swamp by Melanie Lane — $15—35
One for the fam. A dance performance that transports children to a universe of magic and adventure. Performed by Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Rachel Coulson, the journey begins in an immersive swamp-like world and transforms into a colourful fantasy.
Complete Chaos by Thomas Pidd — $20—25
Dive into the universal obsession with completion, in a world filled with unfinished tasks and distractions. Complete Chaos explores one person's quest for calm within chaos. An unpacking of neurodiversity, sexuality, and one's place in the rat race.