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Posts tagged "Melbourne Fringe Festival"
The Interview | Jason Chong

The Interview | Jason Chong

We catch up with Adelaide comedian, Jason Chong, to talk Fringe, filmmaking, Optimus Prime and his affinity for a particularly seedy Melbourne laneway off Chinatown.

Fringe: The Event by John Clancy – Nick Pelomis

A very bold and somehow forcibly engaging monologue that challenges the fabricated role of the audience as listeners as much as the actor himself.

Fringe: Cinema’s Other Room – Richard Tuohy

What exactly defines art? A collection of experimental 16mm short films by Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie is the event that makes me question this definition.

Fringe: Dave Callan – (woman)

If he hadn’t turned it into a comedy show, Callan could probably host it as a seminar on what women really want and have been a world class hit with the boys.

Fringe: Charlie Robinson – Burlesque Through the Eyes of Minsky Malone

Burlesque has been around for over a century and, when done well, it is a truly inspiring form of artistic expression. Ask Minsky Malone – she’ll (show and) tell you all about it.

Fringe: Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World

Sammy J successfully manages to paint a portrait of himself as a human being trying, and at times hilariously failing, to fit into society's constructed ideals of hegemonic masculinity.