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Gets You Going is on at Trades Hall until October 20

The best, the weirdest and the most risky of the final Fringe weekend

A performance at a mystery location and a show that takes true crime to its limits – read our ever-growing list of reviews here.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Hannah Francis, Sonia Nair, John Bailey, Tyson Wray, Andrew Fuhrmann and Vyshnavee Wijekumar

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Feast is genuinely subversive and wildly kinky.

Fun, subversive, and occasionally kinky: Here’s what not to miss at Fringe

From a dinner party with a difference to a cup of tea with a stranger, this year’s Fringe is in full swing. Read our ever-growing list of reviews here.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Moira Finucane at Mario’s in Fitzroy

The evolution of a Fringe goddess

She is the queen of Melbourne’s festival of the provocative, but Moira Finucane’s boundary-pushing performances have a generosity at their heart. It all comes from a life-changing encounter.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
ADMINISTRATION is on at The Motley Bauhaus until October 13.

The best (and the weirdest) of the Fringe Festival so far

From a live soap opera complete with snacks to a celebration of tomatoes, this year’s Fringe is in full swing. Read our ever-growing list of reviews here.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Escalate’s use of sound in conjunction with juggling makes it particularly unique.

Half sport, half art: Why juggling is more than a party trick

Bleeding hands and 20,000 hours of training is only part of what it takes to revolutionise the art of professional juggling.

  • Nell Geraets
The Australian Ballet performing Circle Electric.

These two pieces are beautiful – but they don’t fit together

With Études and Circle Electric, The Australian Ballet is bringing together the new with the classical. Separately, they work. Together, less so.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
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Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024

This year’s festival has kicked off, with almost 500 shows on offer across Melbourne and greater Victoria. Here, our writers take a closer look.

This year’s Melbourne Fringe has something to suit all tastes.

Strange, familiar, free: Your guide to choosing the perfect Fringe show

Soap operas and secret locations: here’s a taste of what’s to come at Melbourne Fringe.

  • Elizabeth Flux
Patricia Cornelius, left, and Susie Dee have created their grittiest work yet.

This play is about a violent man. So why is he played by a woman?

In the face of Australia’s shocking rates of domestic violence, our grittiest theatre makers take a bold new approach.

  • Kylie Northover
Kitty Obsidian taks part in Disabled and Sexy, part of this year’s Melbourne Fringe.

We’ve been at it for millennia, but sex on the Fringe is something else

From disability to cultural taboos, this year’s edgiest festival steps into territory that is usually unspoken.

  • John Bailey

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