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.
Melbourne Fringe
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.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Hannah Francis, Sonia Nair, John Bailey, Tyson Wray, Andrew Fuhrmann and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Melbourne Fringe
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.
- by Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Melbourne Fringe
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.
- by 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
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.
- by Nell Geraets
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.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
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.
- by Elizabeth Flux
Why so serious? The cellist on a mission to make classical music a laugh
Karen Hall had her career as a professional cellist turned upside down by two clowns.
- by John Shand
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.
- by John Bailey
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