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Everything to know about Melbourne Fringe 2023
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Everything to know about Melbourne Fringe 2023

There are more than 450 events in this year’s Melbourne Fringe - yes, more than four decades in, it’s the biggest ever. In this collection, you’ll find reviews of shows from comedy to art, theatre and dance as well as interviews and our guide to what’s on. The festival runs until October 22.

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You’ll laugh, cry, and blush. Our guide to Melbourne Fringe

It’s hard to know where to start. But if it’s humour, pathos or shock value you’re after, this handy guide might help.

  • by John Bailey
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Amelia Jean O’Leary in Blak Lodge at the Melbourne Fringe.

Mob has a meeting place at Melbourne Fringe’s Blak Lodge

A multidisciplinary hub at North Melbourne’s Meat Market has been home to a range of Deadly Fringe shows in this year’s festival.

  • by Stephen A Russell
Burnout Paradise by Pony Cam: Endorphin levels surge early.

Manic multi-tasking: Endorphin levels surge in Fringe theatre Burnout

Fringe Theatre goes on the treadmill in Burnout Paradise while other shows offer high octane dance/theatre fusion, AI monsters and invitations into strangers’ loungerooms

  • by Cameron Woodhead, John Bailey, Stephen A Russell, Cher Tan and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Rudy Jean Rigg and Hannah McElhinney in <i>Rainbow History Class</i>: welcoming and witty.

Extended Rainbow History Class is a comedy treat

From Rainbow History lessons and victims of hacking to career changes and fart jokes, our reviewers take a look at the shows bringing the laughs, at Melbourne Fringe.

  • by Donna Demaio, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Tyson Wray, Cher Tan, Cameron Woodhead, Nell Geraets, Hannah Francis and Lefa Singleton Norton
Aves choreographer and dancer Jose Navas.

‘Dazzling’: Jose Navas’ homage is an exceptional night of dance

In other Fringe dance productions, Mechorstra shakes and shimmies, Shower Thots drips with sensual energy, Shian Law carries the weight of history, Leisa Prowd shows resilience and Joel Bray blurs gender and genre.

  • by Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cher Tan, Stephen A Russell and Lefa Singleton Norton
Anna Piper Scott.

The comedian taking on transphobia in a new show

Acclaimed comedian Anna Piper Scott plays an analogue of JK Rowling in a new play taking aim at anti-trans rhetoric.

  • by Elizabeth Flux
Sammy J on the Trades Hall rooftop ahead of his 50 Year Show for Melbourne Fringe.

It’s like Frankenstein’s monster: Sammy J’s wildly ambitious project

He may be well-known but the comedian turned broadcaster has Fringe in his DNA.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
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It’s always a pleasure worshipping at The Church of the Clitori

The creators of this celebration of female bodies want their show to be “educational, hilarious and full of joy”.

  • by Lenny Ann Low

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