If you reckon theatre can build a better world, this newsletter’s for you.

Gag City faces torrential rain (with Clowns & Animatronic Cats)

The very first edition of my daily-ish Melbourne International Comedy Festival newsletter is here. Enjoy!

Your visa to Gag City has been approved, chuckle f*cker

Introducing a pop-up newsletter full of my coverage of Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026

Here's the theatre that reminded me why I love this art form so much

Out of the 234 shows I saw in 2025, these are the ones that left the biggest marks on me

A long overdue review of my favourite show at Melbourne Fringe (and a working theory of what makes theatre, theatre)

A review of No Seasons by Oli Ayres, presented by Skint at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2025

We get to decide how we live through it

Reviewing ‘Democracy Repair Services’ by Noemie Huttner-Koros, directed by Martha Latham, presented at Melbourne Fringe in 2025

”Criticism”

An angry review of a bad review of one of my favourite shows at Melbourne Fringe

FRINGEFRINGEFRINGE

One week down, two to go.

Things HAVE to Change Around Here! (clickbait title)

A review of a book I've half read (Theatre Blogging by Megan Vaughan) and some new year's resolutions on the future of this blog.

No Drama Drama Club

A community of Melbourne theatre lovers seeing & chatting about theatre together, masks required.

18: Your Feared Present, and Your Inevitable Future

The whirlwind of Fringe is kicking off, I’ve seen some excellent theatre which made me very angry (positively and negatively), and somehow I am the Vice President of the Green Room Awards Association (wth?!)

17: Lighting Fires in the Theatres

I turned 27, Lorde released a new album, and a friend gave me a free haircut. The world is as stubbornly cruel as ever, and I’ve also started soaking chickpeas overnight.

16: Messy, Bodily, Persistent

On smelling like sh*t, the death of reading, militaristic theatre, and Nathan Fielder’s ever-brilliant ‘The Rehearsal’.