Marathon, not a Sprint
I saw Mel McGlensey's Normal and Tricksy Collins' Assigned Magician at Birth the other day and I really desperately need you to know about them.
Two Queer Comedy Shows, Two Chappell Roan References
A brilliant night of queer comedy and theatre at The Motley Wherehaus seeing Jenna Suffern’s Lobster in a Glass and Yoz Mensch’s My Grandpa Doesn’t Follow Me On Instagram
Mrs Lovett’s Little Devil and the Eighteen Lives
A diary of my first four show day at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, featuring peaches, pies, puns, and plenty of politics.
Gag City faces torrential rain (with Clowns & Animatronic Cats)
A night at the Motley Bauhaus catching Happy Birthday Taylah Whelan, Coco the Time Travelling Tart, and Caitlin Duff’s Freidah
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.