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HOT: Who’s That Chik?, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

September 30, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Candy Bowers wanted all the critics to introduce their reviews by saying that Who’s That Chik? features ‘a girl in skin tight dance pants’. So if you’re expecting crisp white linen suits and the perfect diction of God of Carnage, you’re in the wrong theatre. Candy B’s self-written, autobiographical show is billed as ’a hip hop [...]

HOT: One Night the Moon, Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt St, Southbank

September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

OK – long story short. UK theatre duo Ridiculusmus are conducting a play reading of Goodbye Princess, their new work-in-progress (hopefully for London’s National Theatre), at this year’s upcoming Melbourne Fringe Festival. And…..I’ve been allocated the part of ‘Blogger 1′ because Ridiculusmus found out that I was a blogger! Blogger 1 is based on a [...]

HOT: God of Carnage, Playhouse Theatre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

August 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After the big-hitting August: Osage County, the Melbourne Theatre Company is bringing another award winning play to Melbourne, this time Tony Award winner Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage. Misbehaving children seems to be the theme of the month for me, what with the Chris Tsiolkas talk at the Melbourne Writers Festival and this play. God [...]

HOT: Liquid Desire Salvador Dali, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

August 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Saturday morning: NGV Members viewing of Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire at NGV International. Otherwise known as the Dali moshpit. As I was brought to a halt by the conveyor belt of people, I quickly decided that I would have to come again another time. So I spent only about 30 minutes in the extensive exhibition, [...]

HOT: Raise the Red Lantern, the Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melb

August 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The National Ballet of China’s has brought their sumptuous production of Raise the Red Lantern to the Arts Centre and it’s a beautiful production that’s well worth seeing. Zhang Yimou’s film Raise the Red Lantern was banned in China when it was released in 1991 so it’s slightly incongruous that the communist government has now [...]

HOT: Mayumana, The Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

July 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Mayumana is a 85 minutes of all-singing, all-dancing, slapstick energy and it’s inevitable that it will be compared to the last all-singing, all-dancing , slapstick show that Melbourne hosted, Cirque de Soleil. The difference with Mayumana is that the thumping rhythm of the show is provided by the acoustic properties of the body and a [...]

HOT OR NOT? Mayumana, State Theatre, Southbank

July 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

To celebrate the new home of MEL: HOT OR NOT, I’ve decided to test trial a little interactivity on the blog. Basically, I have a double pass to see Mayumana at the Arts Centre for 8pm Wednesday 22 July and I would like to take one of my readers as my date! Movement creates music [...]

HOT: Creative Australia and the Ballets Russes, The Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

July 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As part of Australian Ballet’s 2009 Ballet Russes season, the Arts Centre is holding a free exhibition called Creative Australia and the Ballet Russes which explores the influence of the Ballet Russes on the art and design scene in Australia, the legacy of the ballet company in Australian dance and its inspiration for three visual [...]

HOT: Collection Tour, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

June 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I had originally planned to attend a Henry Purcell lecture at NGV International, but when it was cancelled at the last minute I decided to take a collection tour instead. I’ve never actually explored the permanent exhibition spaces of the NGV and the free tours are a good way to get a taste of what’s [...]

NOT: Soft Sculpture, Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Southbank

June 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Duldig lecture on sculpture is an annual talk jointly held by the NGV and Duldig Studio – the Glen Iris residence, sculpture garden and studio of the renowned sculptor Karl Duldig. This year’s lecture was given by Elliott H King, an American art historian specialising in Dalí and Surrealism, and entitled Soft Sculptures. I [...]