The truth about karaoke night with Philadelphia Grand Jury
BERNARD ZUEL 12:15am From Bowie and Frank Sinatra to Beck and Shania Twain, everything's on the table when this three-piece flick the switch to karaoke.
New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana's epic video panorama In Pursuit of Venice reclaims Maori and Pacific Islander stories
Dylan Rainforth New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana brings the clash of civilisations to life in her epic video work In Pursuit of Venus, at the National Gallery of Victoria from June 10.
Ian Potter Museum show celebrates Olive Cotton and Max Dupain's creative partnership
Dylan Rainforth Touring exhibition of 65 vintage prints demonstrates how the pair experimented with modernist photographic techniques.
From Audrey Hepburn to Sylvester Stallone, Chunky Move's Lucid subverts roles of film and dance
PHILIPPA HAWKER What do the contrasting figures of gamine actress Audrey Hepburn and action hero Sylvester Stallone have in common? They've both served as inspiration for dancer Lauren Langlois' new role.
The Sound of Music opens in Melbourne with special guest Nicholas 'Friedrich' Hammond
ANNABEL ROSS There are nuns in habits, children in lederhosen and stars Cameron Daddo and Marina Prior, but at the media call for The Sound of Music at the Regent Theatre, one man manages to outshine them all.
Status Quo hoping this boat won't go down, down
BERNARD ZUEL Whatever floats your boat. A week in an RSL club of your dreams, or nightmares, on the water and listening to classic rock. What possibly could be wrong with that?
Coldplay announce tour of Australia and New Zealand in December
BERNARD ZUEL We're all going on a summer Coldplay tour, fun and laughter and stadiums for a week or two, on both sides of the Tasman.
Belinda Giblin plays Gestapo 'greifer' in gripping solo show Blonde Poison
John Bailey Its title might sound like a lurid pulp thriller but the subject of one-woman play Blonde Poison is the opposite of frivolous.
Melbourne marks Bloomsday with theatrical adaptation of A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man
John Bailey It's a safe bet that many more people have read James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man than have made their way through his magnum opus Ulysses, which makes it all the more curious that the relatively slim Portrait took much longer to write.
The Death And Life Of Otto Bloom to open Melbourne International Film Festival 2016
PHILIPPA HAWKER A young Melbourne filmmaker's tale of time and love is getting its world premiere at MIFF on opening night
Our guide to what's on this weekend
Sean Wilson Rock band Moving Pictures are performing in St Kilda in a tour to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their debut album.
Jan Senbergs and the art of observation
John McDonald A former refugee from Latvia has continued to push the boundaries of art, switching mediums whenever he has become too comfortable.
How TV's Nashville gave Clare Bowen the courage to be herself
BERNARD ZUEL Finding the courage in her character gave this Australian actor/singer a way to reclaim her own story and turn it back into art.
Next Wave Festival 2016: Nat Randall recruits 100 men for 24-hour performance The Second Woman
KYLIE NORTHOVER Nat Randall wants men, lots of men – 100, to be precise – and will pay them $50 a pop to take part in her 24-hour performance as part of Next Wave.
The Beast is back: Eddie Perfect to star in new run of his grisly nose-to-tail comedy
John Bailey Black comedy follows group of middle-class tree-changers whose ethics are challenged during a 'nose to tail' dining experience.
English actor Callum Francis joins Australian cast of Kinky Boots
John Bailey Melbourne may have scored the premiere of the upcoming Broadway hit Kinky Boots but its recently announced leads probably won't be familiar to locals.
From twerk to tango, the Inaugural Annual Dance Affair gets everybody moving
John Bailey The Inaugural Annual Dance Affair brings together Italian seniors who gather to dance monthly, pint-sized ballerinas and veteran hoofers, twerkers and tango stars.
The Drones take on agitators and aqua-bogans as they tour with their new album
Jenny Valentish Musicians are not meant to write about current affairs, but the Drones' Gareth Liddiard tackles topics big and small from his old country cottage.
Esther Hannaford goes from animatronic ape to people-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors
ANNABEL ROSS From gargantuan, terrifying gorillas to huge, human-devouring plants, it's all in a day's work for Esther Hannaford.
Midnight Oil reform and announce a world tour
BERNARD ZUEL One of the most revered and successful Australian bands of all time will be back on stages at home and around the world.
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Post Melbourne Festival: Where to slake your thirst
Devotion to detail, and to serving a diversity of drinks in spaces both small and curated or large and loud, is what makes Melbourne's bar scene so enticing.
