Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Give those cheeks a good work out with a solid line up of laughs!
The superstars of Australia’s biggest comedy festival have been set off the leash and on to the road. From Hobart to Hong Kong and back, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is a comedy odyssey, bringing a raft of the world’s best comedy to one big show for a raucous night out.
After 16 years of travelling Australia with the best comedians around, this Roadshow really knows how to bring the party, strut its stuff and leave you rolling on the floor laughing!
FEATURING
Tom Ballard (MC)
Wil Sylvince
Gillian Cosgriff
Nikki Britton
and
David Quirk
'An event no comedy fan should miss.' Satellite
'The Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow has such chalk and cheese personalities delivering such a wide assortment of gags, it has everyone's humour covered' The Sunday Times
Burrinja Theatre
Sunday 21 June at 7.30pm
Perfect for Ages 15+
Run Time Approx 120 Minute, with 20 Minute Interval
Adult $36
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+ $26
Samuel Johnson &
Tottie Goldsmith in
Sex with Strangers
Tottie Goldsmith in
Sex with Strangers
A Love Story for the 21st Century
Sex with Strangers explores the complex relationship between authors and their adoring fans and the tensions between old and new literature; old and new love.
A play that makes timely and insightful observations about the foibles of first impressions, ‘Sex with Strangers’ delves into the complexities of love and relationships in the digital age, and the Gen X – Gen Y divide.
Samuel Johnson (Secret Life of Us and Rush) and Tottie Goldsmith (Starting out and Prisoner) star in this dark, sexy and funny play about the lives of two people equally capable of ambition, kindness and cruelty.
Trapped in a rural writer’s retreat by a snowstorm, serious writer turned professor, Olivia is settling down to write her second novel. In from the snow walks Ethan, a brash, handsome, highly successful, Gen-Y blogger with aspirations of literary legitimacy. Olivia succumbs to his obvious charm and seemingly poetic soul. But can love really bloom between an old-school book lover and a man whose publicity-generating exaggerated tell-all memoir “Sex with Strangers” chronicles his rambunctious sex-ploits on an internet blog?
First staged by Chicago’s Steppenwolf theatre in 2011, and more recently at the Sydney Theatre Company and off-Broadway, this is story telling at its best. Sex with Strangers makes timely and insightful observations about the foibles of first impressions and about love and relationships in the digital age.
How far will Olivia and Ethan go to get what they want?
‘dark, sexy, funny’ - New York Times
‘sweet, funny and playful’ - Sunday Telegraph
‘… an arresting, involving and shrewdly self-aware new play’ The Australian
‘… rarely does a story so deftly encapsulate the divide between Gen X and Gen Y’ - Newsweek
‘a thoughtful, tender drama about writers, books, love, ambition, relationships and social interaction in the internet age’ Chicago Tribune
Burrinja Theatre
Wednesday 10 June at 8pm
Adult $36
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+$26
15% Early Bird Discount until Feb 28
Wednesday 10 June at 8pm
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+$26
15% Early Bird Discount until Feb 28
Caravan Burlesque…..Rides Again!
Wild new acts! Wild new artists!
The world’s most provocative variety show returns to Burrinja!
The World’s Most Provocative Variety Show, direct from sell-out seasons in Paris, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Tokyo, returns to Burrinja bursting with electrifying new acts, gorgeous new artists, all-time favourites set to a party mix tape to die for!
Swing on board this luscious caravan with her velvet drapes, golden tassels and Chinese lanterns for a wild night of smokin’ songs and seductive sirens, gothic queens & demented disco, sizzling circus, backroom ballet and live art exotica!
After a legendary seven months of dancing ovations around Australia in 2012, don’t miss the return of this smash-hit, box office breaking, multi-award winning, genre-busting, diva-encrusted salon!
If you’ve ridden the Caravan before, come see the next wild incarnation. If you missed out before, jump on board and book right now!
Warning: Caravan Burlesque features live Nudity and Sexual References, Suitable for Ages 16+
Burrinja TheatreFriday 18 September at 8pm
Perfect for Ages 16+
Run Time 90 Minutes
Adult $36
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+ $26
Noni Hazlehurst in Mother
‘I said I was a good mother. They said I was a bad mother.
I didn’t know what they meant’
A one-woman play written for acclaimed, award winning actor Noni Hazlehurst, Mother is the newest work from Daniel Keene (Boxman, 2013) directed by his long-time collaborator Matt Scholten.
A fictional story based on the writings of Dorothy Hewett and the ancient Greek play Medea, Mother is a uniquely Australian piece of theatre that honestly tackles the issues of motherhood, poverty and isolation. The combination of powerful script writing, tender direction and Noni’s magnetising performance make for a surprisingly touching and insightful night of intimate theatre.
Christy is a homeless, aging woman, living on the outskirts of suburbia. She is something of a celebrity, attracting the curiosity of the locals, she’s not shy of an audience and amuses herself with telling anyone who will listen to the story of her colourful, troubled life.
One of Australia’s leading actresses, Noni Hazlehurst has received two Logies for her performances in the mini-series Waterfront and Ride on Stranger as well as four AFI Awards for Little Fish, Waiting At The Royal, Fran and Monkey Grip.
If you only see one piece of drama this year, make sure it is Mother – a story and a performance not to be missed.
Burrinja Theatre
Friday 26 June at 8pm
Adult $36
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+$26
Friday 26 June at 8pm
Concession $32
Jarmbi $30
Group 6+$26
