North & West Melbourne Upcoming Events.
How Do I Let You Die?
As Australia careened from deadly bushfires to the beginning of COVID-19, and as Hmong-Australian writer Michele Lee was working on Asian ghost TV shows, she rang her parents for 30 minutes each day.
How Do I Let You Die? assembles an extraordinary team of Asian-Australian artists to weave together phone calls, Asian ghost tropes, Hmong horror stories, and the simple potency of an adult child coming to term with a parent’s eventual death.
As moments of acute and layered crisis bring mortality achingly close, this charming and tender work of theatre offers moments of humour and nuance, and moments of contradiction, to wonder on our approaches to this life and the next.
Tickets from $10 -$35
Christmas Wine Fair
At this pop-up wine fair guests are invited to sample their way through over 120 independently produced Aussie wine varieties. The pop-up cellar door showcases local producers behind the drops on Central Club Hotel's expanding wine list. Meet the winemakers, taste through their range and stock up for the upcoming festive season.
Attendees receive a glass of bubbles on arrival, a beautiful Lehmann tasting glass to take home and wine tastings over the two-hour session. They'll also enjoy a spread of local artisanal cheese to graze on from neighbours Ripe Cheese at Queen Victoria Market.
Producers from around Australia include - Yarra Valley's Thick as Thieves, Balgownie Estate, and Seville Estate, also Coates Wines and Hahndorf Hill Winery out of Adelaide Hills.
Guests can book and pay for an additional dinner ticket if they wish; see the booking link for details.
12pm - 2pm // 3pm - 5pm
Tickets $35
How Do I Let You Die?
As Australia careened from deadly bushfires to the beginning of COVID-19, and as Hmong-Australian writer Michele Lee was working on Asian ghost TV shows, she rang her parents for 30 minutes each day.
How Do I Let You Die? assembles an extraordinary team of Asian-Australian artists to weave together phone calls, Asian ghost tropes, Hmong horror stories, and the simple potency of an adult child coming to term with a parent’s eventual death.
As moments of acute and layered crisis bring mortality achingly close, this charming and tender work of theatre offers moments of humour and nuance, and moments of contradiction, to wonder on our approaches to this life and the next.
Tickets from $10 -$35
How Do I Let You Die?
As Australia careened from deadly bushfires to the beginning of COVID-19, and as Hmong-Australian writer Michele Lee was working on Asian ghost TV shows, she rang her parents for 30 minutes each day.
How Do I Let You Die? assembles an extraordinary team of Asian-Australian artists to weave together phone calls, Asian ghost tropes, Hmong horror stories, and the simple potency of an adult child coming to term with a parent’s eventual death.
As moments of acute and layered crisis bring mortality achingly close, this charming and tender work of theatre offers moments of humour and nuance, and moments of contradiction, to wonder on our approaches to this life and the next.
Tickets from $10 -$35
Phil Coyne and The Wayward Aces (single launch)
Strap yourself in for the tone and fury of mid 50’s Chicago blues with Phil Coyne and The Wayward Aces final single release "Sweet Little Riff" at The Drunken Poet on 18 November. A favourite haunt of the Aces; come on down for a night of energy and vitality as The Wayward Aces send the VU meters into a frenzy and kick their final single kicking and screaming off into the universe.
Phil Coyne and The Wayward Aces - High energy, huge fun and sharp tunes honed at local Melbourne venues as well as Echuca Winter Blues Festival, The Blues Train and Blues on Broadbeach.
It's bluesharp, guitar and rhythm taking no prisoners.
Becky Robinson: She Gone
Becky Robinson, with her entitled housewife and other alter-egos is coming to Australia. Get your divots and your giggle quotas filled by witnessing the most action-packed, one woman show in existence.
Originally from Portland, Oregon, Becky Robinson is an LA-based comedian, writer, actor and voice-over star. Becky’s explosively unique TV character antics and viral videos now make her one of the youngest headliners on the circuit. In 2018, she was named a JFL Montreal New Face of Comedy where her stand out performance landed her a sketch show development deal and a number of voice-over jobs with DreamWorks and Netflix.
Known for her wide range of physical characters on stage and screen, Becky’s many alter egos have been featured on Hulu’s Coming to the Stage, MTV’s Acting Out, ABC’s The Bachelor and Kevin Hart’s sketch series Writer’s Room.
The Jump Cats
The Jump Cats are a swingin' jump blues band that plays an uptempo style of blues that you can dance to. Their music harks back to the 40's and 50's when rhythm and blues was big on the scene with music from the likes of Louis Jordan, Tiny Bradshaw and later from artists such as Hollywood Fats.
The Jump Cats are a four piece band with Mark (Harpo) Greenway on guitar, Alf Mott on the skins, Jeff Walters on Bass and Chris (Stibbo) Hanger on Vocals and blues harp.
Bret Mosley
An extraordinarily itinerant journey from a small desert town in Texas to New York’s indie music scene informs Mosley’s sound, which popmatters.com described as, “...no more country than R&B, no more folk than rock.”
Nomadic beginnings prepared Mosley for years of constant touring following the release of his debut album, Light & Blood—which NeuFutur Magazine commended as “a heart-felt masterpiece”. The veteran road warrior has more than 2000 headlining dates under his belt, and has opened for notable international artists Cedric Burnside, Trombone Shorty, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, George Porter, Jr., Jackie Greene, Kaki King, and The Blind Boys of Alabama, among others.
Two studio releases followed up Light & Blood: Charge, in collaboration with indie/jam rocker Jerry Joseph—and his self-released EP, X-ING. Mosley is currently self-producing multiple solo projects from sessions in New York, Mississippi, and Australia.
Now living in Melbourne, Mosley has shared the stage with or supported prominent Aussie artists Ian Moss, Tex Perkins, The Pierce Brothers, Hussy Hicks, Minnie Marks, Kallidad, et al.
Zoe Scott
Zoe Scott is an award-winning vocalist, Fresh to Melbourne from Waiheke Island, New Zealand. From her set, you can expect brutally honest songwriting and emotional vulnerability that’ll leave you in a puddle of tears or bubbling with anger.
This is Our Youth
This is Our Youth, by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, is a realistic dissection of the complications and challenges that plague late adolescence.
Set in early, Reagan-era New York City, the play follows 19-year old Warren Straub who has just been kicked out of home by his abusive father, stolen $15,000 from him, and carted it across town to seek shelter at close friend and role model, Dennis Ziegler’s apartment. Dennis, the older and more domineering of the two, concocts a plan to use the money to purchase and resell cocaine in order to make back what Warren has already spent. As this plan unfolds, we are introduced to Jessica Goldman, and watch as she and Warren navigate the awkwardness surrounding their feelings for each other, and the social implications of choosing whether, or not, to act on them.
Tickets from $30 to $40
This is Our Youth
This is Our Youth, by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, is a realistic dissection of the complications and challenges that plague late adolescence.
Set in early, Reagan-era New York City, the play follows 19-year old Warren Straub who has just been kicked out of home by his abusive father, stolen $15,000 from him, and carted it across town to seek shelter at close friend and role model, Dennis Ziegler’s apartment. Dennis, the older and more domineering of the two, concocts a plan to use the money to purchase and resell cocaine in order to make back what Warren has already spent. As this plan unfolds, we are introduced to Jessica Goldman, and watch as she and Warren navigate the awkwardness surrounding their feelings for each other, and the social implications of choosing whether, or not, to act on them.
Tickets from $30 to $40
Weredingo
Weredingo is a profound and playful work of dance theatre that challenges the western interpretation of shapeshifting. In the western context, shapeshifting is limited to folklore and pop culture. However, shapeshifting for First Nations people reflects past, present and future.
Through sharp movement and text, Weredingo follows the intertwining journeys of three shapeshifters, exploring their experiences and physical powers. It covers the good, the bad; the cultural, the political; the pain and the pleasure.
Led by a First Nations team, this story is brought to life alongside beautiful animations by Studio Gilay and projection by Wirrim Studios.
Tickets from $10 to $35
Weredingo
Weredingo is a profound and playful work of dance theatre that challenges the western interpretation of shapeshifting. In the western context, shapeshifting is limited to folklore and pop culture. However, shapeshifting for First Nations people reflects past, present and future.
Through sharp movement and text, Weredingo follows the intertwining journeys of three shapeshifters, exploring their experiences and physical powers. It covers the good, the bad; the cultural, the political; the pain and the pleasure.
Led by a First Nations team, this story is brought to life alongside beautiful animations by Studio Gilay and projection by Wirrim Studios.
Tickets from $10 to $35
This is Our Youth
This is Our Youth, by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, is a realistic dissection of the complications and challenges that plague late adolescence.
Set in early, Reagan-era New York City, the play follows 19-year old Warren Straub who has just been kicked out of home by his abusive father, stolen $15,000 from him, and carted it across town to seek shelter at close friend and role model, Dennis Ziegler’s apartment. Dennis, the older and more domineering of the two, concocts a plan to use the money to purchase and resell cocaine in order to make back what Warren has already spent. As this plan unfolds, we are introduced to Jessica Goldman, and watch as she and Warren navigate the awkwardness surrounding their feelings for each other, and the social implications of choosing whether, or not, to act on them.
Tickets from $30 to $40
Weredingo
Weredingo is a profound and playful work of dance theatre that challenges the western interpretation of shapeshifting. In the western context, shapeshifting is limited to folklore and pop culture. However, shapeshifting for First Nations people reflects past, present and future.
Through sharp movement and text, Weredingo follows the intertwining journeys of three shapeshifters, exploring their experiences and physical powers. It covers the good, the bad; the cultural, the political; the pain and the pleasure.
Led by a First Nations team, this story is brought to life alongside beautiful animations by Studio Gilay and projection by Wirrim Studios.
Tickets from $10 to $35