Hannah Fox joins David and Sue to talk about Melbourne’s newest festival which sadly did not

Taking the place of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night Melbourne, RISING is a major cultural event for the Asia Pacific Region created by a diverse team of local, national and international artists and curators. There is a call-out for even more ideas and participants, with grants available. Seize the opportunity!! Roll on 26 May – 6 June 2021.

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Billy Elliot The Musical, featuring music by the legendary Elton John, Billy Elliot the Musical is an extraordinary theatrical experience that has captivated audiences around the world. Seen by over 12 million people worldwide and acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Billy Elliot is the recipient of over 85 awards internationally. Set in a northern town during the miners’ strike of 1984/5, the show follows Billy’s journey from boxing ring to ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that unites his family, inspires his community and changes his life forever.

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About the Can’t Do Tomorrow Festival:

Between 20 and 29 of February 2020, we’ll be transforming the Facility, Kensington, into an outlandish Eden populated by a crowd more hedonistic than a 90s warehouse rave.

More than 100 artists, crews and collectives will descend on the Facility to display (and distribute) work in urban art disciplines as varied as: painting, murals, photography, stencil, sculpture, video, illustration and epic immersive installations.

We want to change the way you experience public space. To holler ourselves hoarse about Australia’s urban art scene and inspire (as well as invest in) a new generation of talent. Ultimately, we’re keen to question the very nature of art itself.

We don’t pretend to be custodians of the contemporary urban art scene. We’re a micro-movement inside a macro-movement. The underground grows, advances and develops with its own organic energy. We’re just here to provide the platform.

About Kaff-eine:

Kaff-eine is an established street and contemporary artist recognised for her illustrative freehand style, delicate linework, and quiet melancholic characters. She has painted public and private works in Australia, Germany, France, USA and the Philippines; had successful solo and group exhibitions, and illustrated two children’s books.

To celebrate LGBTQI identity and culture, Kaff-eine is creating Infinite Thanks, a collection of small paintings with images and  stories called ‘ex votos’, dedicated to rainbow deities. These will reflect the daily fears, needs, and aspirations of a range of rainbow folk. Kaff-eine will display these paintings inside a purpose-built shrine at the Can’t Do Tomorrow festival.

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MAREE COOTE is a writer, designer, illustrator, photographer and publisher. She has enjoyed an award-winning career in advertising and understands Melbourne’s unique advantage well. Her many creative passions converge in her studies of Melbourne’s history, which is the focus of her work in object design and in publishing over the past ten years. Maree is passionate about a sense of place and history, and she brings this to life in multiple platforms for multiple audiences. Her affinity for Melbourne is unique and highly informed. Her skill is bringing ideas to life, and communicating ideas to any audience ‘in whatever form gives them most power: books, artwork, song, stories, design, film…”.

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Hans the German

So make sure you watch him in America’s Got Talent – The Champions final and then book some tickets to his Disco Spetakular in Melbourne in a month… Go Hans! You can also check out everything Hans (and who wouldn’t want to) at his website at hansofficial.com

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The Midsumma Extravaganza is on 1 Feb at Hamer Hall and you can get tickets from the Arts Centre Melbourne Website. Don’t miss out as it was a sellout in 2019!

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You can book tickets at the National Theatre website.

Here’s some info about the show:

In January 2020, the YABC will produce a brand new production of one of the world’s most popular musicals, CATS.

Based on TS Elliot’s collection of poems ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, and featuring an eclectic score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS has enjoyed record-breaking runs in the West End, on Broadway, and all around the world, and later this year will be released as a major motion picture. Taking its lead from the era of the original poems, which were written by Elliot for his children in the 1930s, our new production will evoke England during the Great Depression.

In a crumbling Music Hall, our band of very theatrical Cats will strut and sing and prance and dance as they gather together for the Jellicle Ball.

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David and Sue were LIVE from the first NGV Friday night of the season and amid all the fun interviewed a couple of the DJ’s that will be performing over the coming months at the NGV Friday Nights, Dunny Minogue (aka Mason Brown) and Beth Grace along with Meg Slater one of the NGV curators for the Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines Exhibition.

NGV Friday Nights runs until 10th April and includes entry to the amazing Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines exhibition which is the work of two of the most significant & influential artists of the late 20th century. It’s a world premiere exhibition exclusive to Melbourne. The exhibition offers new and fascinating insights into their unique visual languages. See the exhibition website for more info. It runs from 1 December to 13 April 2020.

NGV Friday Nights returns this summer during Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, paying homage to the 1980s and New York downtown. DJs spotlight an 80s music moment each week, mixed in with drag performances, classic cocktails and New York City street food.

Get to the JOY website to buy tickets to just the exhibition because JOY 94.9 is selling tickets to raise funds to assist our move to the Pride Centre. If you are heading down to the Friday Evening events then head to the NGV website for tickets.

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