5 Good reasons to see The Subtle Art of Online Dating

1. Katie O’Connor has swiped right to every single guy on a dating app for the last four months as part of research for the show. The show is based on some TRULY awkward and weird dates – Katie is just one swipe away from applying to be the next Bachelorette

2. It’s the perfect date night! Performed in the heart of the Melbourne CBD at The Butterfly Club, take your date to one of Melbourne’s best eats or grab a wine at a fairy light lit rooftop before getting a Butterfly Club Cocktail and watching sketch comedy so bold it will truly be a memorable date.

3. Large amounts of chocolate are consumed during the show – We recommend chocolate as the perfect aphrodisiac to get a date in the mood.

4. The show is created by an all female cast and crew, who all have various amounts of online dating experience and dating war stories

5. Whatever your worst date is, Katie can top it!

The Subtle Art of Online Dating is on at The Butterfly Club Sept 9 10 11 14 and 15 

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-subtle-art-of-online-dating/

5 Good Reasons to see How Gay am I? by Sunanda

1. See why Ilana Glazer of Broad City has said, “Sunanda is a bright presence!”

2. Meet all the queerdos such as a “Nice Indian Girl at the Matchmaker’s”, or hear a TED Talk on “Why Everyone Should be a Lesbian, TODAY!” but brace yourself for a BEEF RAID! WTF is a Beef raid? Come find out… just don’t go to a sausage sizzle before you do. OR DO and face the consequences!

3. How many queer Indian-Thai female comedians have you seen? #rareAF

4. Bring your hetero friends cuz everyone is gay-runteed to GO HOME GAY!

5. You want to celebrate queerness in all its rainbow colors and feel the explosive joy of a damn good time.

Sunanda performs How Gay am I? at The Butterfly Club from Sept 10 – 15

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/how-gay-am-i/

5 good reasons to see Just Us Girls – wHat’s a giRL?

1) It is ridiculously hilarious absolutely ridiculously funnier sillier greater more wonderful more liberating more freeing silly smart satirical contemporary dancing because I want to a love letter to feminists raising the bar in terms of celebrating female confidence and queerness breaking all the rules ridiculous darling!

2) Takes the absolute piss out of white male dominated industries and individuals, sexism, rape culture, and narcissism with a PUNK-I-DON’T-EVEN-CARE-WHATEVER attitude, as a revolt against white cis gendered men who try to put us in their place. We revolt with a smile not with anger.

3) Is an all female and non binary driven narrative.

4) Written by a graduate of the 2018 Master in Writing for Performance at the VCA, and was commissioned to be written earlier in the year (2019).

5) Will make you question what you are doing as an individual in terms of equality/inclusivity NOW and the future of equality

Just Us Girls – wHat’s a giRL? by Ellen Grimshaw is on at Trades Hall from Sept 21 – 29

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/just-us-girls/

5 Good Reasons to See Chaddyslap

1. This show is a multi-modal adventure! We move between live, snappy sketch comedy, surreal AV moments and abstract
physical theatre sequences.

2. It turns out shopping centres are a rich mine to quarry for comedy material! We had to throw out so many of our sketch ideas,
leaving the show with only the best Chadstone-based punchlines.

3. The show has heart and brains. The eight central characters who become trapped in Chadstone are loveable and within the
quirkiness, there are lots of clever jokes and fascinating commentary on corporations and consumers.

4. The cast are awesome! These eight actors each bring their own pizazz and charisma and unite to form a sensational stage
presence. Each of them play a main character and about 15 other characters..

5. There’s an adorable character called Gregory who needs to be seen to be understood. He works at NAB, he loves karaoke
and he is just trying to find his place in the world. Gregory is our beautiful shopping centre everyman

Chaddyslap is on at Trades Hall Sept 12 – 29

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/chaddyslap/

5 Good Reasons to see Kieran Bullock Builds IKEA Furniture and Talks To The Audience

1. Schadenfreude (the German word for taking joy in the misery in others)
Let’s be honest- your initial reaction is why on earth would you go and watch this show? But also, you know you kind of want to. Building IKEA furniture is a notorious enterprise at the best of times. But watching someone else stumble their way through the process? That could be a disaster. That could be very entertaining. What’s the Swedish word for schadenfreude?

2. You might get a free piece of furniture.
Kieran is 33 years old – he lives in the fully-furnished house. What’s he going to do with all that furniture? He’s building pieces for some friends, but that’s not every night. The rest of it might just go to a good home – maybe yours??

3. You might see a Guinness World Record set on Grand Final Eve.
Currently under consideration by Guinness, Kieran is planning to (officially or not) set a world record for the fastest to build the iconic BILLY bookcase. You know the BILLY? You’ve almost certainly lived in a house with one. The date for this ludicrous venture is Friday September 27th, which is the Grand Final Eve public holiday. A massive day off work with parades, world records, and football! UP THE (insert your team here)!!!

4. You won’t be disappointed.
Often your level of enjoyment is determined by the expectations you brings to the show. Where do you set the bar? What’s it about, and what should I expect? Questions like that. This show will, at the very least, meet your expectations. Kieran Bullock will build IKEA furniture and talk to you, the audience. EXPECTATIONS MET. But what else will happen? Could be literally anything. Could be fifty minutes of pure flat-pack carnage. Could be worth tuning in for.

5. It was good enough for Timeout, and the Fringe Festival launch party. But it could still be a disaster!
This show was listed on Timeout’s Top Picks of the Fringe list – what do they know that we don’t? Nothing! They just looked at the concept and liked it. So did Melbourne Fringe, who invited Kieran on stage to build a piece of furniture at the Fringe program launch party. With no talking, just building, Kieran assembled his first piece of IKEA furniture in a decade – the TYSIL bedside table. And it took an HOUR AND A HALF! His Fringe show is fifty minutes long. It could be disaster. But, just quietly, that might be the best bit!

Kieran Bullock Builds IKEA Furniture and Talks To The Audience at Trades Hall Sept 21 – 29

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/kieran-bullock-builds-ikea-furniture-on-stage-and-talks-to-the-audience/

5 good reasons to see Tuck Shop Ladies – All Rhyme, No Reason 

1. It’s not on Netflix… yet

2. You’ll probably get to sit next to someone really good looking (we often have really good looking people at our shows, you just might be one of them?)

3. You’ll get some stellar conversational talking points, like “Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Or What makes you feel awkward?”

4. Otherwise, you might just be sleeping

5. You could win a prize (prizes not included).

Tuck Shop Ladies (Sam Lohs and Rosie Burgess) perform All Rhyme, No Reason at The Butterfly Club Sept 12 & 13 at 10pm

https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/tuck-shop-ladies-all-rhyme-no-reason/