Leading this year’s festival is the centrepiece project Uncommon Places: Instructions from the Fringe, which will see 24 contemporary artists turning run-of-the-mill public spaces into extraordinary artworks. The Fringe Hub will return once again as the heart of the festival, playing host to the infamous Fringe Club. The Fringe Club will offer the best of Australian art and artists, from contemporary dance and comedy to theatre and cabaret.
For the first time, the Fringe Club will showcase the Families at Fringe program – a selection of day events catered for children and families. Acts taking over the Fringe Club include an opening night gala hosted by Dash and D’Bree, Prime Cuts Karaoke run by Girls Uninterrupted, the topical satire of Political Asylum, Indigenous storytelling in Wilin Warriors, South American street sensations El Tarro, Shut Up and Dance presented by The Town Bikes, paternal comedy The Dad Show, David Bowie tribute Oh! You Pretty Things and ’90s nostalgia-party 1992-1-Oh!
Fringe Film returns for a third year with the festival’s program of short screen works and digital media weighing in with its largest ever submission of entries. Exploring the intersection of our personal and digital personas, showcases will screen throughout the festival.
If all that wasn’t enough, the 29th Fringe Furniture returns with the largest showcase of Melbourne design since its inception. Featuring 120 works, this year’s presentation explores the influence of an object’s design on how we perceive and use it in day-to-day life.
Featuring events across cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, live art, music, performance and visual art, it’s time to start preparing for the behemoth that is the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
