Hot Brown Honey is set to unleash their explosive Hive City Legacy project on Melbourne this April.
Created by the award-winning collective, this vibrant collision of theatre, movement, poetry, music, comedy and circus brings together eight fierce local BIPOC femme artists. The Naarm (Melbourne) chapter represents the latest iteration of a global movement that addresses representation, inclusion, diversity and decolonisation through storytelling and performance.
Developed in just four weeks, Hive City Legacy – Naarm Chapter continues Hot Brown Honey’s decade-long mission of creating platforms for femmes of colour to share their stories centre stage.
Hive City Legacy – Naarm Chapter dates:
- Wednesday 23 April, 7.30pm (Preview)
- Thursday 24 April, 7.30pm (Opening Night)
- Friday 25 April, 7.30pm
- Saturday 26 April, 2pm and 7.30pm (Auslan interpreted)
- Sunday 27 April, 7.30pm (Closing Night)
Check out our gig guide, our festival guide, our live music venue guide and our nightclub guide. Follow us on Instagram here.
The Hive City Legacy project has already seen successful chapters created in partnership with Roundhouse London and Dublin Fringe. Each chapter involves Hot Brown Honey collaborating with local artists to create a brand-new show that showcases local talent while maintaining the collective’s signature high-energy style.
Lisa Fa’alafi, Director of Hive City Legacy, explains the genesis of the project: “When touring Hot Brown Honey, artists are constantly reaching out to us to ask: ‘How can I become a Hot Brown Honey? What do I need to do to make work like this?’ Our ethos is to create platforms and pathways. We created Hive City Legacy to ACTIVATE this genuine interest in our work, mobilising Femmes of Colour to share their stories centrestage. Our ambition is to create Hive City Legacy in Chapters all over the world – expanding the Hive while connecting artists and audiences.”
Music Director Busty Beatz adds: “Hot Brown Honey believes the Arts have the capacity to transform the world. Through the Hive City Legacy project we work with a League of Extraordinary Femmes to create unapologetic and genre defying experiences which challenge, uplift and inspire audiences to make noise! We are here. We are loud. We are taking up space – and we are doing it with the power of performance.”
Each Hive City Legacy production is shaped through professional development, mentorship, skill-sharing and collective collaboration. The result is urgent, unapologetic performances that reclaim space, disrupt narratives, challenge the status quo and shift paradigms.
Hot Brown Honey has earned critical acclaim internationally, winning Helpmann, Green Room, and UK Total Theatre Awards for their boundary-pushing work. Vancouver Presents described the collective as “more than a show – its a movement,” a sentiment that resonates strongly with their mission to decolonise stages around the world.
The Naarm chapter represents an important moment for the Australian arts landscape, offering a platform for local BIPOC femme voices while connecting them to a global community of artists engaged in similar work. Tickets for this limited season are now available.
For tickets and more information, head here.
