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The 2021 Festival has been re-imagined, presenting a fabulous program of over 120 shows coming at to you through screens, earphones and mailboxes from Melbourne’s independent artists.

Multiply – the film

A film chronicling the of the most profound, collective experiences of 2020 – emerging from lockdown and re-joining our communities in-person

Melbourne Fringe Story Bank

We’re turning 40 next year and we’re inviting you to share your most vivid Fringe memories to help us with a big celebration

Guides to Fringe

With more than 120 events in the 2021 Melbourne Fringe Festival it can be hard to make your mind up. We’ve made your life a little easier by creating a handy bunch of guides

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Award Winners Guide to Fringe

Looking for a sure bet?
You’re guaranteed to be backing a winner with one of these award-winning shows.
Cabaret
Lousical the Musical

An online comedy musical about To-Do List Anxiety by multi-award winning comedian Lou Wall.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (50min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Theatre
MATRIARCH

A one-woman show full of hardship, hope, and humour, spanning four generations of Indigenous women

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (70min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Words & Ideas
Namummaa fi Wantoota Namummaa Qancarsan – Humanness and What Took It

A performance dedicated to the memory of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, an Oromo Hero.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (20min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Comedy
Patrick Collins – The New Nine

Join the revolution

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (55min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Comedy
Poopie Tum Tums

They're BACK!

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (70min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • MA 15+ - Restricted to audiences 15 and older
Music
RECKONING “Te Waiata Paihere Wairua -The Sounds of Woven Souls”

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • MA 15+ - Restricted to audiences 15 and older
Music
Selina Jenkins Sings

Melbourne Fringe live at Hamer Hall

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (50min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 75%
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Theatre
Triple Bypass: Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death & …

Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death & Dying for Life.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Open Caption
  • International
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • R 18+ - Restricted to audiences 18+
Theatre
落叶归根 (Luò yè guī gēn) Getting Home

A falling leaf returns to its roots

30 Sep - 02 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Open Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Words & Ideas
#txtshow (on the internet)

The best show you’ll write all year.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

2:00pm (60min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • International
  • R 18+ - Restricted to audiences 18+

Out & About Guide to Fringe

Get up out of your seat with these outdoor, site-specific and roaming shows that will literally take you on a journey.
Words & Ideas
The Market Record

A self-guided tour from your fridge to the Preston Market

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Experimental
help/HELLO

a guided walk. a story. an experience.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (105min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Audio Description
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Theatre
Tree Confessions

Site-Specific Audio Play

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (35min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • International
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Experimental
UnderEden WALKMAN *Explorers Edition*

Press play. Collect inventory. Activate invisible map.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (30min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Theatre
A Rain Walk

A walk in the rain

30 Sep - 17 Oct

Book for any session, partake whenever it's raining Approx. 40 mins
  • In Person Event
  • International
  • Aural Rating 75%
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Visual Arts & Films
APHIDS x METRO Hoardings

30 Sep - 17 Oct

Open 24 hrs Come and go as you please
  • In Person Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 100%
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Visual Arts & Films
Design Fringe: Designers On Your Doorstep

11 - 17 Oct

On Demand (1440min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 100%
  • Victoria
  • G - Suitable for all ages

Kids Guide to Fringe

Whether your littlies are non-stop-gigglers or dance-floor-wrigglers, you’re guaranteed to find something perfect for the smalls, extra smalls or just the small at heart.
Kids
Squishy Taylor and the City-wide Ghost Plague

An adventure for your family to share at home.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

9:00am 60 minutes
  • In Person Event
  • Visual Rating 50%
  • Victoria
  • G - Suitable for all ages
  • Ages 7+
Comedy
The Cafe Sessions Sketch Comedy

Original characters inspired by real people with VFL loving mums Fran & Mavis plus more.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Theatre
A Rain Walk

A walk in the rain

30 Sep - 17 Oct

Book for any session, partake whenever it's raining Approx. 40 mins
  • In Person Event
  • International
  • Aural Rating 75%
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Visual Arts & Films
Shadow tails

Documentary voices of real kids transformed into shadow puppet stories

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (30min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • G - Suitable for all ages
Kids
Polyglot At Home

Creative activities with simple materials to inspire play

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (1440min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 50%
  • Victoria
  • Language no barrier
  • G - Suitable for all ages
  • Ages 3+
Kids
Resin Jewellery with Hollie Johnson and KHT

An online jewellery demonstration with Gunai/Kurnai & Monero Ngarigo Artist Hollie Johnson.

30 Sep

11:00am (90min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
  • Ages 6+
Music
The Musical Comedy Jukebox

A mix of technology and cabaret create a unique, interactive musical experience

30 Sep - 14 Oct

12:00pm, 3:00pm, 8:30pm (90min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 75%
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Kids
I’m a Raindrop, Get Me Outta Here! (Creative Development)

An environmental show for kids!

30 Sep - 10 Oct

2:00PM (45min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 50%
  • Open Caption
  • Victoria
  • G - Suitable for all ages
  • Ages 4+

IBPoC Voices Guide to Fringe

The incredible collection of Fringe art being made by and with artists who are Indigenous, Bla(c)k and People of Colour, in every artform you can imagine.  

Visual Arts & Films
Reclaiming Narratives (Online exhibition)

Melbourne artists respond to I Am Not A Virus

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (1440min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 100%
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Theatre
000 The Play

Melbourne's first pop-up immersive theatre presents "000 The Play"

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (150min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Experimental
UnderEden WALKMAN *Explorers Edition*

Press play. Collect inventory. Activate invisible map.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (30min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Words & Ideas
Namummaa fi Wantoota Namummaa Qancarsan – Humanness and What Took It

A performance dedicated to the memory of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, an Oromo Hero.

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (20min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Music
RECKONING “Te Waiata Paihere Wairua -The Sounds of Woven Souls”

30 Sep - 17 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Award Winner
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • MA 15+ - Restricted to audiences 15 and older
Theatre
落叶归根 (Luò yè guī gēn) Getting Home

A falling leaf returns to its roots

30 Sep - 02 Oct

On Demand (60min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Award Winner
  • Open Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Cabaret
The People of Cabaret: We Are Here

An online variety lineup of Melbournes finest cabaret artists!

01 - 17 Oct

On Demand (50min)
  • On Demand Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • Closed Caption
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • PG - Parental Guidance recommended for under 15 years
Comedy
Fresh(ish) Off the Boat

Stuck, Foreign and Not Married During a Pandemic.

01 - 17 Oct

8:00PM (40min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • R 18+ - Restricted to audiences 18+
Dance & Physical Theatre
Where do I Begin★★ (Proactive Show)

IMMERSE, EXPLORE, CREATE

03 Oct

12:50pm, 1:30pm, 2:10pm, 2:50pm (25min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • AUSLAN Interpreted
  • Victoria
  • Sensory Friendly Performance
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older
Dance & Physical Theatre
Where do I Begin★★ (Passive Show)

IMMERSE, EXPLORE, CREATE

03 Oct

1:00pm, 1:40pm, 2:20pm, 3:00pm (15min)
  • Scheduled Digital Event
  • Digital Event
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visual Rating 75%
  • AUSLAN Interpreted
  • Relaxed performance
  • Victoria
  • Aural Rating 50%
  • Sensory Friendly Performance
  • M - Recommended for audiences 15 and older

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