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Click here to view the details for The Impro Cave 2010
The Impro Cave 2010
6 Jun - 29 Aug
Sunday nights, 7.30pm The Penny Black
Impro Melbourne’s hot fan favourite, the Impro Cave, is back to ward off the winter chill. And to help we are bringing back our favourite shows – Bingo Board of Doom, Smells Like a Song, Gypsyprov and How ‘Bout This just to name a few.

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Click here to view the details for Daisy Chain
Daisy Chain
12 - 21 Aug, 2010
8pm Theatre Works
Daisy Chain is a play that will have you thinking, especially when laughing.

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Click here to view the details for Human Interest Story
Human Interest Story
23 Jul – 1 Aug, 2010
See Malthouse website for session times Malthouse Theatre
Featuring an incredible ensemble of dancers with a special newscast from SBS World News Australia presenter Anton Enus, Human Interest Story explores the way in which we consume media in our daily lives.

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Jul | Aug | Sep

Oct | Nov | Dec
    1st Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Starting Here, Starting Now
    the Arts Centre, Blackbox
    Blood
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    A kind of Alaska
    Theatre Husk
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    2nd Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Starting Here, Starting Now
    the Arts Centre, Blackbox
    Blood
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    A kind of Alaska
    Theatre Husk
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    3rd Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Starting Here, Starting Now
    the Arts Centre, Blackbox
    Blood
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    David Hosking
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    A kind of Alaska
    Theatre Husk
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    4th Jul 2010
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Starting Here, Starting Now
    the Arts Centre, Blackbox
    Blood
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    The Impro Cave 2010
    The Penny Black
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    A kind of Alaska
    Theatre Husk
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    6th Jul 2010
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    7th Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    8th Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    Once On This Island
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Black Face, White Mask
    Incinerator Arts Complex
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    9th Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    Pizzaman
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Once On This Island
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Black Face, White Mask
    Incinerator Arts Complex
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    10th Jul 2010
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    Pizzaman
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Once On This Island
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    11th Jul 2010
    Topsy
    fortyfivedownstairs
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Circus Oz - 2010 Melbourne Season
    Big Top Tent, Birrarung Marr
    The Impro Cave 2010
    The Penny Black
    Happily Ever After
    La Mama
    Once On This Island
    Chapel Off Chapel
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    13th Jul 2010
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    14th Jul 2010
    Chasing the Lollyman
    La Mama
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    Mathematical Models of the Sublime
    Dancehouse
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    15th Jul 2010
    Chasing the Lollyman
    La Mama
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Mathematical Models of the Sublime
    Dancehouse
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    16th Jul 2010
    Chasing the Lollyman
    La Mama
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Mathematical Models of the Sublime
    Dancehouse
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    17th Jul 2010
    Chasing the Lollyman
    La Mama
    Slut
    The Dog Theatre
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Mathematical Models of the Sublime
    Dancehouse
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    18th Jul 2010
    Chasing the Lollyman
    La Mama
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    The Impro Cave 2010
    The Penny Black
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Mathematical Models of the Sublime
    Dancehouse
    Weekend
    La Mama Courthouse
    The Art of Being Still
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre
    19th Jul 2010
    The Punchline Comedy Club!
    Chapel Off Chapel
    20th Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    21st Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Stop. Rewind
    Red Stitch Actors Theatre
    Melbourne Cabaret Festival Opening Night Gala
    The Butterfly Club
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Twinships
    Dancehouse
    22nd Jul 2010
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    When The Sex Is Gone
    The Butterfly Club
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Walk On The Wildside
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    He Drank Too Many Cigarettes
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    The Petticoat Soiree
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Misfit
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - In Concert
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Book Of Hims
    The Butterfly Club
    The Mysteries Of Love
    The Butterfly Club
    The Beautiful Losers
    The Butterfly Club
    Best Of The Fest
    The Butterfly Club
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    Twinships
    Dancehouse
    23rd Jul 2010
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    When The Sex Is Gone
    The Butterfly Club
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Walk On The Wildside
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    He Drank Too Many Cigarettes
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    The Petticoat Soiree
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Misfit
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Yummy
    The Butterfly Club
    Book Of Hims
    The Butterfly Club
    The Mysteries Of Love
    The Butterfly Club
    The Beautiful Losers
    The Butterfly Club
    Best Of The Fest
    The Butterfly Club
    Mermaids In The Well and the Devil's On My Shoulder
    La Mama
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    Twinships
    Dancehouse
    24th Jul 2010
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    When The Sex Is Gone
    The Butterfly Club
    Ridin' High
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Short + Sweet Cabaret
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Canvas Town
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    The Masochism Tango Show
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Still Full Of Life
    The Butterfly Club
    Songs From New Beginnings Come From Some Other Songs Beginnings End
    The Butterfly Club
    Suade: Blokes Don't Sing
    The Butterfly Club
    An Evening With Sammy J
    The Butterfly Club
    Best Of The Fest
    The Butterfly Club
    Mermaids In The Well and the Devil's On My Shoulder
    La Mama
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    Twinships
    Dancehouse
    25th Jul 2010
    An Elephant in the Room
    Theatre Works
    Ridin' High
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    The Impro Cave 2010
    The Penny Black
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Short + Sweet Cabaret
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Canvas Town
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    The Masochism Tango Show
    South Melbourne Town Hall
    Songs From New Beginnings Come From Some Other Songs Beginnings End
    The Butterfly Club
    Suade: Blokes Don't Sing
    The Butterfly Club
    An Evening With Sammy J
    The Butterfly Club
    Melbourne Cabaret Festival Closing Salon
    The Butterfly Club
    Mermaids In The Well and the Devil's On My Shoulder
    La Mama
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    27th Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    28th Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    NOW NOW NOW
    Dancehouse
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    29th Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Stop. Rewind
    Red Stitch Actors Theatre
    NOW NOW NOW
    Dancehouse
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    30th Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Stop. Rewind
    Red Stitch Actors Theatre
    NOW NOW NOW
    Dancehouse
    Mermaids In The Well and the Devil's On My Shoulder
    La Mama
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Sappho ... in 9 fragments
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse
    31st Jul 2010
    Orpheus
    The Little Bakery
    Manbeth
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Stop. Rewind
    Red Stitch Actors Theatre
    NOW NOW NOW
    Dancehouse
    Mermaids In The Well and the Devil's On My Shoulder
    La Mama
    Human Interest Story
    Malthouse Theatre
    Sappho ... in 9 fragments
    Malthouse Theatre
    Everything Will Be Okay and Urgent Little Things
    La Mama
    Salonika Bound
    La Mama Courthouse