TWiSK #344
Huge St Kilda weekend as ‘summer’ starts
50 years of Gay Liberation @ Pride
Ferris Wheel returns @ Catani Gardens
Nick and Warren @ Palais
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KIIS Eye Ferris Wheel @ Catani Gardens
Thursday 1 December to Sunday 30 April, 12 noon – 9.30 pm* Monday to Friday
10am – 9.30pm* Saturday & Sunday
*Closing times may vary due to weather
30% discount at the gate for St Kilda locals with proof of address.
Ride a comfy accessable gondola for 6 – 10 minutes of St Kilda views. $12 adults, $10 seniors/kids, $40 for 6-person gondola.
15% discount online.
Tix and info
Paintings by Stuart Irwin @ Stranger Gallery
Opening: Thursday 1 December, 6 pm – 8 pm
The Things You learn at 42 is an exhibition of abstract paintings by Stuart Irwin. He uses color with purpose and adds to the overall meaning of the paintings. The lack of intent in the artist’s brushstrokes gives the paintings a sense of spontaneity and energy.
“Stuart’s work stems from losses, relationships, being human, fk’n it up & redemption.”
RSVP to opening
11b/60 Fitzroy Street
Joyce Prescher – Album Launch @ George Lane
Wednesday 30 November, 6.30 pm – 11.00 pm
Out of my mind is an intimate, soul-baring record by the folk artist, spanning a total of 13 tracks. Joyce reveals much of her inner world, with themes of love, heartbreak, loss and healing.
Tix
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis @ Palais
Wednesday 30 November and Friday 2 December (sold out)
An extra show added after first show sold out. Hurry.
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Air Supply @ Palais
Thursday 1 December
Air Supply return to perform all-time. $99
Sold Out
The Merry Wives of Windsor @ St Kilda Botanical Gardens
Friday 2 December – Saturday 24 December (Wednesday – Sunday)
7pm daily + Saturdays and Sundays 3pm
Melbourne Shakespeare Company will be performing their brand-new musical production of The Merry Wives of Windsor in the Rose Garden at the St Kilda Botanical Gardens.
melbourneshakespeare.com
Little Eyolf @ Theatre Works Explosives Factory
Previews Friday 2 December 7.30pm, Saturday 3 December 2.00pm
Saturday 3 December, and Tuesday 6 December – Saturday 10 December. 7.30pm.
The Melbourne premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf.
One of Ibsen’s greatest plays, but rarely performed, Little Eyolf deals with grief, sex, marriage and parenting, in a new way that feels like it was written in 2022.
$42.50 / $34.50 / $27.50 / Preview $27.50 Age suitability: 18+ Warning: child death
Bookings
No wheelchair access at this venue
Making of the Pride Centre Book Launch @ Pride
Friday 2 December, 6 pm – 8 pm
The launch of ‘The Making of the Victorian Pride Centre’ book by historian Dr. Judith Buckrich with an exhibition hosted by Pride Ambassador Julie McCrossin and launched by the Hon. Martin Foley (pictured).
Limited tickets available via TryBooking
Lachie Gill @ Memo
Friday 2 December, 7.30 pm
Lachie Gill will be premiering his catchy new single ‘Sad Summer’ in stripped-back acoustic mode in his first hometown show since being crowned the winner of The Voice 2022. With very special guests McDermott & North. $50 / $35
Tix
Monthly Sale: Plants, Books & More @ Christ Church
Saturday 3 December, 9.30 am – 2 pm
Would you like to join our other stallholders?
Contact Robyn on 0408 536 241 for details
14 Acland Street
(Weather Permitting)
‘Celebrating 50 Years of Gay Liberation’ Symposium @ Pride
Saturday 3 December, 10 am – 5.30 pm
‘Coming Out! Celebrating 50 Years of Gay Liberation’: Then & Now Symposium presented by the Australian Queer Archives.
An impressive program of guest speakers, panel discussions with people who were on the streets in 1972 through to today’s generation on activism and the impact of Gay Lib now.
Program highlights
Introduction: Graham Willett: 10 am – 10.30 am
Changing Ourselves: Gary Scheilman and Sue Jackson: 10.30 am – 11.30 am:
Changing the World: Gay Walsh and Gary Dowsett: 11.30 am – 12.30 am
What We Did Next: David Menadue, Gary Jaynes, Sally Goldner: 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
What We Do Now: Olly Newell (Minus 18), Alexander Teh (Acting President / Vice President – Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council), Clare O’Hanlon (Australian Queer Archives): 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Gay Libbers Panel: Jude Munro, Peter McEwan, Dennis Altman, Julie McCrossin: 4 pm – 5.30 pm
Info and tix
The Sound Garden @ South Beach
Saturday 4 December, 1.30 pm – 9.30 pm
“Experience global heavyweights and just about the best DJ combination on the planet, Hernan Cattaneo B2B with Nick Warren for the very first time in Naarm (Melbourne).” $75 – $105
Tix
Sisters in Crime: 29th Scarlet Stiletto Awards @ Rising Sun
Saturday 3 December, 6.30 pm
Nicole Chamoun, star of Troppo, will present Sisters in Crime’s 29th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short stories in collaboration with award-winning author and podcaster, Vikki Petraitis. $30.
Please book individually or for groups by Wednesday 30 November, 3 pm.
Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome.
Book now
Into The Mystic – The Music of Van Morrison @ Memo
Saturday 3 December, 7 pm
Joe Creighton & his 8 piece band will take you Into The Mystic on a journey that begins in the 1960s and moves through the decades encompassing Van Morrison’s worldwide hits. Great show, big sound. $50/$35
Tix
Sammy Owen Blues Band @ St Kilda Sports Club
Saturday 3 December, 8 pm
Their residency continues. The first Saturday of the month! Free
2XU Wellness Run @ Catani Gardens, St Kilda and on road
Sunday 4 December, 6.30 am – 11.30 am
Road closure: Beaconsfield Parade, Jacka Boulevard, Marine Parade, Ormond Esplanade from Kerferd Road, Middle Park to St Kilda Street, Elwood 6.30 am to 11.30 am
wellnessrun.com.au
Affordable Art Show Opening @ Space2b
Opening: Sunday 4 December, 11 am – 1 pm
Exhibition Dates: 29 November– 28 January
The Affordable Art Show presents over 60 artists with works at affordable prices.
Info
144 Chapel St
Laneway Festive Market @ Space2b
Sunday 4 December, 10 am – 3 pm
Space2b is partnering with The Urban Creatives. The Laneway Festive Market will be hosting a wide range of multicultural makers, designers and artists.
Info
Laneway behind 144 Chapel St
Musical extravaganza starts BIG Summer Read @ St Kilda Library
Sunday 4 December, 11am
Kick off the summer reading session with for a lesson in sideways yodelling, beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic technique, looping and even advanced clapping!
The BIG Summer Read library team will be organising registrations and handing out goody bags throughout the show.
Book your free tickets 
Paint Out 2022 @ Gasworks
Sunday 4 December, 10 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 4 pm
Paint Out returns to Gasworks Arts Park to celebrate the start of summer 2022. This time artists, arty people of all ages and nature lovers will create to the magic of music.
Paint, draw or sketch anywhere in the beautiful parklands during each 2 hour session.
Tickets 
Meet The Artists > Labour Lexica @ Linden Project Space
Sunday 4 December, 1 – 2 pm
Join a relaxed afternoon of conversation with emerging artists Maki Morita, Luce Nguy?n-Hunt, Lachlan Marley and curators Ada Coxall, Coral Guan and Sebastian Kainey, as they share with us behind-the-scene stories of Labour Lexica while expanding on their discussion about labour, precarity and language.
Info
Project Space is not wheelchair accessible
IMAGE > Artist Maki Morita & curator Ada Coxall installing dance piece, 2022. Photograph: Shelley Xue
Special nostalgia-tinged Sunday Sizzle @ Pride
Sunday 4 December, 1 pm – 6 pm
A special nostalgia-tinged Sunday Sizzle with music, drinks, exhibitions, BBQ, pop-up makeup activation from Major Partner L’Oréal Australia and Gay Stuff Markets till 5pm.
There will be a flag-raising on the Rooftop Terrace at 1.30 pm by Gay Liberation activists.
Info
Chocolate Starfish: The Greatest Christmas Show @ National
Sunday 4 December, 3.15 pm
Featuring an encore performance of their ‘The Best of the Best’, an epic afternoon that’s “choc-full” of highlights from their Bat Out Of Hell, INXS:KICK and Bohemian Rhapsody shows, plus the band’s own hits. Also included will be Christmas songs from the bands forthcoming release. $99
Tix
Rebecca & Billy’s Special Christmas Sing-A-Long @ Memo
Sunday 4 December, 3 pm
Celebrate another year with Rebecca Barnard & Billy Miller for a Special Christmas Singalong $25
Tix
The Tonalists @ Espy
Sunday 4 December, 6 pm – 9 pm
Sunday Blues with the Tonalists!
Espy gigs
Teskey Brothers @ Palace Foreshore Triangle Car Park
Sunday 4 December
A Lovely Day: The Teskey Brothers, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles (USA), Elsy Wameyo and Emma Volard
Tix
Saturday 10 December: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Don’t miss
A Simple Act of Kindness @ Red Stitch
Until Sunday 18 December
A Simple Act of Kindness is a comedy for a generation who’ve been locked down with the ones we… love?
Directed by award-winning director, writer and actor, Peter Houghton. Cast includes Khisraw Jones-Shukoor, Joe Petruzzi and Sarah Sutherland, and guest artist Lou Wall. $57 – $15
Tix
Big Sculpture @ Veg Out
Until 11 December, 12 noon – 5 pm
22 sculptures on show in these fabulous community gardens.
More info
Soon
Rhys And Joel’s Family Christmas @ National
Thursday 8 December, 7.30 pm
Join your favourite drunk aunties Joel Creasey (Australia’s #1 drive radio show ‘Kate, Tim and Joel’, Eurovision, Netflix) and Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Downunder, Conan, Netflix) as they host a yuletide gay extravaganza featuring some of their favourite comedians, musicians and who knows, maybe some members of the clergy? $40/$36
Tix
‘The Print Show’ @ Neighbours Cafe
From Thursday 8 December, 6.30 am – 4.00 pm daily
An exhibition ‘the print show’ by award-winning Australian artist Anthony Breslin.
Pictured “oink oink oink oink” the original is ink, pencil and acrylic on paper.
42 Chapel Street, cnr Inkerman Street
A Very Merry Mariah Carey Christmas @ Memo
Friday 9 December, 7 pm
Starring Sarah C, Greg Gould & Melanie Lewin backed by The Mariah Choir
Three of Australia’s most exciting vocalists are joining forces to celebrate the highest selling female artist of all time. $55/$35
Tix 
Vic Opera’s A Christmas Carol @ Palais
Wednesday 14 December – Saturday 17 December, 7.30 pm + 1 pm Saturday
Victorian Opera’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. $39+
Tix
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