In today's Backstage at Midsumma, we sat down with Cassidy Cogin, co-writer and director of DISCO IS DEAD! , the campy cannibal comedy coming to Explosives Factory next week as a part of our Midsumma Festival Hub lineup. After attempting a comeback, Freddy and the Four- a once successful disco boyband, reluctantly await reviews for their latest song. But, someone, or something, nefarious lurks outside the safety of their greenroom, threatening to end disco for good. When a ra

In today's Backstage Blog, we spoke to Jack Francis West, creator and performer of Dead Mum , the smash hit cabaret returning to Explosives Factory in the final week of Midsumma after a sellout season in Melbourne Fringe. Jack’s mum is dead. This show is about her… It’s also about you. Death is the most universal experience of the human condition. So why don’t we talk about it? Hey, why don’t we sing about it?! Dead Mum is a cabaret about death and grief, written by Jack Fra

Funkadelic, baby! Check out the glitz and glam going on in the rehearsal room of Disco is Dead! as they prepare to take to the stage next week at Explosives Factory! Full of fun, funk and disco fever, Disco is Dead! plays at Explosives Factory 3-7 February as a part of our Midsumma Festival hub lineup.