How to Art - Melbourne Fringe, 8-19 October 2025

Name: How to Art - Melbourne Fringe, 8-19 October 2025
Start: 2025-10-08T08:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-08T09:00:00+11:00
Location: Fringe Hub: Trades Hall

Schedule

Wed Oct 08 2025 at 08:00 am to 09:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Fringe Hub: Trades Hall | Melbourne, VI

Hot on the heels of winning the ‘Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award’ (NZ Fringe 2025), Ratbags Theatre presents the Australian premiere of this critically-acclaimed contemporary fruit fable.
“One of the funniest shows I have ever seen anywhere” - Lexie Matheson, Theatreview
Two bananas wake up duct-taped to the wall of a prestigious art gallery and meet their maker. Three artists, two auctions, one audience… Will anyone get paid?
In a world that values youth, perfection and mass production, can two bruised bananas go the distance? Ripe with potential, can they find their place before they’re put up for sale?
Jesters, collectors, and narcissists reign in this low-brow exploration of the cost of creativity and the art of living.
Find out how starving these artists truly are.
Watch out, Picasso.
Birthed from the burnt-out brains of NZ Theatremakers Katie Burson and Georgie Llewelllyn, and fresh from charming the art connoisseurs of Aotearoa, How to Art is a physical-theatre-clown-fruit-mash-up about making art, surviving, and chasing mass a-peel. Echoing the controversy of Maurizio Cattelan's infamous ‘Comedian’, How to Art invites the audience to question hierarchy, ownership, and the repercussions of the 'red sticker'.
You'll never eat a ladyfinger the same way again.
“A superb clowning commentary on the contemporary art scene.” - John Smythe, Theatreview
HOW TO ART
Dates: 8 - 19 October (Wednesdays through Sundays)
Times: 6pm, Wed - Sat, 5pm Sundays
Venue: Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Meeting Room
Price: $24 - $32 (Blak Tix, Flash Sales and Hump Day discounts apply)
To book tickets, visit melbournefringe.com.au or call (03) 9660 9666
How to Art is presented by Ratbags Theatre (NZ), with performances by Katie Burson (Room on the Broom, Wheelhead), Bronwyn Ensor (Murder on the Orient Express, Émilie) and Georgie Llewellyn (The Wedding, Cowboy Dreaming).
Featuring production design by Rob Byrne, costume design by Dan Collings, object design by Tse-Yu Lin, sound composition by Fia Haugh, directorial support from Hayley Dallimore, choreographic support from Tash Kohler, and dramaturgical support from Dan Goodwin.
WINNER - 'Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award' - NZ Fringe 2025
NOMINATED - 'Best in Fringe' - NZ Fringe 2025
NOMINATED - 'Spectacular Organised Chaos' - NZ Fringe 2025
NOMINATED - 'Most Memorable Marketing' - NZ Fringe 2025