Date

5 - 30 August

Time

9:40 pm

Venue

Underbelly Cowgate
Iron Belly

suitability

Age 14+ (Guideline)

Tickets from

£10.00

(includes booking fee)

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Comedy

How to Art

An award-winning clown-fruit-mash-up about making art, surviving and chasing mass a-peel.

Two bananas wake up duct-taped to the wall of a prestigious art gallery. Three artists, two auctions, one audience. Get ready to bid! Winner of the Melbourne Fringe ‘Tour Ready Award’ (NZ Fringe) and nominated for ‘Best in Theatre’ at Melbourne Fringe, 2025.  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? 

Find out how starving these artists truly are. Watch out, Picasso.


ENHANCED PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Relaxed performances of How to Art are available, featuring lowered levels of sound where appropriate, house lights partially up throughout and an open-door policy. An Access Guide (including a comprehensive show summary) can be requested via email in advance.

How to Art is an interactive show with some consensual audience participation. Content note: the show contains a total audience blackout, flashing lights, loud sound, and special effects.  Personal access tools such as sunglasses, headphones, fidget toys, and physical and vocal stims are welcome at any performance.

Monday 18th August: Book Here

Tuesday  25th August: Book Here

An audio introduction for this show is available below. This is a pre-recorded description of the show, made to aid visually impaired audiences and inform them when choosing which shows to see. It typically includes a description of visual elements of the show, including set, costumes, movement styles and set pieces.

 

Presented By

Ratbags Theatre

Duration

60 minutes

Advice

Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strobe lighting

Price

Tickets from

£10.00

(includes booking fee)

Accessibility

This venue can only be accessed via 2 flights of a spiral staircase with a handrail (32 steps). The seating in the venue is raked.

Wheelchair Spaces

Sorry, there are no wheelchair spaces available for this event.

reviews

'One of the funniest shows I have ever seen anywhere'

Theatre View

'Clowning at the 11th level of intensity'

TheatreThoughtsAus.com

★★★★1/2

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