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  • Performer wearing a coat with striped lapels, with a large bubble wand.
  • Performer placing a bubble over a small child.
  • Performer and child during a magic act on stage, their arms outstretched.
28 Mar – 19 Apr

Dr Hubble's Brilliant Bubbles

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy

A fun, funny and (slightly) educational show by Australia’s favourite bubble man.

Dr Hubble will amaze with bubbles you have never seen before – the square bubble, the bubble carousel, the chimney bubble, the explode-a-bubble, bubbles-inside-bubbles, and bubbles so big you could fit somebody inside them.

Part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Hours

Date Times
Sat 28 Mar
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sun 29 Mar
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tue 7 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Wed 8 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Thu 9 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Fri 10 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tue 14 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Wed 15 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Thu 16 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sat 18 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sun 19 Apr
  • 12pm - 1pm 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location

Empire Theatre
Spiegel Haus Melbourne
217 Lonsdale St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

From $22 to $27

Book online for Dr Hubble's Brilliant Bubbles

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Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Mobility access
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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