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Two naked humans wearing black socks on their feet and yellow beanies on their heads,  attached to a white wall with silver duct tape.
8 – 19 Oct

How to Art

  • Comedy
  • Theatre

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?

Winner of the ‘Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award’ 2025, How to Art is a physical theatre-clown-fruit-mash-up about making art, surviving and chasing mass a-peel.

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?

Birthed from the brains of NZ theatre makers Katie Burson and Georgie Llewelllyn, and fresh from charming the art connoisseurs of Aotearoa, this critically-acclaimed fruity fable leaps the ditch for its Australian premiere. 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.

Part of Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Hours

Date Times
Wed 8 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Thu 9 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Fri 10 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 11 Oct
  • 6pm - 7am 6:00pm - 7:00am
Sun 12 Oct
  • 5pm - 6pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Wed 15 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Thu 16 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Fri 17 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sat 18 Oct
  • 6pm - 7pm 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sun 19 Oct
  • 5pm - 6pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Location

Festival Hub: Trades Hall
54 Victoria St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Festival Hub: Trades Hall

Price and bookings

From $10 to $40

Adult / general $32
Student / concession $25
Book online for How to Art

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9660 9666
  • email address: info@melbournefringe.com.au
  • Visit website for How to Art
Instagram page for How to Art

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Companion card accepted
  • Mobility access
  • Quiet spaces
  • Relaxed/low sensory
  • 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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