Saucy woman biting into a pie with cream and red sauce like blood dripping over her face and shoulders.

30 Sep – 4 Oct

Mrs Lovett's Famous Meat Pies Grand Reopening Extravaganza

Peel back Mrs Lovett’s meat curtains and experience an immersive night of gore, vore and more.

Nearly 200 years after the events of Sweeney Todd, after inexplicably surviving being thrown into a furnace. Nellie Lovett has fled Victorian England for the second most Victorian place in the world – Victoria. Tonight is the grand reopening of Mrs Lovett’s famous pie shop, now at the Queen Victoria Markets due to popular demand – and you’re invited.

Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Date	Times
Wed 30 Sep	8:15pm - 9:15pm
Thu 1 Oct	8:15pm - 9:15pm
Fri 2 Oct	8:15pm - 9:15pm
Sat 3 Oct	8:15pm - 9:15pm
Sun 4 Oct	7:15pm - 8:15pm

From $10 to $45

Adult / general $31
Senior $29
Student / concession $29

Also part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

A young person with long blonde hair, wearing a green satin top and making an animated, expressive gesture with hands up near their face against a solid olive-green background.

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A performer in a black outfit, shorts, and a wide-brimmed black hat stands on a stage with a red floor, holding a large, flowing red cloth like a matador.

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Felt cut-out themed picture of a woman on a pizza with cut-out tomatoes and a cat on a stool.

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Close-up of woman's face with pursed lips.

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Things you can only see in the city

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A family of four standing in a grand library with antique desks, large white walls and a dome ceiling.

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Multiple plates on a white table cloth.

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The lobby of a comedy venue, with a blue velvet couch and red curtains.

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Four cabaret performers surrounded by pink and yellow feather fans.

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Burlesque performers on stage wearing black clothing and waving white boa fans.

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Circus with attitude. Drag with muscle. Burlesque with bite.

Two impro actors playing paper, scissors, rock either side of a pretend referee in a black and white striped shirt who holds a whistle.

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