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A performer sits at the top of a tall ladder, playing an electric guitar while below them, another performer stands facing away from the camera, holding the ladder steady with uplifted arms.
15 – 18 Oct

Ocker

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Ocker is a roving circus show in motion, tearing through the streets on a portable railway track built in real time. This modern-day hunting party weaves through crowds, laying track wherever the chase leads. Down laneways, through parks, and over tram lines, the troupe is chasing something just out of reach.

Charging forward with single-minded determination, they drag the audience along for the ride. The city becomes a playground for strange encounters, risky acrobatics, and absurd acts of endurance as circus erupts in the most unexpected places. Improvised scenes constantly derail the hunt as the troupe negotiates crowds, obstacles, and their own terrible ideas.

Swept up in the chaos of the chase, Ocker waits for nobody. Keeping up is entirely your responsibility.

Presented by Na Djinang Circus as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 15 Oct
  • 5.30pm - 6.30pm 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Sun 18 Oct
  • 1pm - 2pm 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location

Fed Square
Swanston St & Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Fed Square

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9660 9666
  • email address: info@melbournefringe.com.au
  • Visit website for Ocker

Also part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

Burlesque performer wearing a glittery tank top with long fringed gloves, holding a wire.
9 Oct

Club Fringe: Club Blaq

Featuring a line-up packed full of the best queer BIPOC acts and DJs.

  • Nightlife
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View of Melbourne from across the Yarra River
9 – 18 Oct

Hand Foot in Mouth

A raucous, raw one-woman show and live DJ set by Gen Z's Mary Poppins, Bronte Locke.

  • Comedy
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Dancers lying in grass, each framing each other's head with their arms.
7 – 17 Oct

Break Down

Watch what happens when a group of dancers runs into a pile of compost.

  • Free
  • Dance

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A pair of giant roving elderly character puppets on the streets of Carlton, performing as part of the Festival of Puppetry.
22 – 27 Sep

Melbourne Festival of Puppetry

Performances, workshops, free events and more, presented around the city.

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre
Young children and their parents listening to a story book being read aloud in a colourful environment with large dinosaur cutouts.
Until 30 Dec

Dino Days

Young dinosaur enthusiasts, aged 3-5 years, are invited to explore all things dinosaur.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
A dark interior space, with smoky purple rounds of light, silhouettes of people's arms pushing into these open spaces.
Until 30 Sep

Imaginator

An immersive experience that celebrates imagination, technology and play.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
A solar eclipse, with light emerging around the edges of the blacked-out sun.
Until 23 Aug

Solar Tours

Come and experience the wonders of the Sun at the historic Melbourne Observatory.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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