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Side with Amex Melbourne | American Express x Time Out
What's better than a main meal? One with sides. Pay with your American Express® Card at these leading restaurants, and you'll be rewarded with a complimentary side for your first main meal ordered. Want to know more? Check out our Side with Amex FAQ. For more great offerings, return to the American Express casual dining guide.
September at Drum Theatre
This September the Drum Theatre is gearing up for three gigs that'll have dads a-rockin'. Instead of getting your dad another pair of useless socks or a OTT lunch, you can give him the gift of live music. Get groovy on September 1 at the Australian Bee Gees Show, which will bring a visual and musical discotheque to life with some help from classic tracks by the Gibbs brothers. The show has been performed around the world for the past 20 years and is now coming to Dandenong direct from Vegas. Or you can catch Aussie rocker Ian Moss live in concert in acoustic mode on Friday, September 14. If it's more musical nostalgia you're after, then book tickets to the Bootleg Beatles on September 16. Direct from London, this world-class Beatles show will take audiences on a ride through the band's iconic back catalogue, including a special tribute to mark the 50th anniversary of the White album. These guys are the real deal, having performed across the world and even at Glastonbury Festival. Each concert will tap into all the hits your dad (and you) know and love, making for a memorable evening that's about enjoying the music, nostalgia and each other's company. Whether he's a disco dad, an Aussie rock die-hard or a Beatles fanatic, each of the evenings will offer up a one-off chance to celebrate at the Dandenong theatre.
Win tickets to a San Francisco-themed party
Ask anyone what US cities are on their wishlist and you can bet San Francisco makes the cut. And if you’re thinking about a trip to the City by the Bay then you’ll want to head down to San Francisco Travel’s big party on Wednesday, September 5 (flowers in your hair optional). A celebration of the new direct flights from Melbourne to SFO – just a 14 hour 20 minute skip across the Pacific – the party will be held at Easey’s in Collingwood. All food, drink and entertainment is provided and the party will feature everything you love about this gateway to Northern California: we’re talking SF-inspired cocktails, burgers with a Bay Area twist, cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Summer of Love, the Giants, and some classic San Fran wine country drops. But here’s the kicker: everyone who attends the party will have the chance to win a trip to San Francisco by answering five quiz questions. Sound like fun? Time Out has 25 party double passes to give away, so your chances are pretty good, and all you have to do to win one is sign up to Time Out’s weekly newsletter by August 29. Already a subscriber? You can still enter by signing up below – and we won’t send you multiple newsletters, because for heaven’s sake why would we do that? So we’ll see you down at Easey’s – and, like Tony Bennett, you could be leaving your heart in San Francisco some time very soon. Fill out my online form. // var z2e05ni0rg4q71;(function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t), options = { 'userNam
Blasted
When Blasted premiered in 1995, it left audiences reeling. The Daily Mail famously labelled it “a disgusting feast of filth” and critics dismissed its graphic scenes of rape, torture and mutilation as a cheap ploy for attention by its creator, British playwright Sarah Kane. Kane died by suicide four years later, at the age of just 28. More than 20 years later, the talented Anne-Louise Sarks is introducing the play to a new generation, in a production with Malthouse Theatre starring Fayssal Bazzi (Sami in Paradise), Eloise Mignon (The Wild Duck) and theatre veteran David Woods. As the play opens, a misogynistic middle-aged journalist is attempting to seduce a naïve and troubled young woman in an expensive hotel room. But when a soldier and a war zone explode through the window, a nightmarish train of events is set in motion.
