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Your Turn 6 at the Bella Union

YT_squareOn the third Thursday of each month, Pop Up Playground invites some of the brightest minds in Melbourne to compete in a battle of wits, smarts and silliness – and you’re playing as well!

Test your general knowledge, lateral thinking, communication skills, even your balance and co-ordination against the biggest brains we can find in challenges inspired by board games, classic party games and the imaginations of Pop Up Playground’s game designers.

For our December show, to finish off the year, our guests are:

  • Improvisor, actor and comedian, Amanda Buckley (Yourovision, Hungry Beast, The Gruen Transfer)
  • Writer and public speaker Kate Iselin (The Guardian, Daily Life, Thirty Dates of Tinder)
  • Writer and broadcaster John Richards (Night Terrace, BoxcuttersOutland)
  • Actor (and previous contestant) Kasia Kaczmarek (Wentworth Prison, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Doctor Blake Mysteries)

Hosted by our own Games Master, Ben McKenzie, with pedant James Tresise!

Finally – and this month, we do mean finally – it’s Your Turn!

DOORS OPEN 6:30pm

Tix from bellaunion.com.au or at the door.

Venue: Bella Union, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton.

For a taste of the Your Turn action, check out this highlights reel from our fourth show back in October:

Your Turn 5 at the Bella Union

YT_squareOn the third Thursday of each month, Pop Up Playground invites some of the brightest minds in Melbourne to compete in a battle of wits, smarts and silliness – and you’re playing as well!

Test your general knowledge, lateral thinking, communication skills, balance and coordination against the biggest brains we can find in challenges inspired by board games, classic party games and the imaginations of Pop Up Playground’s game designers.

This month, our guests are:

  • Theatre critic, arts writer and raconteur, Richard Watts (RRR’s SmartsArts, ArtsHub)
  • Comedian and ventriloquist, Sarah Jones (Jonestown, Melbourne Magic Festival)
  • Broadcaster, writer, media maker and festival director, Marcus Westbury (Bespoke, ABCTV)

Hosted by Ben McKenzie (Dungeon Crawl, Night Terrace) with pedant James Tresise.

Finally, it’s Your Turn!

DOORS OPEN 6:30pm

Tix from bellaunion.com.au or at the door.

Venue: Bella Union, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton.

Check out highlights from our third show on YouTube, below!

Your Turn 4 at the Bella Union

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On the third THURSDAY of each month, Pop Up Playground invites some of the brightest minds in Melbourne to compete in a battle of wits, smarts and silliness – and you’re playing as well!

Test your general knowledge, lateral thinking, communication skills, balance and coordination against the biggest brains we can find in challenges inspired by board games, classic party games and the imaginations of Pop Up Playground’s game designers.

Guests for October 15 include:

* Astrophysicist and science communicator, KATIE MACK!
* Sparkle-puppy comedian, Lisa-Skye​

Hosted by Benjamin McKenzie with Pedant James Tresise

Finally, it’s Your Turn!

DOORS OPEN 6:30pm

Tix $15 at the door or from https://www.bellaunion.com.au/ticketing/4428

 

Episode two is up!

Your Turn 3 at the Bella Union

PUP6 On the third Wednesday of each month, Pop Up Playground invites some of the brightest minds in Melbourne to compete in a battle of wits, smarts and silliness – and you’re playing as well!

Test your general knowledge, lateral thinking, communication skills, balance and coordination against the biggest brains we can find in challenges inspired by board games, classic party games and the imaginations of Pop Up Playground‘s game designers.

Here’s the line-up for August!

* Theatre critic and arts writer, Anne-Marie Peard
* Uniting Church Minister and creator of the Church of the Latter Day Geek, the Rev Dr Avril Hannah-Jones
* Comedian, musician and one-third of Tripod, Scott Edgar
* And a final guest to be released soon…

Hosted by Ben McKenzie (Dungeon Crawl, Night Terrace) with pedant James Tresise.

Finally, it’s Your Turn!

DOORS OPEN @ 6.30PM

Tickets are $15 on the door or at: https://www.bellaunion.com.au/ticketing/show_929/

Check out last month’s Your Turn, which resulted in the audience (Mighty Zest 2.0) winning over our two guest teams -Damian Callinan and Andrew Hiskens (Team Cold Front) and Marcus Westbury and Claire Sullivan (Team Raincoat Killers)

Your Turn at the Bella Union bar in Trades Hall

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On the third Wednesday of each month, Pop Up Playground invites some of the brightest minds in Melbourne to compete in a battle of wits, smarts and silliness – and you’re playing as well!

Test your general knowledge, lateral thinking, communication skills, balance and coordination against the biggest brains we can find in challenges inspired by board games, classic party games and the imaginations of Pop Up Playground’s game designers.

Guests for June 17 include:

* actor Kasia Kaczmarek (Wentworth)
* actor and photographer Sarah Walker (Silversun)
* comedian Lawrence Leung (Maximum Choppage, Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure)
* writer and comedian Alice Fraser (FBi radio)

Hosted by Ben McKenzie (Dungeon Crawl, Night Terrace).

Finally, it’s Your Turn!

DOORS OPEN @ 6.30PM

Tix $15 from the link below or at the door

https://www.bellaunion.com.au/ticketing/4428