The Week on Wednesday

08/10/2024

TICKET OFFER for my new play, “WEREWOLF!” Arts Centre Melbourne are doing a promotion with $40 tix to a bunch of shows but *only* between noon and midnight TODAY (Tuesday, October 8!!!).

Code is TIXAT12, link is https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/werewolf/

Very short season, October 16-26! Shows at 2pm and 7:30pm.

HURRY!

30/09/2024

22/09/2024

If you’re one of our in Victoria and have been waiting to see a Van Badham play then the good news is you can now.
Get your tickets online TODAY!

Book tickets to my bloody play.
It’s got N***s and werewolves and Sky After Dark…

For Melbourne Fringe at Arts Centre Melbourne. October 16-26. It’s cheap. And did I mention the werewolves?

Book here: https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/werewolf/

19/09/2024

Nina Jankowicz and Van Badham on Online Mysogyny Nina Jankowicz, American disinformation expert and author of How to Lose the Information War and How to Be a Woman Online, and Van Badham, activist, playwright, and author of QAnon and On discuss disinformation, online harms, and their effect on elect...

11/09/2024

Van Badham and Ben Davison (and Germanicus the dog) HAVE RETURNED!

As Ben recovers from twelve months of illness, this long overdue return to The Week on Wednesday begins with heartfelt gratitude for the Medicare system, as you’d expect. Our delighted duo then analyze the first U.S. presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, highlighting Harris's effective preparation and Trump's off-chops - and certainly weird - shouty rants about pet-eating in Ohio. (Link in comments)

They also explore news from the word of “Disinfoland”, concerning the arrest of Telegram's Pavel Durov in France, the suspension of Elon Musk’s “X” platform in Brazil and the indictment of two alleged Russian agents for “information laundering” pro-Putin talking points through U.S. right-wing influencers. Ben encourages you to JOIN A UNION, and Van cuddles the dog.
A big shoutout to our supporters who’ve stayed with us all these months; friends, we are SO BACK.

08/08/2024

03/08/2024

Hey check out our Van Badham discussing her new musical on now in
P.S. Ben will be back for a special Weekend Wrap THIS SUNDAY!

31/07/2024

Get along !

23/07/2024

Van has a new show coming to Melbourne based on the research from her best selling book QAnon And On.
“Werewolf” is coming to the Arts Centre Melbourne and you can get your tickets now!

People of Victoria: I have some SUPEREXCITING personal news!

This past year, as a playwright, has been HUGE for me.

I had big show with Sydney Theatre Company (“A Fool in Love”), and my musical, “The Questions”, is about to premiere with the State Theatre Company South Australia in Adelaide. My comedy “Banging Denmark” had rave reviews and full houses in London at my beloved Finborough Theatre, and my crazy adaptation of “Animal Farm” was a critical hit in Oxford and in London at the Greenwich Theatre, too.

And every time I’ve posted about these shows, I have received lots of lovely messages asking “is it coming to Melbourne?” … and all I’ve been able to say is “hopefully someday!” because there were no immediate plans for a show in the nearest capital city to my house.

… UNTIL NOW!!!

I am so excited to let all Victorian followers of this page know that my BRAND NEW play, “Werewolf” is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne in OCTOBER THIS YEAR as part of Melbourne Fringe!

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW THE NEIGHBOURS!

“Werewolf” is a political thriller, an 80s horror tribute and a blacker-than-blacker-than-black black comedy about political extremism, fascists, idealistic young people and a political/media establishment facing a crisis it can’t even imagine.

You could say IT IS A LITTLE BIT TIMELY.

If you’ve read my book QAnon And On, “Werewolf” is inspired by stories I learned in my research that were *too insane* to even fit in that book.

The show is being directed by Gary Abrahams, one of my most beloved collaborators, and the maker of the recent smash hit radical retelling of Yentl at the Malthouse.

“Werewolf” is dark, wild and unfraid to be political and you can book tickets RIGHT NOW 👇👇👇

Omg! So exciting! SO EXCITING! I AM SO EXCITED!!!

20/07/2024

I live to gossip and I have written about it in The Guardian.

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13/07/2024

09/07/2024

19/06/2024

Ben has been having lots of tests today but if you’re in Melbourne tonight you can catch Van LIVE!
Details are below

13/06/2024

My latest for the Guardian (below) is on the latest deepfakes scandal, and what it reveals about entitlement culture; in tech, in private schools, in the desperate lies of misogyny.

Yes, some policy prescriptions here, too, .

07/06/2024