Red Bennies South Side Show every Saturday night presents an allstar lineup of Melbourne's best circus / burlesque / cabaret and sideshow perfomers!

Malia Walsh

Malia Walsh was trained as a ballerina with the royal academy of dance till at age 15 she fused her classical training with circus skills. She has a zest for the melodramatic and her sheer commitment has seen her rise to dizzying heights as an acrobat. With her acerbic tongue and sharp wit she is an exemplary performer to behold. 

Kali Retallack

Kali is and an eloquent and experienced physical performer specializing in Lyra (spinning hoop), tissue, hulla hoops and dance. Kali has been performing since the age of 10, and became a member of the Flying Fruit Fly circus circus at 14, where her love of circus began.

Kali trained in dance at the Dance Factory in 2007 to add to her versatility and circus acts and has since been freelance performing around Australia in corporate and community events. Kali was selected to work with CIRCA and performed in their art end show ‘Chroma’ and also featured in Silverchair's filmclip “If you keep losing sleep”.

Mel Fyfe and Emma J

Following on from their success in CircusOz, Mel Fyfe, strongwoman and Emma J Hawkins, triple threat performer have become the latest odd couple….Little and Large….with vaudevillian style threads, and delightful repartee these modern day clowns will keep you entertained with extraordinary feats, circus tricks and toe tapping dancin'.  Come and try them on for size...

Mike Gurrieri
Mike's strictly underground attitude towards music has earned him a reputation as a DJ who can open an entire crowd's mind to fresh, innovative music but still know how to make it fun at the same time.

Having worked in several local record stores earlier in his career enabled Mike to develop his ear & build a solid collection of music. Not content with just being known as a deep house DJ, Mike has managed to make a name for himself also playing more eclectic freestyle DJ sets where he explores the depths of jazz, funk, soul, roots & beyond.

Having the ability to play such a wide variety of music has given Mike the opportunity to be the local DJ of choice given the task of setting the mood for many touring acts to take the reigns. He has been billed alongside the likes of Derrick Carter, Henrik Schwarz, Metro Area & Mark Farina at Melbourne's top house music nights. With the more freestyle DJ sets, he has supported DJs such as Jazzanova, Quantic, Nickodemus & Ben Westbeech as well as live acts including Amp Fiddler, Mayer Hawthorne & Crazy Penis. Mike has also started performing alongside funk and soul vocalist Kylie Auldist (of The Bamboos) live on PA. They recently made their debut together at Summadayze 2010 in Melbourne.

2010 promises to be a big year with more international support gigs, more releases on his record label Deepermotions Music & waiting for the right amount of inspiration to move into music production. Stay tuned.

Knave Knixx

Knave Knixx - MC, DJ, Elvis Imposter and all around Show off!
 
Knave Knixx is fresh to Melbourne and is the one stop shop for all that is entertainment and is no stranger to the stage, having performed in various guises across Australia and homeland New Zealand.
 
As an MC he's hosted numerous Burlesque and Caberet shows and has been known to do "Boylesque" routines of his own!
 
As a DJ he specialises in Surf, 50's Rock N Roll, Jazz/Swing/Soul and Exoctica tunes, which currently sees him as resident Saturday night DJ for the Red Bennies South Side Show!
 
 
He's recently wrapped up a 5 year primetime radio show on Radio Active 89FM in Wellington NZ, Performed around Australia and NZ at various venues, events and festivals and has DJ'd alongside the likes off : The Kills, Peaches, Battles, The Black Seeds, The Breeders, Reguritator, Trans Am, The MC5, The Datsuns, Shihad, Holly Golightly, Le Tigra and Bonnie Prince Billy to name a few.