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Monday May 20

Cheap Mondays at Cinema Nova Carlton

Feel like a night out without three visits to the bar’s ATM and an empty purse come morning? Mondays at Cinema Nova have you covered. With tickets starting from $6 for morning sessions and $9 come afternoon, you can take yourself, shout a friend and still have change jingling about your pockets.

Rust and Bone

Tuesday May 21

Tight Ice Tuesday at Medibank Icehouse

Every Tuesday, Medibank Icehouse offers cheap entry to their oh so cool rink. With speakers that pump Indie Rock, New Wave, Electro and Dubstep, you’ll be grooving to tunes whilst skating up a storm.

Medibank Icehouse 

105 Pearl River Road, Docklands

Open: 9am – 3.45pm & 7 – 10pm
Price: $15 with skate hire of  $11 without

Wednesday May 22

Monet’s Garden at the NGV

‘“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.” Monet’s Garden is a stunning exhibition devoted to Claude Monet’s iconic garden at Giverny. Renowned as the ‘father of French Impressionism’, Monet was inspired by his direct experiences of nature, culminating in the ravishing depictions of his lily and flower gardens in the rural property at Giverny, northern France, that became his lifelong obsession. Step into the extraordinary this winter for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these masterpieces in Australia, exclusive to Melbourne.’

National Gallery of Victoria

180 St Kilda Road, Southbank

10 MAY 2013 – 08 SEP 2013

Price: Adult $26.00 Concession* $22.50 (other packages are available, see website for full details).

Thursday May 23

Menagerie by DANIEL SCHLUSSER ENSEMBLE for the NEON Independent Theatre Festival

If Monday’s cheap flick left you with a taste for more, then why not head down to catch a live performance by a stunning cast. Although it may not be as economical as Monday, it’s sure to leave you with a spattering of culture that’s priceless.

‘In a tiny derelict flat, a voracious mother, her repressed daughter and flamboyant poet son live in squalor, nourished only by competitive manoeuvring and nostalgic fantasies. You recognise this family. They have the same lost dreams and drowned sorrows as your neighbour, uncle, stepbrother. They are caged animals, wild at heart, with the American Dream – capitalism and hedonism – oozing through the seams of their imaginative worlds.

Contains strong coarse language, atmospherics, strobe effect, simulated violence, use of AK 47 rifles, and scenes depicting violence.’

Melbourne Theatre Company

252 Sturt street, Southbank

16 May – 26 May

All tickets $25