The plans are drawn, the catapult cocked.
🎭Little Devil and the War Machine🎭 is officially live at The Motley WhereHaus for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Forced by a tyrant to invest the future of warfare, Leonardo da Vinci may be a Renaissance Man, but his boyfriend Salaì is a Renaissance Menace; hellbent on sabotaging sieges and dynamiting desire in a queer Commedia rollick that blows the dust off history with an overcompensating canon. Witness a foolish fusion of physical comedy and satire with enough anatomical accuracy and raunchy perspective to make a master painter blush.
🎟️Tickets available in bio @little.devil.show
March 23 - April 5 9:30 PM nightly
The Motley WhereHaus @themotleysatellites Players:
Phoebe Mason as Leonardo
Meg Taranto as Salaì
Tim Sneddon as Machiavelli
Fabio Motta as Borgia
Writer Director: James Vinson Producer: Claudia Harris Tech: Tiah Bullock Trailer Music: @albert_salt
#melbournecomedyfestival #commediadellarte
ID: A hyper fast cut of Meg Taranto playing Salaì, Phoebe Mason playing Da Vinci, Tim Sneddon playing Machiavelli, and Fabio Motta as Cesare Borgia. Meg is tressed in a vest, trunk hose, and pale lovers makeup with blush. Tim is dressed in a Brighella mask and a black tunic. Fabio is dressed in a Capitano mask, red velvet cape and black and red ruffled shirt and black tights. Phoebe is dressed in a Dottore mask, long red tunic, yellow socks and ribbons in her hair.
They’re Coming In
Altar Space, Naarm
12.02.2026
We were overwhelmed by such a generous response.
Thank you for coming along.
$979 donated to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.
Photos by @jamesvinsonpictus
🎭Little Devil and the War Machine🎭 brings Commedia Dell’Arte to @melbcomedyfestival after an early showing at the Fitzroy Town Hall with @cityofyarra
🎟️Tickets in bio @little.devil.show
March 23 - April 5
9:30 PM nightly
The Motley WhereHaus @themotleysatellites #melbournecomedyfestival
Video by @tomblock200
Costume pieces @josiahlulham
ID: A montage of key moments from Little Devil and the War Machine depicting Meg Taranto as Salaì, Phoebe Mason as Leonardo da Vinci, Fabio Motta as Cesare Borgia, and Tim Sneddon as Niccolò Machiavelli. The performers are wearing traditional Commedia Dell’Arte Masks, including Capitano, Brighella, and Dottore. The performance style is energetic, slapstick, and cartoonish. The performance space is an expansive wooden library hall with tall library shelves and a large mirror. There is a captive audience of 100 people.
Rehearsals begin! The war machine turns! But who will break it?! 🎭Little Devil and the War Machine🎭 March 23 - April 5 9:30 PM nightly The Motley WhereHaus @themotleysatellites #melbournecomedyfestival
💋Make love.💋💥Break empires.💥’Little Devil and the War Machine’ joins the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026!
Forced by a tyrant to invent the future of warfare, Leonardo da Vinci may be a Renaissance Man, but his boyfriend Salaì is a Renaissance Menace; hellbent on sabotaging sieges and dynamising desire in a camp commedia rollick that blows the dust off history with an overcompensating canon.
Witness a foolish fusion of physical comedy and satire with enough anatomical accuracy and raunchy perspective to make a master painter blush.
Poster design: @henrylucas5 🎭 Little Devil and the War Machine 🎭
📅 March 23 - April 5
🕤 9:30 PM nightly
📍 The Motley WhereHaus
7 audience members.
No rehearsal.
They’re Coming In
Altar Space | 432 Queen Street, Naarm
Thursday 12.02.2026
Selling quickly.
Tickets in bio.
All proceeds going to the 2026 Victorian Bushfire Appeal.
“This is either the best piece of theatre I have ever seen, or the biggest waste of my time.”
- Scout Boxall
They’re Coming In.
Thursday 12 February.
Altar Space | 432 Queen Street, Naarm
Tickets now live.
All proceeds donated to the 2026 Victorian Bushfires Appeal
Link in bio
Concept & Direction: @diddi.was.here & @bughotel_
Produced by @timsnedd
Assistant Producer @timeilenberg
Production Design @___ohmi___ , @speculative.hybridity @ @joli.boardman
With script support from @jamesvinsonpictus
Looking for something fresh this week?
The Portrait lands tomorrow and Friday with two performances only. Expect big laughs, sharp physical theatre and a satirical spin on art, celebrity and chaos.
It’s smart, fast and full of unexpected moments. Don’t miss the chance to catch this brand-new work early.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now (link in bio)
#alburywodonga
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
- Niccolò Machiavelli
Tim Sneddon dons the mask of cunning in our work-in-progress fundraiser of a new comedy play, Little Devil and the War Machine - featuring two live music sets from Insectoid Witch and Robbie Divine & Genevieve Fry.
🗓️ 7pm Friday, December 19
📍Fitzroy Town Hall, The Reading Room
🍻 BYO
🎟️ $10 tickets + optional donation on the night
Booking link in bio @little.devil.show 🎭
Cast:
Phoebe Mason (Leonardo) @big_owl_energy
Meg Taranto (Salaì) @megpie____
Tim Sneddon (Machiavelli) @timsnedd
Fabio Motta (Borgia) @fmphotographic
Writer Director + illustrations:
James Vinson @jamesvinsonpictus
Support Acts:
Insectoid Witch @insectoid_witch
Robbie Divine @robbie.divine & Genevieve Fry @genevieve___fry
ID: Slide 1 - a watercolour sketch of Tim Sneddon’s face sits within a gaudy gilt frame and bordered by a background of the green country landscape from Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa. Dressed as Machiavelli, Tim has wet curly hair and a sneering smile.
Slide 2 - a video timelapse of the same image from slide 1, with the traditional Commedia mask of Brighella being sketched in rapid time over Tim’s face. The mask is coloured crimson with a sly and menacing expression.
Slide 3 - a still image of the final illustration, with Tim wearing the mask.
The Portrait
Buster Keaton collides with Banksy in this bold new physical theatre work that takes a satirical look at the art world, celebrity, and the absurd expectations placed on those who guard it.
On the day of a grand unveiling, two gallery attendants find themselves swept into spiralling chaos — a funny, surprising, and wordless exploration of human vulnerability beneath the uniform.
Blending razor-sharp timing and masterful physical comedy, the work reveals both the humour and humanity in the cracks of cultural spectacle.
A special preview performance season presented as part of the 2025 Borderville Festival.
🎬 Created and Directed by Clare Bartholomew
🎭 Performed and devised by Emilie Bloom and Tim Sneddon
🎵 Sound composition and design by Steph O’Hara
🎨 Set design and construction by Mike Finch
📋 Production management by Sarah Platts
👁️ Dramaturgy and directing mentorship from Debra Batton and Peter Houghton.
📸 Photo by Andrew Wuttke
Thursday 4 December, 7pm Friday 5 December, 7pm
Borderville Theatre, Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Albury, NSW
🎟️ Tickets via Flying Fruit Fly Circus website
