Program #21, 2005
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Guest: Mary Black, one of Ireland's most popular singers who has forged a 20-year relationship with Australian singers-songwriter, Shane Howard, and his sister Marcia. Mary Black in on a New Zealand and Australian tour.
(Mary Black has finished touring Aukland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney, whilst people in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth can still catch her on 23 May, 25 May and 26 May. Visit the Mary Black homepage: www.mary-black.net.)
(Mary Black's image source: www.mary-black.net.)
We hear from Dr Baden Offord, author of 'Homosexual Rights as Human Rights', for which he was awarded recently the annual George Duncan Memorial Award.
('Homosexual Rights as Human Rights: Activism in Indonesia, Singapore and Australia' is now available in university and specialist bookshops from Peter Lang Publishing Group for $US62.95. More info: www.api-network.com.)
(Dr Baden Offord's image source: www.scu.edu.au.)
The National Party in Victoria comes out against Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU).
(And it's worth remembering that the Nats in Victoria are bits of bell-wethers. They were among the first to alert the cultural sector to rising cost of Third Party Insurance premiums. More info on VSU: www.vsu.com.au. The Nationals official website: www.nationals.org.au.)
(See also our previous report on the government's proposed VSU and sounds from March Against VSU demonstrations in April.)
The St Kilda Film Festival keeps ahead of the competition.
(The St Kilda Short Film Festival 2005 runs from 24 to 29 May in various venues in Melbourne's bay-side suburb of St Kilda. More info: www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au.)
Sounds from the 'Beggars Opera', one of the works in the Winter Opera Celebration coming up late May and June in Melbourne.
(More info: www.opera-australia.org.au.)
Poetry: 'Black Cat Judgement' by Cait Klyne.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Luke Dykes, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #22, 2005
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An exhibition of Greek Treasures from the Benaki Collection in Athens has opened at the Power House Museum in Sydney. The objects on display span eight thousand years of Greek history. We'll walk around the exhibition with the Australian curator of the show, Paul Donnelly.
(The 'Greek treasures: from the Benaki Museum in Athens' exhibition is now on at Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney until 4 September. For details about the exhibition and other relating events and program visit: www.powerhousemuseum.com.)
The Commonwealth government commits to support the Creative Volunteering program for another 4 years.
(The schedule for the new round of the Creative Volunteering workshops will be posted at www.regionalarts.com.au. soon. In the meantime you cal call Regional Arts Australia at (08) 8444 0400.)
New Zealand joins Australia at the Asian Arts Market in Singapore, as the Singapore Arts Festival started last Thursday (26 May).
(The Singapore Arts Festival 2005 runs from 26 May to 26 June, and ARTS alive will be reporting from the Festival in the week beginning Monday 13th June, with the financial assistance of Arts Victoria. More info about the Festival: www.singaporeartsfest.com.)
We hear from film critic Jan Epstein who has been at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
(The official Cannes International Film Festival website: www.festival-cannes.fr.)
Sounds from one of the many National Sorry Day ceremonies held in Australia last week, with Indigenous activist and Goodigermara man, Richard Frankland, subverting one of Victoria's sacred ceremonies, the annual Moomba Festival.
(More info on the National Sorry Day: www.journeyofhealing.com. More info on the annual Melbourne Moobma Festival: www.melbournemoombafestival.com.au)
Stage Review: Opera Australia's brand new Gilbert & Sullivan season HMS Pinafore/Trial by Jury.
('HMS Pinafore/Trial by Jury' is now playing at State Theatre of the Melbourne Arts Centre until 4 June, then plays at the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House from 6 July until 5 November. More info: www.opera-australia.org.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #23, 2005
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Guests: playwright Tee O'Neill and theatre director Chris Bendall from Theatre@Risk, one of those small theatre companies that are the engine room of innovation, something that academic and theatre director, Julian Merrick, claims is missing in Australian theatre today.
(Find out what's on the 2005 Season at the Theatre@Risk homepage: www.theatreatrisk.com.)
Ever wanted to know about belly dancing and how to do it? It's available on a DVD.
('Underbelly Presents - Learn to Belly dance Vol. 1' is available directly from Underbelly at (03) 9419 6620 or contact Andrea Makris at andrea@underbellydance.com. More info: www.underbellydance.com.)
Music therapy helps unlock the secrets of anorexic patients.
(If you are interested in finding out more about music therapy visit the Australian Music Therapy Association homepage:
www.austmta.org.au.)
Arts and cultural issues give a new spin to a restaurant guide.
('Top Art and Food - Art and Eatery Guide, Melbourne', published by Bois de Chesne Pty Ltd, is now available on paperback at your local bookstores for rrp $A39.95. Also available: 'Top Art and Food - Art and Eatery Guide, Sydney'. More info: www.topartandfood.com.)
Film Reviews: Melinda and Melinda & We Don't Live Here Anymore.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #24, 2005
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Guest: David Diamond, artistic and managing director, and joker-in-chief, of Canadian theatre company Headlines Theatre. He is visiting Australia to run a series of workshops and is passionate about employing theatre to develop critical thinking and social dialogue.
('The use of theatre in developing critical thinking and social dialogue', a forum on on Theatre for Living featuring David Diamond, is on Friday 17th June, 2-5 pm at Horti Hall, 31 Victoria St, Melbourne (opposite Trades Hall). More info: www.culturaldevelopment.net/downloads/DavidDiamond_flyer.pdf.)
(Also in Melbourne, there will be two performances of the work created at the Consume, Consume, Consume workshop run by David Diamond at the Uniting Church, 251 High Street, Northcote on Friday and Saturday, 24th and 25th of June. Contact Xris Reardon on 0428 293 008 or xris@alphalink.com.au.)
(Visit the Headlines Theatre website: www.headlinestheatre.com.)
(David Diamond's image source: www.headlinestheatre.com.)
An exhibition of artefacts from Australia's convict past opens in Sydney.
(The 'Convicts: Sites of Punishment' exhibition is now on at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney. More info: www.hht.net.au.)
In Perth, a play written by a former prisoner, Nathan Bennison, will have its world premier on the outside next week.
('The S.A.L.T. Writers present: Revelation', directed by Hellie Turner, is on 29 June - 2 July, 5 - 9 July and 12 - 16 July at 8pm at the Rechabites Hall, 224 William Street,
Northbridge WA. Contains strong language, violent themes, and extremely funny. Details and booking online at www.bocsticketing.com.au.)
Little Big Shots: a new film festival for kid, and to a degree by kids screens in Melbourne.
(Little Big Shots: The Melbourne Childrens Film Festival 2005 screens at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on the weekend of June 16th to 19th. For bookings call (03) 8663 2583 or go to www.littlebigshots.com.au.)
Film Review: The Assasination of Richard Nixon.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #25, 2005
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Guest: singer songwriter Heather Frahn. She's been kicking around the South Australian scene since she was 14, using Irish bouzouki, stomp box, congas, djembe drum and hand percussion as well as the faithful guitar to get her messages across. She's also founder of the Feast of Female Voice.
(Heather is now touring Adelaide, and will play at Songwriters Live mid-July, before touring Tasmania, Melbourne and the East Coast later this year. For details log on to the Heather Frahn Music website: www.heatherfrahn.com. Also check out the Feast Of Female Voice Concert website: http://femalevoice.cjb.net )
(Heather Frahn's image source: www.heatherfrahn.com.)
Vincent O'Donnell brings updates from the Singapore Arts Festival.
(The Singapore Arts Festival 2005 runs from 26 May to 26 June. More info: www.singaporeartsfest.com.)
We look at the Melbourne International Animation Festival.
(The Melbourne International Animation Festival 2005 runs from 21-26 June. More info: www.miaf.net.)
The Monthly Magazine: a new publication that claims to better than any "Australian publication that has come and gone before". We check in with Morrie Schwartz, the editor of the monthly magazine.
(To find out where you can grab a copy of the Monthly Magazine call 1800 077 514 or check out www.themonthly.com.au.)
Film Review: Madagascar.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Luke Dykes, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #26, 2005
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Guest: Martin Tran, head of Marketing, Communications and Sales at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute. Their gallery is currently showing a magnificent exhibition of tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop.
('The Art of Collaboration: Masterpieces of Modern Tapestry from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop' exhibition is on until 2 July 2005. The official website of : www.stpi.com.sg.)
Felix the Cat is an Australian!... as an NSW exhibition tells the story of the birth and the battle for ownership of Felix.
(The 'Reclaiming Felix the Cat' exhibition is now on at the State Library of NSW until August 7th. Free admission. More info: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/felix/.)
fullscreen 05: The National Gallery of Australia unveils a five-month long exploration of digital media as an art form.
(The 2005 'fullscreen: explorations in digital media' started on June 25th with a presentation by artist Alex Davies and the program stretches out over the months until November 5th. More info: www.nga.gov.au.)
The Melbourne City Council is $19,000 richer after selling-off trees brought down in storms after donating 20 tonnes of the timber to artists and craftspeople.
(More info: www.melbourne.vic.gov.au.)
Film Review: A Good Woman.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #27, 2005
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Guests: Lucy Bailey and Nell Catchpole, co-artistic directors of the English string septet, The Gogmagogs. Their show 'Gumbo Jumbo', combining the skills of classical musicians with physical theatre and a little Monty-Python madness, knocked Vincent O'Donnell out when he saw it in Singapore recently.
(The official website of The Gogmagogs: www.gogmagogs.com. More info about 'Gumbo Jumbo' from the Singapore Arts Festival website: www.singaporeartsfest.com.)
(ARTS alive acknowledge the financial assistance of Arts Victoria, that made it possible to report from this year's Singapore Arts Festival.)
('Gumbo Jumbo' image source: www.gogmagogs.com.)
Local residents of Avoca Beach campaign to keep their art house cinema.
(ARTS alive have sought a response from the owner and developer, but he has not returned our calls as yet. The official Avoca Beach Theatre website: www.avocatheatre.com.au.)
Chamber Music Australia come of age with their first competition to have an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.
(We'll bring you the results of the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition next week as the jury's final deliberations happened just after our broadcast deadline. Or, if you can't wait, check out the results at: www.chambermusicaustralia.com.au.)
The founding of the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, the host of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop show as we heard last week.
(The official website of : www.stpi.com.sg.)
Theatre Review: the Melbourne Theatre Company production Influence by David Williamson.
('Influence' is now playing at the Playhouse Threatre of the Victorian Arts Centre until 30 July. More info: www.mtc.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Luke Dykes & Jess Myles.
Program #28, 2005
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Guest: Australian author Delia Falconer, whose second novel, 'The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers' has just been published.
('The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers' is available on hardback in the local bookshops now from Picador Australia for rrp $A28.00. More info about the book: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
The Melbourne Design Festival claims centre stage in Australian design.
(The Melbourne Design Festival runs from 8-17 July. Components that make up the Festival range from suburban shop windows to formal exhibitions, like the City of Milan 2005 Award for Young Foreign Designers. And the winner of that award, Linda Jukic, will be on a later program. More info about the Festival: http://nationaldesigncentre.com/festival/.)
'Defending the North', an exhibition commemorating 60 years since the end of the war in the Pacific, is planned for the Arts Museum at the University of Queensland.
('Defending the North: Queensland in the Pacific War' is now showing on the Mezzanine floor of University of Queensland Art Museum, The Mayne Centre, St Lucia, Queensland until 13 November. Free admission. The exhibition will then tour to Mackay, Townsville, Murwillumbah, Broken Hill, Rockhamption and Maitland through 2006. More info: www.maynecentre.uq.edu.au.)
Controversial children's author Andy Griffith has turned his attention towards childhood obesity in his latest work, 'Fast Food and No Play Makes Jack a Fat Boy'.
('Fast Food and No Play Makes Jack a Fat Boy', co-written by Jim Thomson & Sophie Blackmore, is available on paperback in the local bookshops now from Pan Macmillan Australia for rrp $A14.95. More info about the book: www.panmacmillan.com.au. And Andy Griffith fans will be pleased to know he is working on the third instalment of The Bum Trilogy as we speak.)
Film Review: Bewitched.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Luke Dykes & Jess Myles.
Program #29, 2005
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Guest: actor Katy Manning. One of her most enduring television roles was as Jo Grant, Girl Friday (and who knows what else) to the 1970s' Dr Who, as played by John Pertwee. We talked to her just before the national tour of the Dr Who stage show, 'Inside the Tardis'.
Listen to the interview (Windows Media, 18 minutes 8 seconds)
(The touring of 'Inside the Tardis' ends in Auckland on August 8th. It plays all mainland capitals plus Geelong. The tour dates for 'Inside the Tardis' can be found at www.mcphersontouring.com.)
'American crater near Hanoi #2', a distinctly political sculpture takes out the National Sculpture Prize in Canberra.
(The exhibition of the 2005 National Sculpture Prize finalists, including the winning entry 'American crater near Hanoi #2', will be at the National Gallery of Australia until October 9th, after which selected works will tour to several branches of the Macquarie Bank, then to the Dell Gallery at the Queensland College of the Arts. More info: http://nationaldesigncentre.com/festival/.)
Sisters in Crime have opened entries for the 12th annual Scarlett Stilletto Awards for feminist crime fiction.
(Entries for the 12th Scarlet Stiletto Awards close on August 31st. Entry fee: $10. Entry forms are available by writing to Sisters in Crime, GPO Box 5319, Melbourne 3001 or on its website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sincoz/.)
A preview of some of the offerings at this year's Melbourne Arts Festival.
(The 2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival runs on 6 - 22 October 2005. More info: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
Film Review: Sin City.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Luke Dykes, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #30, 2005
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Guest: Sydney-based Linda Jukic, who received the City of Milan 2005 Foreign Young designers Award. The award arose from the suiter city relationship betweeen Melbourne and Milan and allows the winner to live and work in Milan for three months.
(From left to right: Megan Gale; City of Milan Commissioner for Fashion, International Relations and Design Giovanni Bozzetti; Linda Jukic (winner); City of Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Gary Singer. Image source: www.melb-milan.com.)
(More info about the City of Milan 2005 Award for Young Foreign Designers: www.melb-milan.com.)
Melbourne launches the program for Melbourne on Screen in November.
(If you are interested in finding out more about 'Australia's largest celebration of film, TV and new media', you can submit your email address and sign up now at www.melbourneonscreen.com.au.)
The Adelaide Fringe wants your creativity.
(The Adelaide Fringe 2006 runs 24 February - 19 March 2006. And the Adelaide Fringe 2006 Poster Competition closes on 29 July. For more info about the contest email Eugene Ragghianti, or check out www.adelaidefringe.com.au.)
Canberra is about to be assailed with The Wages of Spin.
(The Wages of Spin, with David Williams, Stephen Klinder & Deborah Pollard, written and directed by version 1.0
, is on 20 - 30 July, at The Street Theatre, Corner Childers Street & University Avenue, Canberra. Tickets: $29/$24, Bookings: (02) 6247 1223. More info: www.thestreet.org.au.)
Film Review: Flight of the Phoenix.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Luke Dykes, & Jess Myles.
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