The Royal Melbourne Show is one of the largest annual events. It is held every year at the Melbourne Showgrounds (Epsom Road, Ascot Vale, 3032). It commences on 17th of September and ends on the 27th of September.
It a great event for family and friends with many attraction such as show bags, rides, art & craft, animals and many more.
To purchase your ticket in advance, click on the link below:
https://royalshow.com.au/buy-tickets/
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The Australian Diamonds and New Zealand Silver Ferns return to Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney for the first time since the 2015 Netball World Cup for what promises to be a thrilling replay of the historic grand final!
Having held on for a three-goal win in the Netball World Cup Gold Medal Match, the Diamonds are keen for a repeat victory whilst the Silver Ferns are as eager as ever to knock the Diamonds off their perch in the 2016 Constellation Cup!
For tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=AUSNZNET16
You are invited to a night of fashion, live entertainment, special guests and more as we unveil the signature Intimate Collection by the queen of pop herself, Britney Spears!
Proudly supporting National Breast Cancer Foundation through donations, proceeds from ticket sales, product sales and related fundraising activities.
Aria Bar and Events
Shop 17G – 18G
427 Docklands Drive
Docklands, VIC 3008
October 12, 2016 6:00pm
For bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=228273
The Australian Netball Diamonds have won over arch rivals New Zealand Silver Ferns (Diamonds 60 vs Silver Ferns 55) and been crowned inaugural winners of the Netball Quad Series!
(Full story and action shots will be featured in our October issue of TAT Melbourne)
The worldwide smash hit musical WE WILL ROCK YOU has returned to Australia!
The original Australian tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU opened at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre on 7 August, 2003 with a record advance, and Brian May and Roger Taylor in attendance. Australia was the first country outside the UK to produce a local version of the mega-hit musical, and the production dominated the 2004 Helpmann Awards, receiving five Helpmann Awards.
Since 2002 over 16 million theatregoers in 28 countries have been thrilled by this awe-inspiring production which is based on the songs of Queen with a book by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Popcorn). Elton fashioned this hilarious futurist comedy around more than 24 of Queen’s biggest hit songs including We Are The Champions, Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust and of course, We Will Rock You.
“There’s no escaping the irresistible pull of these songs, or the visual and aural assault on the senses thatthe show accompanies them with.” – Sunday Express
“A new breed of musical. It’s brilliant.” – BBC Newsnight
For more information visit www.wewillrockyou.com.au or follow @ROCKYOUAU at Instagram
SEASON DETAILS
VENUE: REGENT THEATRE
SEASON: AUG TO 30 OCTOBER 2016
PERFORMANCE TIMES: TUES 7PM, WED–SAT 8PM, SAT MATINEE 2PM, SUNDAY 1PM & 6PM
PRICE: FROM $69.90*
BOOKINGS: TICKETMASTER.COM.AU OR PHONE 1300 111 011 GROUPS 8+ CALL 1300 889 278
Photo by Jeff Busby
IMAX Melbourne Museum is thrilled to welcome retired Astronaut Marsha Ivins to Melbourne this September 7-10 to celebrate the release of highly-anticipated IMAX space documentary film, A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D.
Marsha retired in 2010 after 37 years with NASA and 1,318 hours in space. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science (Aerospace Engineering), Marsha began her employment with the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas in 1974, working in human factors and man-machine engineering on the development of Orbiter cockpit layout, displays and controls, and the Head-Up Display. In 1980 Marsha was assigned as a flight engineer on the Shuttle Training Aircraft and as a pilot on the NASA administrative aircraft.
“Any opportunity to introduce this film to a new audience is a special privilege and a great joy for me. I am thrilled to be able to introduce A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D to audiences in Melbourne and Sydney. Many of the scenes in this film are ones that have been impossible to capture in previous IMAX space films so we are very excited to bring them to the IMAX screen and share them with audiences all over the world. To be able to immerse the audience in the experience of living and working in space is the best way to answer the hardest question any astronaut is ever asked – what’s it like”, says Marsha.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers (HUBBLE 3D, SPACE STATION 3D – in which Marsha appears), A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D is narrated by Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence and filmed on ultra-high resolution IMAX cameras from the International Space Station in cooperation with NASA.
“A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D is the most advanced space film ever produced and one that we are very proud to present in IMAX 3D”, says IMAX Melbourne Museum General Manager Richard Morrison.
A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D opens exclusively in Australia’s two IMAX theatres – Melbourne Museum and Darling Harbour – on September 8. Tickets will go on sale early September.
Congratulations to Caris Tiivel for winning the crown of Miss Universe Australia 2016! The nationwide finals was held at the Sofitel Melbourne Hotel last night 31 Aug 2016.
It has begun! In case you missed out on the Opening Runway of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2016, here’s a glimpse of the latest designs from Emporium Melbourne in time for Spring!
Please hit 720 HD Quality, runs for about 3:36min, and hope you enjoy the vid.
The worldwide smash hit musical We Will Rock You is coming back to Melbourne!
We Will Rock You reflects the scale and spectacle that marked Queen’s live performances and earned the band its pinnacle position in rock history. With Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor as music supervisors and ‘a band without parallel in the theatre’ behind the cast, the audience can expect We Will Rock You to rock as fiercely as the best of Queen’s concerts!
Regent Theatre, 191-197 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, dates: 30/08/2016 to 09/10/2016
For more info visit wewillrockyou.com.au
For inquiries call 1300 111 011 or email customer.service@ticketmaster….
To book click http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/We-Will-Rock-You-tickets/artist/949844
Miss Universe Tix now on sale! Click on https://pinktank.sproutix.com.au/
The Miss Universe Australia pageant provides a platform for the most beautiful, talented, educated and confident young women to compete for the Miss Universe Australia Crown, and go on to represent Australia at the Miss Universe Pageant.
The Miss Universe Australia 2016 National Finalists will be taking the stage at the Australian National Final at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, to see who will be crowned Miss Universe Australia 2016.
A night of glamour, beauty and style, guests will enjoy a red-carpet arrival with pre-dinner drinks, followed by a 3-course dinner, and beverages by Vinaceous Wines, Gage Roads Brewing Co. and Herbal Fix.
The night’s entertainment will feature Introductions, the Antler Sash Parade, Swimwear, Questions and the Crowning of the 2016 winner. The Gown of the Evening will also be announced, with the winning designer being awarded the prestigious role of dressing Miss Universe Australia 2016 for the International Final.
Australia’s Premiere Celebration of Tap over the September School Holidays
The 5th annual Australian Tap Dance Festival stomps into town these September school holidays as a cavalcade of world class dancers arrive in Melbourne from across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the U.S.A. With an action-packed week of tap and choreography master classes, jam sessions, dance-offs and special events, the ATDF offers something fun for all ages and levels and is the only festival of its kind in Australasia.
”The ATDF is about bringing the tap community and the interested public together to learn, share, meet new people and most of all, have fun!”, says Creative Director and Founder of the Festival and Melbourne Tap Dance school, Winston Morrison. “We select the highest caliber faculty from across the world to deliver a truly unique immersive festival experience for our guests. Many of our festival sessions book out quickly as there is no other chance for Aussie tappers to learn from the best in one place!” he added. Morrison is himself highly regarded in the tap world as the Australian representative for the International Tap Association, experienced teacher and an in-demand performer across Australasia and the U.S.A.
One of the most sought after tap dancers in the world today, Michelle Dorrance, will be headlining the festival this year. A 2015 MacArthur Fellow and multi-award winner, Dorrance has been labeled “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” by the New Yorker magazine.
Edgar Degas is one of the most celebrated artists associated with French Impressionism. Modern life as he experienced it in nineteenth-century Paris provided Degas with a repertoire of motifs he explored with endless variation and innovation; from scenes of work and industry to ballet and the theatre, racecourses and boudoirs. This sweeping exhibition brings together more than 200 works by Degas from dozens of collections worldwide, offering a fresh and dynamic reappraisal of this legendary artist’s genius.
The Poise, Poses and Pirouettes exhibition held on the 18th and 27th of August offers a chance to see what inspired Degas to paint ballerinas by having dancers from The Australian Ballet pose next to works by Degas.
Over the past few weeks on a Friday night, Madame Brussels Lane transforms from a typical Melbourne laneway to a bustling hub of culture, a European night market.
Inspired by traditional Christmas markets popular across Europe, the night market showcases specialty food and beverages from all over the continent. Enjoy mulled wine with a German Bratwurst or pretzel, a Turkish gözleme, Polish dumplings, fondue French cheese or crème brûlée… Savour French crepes with your choice of toppings from banana and Nutella to caramel… Gobble Greek donuts and bite-size slider burgers.
An aroma of delicious food reaches you way before you enter the laneway. No surprise, then, that the market spills with those who seek it and those who simply stumble across the cultural degustation it offers. Thriving with people jostling for another mug of ale or mulled wine, or for some scrumptious delight, the market does not overwhelm you with claustrophobia. Rather it adds a cosy European feel to a wintry night, where market goers share the calibre of camaraderie you would see at Christmastime.
With live music all through the night, both food and atmosphere contribute to a distinct experience. The night market is the perfect way to spend a winter evening. It runs until August 22nd on Madame Brussels Lane, 50 Lonsdale St, 5pm til late.
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Chunky Yoga is for everyone!
Chunky Yoga classes are a safe place to explore the practice of yoga regardless of you size, gender, age, sexuality or race.
Chunky Yoga honours and embraces our differences and strives to create an environment where all bodies can do all poses.
Traditional Asanas (poses) are modified and presented to each indervidual’s ability. Chunkier peoples thighs, arms, bellies and butts can change the way we are capable of expressing our practice and that is ok, you will still feel supported and loved.
Evidence prove yoga has a transformative power, and through a committed yoga practice, people can embrace a relationship with their body and find joy in movement.
Chunky Yoga is a specialised class ensuring you get the most out of your practice regardless of your body type. Chunky Yoga’s focus is not on weight loss but on strength, flexibility, balance, self-acceptance, confindence and peace of mind.
Yoga is about the soul, not about your body shape.
Cheltenham, 1218 Nepean Hwy (5 min walk from Cheltenham Station, Frankston Line)
North Melbourne, 420 Victoria Street
Yarraville, 110 Somerville Rd
St Kilda, 26 Acland St
Redfern, Sydney, Level 1, 141 Redfern St, Redfern (5 min walk from Redfern Train station)
More info at http://www.chunkyyoga.com.au
Feel free to call Emily Dunstan regarding any questions or concerns.
E: info@chunkyyoga.com, Tel: 0450772192
Kingston City Rollers (KCR) are proud to host the United Roller Derby Playoffs (URDP) for the second year running!
This year, we see URDP expand to a bigger venue, with more teams from around Australia, competing at the Melbourne Showgrounds in two divisions. You will see strength, agility, amazing team work and ‘David and Goliath’ battles.
Qualifying & Quarter final games will be played on the Saturday the Semi finals and Grand finals on the Sunday.
Teams participating:
Division 1:
– Brisbane City Rollers (BCR)
– Geelong Roller Derby League (GRDL)
– Kingston City Rollers (KCR)
– Light City Derby (LCD)
– Varsity Derby League (VDL)
– United Tasmanian Roller Derby (UTRD)
Divison 2:
– Brisbane City Rollers (BCR)
– Diamond Valley Roller Derby Club (DVRDC)
– Team Regional Victoria (TRV)
– The Guild of Roller Derby (GoRD)
– The Mystery Rollers – URDP Potluck team (MR)
– Wagga Derby Dolls (WDD)
Who will be the ULTIMATE DIVISION WINNERS!?!
Tournament schedule available https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6oUkNgofnjYMzV0MW81Y3otQlU/view?usp=sharing
To purchase tickets:
http://www.ticketbase.com/events/united-roller-derby-playoffs-2016
Door tixs:
Family weekend pass $45
Family day pass $35
Kids (10-17yrs) weekend pass $20
Kids (10-17yrs) day pass $15
Adult weekend pass $30
Adult day pass $20
Kids under 10yrs free
*Please note: there is a $10 parking fee at the Melbourne Showgrounds, if you choose to park your car there.
For entertainment and excitement out of the ordinary, Australia’s largest mixed roller derby tournament is a MUST to watch for the whole family!
For more INFO contact us at unitedderbyplayoffs@gmail.com
IMAX Melbourne Museum will this year be participating in the Melbourne International Film Festival, providing film-lovers with two advanced screenings of the smash hit IMAX documentary, A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers (HUBBLE 3D, BLUE PLANET 3D), the 47 minute film is narrated by Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence and filmed on ultra-high resolution IMAX cameras from the International Space Station.
A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D is a breath-taking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet and galaxy as never seen before.
Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film features stunning footage of our magnificent blue planet — and the effects humanity has had on it over time — captured by the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
“We are thrilled to be able to show this spectacular film during MIFF, it showcases both the beauty of our planet and the incredible technology we are capable of harnessing and creating film magic with”, says IMAX Melbourne Museum General Manager Richard Morrison.
The documentary film opened in the US earlier this year to rave reviews.
“The result is the best kind of spectacle: that which encourages us to look up and beyond ourselves – and does so using only organic special effects.” – Mike McCahill, The Guardian
“Fulfils its inspirational function with screen-filling, soul-filling views of the main space station in the story-the one that harbours all our lives and hopes.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
MIFF ticket holders can see A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D at IMAX Melbourne Museum ahead of its scheduled September 8 release on August 7 at 1pm and August 10 at 6pm. Join the conversation online using #MIFF2016!
Tickets are available at miff.com.au [Search term: ‘A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 3D’]
Home to Australia’s only IMAX Laser Projector (technology only available in 15 theatres worldwide), Melbourne’s IMAX is an independent movie theatre with a single screen – the second largest on the planet, offering patrons an unparalleled viewing experience.
Image care of NASA and IMAX Corporation
You unwrap from your winter coat inside a weatherboard theatre across the road from The Astor. Red Stitch is at the corner of Chapel St and Dandenong Rd, ensconced in the corner of a church yard. A tiny bar with quaint décor offers up mulled wine as you wait to be astonished.
You pick the buzz from patrons, their eyes dancing with eagerness for the newest offering. Red Stitch boasts 15 years of gripping playlists. ‘The plays here are something special,’ says an annual subscriber.
Lights dim, lights scream.
A screen door opens. Enters Trevor – a human with legs set wide apart. Look at him: he is shoving a string of sausages under the cushion. He leaps onto a coffee table, grabs a plush toy with his toes. Ah, wait, is he a chimp? A chance knuckle-walk, some bow leggedness and a few bounds settle your conviction. An irate neighbour with more than a few words for Sandra, Trevor’s ‘mother’, reassures you that Trevor is an animal, a wild animal, tamed, and he has been driving a car, madly, again, on the freeway.
In the intimacy of the performance, in the intensity, you are thrown aback as Trevor now and again gazes deep into the audience, and addresses you. He is breaking the fourth wall as in Elizabethan drama, makes you feel like part of a secret.
You understand his dilemma: he is a born thespian, currently out of acting. He aches for showbiz, a time gone. And more than ever, he craves to understand, be understood… But shit happens, and he cannot help that it happens. By Jove he’s an ape! And things get worse when people try to fathom him in human terms.
In a titillating seven-crew act, TREVOR is about the follies of showbiz; about the pathos of miscommunication; about hyperreality—the inability to separate hallucination from realism; and about decent people becoming perilous to each other.
In an Australian Premiere by Nick Jones and directed by Denis Moore, TREVOR is a poignant, rib-cracking and continually fascinating performance. It spotlights Rory Kelly (Trevor) and Dion Mills (Oliver) who, with depth, represent the animal world and its disenchantment with humanity, and Andrea Swift (Sandra) who, with a mother’s heart, will do whatever it takes to make it right.
Curtain call, all is silent. You notice the subscriber, a seat beside you.
‘Virtuoso,’ he says.
‘Hear, hear,’ you say.
Thunderous clapping swallows your awe.
Rating: 4.5 stars
TREVOR is running until August 26th. Book your tickets now, go to Red Stitch (redstitch.net/bookings)
Photo by Jodie Hutchinson
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
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If you’re sick of spending your Friday nights sitting on the couch in these cold winter months, head to Madame Brussels Lane and immerse yourself in the sights and smells of Europe. With various food on offer such as German Pretzels, Polish Dumplings, Flammkuchen, melting fondue French cheese, crème brûlée, French crepes and Greek donuts; there is sure to be something to please every pallet while indulging in a German ale and enjoying the live music.
The European Night Market is based on the classic Christmas night markets held across Europe and only runs until the 12th of August from 5pm until 10pm so make sure you don’t miss out!
Location: Madame Brussels Lane, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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12 August 2016
Melbourne Pavilion 135-157 Racecourse Road, Flemington VIC, Kensington, Victoria 3031
Check out the list below for all the amazing talent who’ll be showcasing on the night! Tickets are on sale now!
Tickets: $20.00(+bf) pre sale or $25 (cash only) on the door. Select an artist’s name from the drop-down menu when purchasing to show them some love: http://www.RAWartists.org/melbourne/reveal/
Come support emerging local talent in Melbourne!
The anime event of the year is coming to Melbourne!
The Madman Anime Festival brings anime culture straight to you with everything from exciting international guests and exhibitors, cosplay, and exclusive anime events. Madman Anime Festival has something for all fans.
Location:
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Convention Centre Place
South Wharf VIC 3006
Contact details:
03 9261 9200
contact@madman.com.au
www.animefestival.com.au
Dates and times:
03/09/2016 to 04/09/2016
Sat: 10am – 6pm Sun: 10am – 6pm
Price:
$40 per day or $60 for the weekend. Madfest VIP Pass $290
Bookings:
Click here to book
He arrived by boat, a German immigrant fleeing war-torn Europe. After setting up a photographic studio in the cultured Flinders Lane, he soon started shooting for the who’s who of fashion. The names Vogue Australia, Sportscraft and Holden rise to mind.
Henry Talbot is a legendary lens man. His renowned and intimate photographs are on display at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for nearly two months running until August 21st, featuring more than 80 images by the émigré.
The collection sheds light on the energising internationalism he brought to Australian photography. Looking at his editorials and celebrity profiles, you find yourself taking second looks at the location. What consistently reads as ‘Melbourne’ is easily mistaken for bustling, lively streets of New York, or even quaint, historic laneways of Paris. Talbot’s ability to transform an image to a wholly unique scene is just one element of the creative skills that make him eminent in the world of photography.
The NGV exhibition covers the ’60s start to finish, from double denim, flowing hair to austere mod-minimalism. The showcase offers insight, in a visual transformation, to the changing role of women. The pictures serve as ingenious historical records and give an inspiring overview of Talbot’s talent.
How was the gallery lucky to get its hands on these images? Talbot donated more than 35,000 images to the NGV at the end of the ’80s. Exhibition curator Van Wyk spent momentous hours selecting 80 pieces from the ingenious collection for the retrospective exhibit.
‘Henry Talbot: 1960s Fashion Photographer’ is still running at NGV until August 21st. Entry is free.
Photo of Talbot photography by Taylor Woodward
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It’s time to experience the ultimate in natural bodybuilding and sports modelling – it’s doesn’t matter where in the world you live or train. Held at Moone Vally Race Course on 17th and 18th of September at 11am.
There will be fabulous trophies and competitor gifts, the amazing trade displays, the marshaling experts in an area that’s larger than a football field, the rolling check-in for a the stress free day.
Director Whit Stillman’s take on Jane Austen’s Lady Susan is a riotous and extraordinary film that brings out the best of dry British humour. The costume drama unwraps a comedy of etiquette as Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) flaunts her widowhood. She manipulates the 18th century gentry in her quest to find a moneyed husband for herself, and another for her wilful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark).
Eligible bachelors in the dashing Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel) and the bumbling Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), in contrast to attached gallants in the likes of fine-looking Lord Manwaring (Lochlann O’Mearáin), find much to court. Lady Susan is visibly delightful and privately contemptuous as she consorts in cunning with her exiled American friend Alicia Johnson (Chloë Sevigny), whose husband Mr Johnson (Stephen Fry) is ‘too old to be governable, and too young to die’.
A special screening at Cinema Nova culminated with a conversation with Australian actor Xavier Samuel, who burst into the limelight as vampire Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Samuel spoke of the film Love & Friendship’s shooting in Dublin, of his work with extraordinary actors and his awe at ‘the degree of manipulation in an anti-heroine’ who ‘breaks the system’.
Of director Stillman, Samuel said: ‘He’s very meticulous’.
But the actor also allowed that the director’s approach was ‘adaptive and collaborative’, for instance in writing out (during shooting) side-splitting scenes with the blundering Sir James Martin, who gets the audience roaring with his utterance of the name ‘Churchill’. Some acts, Samuel revealed, needed a few takes to quell the film crew’s mirth.
Lady Susan is a curtailed novella—presented as a series of letters shedding insight into their writers’ characters. It was a work never intended to be published. Now it offers an intimate gaze at a young woman with discernment beyond her years. Austen, in this narrative, shapes an anti-hero in a most calculating albeit charming female protagonist.
The acting in Love & Friendship is riveting, in particular in the characters played by Kate Beckinsale, who brings a dose of her Underworld and Van Helsing femme fatale to cool and measured Lady Susan; by Xavier Samuel, who brings his devilish charisma from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to idealist Reginald; by Tom Bennett who brings his ingenious acting and writerly improvisations of British television to pea-brained Sir Martin; and by silent Lochlann O’Mearáin, who brings his commanding presence and arrogant good looks, which served him well as a Roman Commander in King Arthur, to adulterous Lord Manwaring.
In its stellar cast, the hilarity it brings and the gender-bending role of its main character, Love & Friendship measures up to a 5-star rating.
Director: Whit Stillman
Writers: Jane Austen (based on her novella Lady Susan), Whit Stillman
With: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Running time: 1hr 32mins
Rating: 5 stars
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
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Miss World Australia National Finals this Friday the 22nd July!
For more information visit http://www.missworldaustralia.com.au/
VIC Finalists – Georgina Gunn, Esma Voloder, Siobhan Liston, Anna McEvoy and Brooke Cairns
Photos by Reniel Torres of RGT Photography
NSW Finalists – Lavinia White, Paige Klimowsow, Izzi Ramsay, Georgia May, Bridget Rootsey and Tasha Ross
Photos by Edwin Jardin
Who would you be voting for?
Divenire is a striking presentation of precision and impressive athleticism featuring works created by Director Simon Hoy together with dance-maker Tim Podesta – also with international credentials. This work has already toured successfully within Australia. While the beauty of classical ballet and related works is driven by a narrative or message, this program sets out to push the boundaries of the genre further, and also to show some of the great strength and versatility that Melbourne Ballet Company has become known for. It also sets out to offer something for everyone and we are especially happy to be able to present such a potentially outstanding season in our forthcoming touring schedule. It tries to encapsulate as much as possible of the beauty, athleticism and passion of contemporary ballet with strong classical technique, underpinned by a sparkling selection of musical masterpieces – all making for a truly uplifting experience.
Tickets:
Retro Futurismus: New World is cabaret meets burlesque inside a circus wrapped in tune! As you nibble and drink under an ambience of haze or pitch black, a scream of strobe lighting heralds the next parody in an otherworldly-themed variety tease.
You don’t know what to expect, until the opening act arrives in the shape of twin explorers Anni and Maude Davey, garbed in sparklers—space odyssey type costume. As they shake booties and perform a jest rap about all that’s gone bad with Melbourne, Australia, the US and the rest of the world, just then, only then – not sooner –do you brace yourself for a blissful (albeit eerie) spectacle of crude fun.
Lights, action! The next act unsettles and provokes you, invites you to get at ease with the female body as a ‘brickini’ woman hatches naked from a fluorescent pupa. You watch as she crafts a bikini made of bricks (rather than leaves) to cover her nudity.
As you clap, clap, clap, suddenly there are roller skates, a monstrosity of silver worm, a swing rope dancer, a flame-haired hula hooper and big dollops of coarse language and nudity amidst sassy acts. With a promise of interludes by a guest artist each week, the fluid and abstract nature of the revue couldn’t shout louder. The oddity is not for everyone, but a progressive audience will stay awed.
The weird and wonderful show is showing at fortyfivedownstairs on Flinders Lane, an art space in a basement. In its multi-stage layout, it’s of no consequence where you choose to ensconce yourself in a rollercoaster night out.
Retro Futurismus is running until July 31st. Book your tickets now, go to fortyfivedownstairs
Photos by Ponch Hawkes
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
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O! ye creators of art. Indeed the flames of thine passions and dreams should ignite thou this winter. Come hither, rouse thee with perfection, ne’er to ash.
Australia loves his art, and this year we joined the UK and the rest of the world in commemorating 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) offered the world his assorted comedies (Love’s Labour’s Lost / As You Like It), tragedies (Macbeth / King Leah), histories (Henry IV / Henry VIII) and problem plays (All’s Well That Ends Well / Measure for Measure). His adaptations have over centuries enjoyed continual study and performance, his creativity containing an appealing timelessness and linguistic flair.
In medieval Gaelic or Welsh society, a bard was a professional poet who composed eulogies, hence Shakespeare’s nickname: ‘The Bard’ or The Bard of Avon’. Much ado about the Bard, and herein we link this 16th century poet, playwright and actor with postmodernism.
Think of postmodernism as great fun: like the cool step-grandma who embraces hip-hop, krumping and juba, who—in the middle of whipping up your favourite creamy chicken pie—astonishes you with a drop of head and a raised elbow in a calibre of dab dance that beats Jay Z’s moves.
Postmodernism is a 20th century style and concept in literature, the creative arts and criticism. It is about language and form, about breaking boundaries. Postmodernism embraces new ways of thinking. So it is understandable that great postmodernists, thinkers like Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, emerged from France and its free thinking philosophy.
Postmodernism reopens our eyes to art, language and text. It embraces the creation of new by returning to the past—a borrowing, reusing, remixing of older ideas, narratives and techniques. While working in a different era and not visibly a postmodernist (no one has yet stamped him with the badge) Shakespeare borrowed, reused and remixed older ideas to generate new art. His works recreated the old.
We question what inspired Shakespeare and from whom he borrowed his plots. Of these musings, new theories continually emerge. Some suggest a potential influencer in English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, whose poems and tales such as Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight’s Tale may have inspired Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Others shine the spotlight on Plutarch, an early philosopher (AD 46–120), whose Parallel Lives may have inspired Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens.
It appears that Shakespeare borrowed from ancient Latin and Greek plays and literature, adapting stories from all around Europe. But he so personalised them with finer detail that each story became uniquely his own. So there’s the postmodernist. The creative thinker who appropriated, who reconstructed the old to deliver new insights.
Then and now, without word from the horse’s mouth on Shakespeare’s thinking, we can only contemplate and debate about what he intended for us—erupting yet another dispute on the concept of authorial intent… But one thing is clear: the passage of time and multiplicity of readers has not affected the constant demand for the playful Bard’s work, and the muse he casts upon us.
Image by Joe Campbell
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
Profile: View Eugen's profile here
It’s winter time again in Melbourne and seems it’s more colder than ever! With this extreme weather I remembered those who are doing it tough and living on the streets. So I decided to visit HoMie, a shop of one of the charities close to my heart and bought an item in support of their cause.
If you’re not aware, HoMie is a streetwear clothing store that provides training, job opportunities and brand new clothing to people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne. Such an apt name which makes you feel invited, welcomed and cared for.
Every time you purchase clothing at HoMie, they donate a similar item of new clothing to a person experiencing homelessness. They also receive free haircuts, food, coffee, and a dignified shopping experience.
So come and visit their pop-up clothing store in Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, their new store on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy, and online at http://www.homiestreetstore.com.au All net proceeds go towards tackling homelessness.
For more info visit http://homelessofmelbourne.org
Ron is currently the Magazine Editor of TAT Melbourne. He's a fashion and sports photojournalist by passion and been doing freelance since 2010. Indeed a simple down-to-earth guy who's easy to get along with, well organised and communicate well with people. He has done and continue to do model shoots, covering fashion shows and sporting events including special occasions. Some of the celebrities and major fashion and sporting events he had covered are: The Sound of Music, Black Swan, Jennifer Hawkins, Heidi Klum, Serena Williams, Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix, Arnold Schwarzenegger Classics Australia, Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Jayco Herald Sun Tour, Kooyong Classic, Swimming Victoria, Hyundai A-League, Netball Victoria, Australian Ice Hockey League, Netball Australia, Miss Universe Australia, Miss World Australia, among others.
Profile: View Ronald's profile here
Painting is not at all difficult when you don’t know anything about it. But when you know, oh, it’s something quite different. –Edgar Degas
French artist Edgar Degas was a radical realist whose unconventional work spanned diverse media and moved other master artists such as Picasso. Celebrating his heritage, ‘Degas: A new vision’ is featuring as a winter masterpiece until 18 September 2016 at the National Galleries Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne.
The NGV exhibition stages a chronological and thematic premier of Degas’ work by decade, using illuminating inscriptions alongside his phenomenal art to shed insight into the hand and mind of this brilliant artist.
Born into an artistic and multicultural family in Paris in 1834, Degas was an intellectually enthused creative influenced by exposure to France, Italy and America. His reading list included literary realists and romanticists like Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert and Victor Hugo. He idolized the French artists Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Eugène Delacroix and Honoré Daumier. Surrounding himself with impressionist and post-impressionist artists including Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Goph and Camille Pissarro, and art critics like Théodore Duret and Louis Duranty, Degas was stimulated to try manifold forms of art against unassuming or intense backgrounds.
He was inspired by Rembrandt’s chiaroscuro, his showcasing of the effect of light and shade. Degas’ zest with light is manifest at the start of the NGV display. Exhibits showing first modellings with siblings, family members and friends in dignified suits or floor-length dresses showcase experiments in a studio with artificial light from oil lamps or stage footlights.
Degas explored the human form, like in the nude study of a seated man in three-quarter rear view, hands together.
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is a result of reflection and studies of the Old Masters. Of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament, I know nothing. –Edgar Degas
Revolutionary in his openness to new forms of expression, even delving into Japanese art, Degas worked with diverse motifs such as pen, graphite, chalk, charcoal, water colour, pastel, gouache, oil on canvas, oil on cardboard, oil on linen… even turpentine in black and white monotypes, and photography.
His realist paintings captured the aloof, the still or the resigned, with mirrors, chandeliers, carpets and upholstery in deliberate contrast against ambiguous backgrounds. He told story by adding or omitting, for example highlighting the subject’s hands to denote an artist, or displaying the absence of a little girl’s leg or a dog’s head in a family portrait (The Bellelli Family) to accentuate an ambience of unease.
The fluid and continuous nature of his works, some encompassing series of variants, expose a true exercise in precision. Historical paintings include images of ancient Greece, a young Alexander the Great taming a wild horse, stories from the Old Testament and conflicts set in the Middle Ages.
Inspired by van Gogh, Pissarro and French watercolourist and printmaker Joseph Tourney, Degas carefully painted layers, patterns and fabric, as exampled in the genre scene of a Roman beggar woman holding a walking stick and wearing many layers of clothing, gazing in the distance.
His fascination with the female form and studies of movement is evident in his women at work, women in intimate moments, women in brothels or women at their toilette series. In later years, Degas used what he termed ‘an orgy of light’ in motion art that captured music and dance in a ballet series.
When we are in love with nature, we can never know whether she loves us in return. –Edgar Degas
Despite his disdain for open-air painting, perhaps a result of the weakness of his eyes and their vulnerability to bright light, Degas astounded his peers and critics with landscape and beast paintings such as Beach at a low tide (1869), Horses in a meadow (1871) and Dead fox in the undergrowth (1861–64), also on view in the NGV show.
As he embraced new and unusual techniques of the time, Degas became enamoured of photography, where he continued his play with the effects of light.
Upon his death, at his request, the legendary artist received no eulogy, simply a statement that this was a man who loved art very much. But this was not his last word. His final legacy was a collection of 150 wax sculptures of racehorses, ballerinas and women bathing, found in his studio after his death.
You must have an elevated idea not of what you do, but what you can one day do. Without this it is not worth the trouble looking. –Edgar Degas
The NGV has assembled an indulgent collection, over 200 pieces from worldwide collections, in this global premiere reappraising the lifework of a revolutionary maestro.
Tickets on sale now from ngv.vic.gov.au
Adults $28 / Concession $24.50 / Child $10 / Family (2 adults, 3 children) $65
Photography of paintings and studies by Eugen Bacon, courtesy of NGV
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
Profile: View Eugen's profile here
WARNING: Full Puppet Nudity and Other Vulgarities will induce Laughter!
Be prepared to be transported into a world of puppet debauchery, where puppets and hu- mans mingle with gregarious consequences. From sexual congress, failed childhood star- dom and excessive drinking to finding your purpose in life, Avenue Q hilariously navigates adult life from a puppet’s point of view – no strings attached!
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Wednesday 3 August – Wednesday 14 August
Tuesday – 7.30pm | Wednesday – 7.30pm | Thursday – 8.00pm |
Friday – 8.00pm | Saturday – 2.00pm & 8.00pm | Sunday – 3.00pm
Bookings: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=AVENUEQ16 or 13 28 49
For more information head to http://www.hmt.com.au/avenue-q/
Truman is the dog. But there is nothing Beethoven, Benji, Turner or Hooch in director Cesc Gay’s film. There’s no ‘must-love’ dogs in Truman but it’s certainly a must-see. It’s also a ‘read-me’ movie, in Spanish with English subtitles.
Palace Cinemas hosts a range of foreign film festivals across the year, each movie evoking its own unique gaze at culture in a diverse offering of mystery, drama, romance, comedy or thriller. If you find fascination in watching a film in a different language, you may appreciate that expressions of the everyday can be unearthing of a lifetime. Truman featured in the Spanish Film Festival that recently closed in Melbourne, and is in the pipeline for general release soon.
“Why don’t you stay here?” asks Julián (Ricardo Darín) of new arrival Tomás (Javier Cámara) from Canada.
“You snore and your dog doesn’t like me,” says best friend Tomás.
Then unveils a wistful tale of friendship, a close observation of the human heart and mind.
Julián has terminal cancer. Tomás is a willing yet bewildered party to a four-day visit. How to spend time with a dying person, especially one as dogged as Julián who has a few goodbyes up his sleeve—counting one to the doctor to say no to chemo. Julián wishes to die with dignity. He wants to put his affairs in order. He wants to sort out the dog—do animals experience grief? Who to look after the beloved terrier once Julián is gone?
Truman is a love story. It examines a sombre topic with poise and humour. Actors Darín and Cámara portray human nature in astounding performances that make this film spectacular.
Director Cesc Gay delivers, and then some. Truman has won notable awards—the los Premios Goya (Spain’s main national annual film awards) and Premis Gaudí (best film in Catalan language) for best film director, actor, supporting actor (and actress) and screen play.
Keep a lookout for Truman’s general release to the big screens real soon.
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Director: Cesc Gay; Written by Tomàs Aragay, Cesc Gay; Produced by Daniel Burman; Diego Dubcovsky; Marta Esteban; Alejandro Gorodisch; Axel Kuschevatzky; Matías Mosteirín; Hugo Sigman; Music by Nico Cota; Toti Soler
WITH: Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi
Running Time: 108 min
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Spanish with English subtitles
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
Profile: View Eugen's profile here
22/06/2016 to 25/06/2016
Nederlands Dans Theater, recognised as arguably the most innovative dance company in existence, are returning to Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre.
Since its inception half a century ago, Nederlands Dans Theater has gone on to define dance and attract admiration the world over. Led by Paul Lightfoot, this rebellious company has built a rich repertoire of 600 ballets by master choreographers such as Ji Kylin and Hans van Manen, renowned house choreographers Sol Len and Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke and high-profile guests such as Gabriela Carrizo, Johan Inger, Hofesh Shechter and Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar.
The multi-national company consists of 28 phenomenal dancers from all over the world, varying in age between 24 and 41 years, each one of them excelling in their solo qualities. Their Australian performances include three distinctive works Sehnsucht (Sol Len/Paul Lightfoot, 2009), Solo Echo (Crystal Pite, 2012) and Stop-Motion (Sol Len/Paul Lightfoot , 2014).
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004
Bookings: 1300 182 183, Click here to book
Victoria Polytechnic’s “Makeup Carnivale”: an evening celebrating the creativity and talent of our Diploma of Specialist Make-up students as they transition from training to industry.
Our students will be showcasing their outstanding achievements in a spectacular and interactive event. Mingle with characters created by our graduating class and see who you can identify.
A drink on arrival and canapés will be served from 7pm
When Monday, 20 June 2016 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where Alumbra – Shed 9 Central Pier 161 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands, VIC 3008
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/make-up-carnivale-tickets-25734148531
Saturday 18 June – Sunday 17 July, 10am – 10pm
River Rink in Fed Square is making an exciting return this Saturday so bring your friends and family to enjoy some ice skating along the stunning River Terrace! During the day views of the city and Yarra River form a dramatic backdrop for skaters and as nightfall arrives River Rink in Fed Square transforms into a fairyland of light and colour. On selected evenings the rink will come to life with themes and music and if you’re looking to recharge your energy levels there’ll be a great selection of food and beverages on offer. Don’t worry if you’re still learning to skate, assistants in the form of 70cm high penguins and seals can be rented to help support you on the ice!
Where: River Terrace, Fed Square
Price: Pre-sale from $12.50 (Kids), $22 (Adults) | Tickets available at Ticketmaster
In Cinema Nova fashion of arthouse and eccentric film, a preview of director Hong-jin Na’s The Wailing (Goksung) unveils a personification of evil in a different kind of horror narrative.
Starring Jun Kunimura, Jeong-min Hwang, Woo-hee Chun, The Wailing employs archetypal horror tropes of cruel and unusual death, the haunted house, ineffective barricades against evil – even a shaman cannot dispel it, a creepy child and cannibalistic zombies. When a Japanese stranger arrives in a South Korean village and evil surrounds him, a laughing stock cop must toughen up when that same evil threatens his family.
As far as storytelling goes, horror can be an exhausted genre, and artists and producers are continually hunting ways to tap into audience curiosity by reinventing the genre. The Wailing is a somewhat appropriation of Scream in its mystery, horror and comedy blend, but that’s as far as similarity goes. No inane pretties racing screaming up the stairs of a trapping mansion
Opening scenes are parodic with laconic, dry humour. But the mood goes increasingly sombre when the audience must confront darkness in a child. Enter primitive and the obscure with shamanism, faith and mind play, twist after twist. Director Hong-jin Na reinvents the supernatural in genre hybridisation that contains a who-dun-it, exorcism and ancient tradition in an unsettling wallow in evil.
The narrative goes full circle, adds up and assuages an hitherto undecided audience dissuaded by its jesting start. In its play of anti-Japanese sentiment, this is not a film that will cure inherent cultural Korean and Japanese animosity. The alienation of a Jap stranger in a Korean village does not encourage the audience to engage with difference.
For cinematic effects and the disquiet it brings, this mystery, crime, drama horror emerged a pleasant find for the Cannes 2016 critics, and continues to be a box office pick in Korea, also stealing the spotlight in Hollywood as a foreign entry. In crossing genre, this world cinema with sub-titles is for a broad audience. Look out for its general screening at Cinema Nova.
Produced by: John Penotti
Running time: 2 hours, 36 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Image courtesy of Pan Media & Entertainment
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
Profile: View Eugen's profile here
Opening night for Songs for a new world at Chapel off Chapel was full house for the robust talents of its cast. Natalie O’Donnell, Linden Furnell, Teagan Wouters and John O’Hara lent the lushness of their voices to the sombre, playful and abstract musical.
With the sizzling accompaniment of musical director Geoffrey Castle’s titillating harmonies, contemporary vignettes tugged the heart and mind in a production that spew haze, smoke and strobe illumination. The sound and lighting creatives realised a phenomenal accomplishment in rendering the best form of director Luke Joslin’s vision in a song cycle that was awe-upon-awe in the intimate setting of a loft.
If you are familiar with the story cycle in the literary world, nineteenth- and twentieth-century American authors adapted and expanded the short story to relay subversive ideas without alienating the audience. Narratives are held together by the arrangement of stories, thematic ties or collective protagonists, where a set of related tales constitute a closed and sufficient unit. This was the calibre of rare beast that producers Joshua Robson and Damien Bermingham unleashed in an astonishing premier of the human condition.
It is lockout policy at Chapel off Chapel so, when in for a show, hang around with agreeable staff at the bar and box office, unwind with a cider, sparkly, red or white as you wait for sparks to begin. There’s a choice of fruit-flavoured fizz for the teetotallers and cabaret festival trailers in the background for the visuals, not to mention beguiling posters upfront on the wall towards the loft where theatre unveils for the eager.
The throng was eager but unrehearsed for the energy and newness of each act in a poignant rendition of the choices humans make in Songs for a new world. Clap, clap, clap. Encore, encore…
More information about the musical production at http://songsau.com.au
Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, studied at Maritime Campus, less than two minutes walk from The Royal Observatory of the Greenwich Meridian. A computer graduate mentally re-engineered into creative writing, Eugen has finished a PhD in writing. She has published over 50 short stories and creative articles, and has in work a creative non-fiction book and a literary speculative novel. Her short stories are published in journals, magazines & anthologies worldwide. Eugen is deputy editor of MELBOURNE Magazine and sub-editor of FICTION Magazine at The Australia Times.
Profile: View Eugen's profile here
OZ COMIC-CON IS BACK THIS JUNE LONG WEEKEND!
JUNE 11-12, 2016
Oz Comic-Con Melbourne returns to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre this June!
Come join in a weekend of fun for the whole family. Our guest list is growing each day – Lucy Lawless and John Barrowman, David Anders, Ingrid Oliver, Timothy Omundson, Rose McIver and more!
Check out all the guests who will be at Oz Comic-Con Melbourne! Plus, have dinner with our guests on the Saturday night! Or Want the Ultimate Fan Experience? Check out what Speciality Tickets are available.
Show Hours: 9am-6pm daily
Tickets are on sale now!
(TAT Melbourne team would be covering this event)
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back. These are the stories and characters of today. The first musical from Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges Of Madison County), this moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the choices we make.
Brown transports his audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue to meet a startling array of characters ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage.
With a small, powerhouse cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score running the gamut of today’s popular music, Songs For A New World is a great way to bring the next generation into the theatre.
JUNE 2 – 12, 2016
More info at http://songsau.com.au; tickets at http://bit.ly/1TJMcXQ
23/05/2016 to 04/06/2016
Experience two weeks of superhuman feats, as the top gymnasts from each state and territory compete for the title of 2016 Australian Champion!
Hisense Arena, Melbourne Park Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne VIC 3004
03 8698 9700, events@gymnastics.org.au, www.ausgymnasticschamps.org.au
Tickets: http://ausgymnasticschamps.com.au/tickets/general-public/
Photo credit: Ron Quinonez
SAVE THE DATE MAY 26TH 2016
ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT
Come down to see the best of Melbourne’s freelance and boutique designers in a fashion runway show!
With the show beginning in the early evening, the night is still young so stay for a boogy and drinks after the show and to get the chance to meet the designers. Finger food provided, bar available at cheap prices.
Get your early bird ticket now for $10.00
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/third-platform-fashion-show-tickets-24446490110?aff=es2
See the most famous section of Swan Lake in just 45 minutes!
After a sell-out season in Sydney, join us at Arts Centre Melbourne on Thursday 9 June at 12.30pm and see a fully staged performance of Act Three of Baynes’ Swan Lake. This is your chance to watch the black swan, Odile as she tempts the Prince away from his true love in a thrilling pas de deux, set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score.
With drifts of tutus, mesmerising turns and graceful leaps, this is the perfect chance to experience the world’s most famous ballet!
For more info visit https://australianballet.com.au/event/the-black-swan-program-2016
(The Black Swan will be covered and featured by our Melbourne Mag team)
See the Big Guns Fly!
The Victorian Championships for Men’s, Women’s and Trampoline Gymnastics are held annually on Queen’s Birthday weekend, at Melbourne’s prestigious State Netball Hockey Centre, from Saturday 11 to Monday 13 June, 2016.
The Championships features Victoria’s top athletes competing across two arenas in a three-day extravaganza of awe-inspiring gymnastics. Our own gymnasts are often joined by teams from across Australia and Oceania, making it an event not to be missed!
For more info visit http://bit.ly/1R62x2w
(The Victorian Championships will be covered and featured by our Melbourne Mag team)
On May 18 artist Minna Gilligan will join Heide curator Sue Cramer for a discussion on how the pop-art cinematic musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg inspired the exhibition Dancing Umbrellas: An Exhibition of Movement and Light, before a rare screening of the 1964 French film at Cinema Nova in Carlton.
An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colours, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.
Wednesday 18 May at 6.30pm, Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton
Tickets $25 ($20 Concession/Member), Ticket includes cinema admission and admission to Dancing Umbrellas: An Exhibition of Movement and Light at Heide Museum of Modern Art.
13/05/2016 to 17/07/2016, Regent Theatre, 191-197 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
The world’s best-loved musical, The Sound of Music, is now showing in Melbourne!
The Sound of Music touches the hearts of all ages and features some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage, including My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, The Lonely Goatherd, Sixteen Going on Seventeen and, of course, the glorious title song, The Sound of Music!
Starring alongside Cameron Daddo as Captain von Trapp are many of Australia’s favourite stage performers such as Marina Prior in the role of the Baroness Schraeder, Lorraine Bayly as Frau Schmidt and Jacqueline Dark as Mother Abbess. In the coveted role of Maria is one of Australia’s newest and most outstanding award-winning musical theatre stars, Amy Lehpamer from Once, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show and Rock of Ages!
More information at www.soundofmusictour.com.au
Photo by James Morgan (The Melby tour was recently covered and will be featured by the Melbourne Mag team.)
“A fabulously fun international award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde JR. follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. This action-packed musical explodes on the stage with memorable songs and dynamic dances. Hilarious and heart-warming, this musical is so much fun it should be illegal!” – Hal Leonard Australia
Wyndham Theatre Company is proud to announce that tickets are on sale for our June production of ‘Legally Blonde Jr’.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Friday 10th June 7:30PM
Saturday 11th June 2:00PM
Saturday 11th June 7:30PM
TICKET PRICES:
Adults: $25
Concession: $20
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children U12): $80
More information is available on their website at http://www.legallyblondejr.com/
10th May 2016 – 28th May 201
Garry Pumfrey’s first solo at FLG was a bleak portrayal of Melbourne’s Port Melbourne and heavily urbanized areas and was a critical and commercial success. His most recent solo at FLG in 2012 Obres Noves sold out as did his suite of paintings of Barcelona at the 2014 Melbourne Art Fair. He has continued to be immersed in the Barcelona art scene, the resulting body of works enticing us to join him in exploring the heart of the old city, Barris Gòtic, Born & Raval. United in darkness, we find Pumfrey drawn to capture these history laden yet clearly contemporary lanes.
Pumfrey has won the Town of Vincent Art Award, Peoples Choice Award at the City of Joondalup Invitational Art Award, and has taken out first prize twice at the Gascoyne Biennale and once at the Kalgoorlie Boulder Art Exhibition. He was awarded ArtsWA funding for his Melbourne and Sydney exhibitions, and has work in several public collections, including Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University and the Town of Vincent. Recently his work was acquired for the Parliament House Collection.
FLINDERS LANE GALLERY
137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC
Tues – Fri 11am to 6pm, Sat 11am to 5pm (except for 3pm on the last day of exhibiton.)
info@flg.com.au, (03) 9654 3332
www.flg.com.au
FREE ENTRY
Meat Fish Wine bar and restaurant presents 80 world class Pinots from around the globe between now and July 30. A new wine is on show every day and a Meat Fish Wine Pinot Pass gives the holder access to over $1000 worth of Pinot over the 3 month long event.
May 5, 2016 – Meat Fish Wine, part of the Apples + Pears Restaurant Group, today announced the Meat Fish Wine Pinot Party has started!
Meat Fish Wine restaurant and wine bar is hosting a Pinot party from May 2nd to July 30th. Pinot lovers can enjoy a new glass of Pinot every day, for 80 days. The 3 month long event kicked off this week with local Pinot Noirs from the Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley leading the charge. Wines have been sourced from the world’s very best wine regions, and over $1000 worth of Pinot can be accessed with an $80 Pinot Pass valid for the three month long Pinot party.
The Meat Fish Wine Pinot Pass gives the holder the chance to try a host of old and new world Pinots, sure to delight the palate of the most discerning Pinot drinker. Over the 80 days wines from local winemakers, France, Italy, U.S.A, Chile, Germany, Australia and New Zealand will be featured. The limited number of $80 Pinot Passes are available at Meat Fish Wine or online, giving the holder access to over $1000 worth of wines from around the world.
More information on 80 Pinots in 80 days: https://apeg.co/808080/
Contact details: Vanessa Green, Director Marketing and Wine, pr@apeg.co, +61 3 9603 1640
Cinema Nova from 12 May
Down-on-their-luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights agree to a last-minute gig in a backwoods Oregon roadhouse. The gig soon takes a sinister turn as the band members stumble upon a grisly murder scene and find themselves targeted by a ruthless club owner and his associates, determined to eliminate all witnesses.
From the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier (BLUE RUIN), GREEN ROOM is a nerve shredding thrill-ride with a thick vein of dark humour, featuring a gripping ensemble performance from Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Macon Blair and Callum Turner.
Source: Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton, 93475331
5 May – 19 June 2016, NGV International, 180 St. Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC 3004
One of the world’s most iconic paintings, James McNeill Whistler’s Portrait of the artist’s mother, 1871, will travel to Australia for the first time in March 2016.
On loan from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and exhibited exclusively at the NGV in association with Art Exhibitions Australia, the exhibition Whistler’s Mother will explore this complex work from multiple perspectives to reveal the artist, the sitter, and the work’s immense artistic, social and historical impact.
Source: National Gallery of Victoria, photo cropped (spoiler alert), please visit NGV to see the whole portrait
19-29 May, opening Saturday 21 May, 2-5pm
Japanese sculptor Takahiko Sugawara has been based in Melbourne since 2012, for Repetitive Nature, his second exhibition with Tinning Street he will be presenting select cut wood sculptures and one major work; nearing the length of the gallery, and made entirely from matchsticks. Sugawara makes use of simple geometric forms, which he repeats en masse to form intricate large-scale sculptures. The organic hand-building of individual structural layers brings an entrancing tactile quality to the potentially austere sculptures.
Sugawara’s use of repetition, form, and discipline are rooted in his teenage years where he was in Japan’s number one high school marching band. The band practiced for six hours a day, every day, walking in formation, making lines and shapes whilst playing their instruments.
Tinning Street is located at 5/29 Tinning Street, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, Brunswick, VIC 3056
It’s all happening at the newly named O’Brien Group Arena (formely Medibank Icehouse) at Docklands, Melbourne. Last Saturday, the Melbourne Mustangs won over the Canberra Brave Ice Hockey team by scoring most of their points at the last period to take a 7-1 win!
Photo credit: ADLP Photography
More information from the AIHL website
14 May – 11 June 2016
In a subtle shift from photography to moving image Simon Obarzanek’s forthcoming exhibition will showcase a suite of six high definition video pieces, fittingly titled “Video Portraits”. The subjects, with their formal uniformity are paired back to no more than highlighted faces lit against a dark background. The protagonists at times give only the very subtlest hint at physical exertion and at other times they are at battle, as they appear to be coerced by something unseen. Obarzanek continues to explore the notions of loss, passion, strength, illness, gravity, and loneliness that are at the core of the common human experience.
Obarzanek has exhibited in many significant group and solo exhibitions including: Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London (2005),Melbourne Now (2013), Negotiating This World: Contemporary Australian Art, (2012); and Order and disorder: Archives and photography (2008/2009), all at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. A survey exhibition Simon Obarzanek, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne (2008).
Source: Karen Woodbury Gallery, Level 1/167 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000, +61(3)9639 5855, Tuesday to Saturday 11 – 5, info@kwgallery.com, karenwoodburygallery.com
Saturday September 10, 2016
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Why are you feeling so guilty about all the fun you have been having of late? Most likely it is because of those tales of woe you keep hearing from people who have not had it so good. Yes, life is unfair. Too bad.
Mercury, your ruler, is on fine form at the moment and you certainly dont lack for confidence. Social occasions and travel plans are especially well starred, so dont sit there doing nothing, get out into the world and enjoy yourself.
Just because someone has a different outlook to you does not mean you cannot work together or even be friends. Say what you have to say and say it well, then open your ears to what they have to tell you. Learn from each other.
There is no right way or wrong way to do what needs to be done, there is only the way that works, so if you are happy with the way things are going then carry on and dont let anyone persuade you to change.
You will find yourself in a minority of one today and those who oppose you will be in positions of power. Do you back down? No you do not. The only way you are going to win is if you take the fight to them. Be intellectually aggressive.
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You are rather restless at the moment, especially on the mental level where your thoughts are jumping all over the place. But thats good. The more you allow your mind to wander the more ideas and insights you will come up with.
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You will have to defend your beliefs with every weapon at your disposal over the next 24 hours. Every time others challenge your opinions you must hit back twice as hard. Give them no quarter. Show them no mercy. Its all or nothing.
