10 March 2015
Skin of Our Teeth Productions presents William Shakespeare’s timeless and remarkable play. The hunch-backed toad, the bottle-backed spider – this is Shakespeare in a post-apocalyptic world where rules are broken, morals are corrupted, and love is a foreign concept. Come on a journey of envy, power, and betrayal as Richard smiles, cajoles and murders his way to the top.
9 March 2015
Anna Bligh, former premier of Queensland, is best remembered for her calm, focused and practical leadership during the Queensland floods, one of Australia’s largest national disasters. She was the first woman to be elected premier of an Australian state in her own right – and spent over 17 years in the rough and tumble of the Queensland parliament, seven of them as deputy premier or premier.
8 March 2015
Color Me Rad is a 5K that fires off in a blaze of color bombs, color cannons, color mortars, and multi-toned courses that guarantee your outlook will be brighter, your boyfriend will be more affectionate, your boss will finally remember your name, the hair on your head will grow back and the hair on your back will fall out, and your gray outlook will turn green like a spring morning.
6 March 2015
Golden Plains is set to throw open the doors to 31 venues from private studios and gardens to beautiful rustic town halls, vibrant pubs and cafes and sumptuous wineries with 90 artists demonstrating their talents on the weekend of March 21 and 22, 2015.
6 March 2015
In this event packed with cooking and conversation, attendees will discover great recipes, tips, tricks and techniques for living the paleo way. This is your opportunity to learn from Australia’s most passionate paleo chef!
6 March 2015
Finding a good shirt that strikes the perfect balance between minimalist and an edgy design can be a tricky task, but with new local menswear brand WtWrth Supply Co things just got a lot easier.
5 March 2015
Often the best judge of how passionate you are about something is what you come out with at the end of the process. For Jessica Skye Baker, there’s no question of her passion as her studio space is laden with resin artworks wall to wall and stacked on top of each other in colourful displays.
25 February 2015
Even at a young age, Yvette Timmins knew that she wanted to be a florist. Often taking the time to pick things from the garden and make arrangements for her family home. “I was always wanting to pick things out of the garden and often getting in trouble for it,” Yvette says.
24 February 2015
Stepping on stage with the bright lights glaring back at you, the crowd eagerly awaiting a hilarious five-minute comedy routine might be the scariest possible idea to you. Taking the first step to becoming a comedian – aka entering in the RAW Comedy Heats – may be the best decision of your life, as Geelong born and bred Jonathan Schuster knows all too well about.
20 February 2015
Think back to the best horror movie you’ve seen. There would have been blood, and lots of it, rusty weapons, creaking doors and a masked figure lurking in doorways, but did it all unfold created right in front of your eyes on stage like in Live, Live Cinema?
5 February 2015
The upcoming Sustainable Hook & Vine Festival in Torquay will be the first ever sustainable seafood festival in Australia and looks to become a permanent fixture on our summer time calendars. Hook & Vine will showcase a number of local restaurants with pop up kitchens focusing on sustainably caught seafood.
5 February 2015
Based on the extremely successful movie (starring Reese Witherspoon) this musical comedy tells the story of Elle Woods, the ravishing and oh-so-pink sorority president and calendar girl, who is a big hit on the campus of her sun-drenched Los Angeles college. She’s also got the perfect boyfriend in Warner Huntington III, a wealthy East Coast blue blood.
27 January 2015
A watchful cheetah, an eerie bat and migrating cranes are among the 100 award-winning images in the 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Now in its 50th year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases the diversity and wonder of the natural world.
23 January 2015
Hailing all the way from Seattle, USA, The Atomic Bombshells bring their internationally-renowned burlesque show to Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal for one night only! We had a chat with founder and artistic director, the one and only Kitten LaRue!
22 January 2015
The Apollo Bay Seafood Festival will move into its fourth official year of operation next month as the event looks to grow more and more each year. I spoke with Merri Hagan about the growing popularity of the event.
22 January 2015
Late last year we welcomed the Pivotonian Cinema, an independent film exhibitor that is proudly Geelong. Because we’re a sucker for a good flick, we got some snacks, dimmed the lights, and got comfy with Jessica Litsas as we talked about how things have been travelling.
16 January 2015
Miss Saigon is one of those stories that everybody knows. In-between tales of dragons and princesses, everyone remembers the American GI and Vietnamese bargirl who fell in love during the final days of the Vietnam War. It’s a story we all know, or are at least familiar with, but for producer Peter Wills the decision to choose the production wasn’t as easy as you’d think.
14 January 2015
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn’t marveled at the delights of Cirque du Soleil at least once. We at Forte sure have, and so we chased down Neelanthi Vadivel, former performer and now the Artistic Director, to have a little chat about new production, Totem.
12 January 2015
Think you don’t know a thing about West Side Story? How about the Jets and the Sharks? Making its Broadway debut in 1957, the musical about young love against the odds if for no other reason is known for its teenage gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. The Warrnambool Holiday Actors will staging the play at The Lighthouse this month and we wanted to know more.
9 January 2015
It is 29 degrees, the city is swarming with motorbikes, and a young family of three whizzes past with a fully-sized dead pig balanced on the back. A common scene in Hanoi, Vietnam, but something Brett Danielsen wasn’t prepared to witness as he entered the country. “I just thought, ‘Holy shit, where are we?’
3 January 2015
Choosing a winner for anything is hard, and that process isn’t made any easier when it comes to short films created by VCE students. What one film may luck in technique, it may more than make up for in the story line. Though regardless of how hard choosing a winner is, two were picked from this year’s films screened at the Odyssey Film Festival.
1 January 2015
There aren’t many people who can say that they’re an artist, and be talking about both visual art and musical art. Geelong grown David Bowers has been creating in both areas for over 20 years, beginning with his art/surf label, Umgawa, which he founded in 1992.
23 December 2014
Having a health scare can often mean the end of a career and life as you’ve come to know it, but for Stacey Hunter, she managed to turn it into the beginning of the business she’s always dreamed of.
20 December 2014
The Apollo Bay Annual Summer Art Show is all about showcasing the work of local and regional artists. Established and successfully managed for 33 years by the Apollo Bay & District Historical Society, the 34th Art Show was hosted, for the first time, by Apollo Bay Arts Inc. Few changes have been made to the successful format of the show apart from a greater emphasis on encouraging entries from local artists.
