I have been very lucky to be successful in obtaining a place at Burning Man this year, an amazing project to build a temporary city in the middle of the Nevada desert, USA. For those of you who don’t know, it is an incredible feat to create a fantastical city, with its own wacky rules and completely different principles to …
Harry Potter Burlesque Preview
Yes I’ve read the books. Seen the movies. And now I’ll be in the burlesque parody. What am I talking about? Harry Potter and the Curse of the Tassel Twirl, where fan boys, divas and devos unite! This Sunday Umbrella Theatre will be presenting you with the perverted puppetry phenomena, ‘Dobby’s Punishment Parlour’ at the Standard Oxford Street. Our very …
Blue Man Hogmanay, Edinburgh 2010
New Year’s Day, 2010. I was in the bitter cold of Edinburgh, Scotland, wearing everything I owned to combat the -6 degree cold. While my friends nursed their Hogmanay hangovers, I emerged that evening as the sun was shyly withdrawing behind the horizon, and made my way along the Royal Mile, past frozen puddles and debris abandoned after the festivities …
Boot & Bat Eyes
My clever housemate, friend and local producer Eleanor Winkler has had her work accepted into Your Film Festival. This international Youtube festival has only two Sydney entries in the final cut – both by Miss Winkler. She is a former Tropfest winner,prolific advocate for accessible media and premiering a new film next week! Watch, vote and support Aussie film-making. You …
Frasers, Hamlet and Itches
There’s a few things about Sydney town that you should know about. First up, Fraser Studios is no more! On Saturday I attended their closing bash, which despite the sad circumstances was a jovial affair, featuring some awesome psycho-billy bush punk band, Christa Hughes and a mobile Jaffle Jafe. I indulged in a tasty Quiche Urban, the perfect after dinner …
Reclining nude #2
I’m working on a series of reclining female nudes at the moment. This is number two in progress in my little painting corner at home. Black ink on paper.
Skeleton Dog Graffiti, Melbourne
While taking a lunch break from schmoozing a little at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, I happened upon this fantastic piece of street art in one of the CBD’s hip and charming laneways. Loving the skeletal/greyhound/jackal/scientific drawing style imagery.
Umbrella Theatre Does Winter Magic Festival
This weekend the umbrella was bundled up into the back of a ute and trucked up the mountain for the ever-charming Winter Magic Festival. This festival holds a special place in my heart, as it was my annual tradition since I was sixteen, until recent European adventures took me elsewhere for the solstice over the past few years. So I …
From Tamarama to Tibet
Meet my friend Danma, a Tibetan from a nomadic yak herding family in the Gansu province. Last weekend, I took her to a Rica Tetas gig. She has now been in Australia for over a year, studying at UTS with a goal of improving the living conditions for the poor communities in her homeland. This uni break, she will record …
Upcoming Excitments
Work, work, so many different kinds of work to be done! At the moment I’m focusing on a few different exciting projects; Upcoming Gigs Firstly, I have a couple of upcoming gigs. This weekend I’ll be performing in my puppet show ‘Encounter with a Monster’ with Umbrella Theatre at the Winter Magic Festival. Saturday 23 June 12.15, The Civic Place (in …