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My dear friend Sabrina is the Body Poet. She also specialises in post-socialist, eco-feminist interpretive dance. She’s a much sought after puppeteer in the USA, and prolific in Australia too. Through puppetry, physical theatre and comedy she will surprise and confuse. She’s funny. Haha. Its not just me that thinks so! “Horrifically funny, with an emphasis on horror.” Time Out Melbourne …
One of my best friends is Portuguese designer and installation artist, Ana Brotas. She’s incredibly talented, and has exhibited as part of Depford X, Camberwell Arts Festival and has had her video works shown all over the world as part of the Cologne International Videoart Festival. A common theme in her work is domestic objects, their design and how we …
A few little morsels of puppety goodness for you. First of all, a nice little write up appeared in Mx Magazine about tomorrow’s gig at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Come along and start your Friday night the interesting way! Its a stone’s throw away from such fine establishments as the Rose Hotel and Freda’s. Friday 5 April 2013 6.30-9.30pm …
What a lucky duck I’ve been lately, taken out to a string of overwhelmingly fantastic shows! First up was Sydney Dance Company’s De Novo, the most unexpected piece of contemporary dance I’ve ever seen. It was extraordinary, with incredible choreography and impossible bodies. But also what was so surprising, an alien vs predator themed dance, and a postmodern dialectic coupled …
No plans for Friday night? I have a proposition for you, better than the usual after work drinks at the pub. Get down to Pine Street Creative Arts Centre and support the valuable and prolific Chippendale arts organisation. They host a range of creative courses, exhibitions and programs year round. Smart Arts is Pine Street’s annual youth mini-fest, and the …
A simple study of a female nude with blues and browns Coloured pencil on paper.
Some curious and colourful street art in Novi Sad, Serbia. Who is it, I wonder? And what does it say? And why does there appear to be a little pack of cigarettes in the bottom right corner? The street art was unusually at odds with the general historic feel of the city centre. The lovely town has so many gorgeous …
Umbrella Theatre’s own Sam Hickey is currently in New York with a Broadway show! What a glamorous babe she is. Here she is, captured on film, terrifying Americans in Times Square. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxU3corHoco&feature=youtu.be] Erth’s Petting Zoo is a ridiculously fun introduction to dinosaurs and the prehistoric. The whole show was home grown here in Sydney. The puppets are exquisite and so …
What is a salvage spider, I hear you ask? A most fearsome beastie that lives in the bush, in Norther NSW. He eats teddy bears and creeps about, spinning a giant web to seduce further prey. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/56297780] The salvage spider is also an amazing puppet created entirely out of rubbish by a community collective, One Off Makery. Key member …
Such a great name, it just makes me wanna scream: MARAAAAWA THE AMAAAZING!! Marawa the Amazing, star of London’s Roundhouse, La Clique, hula princess, Britain’s Got Talent crowning champion and tiki pin up is in town for a limited time only. This woman can take 133 hoops at a time, which if you aren’t aware, is BADASS. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bRg0v1nJ4] She’s in …