A grab-bag of my interests: contemporary theatre, creativity, plus life and learning online
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Like many who use social networking software to engage in conversation, I’d characterise myself as a heavy Twitter-user. And the more I use Twitter, the more followers I get; it’s the nature of viral communication. I’m now followed by 1400 + people – small beans compared with some. Now, I follow some who don’t follow [...]
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Queensland Theatre Company today marks the 40th anniversary of its being signed into existence … literally … by an Act of Parliament: the Queensland Theatre Company Act (1970). It remains unique in Australia in this regard, and is one of a handful of arts Statutory Authorities in the state. Perhaps this is indicative of the [...]
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Yes, it’s David Mamet in a memo to the writers of the series The Unit … how could it be anyone else with all those shouty caps. It’s an extract from Don Hall‘s blog, and the coda line is pure Hall. Read the whole thing of course, and follow Don if you like a bit [...]
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Anyone working in the arts industry in Brisbane this week would have been aware of an article published in the Courier Mail newspaper titled ‘Brizvegas or cultural desert?’ The online version pursued the notion that the state’s capital was an arts wasteland, and it had attracted over 100 comments last time I looked. It’s testament, [...]
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Icons, branding, labels … the medium as message, but what’s the message or meaning when it comes to theatre labels? There are lots around, and I’m curious about one in particular – independent. I see it and its diminutive and the very buzzy word indie everywhere. I’m sufficiently that way inclined – too much of [...]
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Read the whole piece … a review of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Interesting how for this reviewer and, let’s face it, for most of us that it’s the story that matters in the end … Such is the problem with 3D. It is so mind-numbingly amazing that narrative storytelling hasn’t caught up with the [...]
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