Image by Getty Images via Daylife And so it’s off to Sydney for the weekend for some theatre and catchups with friends. Cate Blanchett is playing Blanche in Sydney Theatre Company‘s production of Tennessee Williams‘ A Streetcar Named Desire. I hear she’s not too bad at all! To stay in touch I’m equipped with a
Continue reading ...But wait … there’s more dust, originally uploaded by Dramagirl. Image by Dramagirl via Flickr It’s been a difficult, dusty day. I awoke around 5 am to a mighty wind … well it sounded and felt like that. Within a couple of hours dust began to appear all around – blown in from the north-west
Continue reading ...It’s in its ninth year according to Short+Sweet’s website, but I hadn’t heard of this competitive festival of 10 minute plays until relatively recently. Short+Sweet arrived in Brisbane this year, and played at Brisbane’s Powerhouse just prior to the start of the Brisbane Festival – a kind of outlier or ‘fringe up front’ to the
Continue reading ...I’ve loved Tumblr for years. It’s been my online scrapbook for quotes and images. From today I’m tinkering in Posterous, especially since it’s design is now customisable. Oh yes, and this is a test post. Posted via email from Kate Foy Related articles by Zemanta Posterous Launches Support for Themes, Import from Tumblr (readwriteweb.com) Posterous
Continue reading ...Here’s the latest video response from XPLANE, stimulated I suspect by a terrific slide show Shift Happens that’s been doing the rounds for a couple of years. In fact, I wrote about here just over a year ago. Want a glimpse into how our lives are changing in this digital age?
Continue reading ...Flloyd Kennedy, actor, director, and voice coach talks up a new ‘Bits’ fringe festival for Brisbane, scheduled “loosely” for late November this year. She enthuses about the kind of wild and woolly “and deeply unreliable” fringe festival that she wants to see in the city, and challenges the group to get organised, and get going.
Continue reading ...Bulldogs v Lions, originally uploaded by Kevin Rudd PM. No reason for this post other than it’s clearly silly footie finals season, and perhaps only in Australia would a Prime Minister bet on the results of a football match with his Deputy … and then wear the winning team’s tie next day. Here’s Health Minister
Continue reading ...I’ve had some fun today playing with Apple’s new 5th generation Nano iPod. Specifically, I’ve been testing the inbuilt video camera for usability and results. I’ve sent up an Audioboo which discusses my reactions so far to the Nano, and although I call it a ‘Nano video-camera’ on this boo, it’s no such thing at
Continue reading ...Nature’s Play Gym, originally uploaded by Dramagirl. It’s true what they say … there’s more inspiration to be had in getting up close with nature than can ever be had sitting at a keyboard. I spent a wonderful afternoon today in a city park on the Brisbane River. New Farm Park is filled with wonderful
Continue reading ...When I was a primary (elementary) school teacher, one of the jobs I hated most was playground duty. It meant losing your precious lunch or break ‘downtime’ to wander an always hot and dusty playground, often trailed by kids who liked nothing more than to tell tales on one another. You had to keep an
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