THE ARTS

The pirates are coming!

With a rollicking cast of 20, directed by awardwinning director Diana Thomson and actor Jane Rivers, the Pirates of Penzance will run from 20 July to 6 August at the Noosa Arts Theatre.

Written by Gilbert and Sullivan when Victoria reigned, the Pirates of Penzance is fun for all the family. Poor Frederic was born on 29 February which leads to problems. He becomes mixed up by mistake with pirates just when he finds Mabel whose father, the Major-General, is determined to rid the town of buccaneers.

Gary Morris plays the pirate king with all the panache of a rock star. He toured nationally and internationally with the Australian band U2 as lead singer Bono. With appearances on stage and TV he has also entertained the Dalai Lama. Talented in multimedia, Gary also made his own costumes.

Another new face to Noosa but not to the world of music is Rebecca Hincksman who plays Mabel. A singing teacher, owner of Bella Voce Studios, chorale director and with degrees in music and languages Rebecca has longed to play Mabel since performing her song Poor Wandering One aged 16.

Harry Cure is no stranger to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and has performed with the Tasmanian G&S Society. Classically trained in singing, movement and acting he relishes the role of Frederick.

Another devotee of G&S, Knox Cameron is well known to Sunshine Coast theatre-goers. He has performed in many productions and now proves he is “the very model of a modern MajorGeneral”.

The war on soft plastics

Each day I empty and divide my small house bins into my green landfill bin, my yellow recycle bin and my Containers for Change bin. This is my choice to recycle with care for my planet.

Each day I feel sad and bitterly disappointed that I face the dilemma of which bin to put my soft plastics in now?

As an avid recycler I used to deliver my old dog food bags stuffed with all my soft plastics every few weeks to Woolworths with great pride and glee … But no more!

I feel guilty as I put my soft plastics into the green landfill bin and often feel like shoving them into the yellow recycle bin as THIS is where they should be going but I have been told soft plastics clog and jam the council's sorting equipment.

I feel like a total recycling vandal every day. It hurts and it is sad.

What has happened? Why wasn’t the soft plastics recycling better organised? Obviously the soft plastics stockpile has log jammed the brilliant efforts by so many of us to recycle our soft plastics.

Hopefully Craig Reucassel‘s next upcoming program War on Waste will raise public awareness and ire on this issue.

I will march with placards …

I will sign petitions ...

I will write letters to editors ...

I will harass my wonderful local member Dan Purdie … (Sorry Dan).

I sincerely hope millions of others feel and do the same.

Bronwyn Innes

Soft Plastics Taskforce

In March 2023 the Soft Plastics Taskforce –comprising ALDI, Coles and Woolworths –outlined the steps required to launch a new supermarket soft plastics collection scheme. They aim to launch this in select stores in late 2023 provided that the REDcycle’s existing soft plastic stockpiles can be cleared prior. The new program would then be gradually rolledout nationally next year. Visit: tinyurl.com/ mum9am2u.

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22 Coastal Country Music Fest, Bokarina, �� venue114.com.au

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29 Christmas in July, Eumundi School of Arts, �� trybooking.com/CIFFZ

29 Kate Ceberano, Noosa Woods, �� noosaalive.com.au

29 Author signing: Alison McLennan Birdie Lights up the World, Eumundi, �� berkelouw.com.au

30 A Dog’s Life: Pet Expo, Gympie Tce Noosaville, �� adogslifepetexpo.com.au

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