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● Charlie Ranger in Fishlace Jones/Behind the Curtain.

■ Charlie Ranger presents his one-man show Fishlace Jones/Behind the Curtain at Bellevue, Globe Alley Melbourne as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival from September 1116. his show is billed as shining a light on every crazy method used to create the independent shows seen during the Fringe Festival.

Behind the Curtain delves into the apparently secretive process that, until now, has been kept highly secret.

How much is really known about the ludicrous techniques employed by directors, actors and stagehands throughout the industry?

Via Fishlace’s personal experience, this will be a ‘Masterclass’ that fearlessly exposes secrets.

From walking as a pigeon through hot blood to find one’s emotional truth, to writing scripts specifically designed for casting hot nudes, the show asks if there nothing these desperate creatives won’t do in a bid to create the perfect piece of theatre.

Over 45 minutes that can be described as part Masterclass/part Boot Camp, Behind the Curtain is essential not just for performers, but normal humans too.

Behind the Curtain is written and performed

by Charlie Ranger and directed by Michael Argus.

Venue: Belleville, 1 Globe Alley, Melbourne Dates: September 11 – 16 at 6pm (50 minutes) Tickets: Full $20, Concession $18 Bookings: www.melbournefringe.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Ukelele Kids Show

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● Woody Clark presents The Ukulele Kids Show. Photo: James Ashton.

■ Warburton local Woody Clark has been the language of music can be accessed by a professional musician and teacher for 15 everyone. years and now young folk can learn to play Also keep an eye out for a soon-to-be-rethe ukulele live in Woody’s brand new show leased Woody’s World album and a new ukubeing presented September 25-27 at Gas- lele e-course which will allow kids to conworks Arts Park. tinue their musical journey long after they Woody is now seeking support from the leave the theatre. community through the Australian Cultural Woody says: “I love teaching kids and their Fund to get the show on its feet in time for parents about the fun and creativity that comes opening. with music. It really is a universal language Follow the story of Jasmina, a shy young that permeates every facet of our daily lives. girl at school in need of the tools to express “The kookaburras singing in the morning, herself through music. the music of the suburban train on the tracks Together with expert ukuleleist Woody or the laughter and singing of the school yard.

Clark, his cheeky friend Hercules the Cat, It flows in and out of each and every day.” (and of course an orchestra of ukuleles proVenue: Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park vided by an audience of budding young musiDates: September 25-27, 10.30am (addicians), Jasmina unlocks her musical poten- tional 3pm show on Thurs., September 27). tial proving that artistic expression is for ev- September 27, 10.30am and 3pm eryone and with the right tools and knowhow, Bookings at www.gasworks.org.au

Solo and group exhibitions in 2019 Call-Out: for Exhibitions at Kingston Arts in 2019.

Kingston Arts is currently seeking applications for both solo and group art exhibitions in 2019.

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Melbourne Arts with Pet er K emp eter Kemp contemporary art in a supportive environment.

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ure, ceramics, installation, video, performance and sound. for more information visit kingstonarts.com.au/exhibitions.

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Exhibition: Thursday August 16 - Saturday September 15. Venue: G1 and G2, Kingston Arts, 979 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin

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Sarah Cottier Gallery Melbourne Art Fair has announced that the inaugural YarraBend Stand Prize has been awarded to Sarah Cottier Gallery for their outstanding presentation of artist Esther Stewart at Melbourne Art Fair 2018.

The 45000 Stand Prize recognises an exceptional gallery presentation, which showcases an innovative solo artist, show or curated group presentation at the Fair's 15th edition.

The prize was awarded during the Melbourne Art Fair Collector Preview on Wednesday August 1 by Len Warson, Chairman and CEO of Glenvill and a jury of notable industry professionals including Natalie King, Enterprise Professor at Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne; Mark Feary, Director of Gertrude Contemporary; andSimon Wright, Assistant Director at QueenslandArt Gallery.

Glen Eira Arts & Culture Cnr Glen Eira & Hawthorn Rds, Caulfield ★ 23rd B'nai B'rith Victoria Jewish Youth Art competition.

The Jewish Youth Art Competition and exhibition aims to develop and enhance the artistic abilities of youth aged 11 to 18.

This important annual exhibition showcases the innovative works created by talented Jewish Youth, including drawings, paintings, multimedia, sculpture and digital photography.

Exhibition: August 2 - 15. ★ Place. Works from Council's art collection Gallery Annexe Our engagement with place and the rich narratives associated with people's lives and domestic environments are explored in this exhibition.

This richly layered exhibition features works from the Council's art collection which illuminate real and imagined visions of home, history and memory.

Exhibition : August 2-19.

- Peter Kemp

Heide Gallery Sweeney Reed and Strines Gallery In 1972, an article published in The Age heralded the opening of a new gallery in Brunswick St. Fitzroy with the startling headline 'Sweeney Reed - demon art man’.

Sweeney Reed Galleries (1972-75) was the artist and gallerist's second venture, after Strines Gallery in Carlton a (1967- 70).

Reed, the adopted son of Heide founders, John and Sunday Reed had established the gallery when he was just 21 years of age.

Strines was sixties cool, and its charismatic director exuded confidence and charm playing host to dinners, parties and poetry readings as well as exhibitions.

Both galleries promoted a new wave of daring abstractionists including Sydney Ball, Col Jordan and Trevor Vickers as well as the work of visual poets Russell Deeble and Alex Selenitsch, among others.

Sweeney Reed and Strines Gallery features work from the relatively brief yet fruitful periods in which these galleries were operational, drawn from Heide's collection and further afield.

The exhibition also celebrates Sweeney Reed's own work as an artist, concrete poet and small press publisher, and considers the role of female artists-including Lesley Dumbrell, Sandra Leveson, Margaret Worth and Bridget Riley - during a time when they were underacknowledged.

Exhibition: August 25, 2018 - February 24.

2019. Venue: Heide II. ★ Heide Drawing Workshop: Modern Methods This series of workshops is designed specifically for those new to drawing, lapsed drawers, or those wishing to improve their skill set.

In each class you will study the drawings of a renowned artist of the Heide circle and facets of the drawing process, enabling you to unlock your artistic potential.

Cost: Adults $55. Concession $50. Member #34. (includes museum admission). all materials supplied including a glass of wine.

Saturday August 25. 1 - 4pm.

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Sunday Arts Join Heide for a Sunday morning guided tour of Design for Life, Grant and Mary Featherstone followed by an hour of art making as a family. Light morning tea provided.

Cost: Adult $39. Concession $32. Member $30. ★ History Tour: Heide Past and Present.

Learn about the fascinating history of Heide from the early days when John and Sunday Reed first purchased the property in 1934 through to its elevation into a museum of modern and contemporary art and public sculpture park.

I ncluded with museum admission.

Every Sunday until August 26 at 2pm. ★ Sculpture Tour: Mark of the Hand.

Learn about the different processes and techniques used by artists in the making of selected sculptures in the park with volunteer guide Nasrin Rasoulzadeh Thursday August 23, 2pm Friday August 31. 2pm.

Heide Museum of Modern Art 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen - Peter Kemp

Downtown Gallery Paint, Painting, Painted focuses on a younger generation of Australian artists who continue to embrace diverse approaches to painting practice.

Deakin University Downtown Gallery's latest exciting offering survey's the work of three emerging Melbourne based artists: Matthew Cettmer, Sarah Gsling and Laura Skerij.

Deakin Curator James Lynch said the exhibition considers how and enthusiasm for painting has endured and prospered in recent years.

"These artists in their late 20s and 30s have been born into an epoch largely defined by the internet and the proliferation of images , big data and social media,” Mr Lynch said.

"Platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapshot, Twitter and Flickr have crated a social context where our visual attentions and focus are always competing, browsing and shifting from one thing to the next."

The exhibition closes on August 31.

Deakin University Downtown Gallery Level 12, Tower 2.

Collins Square 727 Collins St, Melbourne - Peter Kemp

Glen Eira Gallery Twenty Melbourne Painters Society The 100th Annual Exhibition of this prestigious group of traditional realist painters promises to generate great interest amongst collectors and the public.

This year's exhibition will feature The 100th Annual Exhibition of this prestigious group of traditional realist painters promises to generate great interest amongst collectors and the public.

This year's exhibition will feature works of excellence in tonal realism for the enjoyment of Gallery visitors.

Exhibition: August 29 - September 9. ★ A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize 2018 Applications are open for this national art prize which is awarded biennially to emerging Australian artists who have demonstrated talent and achievement in traditional styles.

Major Award for a travelling Scholarship $60,000/ A.M.E Bale Art Prize in the medium of oils and/or acrylics. $5000.

A. M. E Bale Art Prize for works on paper $5000 Online applications close Wednesday, October 3.

Further information visit www.gleneira. vic.gov.au/Bale - Peter Kemp

Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Red Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 1-4-6-9 Lotto Numbers: 4-6-16-24-41-43 Don't listen to gossip or repeat it or your reputation could take a battering. The wise will show more appreciation towards lovers. Finances tend to balance out.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2-3-5-9 Lotto Numbers: 5-11-33-36-40-44 There could be a mystery someone in the background who is taking a keen interest in what you have been doing and many could be offered a part in some financial ventures, and some will receive some romantic propositions.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Mauve Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1-5-6-7 Lotto Numbers: 12-14-23-29-3237 Don't lend money or possessions. Friends could be receptive without meaning to. A very social period coming up and it would be wise to plan your time in advance or you may promise to be in different places at the same time.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 1-4-5-6 Lotto Numbers: 8-10-31-34-38-40 A very tense period for most, you may avoid trouble by talking things over with partners before heading into ventures on your own or making decisions that involve others; a luckier time ahead.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 2-3-5-9 Lotto Numbers: 13-18-19-31-3745 Don't take anything for granted where money is concerned as some deception is indicated. Letting your temper go unchecked can take its toll in your personal relationships.

A romantic overture could bolster up your confidences.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 2-3-6-7 Lotto Numbers: 3-5-25-33-43-44 Holiday plans could be altered or deferred; best to check all arrangements thoroughly. A romantic period, however someone may be trying to gain your favours and this could put you in a very embarrassing situation.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Apricot Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1-3-5-9 Lotto Numbers: 1-4-8-18-27-35 There is likely to be friction around you domestic-wise; avoid trouble than provoke it. Make sure bills are paid on time .Those in the public eye should benefit financially.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 1-2-3-4 Lotto Numbers 6-9-14-23-28-34 Don't take on too much at once or your health could suffer. Plan ahead in any business venture and double check on any travel arrangements. Finances could be down one minute and up the next. : SAGITTARIUS: (November23- December20) Lucky Colour: Grey Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 3-6-7-8 Lotto Numbers: 4-13-24-41-42-43 For many there could be quite a financial windfall. However, friction in your love life could suddenly explode.

The wise among you will not neglect loved ones. Past contacts could be interesting. .

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4-5-8-9 Lotto Numbers: 1-3-7-19-23-37 There should be many opportunities for the singles to develop their romantic interests. Friends may not approve of your choices, however, if you know what you want go for it.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Grey Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 2-3-5-6 Lotto Numbers: 18-21-25-28-3437 Your hunches are more reliable. The financial picture looks brighter, don't be too keen to entertain strangers. If you tell secrets they could rebound. Someone could repay a past favour.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1-4-6-9 Lotto Numbers: 6-20-22-33-36-40 You may find out who your friends really are during this period. Don't start any new ventures unless you check out all the information. Don't carry any dead weight around. Insist others meet their obligations.

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■ The lives of convict boys at Point Puer in 1834 opposite Port Arthur can only be imagined.

It was a purpose-built reform institution with the noble aim of rehabilitation but conditions were primitive, the work regime draconian and punishment savage.

Author and director, Alaine Beek, has tried to capture what the lives of these boys might have been like.

Whilst the performances by the five cast were sound, they were hampered by a script that was episodic, revealing as it did the types of experiences boys would have been subject to, and staging that was rudimentary.

Scene followed scene with the same small cast exiting and entering to begin the next scene. A greater dramaturgical sense was needed to create and build interest.

The characters didn’t develop. Bones (Alex Roe) was the thief, Red (Will McDonald) the leader, Ardy (Jeremy Withers) the coward, Jeremiah (Will Farnsworth) the victim and Hawkins (Philip Cameron-Smith) the overseer.

The script meant their roles were static and intensity and violence was generated by volume rather than anything more subtle.

The play was informative but that alone does not give a production dramatic purpose.

There would need to be a greater sense of plot, some evolution of character and a deeper insight into psychological development to hold an audience.

As it was, one scene followed another contributing to the historical backdrop of what the boys might have experienced but there was little insight.

By all means, we need a greater appreciation of our past but this production was over long and without continuity.

Venue: The Melba Spiegletent Johnson St Collingwood Performance Season: Until August 11 Bookings: www.trybooking.com - Review by David McLean

If I Ruled The World

■ Australian tenor Dr Jonathon Welch will take to the Clocktower stage on Tuesday, August 21 with his highly anticipated performance, If I Ruled The World.

Marking his 40th anniversary on stage, Welch is set to kick off season two of the Clocktower’s Morning Music program with a musical tribute to the life of Sir Harry Secombe, star of iconic British radio program, The Goon Show.

Welch is a singer, conductor, teacher, composer and recording artist, renowned for founding the award-winning Choir of Hard Knocks, comprising disadvantaged and homeless singers from Melbourne.

Having performed with the likes of Opera Australia and Victoria State Opera, Welch has received many additional awards throughout his career including an ARIA, Logie, Helpmann and Australian Local Hero Award.

Performance Details: Tuesday, August 21 at 11am. Tickets: $23 including complimentary tea and coffee pre-show. Venue: Clocktower Centre, 750 Mt Alexander Rd., Moonee Ponds Bookings: 9243 9191 or www.clocktower centre.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Michael’s work in progress ■ Comedian Michael Shafer presents his new show A Work in Progress from September 14 – 21 at The Lithuanian Club, North Melbourne.

Since leaving a career in law, Michael Shafar has made a name for himself as one of the fastest rising stars in Australian comedy, reaching the RAW Comedy National Final in 2016 and selling out shows across the country.

Building on from the success of his sold out shows Jewish-ish and Kosher Bacon, Michael is back with A Work In Progress show that is raw, deeply personal and will no doubt be hilarious.

“This is the most transparent and honest I’ve ever been on stage, and it’s also the most I’ve had audiences laugh too," says Michael.

Dates and Times: September 14-21, 8pm (7pm Sunday, no Monday) Venue: The Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St North Melbourne Tickets: $15-20 at www.melbournefringe. com.au

● Michael Shafer

Wayne Gardner’s story ■ Devotees and those without any interest in motorcycle racing will be engaged by The Wayne Gardner Story, a tale of determination and world championship success.

This Matthew Metcalfe/Fraser Brown production is skilfully directed by Jeremy Sims (Last Cab to Darwin) who co-wrote the documentary with Matthew Metcalfe.

Born into Wollongong working class family, Wayne’s parents enabled their daredevil son to pursue his racing dream.

Inspired by the Steve McQueen film On Any Sunday, Wayne purchased a cast-off dirt bike for five dollars.

On this first machine he perfected jumps along the creek bed behind his house before riding the local mountain tracks.

He persuaded his father give him a loan to buy a road bike and to take him to Canberra where he could race underage.

The story is cleverly supported by anecdotal animation clips where historical footage is unavailable.

An amusing example depicts a naïve Gardner collected from an English railway station in the snow wearing stubbie shorts and thongs.

His pushing-the-limit attitude and cheek drew the attention of Mamoru Moriwaki who adopted him to ride in Japan and Daytona.

With Wollongong girlfriend, Donna Forbes, by his side we see Gardner (aka The Wollongong Whiz) through his successes with Honda, to European superstardom, Japanese eight-hour endurance races, effects of neardeath collision with hero Franco Uncini, life in Monaco and culminating in his1987 World Championship win in Brazil and his part in promoting the Australian World Championship Phillip Island motorcycle circuit.

This documentary, punctuated with race footage, is enlivened by running commentary from Wayne, his family, Donna, boyhood friends, colleagues, rivals and business manager.

A fascinating story of a tenacious boy from Wollongong growing up on the world racing circuit, the importance of friends, family and his loyalty to those who supported him through his journey.

Premiere: Melbourne International Film Festival 2018. Opens in Australian cinemas September 6 Duration: 95 minutes - Review by Sherryn Danaher

The Date: LGBT story ■ Producer, writer and performer Dean Robinson is presenting his show The Date from September 24 -30 at The Butterfly Club.

This LGBT focused comedy/cabaret explores the troubles of dating in the modern age for a young gay man.

The show follows Justin as he grooms and groans for a first date, he’s nervous and very out of practice so what else can he do but call his

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● Dean Robinson best friend for advice. He begins to ponder past relationships and dates, and how they have shaped him to who he is today.

With a range of songs from theatre to pop, Justin sings his was through dating in the modern age and finding closure over relationships.

But after all this, can he still follow through with the date?

The Date is said to explore love, lust and loss, featuring the vocals of Megan ScolyerGray.

The show is billed is an honest LGBT story of the modern age, which finds a way to connect to all audience members whether they’re part of that community or not.

Performance Details: September 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. Times: 5.30pm. 60 minutes’ duration. Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place (off Little Collins St.). Tickets: From $25$34. Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com or 9660 9666.

- Cheryl Threadgold

What’s On Hallowed Ground

● Jean Goodwin (at left), Chi Nguyen, Carolyn Bock and Helen Hopkins. in Hallowed Ground.

Image: Nancy Flammea of Captured Image Photography ■ La Mama Theatre’s production of Hallowed Ground can be seen from August 8 – 19 at La Mama Courthouse, Carlton.

Presented by Shift Theatre, this composite of first hand experiences of Australian women doctors in the military is set against the vast landscape of world conflict from World War I to contemporary times.

Four women unite across a century to share their personal stories of active service in the military.

Lilian, a surgeon in her fifties, denied military service in World War I, travels abroad to join the Scottish Women’s Hospital, serving in the remote Balkan snowfields.

In World War II, Mary, a specialist radiologist, she too denied service with the Australian Army, finds herself the only woman among 3000 British troops bound for the Middle East.

As a peacekeeper on active service in Iraq, young doctor Tam, plagued by dreams of fleeing war-torn Saigon, reconciles her own refugee experience while rehabilitating the displaced Kurdish people.

Catherine, a surgeon in Afghanistan, reflects on the journeys of the remarkable women who paved the way for her own experience as a modern military doctor.

In these and myriad stories of revelation, loss, struggle and kinship; moments of hope and humour punctuate the otherwise harrowing task of conflict medicine.

Written and researched over two years by Carolyn Bock and Helen Hopkins, The Shift Theatre production is under the direction of Catherine Hill.

Founded in 2009 by Carolyn Bock and Helen Hopkins, The Shift Theatre is focused on presenting dynamic works with strong roles for women, both from existing texts and in the development of new works.

Hallowed Ground is their second collaboration as writers and was initially supported during research and development by the ANZAC CentenaryArts and Culture Fund and presented as a work in progress at La Mama Explorations in 2016.

Their first work The Girls in Grey enjoyed a three-year touring life.

With a special presentation at the Australian War Memorial in July, this August premiere season will be followed by a regional Victorian tour in 2019 through Regional Arts Victoria with plans afoot for further tours. .

Performance Dates: August 8-19 Times: Wed. 6.30pm, Thu., Fri., Sat. 7.30pm, Sun. 4pm Duration: Approximately 80 minutes Venue: La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, Carlton Tickets: Full $30, Concession $20 Bookings: 9347 6948 or www.lamama. com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Kingston Arts Natural Sensations The Granary Lane artists are a likeminded collective of artists including Kathie Mathes, Colin Heymann, Steve Jarrold, Sue Blackburn, Alan Jenkins, Daryl Flynn, Rick Graham, David Webster, Vicki Jans, Penny Cowie, Michael Hogarth-Scott and Valerie Conbon.

Natural Sensations at G3 Artspace marks their fourth successful group exhibitions.

Exhibition: Friday August 24 - Saturday September 22. Venue: G3 Artspace Shirley Burke Theatre 64 Parkers Rd. Parkdale.

- Peter Kemp

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Ministry of Coffee now in LA

■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Out and About

Aussies show how to make coffee

■ Ministry of Coffee, located on Glendon Avenue in Westwood Village, has all-day breakfast and lunch.

Manager Nicole Rodrigues said she thinks MOC is different from other coffee shops in Westwood because it roasts its coffee in-house and provides a full food menu.

As opposed to shops like Starbucks, where people often get their drinks to go, MOC allows patrons to sit and order food from their kitchen.

This is the store's first location in the US; other locations include Sydney and Istanbul, Turkey.

Rodrigues said MOC's owners chose to open in Westwood because they wanted to serve both the UCLA community and other local residents.

The Westwood location is currently importing its coffee beans from roasting facilities at MOC's headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

The idea for Ministry of Coffee is to offer a mostly Australian cafe experience complete with flat whites, morning egg sandwiches alongside some Turkish treats.

There will be lots of lamb merguez sausage around, plus pancakes, a za'atar-roasted chicken salad sandwich, and Vegemite toast.

Chef Luke Reyes is in as the overall development lead for the company's entire North American restaurant operations.

Of course, this is far from the first Australian breakfast and coffee operator to come to Los Angeles. Bondi Harvest has the aesthetic nailed out in Santa Monica, while Paramount Coffee Project has been a colorful entrant into that same genre for a couple of years now.

The sunny new Great White in Venice also follows the Australian coffee trend, while Little Ripper Coffee in Glassell Park makes for a more simplified mostly grab-and-go spot.

Bowie’s first recording

● Pictured trying out the newest Australian coffee experience at the Ministry of Coffee in Westwood Village is international film director Rod Hardy with Managing Director of Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson.

Schneider Still Can't Pay

50 mil. visitors ■ Tourism is a major contributor to the economy of Los Angeles County. Set to draw 50 million visitors a year to Los Angeles County. The figures have risen from 42.2 million visitors that jumped last year to 45.6 million and this year the goal is 50 million visitors which would generate $1.7 billion in taxes and support 528,000 jobs.

Viper Room sold

■ It's all happening on Sunset Boulevard just blocks away from the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Eateries and hotels with a few live music venues make up the magic of Sunset Boulevard.

Sadly the music venues are disappearing.

The latest one to fall to the developers charge is the legendary Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Boulevard.

Four Sunset Strip properties including one in which The Viper Room nightclub and rock music venue is a tenant have been sold for $80 million.

The Viper Room originally was a jazz club called the melody Room and was frequented by customers that included Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen.

It eventually was rebranded and opened as The Viper Room in 1993, the same year actor River Phoenix suffered a fatal drug overdose at the club on Halloween morning.

The Viper Room was once partly owned by actor Johnny Depp and became a hangout of Hollywood stars.

■ It's a voice that would go on to become one of the most famous and distinctive in rock history. David Bowie's firstever lead vocal recorded in a studio in 1963 - when he was just 16 years old - has been rediscovered by chance, stashed in an old bread basket.

In the only known recording of his first lead vocal session with his first band, The Konrads, Bowie can be heard singing I Never Dreamed. The demo is now expected to fetch £10,000 at auction.

Konrads drummer and manager David Hadfield, who said he found it when moving home, rediscovered the tape. The tape was hidden in an old breadbasket along with booking forms, photographs, promotional sketches, letters and bills, in a loft above the garage. Hadfield recalled: "We had decided that we would do a couple of guitar instrumentals and one original song. I chose I Never Dreamed as it was the strongest; the other two were a bit weak. I also decided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation.

So this became the very first recording of David Jones singing 55 years ago." Jones would go on to change his surname to Bowie to avoid confusion with a Davy Jones of The Monkees.

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From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

First-ever parking meter

● David Cassidy

■ Carl C. Magee in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma invented the parking meter in 1935.

The first meter was installed there later that year, guaranteeing drivers a parking space for an amount of purchased time.

Used until the 1980s, Magee's original design had a coin acceptor, a dial, and a visible flag indicating the expiration of paid time.

Reverend C.H. North was the first person in the US to get a parking ticket because of an expired meter.

■ David Cassidy's son Beau is set to inherit a lot more money than expected; up to $1.68 million more. The Partridge Family star's estate was originally estimated to be worth around $150,000 in assets, there were concerns that after paying off all of his debts, which totaled $186,840, there wouldn't be much left.

However, the estate reportedly now claims that after Cassidy's debts are paid off, it would be left with assets and cash with a value of approximately $230,000.

David Cassidy’s money

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■ After being released from jail early, former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider has asked the court to restore his original jail sentence for unpaid spousal support in June.

Schneider was sentenced to three days behind bars after he failed to pay his ex-wife, Elvira ‘Elly’ Schneider, more than $150,000 of alimony that he owed her. But the actor barely had to serve his three-day jail time. Schneider was released from jail on the same day as his booking due to the facility's overcrowding. But the 58-year-old actor recently revealed that he is "leveraged to the max" when it comes to money admitting to being bogged down by loans and said that he would "unlikely" be able to comply with the court's conditions to pay his wife the amount of money she is owed. So, instead, the actor asked the court to let him serve his full sentence.

Rich man Jeff Bezos ■ The Amazon.com Inc. founder's net worth broke $150 billion in New York on Monday morning, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

That's about $55 billion more than Microsoft Corp. cofounder Bill Gates, the world's second-richest person.

Bezos, 54, has now topped Gates in inflation-adjusted terms.

The $100 billion mark that Gates hit briefly in 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom would be worth about $149 billion in today's dollars.

That makes the Amazon chief executive officer richer than anyone else on earth since at least 1982, when Forbes published its inaugural wealth ranking.

Jeff Bezos Facts: 1. Bezos makes more money in one minute than the average millennial makes in a year.

2. Bezos has more than four times as much money as his alma mater, Princeton University.

3. He's one of the top 25 largest landowners in America.

4. He's building the biggest home in Washington, DC (aside from The White House).

5. He may be 'the first 12-digit man,' but his net worth could go even higher.

Come and visit us

■ If you are considering a move to Los Angeles or just coming over for a holiday then I have got a special deal for you.

We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood.

I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper.

Please mention 'Melbourne Observer' when you book and you will receive the 'Special Rate of the Day'.

Please contact: Joanna at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood

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Victorian Railway History by Lance Adams

Who remembers the local footy ‘specials’?

■ With the train set, engine and crews locally Yea based and special train movements arranged and controlled by the Station Master at Yea special trains were often run to convey locals to neighboring towns in the 30s and 40s.

Many a story about these social football event specials have been related to me over the years by the crews who ran them and locals who had travelled on them.

The regular Yea consist consisted of about five carriages, capable of carrying 250 - 300 people to social events like this.

It is easy to imagine a D3 Loco at the head of its consist of 5 V class corridor rolling stock and a train load of party reveling locals.

I am in possession of a 1915 black-and-white photograph of the Yea local set standing at the Yea station, only this time the motive power is W 225.

It is has 5 V class six-wheeled bogie cars behind it. The W class locos disappeared from the Victorian Railways in the early 30s with the advent of the DD locos, which later morphed to become the ever reliable and easy to work on D3 light line workhorses.

When train services began in 1883 the service was operated out of Tallarook using "O" & "Q" class primitive saturated, slide valve engines.

These engines sported large domes and looked archaic in early photographs.

By the 1930's the "W"s were at the end of their service and well worn out and were replaced on service to the line by the newer D3 locos.

These remained the stable means of motive power on the line until the more powerful and modern "K" class arrived in the 40's.

With the arrival of the top heavy, rough riding, coal hungry, thirsty "J" class engines in the 50's, the stalwart "K" class locos were superseded on the line.

Yea's steam motive power allocation settled into a routine of 2 J class engines (514 & 516) and 1 K class engine (150 which was here for more than a decade when it was replaced by 154 now statically preserved in a pioneer settlement in Moe. J516 after spending many years in a park in Greensborough, is currently under restoration in Healesville and will steam again on that line.

This fleet of Yea based chariots of fire, served the district until the line was dieselised in the 60s.

Diesel locos drifted in and out daily as there was no fueling facilities on the line for them.

The regular classes of diesels were the "T" and "Y" class with an occasional visit by a "B" class engine on a special working (goods and passenger) On at least one occasion a "W" class diesel hydraulic. I was lucky enough to actually photograph "W" class here at Yea on possibly its only visit out here. An extremely rare event back somewhere about 1970.

I have included an Image of K154 opposite the Yea Locomotive shed on the site of the skate park now.

I have also attached two images of the visit by Seymour based W256 to Yea in 1970. This is possibly the only time a "W" diesel came onto the line. If not, it is the only image I know of that exists of such an event.

● K154 at Yea Loco. Photos: Lance Adams

● W256 on an Up plant train ex Alexandra at Yea, circa 1970

● W256

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Melbourne People

Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge (Freemasons) Whisky Tasting Night Photos: Ash Long

● Alex Gould and Lachlan Gould

● Stephen Carpenter and Milton Tsaktsiras

● Ray Thomas and Travers Gascoigne

● Tomasz Wojciechowski and Anthony Bucca

● Rahim Samat and Kolitha Gunadasa

● Michael Holloway and Scott Dando

● Graeme Hawke and Wayne Smith

● Wayne Motton and Geoffrey Davey

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■ Carleton Carpenter was born in Bennington, Vermont, in 1926. During his lifetime Carleton has worked in a wide variety of jobs - a bellhop, professional magician, circus clown, church organist, bar room piano player, Navy Seabee, screen writer, composer and lyricist, cabaret singer, Vaudeville performer and recording artist.

He came into films in the late forties with small roles in MGM films such as Father of the Bride and Three Little Words.

Because he is 6'3" tall he felt that Gene Kelly was "a bit spooky" with him in Summer Stock so he spent most of the film stooped over against the very short Gene Kelly.

His big break came in 1950 when he was cast as ‘Billy Finlay’ in the MGM film Two Weeks With Love opposite Debbie Reynolds.

I spoke to Carleton in a radio interview several years ago and he told me that during the rehearsals for Jane Powell's song The Oceana Roll he picked up an old piece of sheet music lying on top of the piano.

He started to play it and Debbie Reynolds joined in the singing. Just then he spotted the producer Jack Cummings heading their way.

He asked the rehearsal pianist to play the music as fast as he could while Carleton and Debbie sang the song.

Jack Cummings heard them and said "Say, that sounds like a great number for you kids."

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Whatever Happened To ...

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film and it became a huge hit song. It was the first soundtrack recording to become a top-ofthe-chart gold record, reaching number three on the Billboard charts.

Carleton's other films included Fearless Fagan, Vengeance Valley, Take the High Ground, Up Periscope and Sky Full of Moon.

He has appeared in many television and touring stage productions over the years.

He was a guest star in television shows such as Perry Mason, The Rifleman, The Alaskans, Father Knows Best and McHale's Navy.

In 1965 he played ‘Cornelius Hackl’ opposite Mary Martin in the stage musical Hello Dolly and that production toured the world.

In 1992 Carleton starred in the original

● Carleton Carpenter Broadway production of Crazy For You. In his Tennis Open live from Melbourne on his telelater years he wrote material for Debbie vision. The interview was produced by David Reynolds, Kaye Ballard, Marlene Dietrich and Miller. These days Carleton is 92 and still going strong.

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Kevin Trask He also wrote many scripts for films and teleKevin can be heard on 3AW vision. Carpenter was a successful mystery novelist. One of his books, Deadhead, was The Time Tunnel - on Remember When Sundays at 9.10pm with Philip Brady turned into a Broadway musical. His memoir, and Simon Owens TheAbsolute Joy of Work, was published in 2016 And on 96.5 FM It was a delight to talk to Carleton Carpenter That's Entertainment - Sundays and at the time of our telephone radio interview at 12 Noon he was in New York watching the Australian

No place like this for a Rome home Arts Extra. With Peter Kemp Arts in Maroondah Weaving Stories Contemporary identity is at the heart of Weaving Stories - presenting the work od four Australian artists who explore the rich nature of personal cultural attachments.

Each artist draws on imagery from their cultural heritage and explore how identity is shaped and informed by inherited and living memories.

Pictorial traditions from the Indo-Persian miniatures in Nusra Latif Qureshi's layered prints converge with hybrid Chinese mythological figures in Kate Beynon's works.

Shan Turner-Carroll's tribal Burmese and Papua New Guinea influences are woven through his intimate family portraits, while the rich cultural traditions of proud Wailwan woman and Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place Elder Aunty Irene Norman, are celebrated through each of her intricately woven works.

At the same time as Weaving Stories is on display in Artspace, an exciting new mural by Bundit Puangthong will be installed on the Artspace art wall. Bundt is a contemporary Thai artist based in Melbourne, his work fuses training in traditional Thai art with a modern eastern-based art practice.

Exhibition: closes: Sunday, September 9.

Exhibition Activities: Kids can join Weaving Stories artist Nusra Latif Qureshi to learn how to create fabulous beasts in Watercolour.

The Crazy Colourful Creatures workshop will take place at 10am on Saturday August 25. Cost $5 and is for children aged 7 to 12 years.

Arts in Maroondah, Artspace Realm 179 Maroondah Hwy., Ringwood Town Square, Ringwood ● One of the many oddities of the home that was built in 1880 – a cosy dining area within what was once a family tomb with an ancient mosaic tiled floor.

■ A two-storey Roman villa over a The entire place was extensively third of an acre in size and once owned rejuvenated both in the 1950s and by film producer Carlo Ponti just min1980s. utes from the Colosseum, has been Carlo Ponti met Sophia Loren reduced “on special” to 19 million when she entered a beauty contest of Euros (A$30m) after failing to sell at which he was a judge and she was twice that price since going on the just 14 years of age. market in 2015.

He was 22 years her senior and The huge villa sits on 1.5ha of priswept away by her beauty and humour, vate parkland where Ponti lived with and they married seven years later, his first wife and family before maralthough that marriage was annulled rying actress Sophia Loren in 1966, in 1962 under Italian law that did not and living elsewhere with her while recognise his quickie-divorce in retaining ownership of the villa until Mexico from his first wife. his death in 2007.

They later married again in France The villa and its vast park-like garand remained so until Ponti’s death dens are located in the Appian Park in 2007.

Way that is one of Rome’s most presSome years later Sophia Loren tigious areas. was asked by a journalist if she was It has a heated swimming pool, and ever likely to marry again, to which a smaller “guest’s villa” that’s subject she replied: "Never again. It would be to separate sale. with David Ellis impossible to love anyone else."

The main villa was built in 1880 And now aged 84 she’s remained over an ancient quarry that was used still has the remains of an ancient vault from 312BC for the extraction of rock made of concrete-like materials, and true to her word. to make the famed Appian Way, and - David Ellis

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Moongate Gallery Sempre Sempre Last year in 2017 two wonderful milestones were reached for Jan and Geo Francis of Moongate Studios.

First, it was their Golden Wedding Anniversary in April, and in October this dynamic duo was recognised in Piedmont Italy with a Medaglia Mauriziona for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

It was time to celebrate this creative sojourn of five decades with a retrospective exhibition of their artwork … Sempre Sempre, Italian for always always .

It seemed an appropriate title as Moongate Studios has always embraced creative expression in their family, home and gardens, the local community and international cultural exchange projects.

This exhibition showcases heir diverse creative periods, significant awarded oil paintings and catalogues, lino-cuts, etchings, sculpture, photography. Drawing and book illustrations, sketch-books and ceramics.

Exhibition opensAugust 10 and continues throughout August. 11am 4pm Tuesday to Saturday.

Venue: 101 Ryrie Arts, 101 Ryrie St, Geelong.

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■ Drop into MUMA Monash's award-winning campus museum, for Monash University's Open Day. View Robert Smithson's Time Crystals, the first exhibition in Australia dedicated to the work of acclaimed American artist Robert Smithson (1938-73.).

Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield Campus Ground Floor Building F, 300 Dandenong Rd, Caulfield East.

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Hard Times - by Charles Dickens ‘If I do not understand — and I do not, sir’ — said Sissy, ‘what your honour as a gentleman binds you to, in other matters:’ the blood really rose in his face as she began in these words: ‘I am sure I may rely upon it to keep my visit secret, and to keep secret what I am going to say. I will rely upon it, if you will tell me I may so far trust — ’ ‘You may, I assure you.’

‘I am young, as you see; I am alone, as you see.

In coming to you, sir, I have no advice or encouragement beyond my own hope.’ He thought, ‘But that is very strong,’ as he followed the momentary upward glance of her eyes. He thought besides, ‘This is a very odd beginning. I don’t see where we are going.’

‘I think,’ said Sissy, ‘you have already guessed whom I left just now!’

‘I have been in the greatest concern and uneasiness during the last four-and-twenty hours (which have appeared as many years),’ he returned, ‘on a lady’s account. The hopes I have been encouraged to form that you come from that lady, do not deceive me, I trust.’

‘I left her within an hour.’

‘At —!’

‘At her father’s.’

Mr. Harthouse’s face lengthened in spite of his coolness, and his perplexity increased. ‘Then I certainly,’he thought, ‘do not see where we are going.’

‘She hurried there last night. She arrived there in great agitation, and was insensible all through the night. I live at her father’s, and was with her.

You may be sure, sir, you will never see her again as long as you live.’

Mr. Harthouse drew a long breath; and, if ever man found himself in the position of not knowing what to say, made the discovery beyond all question that he was so circumstanced. The child-like ingenuousness with which his visitor spoke, her modest fearlessness, her truthfulness which put all artifice aside, her entire forgetfulness of herself in her earnest quiet holding to the object with which she had come; all this, together with her reliance on his easily given promise — which in itself shamed him — presented something in which he was so inexperienced, and against which he knew any of his usual weapons would fall so powerless; that not a word could he rally to his relief.

At last he said: ‘So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree. May I be permitted to inquire, if you are charged to convey that information to me in those hopeless words, by the lady of whom we speak?’

‘I have no charge from her.’ no disrespect for your judgment, and with no doubt of your sincerity, excuse my saying that I cling to the belief that there is yet hope that I am not condemned to perpetual exile from that lady’s presence.’

‘There is not the least hope. The first object of my coming here, sir, is to assure you that you must believe that there is no more hope of your ever speaking with her again, than there would be if she had died when she came home last night.’

‘Must believe? But if I can’t — or if I should, by infirmity of nature, be obstinate — and won’t — ’ ‘It is still true. There is no hope.’

James Harthouse looked at her with an incredulous smile upon his lips; but her mind looked over and beyond him, and the smile was quite thrown away.

He bit his lip, and took a little time for consideration.

‘Well! If it should unhappily appear,’ he said, ‘after due pains and duty on my part, that I am brought to a position so desolate as this banishment, I shall not become the lady’s persecutor.

But you said you had no commission from her?’

‘I have only the commission of my love for her, and her love for me. I have no other trust, than that I have been with her since she came home, and that she has given me her confidence. I have no further trust, than that I know something of her character and her marriage. O Mr. Harthouse, I think you had that trust too!’

He was touched in the cavity where his heart

Charles Dickens should have been — in that nest of addled eggs, where the birds of heaven would have lived if they had not been whistled away — by the fervour of this reproach.

‘I am not a moral sort of fellow,’ he said, ‘and I never make any pretensions to the character of a moral sort of fellow. I am as immoral as need be. At the same time, in bringing any distress upon the lady who is the subject of the present conversation, or in unfortunately compromising her in any way, or in committing myself by any expression of sentiments towards her, not perfectly reconcilable with — in fact with — the domestic hearth; or in taking any advantage of her father’s being a machine, or of her brother’s being a whelp, or of her husband’s being a bear; I beg to be allowed to assure you that I have had no particularly evil intentions, but have glided on from one step to another with a smoothness so perfectly diabolical, that I had not the slightest idea the catalogue was half so long until I began to turn it over. Whereas I find,’ said Mr. James Harthouse, in conclusion, ‘that it is really in several volumes.’

Though he said all this in his frivolous way, the way seemed, for that once, a conscious polishing of but an ugly surface. He was silent for a moment; and then proceeded with a more selfpossessed air, though with traces of vexation and disappointment that would not be polished out.

‘After what has been just now represented to me, in a manner I find it impossible to doubt — I know of hardly any other source from which I could have accepted it so readily — I feel bound to say to you, in whom the confidence you have mentioned has been reposed, that I cannot refuse to contemplate the possibility (however unexpected) of my seeing the lady no more. I

am solely to blame for the thing having come to this — and — and, I cannot say,’he added, rather hard up for a general peroration, ‘that I have any sanguine expectation of ever becoming a moral sort of fellow, or that I have any belief in any moral sort of fellow whatever.’

Sissy’s face sufficiently showed that her appeal to him was not finished.

‘You spoke,’ he resumed, as she raised her eyes to him again, ‘of your first object. I may assume that there is a second to be mentioned?’

‘Yes.’ ‘Will you oblige me by confiding it?’

‘Mr. Harthouse,’ returned Sissy, with a blending of gentleness and steadiness that quite defeated him, and with a simple confidence in his being bound to do what she required, that held him at a singular disadvantage, ‘the only reparation that remains with you, is to leave here immediately and finally. I am quite sure that you can mitigate in no other way the wrong and harm you have done. I am quite sure that it is the only compensation you have left it in your power to make. I do not say that it is much, or that it is enough; but it is something, and it is necessary. Therefore, though without any other authority than I have given you, and even without the knowledge of any other person than yourself and myself, I ask you to depart from this place to-night, under an obligation never to return to it.’

If she had asserted any influence over him beyond her plain faith in the truth and right of what she said; if she had concealed the least doubt or irresolution, or had harboured for the best purpose any reserve or pretence; if she had shown, or felt, the lightest trace of any sensitiveness to his ridicule or his astonishment, or any remonstrance he might offer; he would have carried it against her at this point. But he could as easily

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have changed a clear sky by looking at it in surprise, as affect her.

‘But do you know,’ he asked, quite at a loss, ‘the extent of what you ask? You probably are no aware that I am here on a public kind of business, preposterous enough in itself, but which I have gone in for, and sworn by, and am supposed to be devoted to in quite a desperate manner? You probably are not aware of that, but I assure you it’s the fact.’

It had no effect on Sissy, fact or no fact.

‘Besides which,’ said Mr. Harthouse, taking a turn or two across the room, dubiously, ‘it’s so alarmingly absurd. It would make a man so ridiculous, after going in for these fellows, to back out in such an incomprehensible way.’

‘I am quite sure,’ repeated Sissy, ‘that it is the only reparation in your power, sir. I am quite sure, or I would not have come here.’

He glanced at her face, and walked about again.

‘Upon my soul, I don’t know what to say. So immensely absurd!’

It fell to his lot, now, to stipulate for secrecy.

‘If I were to do such a very ridiculous thing,’ he said, stopping again presently, and leaning against the chimney-piece, ‘it could only be in the most inviolable confidence.’

‘I will trust to you, sir,’ returned Sissy, ‘and you will trust to me.’

His leaning against the chimney-piece reminded him of the night with the whelp. It was the selfsame chimney-piece, and somehow he felt as if he were the whelp to-night. He could make no way at all.

‘I suppose a man never was placed in a more ridiculous position,’ he said, after looking down, and looking up, and laughing, and frowning, and walking off, and walking back again. ‘But I see no way out of it. What will be, will be. This will be, I suppose. I must take off myself, I imagine — in short, I engage to do it.’

Sissy rose. She was not surprised by the result, but she was happy in it, and her face beamed brightly.

‘You will permit me to say,’ continued Mr. James Harthouse, ‘that I doubt if any other ambassador, or ambassadress, could have addressed me with the same success. I must not only regard myself as being in a very ridiculous position, but as being vanquished at all points. Will you allow me the privilege of remembering my enemy’s name?’

‘My name?’ said the ambassadress.

‘The only name I could possibly care to know to-night.’

‘Sissy Jupe.’

‘Pardon my curiosity at parting. Related to the family?’

‘I am only a poor girl,’ returned Sissy. ‘I was separated from my father — he was only a stroller — and taken pity on by Mr. Gradgrind. I have lived in the house ever since.’

She was gone.

‘It wanted this to complete the defeat,’ said Mr James Harthouse, sinking, with a resigned air, on the sofa, after standing transfixed a little while.

‘The defeat may now be considered perfectly accomplished. Only a poor girl — only a stroller — only James Harthouse made nothing of — only James Harthouse a Great Pyramid of failure.’

The Great Pyramid put it into his head to go up the Nile. He took a pen upon the instant, and wrote the following note (in appropriate hieroglyphics) to his brother: Dear Jack, — All up at Coketown. Bored out of the place, and going in for camels. Affectionately, JEM, He rang the bell.

‘Send my fellow here.’

‘Gone to bed, sir.’

‘Tell him to get up, and pack up.’

He wrote two more notes. One, to Mr Bounderby, announcing his retirement from that part of the country, and showing where he would be found for the next fortnight. The other, similar in effect, to Mr. Gradgrind. Almost as soon as the ink was dry upon their superscriptions, he had left the tall chimneys of Coketown behind, and was in a railway carriage, tearing and glaring over the dark landscape.

The moral sort of fellows might suppose that

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Observer Classic Books From Page 29 Mr. James Harthouse derived some comfortable reflections afterwards, from this prompt retreat, as one of his few actions that made any amends for anything, and as a token to himself that he had escaped the climax of a very bad business. But it was not so, at all. A secret sense of having failed and been ridiculous — a dread of what other fellows who went in for similar sorts of things, would say at his expense if they knew it — so oppressed him, that what was about the very best passage in his life was the one of all others he would not have owned to on any account, and the only one that made him ashamed of himself.

Chapter III— Very Decided THE indefatigable Mrs. Sparsit, with a violent cold upon her, her voice reduced to a whisper, and her stately frame so racked by continual sneezes that it seemed in danger of dismemberment, gave chase to her patron until she found him in the metropolis; and there, majestically sweeping in upon him at his hotel in St. James’s Street, exploded the combustibles with which she was charged, and blew up. Having executed her mission with infinite relish, this high-minded woman then fainted away on Mr. Bounderby’s coat-collar.

Mr. Bounderby’s first procedure was to shake Mrs. Sparsit off, and leave her to progress as she might through various stages of suffering on the floor. He next had recourse to the administration of potent restoratives, such as screwing the patient’s thumbs, smiting her hands, abundantly watering her face, and inserting salt in her mouth. When these attentions had recovered her (which they speedily did), he hustled her into a fast train without offering any other refreshment, and carried her back to Coketown more dead than alive.

Regarded as a classical ruin, Mrs. Sparsit was an interesting spectacle on her arrival at her journey’s end; but considered in any other light, the amount of damage she had by that time sustained was excessive, and impaired her claims to admiration. Utterly heedless of the wear and tear of her clothes and constitution, and adamant to her pathetic sneezes, Mr. Bounderby immediately crammed her into a coach, and bore her off to Stone Lodge.

‘Now, Tom Gradgrind,’ said Bounderby, bursting into his father-in-law’s room late at night; ‘here’s a lady here — Mrs. Sparsit — you know Mrs. Sparsit — who has something to say to you that will strike you dumb.’

‘You have missed my letter!’ exclaimed Mr. Gradgrind, surprised by the apparition.

‘Missed your letter, sir!’ bawled Bounderby. ‘The present time is no time for letters. No man shall talk to Josiah Bounderby of Coketown about letters, with his mind in the state it’s in now.’

‘Bounderby,’ said Mr. Gradgrind, in a tone of temperate remonstrance, ‘I speak of a very special letter I have written to you, in reference to Louisa.’

‘Tom Gradgrind,’ replied Bounderby, knocking the flat of his hand several times with great vehemence on the table, ‘I speak of a very special messenger that has come to me, in reference to Louisa. Mrs. Sparsit, ma’am, stand forward!’

That unfortunate lady hereupon essaying to offer testimony, without any voice and with painful gestures expressive of an inflamed throat, became so aggravating and underwent so many facial contortions, that Mr. Bounderby, unable to bear it, seized her by the arm and shook her.

‘If you can’t get it out, ma’am,’ said Bounderby, ‘leave me to get it out. This is not a time for a lady, however highly connected, to be totally inaudible, and seemingly swallowing marbles.

Tom Gradgrind, Mrs. Sparsit latterly found herself, by accident, in a situation to overhear a conversation out of doors between your daughter and your precious gentleman-friend, Mr. James Harthouse.’

‘Indeed!’ said Mr. Gradgrind.

‘Ah! Indeed!’ cried Bounderby. ‘And in that conversation — ’ ‘It is not necessary to repeat its tenor, Bounderby.

I know what passed.’

‘You do? Perhaps,’ said Bounderby, staring with all his might at his so quiet and assuasive fatherin-law, ‘you know where your daughter is at the present time!’

‘Undoubtedly. She is here.’

‘Here?’

‘My dear Bounderby, let me beg you to restrain these loud out-breaks, on all accounts. Louisa is here. The moment she could detach herself from that interview with the person of whom you

speak, and whom I deeply regret to have been the means of introducing to you, Louisa hurried here, for protection. I myself had not been at home many hours, when I received her — here, in this room. She hurried by the train to town, she ran from town to this house, through a raging storm, and presented herself before me in a state of distraction. Of course, she has remained here ever since. Let me entreat you, for your own sake and for hers, to be more quiet.’

Mr. Bounderby silently gazed about him for some moments, in every direction except Mrs. Sparsit’s direction; and then, abruptly turning upon the niece of Lady Scadgers, said to that wretched woman: ‘Now, ma’am! We shall be happy to hear any little apology you may think proper to offer, for going about the country at express pace, with no other luggage than a Cock-and-a–Bull, ma’am!’

‘Sir,’ whispered Mrs. Sparsit, ‘my nerves are at present too much shaken, and my health is at present too much impaired, in your service, to admit of my doing more than taking refuge in tears.’ (Which she did.)

‘Well, ma’am,’ said Bounderby, ‘without making any observation to you that may not be made with propriety to a woman of good family, what I have got to add to that, is that there is something else in which it appears to me you may take refuge, namely, a coach. And the coach in which we came here being at the door, you’ll allow me to hand you down to it, and pack you home to the Bank: where the best course for you to pursue, will be to put your feet into the hottest water you can bear, and take a glass of scalding rum and butter after you get into bed.’ With these words, Mr. Bounderby extended his right hand to the weeping lady, and escorted her to the conveyance in question, shedding many plaintive sneezes by the way. He soon returned alone.

‘Now, as you showed me in your face, Tom Gradgrind, that you wanted to speak to me,’ he resumed, ‘here I am. But, I am not in a very agreeable state, I tell you plainly: not relishing this business, even as it is, and not considering that I am at any time as dutifully and submissively treated by your daughter, as Josiah Bounderby of Coketown ought to be treated by his wife. You have your opinion, I dare say; and I have mine, I know. If you mean to say anything to me to-night, that goes against this candid remark, you had better let it alone.’

Mr. Gradgrind, it will be observed, being much softened, Mr. Bounderby took particular pains to harden himself at all points. It was his amiable nature.

‘My dear Bounderby,’ Mr. Gradgrind began in reply.

‘Now, you’ll excuse me,’ said Bounderby, ‘but I don’t want to be too dear. That, to start with.

When I begin to be dear to a man, I generally find that his intention is to come over me. I am not speaking to you politely; but, as you are aware, I am not polite. If you like politeness, you know where to get it. You have your gentleman-friends, you know, and they’ll serve you with as much of the article as you want. I don’t keep it myself.’

‘Bounderby,’urged Mr. Gradgrind, ‘we are all liable to mistakes — ‘ ‘I thought you couldn’t make ’em,’ interrupted Bounderby.

‘Perhaps I thought so. But, I say we are all liable to mistakes and I should feel sensible of your delicacy, and grateful for it, if you would spare me these references to Harthouse. I shall not associate him in our conversation with your intimacy and encouragement; pray do not persist in connecting him with mine.’

‘I never mentioned his name!’ said Bounderby.

‘Well, well!’ returned Mr. Gradgrind, with a patient, even a submissive, air. And he sat for a little while pondering. ‘Bounderby, I see reason to doubt whether we have ever quite understood Louisa.’

‘Who do you mean by We?’ ‘Let me say I, then,’ he returned, in answer to the coarsely blurted question; ‘I doubt whether I have understood Louisa. I doubt whether I have been quite right in the manner of her education.’

‘There you hit it,’ returned Bounderby. ‘There I agree with you. You have found it out at last, have you? Education! I’ll tell you what education is — To be tumbled out of doors, neck and crop, and put upon the shortest allowance of everything except blows. That’s what I call education.’

‘I think your good sense will perceive,’ Mr. Gradgrind remonstrated in all humility, ‘that whatever the merits of such a system may be, it

would be difficult of general application to girls.’

‘I don’t see it at all, sir,’ returned the obstinate Bounderby.

‘Well,’ sighed Mr. Gradgrind, ‘we will not enter into the question. I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. I seek to repair what is amiss, if I possibly can; and I hope you will assist me in a good spirit, Bounderby, for I have been very much distressed.’

‘I don’t understand you, yet,’said Bounderby, with determined obstinacy, ‘and therefore I won’t make any promises.’

‘In the course of a few hours, my dear Bounderby,’ Mr. Gradgrind proceeded, in the same depressed and propitiatory manner, ‘I appear to myself to have become better informed as to Louisa’s character, than in previous years.

The enlightenment has been painfully forced upon me, and the discovery is not mine. I think there are — Bounderby, you will be surprised to hear me say this — I think there are qualities in Louisa, which — which have been harshly neglected, and — and a little perverted. And — and I would suggest to you, that — that if you would kindly meet me in a timely endeavour to leave her to her better nature for a while — and to encourage it to develop itself by tenderness and consideration — it — it would be the better for the happiness of all of us. Louisa,’ said Mr. Gradgrind, shading his face with his hand, ‘has always been my favourite child.’

The blustrous Bounderby crimsoned and swelled to such an extent on hearing these words, that he seemed to be, and probably was, on the brink of a fit. With his very ears a bright purple shot with crimson, he pent up his indignation, however, and said: ‘You’d like to keep her here for a time?’

‘I— I had intended to recommend, my dear Bounderby, that you should allow Louisa to remain here on a visit, and be attended by Sissy (I mean of course Cecilia Jupe), who understands her, and in whom she trusts.’

‘I gather from all this, Tom Gradgrind,’ said Bounderby, standing up with his hands in his pockets, ‘that you are of opinion that there’s what people call some incompatibility between Loo Bounderby and myself.’

‘I fear there is at present a general incompatibility between Louisa, and — and — and almost all the relations in which I have placed her,’ was her father’s sorrowful reply.

‘Now, look you here, Tom Gradgrind,’ said Bounderby the flushed, confronting him with his legs wide apart, his hands deeper in his pockets, and his hair like a hayfield wherein his windy anger was boisterous. ‘You have said your say; I am going to say mine. I am a Coketown man.

I am Josiah Bounderby of Coketown. I know the bricks of this town, and I know the works of this town, and I know the chimneys of this town, and I know the smoke of this town, and I know the Hands of this town. I know ’em all pretty well.

They’re real. When a man tells me anything about imaginative qualities, I always tell that man, whoever he is, that I know what he means.

He means turtle soup and venison, with a gold spoon, and that he wants to be set up with a coach and six. That’s what your daughter wants.

Since you are of opinion that she ought to have what she wants, I recommend you to provide it for her. Because, Tom Gradgrind, she will never have it from me.’

‘Bounderby,’said Mr. Gradgrind, ‘I hoped, after my entreaty, you would have taken a different tone.’

‘Just wait a bit,’ retorted Bounderby; ‘you have said your say, I believe. I heard you out; hear me out, if you please. Don’t make yourself a spectacle of unfairness as well as inconsistency, because, although I am sorry to see Tom Gradgrind reduced to his present position, I should be doubly sorry to see him brought so low as that. Now, there’s an incompatibility of some sort or another, I am given to understand by you, between your daughter and me. I’ll give you to understand, in reply to that, that there unquestionably is an incompatibility of the first magnitude — to be summed up in this — that your daughter don’t properly know her husband’s merits, and is not impressed with such a sense as would become her, by George! of the honour of his alliance. That’s plain speaking, I hope.’

‘Bounderby,’ urged Mr. Gradgrind, ‘this is unreasonable.’

‘Is it?’ said Bounderby. ‘I am glad to hear you say so. Because when Tom Gradgrind, with his new lights, tells me that what I say is unreasonable, I am convinced at once it must be devilish sensible. With your permission I am going on.

You know my origin; and you know that for a good many years of my life I didn’t want a shoeing-horn, in consequence of not having a shoe.

Yet you may believe or not, as you think proper, that there are ladies — born ladies — belonging to families — Families! — who next to worship the ground I walk on.’

He discharged this like a Rocket, at his fatherin-law’s head.

‘Whereas your daughter,’ proceeded Bounderby, ‘is far from being a born lady. That you know, yourself. Not that I care a pinch of candle-snuff about such things, for you are very well aware I don’t; but that such is the fact, and you, Tom Gradgrind, can’t change it. Why do I say this?’

‘Not, I fear,’ observed Mr. Gradgrind, in a low voice, ‘to spare me.’

‘Hear me out,’ said Bounderby, ‘and refrain from cutting in till your turn comes round. I say this, because highly connected females have been astonished to see the way in which your daughter has conducted herself, and to witness her insensibility. They have wondered how I have suffered it. And I wonder myself now, and I won’t suffer it.’

‘Bounderby,’ returned Mr. Gradgrind, rising, ‘the less we say to-night the better, I think.’

‘On the contrary, Tom Gradgrind, the more we say to-night, the better, I think. That is,’ the consideration checked him, ‘till I have said all I mean to say, and then I don’t care how soon we stop. I come to a question that may shorten the business. What do you mean by the proposal you made just now?’

‘What do I mean, Bounderby?’

‘By your visiting proposition,’ said Bounderby, with an inflexible jerk of the hayfield.

‘I mean that I hope you may be induced to arrange in a friendly manner, for allowing Louisa a period of repose and reflection here, which may tend to a gradual alteration for the better in many respects.’

‘To a softening down of your ideas of the incompatibility?’ said Bounderby.

‘If you put it in those terms.’

‘What made you think of this?’ said Bounderby.

‘I have already said, I fear Louisa has not been understood. Is it asking too much, Bounderby, that you, so far her elder, should aid in trying to set her right? You have accepted a great charge of her; for better for worse, for — ’ Mr. Bounderby may have been annoyed by the repetition of his own words to Stephen Blackpool, but he cut the quotation short with an angry start.

‘Come!’ said he, ‘I don’t want to be told about that. I know what I took her for, as well as you do. Never you mind what I took her for; that’s my look out.’

‘I was merely going on to remark, Bounderby, that we may all be more or less in the wrong, not even excepting you; and that some yielding on your part, remembering the trust you have accepted, may not only be an act of true kindness, but perhaps a debt incurred towards Louisa.’

‘I think differently,’ blustered Bounderby. ‘I am going to finish this business according to my own opinions. Now, I don’t want to make a quarrel of it with you, Tom Gradgrind. To tell you the truth, I don’t think it would be worthy of my reputation to quarrel on such a subject. As to your gentleman-friend, he may take himself off, wherever he likes best. If he falls in my way, I shall tell him my mind; if he don’t fall in my way, I shan’t, for it won’t be worth my while to do it. As to your daughter, whom I made Loo Bounderby, and might have done better by leaving Loo Gradgrind, if she don’t come home tomorrow, by twelve o’clock at noon, I shall understand that she prefers to stay away, and I shall send her wearing apparel and so forth over here, and you’ll take charge of her for the future. What I shall say to people in general, of the incompatibility that led to my so laying down the law, will be this. I am Josiah Bounderby, and I had my bringing-up; she’s the daughter of Tom Gradgrind, and she had her bringing-up; and the two horses wouldn’t pull together. I am pretty well known to be rather an uncommon man, I believe; and most people will understand fast enough that it must be a woman rather out of the common, also, who, in the long run, would come up to my mark.’

‘Let me seriously entreat you to reconsider this, Bounderby,’urged Mr. Gradgrind, ‘before you commit yourself to such a decision.’

‘I always come to a decision,’ said Bounderby, tossing his hat on: ‘and whatever I do, I do at once. I should be surprised at Tom Gradgrind’s addressing such a remark to Josiah Bounderby of Coketown, knowing what he knows of him, if I could be surprised by anything Tom Gradgrind did, after his making himself a party to sentimental humbug. I have given you my decision, and I have got no more to say. Good night!’

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Upset result in the Redwood

■ Maryborough’s Redwood Carnival came to a close on Sunday with a terrific crowd in attendance to witness some great racing during the afternoon.

■ The Redwood in the past has produced some long priced winners and again it was a rough result for punters when Bettors DelightEmilio Stride filly Emerald Stride scored at Supertab odds of $18.80 in the $50,000 (Group 1) feature for Two Year olds over 2190 metres..

Racing under the banner of E & S Stride for NSW based millionaire breeders Emilio and Mary Rosati , Emerald Stride the only filly in the race trained and driven by Monegeetta’s David Miles began brilliantly from barrier five on the second line to issue a challenge to Always Ready who pinged the start from outside the front line for Nathan Jack and Anton Golino.

Enjoying the run of the race after angling to the back of the leader, Emerald Stride finished too well along the sprint lane for Always Ready to score by 1.3 metres in a rate of 2-05.5.

Kyvalley Clichy was third 5.8 metres away after racing in the open from the bell.

■ The $75,000 Seelite Windows & Doors (Group 1) Victoria Trotters Derby (the oldest classic in Victorian Trotting) went the way of former Kiwi gelding Stress Factor which brought up two from two in Oz. Trained by Brent Lilley for a host of loyal clients, Stress Factor a gelded son of Majestic Son and Fear Factor driven by Chris Alford led from gate three in the 2690 metre event appearing to be travelling easily throughout. Kicking clear at the straight entrance, Fear Factor just lasted by a half head from Chris Svanosio’s Kyvalley Finn from three back in the moving lane after switching down to the sprint lane on straightening, with Scallywag Sam a meritorious third 4.4 metres back. In quarters of 31.6, 31,3, 30.1 and 29.2 for the last mile, Stress Factor returned a mile rate of 2-03.3.

Gained upper hand

■ Elmore trainer Keith Cotchin is no stranger to Kilmore meetings and snared the McIvor Estate 2Y0 Pace over 1690 metres there on Tuesday July 31 with Art Major-Morgan Abby gelding Exciter. Driven by Greg Sugars, Exciter from outside the front line raced exposed throughout, proving too solid for David Miles' Siedra Caleb which trailed the weakening leader Vicstar Sharazzz in 1-59.9. Rakiura Rock (one/ one) was a half head away in third place.

Cotchin made it two for the night after Western Terror-Bebop 3Y0 gelding Brackenreid landed the major prize in the C0 class Cadell Trading Pace over 2180 metres. Driven by Ararat freelance Michael Bellman, Brackenreid (gate 5) did it tough but did it well after racing parked outside the leader Nota Replica inside him.

Gaining the upper hand over the concluding stages, Brackenreid scored by 4.7 metres over a game Nota Replica in a rate of 1-58.8. Hughies Sister was third 1.3 metres back after trailing the runner up.

Careered away

■ The Jet Roofing Trotters Handicap for T1 or better class over 2150 metres saw Bendigo trainer/driver Chris Svanosio's 4Y0 Bacardi Lindy-Puerto Bonus mare Nine Mile Cruiser victorious by a 12.8 metre margin in 2-05.3.

Given a sweet passage from barrier four following the pacemaker Plumbers Petty Cash, Nine Mile Cruiser when eased off her back on straightening, put the race away in a couple of strides, careering away to score untouched.

Backmarker and favourite Ymbro Wasted was 12.5 metres away in third place after going off stride outside the leader prior to the home turn.

3 wide, home turn

■ Wallan trainer Ruth Shinn's home bred 4Y0 Always A Virgin-Shanghi mare Shilah greeted the judge in the C1 class Momentum Gaming Pace over 1690 metres at Kilmore.

Raced by Ruth in partnership with mother Dot Evans, Shilah driven by son Chris was taken

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with Len Baker back to the tail of the field from gate six as polemarker Sparkling Tachyon retained the front running.

Going forward in the last lap, Shilah despite making the final bend very wide, ran home best at Supertab odds of $35.00 to prevail by 1.3 metres over the hot favourite Mach Up along the sprint lane off the back of the weakening leader, with Hezthebigbopper (one/one at bell three wide home turn) third a half neck away.

The mile rate in the wet conditions 1-56.6.

Little effect on turn

■ Melton trainer Sonya Smith's Kiwi bred 4Y0 Art Major-Thebestamancanget gelding Vasari was a strong victor of the C1 class Schweppes Pace fover 2240 metres at Tabcorp Park Melton on Monday July 30.

Taking a concession for ex-Tasmanian Jack Laugher, Vasari led from gate five, but raced fierce and pulled hard throughout the race appearing that he may not have any petrol left in the tank at the business end of proceedings.

Despite all of this, Vasari kept on going to record an easy 15.8 metre margin in advance of Lets Went from near last making little effect on turning, with Lovisamyth a head away third after racing exposed. The mile rate 1-57.7.

Extricated late

■ Four year old Down Under Muscles-Paula Ido gelding The Lone Dancer snared the Garrards Horse & Hound Pace for C1 class over 2240 metres at Melton in a mile rate of 1-56.3.

Raced and trained by Bacchus Marsh mentor Denis Grieve, The Lone Dancer with Craig Demmler in the sulky settled mid-field from gate four, with the heavily supported Timmys Reject leading from gate two.

Gaining a three wide trail in the final circuit, The Lone Dancer when taken wide approaching the final bend sprinted like a gazelle to lead on turning with the race well in his keeping, defeating Heza Cracker 5.5 metres after making a number of moves, with Dot The Eye (one/one death - one/one) a neck away in third place after extricating late from a pocket.

Defied challengers

■ Mildura trots were Wednesday and former Lancefield pacer Brocks Territory was a big winner of the feature event - the $7,000 Thanks Des Tobin 50 Years Pace for C5 or better class over 2190 metres. Now in the care of Luke Watson at Merbein, Brocks Territory a 5Y0 Lombo Mandingo-Hush Hush Lombo gelding showed brilliant speed from gate to lead and despite being seriously attacked by South Australian visitor Blinding Light outside him, retained the front running.

With more pressure being applied at the bell as local champ Murranji Track joined in three wide after a one/one trip, Brocks Territory kept on giving to hold a handy margin at the straight entrance.

In a slugging finish, Brocks Territory defied all challengers to score from Solarsonic off a three wide trail from last at the bell, with long

■ At Horsham on Thursday, Great Western's Grant Campbell was responsible for the "drive of the day" when victorious aboard Art MajorOur Surfer Girl gelding Whatleys Wombat in the Modern Art @ Empire 2Y0 Pace over 1700 metres.

Trained in partnership with wife Kerryn Manning, Whatleys Wombat settled three back in the moving line as stablemate Colossal Stride with Kerryn in the sulky led from the pole. Going forward three wide in the last lap, Whatleys Wombat was switched down to the sprint lane on straightening, before running home solidly to record a neck margin over Colossal Stride which offered little resistance, with the well supported favourite Keayang Liberty 8 metres away in third place after racing in the open. The mile rate 159.4.

Took concession

■ Mattie Craven's high quality Village JasperBenalise 4Y0 gelding Wardan Express was an easy winner of the SGB Accountants Pace for C2 & C3 class over 1700 metres at Horsham in a rate of 2-00.2.

Taking a concession for Hamilton's Jackie Barker, Wardan Express began speedily from gate five as stablemate Diamond Jasper inside him with Mattie driving led.

Crossing shortly after, Wardan Express cruised around at his leisure to register a virtually untouched 2.7 metre margin from Diamond Jasper, with Christmas Jolt 2.9 metres away in third place after racing three wide from last in the final circuit.

Sprint lane dash

■ Strathfieldsaye trainer/driver Glenn Douglas landed some good bets at Cranbourne on August 2 when Kiwi bred 5Y0 Art Major-Shortys Girl gelding Shortys Mate scored in the Woodlands Stud Pace for C4 & C5 class over 2080 metres.

Snookered three back along the markers from gate two for most of the race, Shortys Mate never went round a runner, dashing home along the sprint lane to gain the day by 2.8 metres over Smart Little Shard which eased away from the inside on turning after trailing the weakening pacemaker Franco who was third 5.9 metres back. The mile rate 1-58.5.

Asserted authority

■ An interesting winner at Cranbourne was much travelled Bettors Delight-Kalypso 3Y0 gelding War Dan in the 2080 metre Hyland Colours Pace for C1 class. Now in the care of Nathan Jack at Lemnos (Shepparton), War Dan starting from gate three taking a concession for Lisa Bartley raced outside the weakening leader Manbar Duke for most of the trip, before asserting his authority to win with ease by 7.5 metres in advance of Rocknroll Gold (one/two) and Feel The Rhythm which trailed the pacemaker. The mile rate 2-00.2.

Enjoyed huge day

■ The first of the two day Redwood Carnival kicked off at a rather wet Maryborough on Friday and what a day it was for leading squaregaiting trainer Anton Golino and Yabby Dam Farms stable principal Pat Driscoll, winning four races on the program.

Ready Cash-This Way filly Par Ici was successful in the Garry Angus Memorial 2Y0 Mobile over 1690 metres and in doing so, notched up her first victory at start number seven. Driven

by Nathan Jack who also enjoyed a huge day, Par Ici led throughout from gate five, accounting for Mataderos which trailed by 11.8 metres, with Beau Garcon (one/one last lap) third 12.5 metres away to give the stable both the quinella and trifecta. The mile rate 2-02.3.

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Kilmore, Thursday Hamilton/Shepparton, Friday - Mildura/ Bendigo, Saturday - Melton, Sunday Ballarat, Monday - Yarra Valley, Tuesday Shepparton.

Horses to follow

■ Leigha Miller, Cosar Delight, My Darling Beware, Joy Mac, Bellissima, Spiders Devil, Rift Valley, Major Mucha, Myzarmi, Time Traveller, Blinding Light, Don Pierre.

Next to arrive was Love You-My Dreamwaever filly Cadenas Damour in the VSTA Dorothy (Dot) Redwood Memorial 3Y0 Mobile over 2190 metres. With Nathan Jack again in the sulky, Cadenas Damour at start number three led throughout from the pole to score by 9.3 metres over Spiders Devil from last and the rank outsider Majestic Eyes who was 5.2 metres back in third place after a mid-field trip.

The mile rate 2-04.2.

Nathan Jack brought up victory number three for the afternoon aboard Ready Cash-Queens Rhapsody filly Parisian Opera who landed the Aldebaran Park Gold Bracelet for Three Year Olds 3T0 to 3T6 over 1609 metres. Beginning swiftly from gate three to lead, Parisian Opera was rated to perfection, greeting the judge by 4.7 metres from Sugar Danni which trailed in a rate of 2-00.6. The heavily supported Moonshine Linda was third 1.9 metres back after a mid-field passage.

Fully French bred 4Y0 Love You-Return Money mare Egee Money finished the day on a high note for the stable when victorious in the 2190 metre News Xpress Maryborough Trotters Mobile for T2 to T4 class.

Not pushed from gate two as the start was effected, Egee Money settled three back in the moving line as the hot favourite War Spirit led easily from gate three.

Going forward to occupy the spot outside the leader racing for the bell to give stablemate Silicon Valley the trail. Jack dropped Egee Money to the back of the favourite prior to the home turn, Making full use of the sprint lane, Egee Money gained the upper hand in the shadows of the post to register a 3.2 metre margin in 2-01.9 over War Spirit, with Silicon Valley 8.2 metres back in third place.

Never going to lose

■ Ardmona (Shepparton) duo Donna Castles (trainer) and Doc Wilson (driver) are having a great run at present and landed the Avoca/ Maryborough Community Bank Trotters Mobile for TR1 & TR2 class over 1690 metres with 5Y0 Yankee Spider-U R Whatu Eat mare Fatouce. Moving outside the leader Im Notta Trotter shortly after the start, Fatouche cruised effortlessly to the front at the bell and was never going to lose, defeating Col Du Galibier which followed her everywhere by 3.6 metres, with Me Pat Malone third 13.5 metres away. The mile rate 2-00.8.

Danny, Gill win

■ It was great to see Little River's Danny and Gill Norris in the winners stall once again after in-form 6Y0 Pegasus Spur-Desert Chase mare Desert Flyer scored in the fast class race of the afternoon - the Maryborough District Advertiser Trotters Handicap for T5 or better class over 2690 metres. Driven once again by youthful Gordon reinsman Darby McGuigan, Desert Flyer was given the run of the race.

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PAWN AGAIN CHRISTIAN The Fall

● Zandlie Madliwa and Cleo Raatus in The Fall at Arts Centre Melbourne.

■ A performance of the documentary political theatre production The Fall, will be presented from August 28 – September 2 as part of the Big World, Up Close program at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Led by a young ensemble which connects to their audience through story-telling and song, this collaborative piece of theatre tells of rising from the #RhodesMustFall movement, and emerges from the heart of South Africa, written and performed by an ensemble of seven students who were involved in the uprising.

Race, class, gender, sexism, colonialism and ideologies of patriarchy – core to global conversations and interventions today - are recounted in personal experiences and tackled head-on, seeking to unpack discrimination in all its forms.

In April 2015, a student revolution at the University of Cape Town rocked South Africa and made waves around the world.

The movement successfully sought to bring down the statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes, situated at the foot of the university’s famous Jameson Steps, in protest of the white, Euro-centric cultural experience which dominated South African student life.

The campaign for the statue’s removal led to a wider movement to decolonise education across South Africa, garnering global attention.

When the statue of Cecil John Rhodes was dismantled, seven postgraduate students wrote The Fall. It took South Africa by storm during the #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall and subsequent student movements' demonstrations in 2015.

Seeking to unpack discrimination in all its forms, the play does not offer solutions to the questions raised by the movements which inspired it, but hopes to create and nurture dialogue.

The Fall adds its voice to the national and worldwide debate and youth- led revolutions against injustices, inequality in education, cultural representation and many other contemporary conflicts.

The Fall explores decolonization, institutional racism, privilege, systemic oppression, identity, gender and the power of protest.

Further details: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

New role at Fairfax ■ Emma Koehn has commenced a new role as Small Business Reporter at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. She was previously a Senior Journalist at SmartCompany. Emma is based in Melbourne, reports Telum Australia.

● Annie Lee stars in Pawn Again Christian.

■ A new one-woman comedy show presented by award-winning actress Annie Lee (The Kransky Sisters) will premiere at The Butterfly Club from September 3-8.

The dark comedy Pawn Again Christian is inspired by Annie’s life growing up in a fundamentalist religion where she was banned from sex education class at junior high school at age 14.

Annie was cautiously handed a picture book by her mother on the reproductive system. It was to mark the beginning of a life of sin and rebellion.

At the age of 17 she was ousted from the family home for being a heathen; cut off from the flock, a lost sheep cast out to roam the paddocks of the world where she went in search of greener pastures.

Annie was on the next plane to Sydney and checked into a hotel in Kings Cross.

“It wasn’t that I’d just been branded the black sheep of the flock, I just refused to have any more wool pulled over my eyes.

My relationship with faith began with indoctrination. It wasn’t a considered choice,” says Annie. ● The Jersey Boys From wacky stories of growing up in a small beachside town in a religious community in Tasmania, to her portrayal of those ■ Tickets are now on sale for the Jersey Boys who open in who live by the manner of faith, Annie will take audiences on a the Regent Theatre in March 2019 for a strictly limited journey in a fraught search for the meaning of life. season.

Performance Dates: September 3 -8 at 8.30pm Jersey Boys tells the true-life story of four guys from the Venue: The Butterfly Club, Carson Place, Melbourne wrong side of the tracks, and the rise to stardom of Frankie Tickets: $27 - $34 Valli and the Four Seasons who became one of the most Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com/show/pawn-againsuccessful bands in pop music history. christian The band sold over 175 million records and were in- Cheryl Threadgold ducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their worldwide hits including Can’t Take My Eyes off You, Walk Like a Man, Bye Bye Baby, Sherry and Big Girls Don’t Cry, which all feature in the musical.

23rd B'nai B'rith Victoria Jewish Youth Art competition.

After auditioning 450 artists nationwide, the dynamic The Jewish Youth Art Competition and exhibition aims to cast is a combination of exciting and emerging Australian develop and enhance the artistic abilities of youth aged 11 to 18. talent.

This important annual exhibition showcases the innovative Stepping into the illustrious shoes of the charismatic works created by talented Jewish youth, including drawings, singer Frankie Valli is Bernard Angel, who played Joe paintings, multimedia, sculpture and digital photography.

Pesci in the original Australian production.

Exhibition:August 2 - 15.

He will be joined by Cameron MacDonald as Tommy Glen Eira Arts & Culture DeVito, Thomas McGuane as Bob Gaudio, making his Cnr Glen Eira & Hawthorn Roads , Caulfield career debut after graduating from the Victorian College of - Peter Kemp the Arts and Glaston Toft, reprising his portrayal of the band’s musical marvel Nick Massi.

Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff said: “I’m thrilled to be coming back with our glistening new production. We ■ ABC Radio Melbourne’s Mornings program and The Conhave now taken The Four Seasons around the world but all versation Hour will be presented by Virginia Trioli until Friday of us involved in the show regard Australia as our favourite next week (August 17) while Jon Faine is away on leave. destination.”

Virginia has an established reputation as a radio host, televiBookings: jerseyboys.com.au sion presenter, news reporter, features writer and columnist.

Tickets: From $69.90 (plus transaction fee) She first joined the ABC in 2001 from The Bulletin and for eight Opening Night: Saturday, March 2 years hosted the Drive Program on ABC Radio Melbourne (for- Cheryl Threadgold mally 774ABC Melbourne).

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No 26 for Gary

■ Gary Leonard Hammond has released his brand new album titled Number 26.

The 13 original tracks are all written by Gary and no doubt will be picked up and added to radio playlists around the country.

The Melbourne singer-songwriter, teacher, musician and entertainer is also the front man for the popular 4 Peace band. More info at garyleonardhammond.comod Fri

New Country

■ Country Comes To Town is a new concept bringing the best artists that Victorian Country music has to offer, to audiences in Melbourne and regional Victoria. On show will be an eclectic array of established local bands and artists, as well as up and coming performers.

Each showcase will include an assortment of Victoria's best independent acts and styles, ranging from country rock to country blues to alt country and Australiana.

Furthermore says spokesmanTony Bonnici, many of these acts are currently heard on country radio programs nationally and overseas. The first event will be on Saturday, October 6 at Alphington Bowls Club, 28 Parkview Rd, Alphington. Featured artists will inc Brad Brewer, Susan Lily, Rattlincane and The Prairie Oysters. Admission is $15.

Keith is back

■ Aussie singer-songwriter and world superstar Keith Urban has announced his 2019 Australian schedule as part of his world tour behind his current album Graffiti U. Melbourne fans can see him at Rod Laver on February 5. Keith was last here in 2016 and notched up a number of sellout shows.

At Abbotsford Convent Gallery Light Bodies Vittoria Di Stefano's research centres on material investigation as a method for examining notions of liminality-or in-betweenness-in sculptural practice.

She employs temporal, marginal and contingent processes to investigate a range of mutable materials to explore the alchemical and transformational properties of the sculptural object.

In Light Bodies, the artist explores the relationship between the self and the material world as one in flux, characterised by a constant stream of incremental adjustments both conscious and innate.

In this intimate and unreliable space, desire and vulnerability coalesce as the individual attempts to locate themselves within a constantly shifting environment.

Light Bodies is a site-specific sculptural installation which investigates this space; the unfixed potential od materiality, the agency of matter and the tenuous relationship between the personal body and the material world.

Exhibition: August 15 - September 9. Venue: Gallery 1. Gallery hours Wednesday Sunday 10am - 5pm. ★ No Safe Place to Rest Your Eyes.

The detective genre is haunted by the ghost of history: archivists compelled to dredge up secrets from the past, childhood traumas driving villains to commit unspeakable acts, or conspiracy theorists reimagining the heavily warped and often censored narrative of historical events.

In this exhibition, exhibition artists have created work concerning detective fiction and film: some consciously referencing mysteries or crimes, others taking on the role of a detective within their own practice.

This exhibition references detective fiction in an expanded sense from the noir cinema to the concealment of corruption within bureaucratic institutions, crimes of cultural repatriation to the melodrama of Italian thrillers known as Giallo.

No Safe Place to Rest Your Eyes focuses on how the detective genre can illuminate the way in which language, film and images construct meaning and the way these systems van be soopted to perpetuate problematic narratives.

Exhibition: August 15 - September 9. Venue: Gallery 2. ★ You are the Magnet and I am the Metal (slowly magnitizdat) This exhibition looks at forms of retribution as a method of learning and disseminating information and the hurdles that this crosses in terms of history and the decay of knowledge.

Exhibition: August 15 - September 9. Venue: Gallery 3.

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Wednesday Thursday August 9 August 8

■ Happy birthday to Yvonne Lawrence.

John-Michael Howson also celebrates.

Radio man John Laws was born in New Guinea in 1935 (83).

Singer Vanessa Amorosi is 37 (1981).

Tennis player Roger Federer was born in Switzerland in 1981.

■ Author P L Travers was born in Maryborough, Queensland, in 1899.

Born as Helen Lyndon Goff in 1899, the Mary Poppins author died in 1996 (96).

Singer Whitney Houston was born in 1963. She died aged 48.

Actor Eric Bana (Banadinovic) was born in 1968 (50).

Melbourne Arts Gradation Gradation the noun, speaks to the act of layering a finish onto a material so that it is transformed.

It is a gradual process tat renders one material invisible and another (falsely) visible. This action speaks to the practice of glazing in ceramics where the clay body is hidden within a "skin" of glaze.

This is not dissimilar to the act of finishing an architectural element with a render or façade.

The world of objects is awash with superficial appearances.

Gradation will hold a mirror to this surface layer and its questionable authenticity within the context of personal curated environments.

Season: August 15 - September 9. Venue: Gallery 4. ★ …a large area with room to breathe …

Nia Johnson and Jess Gall visited c3 on October 22, 2016.

“We have not worked together before and are interested in asking some questions; we are okay with asking questions.”

Jess asks if there has been a screen to tessellate the fireplace? No this is not for display. Nia notices in Gallery 2 that she is falling.

The floor becomes the wall, the ceiling (floorboards) becomes the ground, the walls do not exist, and back door exit becomes a stage door.

The trajectory is not linear, failing is induced like a set of keyframes on final cut pro; swaying, gradually rising, landing.

A current moon is a fingernail stuck in a yoga mat.

Exhibition: August 15 - September 9. Venue: Gallery 5.

Strategies for the Future.

This exhibition will present artists who engage in the abstract if architectural ideas and forms. Architecture psychologically impacts the human psyche, and how we interact and use a popular space.

The exhibition asks artists to explore the relationship between humans, art history, and the constructed architectural world. The artists will use their differing and unique cultural and visual histories as a lens through which to reinterpret the architecture of c3 and the Abbotsford Convent.

Season: August 15 - September 9. Venue" Galley 6.

- Peter Kemp

Concrete Impermanence ■ Alison Currie’s contemporary dance work Concrete Impermanence will be presented at The Substation in Newport at 7.30pm from August 15 -18.

Melding dance and art, her new work is an expression of how the animate and inanimate connect.

As the dancers interact with moveable sculptural objects on stage, they unfurl a story that tackles global and personal instability, environmental disaster and personal trauma.

Alisdair Macindoe’s rich and complex electronic sound score overlays the choreography.

“Through these relationships and environments, Concrete Impermanence reveals the fragility of human existence - in its tragedy, poetic beauty and in the inevitable reality of a fragile existence,” said Currie, whose artistic practice crosses dance, performance art, sculpture and installation.

The Adelaide-based artist creates dance works for theatres, galleries, site specific and location nonspecific live art performances.

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with visual artist Bridget Currie, media artists Kaboom Studios aka Jason Lam and Adam Synnott as well as sound and dance maker Alisdair Macindoe.

Alison received the inaugural Arts South Australia triennial project grant for her work 42a, which premiered at Adelaide's Australian Experimental Art Foundation in 2008 and toured to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

She choreographed Restless Dance Theatre’s Bedroom Dancing, which was awarded OutstandingAchievement in Youth and Community Dance Australian Dance Awards 2010.

Other notable works include Drawing Machine, which was performed at Wimbledon Space in London and Adelaide Fringe Festival’s commission Build, Hold, Destroy as part of Window World outdoor event.

Directed and Choreographed by Alison Currie. Dancers: Alison Currie, Harrison Richie-Jones and Stephen Sheehan. Choreography in collaboration with Carlie Angel, Amrita Hepi, Jessie Oshodi, Lewis Rankin and Stephen Sheehan. Sound: Alisdair Macindoe. Lighting Design: Matthew Adey.

Audio Visual: Jason Lam: Kaboom Studios Creative Producer: Jason Cross.

Season: August 15- 18 Time: 7.30pm Duration: 60 minutes Cost: Full $25 or Concession $20 Bookings: www.thesubstation.org.au or 9391 1110 Venue: The Substation, 1 Market Street Newport Melbourne

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Saturday August 11

■ American singer and actor Eddie Fisher was born in 1928. He died aged 82 in 2010.

US singer Ronnie Spector is 75 (1943).

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas was born in Mexico in 1960 (58).

Australian actress Emily Symons was born in 1969 (49).

■ Author Enid Blyton was born in South London in 1897. She died aged 70 in 1968.

Lady Florence BjelkePetersen was born in 1920.

US actress Arlene Dahl is 93 (1925).

The late Australian actress Megan Williams was born in 1956. She died in 2000.

Sunday August 12 ■ Tennis legend Harry Hopman was born in 1906. He died aged 79 in the year 1985.

Newspaper cartoonist WEG (William Ellis Green) was born in 1923. He worked for The Herald. He died aged 85 in 2008.

Australian singer Merv Benton was born in Melb. in 1941 (77).

Monday August 13

■ British film director Alfred Hitchcock was born in England in 1899.

He died aged 80 in 1980.

Australian Rules legend John Nicholls (Carlton) is 79.

Actress Dee Smart is 52 (1966).

Ex-Olympic swimmer Matthew Klim is 41 (1977).

Tuesday August 14 ■ Author Bryce Courtney was born on this day in South Africa in 1933; he died in 2013.

American actor Steve Martin was born in Waco, Texas, in 1945 (73).

Musician Reg Mombassa is 67 (1951).

Politician Peter Costello was born in 1957 (61).

Thanks to GREG NEWMAN of Jocks Journal for assistance with birthday and anniversary dates.

Jocks Journal is Australia’s longest running radio industry publication.

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Glow Winter Arts Festival ■ The winter night skies will shine with light and colour in immersive outdoor installations in Malvern East’s historic Central Park.

Returning for a fifth year, The Glow WinterArts Festival will run from August 16-19, between 6pm-10pm each night in Central Park, Malvern East.

The magic of larger than life installations; forests of colour; music of the trees; and giant neon letters can all be experienced in this night time free festival.

The City of Stonnington Mayor, Cr Steve Stefanopoulos, said “I’m delighted to invite residents and visitors to experience our wonderful Central Park in a new light. Over four nights, we will transform the dark of winter into a wonderland of light and play”.

Award-winning Mandylights will present The Laser Garden, an immersive installation of thousands of rotating green laser beams.

The rays catch the air in clouds of dense fog and with a lick of wind, the garden changes in shape and size as visitors roam freely through the beams.

Revive the Reef by S1T2 is a work that asks us to think about our precious environment and in particular, The Great Barrier Reef, a natural treasure unlike any other place on earth.

Step into a magical underwater landscape and work with friends and strangers to unwind the pressures threatening the Reef. Together, you’ll transform a bleached white Reef into a kaleidoscope of colour and real Reef sounds.

Neon Glow and Neon Night Garden by Carla O’Brien is back brighter than ever as oversized multi-coloured neon Glow letters, the neon Night Garden Archway, neon umbrellas, neon flamingo, the neon tree and the neon kite light up Malvern East.

Between the Trees by Melinda Hetzel and Co is part interactive tree-installation, part collaborative musical instrument, creating a magical world of plants, humans, music and light.

Inspired by the connectivity of mycelium, 'the internet of the forest', this playful, immersive experience gently reminds us of our connectedness to the natural world and each other.

Between the Trees invites participants to 'play' the installation by interacting with suspended, miniature ecospheres, creating original compositions together in real time.

Anthropic Augmentation by Caroline Packham is a choreographed performance with four handheld projectors that explore an imagined future memoir of the Yarra River.

The public are invited to participate by sending a letter/poem to this future humanised Yarra and a performance artist will facilitate letter/poetry writing at performance events.

Glow Winter Arts Festival from August 16-19, 6pm-10pm, Central Park, Malvern East. This is a free event, so visit glowfestival.com.au for more information.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Wheeler Centre

■ The Wheeler Centre’s Season Three lineup features Australian bestselling novelist Liane Moriarty; American blockbuster YA novelist Veronica Roth; ABC journalist and creator of the Trace podcast Rachael Brown; Chair of Justice Connect, Gillian Triggs; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre founder Kon Karapanagiotidis; journalist and bestselling author Anne Summers; local award-winning authors Gerald Murnane and Chloe Hooper; former Google data-scientist Seth StephensDavidowitz; and Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winners Jane Harper, Melanie Cheng and Christian White.

- Peter Kemp

Red Stitch audience baffled

Generation Jeans

‘The audience, baffled, files out into the crisp, dark St Kilda night after two hours without an interval, no more enlightened in the end as they were at the beginning.’

● Casey Filips, Harvey Zielinski, Ben Prendergast, Ngaire Dawn Fair and Darcy Kent in The Antipodes. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson.

■ Once upon a time at the Red Stitch Theatre, At this point, the audience would probably six men and one woman gathered at a confer- agree with him. The cast, all talented actors doing ence table. their best with what they’re given, valiantly All are writers tasked with coming up with ploughs on. the next hit-making TV project for their boss, The audience tries to keep up. Despite exSandy. Story ideas are thought up and exhausted hortations from the writers regarding the seven as writers’ block takes hold. or 10 or 36 great plots in the world, this plot is Doing her best Billie Whitelaw playing Ma- inexplicable. dame Defarge, Eleanor, the only female among The dialogue meanders down endless culthe writers, attempts to knit. An interlude oc- de-sacs. Is the point of Annie Baker’s play, The curs.

Antipodes, that, in this Trumpian universe, truth The group talks to a crackling voiceover in is stranger than fiction? That there are no more virtual reality. Sandy tells them not to worry as stories to tell? they are all doing really well. This naturally A self-indulgence only Baker knows. The aucauses panic. dience, baffled, files out into the crisp, dark St In the middle of a night, Brian performs some Kilda night after two hours without an interval, mysterious paganistic ritual. In the morning he no more enlightened in the end as they were at vomits and has to go home. the beginning.

The most interesting story is delivered by the Venue: Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre, Rear 2 assistant, Sarah, in between taking orders for Chapel St, St Kilda dinner: a mash-up of Cinderella, Baba Yaga and Season: Until Sunday, August 12 Rumpelstiltskin.

Times: Wednesday – Saturday 8.00pm, SunSandy, in a rare moment of existential crisis, day 6.30pm. Tickets: $15 - $55. Bookings: 9533 tells the group that he “thinks it’s impossible what 8083 or www.redstitch.net we’re trying to do here”.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

Mission: Impossible - Fallout ■ If you have been looking forward to a better than average action movie you should go and see the latest, and probably the greatest, in the Mission Impossible series which began in 1996.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) does, of course, accept the mission and leads the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) on a fast-paced escapade to take possession of three plutonium cores and stop a madman and his terrorist group who are intent on mass destruction.

There are plenty of stunts. A high altitude, low opening parachute jump through a thunderstorm, a wild fight scene in a restroom, murder and mayhem at a disco, motorbike and car chases (including a wrong-direction lap around the Arc de Triomphe), a chase across London rooftops and helicopter hell through mountains.

Cruise does his own stunts and that came at a cost. During filming he broke his ankle jumping from one building to another. This delayed filming and added to costs.

Fans know of the IMF’s deception masks.

Who is who is complicated because the CIA and MI6 are also involved. This mix adds to the intrigue, suspense and fast-paced action.

Christopher McQuarrie wrote and directed MI Fallout. He also directed MI Rogue Nation so this outing makes him the only repeat MI director.

Look out for the White Widow (Vanessa Kirby - Princess Margaret in The Crown), Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson returns following MI Rogue Nation). CIA head Erica Sloan (Angela Bassett) adds to the intrigue.

Ethan is assisted by sidekicks Benji (Simon Pegg) and Luther(Ving Rhames). Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwyn) is back as Secretary of the IMF. August Walker (Henry Cavill) is a CIAop-

● Tom Cruise erative, tasked by his boss with keeping an eye on Ethan. The handsome Cavill is tipped as the next James Bond.

The film is a genuine cliff-hanger. It runs just under two hours. There is never a dull moment.

Four and a half stars.

- Review by Greg Every

● Co-founder of Belarus Free Theatre, Nicolai Khalezin.

■ Belarus Free Theatre presents Generation Jeans until August 8 (Alexander Theatre, Monash University) and August 9 – 18 (Malthouse Theatre).

Directed and performed by Nicolai Khalezin with the participation of Natalia Kaliada, the show features music by DJ Laurel (Lavr Berzhanin).

In Generation Jeans, Khalezin gives a candid account of his own experience of incarceration and young love, illustrating how denim became a symbol of freedom under oppression from Europe’s last dictatorship.

This duologue between an actor and a DJ, discusses jeans, rock music and freedom.

During the reign of the Soviet Union, Belarusians were prohibited from wearing jeans or listening to rock music. Two decades after the Union’s collapse, buying or selling these rare tokens of the ‘free world’ can still get you arrested.

The show brings to life stories of arrests, kidnappings and living in a country controlled by fear. Generation Jeans is billed as an ode to the people who speak out about repression and censorship in their countries and who fight for freedom everywhere.

Belarus Free Theatre is the only theatre of its kind in Europe. Founded in 2005 by husband and wife team Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, it consists of 25 members and nine students who use theatre as an artistic means to resist political censorship and pressure from the government.

Seeking political asylum in the UK in 2011, Belarus Free Theatre is banned in its native country–company members have served time in prison, lost their jobs, gone into hiding or been exiled.

Despite suffering every form of intimidation and harassment, the company continues to produce internationally-recognised theatre.

Performance Details: August 6 – 8 at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton.

Bookings: https://www.monash.vic.gov. au/Leisure/Upcoming-Events/GenerationJeans-by-Belarus-Free-Theatre-at-MLIVE August 9- 18 at the Malthouse Theatre, Southbank.

- Cheryl Threadgold

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FILM: THE DEATH OF STALIN: Genre: Comedy.

Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Paddy Considine, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Brooke, Jeffrey Tambor.

Year: 2017.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 107 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: In early-1953 Moscow, under the Great Terror's heavy cloak of state paranoia, the ever-watchful Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, collapses unexpectedly of a brain haemorrhage. and when his body is discovered in the following morning, a frenetic surge of raw panic spreads like a virus in the senior members of the Council of Ministers, as they scramble to maintain order, weed out the competition, and, ultimately, take power.

Side-splitting laugh-out-loud British satire on the days following the death of brutal dictator Stalin is equalling terrifying because the events on-screen remain almost as frighteningly true to the nature of the actual events as they unfolded.

Superbly cast, each individual role a stand-out, and complete with original British, Cockney and American accents (Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev is worth the price of admission alone), Scottish co-writer and director Armando Iannucci, whose previous credits include the acclaimed The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep, unleashes every ounce of his bumbling farcical savage wit on the ruthless cold war totalitarian regime and with the grip of vice and impact of a sledgehammer.

Intelligent, tragic, hysterically funny, frightening, thought provoking and hugely entertaining, this is a reminder of one of the darkest chapters in 20th century history that stands proudly in the shadow of Stanley Kubrick's brilliantly biting and unsurpassed 1964 political satire and cinematic comic masterpiece "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," and with "The Death of Stalin," it could very well be the best Monty Python movie Monty Python never made.

Footnote: The movie was banned in Russia on January 23, 2018, two days before it was due to be released. The Cultural Ministry stated, "The distribution certificate for the film The Death of Stalin has been withdrawn." One member of the Culture Ministry's advisory board was quoted as saying, "The film desecrates our historical symbols -- the Soviet hymn, orders and medals, and Marshal Zhukov is portrayed as an idiot," and added that the film's release in advance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad (February 2nd), would be "an affront to Russia's World War II veterans."

Korean Film Festival

THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. MAMMA MIA!: HERE WE GO AGAIN. 2. THE EQUALIZER 2.

3. ANDRE RIEU'S 2018 MAASTRICHT CONCERT: AMORE, MY TRIBUTE TO LOVE. 4. ANT-MAN AND THE WASP. 5. THE BREAKER UPPERERS. 6. INCREDIBLES 2.

7. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM. 8. SKYSCRAPER. 9. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: A MONSTER VACATION. 10. ASHKEY.

FILM: LBJ: Genre: Biography/Drama.

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill Pullman.

Year: 2016.

Rating: M. Length: 98 Minutes.

Stars: *** Summary: LBJ centres on the political upheaval that Vice President Lyndon Johnson faced when he was thrust into the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, and as political issues battle on both sides of the aisle, Johnson struggles to heal a nation and secure his presidency by passing Kennedy's historic Civil Rights Act. Effective but not all together complete or fulfilling biopic on one of the most complex and disliked president's of the United States during post WWII's most explosive decade, the 1960s, covering too fleetingly many areas of controversy surrounding the events, and, like Kathryn Bigelow's political and racially charged "Detroit" (2018), lacks the full emotional force of the period and events in and out of The White House.

However, there is a lot to be gripped by, because as a brief snapshot of complex man with his manipulative methods, conflicting beliefs, the high-powered forces around him, to his personal side with his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, the film succeeds on numerous levels, giving us a brief but stimulating glimpse into a man that volumes have been written about, but still so little is known about.

Woody Harrelson may be hard to accept as LBJ at first, but like most other portrayals of U.S. President's they are ultimately caricatures, and for the most parts Harrelson's performance soon holds a certain spell, and along with a stellar supporting cast that includes Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Jeffrey Donovan as John F. Kennedy, Michael Stahl-David as Bobby Kennedy and Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, both the period of events and film hold a firm grip.

Director Rob Reiner, whose previous credits include "This is Spinal Tap" (1984), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "The American President" (1995), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "Misery" (1990) and "Stand

By Me" (1986), holds it together well, and be it 98 minutes or 298 minutes, it would have only covered the surface, and here, has created a biopic that is a worthy addition to an impressive line-up of films.

You may wish to check out the similarly themed TV movies "All The Way" (2016) with Bryan Cranston, and "Path To War" (2002) with Michael Gambon and Donald Sutherland.

■ The 9th Korean Film Festival (KOFFIA) 2018 : August 9 - Sep 23.

KOFFIA is here again, and once more there is an impressive lineup of movies, delivering something for everyone, including drama, thrills, romance, and horror. B Begins in Sydney tomorrow (August 9) (which will feature these additional movies; 7 Years Of Night; A Day (***½); Forgotten (***½); Last Child; Mothers; Snatch Up), and finishes in Canberra on September 23.

The Festival will screen at ACMI in Melbourne from September 6-13.

For further details, please go to either www.koffia.com.au or www.acmi.net.au Please enjoy what this terrific Festival has to offer.

A Taxi Driver. 137 minutes.

(Opening Night Film). **** Powerful drama detailing the growing friendship between a Korean taxi driver and a noted German reporter, while the latter covers the brutal Gwanju uprising in May 1980.

Based on the incredible true-life exploits of Jurgen Hinzpeter and Kim Sa-bok. First-rate on every level.

Be With You. 132 minutes. ***½ A remake of the lovely 2004 Japanese film (which in turn was based on a 2003 novel, and later was adapted as a TV series in 2005), this latest re-incarnation proves to be very entertaining as well, with a nicely chosen cast delivering the emotional goods.

Midnight Runners. 108 minutes. **** Two police academy students witness a kidnapping while on leave one night, leading them into a dark criminal underworld.

Smart, energetic mix of comedy, action, and thriller, bringing life to material that is familiar and formulaic.

Little Forest. 104 minutes. ***½ This remake of the 2014-2015 Japanese films, which spread the four seasons over two movies, is an utter delight, putting a decidedly Korean spin on the source material. The cast are perfect, creating a wonderful chemistry that just adds to the fun.

I Can Speak. 119 minutes. ***½ Generally absorbing drama that effectively transforms from one kind of film to another, building its character relationships with skill along the way.

Does fall into button-pushing melodrama during its big finale, but overall is an affecting viewing experience. Strong work from the two leads.

Gonjiam : Haunted Asylum. 94 minutes. **** One of the biggest surprises of this year, turning the tiresome, overused found footage formula into something invigorating, stylish,

and best of all, scary. A cast of unknowns are exceptionally good.

Stand By Me. 92 minutes. ** Poorly structured and directed drama that certainly has good intentions. A grandfather who doesn't have long to live, has to decide what to do with the two grandchildren he has had to raise on his own.

Artificial and underwritten, not helped by some awkward performances.

The Vanished. 101 minutes.

Have not seen. A remake of the 2012 Spanish film The Body.

Glass Garden. 117 minutes.

Have not seen. The new film from extremely talented film-maker Shin Su-won, who directed the must-see features Pluto (2013) and Madonna (2015).

Golden Slumber. 108 minutes. *** Overly truncated remake of the excellent 2010 Japanese thriller offers well-staged action scenes and slick visuals, but the main character's journey has been altered, and details jettisoned, muting the story's dramatic impact. A strong cast help.

A Haunting Hitchhike. 108 minutes. Have not seen. Family drama centring on a teenage girl searching for her long absent mother.

What A Man Wants. 101 minutes. ***1/2 A clever, frequently funny look at two married couples, who experience various kinds of hardships.

Characters aren't condescended to, and the laughs are nicely entwined with a measured, dramatic undercurrent. Fine performances all round. A remake of the 2011 Czech film Men In Hope.

Champion. 108 minutes. Have not seen.

Drama sounds like a cross between Sylvester Stallone's Over The Top and Charles Bronson's Hard Times.

Stars popular actor Ma Dongseok, who can currently be seen in cinemas in the entertainingly epic sequel Along With The Gods : The Last 49 Days (***½).

Believer. 123 minutes. ***½ Well-crafted remake of Johnnie To's excellent 2013 crime thriller Drug War. Story has been changed considerably, unfortunately making its twist all-too obvious.

Strong performances abound, and the films features a wonderfully haunting final scene.

Keys To The Heart. 121 minutes.

Have not seen.

Well received family drama starring Lee Byung-hun, who is currently headlining the smash hit TV series, Mr. Sunshine.

Microhabitat. 106 minutes.

(Closing Night Film). Have not seen.

Amusing premise about a woman who prefers her cigarette addiction over having a roof over her head. Word of mouth has been strong on this one.

- Aaron Rourke

AUGUST 5-11

NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: AUGUST 2: ALONG WITH THE GOD: THE LAST 49 DAYS, DR. KNOCK, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT, SUMMER 1993, THE WIFE. AUGUST 9: ON CHESIL BEACH, REBORN, SUPERFLY, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. I FEEL PRETTY [Comedy/Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams].

2. A QUIET PLACE [Horror/Thriller/Drama/ Emily Blunt, John Krasinski].

3. RAMPAGE [Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure/ Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Naomie Harris].

4. READY PLAYER ONE [Sci-Fi/Action/ Adventure/Tye Sheridan, Ben Mendelsohn].

5. BREATHE [Drama/Surfing/Sport/Simon Baker].

6. LBJ [Biography/Drama/Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill Pullman].

7. ISLE OF DOGS [Animated/Adventure/ Comedy/Drama/Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray].

8. LOVE, SIMON [Romance/Comedy/ Drama/Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Nick Robinson].

9. FILM STARS DON'T DIE IN LIVERPOOL [Biography/Drama/Annette Bening, Jamie Bell].

Also: EARLY MAN, SHERLOCK GNOMES, THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA, A WRINKLE IN TIME, PAUL-APOSTLE OF CHRIST, WALKING OUT, THE YELLOW BIRDS, TOMB RAIDER, PACIFIC RIM-UPRISING, BLOCKERS. NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: CROOKED HOUSE [Drama/Crime/Mystery/ Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Gillian Anderson].

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL [Comedy/ Drama/Juliette Angelo, Beau Brooks].

THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN [Animated/ Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: PREDATOR, PREDATOR 2, PREDATORS [New Packaging + 4K UHD].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: CLAWS: Season 1.

DOCTOR WHO: The Enemy of the World.

MAIGRET (2016): Series 1-2.

HERE AND NOW: Season 1.

- James Sherlock

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Local Theatre with Cheryl Threadgold and team BURKE’S COMPANY

● Matt Phillips (left), Campbell McNish and John Putman in Burke’s Company.

■ The Basin Theatre presents Burke’s Company from August 10 to September 1 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd, The Basin.

Written by Australian playwright Bill Reed and directed by Graham Fly, Burke’s Company tells of explorers Burke and Wills who were the first to successfully travel from south to north of Australia.

The award-winning play was first presented by Melbourne Theatre Company in 1968, and when director Graham Fly first saw the production in the 1970s he has wanted to direct the play ever since.

“It left an indelible impression on me.

Whilst most Melburnians are aware of the triumph and tragedy of their 1860 expedition, Burke’s Company gives us a fascinating insight into the scarcity and excess of trust, respect, heroism, and impatience of their epic journey that lead to their almost inevitable deaths.”

The production has an evolving backdrop and uses two full height screens to cover vast distances, fluctuate between times and dates to fully flesh out this piece of history. “It’s an iconic piece of theatre that will stay with you”.

Performance Season: August 10 – September 1 Venue: The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin Bookings online: thebasintheatre.org.au or call 1300 784 668.

THE BUTTERFLY CLUB ■ Calling all theatre makers, cabaret performers, comedians, musicians, producers and ensembles: The Butterfly Club is seeking Expressions Of Interest for its2018-19 Summer program.

Successful applicants will produce a season of their work between December and February. The Butterfly Club will consider independent works including theatre, cabaret, comedy, sketch, vaudeville, burlesque and live music. They will also consider any pitches for a recurring event to be held on Saturday nights.

The Butterfly Club is about to launch into its20th year of presenting independent productions. With a stellar history that helped launch the careers of Tim Minchin, Sammy J, and Geraldine Quinn, the venue is passionate about supporting early-career, emerging and established performers to stage new work.

Successful applicants will be offered a season of 1-6 performances, or the opportunity to present a regular night on Saturdays..

Expressions of Interest should be submitted via The Butterfly Club website www.thebutterflyclub.com by 5pm on August 27.

Expressions of Interest: The Butterfly Club Performance Dates: December 2018 – February 2019 Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne Enquiries: thebutterflyclub.com/producers Deadline: 5pm August 27 - Cheryl Threadgold

From New York, For Him ■ Rom-com Cabaret From: New York, For: Him is being presented at The Butterfly Club, August 13 – 18.

Presented by Brooklyn Runaways, New Yorker Melissa David has created a cabaret chronicling her relationship with her Australian husband, including how she ended up in Melbourne as a result of Donald Trump’s immigration policy.

Melissa was working as a professional actress in New York City when she met a rugged Australian in London.

After an international romance, they married in Central Park. Then Donald Trump took office and things changed for Melissa.

Her husband was in Africa for work when the immigration system crashed and she could not get him back into the USA. In From: New York, For: Him, she tells her story for the first time.

Joined on stage by accompanist and drag pro-

vocateur Peppy Smears, Melissa David invites audiences to relive her bizarre journey across the USA and then the world via hippy parents, exploding cars and bonfires full of wedding gifts.

Her story will appeal to the romantic in all of us, as well as those who know what it’s like to experience the highs and lows of doing whatever it takes to be with the one you love.

Featuring a stunning songbook of classics by Carole King, Whitney Houston and Cher, this is a toe-tapping, wine-swilling tale of romance, laughter and sacrifice.

Brooklyn Runaways is a newly formed production company dedicating to producing new works, cabarets and other live events in Melbourne.

Dates: August 13 - 18 (no performance on August 14). Time: 7 pm. Cost: $27-34. Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne.

Tickets: thebutterflyclub.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Latest shows, auditions SHOWS ■ The 1812 Theatre: Dial M for Murder (Frederick Knott) Until August 18 at 3-5 Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter. Bookings: 9758 3964.

■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Elf Jr the Musical August 10 - 19 at the Centenary Theatre, Williamstown. Bookings: 1300 881 545.

■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Something Unspoken (a double bill by Tennessee Williams) August 16 - 26 at the Strathmore Community Centre, Cnr Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Marti Ibrahim. Tickets: $20/$15. 9382 6284 or www.stagtheatre.org/reservations ■ Beaumaris Theatre: Echoes (by Alistair Faulkner) August 17 - 30 at 82 Wells rd., Beaumaris. Director: Barbara Crawford. Tickets: $27/$24. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre .com.au ■ Peridot Theatre Company: The Shoe Horn Sonata (by John Misto) August 10 - 25 at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Alison Knight. Bookings: 9808 0770.

■ The Basin Theatre Group: Burke's Company (by Bill Reed) August 10 - September 1 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin.

Director: Graham Fly. Tickets: $27/$22. Bookings: 1300 784 668.

■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Moonlight and Magnolias (by Ron Hutchinson) August 16 - September 1 at 39 - 41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Alan Burrows.. Bookings: 1300 752126.

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Other Desert Cities (by Jon Robin Baitz)August 16 - September 1 at Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre, Cnr Wilson and Carpenter Sts., Brighton. Director: George Werther. Bookings: 1300 752 126.

■ Essendon Theatre Company: An Unseasonable Fall of Snow (by Gary Henderson) August 23 - September 1 at the Bradshaw St Community Hall, Bradshaw St, Essendon West. Director: Div Collins. Bookings: 0422 029 483.

■ Malvern Theatre Company: Dead Man's Cell Phone (by Sarah Ruhl) August 24 - September 6 at 29a Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Bruce Cochrane. Bookings: 1300 131 552.

■ Adelphi Theatre Company: Three Plays in One Program! Passage (by David S. Raine), Thinking Aloud (by Emlyn Williams), Another Pair of Spectacles (a Farce by Victor Bridges), August 25 at 8pm, August 25, 26, September 1, 2 at 2pm at Booran Road Hall, 264 Booran Rd., Ormond. Director: Michael Mace. Tickets: $15/ $12. Bookings: 9690 1593.

■ Cardinia Performing Arts Company (CPAC): Rock of Ages August 25 - September 7

SHOWS at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, 45 Lakeside Drive, Pakenham. Director: Jane Court. Bookings: www.trybooking.com ■ Track Youth Theatre: Oh What a Knight! (by Hayley Lawson Smith August 31 - September 1 at the Renaissance Theatre, 826 High St., kew East. Director: Breanna Dioguardi. Bookings: 0424 523 222.

■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: Vere (by John Doyle) August 31 - September 8 at Cnr Yarra St. and Mitchell Ave., Warrandyte. Director: Ruth Richter. Bookings: https:// www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=400949 ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Pack of Lies (by Hugh Whitmore) August 31 - September 15 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Cheryl Ballantine Richards.

Bookings: 9587 5141 or www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ Phoenix Theatre Company: Chicago September 7 - 15 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Craig Maloney; Musical Director: Peter Verhagen; choreographer: Renee Maloney. All Tickets $30.

Bookings: 9012 5897 or phoenix@phoenixtheatrecompany.org Please note: September 14 at 8pm will be an Auslan interpreted performance.

AUDITIONS ■ Beaumaris Theatre: Snoopy: The Musical Until August 10, Callbacks August 12. Director: Danny Forward; Musical Director: Tim Verdon; Choreographer: Kristy Griffin. Further details: wwwbeaumaristheatre.com.au Bookings and enquiries: 0424 333 222.

■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG) Lamb of God August 19 at 7pm and August 20 at 7pm at the Strathmore Community Centre, Cnr Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: George Benca. No appointment necessary.

■ The Basin Theatre Group: Bombshells (by Joanna Murray Smith) August 19 and 20 at 7pm at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Sharon Maine. Enquiries: 0419 118917.

■ Essendon Theatre Company: A Good Man (by Frederick Stroppel) August 11 at 1.30pm and August 12 at 10.3p0am at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall, Bradshaw St., West Essendon.Director: Rosalin Shafik-Eid. Bookings: auditionforetc@gmail.com ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Pass The Butler (by Eric Idle), August 26 at 6pm, August 27 at 7pm at the Bayside Cultural Centre, Cnr Wilson and Carpenter Sts., Brighton. Director: Gaetano Santo.

Enquiries: gaetanosanto.aus@gmail.com

● Melissa David and accompanist Peppy Smears in From: New York, For: Him.

2.20AM ■ Anvil Productions in partnership with Jesuit Social Services and Support After Suicide, present a new Australian play by award winning playwright Rebecca Lister, 2:20AM, from August 29 – September 9 at the Richmond Theatrette.

The production draws from Lister’s own experience of losing a family member to suicide, along with real stories of 50 other individuals directly impacted by suicide.

Directed by Hallie Shellam, this new work stars Joanne Davis, Donna Steven, Michael Treloarand Izabella Yena, and is a contemporary drama that directly tackles the subject of suicide with truth and humour, and pulses with the credibility of lived experience.

Based on real events, 2:20AM takes us into the lives of four ordinary people, all bereaved by suicide, who meet as strangers at a creative writing class and are forced into a reluctant bond.

Together they grieve, laugh, behave badly, and reveal far more about themselves than they bargained for.

In Australia, deaths from suicide are more frequent than those from traffic accidents.

It’s a sobering reality that very few in this country (or the world) are not touched by it in some way.

In 2016, 2,866 people died from suicide in Australia, more than double the number of people who died on Australian roads.

Suicide remains the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15 to 44, and the second leading cause of death among those aged 45 to 54 (Causes of Death; Australia 2016, ABS).

“Suicide is not an easy subject to talk or write about”, explains playwright and Anvil Productions Co-AD Rebecca Lister.

“People choose to take their own lives for a myriad of reasons and it can be painful, complex and devastating for their loved ones.

“2:20AM is based on a series of interviews conducted with those bereaved by suicide, plus my own experiences as both a bereaved community member and the facilitator of numerous writing classes.

“It shines a light on the torment, bewilderment, and inspiring resilience of those left behind after suicide.”

Performance Season: August 29 - September 9, Wed - Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm , Fri 31 August, 8pm - Auslan Interpreted Performance Venue: Richmond Theatrette - 415 Church Street Richmond Tickets: $28 Full, $22 Concession, $20 Groups 6+ Bookings: online only via www.anvilproductions.com.au Enquiries: 0409 201 262 and 0422 380 700 - Cheryl Threadgold

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Winx, one win away ■ The world's best sprinter, Australian mare, Winx,will resume her racing career on August 18, when she contests the Winx Stakes, formerly the Warwick Farm Stakes.

The mare, now seven years-old, is out to beat the 25 wins on end that she shares with another great mare, Black Caviar.

There is a difference however which is widely known.

Black Caviar was never beaten in her 25 wins straight, while Winx didn't show much at her first few starts.

As usual when she contests the Winx Stakes, she is already being quoted in early markets at $1.10.

The usual round of good horses will most likely go round hoping that the mare may have an off day.

The big difference in the two mares, stated earlier, Winx can match it from 900 metres up to 2000 metres, whilst Black Caviar was trained to mainly run over the sprint distances of 900 up to 1200, with a run at 1400 metres.

Admittedly it us unusual for mare to race after five or six, and Winx will be seven as mentioned when the Cox Plate comes around, but she has been raced sparingly.

On the second line of favourtism for the Winx Stakes is the four year-old Kementari, a horse with plenty of ability.

A winner of the Hobartville, he is well equipped to make a race of it early.

Kementari is with the powerful Godolphin camp in the care of James Cummings, and the distance will suit.

On the next line is Peirata from the Greg Hickman camp, it has talent but we are talking about taking on the best horse in the world.

He is a winner of the Magic Millions VO Rogue Classic, which he won in good style.

Leading trainer, Chris Waller, may send another of his talented team in D'Argento around for the run as a lead up to other sprint races.

I feel he is out of his depth here.

The rising eight year-old,Happy Clapper, is one of the most consistent performers over this distance and 1600 metres.

Of late, top Sydney jockey, Blake Shin, said don't leave him out of the Everest Classic over the 1200 metres in October against the best we have here and possibly some of the world's best.

Don't forget he won the Doncaster in great style over 1600 metres and he is all class.

The four-year-old mare, Unforgotten, a winner of the Australasian Oaks over the longer journey is good, but may get run off her feet here if she goes around.

Another of James Cummings’,Alizee,has ability and is a recent winner of the Group One Flight Stakes.

Then we have Global Glamour from the Gai Waterhouse-Andrew Bott camp, always gives of her best, but it's Winx that they have to beat.

Of the other early nominations for the stakes, Le Romain, is rising seven, and they may go a bit quick for him.

Let's face it is all Winx-Winx-Winx..

Living legends

■ Horse racing lovers flocked to the recent August 1 birthdays of all horse at Living Legends.

Living Legends CEO, and Chief Vet, Andrew Clarke, opened proceedings on the day, at the spacious property off Oaklands Road, Tullamarine.

The Mayor of Hume, Geoff Porter, thanked those present for their interest.

Former number track rider, for Bart Cummings, Joe Agresta, the Lexus Melbourne Cup Ambassador carried the $200,000 Gold Melbourne Cup in for the horse lovers to paw over.

A lot of people may not know that Joe was also one of the champion quarter riders in the world.

He also was the main track rider for some 30 years looking after Bart's horses in his 12 Melbourne Cup winners.

A number of previous Melbourne Cup win-

● Former top racecaller, Greg Miles, with 1997 Melbourne Cup winner, Might and Power. Racing Photos ners now at Living Legends were paraded for Brew who scored in the Cup in 2000 looked the enthusiasts, before the cameras from the in good nick and the recent addition the 2015 TV stations in attendance. winner of the Melbourne Cup, Prince of Might and Power, who won the Cup in 1997, Penzance. Later the horses tucked in to a big was first out, with Andrew Clarke remarking feed of carrots, lucerne, licorice and hay to top asking the public to refrain from clapping, as of their big day. the big fellow puts on a bit of a show with the My eyes lit up when the sponsor of this year's sound of clapping.

Cup, Lexus, had two of their vehicles there, He was followed out by 1999 winner, Rogan most admired, was a magnificent Cardinal Red Josh, then Efficient, who won in 2007, now Lexus. I asked Joe how much he said you can nearly white. start at $220.00 for the red one.

I said to Joe I might buy two, if my Editor, Ash Long, will help me out with a bit of cash.

Ho, ho, ho.

100-1 to that, only joking Ash, I like my job.

Ted Ryan

Footy fever ■ Three of the best VFL and AFL players, to ever pull on a boot,will give guests something to talk about when I join them at Club Ringwood on Saturday, September 1..

Former Collingwood premiership captain and North Smith Medallist winner, Tony Shaw, will be one of three stars of the past.

He will be joined by another premiership player, Richmond's Dale Weightman, one of the cleverest small players like Tony, to play the game.

On top of this there is Footscray champion, Doug Hawkins, who holds the record for the most games played at Bulldog land.

Football lovers are getting good odds for the day, it's only $40 per person, with a parma and a pot thrown in.

The panel is one of the best that you can assemble with their background and the finals about to get underway.

Two of the sides, Richmond and Collingwood will play in the finals, with the Tigers a shortpriced favourite.

I can assure that it will a fun day, I have worked with the three of them on many an occasion, they are excellent value and tell some great tales.

Club Ringwood is a great supporter of those in need in their area, and have an excellent dining room to cater for at least 200 people.

Hope to see you on the day. If interested ring Club Ringwood on 9879 8733.

- Ted Ryan

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Entertainment The 3 Musketeers

■ Alexandre Dumas’s tale of The 3 Musketeers has stood the test of time over some 170 years and has been adapted by many having been originally serialised in Le Siècle between March and July of 1844.

A Curious Cat production adapted and directed by Natasha Broadstock is one that captures some significant events from the reign of Louis XIII with the action beginning in 1625.

Set in the round with three walls of audience the large acting area of the polished timber floor resonated many times with boots and high heels to the point of distraction during some dialogue.

With a raised podium in front of a small scaffold platform the many scenes and locations were ably announced by Scott Jackson as Porthos.

A very self-indulgent performance adding much to the dramatic and comedic events.

In the Director’s notes Broadstock faced a gender imbalance when casting and several key roles were played by the opposite gender, “What if a musketeer or two were played by a woman”.

That said Craig Cremin as the villainous Milady was dominant and entertaining as were several scenes of James Malcher as Constance, particularly before dying of poison.

D’Artagnan played by Lore Burns was youthful, bordering on naivety as she stole some of the highlights.

Her change of gender worked well. Several roles were doubled by Angelique Malcolm, Victoria Haslem and Lucy Norton while Scott Jackson (co-ordinator of the robust-choreographed sword fight scenes) also played the ailing King, looking for war with England.

Adding to the characterisation were well designed and dressed costumes by designer Romy Sweetnam who excelled with her passion for articulate and detailed work.

She also had assistance from Victoria Haslem in providing a range of period hand and stage props.

The staging had its distractions, with four corner columns of Lighting shining across into the audience faces while often having actors underlit, with some inaudible dialogue as they could not face three walls of audience at once.

A more conventional stage layout would have suited giving better visibility of the cast and action.

Performance dates: Until Sat. August 11 Time: Wed.-Sat. at 8pm Venue: Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8a Hyde St, Footscray Tickets: Try Bookings.com - Graeme McCoubrie

Maroondah Arts Kid's Workshop Crazy Colourful Creatures with artist Nusra Latif Qureshi As part of Artspace at Realm's latest exhibition Weaving Stories kids can join artist Nusra Latif Qureshi to learn how to create fabulous beasts in watercolour.

Using segments from various birds and animals - real and imagined - kids can make a creature uniquely colourful and surprising.

During this workshop, we will learn about fine tracing, joining various parts of the drawing , and application of watercolours. Just bring your imagination.

When: Saturday August 26. Time !0.30am-12 Noon. Ages 7 - 12. Cost $5.

Bookings essential www.trybooking.com/ WSVP to phone 9298 4553 Arts in Maroondah Artspace at Realm Ringwood Town Hall Square (Opposite Ringwood Railway Station) 179 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood.

- Peter Kemp

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Quantity Surveyors Property depreciation services Just Depreciation is always going the extra mile to help all our clients whenever we can. We have decided to answer some of our frequently asked questions to help give you some advice and get a better understanding of our services to save you time and money.

If, for any reason, there are still questions you would like to ask us about our property depreciation services then don’t hesitate to call our friendly team who would be only too happy to help.

My property is old is it worthwhile getting a report prepared?

Yes, all properties regardless of age have some form of depreciation. The fixtures and fittings in the property must be valued at the date that you first make the property available for rental. Just Depreciation recommend reports for all residential properties no matter how old the building may be.

I have owned the property for a number of years and not claimed any depreciation, have I missed out?

No, we will start your report from the first date of rental and your accountant can apply to the Taxation Office to get previous returns adjusted. It’s never too late to claim any property depreciation.

How long does the report last for?

Our reports have 10 years of detailed information and enough detail for your accountant to expand on the individual items after this date so you won't have to arrange for a another report unless you carry out major reno vations or improvements.

Do you guarantee your report will be worthwhile?

Yes of course, and we guarantee that if you do not receive a deduction that is twice the amount of our fee in the first year, then the report will be free. We believe this is the fairest and best possible outcome either way for our clients.

What is the process? Do I have to make appointments?

No, we make the appointments on your behalf via your rental manager and liaise with tenants for a suitable time for the property inspection so you need not worry about a thing.

What happens at the inspection?

We measure the property, take photos, take note of all depre ciable items and any capital building write off deductions that may apply and then return to the office to calculate and process the report.

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Deck-Doc

Local company chosen as best in the world

For many years Deck-Doc has been supplying retailers throughout Australia with their premium range of timber and decking oils.

For the past three years, Deck-Doc has been predominantly selling their products online to service the whole of Australia as well as international customers.

Deck-Doc was recently chosen over other companies to supply their oils to an international company and is in the process of sealing an agency agreement for exclusive distribution and selling rights in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Deck-Doc timber oil is environmentally friendly and the business has been manufacturing unique, lanolin-based timber oil in Geelong for 15 years.

The formula was developed by Robert Hylands to preserve the natural oils and tannins in the timber.

The timbers oils and tannins determine the colour of the timber.

If the tannins dry out, the timber will lose its own natural colour.

The formula is made up of many different plant oils, waxes and lanolin and designed to stay soft and pliable when absorbed into the surface layers of the timber, therefore will not solidify and form a hard membrane of the surface.

It will move with the timber during all weather conditions preventing water absorption and drying out of the tannins.

Mr Hylands first developed the timber oil when he noticed there was nothing on the market that preserved the timber and protected the timber’s natural colour.

Before his time at Deck-Doc, he gained experience when he owned a factory making hand carved, handpainted wooden decoy ducks for duck hunters.

The timber used for the ducks had to maintain its natural colour and stay on the water without absorbing moisture.

After extensive research, he found lanolin (wool grease) gave excellent water repellency as well as UV protection.

Mr Hylands developed lanolin-based timber protection oil and found the water-repellent protection and preservative way far superior and says lanolin is “Nature’s natural UV protection”.

Lanolin comes from the wool of sheep and is extracted from the fleece.

It is a substance that waterproofs, insulates, and protects sheep from the cold, wind, rain and harmful CV sun rays.

Deck-Doc uses the best merino wool to extract lanolin.

Throughout history ancient mariners such as the Vikings used lanolin to protect, waterproof and preserve the wooden boards on their ships.

Many of the ships were away from their home bases for many years and their ships were subjected to wild storms at sea.

They survived thanks to the protection of Lanolin.

Deck-Doc invites all to visit their showroom in Moolap for free advice in a number of important issues concerning timber care.

There is a large selection of timber types that have been exposed to severe weather conditions, enabling people to understand the importance of choosing a suitable timber type. for the right application.

Also know what happens to the different types of decking stains and coatings, how they weather, and the maintenance required.

The friendly staff have useful hints for anyone preparing to build a new deck.

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Rural News

WINTER IS HERE, ORDER YOUR TANK NOW

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Learning to Ride

Balance Bikes from Ivanhoe Cycles Balance Bikes (also called training bikes) are pedalless bikes designed to provide fun and exercise and to teach the basic skills of steering, balance and co-ordination.

They are suited to a child from 2 to 5 years of age.

The child simply sits astride the balance bike and "walks" while steering with the handlebars.

It effectively allows them to learn balance without having to learn to pedal at the same time. It cuts the learning "gradient" down. They are also called pre bikes or first bikes.

Balance bikes are becoming increasingly popular, as it is so much easier to learn to ride. Learning to ride can be achieved at their own pace. A less confident child can “walk� it around for as long as they like, then

when ready, they can gradually lift their feet and scoot along until they are ready to simply push off and just roll along.

More confident kids will be flying around with huge smiles in no time at all.

Because they have a sturdy aluminium or steel frame and well constructed wheels they are virtually trouble free, and can be passed down from child to child.

BYK E250L PURPLE $219

GIANT PRE BIKE - RED $199

Mongoose Lilgoose WNR Girls Balance Bike 12 Inch $179

Byk E250L Purple - Girls 14inch Balance Bike

12 inch boys balance bike that is a perfect gradient for learning to ride a real bike

The low stand-over height makes it very easy to get on and off the bike,

LIL ZOOMER BALANCE BIKE - GREEN $99

BYK E200L $189

Little Zoomer Balance Bike in any colour. A fun way to teach balance and coordination! Suitable 2-4 years.

Byk E200L. Balance Bikes make it so much easier for your child to learn to ride.

MONGOOSE LILGOOSE WNR BOYS BALANCE BIKE 12 INCH $179 The Mongoose Lilgoose Balance bike is not only one of the cutest designs we've seen on a training bike.