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Incredible skill and balance Anna Schwartz Gallery

■ Anna Schwartz Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition by Mike Parr entitled Kindness is a Gangster.

This most recent development of Mike Parr's historical 'Self Portrait Project' now investigates glass as a sculptural medium.

These works are the result of a tremendous, continuous performance of 'blind negative modelling', in which the artist's physical sight is replaced by other senses.

The notion of blindness is accentuated as the key, totalising dimension of work, requiring the foregrounding of performance, the residue of which will also be part of the exhibition.

The 'blind dimension' of this work carries a powerful, far-reaching metaphorical resonance in relation toParr's Self Portrait Project.

Exhibition: October 5 - December 21 as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2018.

Anna Schwartz Gallery 185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

● Adam Malone in Company 18.

Photo: Aaron Walker

Spiegeltent launch

What’s On The Space Between

■ In between calling out latecomers and making Fifty Shades of Grey references akin to Dad jokes, host Jan van de Stool played ringmaster to a flawless array of circus art talent in Company18, the National Institute of Circus Arts’ grand, spectacular extravaganza.

Featuring its final year students, Company 18 delivered on all fronts. Jordan HensleyTwartz opened the show with a great diablo routine.

Sam Whelan demonstrated extraordinary strength on the rope. Haley Mills spun across the stage in a giant hoop, the Roue Cyr. Bubble Gum Bitch, Ciara Thorburn’s hilarious gum ball routine was a hit with the audience.

Poppy Fairbairn and Zion Martyn’s pointe adagio was both elegant and death-defying. Like a broken doll, Ellen Henry performed feats on the strap accompanied by a fractured musical soundscape. Adam Malone revealed his incredible balance and skill with the hoops.

Sequin-suited Jesse Howard moonwalked and juggled the rings. Shay Bowskill arrived onstage in a cardboard spaceship and proceeded to ride the ‘unicycle of life’.

Georgia Deguara performed amazing tricks on the aerial chair to the strains of Tina Turner.

Karla Scott on the trapeze, Elanor Nunn on the silks and Zoê Marshall and her hair hang, stunned the audience with their amazing agility and skill.

Richard Amendola’s sad tale of a commuter who dreams of much more was a beautiful exhibition of acting and acrobatics.

Liam Dummer and Emily Chilvers’s rope performances demonstrated skill and strength, making it look effortless. Brooke Duckworth and Lyndon Johnson’s acrobatic pas-de-deux was both dexterous and graceful.

A fabulous display of talent was on show.

The dedication and hard work of the performers has certainly paid off.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

■ Magnificent! Stupendous! These are words to describe Emma Matthews’s outstanding performance as a more mature opera diva in The Space Between.

As always, the seven time Helpmann Award winner delivers a powerful performance in this new dramatised song cycle.

Emma is an accomplished opera exponent singing the big soprano roles including Violetta, Gilda, Lakme, Lucia.

She performs effortlessly, her superb voice displaying the pure, sweet tones she is famous for. She acts perfectly showing an array of emotions, and moves beautifully on stage. A real treat.

The Space Between, commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne is a collaboration by two greats of the Australian performing arts scene – Paul Grabowsky, composer and performer, and writer Steve Vizard.

The diva is introduced to us as she performs the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor about to end her life as so many tragic opera heroines do.

However this one decides she is not ready to “give up” yet and takes us on an amazing journey involving her past career – the highs and lows, the poignant memories, the dreams of a young singer, the challenges of an “ ageing diva” and bright hopes for the future exploring a complex tapestry “ the space between” She displays a resilience and determined endurance.

Director Leticia Caceres has produced a beautiful piece supported by saxophonist Jamie Oehlers, Ben Grayson, Esther Hayes, Rebecca Hayes and Nick Schliepler.

I must make special mention of the stage set which worked perfectly.

The Space Between was presented at The Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne.

- Review by Jill Page

Observations

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● Splash Test Dummies at Spiegeltent, Luna Park ■ The stars aligned in 2005 when Mary gable Stuart for her efforts, the Spiegeltent Stuart, CEO of Melbourne’s iconic Luna at Luna’s inaugural Spring Season offers Park, spied a familiar landmark, the cel- concerts, carnival and cabaret. ebrated scaffolded track of Luna Park’s own The season kicks off during the SeptemScenic Railway, painted on the façade of The ber School Holidays with Le Petit Circus, Famous Spiegeltent.

Splash Test Dummies and Dinosaur Time Stuart contacted Australia’s Spiegel-mae- Machine. stro, David Bates. Bates is the visionary sinFriday, Saturday and Sunday nights feagularly responsible for introducing the ture La Busca Tango and the sounds of Spiegeltent to Melbourne and the 2018 Argentina’s Buenos Aires Milonga, chanteuse Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s Icon Award re- Alyce Platt and Cirque de Salsa’s Latin cipient.

Fast forward a decade or so later and Luna grooves.

The October program features Moira Park is now home to The Famous Spiegeltent and the artist responsible for painting the Sce- Finucane’s Dance Hall, Comedy Island hosted nic Railway on the side of the Spiegeltent, by Matt Okineand 3RRR’s Geraldine Hickey, Mark Ogge, is now artist-in-residence to the crooner Mikelangelo, gypsy kings Vardas, Park and his work can be seen in the fabulous vaudeville outfit Kermonds 3 Gen and Scenic Railway platform mural and the in- klezmer, Latin and Balkan aficionados Hello credible, towering 10-metre carnival min- Tut Tut. David Bridie of Not Drowning, Waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake perstrels. It seems like a fit made in heaven.

Officially opened by Victorian Arts Minis- forms for one night only on September 28. ter Martin Foley who praised the indefati- Review by by Kathryn Keeble

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Manhattan Dreaming Paintings and Prints of New York.

Marco Luccio, renowned Australian artist, will open his latest groundbreaking exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs.

A breathtaking collection of works Manhattan Dreaming is the culmination of Luccio's years long love affair with New York and its architecture, energy and landscape.

"This exhibition is the most dramatic of any I've done. Some of the paintings span six feet in width or height, and they were all done in situ. I was spending hours on the streets; painting and I think that's allowed me to capture the rhythms and energy of New York."

With Luccio's traditional spontaneous, instinctive style, and his use of bold colours and expressive mark making Manhattan Dreaming perfectly captures the city of New York.

Exhibition runs until October 20.

Fortyfive Downstairs Gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne - Peter Kemp

Heide Museum Hounds of Heide Set in the wonderful surrounds of the museum's sculpture park, Hounds of Heide is a special day for you and your baby.

In collaboration with the Rose Street Artists Market Heide presents a curated selection of stallholders presenting an eclectic mix of canine - themed art, design and handcrafted goods.

Renowned illustrator Oslo Davis will be on hand to take personal portraits of your pooch, and there will be canine-inspired art activities for the kinds.

The local veterinarian, Vets on Parker, will be on site to give free health and dental checks.

Sunday, October 21, 10 am-3pm. ★ Art Talk Join curator Sue Cramer and artist Danica Chappell for a conversation about her practice of cameraless photography and spatial temporal abstraction.

Saturday, October 13 at 2pm. Included with museum admission. ★ Ask the Curator Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan discuss the work of one of Australia's most beloved artists, Mirka Mora.

Saturday, October 27. At 2pm.

Included with Museum admission. ★ Zines for Teens Explore self-publishing in this workshop designed for primary or early secondary students.

Draw inspiration from the exhibition Sweeney Reed and Strines Gallery and unleash your mind onto pages of your own take-home zine using dynamic text and imagery.

Friday, October 5. 10am - 12pm.

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

Melbourne Opera Melbourne Opera will complete its 2018 season with the Australian premiere of Rossini's dramatic masterpiece Otello.

Ib a major coup for the independent opera company, Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford will helm Melbourne Opera's new production. Beresford will direct a distinguished cast of international and Australian singers, led by the widely lauded Stephen Smith in the title role, with award winning soprano Elena Xanthoudakis as his ill-fated lover Desdemona.

Both singers began their careers with Melbourne Opera before establishing distinguished international careers.

Based on Shakespeare's famed play Othello, Rossini's opera was an instant hit when it was first performed in Italy in 1816.

Rossini's Otello is immensely influential in the history of operas, particularly in the third act (the murder of Desdemona), where Rossini breaks new ground in operatic drama and sets the stage for composers such as Bellini, Donizetti and early Verdi.

Season: opens Wednesday October 17 open- Peter Kemp ing times 7.30pm.

Alliance Français Allen Hicks: Matter & Light Allen Hicks discovered drawing while a young boy. He completed a Master of Fine Art at RMIT with a focus on post modernism and is represented in private and public collections in Australia and overseas.

Hicks is an intrepid traveller and has been engaged by Parks and National Geographic to lead expeditions into pristine and uncharted Australian environments.

Exhibition: October 31 - November 22.

Alliance Français Eildon Gallery 51 Grey St, St Kilda - Peter Kemp

Town Hall Gallery

■ The Town Hall Gallery will open after dark on Friday October 5 for art-lovers to enjoy an evening of entertainment and a special late-night viewing of its latest exhibition, This Wild Song.

Gallery-goers will be serenaded throughout the evening with easy listening jazz guitarist Jen Hawley. With a glass of wine in hand, visitors can also explore the indigenous plants of the Boroondara area with delicate ink drawings from Kerri Wilson McConchie, in the Taxonomy of Precious Plants exhibit on the Community Project Wall.

Also, on display will be This Wild Song, a long-term project from Hona Nelson that features photographic portraits of more than 25 significant Australian female artists.

For the curious minds, art curators and exhibiting artists will be giving guests an exclusive opportunity to ask questions.

Evening of Friday October 5. 6pm - 8pm.

Free.

Town Hall Gallery 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - Peter Kemp

Geelong Gallery 2018 Archibald Prize First awarded in 1921, the art gallery of New South Wales' Archibald Prize is Australia's favourite art award, and one of its most prestigious.

Awarded to the best portrait painting it's a who's who of Australian culture, with subjects often including politicians, celebrities, sporting heroes., authors and artists.

This year is no exception with inclusion of portraits of high-profile actors Guy Pearce, David Wenham and Alison Whyte, musicians Jimmy Barnes and Courtney Barnett and a number of artists, authors, politicians and academics.

Exhibition closes November 18.

Geelong Gallery 55 Little Malop St, Geelong - Peter Kemp

Yarra Valley Festival Gala Opening Concert A celebration of a new force for opera good: led by Maestro Brian Castles-Onion , with a smorgasbord of Gertrude Opera's finest artists.

Friday October 12 at 7pm. Venue: Olinda Yarra at Yering. ★ The Handmaid's Tale Ruders The Republic of Gilead is formed after fundamentalists assassinate the President.A young woman tells her story as a Handmaid; captured to give a child to a barren couple.

Saturday, October 13. Saturday October 20. at 7pm.Venue: Olinda Yarra at Yering. ★ The Elixir of Love. Donizetti.

A new look at an age-old tale. Set in a 1950s Italian café, a feisty young woman, well-used to fending off attention, is undone by a mysterious potion.

Introducing the Yarra Valley Opera Festival Chorus.

Sunday October 14 and Sunday October 21.

At 2pm Venue: Olinda at Yering.

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Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 8,9,4,5 Lotto Numbers: 1,15,213,34,42,11, A period of new beginnings many will be updating their love lives and appearances. More travel is indicated and this is a good time to unwind. For many a windfall is possible.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 7,4,3,5, Lotto Numbers: 1,14,23,34,42,11, Possibility of a windfall is indicated. The ambitious should be able to push their career ventures. Many will be making changes and new jobs could be in offer.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 8,9,4,5 Lotto Numbers: 8,4,5,23,31,22, Long distance travel is indicated and a busier time socially. Your partner could get the opportunity to advance their career interests or take up a position that is brand new.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Dark Blue Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 7,8,4,5, Lotto Numbers: 1,14,24,34,45,33, Loved ones will play a very important part in your decisions. You should be successful in your career interests.

If something is troubling you you should discuss it with your nearest and dearest.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Violet Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 6,7,3,4, Lotto Numbers: 3,5,23,31,11,10, You feel that you are not getting anything out of your present relationships and hope for some changes could turn your mind into more interesting people and places.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 7,8,3,4, Lotto Numbers: 2,4,5,6,14,45, Travel and moving could be much in your mind but if not possible just now will be planned for in the future.

Do not mix with miserable people or you could feel rotten too.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 7,8,3,4, Lotto Numbers: 1,15,24,28,35,45, You are not happy with the present situation that you have to endure either at work or at home. Seems like a good time for some changes and vigorous action from your part.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 7,8,9,4, Lotto Numbers: 1,15,2,334,42,33, Difficult period in which you do not know who is on your side. Try not to confront anyone as time for decisions is coming later on. More luck on the money matters.

SAGITTARIUS: (November23- December 20) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 7,8,3,4, Lotto Numbers: 1,15,23,34,45,5 You might have to leave decision making till a later date.

An old friend who has not heard from you for a long time is hoping for you to contact them.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Mauve Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 6,4,7,3, Lotto Numbers: 1,15,23,34,45,5, Time to get rid of some old junk both from your mind and your house. New start in career or work will able you to make up your mind about some future project.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 7,8,4,3, Lotto Numbers: 1,15,23,34,41,22, There is a possibility that people are trying to influence you to their way of thinking. You could be making up your mind about something too soon, give it some more time.

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Queens Pde. COBURG. Coburg Newsagency. 481-483 Sydney Rd. COLAC. Blanes Newsagency. 164 Murray St. COWES. Cowes Newsagency. 44-46 Thompson Ave. CRAIGIEBURN. The Lucky Charm.

Craigieburn Central. 340 Craigieburn Rd CRANBOURNE. Cranbourne Newsagency. 105 High St. CROYDON. Burnt Bridge Newsagency. 434 Maroondah Hwy. CROYDON. Croydon Newsagency. 166 Main St. CROYDON NORTH. Croydon North Newsagency. 5 Exeter Rd. CROYDON SOUTH. Eastfield Newsagency. 7 The Mall.

DANDENONG. Lonsdale Newsagency.

216 Sunnyside Ave. DAYLESFORD. Daylesford Newsagency.

45 Vincent St. DELACOMBE. Ballarat Authorised Newsagency. 1 Laidlaw Drive.

DENILIQUIN. Deniliquin Newsagency and Bookstore. 14 Napier St. DIAMOND CREEK. Diamond Creek Newsagency. 62A Hurstbridge Rd. DINGLEY. Dingley Newsagency. Shop 2, Dingley Village.

DOVETON. Doveton News & Lotto. 37 Autumn Place.

DROMANA. Dromana Newsagency. 177 Point Nepean Hwy. DROUIN. MVH News. 93 Princes Way. DRYSDALE. Drysdale Newsagency. 14 High St. EAGLEMONT. Eaglemont Lucky Lotto News and Post. 60 Silverdale Rd. EDITHVALE. Edithvale Newsagency. 253 Nepean Hwy. ELSTERNWICK. Elsternwick News & Lotto. 444 Glenhuntly Rd. ELTHAM. Eltham Newsagency and Toyworld. Shop 2, 963 Main Rd. EMERALD. Emerald Newsagency. Main St. ESSENDON. Essendon Newsagency. 15a Rose St. ESSENDON. Roundabout Newsagency. 85 Fletcher St. ESSENDON NORTH. North Essendon Newsagency. 1085 Mt Alexander Rd. FAIRFIELD. Fairfield Newsagency. 99 Station St. FAWKNER. Fawkner Newsagency. 54 Bonwick St. FAWKNER NORTH. Moomba Park Newsagency. 89 Anderson Rd. FITZROY. Fitzroy Newsaagency. Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts. FOREST HILL. Brentford Square Newsagency. 29-31 Brentford Square.

FOREST HILL. Forest Hill Newsagency.

Shop 215, Forest Hill Chase.

GARDENVALE. Gardenvale Newsagency.

168 Martin St. GEELONG.. Geelong Newsagency and Lotto. 140 Moorabool St. GEELONG WEST. Murphy's Newsagency.

198 Pakington St.

GISBORNE. Gisborne Newsagency. Shop 20, Village Shopping Centre.

GLENFERRIE. Glenferrie Newsagency.

660 Glenferrie Rd GLEN WAVERLEY. Kingsway Newsagency. Shop 4, 39 Kingsway.

GLEN WAVERLEY. Syndal Newsagency.

238 Blackburn Rd. GLEN WAVERLEY. The Glen Newsagency. Shop 2, 065 The Glen Shopping Centre.

GLENROY. Glenroy Newsagency. 773 Pascoe Vale Rd. GRANTVILLE. Grantville Newsagency.

1509 Bass Hwy. GREENSBOROUGH. Plaza News. Shop 4/5, Greensborough Plaza.

GREYTHORN. Greythorn Newsagency.

272 Doncaster Rd. HADFIELD. Hadfield Newsagency. 120 West St HAMPTON. Hampton Newsagency. 345347 Hampton St. HAMPTON EAST. Hampton East Newsagency. 412 Bluff Rd. HAMPTON PARK. Hampton Park Newsagency. Shop 3, Shopping Centre HAWTHORN . Glenferrie South Newsagency. 546 Glenferried Rd HAWTHORN. Hawthorn News & Lotto. 89 Burwood Rd. HAWTHORN EAST. Auburn Newsagency.

119 Auburn Rd. HAWTHORN EAST. Auburn South Newsagency. 289 Auburn Rd. HEIDELBERG. Heidelberg Heights Newsagency. 35 Southern Rd. HEIDELBERG. Heidelberg Newsagency.

124 Burgundy St. HEIDELBERG WEST. The Mall Newsagency. Shop 18 The Mall.

HOLMESGLEN. Holmesglen Newsagency. 637 Warrigal Rd. HUNTINGDALE. Huntingdale Newsagency. 290 Huntingdale Rd. INDENTED HEADS. Intended Heads Newsagency. 13 The Esplanade.

KEILOR. Keilor Newsagency. 700 Old Calder Hwy. KEW. Cotham Newsagency. 97 Cotham Rd. KEW. Kew Newsagency. 175 High St. KEW NORTH. North Kew Newsagency. 93 Willsmere St. KINGSVILLE. Kingsville Newsagency.

339 Somerville Rd. KNOX CITY. Knox City Newsagency, Wantirna South.

KNOXFIELD. Knoxfield Newsagency.

1597 Ferntree Gully Rd. KOOYONG. Kooyong Newsagency. 483 Glenferrie Rd. KYABRAM. Kyabram Newsagency. 117 Allan St. KYNETON. Collins Newsagency. 95 Mollison St. LANGWARRIN SOUTH. Langwarrin South Newsagency. 1/143-149 Warrandyte Rd LARA. Lara Newsagency. 44 The Centreway.

LILYDALE. Lilydale Newsagency. 237 Main St. LOWER PLENTY. Lower Plenty Newsagency. 95 Main Rd. MALVERN. Lucky Malvern Lotto. 167 Glenferrie Rd. MALVERN. Malvern Newsagency. 114 Glenferrie Rd. MALVERN. Malvern Village Newsagency.

1352 Malvern Rd. MALVERN EAST. Central Park Newsagency. 393 Wattletree Rd. MALVERN EAST NEWSAGENCY. Waverley Road Newsagency. 336 Waverley Rd. McKINNON. McKinnon Newsagency. 163 McKinnon Rd MELBOURNE. Domain Newsagency.

Shop 6, 401 St Kilda Rd. MELBOURNE. Flinders Street Newsagency. 65 Flinders St. MELTON. Newsxpress Melton.

MENTONE. Mentone Newsagency. 24 Como Pde. MERLYNSTON. Merlynston Newsagency.

17 Merlyn St. MIDDLE PARK. Middle Park Newsagency. 16 Armstrong St. MILDURA. Klemm's Mildura Newsagency.

53 Langtree Mall.

MILDURA. Mildura Newsagency and Lotto. 71 Langtree Ave. MILL PARK. Mill Park Newsagency. 4 Stables Shopping Centre.

MITCHAM. Mitcham Newsagency. 503 Whitehorse Rd. MITCHAM NORTH. Mitcham North Newsagency. 228 Mitcham Rd MOOROOPNA. Mooroopna Newsagency.

84 McLennan St. MORDIALLOC. Warren Village Newsagency. 87 Warren Rd. MORNINGTON. Mornington Newsagency. 97 Main St. MORWELL. Morwell Newsagency. 176 Commercial Rd. MOUNT ELIZA. Mount Eliza Newsagency.

102 Mount Eliza Way.

MOUNT GAMBIER. Posters Newsagency.

79 Commercial St East.

MOUNT MARTHA. Mount Martha Newsagency. 2 Lochiel Ave. MOUNT WAVERLEY. Pinewood Newsagency. Shop 59, Centreway Shopping Centre.

MOUNTAIN GATE. Mountain Gate Newsagency. Shop 9B, Mountain Gate Shopping Centre.

MULGRAVE. Northvale Newsagency. 901 Springvale Rd. MULGRAVE. Waverley Gardens Newsagency. Shop 44, Waverley Gardens.

MURRUMBEENA. Murrumbeena Newsagency. 456 Neerim Rd. NARRE WARREN. Narre Warren Newsagency. Shop 1, Narre Warren.

NEWBOROUGH. Newborough Newsagency. 30 Rutherglen St. NEWMARKET. Newmarket Newsagency.

292 Racecourse Rd NOBLE PARK. Noble Park Newsagency.

422 Douglas St. NORTHCOTE. Newsplaza Newsagency, Northcote Plaza.

NORTHCOTE. Northcote Newsagency.

335 High St. NORTH MELBOURNE. Ledermans Newsagency. 234-244 Macauley Rd. NUNAWADING. Mountainview Newsagency. 293A Springfield Rd. PARKDALE. Parkdale Newsagency. 238 Como Pde. West.

PASCOE VALE SOUTH. Coonans Hill Newsagency. 67 Coonans Rd. PASCOE VALE SOUTH. Paper N Post.

372-380 Bell St. PRESTON. Preston N’agency. 377 High St. PRESTON. Preston Town Hall Newsagency. 247-249 Murray Rd. PRINCES HILL. Princes Hill Newsagency.

607 Lygon St RESERVOIR. Broadway Newsagency.

279 Broadway.

RICHMOND. Swan St Newsagency. 108 Swan St. RICHMOND. Vernons Newsagency. 308A Bridge Rd. RINGWOOD EAST. Ringwood East Newsagency. 52 Railway Ave. RINGWOOD NORTH. North Ringwood Newsagency. 182 Warrandyte Rd. ROBINVALE. Robinvale Newsagency. 67 Perrin St. ROSANNA. Rosanna Newsagency. 135 Lower Plenty Rd. ROSEBUD. Rosebud Newsagency. 1083 Point Nepean Rd. RYE. Rye Newsagency. 2371 Pt Nepean Rd. SALE. Sale Newsagency. 310 Raymond St. SANDRINGHAM. Sandringham Newsagency. Shop 5, 18-34 Station St. SCORESBY. Scoresby Newsagency. 14 Darryl St. SEAFORD. Seaford Newsagency. 124 Nepean Hwy. SEBASTOPOL. Sebastopol Newsagency.

Shop 3, 'Safeway Complex'.

SHEPPARTON. Goulburn Valley Newsagency. 314 Wyndham St. SHEPPARTON. Lovell Newsagency. 246 Wyndham St. SOMERVILLE. Somerville Newsagency.

Shop 24, Plaza, Eramosa Rd. SOUTH MELBOURNE. Clarendon Newsagency. 9 Thistlewaite St. SPRINGVALE. Springvale Newsagency.

321 Springvale Rd. STRATHFIELDSAYE. Strathfieldsaye News and Lotto. Shop 5, 939 Wellington St. TARWIN LOWER. Tarwin Lower Newsagency. 45 River Drive.

TATURA. Tatura N’agency. 138 Hogan St. TEMPLESTOWE. Macedon News and Lotto.

THORNBURY. Normanby News and Lotto. 25 Macedon Rd TOORADIN. Tooradin Newsagency. 92 South Gippsland Hwy. TOORAK. Toorak Village Newsagency.

479 Toorak Rd. TORQUAY. Torquay Newsagency. 20 Gilbert St. TRARALGON. Seymour Street Newsagency. 83 Seymour St. TRARALGON. Traralgon News and Lotto.

51-53 Franklin St. TULLAMARINE. Tullamarine Newsagency. 2/191 Melrose Dr. VERMONT. Vermont Authorised Newsagency. 600 Canterbury Rd. VERMONT SOUTH. Vermont South Newsagency. Shop 14, 495 Burwood Hwy. WANTIRNA SOUTH. Wantirna South Newsagency. 223 Stud Rd. WARRAGUL. Warragul Newsagency. 43 Victoria St. WARRNAMBOOL. Reinheimers Newsagency. 145 Koroit St. WATSONIA. Watsonia Newsagency.

Watsonia Rd. WHEELERS HILL. Wheelers Hill Newsagency.

WODONGA. Mahon's Newsagency. 168 High St. YARRAVILLE. Yarraville Newsagency. 59 Anderson St.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

World renowned Aussie Chef in WeHo ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Drive. is on the corner). For one last Spa Walk stop (we promise, you don't want to miss this one) …walk a few feet up Westbourne Drive to …

8. V Wine Room 903 Westbourne Drive You didn't want to miss this one. Chill with a glass of wine in hand, or go all out with a tasting, you deserve it.

Return to your hotel The Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites jus around the corner on the Boulevard.

Crash at your hotel for a quick power nap and get ready to show off your luminous head to toe look on the town tonight.

Keep in mind, most salons take walk-ins, and we recommend calling ahead to book your treatments.

Approximate distance roundtrip is less than two miles.

Luke Mangan arrives

■ Luke Mangan is a leading Australian restaurateur and chef, whose influence on the food and wine industry can be found across four countries, 21 different restaurants, in the air on Virgin Australia Business Class, the carriages of the Eastern Oriental Express and at sea on board five P&O cruise ships.

Chef Luke Mangan was involved in a five-course al fresco dinner at the Cavatina Restaurant at Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood.

The night was a resounding success with diners tasting Australian grilled prawns and Australian rack of lamb wrapping up the gourmet experience with a chocolate tasting.

The night ended with a ‘Chef Chat’ where Chef Luke Mangan entertained the diners with his meticulous preparation of the evening's offerings.

● Pictured at the special dinner was Sunset Marquis General Manager, Rod Gruendyke, chef Luke Mangan and Managing Director Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson.

October release

Walking in West Hollywood ■ With a Walk Score of 91 and a size of 1.9 square miles, the City of West Hollywood is ranked as one of the most walk-able cities.

Since the City is a friendly place for pedestrians to visit, offering you a selection of walking tours that display the rich and vibrant history of the City of West Hollywood. Varying from history, architecture, and arts.

Tis the season, award show season, that is. It's time for the stars to casually stroll down the red carpet in off-the-runway gowns and designer jewels, flaunting perfectly styled hair and radiant, glowing skin. You can get a celeb-like glow without spending a month (or a year's, let's be real) salary.

Check out the West Hollywood Spa Walk to discover the best spas to get the illuminated celeb-inspired look and feel year round.

Before you even start, you're on the right track the best way to increase radiance is to simply move your body with exercise, and walking is a great way to do that.

Around here, we all walk-after all, WeHo is consistently dubbed a "Most Walkable City!"

Ready? Let's go.

Start your Spa Walk at …

1. Sunset Plaza 8623 Sunset Boulevard Breathe in and out let go of any tension as take in colorful flowers, the buzzing outdoor cafes, and iconic California views.

Walk to the corner of Sunset Plaza and Sunset Boulevard (south side of the street) near Chin Chin restaurant.

Walk down the hill behind the buildings, to your left. You're about to find a hidden secret alcove of relaxation destinations. Go to …

2. Aura Yoga 8608-A Sunset Boulevard Practice at your own pace in this full-body and soul workout set to mindfully soothing music.

They supply the yoga mats for a small rental fee, so just bring you! By now, your muscles are relaxed and your body is humming from all the stretching and breathing. Ready for a foot massage?

Shake it out, walk out the door to your left to the …

3. Golden Ocean Chinese Foot Massage 8602 Sunset Boulevard Suite A. Imagine an ancient monastery high in the Himalayas with trickling water fountains, soft lighting and massage beds.

Step in for a fabulous foot massage at a fabulous price.

If you need a pick-me-up or want to lose foot pain, head next door to the …

4. Metaclinic West Hollywood 8600A Sunset Boulevard Balance your chi and relax ever so deeply with an Asian medical approach that focuses on improving both physical and mental health. Feeling Zen yet? It's time for tea.

Walk back up the short hill to …

5. Chin Chin 8618 Sunset Boulevard Sip on tea served formally out of actual teapots absolutely darling as you take stock of your spa walk so far.

You've pampered your body with yoga, massages and acupuncture so far, now it's time to focus on that gorgeous face.

Time for a hidden secret shortcut stroll down the hill to Santa Monica Boulevard though some swank WeHo 'hoods and you'll find yourself back at the "Spa Alcove" where you were for your yoga class, massage and acupuncture.

Walk across the parking lot (to your right) toward the gian

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GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd pine tree to a set of stairs. Go down the stairs and across the second parking lot to the south end. You'll see another set of stairs (between the tall light posts). Walk down those stairs to Holloway Boulevard.

Cross Holloway Drive to Westmount Dr., which is directly across the street. No jaywalking! Cross at the light at Alta Loma Road on your left (to avoid a hefty jaywalking fine-more money for facials!) and come back going west to Westmount Drive.

Walk down the hill on Westmount Drive until it intersects with West Knoll Drive. You've found yourself in a picturesqueWeHo roundabout.

Look around the middle of it is a tiled art structure surrounded by flowers. Take in the beauty for a moment (yes, this is a required part of your spa walk!) Keep heading down Westmount Drive to Santa Monica Boulevard to the facial salons.

When you get to The Boulevard, you've got some outstanding options to choose from. WeHo is filled with a lot of fabulous salons. We handpicked two for the Spa Walk.

Go right on Santa Monica Boulevard to …

6. Face Place 8701 Santa Monica Boulevard They specialise in one skin treatment for the face, back and feet. You might spot celebs like Hillary Duff, Laura Dern, and Anne Hathaway getting a little pampering right next to you …no big deal.

Or go left on Santa Monica Boulevard to …

7. Smooth Cheeks Facial Salon 8543 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 14 Walk into the courtyard and up the stairs. For a quick, inexpensive pick-me-up, opt for the mini-facial. Or, really treat your face to the more elaborate Microdermabrasion Skin Resurfacing.

After your facial, it's time head back to Sunset Plaza…

If you're at Smooth Cheeks, walk west on Santa Monica Boulevard to Westbourne Drive and turn right.

If you're at Face Place start walking up the hill (Westbourne

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■ Writer and Hollywood cinema bad guy, Patrick Kilpatrick, will release a brazen two-volume memoir of his volatile, privileged upbringing, and three decades of working with Hollywood elite.

One of the finest screen and television character actors of his generation, Patrick Kilpatrick has played against a spectrum of Hollywood's leading action heroes including Tom Cruise,Yun-Fat Chow, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Bruce Willis, Steven Segal, Sean Connery and Jean-Claude Van Damme, to name a few.

He even waged war with the largest mammal on earth in Free Willy: The Rescue.

Continuing his strong foothold as a multifaceted Hollywood mainstay, Kilpatrick is set to release Book One - Upbringing of his two-volume memoir, Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot on October 1.

It will be published worldwide on all platforms and top retail outlets by Boulevard Books.

"These are explosive memoirs that any Hollywood or movie aficionado must read," Kilpatrick offers. "Proceeds of sales go toward the continued care of veterans, America's true action A-list heroes."

● Patrick Kilpatrick

Jennifer wants to talk

■ 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: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays Gavin Wood

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Special Report

Handover to Aboriginal people ■ Natalie Hutchins, Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, will be present on Saturday, October 20, for a formal acknowledgement of the Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation’s ownership of Camp Jungai at Rubicon.

This celebratory event will occur on the same day as the Taungurung RSA (Recognition and Settlement Agreement) Authorisation Meeting.

The meeting was originally scheduled to have been held this saturday (Sept. 22), but was postponed until October 20.

“This is a very important meeting for all Taungurung people and is pivotal to the outcome of the State's offer pursuant to the Traditional Owner Settlement Act (Vic) 2010,” said a Corporation notice.

“Taungurung people will be asked to decide whether they agree to accept the State's offer. Taungurung negotiators have been in negotiation with state officers for over three years and finalisation of the Agreement would be a historically significant event for all Taungurung people.”

According to the taungurung. com.au website: “The Taungurung people occupy much of central Victoria.

“Our country encompasses the area between the upper reaches of the Goulburn River and its tributaries north of the Dividing Range.

“From the Campaspe River to Kilmore in the West, eastwards to Mount Beauty, Benalla in the north and south to the top of the Great Dividing Range, our boundaries with other Aboriginal tribes are respected in accordance with traditional laws.

“Traditionally, our people lived a hunter/gatherer existence. The various clan groups migrated on seasonal basis through their territory dependent upon the seasonal variations of weather and the availability of food.

“The Taungurung people are closely affiliated with the neighbouring tribes, through language, ceremonies and kinship ties.

“We are part of an alliance with the five adjoining tribes to form the Kulin Nation.

“Other members of the Kulin Nation are the Woiwurrung, Boonwurrung, Wathaurung, and Djadjawrung.

“The Kulin Nation group also

Concern over flyer

shares common dreamtime ancestors and creation stories, religious beliefs and economic and social relationships.

“The Taungurung people shared a common bond in moiety affiliation with the other tribes.

“Their world was divided into two moieties: Bundjil (Wedge Tail Eagle) and Waang (Crow).

“Members of the tribe identified with one or the other of these moieties and it was their moiety which determined the pattern for marriage between individuals, clans and tribes and transcended local allegiances by obliging clan members to find spouses from some distant clan of the opposite moiety either within or outside their Wurrung (language group).

“The nature of the Taungurung people enabled us to utilise the resources available in our vast country.

“Our ancestors had an intimate knowledge of their environment and were able to sustain the ecology of each region and exploit the food available.

“A staple plant food was the Mirnong (Yam Daisy) which provided a reliable source of carbohydrate.

“Other plants such as the Bracken Fern (food and medicine), the Tree Fern, Kangaroo Apple and Cherry Balert were a valuable food source and can still be seen growing on Taungurung country today.

“Dhulangi (Stringy Bark) was used to construct Yilam (Shelters) or to weave binak (Baskets).

“Fibrous plants, such as Dulim

● Natalie Hutchins, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

(Tussock Grass) produced Burrdiam (Twine) for Garrtgirrk (Nets) while other tree species were utilised for their timber to fashion Malga (Shield), Gudjerron (Clubs), Wanggim (Boomerangs). Daanak (Water Carriers) and Gorong (Canoes).

“The rich resources of the permanent rivers, creeks, tributaries and associated floodplains enabled Taungurung people to access an abundance of fish and other wildlife.

“Fish were speared and trapped while water birds were netted and Marram (Kangaroo), Goorbil (Koala), and Barramul (Emu) provided nourishing food.

“The pelts from the Walert (Native Possum) were sewn together to form Gugra (Cloak ideal for the cold and wet conditions).

“Plants such as Karradjong provided fibres to weave Garrtgirrk (Nets) for harvesting the nutritious Debera (Bogong Moth).

“In the summer the Taungurung people would travel south for the Debera season and then head back northwards when the weather cooled.”

The Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation website talks of the traditional Taungurung people consisting of nine clans - sadly, there are descendants of only five of those clan groups that survive today.

■ Budhera-bulok – located on the Goulburn River at Seymour.

■ Leuk-Yilam – located near Kilmore.

■ Mum-mum-Yilam – lived west of the Campaspe River, and northwest of Mitchellstown.

■ Naterrak-bulok – west of the Goulburn River near Seymour.

■ Nira-bulok – meaning ‘Cave’, Kilmore.

■ Waring-Yilam-bulok – junction of the Yea River and Goulburn River.

■ Yaran-Yilam-bulok – east side of the Goulburn River between Seymour and Mitchellstown.

■ Yiran-Yilam-bulok – located on the Broken River above and below Benalla.

■ Yawang-Yilam-bulok – located at Alexandra and Mansfield.

The Taungurung website says: “When Europeans first settled the region in the early 1800s, the area was already occupied by Taungurung people.

“From that time, life for Taungurung people in central Victoria changed dramatically and was severely disrupted by the early establishment and expansion of European settlement.

“Traditional society broke down with the first settler’s arrival and soon after, Aboriginal mortality rates soared as a result of conflict, intro-

duced diseases, denial of access to traditional foods and medicines.

“At various times, Aboriginal settlements were established in the area by missionaries and governments at Mitchellstown, Acheron and Coranderrk.

“These however, despite relative success, were eventually dissolved through various government policies.

“Taungurung and other members of the Kulin nation were deeply impacted by the dictates of the various government assimilation and integration policies.

“Today, the descendants of the Taungurung Clans form a strong and vibrant community.

“Descendants from five of the original clan groups meet regularly at Camp Jungai – an ancestral ceremonial site.

“Elders assist with the instruction of younger generations in culture, history, and language and furthering of their knowledge and appreciation of their heritage as the rightful custodians of the Taungurung lands in Central Victoria.

“Evidence of scar trees, rock shelters, rock art, and even place names all indicate that Taungurung people have been in this part of Victoria for thousands of years.

“Many Taungurung people still live on their country and participate widely in the community as Cultural Heritage Advisors, Land Management Officers, artists and educators, and are a ready source of knowledge concerning the Taungurung people from the central areas of Victoria.” ★ This totem pole stands at the Mansfield Visitor Information Centre.

It was created in 2008 by a group of Taungurung traditional owners including Uncle Ernie Innes, Michael Harding, Glen Innes, Tandy Annuscheit, and Joshua Innes.

The totem pole features three elements: the eel trap, Bundjil and Waang shield, and the nine-clan shield, which signify important aspects of Taungurung culture.

Aunty Judy Monk-Slattery said: “The two moiety totems of the Taungurung people are Bundjil (Wedged Tailed Eagle) and Waang (Crow).

“Bundjil is the creator spirit of the people of the Kulin Nation: he carved figures from bark and breathed life into them: “Waang was often seen as a trickster.”

- Ash Long, with thanks to the Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation

■ The Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation says there was initial concern about a flyer produced about a meeting to be held last Saturday (Sept. 15) at Camp Jungai, Rubicon.

“The flyer for the meeting was generated by the office of Lidia Thorpe, the member for Northcote and a Gunai woman, and it initially caused us some concern,” said TCAC chairman Grant Hansen.

“I have now discussed the matter with Lidia and can advise that TCAC representatives will be attending the meeting.

“The meeting is to discuss the cultural and environmental interests of Gunai/Kurnai, Wurundjeri and Taungurung traditional owners and the impact of the logging industry on our country.

“Any Board representatives attending the meeting will report back to Taungurung people through the TCAC newsletter,” Mr Hansen said.

● Lidia Thorpe MLA

● Bundil and Waang shield at Mansfield

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Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - Page 15

Eildon Boat Club At Killingworth Hill Cafe and Whisky Bar Photos by Ivor Brayley, Yea

● Jack Clifton, Andrew Clifford and David Bradford

● Alan Gray and Tracey Bradford

● Tim Gardner, Jenny Gray and Jo Gardener

● David Kelleher and Chris Holland

● Kath Williams, Paul Williams and Russell Rennie

● Wayne, Brad, Debbie and Nat Horwood, and Tim Mapstead

● Frank Wardrobe, G. and L. Davis

● Marion Courtney, Kathryn and Neil Archibald, Robert Courtney, Len De Boer

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■ Judi Farr was born in Cairns, Queensland, in 1942 and has had a marvellous career as an actress working in stage, television and film over many years.

Judi made her first film appearance in They're A Weird Mob in an uncredited role in 1966.

Later that year Judi became well known on television as ‘Rita Stiller’in My Name's McGooley - What's Yours playing opposite Gordon Chater and John Meillon.

When Gordon Chater left the show, the characters played by Judi and John Meillon were used for a new series titled Rita & Wally.

Spike Milligan was a guest star in one episode but the series did not rate well and Rita & Wally finished after 23 episodes.

During the 1970s Judi appeared in stage productions and guest roles in television series such as Division 4, Number 96 and Matlock Police.

Kingswood Country commenced production in 1980 and Judi was cast as Thelma the long suffering wife of the outrageous Ted Bullpitt, played by Ross Higgins.

Judi left the series in 1982 and was cast in a stage production of Death of a Salesman with Warren Mitchell.

Judi has been constantly working in theatre.

A tour of Australia and overseas with the play Cloudstreet was a highlight of her career.

In 1992 she won the Theatre Critics Award for her role in Women of Troy.

One of her favourite stage roles was in 1983

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playing opposite Leonard Teale and Liz Harris in 84 Charring Cross Road at the Marion Street Theatre in Sydney. I would have loved to have seen that production.

Over the years Judi has had some great stage roles ranging from ‘Miss Marple’ in A Murder is Announced to the maid in the classic English comedy Noises Off. Her films credits include, Fatty Finn, The Year My Voice Broke and The December Boys.

In 2002 the Australian film Walking on Water won five Australian Film InstituteAwards.

The Best Supporting Actress Award was won

by Judi Farr. In 2008 she played the maid in the stage comedy Boeing Boeing with Shaun Micallef.

● Judi Farr In 2013 she was a regular character as ‘Aunt Judi Farr has been one of Australia's treaPeg’in the ABC television series Please Like Me sures in the entertainment industry and she has with Josh Thomas. brought great enjoyment not only to Australians Her last television appearance was the ongo- but also to an international audience through her ing role of ‘Peggy Maloney’ in the brilliant se- performances in television and film. ries A Place to Call Home.

Kevin Trask Judi suffered a stroke in 2016. Last year Judi Kevin can be heard on 3AW was honoured with the Limelight Lifetime The Time Tunnel - on Remember When AchievementAward and the Sydney audience Sundays at 9.10pm with Philip Brady gave her a sustained standing ovation. and Simon Owens Her career has spanned 40 years and Judi And on 96.5 FM has performed with virtually every major AusThat's Entertainment - Sundays tralian theatre company. at 12 Noon

They’re changing the lights at Buckingham Palace OK. With John O’Keefe Better luck this time, Deb

● Deborah Hutton ■ Deborah Hutton has had a terrible year with troubles at every turn . At long last things are looking a lot brighter with news she has been chosen to present a six-part travel series. Presented by Imagine Cruising, the series has started on Lifestyle Channel, slotted in the 5pm time zone . ● Buckingham Palace with its 760 windows to be regularly washed, and behind them 40,000 light bulbs systematically replaced .

■ They have something of a headThe refurbishment of the palace ache over in Buckingham Palace – will include the replacement of some what to do with more than 10,000 paint160km of electrical cabling, 6,500 ings, portraits, tapestries, porcelain electrical power sockets and 5,000 pieces and all manner of furnishings light fittings installed back in the while the whole eastern wing of the 1950s, plus 30km of heating pipes and home to Britain’s royals undergoes a 16km of hot and cold water-pipes. £369m (A$645.5m) refurbishment And while it was built over three that’s going to take 10 years to comcenturies ago in 1703, the palace plete. pretty much has all today’s mod cons And as well as finding secure storfor its amazing 775 rooms, that include age for these thousands of items that some 133 staff bedrooms and 78 staff have been given over the years by evand public washrooms. eryone from fellow monarchists and It also has its own medical centre national governments, to artists, culwith an emergency operating theatre tural and ethnic bodies, sporting for the royal family and their 1200 emorganisations and groups like Scouts ployees, a post office with its own and Guides, they have to relocate over postcode, a staff cinema and restaua hundred staff within the palace itrant complex, and 16 hectares of landself, as well as rehouse the Duke of scaped gardens that include 350 speYork, and the Earl and Countess of cies of wildflowers, a lake, tennis Wessex, who all live there. court, helicopter landing pad, and with David Ellis But it’s the priceless nature of those swimming pool.

10,000 works of art and the like that starts next April, it’s hoped others can And to keep the handyman busy, have been given over centuries, that’s possibly be displayed at other royal 40,000 light bulbs that need systemthe major concern. And while some buildings open to the public, or made atic replacement, and 760 windows of the most valuable will be put into available on loan to appropriately se- to be regularly washed. appropriate secure storage when work cure museums and galleries.

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All Stars return on ABC

■ Details are very scratchy other than the ABC has commissioned a twopart series starring two members of the Doug Anthony All Stars - Tim Ferguson and Paul McDermott. We will report further once Aunty decides to explain more.

Rock and roll royalty

■ Guitarist Dick Taylor will perform in Melbourne mid next month with his band The Pretty Things. Dick was one of the foundation members of The Rolling Stones in 1962. Dick left the group several years later to go to Art College. He later formed The Pretty Things and now aged 75 has decided to give touring a miss in future. Dick, you have done your duty to the world of rock. Many thanks.

Justin’s new pad

■ Justin Bieber has no problem in buying whatever takes his fancy. The newly engaged former teen singing sensation has just purchased a new pad in Ontario, Canada, to add to his portfolio. The investment cost $5 million which includes a private horse track – house, horse track and land is overall a titch smaller than the total size of the Vatican City.

New motoring show

■ The Ten Network has joined forces with Bauer Media to package a new motoring show for release next year. Editorial content will be provided by Bauer Media contributed by a raft of top line motoring journos .

- John O’Keefe

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Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgings - by Charles Dickens CHAPTER I— HOW MRS. LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE BUSINESS Whoever would begin to be worried with letting Lodgings that wasn’t a lone woman with a living to get is a thing inconceivable to me, my dear; excuse the familiarity, but it comes natural to me in my own little room, when wishing to open my mind to those that I can trust, and I should be truly thankful if they were all mankind, but such is not so, for have but a Furnished bill in the window and your watch on the mantelpiece, and farewell to it if you turn your back for but a second, however gentlemanly the manners; nor is being of your own sex any safeguard, as I have reason, in the form of sugartongs to know, for that lady (and a fine woman she was) got me to run for a glass of water, on the plea of going to be confined, which certainly turned out true, but it was in the Station-house.

Number Eighty-one Norfolk Street, Strand — situated midway between the City and St. James’s, and within five minutes’ walk of the principal places of public amusement — is my address. I have rented this house many years, as the parish rate-books will testify; and I could wish my landlord was as alive to the fact as I am myself; but no, bless you, not a half a pound of paint to save his life, nor so much, my dear, as a tile upon the roof, though on your bended knees.

My dear, you never have found Number Eightyone Norfolk Street Strand advertised in Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, and with the blessing of Heaven you never will or shall so find it.

Some there are who do not think it lowering themselves to make their names that cheap, and even going the lengths of a portrait of the house not like it with a blot in every window and a coach and four at the door, but what will suit Wozenham’s lower down on the other side of the way will not suit me, Miss Wozenham having her opinions and me having mine, though when it comes to systematic underbidding capable of being proved on oath in a court of justice and taking the form of “If Mrs. Lirriper names eighteen shillings a week, I name fifteen and six,” it then comes to a settlement between yourself and your conscience, supposing for the sake of argument your name to be Wozenham, which I am well aware it is not or my opinion of you would be greatly lowered, and as to airy bedrooms and a night-porter in constant attendance the less said the better, the bedrooms being stuffy and the porter stuff.

It is forty years ago since me and my poor Lirriper got married at St. Clement’s Danes, where I now have a sitting in a very pleasant pew with genteel company and my own hassock, and being partial to evening service not too crowded.

My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road —“a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma”— and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. He was a handsome figure of a man, and a man with a jovial heart and a sweet temper; but if they had come up then they never could have given you the mellowness of his voice, and indeed I consider photographs wanting in mellowness as a general rule and making you look like a new-ploughed field.

My poor Lirriper being behindhand with the world and being buried at Hatfield church in Hertfordshire, not that it was his native place but that he had a liking for the Salisbury Arms where we went upon our wedding-day and passed as happy a fortnight as ever happy was, I went round to the creditors and I says “Gentlemen I am acquainted with the fact that I am not answerable for my late husband’s debts but I wish to pay them for I am his lawful wife and his good name is dear to me. I am going into the

the little room upon the stairs?” Why when I was new to it my dear I used to consider before I promised and to make my mind anxious with calculations and to get quite wearied out with disappointments, but now I says “Certainly by all means” well knowing it’s a Wandering Christian and I shall hear no more about it, indeed by this time I know most of the Wandering Christians by sight as well as they know me, it being the habit of each individual revolving round London in that capacity to come back about twice a year, and it’s very remarkable that it runs in families and the children grow up to it, but even were it otherwise I should no sooner hear of the friend from the country which is a certain sign than I should nod and say to myself You’re a Wandering Christian, though whether they are (as I HAVE heard) persons of small property with a taste for regular employment and frequent change of scene I cannot undertake to tell you.

Girls as I was beginning to remark are one of your first and your lasting troubles, being like your teeth which begin with convulsions and never cease tormenting you from the time you cut them till they cut you, and then you don’t want to part with them which seems hard but we must all succumb or buy artificial, and even where you get a will nine times out of ten you’ll get a dirty face with it and naturally lodgers do not like good society to be shown in with a smear of black across the nose or a smudgy eyebrow.

Where they pick the black up is a mystery I cannot solve, as in the case of the willingest girl that ever came into a house half-starved poor thing, a girl so willing that I called her Willing Sophy down upon her knees scrubbing early and late and ever cheerful but always smiling with a black face. And I says to Sophy, “Now Sophy my good girl have a regular day for your stoves and keep the width of the Airy between yourself and the blacking and do not brush your hair with the bottoms of the saucepans and do not meddle with the snuffs of the candles and it stands to reason that it can no longer be” yet there it was and always on her nose, which turning up and being broad at the end seemed to boast of it and caused warning from a steady gentleman and excellent lodger with breakfast by the week but a little irritable and use of a sitting-room when required, his words being “Mrs. Lirriper I have arrived at the point of admitting that the Black is a man and a brother, but only in a natural form and when it can’t be got off.” Well consequently Charles Dickens I put poor Sophy on to other work and forbid her Lodgings gentlemen as a business and if I pros- floor that would have taken it down from its hook answering the door or answering a bell on any per every farthing that my late husband owed and put it in his breast-pocket — you understand account but she was so unfortunately willing that shall be paid for the sake of the love I bore him, my dear — for the L, he says of the original — nothing would stop her flying up the kitchenby this right hand.” It took a long time to do but only there was no mellowness in HIS voice and stairs whenever a bell was heard to tingle. I put it was done, and the silver cream-jug which is I wouldn’t let him, but his opinion of it you may it to her “O Sophy Sophy for goodness’ goodbetween ourselves and the bed and the mat- gather from his saying to it “Speak to me ness’ sake where does it come from?” To which tress in my room up-stairs (or it would have Emma!” which was far from a rational obser- that poor unlucky willing mortal — bursting out found legs so sure as ever the Furnished bill vation no doubt but still a tribute to its being a crying to see me so vexed replied “I took a deal was up) being presented by the gentlemen en- likeness, and I think myself it WAS like me of black into me ma’am when I was a small graved “To Mrs. Lirriper a mark of grateful when I was young and wore that sort of stays. child being much neglected and I think it must respect for her honourable conduct” gave me a But it was about the Lodgings that I was intend- be, that it works out,” so it continuing to work turn which was too much for my feelings, till ing to hold forth and certainly I ought to know out of that poor thing and not having another Mr. Betley which at that time had the parlours something of the business having been in it so fault to find with her I says “Sophy what do you and loved his joke says “Cheer up Mrs. Lirriper, long, for it was early in the second year of my seriously think of my helping you away to New you should feel as if it was only your christen- married life that I lost my poor Lirriper and I set South Wales where it might not be noticed?” ing and they were your godfathers and godmoth- up at Islington directly afterwards and afterwards Nor did I ever repent the money which was well ers which did promise for you.” And it brought came here, being two houses and eight-and- spent, for she married the ship’s cook on the me round, and I don’t mind confessing to you thirty years and some losses and a deal of expe- voyage (himself a Mulotter) and did well and my dear that I then put a sandwich and a drop of rience. lived happy, and so far as ever I heard it was sherry in a little basket and went down to Girls are your first trial after fixtures and they NOT noticed in a new state of society to her Hatfield church-yard outside the coach and try you even worse than what I call the Wander- dying day. kissed my hand and laid it with a kind of proud ing Christians, though why THEY should roam In what way Miss Wozenham lower down on and swelling love on my husband’s grave, the earth looking for bills and then coming in the other side of the way reconciled it to her though bless you it had taken me so long to and viewing the apartments and stickling about feelings as a lady (which she is not) to entice clear his name that my wedding-ring was worn terms and never at all wanting them or dream- Mary Anne Perkinsop from my service is best quite fine and smooth when I laid it on the green ing of taking them being already provided, is, a known to herself, I do not know and I do not green waving grass. mystery I should be thankful to have explained wish to know how opinions are formed at I am an old woman now and my good looks are if by any miracle it could be. It’s wonderful they Wozenham’s on any point. But Mary Anne gone but that’s me my dear over the plate- live so long and thrive so on it but I suppose the Perkinsop although I behaved handsomely to warmer and considered like in the times when exercise makes it healthy, knocking so much her and she behaved unhandsomely to me was you used to pay two guineas on ivory and took and going from house to house and up and worth her weight in gold as overawing lodgers your chance pretty much how you came out, down-stairs all day, and then their pretending to without driving them away, for lodgers would be which made you very careful how you left it be so particular and punctual is a most astonish- far more sparing of their bells with Mary Anne about afterwards because people were turned ing thing, looking at their watches and saying than I ever knew them to be with Maid or Misso red and uncomfortable by mostly guessing it “Could you give me the refusal of the rooms till tress, which is a great triumph especially when was somebody else quite different, and there twenty minutes past eleven the day after to- accompanied with a cast in the eye and a bag of was once a certain person that had put his money morrow in the forenoon, and supposing it to be bones, but it was the steadiness of her way with in a hop business that came in one morning to considered essential by my friend from the coun- them through her father’s having failed in Pork. pay his rent and his respects being the second try could there be a small iron bedstead put in Continued on Page 29

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From Page 28 It was Mary Anne’s looking so respectable in her person and being so strict in her spirits that conquered the tea-and-sugarest gentleman (for he weighed them both in a pair of scales every morning) that I have ever had to deal with and no lamb grew meeker, still it afterwards came round to me that Miss Wozenham happening to pass and seeing Mary Anne take in the milk of a milkman that made free in a rosy-faced way (I think no worse of him) with every girl in the street but was quite frozen up like the statue at Charing-cross by her, saw Mary Anne’s value in the lodging business and went as high as one pound per quarter more, consequently Mary Anne with not a word betwixt us says “If you will provide yourself Mrs. Lirriper in a month from this day I have already done the same,” which hurt me and I said so, and she then hurt me more by insinuating that her father having failed in Pork had laid her open to it.

My dear I do assure you it’s a harassing thing to know what kind of girls to give the preference to, for if they are lively they get bell’d off their legs and if they are sluggish you suffer from it yourself in complaints and if they are sparklingeyed they get made love to, and if they are smart in their persons they try on your Lodgers’ bonnets and if they are musical I defy you to keep them away from bands and organs, and allowing for any difference you like in their heads their heads will be always out of window just the same. And then what the gentlemen like in girls the ladies don’t, which is fruitful hot water for all parties, and then there’s temper though such a temper as Caroline Maxey’s I hope not often. A good- looking black-eyed girl was Caroline and a comely-made girl to your cost when she did break out and laid about her, as took place first and last through a new-married couple come to see London in the first floor and the lady very high and it WAS supposed not liking the good looks of Caroline having none of her own to spare, but anyhow she did try Caroline though that was no excuse. So one afternoon Caroline comes down into the kitchen flushed and flashing, and she says to me “Mrs. Lirriper that woman in the first has aggravated me past bearing,” I says “Caroline keep your temper,” Caroline says with a curdling laugh “Keep my temper? You’re right Mrs. Lirriper, so I will.

Capital D her!” bursts out Caroline (you might have struck me into the centre of the earth with a feather when she said it) “I’ll give her a touch of the temper that I keep!” Caroline downs with her hair my dear, screeches and rushes up- stairs, I following as fast as my trembling legs could bear me, but before I got into the room the dinner-cloth and pink-and-white service all dragged off upon the floor with a crash and the newmarried couple on their backs in the firegrate, him with the shovel and tongs and a dish of cucumber across him and a mercy it was summer-time. “Caroline” I says “be calm,” but she catches off my cap and tears it in her teeth as she passes me, then pounces on the new-married lady makes her a bundle of ribbons takes her by the two ears and knocks the back of her head upon the carpet Murder screaming all the time Policemen running down the street and Wozenham’s windows (judge of my feelings when I came to know it) thrown up and Miss Wozenham calling out from the balcony with crocodile’s tears “It’s Mrs. Lirriper been overcharging somebody to madness — she’ll be murdered — I always thought so — Pleeseman save her!” My dear four of them and Caroline behind the chiffoniere attacking with the poker and when disarmed prize-fighting with her double fists, and down and up and up and down and dreadful! But I couldn’t bear to see the poor young creature roughly handled and her hair torn when they got the better of her, and I says “Gentlemen Policemen pray remember that her sex is the sex of your mothers and sisters and your sweethearts, and God bless them and you!”

And there she was sitting down on the ground handcuffed, taking breath against the skirtingboard and them cool with their coats in strips, and all she says was “Mrs. Lirriper I’m sorry as ever I touched you, for you’re a kind motherly old thing,” and it made me think that I had often wished I had been a mother indeed and how would my heart have felt if I had been the mother of that girl! Well you know it turned out at the Police-office that she had done it before, and she had her clothes away and was sent to prison, and when she was to come out I trotted off to the gate in the evening with just a morsel of jelly in that little basket of mine to give her a mite of

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What you lay yourself open to my dear in the way of being the object of uncharitable suspicions when you go into the Lodging business I have not the words to tell you, but never was I so dishonourable as to have two keys nor would I willingly think it even of Miss Wozenham lower down on the other side of the way sincerely hoping that it may not be, though doubtless at the same time money cannot come from nowhere and it is not reason to suppose that Bradshaws put it in for love be it blotty as it may. It IS a hardship hurting to the feelings that Lodgers open their minds so wide to the idea that you are trying to get the better of them and shut their minds so close to the idea that they are trying to get the better of you, but as Major Jackman says to me, “I know the ways of this circular world Mrs. Lirriper, and that’s one of ’em all round it” and many is the little ruffle in my mind that the Major has smoothed, for he is a clever man who has seen much. Dear dear, thirteen years have passed though it seems but yesterday since I was sitting with my glasses on at the open front parlour window one evening in August (the parlours being then vacant) reading yesterday’s paper my eyes for print being poor though still I am thankful to say a long sight at a distance, when I hear a gentleman come posting across the road and up the street in a dreadful rage talking to himself in a fury and d’ing and c’ing somebody. “By George!” says he out loud and clutching his walking-stick, “I’ll go to Mrs. Lirriper’s. Which is Mrs. Lirriper’s?” Then looking round and seeing me he flourishes his hat right off his head as if I had been the queen and he says, “Excuse the intrusion Madam, but pray Madam can you tell me at what number in this street there resides a well-known and muchrespected lady by the name of Lirriper?” A little flustered though I must say gratified I took off my glasses and courtesied and said “Sir, Mrs. Lirriper is your humble servant.” “Astonishing!” says he. “A million pardons! Madam, may I ask you to have the kindness to direct one of your domestics to open the door to a gentleman in search of apartments, by the name of Jackman?” I had never heard the name but a politer gentleman I never hope to see, for says he, “Madam I am shocked at your opening the door yourself to no worthier a fellow than Jemmy Jackman.After you Madam. I never precede a lady.” Then he comes into the parlours and he sniffs, and he says “Hah! These are parlours!

Not musty cupboards” he says “but parlours, and no smell of coal-sacks.” Now my dear it having been remarked by some inimical to the whole neighbourhood that it always smells of coal-sacks which might prove a drawback to Lodgers if encouraged, I says to the Major gently though firmly that I think he is referring to Arundel or Surrey or Howard but not Norfolk.

“Madam” says he “I refer to Wozenham’s lower down over the way — Madam you can form no notion what Wozenham’s is — Madam it is a vast coal-sack, and Miss Wozenham has the principles and manners of a female heaver — Madam from the manner in which I have heard her mention you I know she has no appreciation of a lady, and from the manner in which she has conducted herself towards me I know she has

no appreciation of a gentleman — Madam my name is Jackman — should you require any other reference than what I have already said, I name the Bank of England — perhaps you know it!” Such was the beginning of the Major’s occupying the parlours and from that hour to this the same and a most obliging Lodger and punctual in all respects except one irregular which I need not particularly specify, but made up for by his being a protection and at all times ready to fill in the papers of the Assessed Taxes and Juries and that, and once collared a young man with the drawing-room clock under his coat, and once on the parapets with his own hands and blankets put out the kitchen chimney and afterwards attending the summons made a most eloquent speech against the Parish before the magistrates and saved the engine, and ever quite the gentleman though passionate. And certainly Miss Wozenham’s detaining the trunks and umbrella was not in a liberal spirit though it may have been according to her rights in law or an act I would myself have stooped to, the Major being so much the gentleman that though he is far from tall he seems almost so when he has his shirt-frill out and his frock-coat on and his hat with the curly brims, and in what service he was I cannot truly tell you my dear whether Militia or Foreign, for I never heard him even name himself as Major but always simple “Jemmy Jackman” and once soon after he came when I felt it my duty to let him know that Miss Wozenham had put it about that he was no Major and I took the liberty of adding “which you are sir” his words were “Madam at any rate I am not a Minor, and sufficient for the day is the evil thereof” which cannot be denied to be the sacred truth, nor yet his military ways of having his boots with only the dirt brushed off taken to him in the front parlour every morning on a clean plate and varnishing them himself with a little sponge and a saucer and a whistle in a whisper so sure as ever his breakfast is ended, and so neat his ways that it never soils his linen which is scrupulous though more in quality than quantity, neither that nor his mustachios which to the best of my belief are done at the same time and which are as black and shining as his boots, his head of hair being a lovely white.

It was the third year nearly up of the Major’s being in the parlours that early one morning in the month of February when Parliament was coming on and you may therefore suppose a number of impostors were about ready to take hold of anything they could get, a gentleman and a lady from the country came in to view the Second, and I well remember that I had been looking out of window and had watched them and the heavy sleet driving down the street together looking for bills. I did not quite take to the face of the gentleman though he was good-looking too but the lady was a very pretty young thing and delicate, and it seemed too rough for her to be out at all though she had only come from the Adelphi Hotel which would not have been much above a quarter of a mile if the weather had been less severe. Now it did so happen my dear that I had been forced to put five shillings weekly additional on the second in consequence of a loss from running away full dressed as if going out to a dinner-party, which was very artful and had made me rather suspicious taking it along with Parliament, so when the gentleman proposed three months certain and the money in advance and leave then reserved to renew on the same terms for six months more, I says I was not quite certain but that I might have engaged myself to another party but would step down-stairs and look into it if they would take a seat. They took a seat and I went down to the handle of the Major’s door that I had already began to consult finding it a great blessing, and I knew by his whistling in a whisper that he was varnishing his boots which was generally considered private, however he kindly calls out “If it’s you, Madam, come in,” and I went in and told him.

“Well, Madam,” says the Major rubbing his nose — as I did fear at the moment with the black sponge but it was only his knuckle, he being always neat and dexterous with his fingers — “well, Madam, I suppose you would be glad of the money?”

I was delicate of saying “Yes” too out, for a little extra colour rose into the Major’s cheeks and there was irregularity which I will not particularly specify in a quarter which I will not name.

“I am of opinion, Madam,” says the Major, “that when money is ready for you — when it is ready

for you, Mrs. Lirriper — you ought to take it.

What is there against it, Madam, in this case upstairs?”

“I really cannot say there is anything against it, sir, still I thought I would consult you.”

“You said a newly-married couple, I think, Madam?” says the Major.

I says “Ye-es. Evidently. And indeed the young lady mentioned to me in a casual way that she had not been married many months.”

The Major rubbed his nose again and stirred the varnish round and round in its little saucer with his piece of sponge and took to his whistling in a whisper for a few moments. Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”

“O certainly a Good Let sir.”

“Say they renew for the additional six months.

Would it put you about very much Madam if — if the worst was to come to the worst?” said the Major.

To Be Continued Next Issue

Hard Times Final Instalment

Here was Louisa on the night of the same day, watching the fire as in days of yore, though with a gentler and a humbler face. How much of the future might arise before her vision? Broadsides in the streets, signed with her father’s name, exonerating the late Stephen Blackpool, weaver, from misplaced suspicion, and publishing the guilt of his own son, with such extenuation as his years and temptation (he could not bring himself to add, his education) might beseech; were of the Present. So, Stephen Blackpool’s tombstone, with her father’s record of his death, was almost of the Present, for she knew it was to be.

These things she could plainly see. But, how much of the Future?

A working woman, christened Rachael, after a long illness once again appearing at the ringing of the Factory bell, and passing to and fro at the set hours, among the Coketown Hands; a woman of pensive beauty, always dressed in black, but sweet-tempered and serene, and even cheerful; who, of all the people in the place, alone appeared to have compassion on a degraded, drunken wretch of her own sex, who was sometimes seen in the town secretly begging of her, and crying to her; a woman working, ever working, but content to do it, and preferring to do it as her natural lot, until she should be too old to labour any more? Did Louisa see this? Such a thing was to be.

A lonely brother, many thousands of miles away, writing, on paper blotted with tears, that her words had too soon come true, and that all the treasures in the world would be cheaply bartered for a sight of her dear face? At length this brother coming nearer home, with hope of seeing her, and being delayed by illness; and then a letter, in a strange hand, saying ‘he died in hospital, of fever, such a day, and died in penitence and love of you: his last word being your name’?

Did Louisa see these things? Such things were to be.

Herself again a wife — a mother — lovingly watchful of her children, ever careful that they should have a childhood of the mind no less than a childhood of the body, as knowing it to be even a more beautiful thing, and a possession, any hoarded scrap of which, is a blessing and happiness to the wisest? Did Louisa see this?

Such a thing was never to be.

But, happy Sissy’s happy children loving her; all children loving her; she, grown learned in childish lore; thinking no innocent and pretty fancy ever to be despised; trying hard to know her humbler fellow-creatures, and to beautify their lives of machinery and reality with those imaginative graces and delights, without which the heart of infancy will wither up, the sturdiest physical manhood will be morally stark death, and the plainest national prosperity figures can show, will be the Writing on the Wall, — she holding this course as part of no fantastic vow, or bond, or brotherhood, or sisterhood, or pledge, or covenant, or fancy dress, or fancy fair; but simply as a duty to be done, — did Louisa see these things of herself? These things were to be.

Dear reader! It rests with you and me, whether, in our two fields of action, similar things shall be or not. Let them be! We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold.

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Alan Faux’s great run of luck

■ Footscray owner-breeder Alan Faux a passionate harness supporter has been enjoying a great run of luck with his 5Y0 Armbro VariableSpirit Of Smooth gelding Variance who has scored three times at Harness Headquarters Tabcorp Park Melton this month.

The first being the Beraldo Coffee Trotters Mobile for T1 & T2 class over 2240 metres on Saturday September 1, followed up by the Hyland Race Colours Trotters Mobile for T2 to T4 class over the same distance on Saturday September 8 with the latest being the 2240 metre Niota Bloodstock Trotters Mobile for T2 to T4 class last Saturday.

Trained and driven by Dunnstown’s David Murphy, Variance the first time was given a lovely passage trailing the pacemaker Imamenace before using the sprint lane to record a 3.5 metre margin over Imamenace and Continentallady in a mile rate of 2-01.3, while on September 8, driven by Gordon junior Darby McGuigan led for the majority of the trip, running out an easy 6.8 metre winner over Your Nicked and Imahe Man in a much faster 1-59.4.

Last Saturday Variance starting outside the front line had to work extremely hard to cross Silicon Valley which exploded away from gate five to lead. Eventually crossing, Variance defied all challengers in a strong performance to account for Ima Bourbon Girl (one/one at bell) by a neck, with Silicon Valley 6.6 metres away in third place. The mile rate 2-00.4.

Half-share justified

■ Bacchus Marsh trainer Phil Chircop’s judgement in purchasing a half share of 8Y0 Grinfromeartoear-Whenua gelding Wingatui Dew recently was justified when the horse scored in the TAB Multiplier Claiming Masters over 2240 metres at Melton on Saturday. Partowned by a delighted Steve Carter, Wingatui Dew driven by Gavin Lang from gate four was eased to the tail of the field as Stagger Lee sped across the face of the field from outside the front line to lead. Switching down to be last along the markers in the final circuit, Wingatui Dew (Claiming price $20,000) finished full of running along the sprint lane to record a 1.4 metre margin in 1-58.4 from Skippy Rascal who also used the sprint lane after trailing the front runner. Intransit (one/one) was third 2.4 metres back. It was Wingatui Dew’s first success in almost 12 months.

Horsham honours

■ Monday September 17 trots were at Horsham in the Wimmera and Terang's Mattie Craven took the honours for the afternoon after snaring a stable treble.

Most consistent 6Y0 Village Jasper-Beloka Diamond mare Diamond Jasper broke through for a well deserved victory when blousing the long odds-on favourite Scarlett Brew in the 1st Heat of the Empire Stallions Vicbred Platinum B Series for C1 class over 1700 metres.

Trailing the leader surprise Metro Man (gate four), Diamond Jasper (gate three) enjoyed a cosy trip as Scarlett Brew parked in the open at the bell.

Easing away from the inside to be poised one/one on the final bend, Diamond Jasper finished full of running to nab Scarlett Brew right on the wire to gain a 1.5 metre decision in a rate of 1-56.2. Santanna Breeze (one/one) was third 10.3 metres away.

Five-year-old Love You-Xena Hest gelding Ranes made it two wins in succession with a strong victory in the 2200 metre T0 or better Nat's Rugs & Harness Caesars Astrum Trotters Handicap, returning a MR of 2-05.8.

Always handy after coming from 20 metres one/one then one/two, Ranes was sent forward with a lap to travel to park outside the 50 metre pacemaker Midaswell which had crossed to lead after a couple of hundred metres. In a two horse war all the way up the running, Ranes prevailed by a half head, with Miss Cully (one/one last lap) 18.4 metres back in third place.

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with Len Baker easily account for Presidential Art (three back the markers) by 10,3 metres in a rate of 2-00.3 in the Cruisers Car Wash Local Trainer Barry Dunn Pace for C1 class over 2200 metres. Last start Terang winner Starscape was a head away third after following the winner. The mile rate 200.3.

Plenty of work

■ Ararat trainer/driver Michael Bellman's 4Y0 Majestic Son-Fleetwood Blue mare Majestic Pride was a most impressive winner of the Save The Date October 21 Trotters Mobile for T0 to T3 class over 1700 metres at Horsham.

Starting solo on the second line, Majestic Pride was checked at the starter released the field when The Summer Cat ahead of her went into a gallop.

Recovering to be four back along the markers in a strung out field, Majestic Pride was set alight racing for the bell to park outside the leader Lochlee Jacob.

Despite the early check and doing plenty of work, Majestic Pride was too strong for the pacemaker as thet hit the post, scoring by 1.1 metres in a rate of 2-01.4. Allawart Rob was 4.7 metres away in third place after trailing the leader.

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straight after it looked as though he was going to be placed once again to defeat Sucralose (one/ one - three wide home turn) by a half neck in a rate of 1-59.8.

Lagom was third 1.5 metres away after trailing the winner and using the sprint lane to no avail.

11th victory

■ Bendigo's Ellen Tormey was also a Horsham winner, landing the C0 class 1700 metre Claire Weston Photography Driver Chris Alford with Machavelli, a 4Y0 Mach Three-Love The Red mare bred and raced by Melbourne's Kevin Clarke.

Second up since April, Machavelli (gate four) was given the run of the race trailing the heavily supported leader Will I Rocknroll (gate three).

Easing off the leaders back on turning, Machavelli scored by a half neck, with a deathseating Miss Victoria holding down third 15.2 metres away. The mile rate 1-58.5.

■ Terang owner/trainer Darren Cole's 6Y0 Jeremes Jet-Slip Slop Slap entire The Jet Player chalked up his 11th victory at start number 66 when greeting the judge in the 2100 metre AON Business Insurance Pace for C3 & C4 class at Geelong. Taking a concession for Hamilton reinswoman Jackie Barker, The Jet Player led all of the way from gate three, accounting for Goodtime Rusty (three wide last lap from midfield) by 3.5 metres, with Captain Bronzie (three back the markers) third. The mile rate 1-58.9.

Easy victor

■ Avid harness followers Tony and Pam Coniglio were winners at their local track Cranbourne on Thursday when Kiwi import One Yankee Ginga broke his maiden status in Australia by taking the Aldebaran Park Trotters Handicap for T1 or better class over 2575 metres.

Trained and driven by Terang's Mattie Craven, One Yankee Ginga a 5Y0 Cr CommandoLeithe Ellen gelding jumped straight to the front from the pole as the tapes were released and after an easy time at the head of affairs, held on to score by a neck margin over Rosanna Lindy who was game in defeat after galloping shortly after the start before going forward to race in the open, with iron mare Its Not Dark third 11.9 metres away after a cosy trip three back the markers.

The mile rate a pedestrian 2-08.4. The Coniglio's have raced numerous horses with success from a number stables over the years.

■ At Bendigo on Tuesday, Merrigum trainer Brent Bunfield's very smart 4Y0 Bettors Delight-Sapphire Lil mare Saphirique was an easy victor of the 1650 metre Empire Stallions Vicbred Platinum Series B C1 class Pace.

Driven by Gavin Lang on his return from a Sri Lanka holiday, Saphirique led throughout from the pole to record an unextended 9.5 metre margin in advance of Juliustigres which trailed in 156.1. Villareal (one/one) was third 1.5 metres back in third place.

Led throughout

■ Sixty eight start maiden Sondel finally cracked it for a win when successful in the Ray Beckley Race Night 25th October Pace for C0 & C1 class over 1609 metres at Geelong on Wednesday much to the delight of Bendigo owner/breeders John and Teresa Gilbertson.

Trained by John and driven by Burrumbeet's James Herbertson, Sondel a 6Y0 gelded son of Love Or Die and Perfect Katie led throughout from the pole, showing plenty of heart in the

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Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Ballarat, Thursday - Kilmore (Cup), Friday - Shepparton, Saturday Melton, Sunday - Cranbourne, Monday Maryborough, Tuesday - Mildura.

Horses to follow

■ Miss Victoria, Amelia Holmes, Stonebridge Star, Implode, Aldebaran Kingsman, Goodtime Rusty, Don Pierre.

cap for T1 or better class over 2190 metres.

Bred and raced by Peter Hornsby, Nica Macdonon trained by Mark Lee and driven by partner Stacey Towers began brilliantly to lead from the 10 metre mark, defying all challengers to greet the judge 1.5 metres in advance of Rosehill Magin which was held up at a vital stage, with The Paigeboy 2.1 metres away in third place off a mid-field trip. The mile rate 205.

Monday meeting

■ The Metropolitan & Country Harness Racing Association (MACHRA) Annual General Meeting will be held at the Taylors Lakes Hotel, Keilor/Melton Highway, Taylors Lakes on Monday October 1 commencing at 7-30pm. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

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■ All roads will lead to Kilmore this Thursday ■ At Shepparton on Friday, very honest 8Y0 for the running of the $70,000 Kilmore Pacing Eilean Donon-Styx mare Nica Macdonon scored Cup in its new timeslot - it will be the second her 12th victory in 99 race appearances when time this year that the cup has been held. successful in the Cardigan Boko Trotters Handi- Len Baker

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● Sarah Houbolt in KooKoo The Bird Girl.

■ Internationally acclaimed circus and physical theatre performer, Sarah Houbolt, celebrates the beauty of difference in her critically acclaimed one woman show KooKoo the Bird Girl.

The original Koo-Koo the Bird Girl, Minnie Woolsey, was born in the US in the late 19th century. She performed in the side show and features in Tod Browning's now iconic 1932 film Freaks.

Though banned for 30 years for being too controversial, Minnie was considered a ‘rock star’ of her times.

A circus and physical theatre performer, Sarah presents homage to Woolsey, with her heartfelt connection to a hidden past and an unlikely female idol.

The creative development spanned New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and America, as Sarah researched the freak shows, including a pilgrimage to the Mecca of sideshow and place of KooKoo’s performances Coney Island in New York.

As an international circus and physical theatre performer, arts manager and diversity advocate, Sarah designs her life around creativity, deep understandings of accessibility, and the need to question what we can actually see.

And what we haven’t seen already but should see.

Born in North Queensland, Sarah began her dialogue around disability at age five, with her first media interview.

In 2016, Sarah organised the fifth biennial national arts and disability conference, Arts Activated, at Carriageworks in Sydney and spoke at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House.

Performance Details: Until September 29 Venue: Northcote Town Hall Bookings: https://www.darebinarts.com.au/whats-on/ koo-koo-bird-girl - Cheryl Threadgold

● Rachel Rai (Lucy), Mark Doran (Jekyll) and Catherine Hancock (Emma) in Jekyll and Hyde opening at the National Theatre on October 12. Photo: Ben Fon ■ The chilling, gothic musical Jekyll and Hyde is being presented by CLOC Musical Theatre from October 12 -27 at the National Theatre, St Kilda.

Jekyll and Hyde pits murder and chaos against love and virtue, but is filled with haunting melodies including the modernday classic This is the Moment.

Exhibiting at Abbotsford Convent C3 The show runs for 12 performances, including two Sunday It can be your first show or your 50th. The Abbostford matinees on October 14 and 21.

Covent C3 is looking for a diverse range of emerging and For more information or to purchase tickets online, go to the established artists to present dynamic risk-taking work.

CLOC website www.cloc.org.au, or call the CLOC Ticket Line The Convent strongly encourages applications form First on 1300 362 547.

Nations and culturally diverse peoples, and people with a - Cheryl Threadgold disability. Every field of creative practice: visual and audiovisual arts, conceptual practise, media, text, design, craft, fashion, sound, performance and architecture. Go solo or collaborate.

You can apply to exhibit by yourself, as part of a collective, or to curate a group application are welcomed for individual spaces or for that span multiple galleries. It doesn't matter where you're based: local, interstate or overseas artists, curators, arts collectives, organisations and festivals are eligible to apply.

The Covent has only one submission round each year, so submit your online application by midnight Sunday October 14.

You can find the details, including the submission forms at c3@abbotsfordconvent.com.au Abbotsford Convent Gallery ● Alex Clayton-Stamm, Georgie Henry, Abigail 1 St Heliers St. Abbotsford Arculus, Robbie Sheedy and Eamon Tarr rehearse Phone 9416 4300 Legends of the Skies on a Bell 206 helicopter at - Peter Kemp the Australian National Aviation Museum.

Photo: Malcolm Threadgold ■ Parktone Primary School students are part of the cast aged from eight to almost 80 appearing in the new series of Legends Allusion & Illusion of the Skies.

The Fantastical World of Valerie Sparks is the first in a Under the artistic direction of Maggie Morrison, Legends of series of annual exhibitions that profiles and explores the the Skies Series Six is being presented at the Australian Nawork of William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize tional Aviation Museum, Moorabbin Airport, from October alumni.Valerie Sparks is a Melbourne-based artist who 11-20. creates large scale printed works and immersive installaPerformance Details: October 11-13, 18-20 at 8pm; Tues tion environment. and Wed., Oct 16 and 17 at 12.30pm. Venue: The Australian Monash Gallery of Art National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin airport. Booking details: 860 Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill https://www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=382961 - Peter Kemp - Cheryl Threadgold

Convent C3

Legends of the Skies

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Country Music, Radio, Theatre, Almanac Country Crossroads

St Kilda Writers’ Week

■ The new live music concept Country Comes To Town will make its debut at the Alphington Bowls Club on October 6.

It's an opportunity for Melbourne and Victoria to see and appreciate some of the best local country music acts as well as guests from all over Australia and beyond. Styles, ranging from country rock to country blues to alt country and Australiana, will be a feature of the event Artists for the first show will include Brad Brewer, Susan Lily, Rattlincane and The Prairie Oysters. Admission: $15.

■ The St Kilda Writers’Week 2018 pays respect to the Yalukit Willam clan of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional owners of what we now call St Kilda.

The Saintly inner-bayside suburb of St Kilda (just a football team or two short of being an official city) is about to launch their Writers Festival, held in various St Kilda venues from September 30 until October 7..

Launching the festival at Big Mouth Upstairs on Sunday (Sept. 30) with a full day of entertainment focused in one spot starting from the official launch at 11 am.

This will be followed by Meredith Fuller and her production team discussing the making of their new play Conjugated Stalking.

Three authors shall follow this discussion, Carrie Bailee and her gripping spoken word piece Sold based on her book Flying On Broken Wings.

Frank Howson, born and bred in St Kilda, and successful, film maker, author, artist and playwright reads from his new book to be released for the festival.

Joining them will be local legend Brenda Richards, reading from her piece on local displaced musos and poet Dargo Dave and his dog.

Brenda is such a wellspring of the word, many short stories and novels both published and those still awaiting the ink.

No one knows much more about St Kilda than Brenda and she will have some of her work on display – and for sale.

Our feature event of the day is the Sisters in Crime presented by seven of Australia’s hottest Crime Writers.

It’s a debate that will be an awesomely rollicking event as they put their wits in gear for Dames Versus Dicks Great Crime Writing Debate – Who Does It Better?

The evening events start, and offer a lot more levity with St Kilda Comedy Club from 6pm with some of Australia’s top comics delivering the word in their special way.

A full program of events can be found on https://stkildawritersweek.com/program-buytickets/ - Cheryl Threadgold

One Trick Pony

Mockingbird

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads.com.au

Chicks With Picks

■ Chicks with Picks Melbourne, run by Helen Begley, is dedicated to teaching and encouraging women, girls and the occasional bloke to participate in music making and writing through ukulele, guitar and songwriting lessons, festival appearances, jam sessions and local gigs.

With teaching locations available around Melbourne, the group says, there's nothing like being able to play your favourite songs on a friendly fretted instrument.

Info: chickswithpicksmelbourne.como

Country Showcase

■ Melbourne singer Rebecca Barnard will be a special guest vocalist in the upcoming show One Trick Pony at the Memo Music Club. She will feature the songs and music of legend Paul Simons 1980 album.

Sunday, October 7 at 3pm. Tickets at the Memo.

- Rob Foenander

■ Mockingbird is being presented for the first time in Melbourne, following sell-out seasons in Sydney, New Zealand and Norway.

Based on the true stories of four generations of women and their devilish alter egos, Mockingbird is a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of both postnatal depression, which affects approximately 1 in 7 Australian women every year, and postnatal psychosis, which affects around 600 Australian women every year.

Written and performed by Lecoq trained ac-

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Thursday Wednesday September 26 September 27

■ US country singer Marty Robbins was born in 1925. He died aged 57 in 1982.

Cricketer Ian Chappell is 75.

English singer Bryan Ferry is 73.

Australian runner Steve Moneghetti is 56. Born in Ballarat.

Aussie actor Brett Climo is 54.

■ Happy 66th birthday Greg Long.

We hope you get a load of presents.

Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) is 70.

Politician Graham Richardson is 69. He appears on Sky TV. US singer Shaun Cassidy is 59.

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne is 33.

This That

Melbourne Arts tor Lisa Brickell and musician Siri Embla, and directed by Giovanni Fusetti and Ruth Dudding, Mockingbird follows Tina (Brickell), a counsellor who is afraid of commitment and terrified of having children due to her family history of postnatal depression.

Brickell masterfully switches between three generations of characters and their menacing ‘inner critic’ which she performs in a Commedia dell’arte style half mask.

Mockingbird is rich with personal anecdotes from Brickell’s own family, and informed by the work of Dr Diana Jefferies and her team at Western Sydney University, who studied historical accounts of women admitted to Sydney’s Callan Park and Gladesville Hospitals from 1885 to 1955.

The research “provided insights into the criteria that were used to diagnose women with mental illnesses; the treatment and care that they received in hospital; and the social factors that contributed to their conditions.” says Dr Jefferies.

Brickell also consulted mental health organisation Changing Minds NZ in the development of Mockingbird. Australian CEO of the Changing Minds, Taimi Allan, says that sharing the real-life “lived experience” is “absolutely integral” to breaking down the stigma, barriers and discrimination associated with mental health issues.

“Helping people to share those experiences, through the powerful and engaging medium of theatre and sensitive use of humour, is a wonderful way to gain empathy and understanding rather than sympathy from audiences,” says Allan.

- Cheryl Threadgold

● Kristina Benton (left) and Candice Lillian in This - That ■ New York-turned Melburnian playwright Kotryna Gesait’s new comedy This–That , about falling in love in unexpected ways, is being presented from October 8-13 at 7pm at The Butterfly Club.

This is a story about Alice, happily married for 12 years, and eight months pregnant with her first child.

This is also a story about June, a slightly boring math prodigy sleeping with her professor. Both are seemingly content. That was before they met one another.

Taking all the well know rom-com tropes and slamming them on their heads, This-That is a story about two women who find a love that floats somewhere in between friendship and romance, as so many relationships tend to do.

Starring Melbourne-based actors Candice Lillian and Kristina Benton, it delves into topics of gender, sexuality and getting older in a world with an ever-shrinking attention span.

Following two successful seasons of her show The Cocoon at Melbourne and Adelaide’s Fringe festivals, where she received critical acclaim for her writing and direction, This-That is Kotryna’s third Australian debut, presented in conjunction with U Mad? Productions.

Dates: October 8-13. Time: 7pm. Cost: $2532. Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne. thebutterflyclub.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Media Briefs

FT Gully Arts

■ Editor-in-Chief at Elle Australia, Justine Cullen, will depart the magazine at the end of September.

■ Maddison Axam has commenced a new role as a Senior Producer at Your Money.

■ Rae Johnston has commenced her new role as Editor at Junkee.

■ Laura Jolly has been appointed Women’s Cricket Editor at cricket.com.au ■ Jessie Anne Gartlan has joined The Ararat Advertiser as a journalist - Telum Australia

Members Annual Exhibition Official opening and presentation of awards at 2pm, Sunday, October 14.

A fine collection of different styles, mediums and subjects.A great opportunity to purchase a wonderful piece of art.

Exhibition: October 7 – Sunday November 4. Open weekdays 11am – 4pm.

The Ferntree Gully Arts Society The Hut Gallery, 157 Underwood Rd. Ferntree Gully - Peter Kemp Melbourne

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Friday Saturday September 28 September 29 ■ TV host Ed Sullivan was born in New York in 1902. He died aged 72 in 1974.

Actor Peter Finch was born as William Mitchell in London in 1916. He died aged 60 in 1977.

Singer Helen Shapiro is 72.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 46.

■ American rock n roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 83.

US TV presenter Bryant Gumbel is 70.

New Zealand singer Jenny Morris is 62.

Actress Danielle Spencer is 48.

Footballer Darrell Baldock was born in 1938. ‘The Doc’ died aged 72 in 2011.

Sunday Monday September 30 October 1

Tuesday October 2

■ Actress Deborah Kerr was born in Scotland in 1921. She died aged 86 in 2007.

Barrister Geoffrey Robinson is 72.

US actress Fran Drescher is 61.

TV news presenter Stan Grant is 55.

The late tele-evangelist Robert Schuller was born on this day.

■ Groucho Marx was born in New York in 1890. He died aged 86 in 1977.

William ‘Bud’ Abbott was born in 1895. He died aged 78 in 1974.

American singer Don McLean was born in 1945 (73).

English singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) is 67 (1951).

■ Actor Walter Matthau (Matsschan-skayasky) was born in New York in 1920. He died aged 79 in 2000.

American actor Tom Bosley was born in 1927.

He died aged 83 in 2010.

Irish actor Richard Harris was born in Ireland in 1933. He died aged 68 in 2003.

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

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

Find out more at www.jocksjournal.com

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Normie Rowe ■ Normie Rowe and The Playboys will entertain in Morning Melodies at Arts Centre Melbourne on Monday, (Oct. 1) at 11am and 1.30pm.

During the explosion of pop music in the mid-60s, Normie Rowe and The Playboys were Australia’s most successful pop stars, with a string of record breaking hits including Que Sera Sera, Shakin’ All Over, It Ain’t Necessarily So, It’s Not Easy and Ooh La La. In the midst of Beatlemania, a teenage Normie became the first Melburnian to achieve a national No.1 hit, creating a fan and media hysteria never before seen for an Australian artist.

At the peak of his popularity, Normie was famously called up for Army service. Following this, he turned his hand to television (Sons and Daughters) and theatre (Les Misérables).

Performance Details: Monday October 1 at 11am and 1.30pm Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne Bookings: https://www.artscentre melbourne.com.au/whats-on/2018/festivalsseries/morning-melodies/normie-rowe-andthe-playboys - Cheryl Threadgold

Song For A Weary Throat

On Golden Pond

■ A great feel good performance with all the dramatics, sentimentality and humour giving us what we would expect of Ernest Thompson’s classic play On Golden Pond set in the 1970s in the central Uplands of rural Maine in the USA. Norman Thayer Jnr, a retired professor played by Brian Edmond, and his wife Ethel played by Katie Hall, have been coming to their summer house at the lake known as Golden Pond each year for decades and this year is Norman’s 80th birthday that he intends not to celebrate but sit quietly contemplating his death, reading the daily papers or a novel.

He is unaware that Ethel has invited daughter Chelsea Thayer Wayne played by Peta Owen down to help celebrate his milestone birthday.

She has kept away for many years because of her strained relationship with father and at times with her mother.

The set designed by Phil Holmes and Director Roderick Chappel truly captured the ambiance of an American summer house with much detail given to the furnishings and dressing.

Through rear windows and a central glazed door with its dodgy fly screen door we could see the lake shrouded by mountains.

The arrival of daughter Chelsea with boyfriend Bill Ray played by Leigh Harrison and his teenage son Billy played by Peter Gallagher was a life challenging event for Norman, at first met with difficulty but things changed. Norman’s gruff and intimidating manner softened as young Billy gets through Norman’s crusty exterior.

Norman grabbed our attention throughout as did Ethel in their many scenes together, young Billy was refreshing and played his role with great confidence and should be seen more often in the future.

The play essentially about relationships saw Chelsea’s’ roller coaster performance blossom at the end and with her marriage to Bill the Thayer’s’ and the Ray’s promised to have more holidays together.

Local mailman Charlie Martin played by Seth Kannof dropped by, having growing up in Maine and spending time with the family when he and Chelsea were young.

His joking and light heartedness with an infectious laughter was well delivered.

A lot of great moments, good technical, well directed and performed by all.

On Golden Pond was presented by Eltham Little Theatre.

– Review by Graeme McCoubrie

● Leisa Prowd, Ryan New and Paul Mately in Song for a Weary Throat.

■ Song for a Weary Throat will be presented by Artistic Director Kate Sulan, Rawcus devises from October 10 – 14 at Arts Centre Melbourne new work that expresses the imaginative world as part of the Melbourne International Arts Fes- of the Ensemble. Drawing on dance, theatre and tival. visual art disciplines, the work is crafted with a Song for a Weary Throat is set in an aban- precision that supports the performers but aldoned dance hall that echoes with haunting airs, lows space for their inherent sense of anarchy. and the work is created by the Rawcus ensemble Rawcus’s performance aesthetic is of performers with and without disability characterised by a marriage of intense physiDriven by a surging current of emotion, it cality and arresting visual imagery. travels from the aftermath of a terrible loss – Rawcus’s work is sculptural, unexpected, trauma, heartbreak, failure – through the mo- beautiful, funny and tender. ments that offer some promise of hope, real or Rawcus’s work has won numerous awards illusory. and has featured as part of Dance Massive, the Vignettes by turns devastating and buoyant Melbourne International Arts Festival, Next slide into one another, all glistening within an Wave and Melbourne Fringe. ethereal soundscape created live by criticallyRawcus has worked collaboratively with diacclaimed contemporary vocalists Invenio Sing- verse Australian arts companies including Resters, led by Gian Slater. less Dance Company, Born in a Taxi, The Rawcus is a critically acclaimed ensemble Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and of performers with and without disability who Chambermade Opera. create distinct performance work and deliver Performance Dates: October 10 – 14 exceptional arts experiences.

Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne Collaborating with a core creative team led Bookings: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au

National Gallery of Vic. ■ The NGV's Designing Womenexhibition will highlight the dynamic and critical force of female designers un shaping contemporary design culture with works including Ony Chair by UAE's Aljoud Lootah, Yang Metamorphosis designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua for Artemide, and Horse Lamp by Swedish design studio Front Design.

Drawn from the NGV Collection, Designing Women will explore lighting, furniture, object and fashion design, together with architecture, textiles and contemporary jewellery.

More than 60 diverse works will be showcased alongside new acquisitions, all unified by their female authorship.

The exhibition includes works by 50 designers, from Australian icons such as Elliat Rich and Helen Kontouris to international trailblazers including Zaha Hadid and Neri Oxman.

Exploring the themes of leadership, research, teamwork and community, the exhibition emphasises the accelerating opportunity for contemporary women to shape the future in a

world increasingly defined by design. Exhibition opens September 28 and runs until March 24.

National Gallery of Victoria 150 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne - Peter Kemp

Media Flashes ■ Ben Lewis has commenced his new role as Chief Europe Correspondent for SBS World News.

■ Anthony Sharwood has been appointed Sport Editor at Ten Daily.

■ Kerry McGurk has landed a new role as a Producer across The Morning Show and The Daily Edition at the Seven Network.

■ Eliza Berlage has joined AAP’s Canberra bureau as a Casual Journalist.

■ Stuart Condie will be commencing a new role as Business Editor at AAP from Monday (Oct. 1).

One and the Other ■ Circus luminaries, Debra Batton and Sue Broadway, bring their show of aging disgracefully, One and the Other , back to La Mama in this new iteration, October 17 – 28.

The all-female team of Batton, Broadway, Blake, Bartholomew and Barrie reveal personal histories from vaudeville to the postmodern – making visible the middle-aged woman.

Slipping irreverently between theatre, circus, dance and clown this is theatre that is shocking, outrageous, bold and yet surprisingly intimate.

Debra Batton and Sue Broadwaybecame friends working with Circus Oz in the 90s, travelling all over the world, performing in theatres and circus big tops.

One and the Other tells the story of Sue Broadway and Debra Batton – they are colleagues, collaborators and rivals that perform a physical theatre duet of dominance, subversion, restraint and celebration.

Twenty years on this rare pairing of circus luminaries have reunited to make a one of a kind show expressing an older feminist perspective in this time of #metoo.

It combines acerbic truths and audacious acts, in a celebration of middle-aged gloriousness.

Debra Batton and Sue Broadway became friends working with Circus Oz in the 90s, travelling all over the world, performing in theatres and circus big tops.

One and The Other brings together an award-winning team of artists. Devised by Batton and Broadway; performers - Debra Batton and Sue Broadway; musical director and musician – Teresa Blake; director - Clare Bartholomew; and designer – Emily Barrie.

Debra Batton was the Artistic Director of Legs on the Wall for 13 years and won two HelpmannAwards and one AngelAward.

She has also worked as a director and performer with Circus Oz, NICA, Magpie Theatre and the MTC Neon.

This year she performed and co directed Casting Off with A Good Catch which was awarded the Total Theatre Award for Circus at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Sue Broadway was a performer, Artistic Director and founding member of Circus Oz and Ra-Ra Zoo. She created the show Eccentric Acts that toured Australia, UK, Andorra and Brazil for more than six years.

She was a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria where she produced, devised and performed in Vaudevillia; most recently she directed Mirrored with young artists at the Circus Spot.

Clare Bartholomew is a performer, writer and director working and touring extensively with companies such as Otto and Astrid Die Roten Punkte, WE3 - The Long Pigs, Circus Oz, The Business, The Burlesque Hour, Clown Doctors, Fringe Wives Club and Trash Test Dummies.

Her work has been nominated 14 times for Green Room Awards, winning three times.

Composer and musician Teresa Blake is renowned as a performer with Circus Oz and as co-founder of Desoxy Theatre. Most recently she has appeared as a solo artist in RetroFuturismus and as a composer and musician in the Melbourne Fringe Award winning show No Punchline.

Designer Emily Barrie has won awards for her work with Ilbijerri Theatre Company (Helpmann Award Best Regional Tour 2014 - Jack Charles v The Crown) and A Magna Award 2015 for Liberty of the PresswithBarking Spider Visual Theatre.

At La Mama Courthouse Theatre, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton from October 17 until October 28, Wed. 6.30pm; Thu.-Sat., 7.30pm and Sun. 4pm.

Bookings: 9347 6142 / http:// lamama.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: CHAPPA Q U I D D I C K : Genre: Biography/Mystery/Drama.

Cast: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Kate Mara, Clancy Brown, Bruce Dern.

Year: 2017.

Rating: M. Length: 106 Minutes .

Stars: ***½ Review: The dramatization on the scandal, mysterious events and aftermath surrounding Senator Ted Kennedy's involvement in a car accident and the tragic drowning that claimed the life of young political campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne, on the island of Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, on the 18th of July in 1969, three days before the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Outstanding dramatization on the tragic events and subsequent mystery succeeds with compelling and suspenseful results due to respectful and equally balanced screenplay (by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan) with avidly taut and low-key direction by John Curran (The Painted Veil/2006).

Jason Clarke as the ill-fated Senator Edward Kennedy, the last of the Kennedy brothers (Joe, John and Robert), delivers a flawless performance of total believability filled with haunting compassion, uncertainty and arrogance, along with a stellar supporting cast including Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne, Ed Helms as close friend and Kennedy cousin, Joseph Gargan, Clancy Brown as Robert McNamara, and Bruce Dern as stroke affected Father, Joseph Kennedy, Snr. Very wisely, no taking sides, grand-standing, glossy showmanship or seemingly poetic licence, what grips is a political tragedy filled with moments of total disbelief, most notably the corrosive lack of compassion and respect for Mary Jo Kopechne following the accident, along with ignorance, deception and corruption.

In the final year of a decade that defined and split generations with The Beatles' Final Public Performance, "Easy Rider," "Midnight Cowboy," Woodstock, Vietnam Protests, the Moon Landing, Race Riots, the Manson Murders and the Death of Joseph Kennedy, Snr. the last of the Kennedy Presidential hopefuls and a family dynasty came to an end.

For those of us who remember, and those who don't know of the events of "Chappaquiddick," this is a well made slice of history, a no frills, well crafted, fascinating, ambiguous, damning, poignant, disturbing, haunting and thought-provoking tale and reminder that plunges us into murky waters that are as relevant today.

FILM: THE LEISURE SEEKER: Genre: Adventure/Drama/Comedy.

Cast: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian M c K a y.

Year: 2017.

Rating: TBC. Length: 112 Minutes.

Stars: *** Review: A elderly couple in their twilight years decide to go on a journey in their faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, by travelling from Boston to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West, Florida, and along the way they recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that they know could possibly be their last.

Bittersweet adventure-comedy-drama 'road movie' of Alzheimer's and illness lacks the much needed balance of comedy and drama that seemingly derives its strained material from a mixture of the Oscar winning 'Still Alice' (2014) and 'Iris' (2001), the powerful and unforgettable 'Memories of Tomorrow' (2006) with Ke n Watanabe, along with touches of 'Going in Style' (1979), 'About Schmidt' (2002) and 'Little Miss Sunshine' (2006), turning purity and all-too polished performance, topic and pot-holed journey into predictability and cliché along the way.

The likeability of veteran stars Helen Mirren, complete with a strong southern 'Gone With The Wind' accent, and Donald Sutherland compliment this celebration of a loving life-long relationship with as much conviction as the screenplay and direction allows them, but still raising the material and message way about heights that lesser known or less talented performers would have otherwise drowned in.

Based on the novel by Michael Zadoorian, the topic of Alzheimer's and illness are a delicate balance of emotions, we need a myriad of well balanced emotional sensibilities to access, understand and accept the situation and those afflicted no matter what the time, form or place may be, and even though 'The Leisure Seeker' has its heart and soul in the right place, with some momentarily funny, original, haunting, quirky and poignant moments, only too fleetingly do we come to be gripped by this loving couple on their final journey.

FILM: FURY - UHD 4K + DVD Release: Genre: War/Action/Drama.

Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman.

Year: 2014.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 134 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Review: Now in a stunning remastered 4K Ultra High Definition release, this is a strong and gripping WWII drama set in April, 1945, of a battle-hardened U.S. army sergeant commands a tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon.

Solid performances, tight direction and well staged battle sequences hold all believability with a firm grip until the third and final act in which it falls into old style Hollywood cliché, predictability and almost disbelief, as all gets thrown to the wind and becomes an absurd caricature of too many war films before it.

Nonetheless, this is an extremely well made and historically accurate and compelling drama, with Brad Pitt and company showing firm conviction for the most part and the nail-biting action is plenty, most notably the battle with the only surviving and fully working near invincible German Tiger Tank in the world.

Rourke’s Reviews The Deer Hunter

■ 40th Anniversary Edition (MA). 183 minutes. Available on Blu-ray and DVD September 26.

The five-time Oscar winning classic is coming back to blu-ray and DVD, in a stunning 4K restoration which sees the film looking as good as it did when first released here in February of 1979.

The story, involving three lifelong Pennsylvanian friends (Robert De Niro, ChristopherWalken, John Savage) and their harrowing experiences during the Vietnam War, encompasses so much more than its relevant, anti-war sentiment.

The level of detail given to the American small town community (which also includes John Cazale, George Dzundza, ChuckAspegren and Meryl Streep, in only her second film) is exceptional, with screenwriter Deric Washburn and director Michael Cimino examining the multi-cultural melting pot that is America, and how it is still attempting to weave all these various cultural tapestries together (Cimino continued to look at these themes in Heaven's Gate and Year Of The Dragon).

It also explores the nature of man, and his predilection for conflict and violence, and how war is truly insane.

The infamous russian roulette scenes attracted much criticism, but perfectly symbolise, with terrifying intensity, the random brutality of war, and how it fractures and destroys the people on the front line, no matter which side they are on.

The performances are outstanding (Walken won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), and technically the film is magnificent.

Cimino received the Academy Award for Best Director, but would soon be ostracised by Hollywood after his unfairly-maligned Heaven's Gate notoriously failed critically and commercially two years later (he was unable to get a film off the ground between 1996 right through to the year of his death in 2016).

This excellent two disc set is a must-own, offering a beautiful presentation of a movie that remains powerful, moving, and unforgettable.

RATING - *****

Zama

■ (M). 115 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas September 27.

After an almost 10-year hiatus, Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel (The Headless Woman) returns to the big screen with Zama, a thoughtful, deliberately paced drama that shows she hasn't lost her masterful, delicate command of the medium.

Set in the 17th century, the film centres on Spanish officer Don Diego de Zama (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), stationed at a remote village in Asuncion, who desperately wants a transfer back to Buenos Aires and his wife and children.

The local magistrate, Zama is seen as somewhat of a fool, con-

women of interest, and the natives.

When everyone but him seems to be getting the call home, Zama takes matters into his own hands, but like previous efforts to leave, it all becomes a comedy of errors.

Martel captures a time and place with skill, and visualises the slow crumbling of a colonised location (and people) in quiet, growingly surreal fashion, made all the more involving with a precisely injected thread of self-reflective humour.

It does remind one of Jauja (2014), starring Viggo Mortensen.

Cacho is first-rate as Zama, and cinematographer Rui Pocas (Tabu) captures both the beauty of the natural environment and the invasive eyesores created by those who tried to conquer it.

RATING - ****

Mandy

■ (MA). 121 minutes. Now showing at selected cinemas.

Though it will repel as many people as it entrances, this longawaited follow-up to director Panos Cosmatos' 2010 cult sensation Beyond The Black Rainbow, is a truly unique combination of hallucinogenic imagery, overpowering sound design, and a ferociously in-form performance from an actor who has been out-of-sorts for what seems like years now.

Nicolas Cagestars as Red Miller, a lumberjack who lives with his artist girlfriend Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) at a reclusive home located in the Shadow Mountains.

Their peaceful existence is shattered when Mandy is kidnapped by The Children Of The New Dawn, a satanic cult ruled with ominous authority by Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roach).

When Mandy turns down Jeremiah's drug-fuelled advances, things become even nastier, eventually leading Red on a journey of violent revenge, tracking down everyone who were connected to her abduction.

The plot is slight, but that isn't what interests Cosmatos (son of George P. Cosmatos, who helmed films such as Escape To Athena, Rambo : First Blood Part II, and Tombstone); what he wants to do is to immerse the viewer completely, making it an unforgettable sensory experience rather than executing a traditionally structured narrative arc.

Utilising numerous techniques to startling effect, Cosamtos has achieved something both audacious and hypnotic, and for those who successfully tune in to his highly individualistic wavelength, will be rightfully rewarded, and will place this incredible work of art amongst their best cinematic visits of 2018.

For everyone else, prepare yourself is probably the most apt warning I can give.

RATING - ****½ - Aaron Rourke

Top 10 Lists SEPTEMBER 23-29 THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. CRAZY RICH ASIANS. 2. THE PREDATOR. 3. A SIMPLE FAVOUR. 4. THE NUN. 5. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. 6. TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES! 7. BOOK CLUB. 8. SEARCHING. 9. THE MEG. 10. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: SEPTEMBER 20: GHOSTHUNTER, GOLDEN JOB, JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN, LADIES IN BLACK, SMALLFOOT, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS. SEPTEMBER 27: ALPHA, CUSTODY, DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT, MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART, MY HERO ACADEMIA: TWO HEROS, NIGHT SCHOOL, THE NEGOTIATION, ZAMA. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. CHAPPAQUIDDICK [Biography/Crime/ Drama/Jason Clarke, Kate Mara].

2. HEREDITARY [Drama/Mystery/Horror/ Gabriel Byrne, Toni Collette].

3. OCEAN'S 8 [Crime/Comedy/Drama/ Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter].

4. DISOBEDIENCE [Drama/Romance/ Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams].

5. TULLY [Comedy/Drama/Charlize Theron, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston].

6. DEADPOOL 2 [Action/Adventure/ Comedy/Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin].

7. TAG [comedy/Ed Helms, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson].

8. IDEAL HOME [Comedy/Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan].

9. CARGO [Horror/Thriller/Drama/Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, David Gulpilil].

Also: GRINGO, UNSANE, THE PARTY, THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL SOCIETY, A QUIET PLACE, LAST FLAG FLYING, THE ESCAPE, LOVELESS, REDOUBTABLE, READY PLAYER ONE. NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: THE BOOKSHOP [Drama/Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, Emily Mortimer].

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM [Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Chris Pratt].

ADRIFT [Drama/Adventure/Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas].

10x10 [Thriller/Luke Evans, Kelly Reilly].

DUCK DUCK GOOSE [Animated/Family/ Adventure/Comedy].

THE LEISURE SEEKER [Drama/Comedy/ Adventure/Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: WHISKEY GALORE [1948/James Robertson Justice, John Gregson].

THE PRODUCERS [1968/Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars].

THE DEER HUNTER [1978/Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Christopher Walken, John Savage].

SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC [1948/John Mills, Kenneth More].

PAPILLON [1973/Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: THE BLACKLIST: Season 5.

THE WALKING DEAD: Season 8.

S.W.A.T. Season 1.

HAWAII FIVE-0 (2010): Season 8.

LAW & ORDER: Special Victims Unit Season 19.

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Local Theatre with Cheryl Threadgold and team TOMFOOLERY

● Susan-Ann Walker and Peter Hurley in Tomfoolery.

Photo: Kate Arnott ■ Director Theresa Borg used her creativity when putting together this production of Tomfoolery, by Tom Lehrer. She assembled a cast of talented singers who worked well together.

This is an ‘old style’ type of show with various songs that highlight the writer’s opinion on society.

As satire does it ‘sends up’ everything so a sense of humour is required as subjects from death to religion- including the boy scouts movement is used in jest.

The tunes are catchy, the lyrics easy to listen to, (many rhyming) with a variety of themes.

In Borg’s production the ‘scene’ for each song is changed with various props, choreography, different lead even sometimes a change of musician.

This is a feast for the ears, each song with a distinct ‘feel’, telling its own story.

The performers sang with intent and strength.

Everyone complementing each other with a genuine camaraderie and familiarity on the stage providing harmonies, visual effects, support.

The fifth body on stage was used cleverly, taken advantage of in various scenes.

Susan-Ann Walker has a resounding voice, singing in different keys, accents, creating various characters as required.

A terrific performance even being the musician for some songs. Sean Weatherly’s voice also shone.

There is a uniqueness in Michael Dalton’s style of singing and a strong presence on stage. As the narrator and main musician Peter Hurley also gave a fine performance.

I was a bit disappointed when actors were drinking from ‘hidden’ bottles yet had tinted wine glasses on stage which could have been used ‘for real’.

It is difficult to fake drink so from the outset I was concerned, yet very little else was mimed in this way.

A fun night out, that would really suit as an act in a two-act cabaret show.

Sitting in theatre rows didn’t feel quite right, particularly as there was some audience participation requested.

Yet this is one hour to go back in time, smile, enjoy. Tomfoolery was presented at Gasworks Arts Park.

- Review by Elizabeth Semmel

PLAYHOUSE ARTS CENTRE Gothic: A journey through Gothicism in music.

A concert exploring expressions of European, Australian and American gothic from medieval to contemporary times. Featuring songs by award-winning composer Andrée Greenwell who merges contemporary classical, folk and post-punk music styles alongside inventive covers of The Cure's A Forest, Schubert's Erikonig, Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson's Thriller and more. Featuring singer Jessica O'Donoghue, David Trumpmanis on guitar and Melbourne-based string quartet Ad Hoc Collective. Sunday, November 25 at 5pm.

One hour no interval. Playhouse Arts Centre, 100 St. Kilda Rd, Melbourne.

- Peter Kemp

How I Met My Dead Husband

● Lansy Feng in How I Met My Dead Husband ■ Lansy Feng pours out her heart in the eulogy tion which Chuen-Jiau established earlier.

How I Met My Dead Husband; this funeral is an Perhaps this device may have suited a larger innovative one-woman cabaret show. auditorium but in the small gallery space it didn’t Set in the 1950s, an endearing Taiwanese lend itself to the techniques adopted by the acwidow Chuen-Jiau delivers a fantastical mono- tor. logue as she is able to recall her cursed past Had there been more stillness and silence, lives. the opportunity to savour the emotions would Whilst the sweet Chuen-Jiau was continu- have made the delivery more poignant. ously reborn, the character’s persona remained The creative team both on and off stage, ran modern throughout her travels in between her the show tightly and efficiently. previous lives.

The lighting was an effective story telling Lansy Feng performed with a relatable, tool. friendly and contemporary 2018 mentality.

The sound was impressive though too loud The confident heroine never altered her idio- for the venue. syncrasies, clothes or props to help distinguish The astute sound and lighting technicians between the eras of times past. were Johann Fischmann andAkal Demir.

Narrated through a concert of eight ballads, Without missing a beat, the versatile pianist the torch songs ranged from musical theatre to Shelley Dunlop gave excellent support to the jazz and pop songs. surreal journey, and the transitions between The clever tri-lingual songstress sang in En- speech and song were seamless. glish, French and Chinese. The tragic romance The chosen keys did not always suit the voice of the reincarnated star-crossed lovers con- but the passion and dedication was moving. cluded with Lansy Feng’s own original song Lansy Feng is an amazing achiever, her dereflecting What Is Love? but in the Melbourne Fringe Festival showcased Most of the singing was performed in a so- an original, intriguing and intercultural perforliloquy style which although heartfelt and belted mance. out, it created an unexpected disconnection.

It was compelling to witness the terrific acThe discord was the structure, the character complishments of this debutante artist, who only had broken the fourth wall from the onset. began formal training in acting and singing two The charming protagonist employed a years ago. cheeky humour and with her vivacious personLansy Feng should be commended on both ality, it wasn’t hard to be captivated particularly her versatility and the strength of performance. as the audience sat close to the stage.

Performance Dates: Until September 27 at Yet despite this and the emotions within the 6.45pm story, there was a lack of intimacy between the Venue: Gasworks Arts Park, Middle Park performer and the audience, amplified by a lack Duration: 50 minutes of eye contact from the actor.

Bookings: https://melbournefringe.com.au/ Frequently looking into the distance for ex- event/how-i-met-my-dead-husband/ tended periods disengaged the warm connec- Review by Ai Diem Le

Latest shows, auditions SHOWS

SHOWS

■ Eltham Little Theatre: On Golden Pond (by Ernest Thompson) September 7 - 22 at Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Roderick Chappel. Bookings:0411 713 095.

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Silent sky (by Lauren Gunderson) September 6 - 22 at 2 Albert St., Williamstown . Director: Ellis Ebell. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Blue Stockings (by Jessica Swale) September 7 - 22 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna.

Director: Natasha Boyd. Bookings: www.htc.org.au ■ Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church (by Bo Wilson) September 7 - 22 at the Woodbin Theatre, 15 Coronation St., West Geelong. Director: Geoff Gaskill. Bookings: GPAC 5225 1200.

■ Leongatha Lyric Theatre: Death and the Maiden (by Ariel Dorfman) September 28 October 6 at Mesley Hall, Cnr. Horn and Ogilvy

Sts., Leongatha. Director: David Tattersall.

Bookings: 0490 525482.

■ Hartwell Players: Realism (by Paul Galloway) September 28 - October 7 at Ashwood High School, Vannam Drive, Ashwood. Director: Samuel Chappel. Bookings: 95139581.

■ Frankston Theatre Group: Charley's Aunt (by Brandon Thomas) September 28 - October 7 at Frankston Mechanics' Institute, 1A Plowman Place, Frankston. Director: Lachlan CaseyRoleff. Bookings: 1300 665 377.

■ Ballarat National Theatre: Pride and Prejudice (by Jon Jury adapted from the novel by Jane Austen), September 29 - October 6 at The Courthouse Theatre, Lydiard Street South, Ballarat. Director: Alexandra Meerbach. Bookings: 5333 5888 or www.hermaj.com

AUDITIONS ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Good People (by David Lindsay Abaire) September 24 at 7.30pm . Director: Helen Ellis. Enquiries:

MICHAEL SHAFAR ■ Michael’s Fringe Festival routine is as personal as it is funny. Drawing upon his recent treatment for cancer, Michael balances the primordial fear of death with the comedian’s gift of finding the absurd and ridiculousness in life.

It’s not an easy task and, as with all good comedy, such is the subject matter that one could easily fall of the edge.

But that’s where true comedy lies and Michael calmly, confidently and courageously reviews his experience delighting the audience at the same time.

As a ‘work in progress’, Michael invites the audience to evaluate his latest jokes – he’ll use them in later routines.

But it is in the relationship he builds with those present where a rapport is built that enables the barrier of propriety to be overcome when it comes to topics that are taboo or too difficult to discuss. Michael is an open book.

The comic potential of attending a fertility clinic with his girlfriend and his mother as a consequence of having testicular cancer is hilarious.

Indulging in the ridiculous belies, of course, the well crafted manner with which this show is constructed.

Michael systematically takes apart the conventional nonsense associated with such treatment. Laughter is not the best medicine.

Chemotherapy wins hands down. But Michael also tackles the concerns of one’s legacy in life, social propriety – no hugs please – and the ignorant misconceptions associated with the disease. It’s not sexually transmitted.

Adding to the mix is Michael’s Jewish heritage. The comic baggage here is ripe for picking. He thought circumcision would be the worst he’d ever have to experience.

But there are family and cultural concerns that are an integral part of the conversation when discussing male impotence.

This is a sustained hour of humour highlighting just how powerful comedy is when it comes to tackling life’s most uncertain times.

Michael Shafar performed at The Loft in the Lithuanium Club.

- Review by David McLean

INCINERATOR AWARD ■ The Incinerator Gallery will be opening its annual Art Award exhibition on Friday October 12, showcasing 33 works by shortlisted artists from across Australia, inspired by the theme of 'art for social change'.

The $10,000 Boathouse Award and $300 Incinerator GalleryAward will be announced at the exhibition's opening night with the $1000 People's Choice Award announced at the exhibition's conclusion.

The award will be judged by a panel of three art professionals, highly regarded in the industry, including Mark Feary (Artistic Director at Gertrude's Contemporary), Melissa Keys (Curator at Buxton Contemporary) and Miriam Kelly (Curatorial Manager at Australian Centre for contemporary art).

The Incinerator Award is inspired by Walter Burley Griffinand Marion Mahony, who believed that art and architecture practices are ethical enterprises that should aim at bring about positive social change.

The office of Walter Burley Griffin was the original architect of the Essendon Incinerator (now Incinerator Gallery), which is the last remaining Walter Burley Griffin designed incinerator left in Victoria and one of six left in the country.

I t is an award of national significance, which received record number of over 300 entries from all over Australia earlier this year.

Exhibition: Saturday, October 13 - Sunday, October 25.

Incinerator Gallery 180 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds.

- Peter Kemp

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International raiders set to roll ■ The record overseas raid on the 2018 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is well underway, with 27 horses from across Europe now settled in quarantine facilities in the UK and Ireland ahead of their trip to Victoria.

Following the arrival of three high profile Godolphin-owned gallopers in Melbourne, a further 22 horses including multiple Group One winners, Benbatl and Best Solution, entered a pre-export quarantine facility in the historic town of Newmarket, the epicentre of the racing industry in England.

A further five horses, led by dual Group One placegetter and 2017 Epsom Derby runner-up, Cliffs of Morher, have also commenced quarantine in Ireland at the private facility of their premier trainer, Aidan O'Brien.

They will all spend the next fortnight in their temporary homes, before boarding a flight to Melbourne on Monday (Oct. 1).

In additions to the 27 arrivals from Europe, high-class Japanese stayers, Chestnut Coat and Sole Impact, will also enter quarantine in their home country, and are scheduled to arrive in Melbourne around Monday October 1.

Their arrival will take the total number of internationals quarantined at Racing Victoria's Werribee International Horse Centre to 32, which is the maximum capacity.

The European contingent is headed by Saeed bin Suroor's multiple Group One winner, Benbatl, who has accepted for the Cox Plate to take on Winx in the $ 5 million classic to be run at Moonee Valley on Saturday, October 27.

Another notable traveller is Benbatl's stablemate, Best Solution, who has been assigned the second highest weight 57.5 kilos in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Trainer Charlie Appleby is sending highly progressive stayers, Cross Counter and Hamada from his Moulton Paddocks stable, in the hope of securing his first win for Godolphin in the Melbourne Cup. They will be joined on the flight to Australia by their stablemates, Emotionless, a leading contender for the Caulfield Cup, and Comicas, who will target sprint races during the Spring Racing Carnival.

Red Verdon, whose trainer, Ed Dunlop, saddled up Red Cadeaux to three runner-up finishes in the Melbourne Cup, will also be on the plane as well as Prince of Arran, the well-travelled galloper trained by rising star, Charlie Fellowes, who spent a year in Australia working for Hall of Fame trainer, Lee Freedman.

Cliffs of Moher will have company in the form of his stablemate, Yucatan, who holds Caulfield and Melbourne Cup entries, plus Ballydoyle residents, Fleet Review, Spirit of Valor and Intelligence Cross, who will target sprint races across the Spring Racing Carnival.

Ten of the 27 Europeans will remain in Australia once they have completed their mandatory two-week quarantine period on Saturday October 13, having been purchased by Australian owners or sent to local trainers by their current owners.

They are Dal Harrald and Pharrell, who will join the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team at Caulfield.

Langley will join the Darren Weir team, while Finche, Shraaoh and Casterton will join the powerful Chris Waller team in Sydney .

Gustavus joins the Hayes-Dabernig team, while Marathon Man and Sound Check, go to the Mike Moroney camp at Flemington.

Stewards kept busy

■ Stewards as usual were kept busy at the Makybe Diva Stakes meeting at Flemington.

As usual there was plenty happening.

In the first, the Japanese import, Hush Writer, having only having his second run in Australia, improved out of sight when he ran a good second to Jaameh, at Flemington.

His trainer, Gai Waterhouse, said he had just turned four and had a lot to learn, and the Valley didn't suit him.

She is still keen to take on the heavies includ

● Happy Clapper could be finished after bleeding at Flemington. Racing Photos.

After vet examinations, the favourite, Rich Charm, who was eased out to the tail over the line was found to be lame in the near hind leg, while from the same event, Hey Doc, was examined and was diagnosed with lameness in the near foreleg.

Yet again another injury in the Let's Elope Stakes with, Merriest, found to be lame in the off-foreleg.

Bad News for the connections of top galloper, Happy Clapper; who was found to have bled through both nostrils in the Makybe Diva, which may finish his career.

He can't race for a period of three months and will have to run a satisfactory trial of at least 1000 metres in front of a steward before he can race again.

That is shocking bad luck as he is an outstanding racehorse.

Although he won the Makybe Diva Stakes, the winner, Grunt, sustained an abrasion to his near hind leg, during the race.

Another of the favourites from, the Makybe Diva, reigning Caulfield Cup favourite, Kings Will Dream, also sustained an abrasion to his hind leg.

In the Danehill Stakes Ef Troop, was also found to be lame in his off foreleg after pulling up.

Finally one of the favourites in the last, Mr. Garcia, also pulled up lame in the off hind leg.

Plenty of excuses for beaten favourites at Flemington.

Ted Ryan

Big night at Valley

ing the 2400 metres of the Metropolitan in Sydney and or the Bart Cummings at Flemington October 6.

Victory in the Bart Cummings would a gain a start in the Melbourne Cup his main target.

Waterhouse explained that at the Valley, the horse didn't handle the twisting track, hence the improved run at Flemington.

In the second the well backed, Multaja, weakened noticeably in the final 250 metres with its rider, Dwayne Dun, saying she failed to respond to his hard riding.

A vet examination failed to reveal any normalities.

In the third event, the favourite, Theanswermyfriend, was found to be lame in the near hind leg.

In Race 4, the well fancied Crockett from the Tony Mc Evoy yard, was examined and found to lame in the off foreleg.

Two of the main chances in the Bobby Lewis Quality were also found to be lame on pulling up.

■ The Moonee Valley Racing Club is gearing up for a big Friday night, Grand Final Eve, with the Moir Stakes the main attraction featuring some of our best sprinters.

Football fans will able to relax in a carnival atmosphere and enjoy some great racing before the big day.

The Club, on top of a great race program, has organised many attractions including top footballers from a couple of League Clubs who will be in attendance.

There will be plenty of snack bars around the track, with dining facilities available.

The gates will open at 5.15 pm, with the first getting underway under way at 6.30pm, and the last at 10pm.

I will have the pleasure of being on the mic. at the front of track welcoming everyone and sending them on their way after the last.

Trains run to and from the Moonee Ponds station before then first and after the last race.

Trams run north and south along Mt Alexander Road, while taxis leave out the front at different intervals.

It is a great night, hope to see you there in a relaxed atmosphere before the Grand Final, the next day.

● Mudgee Winemaker of the Year and producer of Champion Wine of the Show, winemaker Jacob Stein (Robert Stein Wines), and Most Successful Exhibitor, Rob Black (Bunnamagoo Wines), at the 2018 Mudgee Wine Show presentation dinner.

■ For the second year running riesling has continued to make inroads on the red grape varieties that have traditionally the NSW Mudgee region's wines.

At the recent 2018 Mudgee Wine Show, the Chairman of Judges Mike DeGaris named the Robert Stein 2016 Riesling as Champion Wine of the Show and awarded the accolade of Seguin Moreau Winemaker of the Year to Jacob Stein, the winemaker for Stein Wines and an unabashed fan of riesling.

Jacob also won the inaugural version of the same award last year.

Other significant award winners at the show were: Most Outstanding Red Wine: Robert Oatley Vineyards 2017 Pocketwatch Shiraz.

Most Successful Exhibitor: Bunnamagoo Estate.

Most Outstanding White Wine: Robert Stein 2016 Riesling.

The Gil Wahlquist Perpetual Trophy For Best Organic/Biodynamic/Preservative-Free Wine: Lowe Wines 2009 Block 5 Shiraz.

The Dave Robertson Memorial Trophy for the Best Cabernet: Bunnamagoo Estate 2016 Cab-ernet Sauvignon.

The Robert Stein Memorial Trophy for the Best Shiraz: Robert Oatley Vineyards 2017 Pocket-watch Shiraz.

The Carlo Corino Trophy for the Best Red Wine not Shiraz or Cabernet: Bunnamagoo Estate 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot.

WINE REVIEWS Huntington Estate 2018 Semillon ($27): I've long had a soft spot for this grape variety in Mudgee and it's easy, on tasting this dry white, to justify the love.

It's crisp, full flavored and moreish - everything you'd ask for of a dry white. I quaffed a bottle on its own but it would also go well with salads and simple fish dishes that aren't overly heavily sauced.

Huntington Estate 2018 Pinot Noir Rosé ($25): This, to me, is the best use for pinot noir from what is essentially a warmish climate, but then I was completely wrong a few years ago about Mudgee riesling.

Anyway, I like the wine's dryness and I like its flavours. There should be much more of this style being made in Australia and much more of it being consumed over lunch, especially during summer.

WINE OF THE WEEK Huntington Estate 2016 Tim Stevens Signature Shiraz ($100): This inaugural release of a new Huntington flagship represents, to me, what the area does best and what it should be known for full-bodied dry reds of the highest quality. Tim bought the vineyard from Huntington's founders, Bob and Wendy Roberts, and thankfully has resisted the temptation to alter a winning formula. It's a ripper. Another glass please.

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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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SPRING 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.