Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - Page 103
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RADIO AWARD NOMINEES ‘Prompter’ asks questions of media
● Jule Japhet Chiari in Prompter at Arts House, North Melbourne until August 18. Photo: Ponch Hawkes ■ The field of journalism has become a cultural flashpoint all its own in recent years. No longer an impartial data source or merely a historical archiving system, the news itself is now something that makes headlines. Flick through the channels and you can see bombastic debates about the very nature of journalism and the news—the issue of impartiality and unbiased reporting, the mouldering state of print journalism, the shaky status of news as a business model and whether accuracy has a place in today's Twitter-driven media landscape, where the one who gets there first is the one with the viewership. Prompter consists of 10 performers, five of whom interact with the other performers from their bedrooms via the internet, with “a storm of writing, design and technologybecome-force-of-nature.” The actors read from tele-prompters and handle shouldermounted cameras, which they regularly hand off to one another. The images filmed are then projected across various screens in the performance space. The effect is at first disorienting and even alienating. The performers are less actors and exist more as talking heads, while the audience is thrust into a situation of political unrest with no real information, despite being guided by a news reporter from the very beginning of the performance. A narrative slowly starts to weave around these seemingly disparate figures, each of whom is conflicted about the existential nature of their lives in telling stories and sharing information. So driven are they by this altruistic force that it begins to consume them, and as always their loved ones must deal with the heavy fallout. For some, this manifests itself in dark and disturbing ways. Prompter, a production by the Perth-based performance company Hydra Poesis and directed and co-written by Sam Fox, takes a studied and pragmatic look at the nature not just of journalism but of reporting in general. It asks questions about what it means to ask questions—of others, of ourselves, of our environment and the distancing nature that this can promote. Season: Until Sunday, August 18 Time: 7:30pm Tickets: Full $30, Concession $25, Student $20 Bookings: Online via www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ artshouse/ or call 9322 3713 Venue: Arts House Meat Market , 5 Blackwood St., North Melbourne. - Review by Greg Moskovitch
WINNERS TO BE NAMED IN OCTOBER ■ Nominees for the Australian Commercial Radio Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at the gala black tie event at Brisbane's Royal International Convention Centre on October 12. There are no nominees listed for the Hall of Fame inductee, acknowledging a lifelong commitment to and accomplishment in Australian commercial radio. That honour is a closely kept secret that will be announced on the night. Past Hall of Fame inductees include John Laws, Bob Rogers, Neil Mitchell, John Brennan, Paul Thompson, Janet Cameron and Graham Mott. Nominees Country. Provincial. NonMetropolitan. Metropolitan BEST NETWORKED PROGRAM The Morning Rush; Jon Vertigan & Tenielle Hawker, ACE Radio Broadcasters C Country Today; Sandra Moon, ACE Radio Broadcasters C The Revolution; Tim Aquilina, Southern Cross Austereo P The Blurred Truth; Steve Bilokin, Prime Radio Network P Truck Radio; Miriam Young, Southern Cross Austereo P The Tom & Heidi Show; Tom Bell & Heidi Anderson, Southern Cross Austereo P The Kyle & Jackie O Show; Kyle Sandilands & Jackie Henderson, Southern Cross Austereo M Merrick & The Highway Patrol; Merrick Watts, Rachel Corbett & Julian Schiller, Southern Cross Austereo M Smallzy's Surgery; Kent Small, DMG Radio Australia M Best of Fitzy & Wippa; Ryan Fitzgerald & Michael Wipfli, DMG Radio Australia M BEST NEWCOMER ON-AIR Ryan Jon; Star FM, Mildura VIC, Southern Cross Austereo C Dane McGuirk; Power FM, Muswellbrook NSW, Grant Broadcasters C Kenny G Williams; Sea FM, Bundaberg QLD, Southern Cross Austereo C Matt Lipiarski; Mixx FM, Hamilton VIC, ACE Radio Broadcasters C Amy Stewart; Zinc FM, Sunshine Coast QLD, Prime Radio Network P Ryan Kinder; 7HO FM, Hobart TAS, Grant Broadcasters P Becs Lee; K-ROCK, Geelong VIC, Grant Broadcasters P Huw Joseph; Star FM, Warragul VIC, Southern Cross Austereo P Jane Hall; Mix 101.1, Melbourne VIC, Australian RadioNetwork M Bennie Bishop; 96FM, Perth WA, Fairfax Radio Network M Richard Wilkins; smoothfm, Melbourne VIC, DMG Radio Australia M Andrew Webster; Sky Sports Radio, Sydney NSW, Tabcorp M Ryan Girdler; Triple M, Sydney NSW, Southern Cross Austereo BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PRESENTER Mark Parton; 2CC, Canberra ACT, Capital Radio Network NM Mike Welsh; 2CC, Canberra ACT, Capital Radio Network NM Stephen Cenatiempo; 2NM, Hunter Valley NSW, Grant Broadcasters NM Meryl Swanson; 2HD, Newcastle NSW, Super Radio Network NM Leon Byner; FIVEaa, Adelaide SA, DMG Radio Australia M Ray Hadley; 2GB, Sydney NSW, Macquarie Radio Network M Paul Murray; 2UE, Sydney NSW, Fairfax Radio Network M Neil Mitchell; 3AW, Melbourne VIC, Fairfax Radio Network M BEST TALK PRESENTER Anthony Zanos; 2RE, Taree NSW, Super Radio Network C Ardin Beech; 2BS Gold, Bathurst NSW, Bathurst Broadcasters C Lucy Brennan; 2BS Gold, Bathurst NSW, Bathurst Broadcasters C Stephen Cenatiempo; 2NM, Hunter Valley NSW, Grant Broadcasters C Mark Parton; 2CC, Canberra ACT, Capital Radio Network P Mike Welsh; 2CC, Canberra ACT, Capital Radio Network P Graeme Day; 2ST, Nowra NSW, Grant Broadcasters P Pete Davies; Mix 104.9, Darwin NT, GrantBroadcasters P Gary Hardgrave; 4BC, Brisbane QLD, Fairfax Radio Network M Ray Hadley; 2GB, Sydney NSW, Macquarie Radio Network M Paul Murray; 2UE, Sydney NSW, Fairfax Radio Network M Neil Mitchell; 3AW, Melbourne VIC, Fairfax Radio Network M ● Turn To Page 105
■ Mildura’s Star FM has won two nominations in the ACRA awards list for Best Station Promotion: 2XL's 75th Birthday; Scott McLaren, 2XL, Cooma NSW, Capital RadioNetwork C Stocklands Little Helpers; Benny Hope, Janie Mitchell & Mark Galbraith, B-Rock, Bathurst NSW, Bathurst Broadcasters C Christmas Crashers; Amber Wheatland & Ryan Jon, Star FM, Mildura VIC, Southern Cross Austereo C Harry vs Food; Philippa Lavery, Star FM, Mildura VIC, Southern Cross Austereo C Million Dollar Job Hunt; Alex Harwoord & Ross Turner, 7HO FM, Hobart TAS, Grant Broadcasters P 104.7 Skyfire 25; 104.7 Product Team, 104.7, Canberra ACT, ARN/Southern Cross Austereo P Love Yourself Revolution; Tom Bell & Heidi Anderson, Hot FM, Bunbury WA, Southern Cross Austereo P Hot FM's Perfect Proposal; Krystal Sanders, Hot FM, Bunbury WA, Southern Cross Austereo P WSFM'S Stripped Back; Charlie Fox, Eddie Hirbar, Dave Post, Lana Timmings & Annette George, WSFM, Sydney NSW, Australian Radio Network M Fifi & Jules' Car Swap; The Fifi & Jules Show, Today Network, Southern Cross Austereo M Ash: The Musical; Nova 106.9 Product Team, Nova 106.9, Brisbane QLD, DMG Radio Australia M Carbeque; Merrick & The Highway Patrol, Triple M, Sydney NSW, Southern Cross Austereo M
Jasmine Rae stars
● Country Crossroads columnisr Rob Foenander has the latest news about entertainer Jasmine Rae on Page 104.