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Love, Loss And What I Wore
● Rachel Negus, Sandy Green, Jodie Sibley and Leann Cairnduff in Love, Loss, And What I Wore until March 22 in Clayton. Photo: Kevin Trask ■ Encore Theatre presents Love, Loss And clothing and accessories and the memories What I Wore until March 22 at 8pm and 2.15pm they trigger to tell funny and often poignant matinee on March 22 at the Clayton Commu- stories that all women can relate to. Love, Loss And What I Wore is perfect for nity Centre Theatre, Cooke St, Clayton. Directed by Helen Ellis, the show is a col- a girls’ night out, but men will also be touched lection of stories by sisters Nora Ephron and by the warmth, honesty and humour of these Delia Ephron, based on the best-selling book women’s stories. Tickets: $20/$18. Bookings: 1300 739 099 by Ilene Beckerman. - Cheryl Threadgold This enduring theatregoing experience uses (9am – 9pm).
■ Former conscripted national serviceman Kazimir Kowalski has been instructed not to make further applications against the Repatriation Commission. Kowalski, who served as a regimental and mechanical draftsman in the RAAF in 1972, has made three pension claims since 2007. Kowalski asked for compensation for reflux, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease. Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia Deputy President Stephanie Forgie, sitting in Melbourne, heard that the Commission refused Kowalski’s claims, and that they were not defencerelated. Kowalski unsuccessfully asked that Ms Forgie disqualify herself from sitting on the case. Kowalski also made allegations of fraud, which Ms Forgie said were not backed by evidence. Ms Forgie said it was difficult to see how evidence from Flight Lieutenant Wilson, who prescribed a muscle relaxant to Kowalski, could assist. “Any memory he has of Mr Kowalski would be 40 years old.” No new aspect or evidence had been introduced. The claims have been heard in the past by the Tribunal, the Federal Court and the High Court.
Doomsday in Kensington laboration of new young talents, and lighting and set design by Ben Brockman is first class, as is sound design by Andy Harmsen. One criticism is for actors to ensure audibility when lowering voices, particularly in the opening. Every word of this well-written play deserves to be heard by patrons. Congratulations to Andy Harmsen, Alan
Review by Cheryl Threadgold ■ The premiere of an Australian play is always a special event, and last week Andy Harmsen’s Gothic thriller Doomsday Devices opened at the Revolt Artspace in Kensington, presented by the Sly Rat Theatre Company. Talented theatre practitioners Harmsen and director Alan Chambers met at University, and are now company cofounders. Their mission to ‘produce provocative, immediate and thrilling theatre’ succeeds from the moment patrons enter the dark, hazy Revolt Space, with green spooky stage lighting casting ominous shadows from irregular rows of horizontal wooden slats. The haunting tale is set in a scorching summer in Melbourne where streets are filled with riots and violence. Disturbed, middleaged Maurice (Jeremy Kewley) experiences ghostly events after digging up a trunk in his back-
Chambers and their team for creating a suspenseful, fascinating theatre experience. May there be many more! Season: Until March 22 at 8pm Venue: Revolt Artspace, 12 Elizabeth St, Kensington Tickets: $25 Full $20 Conc. Bookings: www. revoltproductions.com - Cheryl Threadgold
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Mike McColl Jones ● Jeremy Kewley (Maurice) and Katy Reid (Mirabella) in Doomsday Devices at the Revolt Artspace, Kensington. Photo: Joseph Appleton Senior Sergeant Heinz and newcomer Katy Reid (Todd Levi) and proba- is well cast as Mirabella, tionary Constable beautifully depicting her Hoffman (Jennifer innocence and haunting Monk) visit Maurice, then terror. traumatised teenage Todd Levi ‘s strong neighbour Mirabella performance as Sergeant (Katy Reid) arrives and Heinz and Jennifer shares her ghostly experi- Monk’s down-to-earth ences. portrayal of Constable Meanwhile, they hear Hoffman, add a sense of of a shooting involving lo- normality amid the ghostly cal boy Tommy (Brad happenings, while tension Walsh). is heightened by Brad Veteran actor Jeremy Walsh’s appearance as Kewley delivers a superb Tommy. performance as Maurice, It is great to see a col-
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