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NIGHT MAYBE Nathan’s success follows Eisteddfod
● Nathan Lay, winner of the 2012 Eisteddfod by the Bay Aria from Grand Opera section. ■ The Eisteddfod by the Bay Senior Classical Vocal section will be held on Sunday, August 25, commencing at 10.15am, and The Lieder and Aria from Grand Opera section commences at 7.15pm on Thursday, August 29, at the Kingston Arts Centre, Cnr South Rd and Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin. Melba Conservatorium Scholarship winner Nathan Lay was winner of the 2012 Eisteddfod by the Bay Aria from Grand Opera section, and in the same year was a semi-finalist in the Sydney McDonald Aria, semi-finalist and reserve-finalist in the 2012 Herald Sun Aria, runner-up in the Armstead Singing Award, runner-up in the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir’s ‘Singer of the Year’ competition, winner of the Kantor Encouragement Award, runner-up at the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Great Romantics Competition 2012, and was runner-up and winner of the People’s Choice Award at the 2012 Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria competition. Last year Nathan made his debut with Melbourne Opera, playing the role of Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème, followed by portraying Guglielmo in their new production of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. Nathan also made his debut with Victorian Opera as a soloist in the Richard Gill Gala Concert at Hamer Hall and as bass soloist with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in their performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Melbourne Town Hall. This year, Nathan was a featured artist for Australian Music Events’ Opera In The Market, performed with Victoria Opera as a soloist in the Opera On A White Night Gala Concert at Hamer Hall, played The King in Puss In Boots, and played the roles of Billy Webster and Louis the Baker in Sunday In The Park With George. Nathan also made his first appearance with Opera Australia this year, and will soon be playing the principal role of Bunyip Bluegum in the world premiere of The Magic Pudding – The Opera, for Victorian Opera. Eisteddfod by the Bay Senior Classical Vocal section: Sunday, August 25 from 10.15am Lieder and Aria from Grand Opera section: Thursday, August 29 from 7.15pm Venue: Kingston Arts Centre, Cnr South Rd and Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin. Admission: $15 Adults, $5 Students. Enquiries: 9551 2710. - Cheryl Threadgold
By RITA CRISPIN
● Sarah Ogden in Night Maybe, at Theatre Works, St Kilda until September 1. Photo: Sarah Walker ■ A line in the program, “We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life”, gives an indication of what lies ahead for the audience in this excellent thought-provoking, sometimes light but at times, disturbing subject. Is this our real life or our dream life? ‘What is the difference’? Is this reality or are we standing outside looking in at our life - or lives? All this and more in a remarkable play, ‘night maybe’ by Kit Brookman. The auditorium is already filled with haze prior to the audience entering. The terrific set by Mel Page, who also designed costumes, is a park at sunset dissolving into night-time. As the lighting comes up, the thick haze dissipates, but is cleverly maintained throughout the action to give the effect of low hanging mist: the brilliant lighting and visual effects are by Richard Vabre. This, together with equally brilliant original music and sound effects by composer James Brown, complete the eerie sometimes threatening atmosphere. The entire production team, led by director Luke Mullins, have produced the perfect environment and enhanced, if that is possible, the actors’ performances. The cast, Sarah Ogden, Tom Conroy, Marcus McKenzie and Brian Lipson have done Brookman’s play justice and it is a winner. The play has an adult theme and some coarse language. There are sexual references and loud noise effects and it is suitable for age 14+. Warning: potential allergy reaction to real grass used for the park set. A haze machine is used. The actors briefly smoke herbal cigarettes. Production Company Stuck Pigs Squealing, present Night Maybe as part of the 2013 Selected Works. Performances: Until September 1, Tuesday to Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 5 pm. Venue: Theatre Works, 14 Acland St, St Kilda. Tickets: $30 full, $25 concessions and groups of 8+. $20 on Tuesdays. (plus booking fee) Running Time: 75 minutes. No interval. Lockout: Once the 75 minute performance has commenced, no latecomers will be admitted into the theatre. Bookings: 9534 3388 and www.theatreworks.org.au - Rita Crispin
Laying The Ghost
● Michele Haywood (left), Debbie Rowland, Peter Hatherley, Veronica Hannebery (sitting at left), Casey Bohan and Margaret Rawlinson in Laying The Ghost at Strathmore until August 25. Photo: Peta Ripper ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group presents a Simon Williams play written in 2001, titled Laying The Ghost, directed by Robert Harsley. This being a new play, and one that has not had many companies do it, was a delight to see. This is a very moving and witty play set in a retirement home for actors and the plot revolves around ex-actor Margot Buchanan (Veronica Hannebery) who does not want to be reminded that it is her 70th birthday! Margot’s psychic friend, Freda Duncan (Michele Haywood), is a resident whose husband has passed away and she sees him in the room and continually talks to him and raises her voice to pull him into line, although he is not there. Much conversation goes on between Freda and Margot with lots of clever lines that certainly makes you laugh. Enter Mrs Kidd (Debbie Rowland) the no nonsense manager of the retirement home who delivers a message to Margot. The next visitor is Sadie Croft (Casey Bohan) who wishes to talk to Margot as she is about to play in Romeo And Juliet, a role Margot played years before with Sir Leo Buchanan, a philanderer and womaniser, played on the night by Robert Harsley who stepped in at the last minute because the male lead fell ill, and Robert gave a great performance. Sadie, you see, is the latest of Sir Leo’s girl friends, and then who should arrive Lady Buchanan (Margaret Rowlinson) who is a rather uppity lady befitting her title. The dialogue between Margot and Lady Buchanan was very clever with the unexpected interruptions from Freda. Sir Leo is now confronted by all three women in his life and the conversation was rather hostile at times and at other times very funny. As with many plays of this type there is always the unexpected at the finish and this play does not let you down, A night of great performances by all that were on stage and congratulations to STAG for having the opportunity to present such a play for their audiences. I enjoyed it very much and I hope if you get the opportunity to see it you enjoy it as much as I. Laying The Ghost is at the Strathmore Theatre on the corner of Loeman and Napier Sts, Strathmore, until August 25 . Tickets: $20/$15. Bookings: 9382 6284 www.stagtheatre.org - Review by Brian Amos, Radio Eastern 98/1, Croydon
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JON FAINE WINS MORNING SLOT FOR 774 ABC
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eight audience measures for the year. The sixth survey is due to be released on Tuesday, September 24.
Local radio plays politics
■ Community radio stations are using their leverage to fight more government funding, prior to the Federal Election. Adrian Basso, President, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and the Commit to Community Radio team, are using social media to encourage listeners to apply pressure to politicians to state their position prior to the poll. The Greens have announced they would work to providing extra government cash to community radio and TV stations.
3AW wins overall
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Welcome Fire ■ Multiple ARIA-winner Wendy Mathews has a new release to add to her already successful music catalogue. The Welcome Fire album has Wendy teaming up with a host of writers including Australian country music’s well known Rod McCormack. It is the first of all original work from her in 12 years. Wendy's career includes singing on albums by Jimmy Barnes, Tim Finn, Richard Clapton and Icehouse. Peter Garrett once said: "Wendy's voice is to the vocal chords what the Daintree is to the wilderness". More info www.wendymatthews.com
Warren stands for Greens ■ Indigenous country music artist Warren H Williams has announced he is standing as a candidate for the Greens in the Northern Territory. This makes two from the country music fraternity seeking Senate positions in next months Federal Election (Sept. 7). James Blundell is standing for a Queensland Senate seat as a member of Bob Katter's Australian Party
Changes for Red Hill? ■ Whispers have it that the Red Hill Country Music Festival will no longer be exclusively a country music program. The 2014 event will be a multi-genre affair by all accounts. This decision would appear to come on the back of very low crowd attendances over the past two years.
Full-on country ■ Another local community station with dedicated country music shows is 3MDR - 97.1FM. Friday night commences with Denver Walles and Country Bonanza at 7pm, followed by Big Pete Windle and Full On Country from 9.30 pm to 12 Midnight. Wal Adams then presents the midnight to dawn shift with Independent Country. - Rob Foenander ● Smooth 91.5FM says it now has 519,000 listeners, up from 495,000 listeners in the previous survey. It has achieved 5.4 per cent of all people, aged and over, says Publicity Director Jane Elliott.
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● Jon Faine ■ 774 ABC’s morning host Jon Faine convincingly defeated 3AW’s Neil Mitchell, in the latest radio ratings announced yesterday (Tues.). Faine achieved a 15.5 per cent market share in the morning slot, measured 9am-12 Noon, compared to Neil Mitchell’s ratings of 14.2 per cent. In afternoons, 3AW’s Denis Walter slumped to single figure ratings: 9.6 per cent. He was behind Gold FM (11.1), and just ahead of 774 ABC (9.4). Tom Elliott (3AW) deadheated with for the drive shift, measured 4pm-7pm by Nielsen. Each achieved a rating of 11.6 per cent. They were closely followed by Raf Epstein (774 ABC, with 10.6 per cent. Sports Tonight and Nightline (Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady) continued to disappoint for 3AW, with an audience measuring 12.4, behind the nighttime winners at 774 ABC (13.7 per cent). This was a serious win for Lindy Burns in the early evenings, followed by Tony Delroy later at nights. The breakfast session, 5.30am-9am, saw Ross Stevenson and John Burns on 3AW (19.4), sprint away from Red Symons (14.8). Weekend results saw 3AW (12.0), closely followed by 774 ABC (10.9), measured 5.30amMidnight, Saturdays and Sundays. The survey was the fifth of
● Ross Stevenson ■ Despite the slump in the morning, afternoon and evening programs, 3AW took the honours for the fifth survey. It achieved a 13.5 per cent, closely followed overall by 774 ABC with 12.4 per cent. The results for the MondaySunday results, measured 5.30am-Midnight, were: Fox, 8.9. Gold, 7.8. Nova, 7.5. MMM, 7.0. JJJ, 6,.3. Mix, 5.7. Smooth, 5.4. Magic, 4.6. SEN, 4.4. ABC FM, 2.7 Radio National, 2.3. Newsradio, 1.9. In the breakfast timeslot, following 3AW and 774 ABC were: MMM, 8.9. Fox, 8.4. Nova, 8.3. Gold, 5.3. Mix, 5.0. JJJ, 4.6. SEN, 4.0. Magic, 3.8. Smooth, 3.7. Newsradio, 2.5. Radio National, 2.4. ABC Classic FM, 2.1.
● Jane Holmes The Mix 101.1 breakfast team of Chrissie Swan and Jane Hall suffered another ratings blip, with their figures stagnating at 5.0 per cent. They have been unable to recapture the growth that they experienced last year, prior to Chrissie Swan’s pregnancy. SEN lost 16 per cent of its breakfast audience despite the best eforts of Tim Watson and Andy Maher (Morning Glory). Gold 104.3 (6.4 per cent to 5.3) lost 17 per cent of its audience. The program conducted by ‘Lehmo’ and Brigitte Duclos, sounds heavily scripted with Duclos sounding like she is reading a good proportion of her words. Eddie McGuire and his Hot Breakfast team dropped from 9.5 per cent to 8.9 per cent, after the Adam Goodes-King Kong controversy. The ratings were measured between May 19-June 22, and July 7-August 10.
Country show gig available
■ 88.3 Southern FM is seeking a volunteer announcer to present an Australian country music show. The announcer will be required to compile as well as present the show each week, so a strong interest in the genre is a must. Full studio and presenter training will be provided. The show is currently rostered for Wednesdays 12pm-2pm, says Alan Clement.
Magic 1278 fights back ■ The latest ratings show Kevin John and Jane Holmes fighting their way with a small gain to 3.8 per cent, from 3.1 per cent.
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■ US jazz musician ‘Count’ Basie was born in 1904. He died in 1984 (79). Princess Margaret was born in Scotland in 1930. She died aged 71 in 2002. Kenny Rogers, American singer, was born in Houston, Texas, in 1938. He is 75 today.
■ American actress Valerie Harper, who first starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, is 73. Cindy Williams, American actress, star of American Graffiti, is 66. Tennis champion Mats Wilander was born in Sweden in 1964 (49).
■ US actor Gene Kelly was born in 1912. He died aged 83 in 1996. Bandleader Bob Crosby, brother to Bing, was born in 1913. He died aged 79 in 1993. American actress Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeannie) is 79. Keith Moon, drummer with The Who, was born in 1947.
■ British comedian and playwright Stephen Fry is 56 (1957). English dwarf actor Kenny Baker is 79 (1934). American musician Mason Wiliams is 75 (1938). Australian singersongwriter Mike McLellan was born in 1945. He is 68 today.
■ Actor Van Johnson was born in Rhode Island in 1916. He died aged 92 in 2008. US composer Leonard Bernstein was born in 1918. He died aged 72 in 1990. Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery was born in 1930 (83). US TV man Regis Philbin is 82 (1931).
■ Theatre entrepreneur J C (James Cassius) Williamson was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He died aged 67 in 1913. Australian radio personality Dita Cobb was born in 1923. She died aged 67 in 1991. American actor Macauley Calkin is 33 (1980).
■ US President Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908. He died aged 64 in 1973. Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman was born in 1908. He died aged 92 in 2001. Voice-over man Kev Golsby is 78 (1935). US actor Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubenfeld) is 61 (1952).
Thanks to GREG NEWMAN of the Birthday Bulletin for assistance with birthday and anniversary dates. Find out more at www.birthdaybulletin.com.au
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Observer TV, Radio, Theatre Showbiz Latest Melbourne show business news - without fear or favour The Spoiler ‘OLIVER’ AT PAKENHAM Lorne Festival
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For Those Who Have Lost The Plot
Neighbours ■ 6.30pm. Weeknights. Eleven ■ Monday, August 26. Amber struggles with her guilty feelings for Robbo; Joshua and Hudson keep a secret from Brad; desperate Lucas is backed into a corner. ■ Tuesday, August 27. Kyle learns that Lucas has information about Robbo's accident; Toadie convinces himself that he attacked Robbo; Jack Lassiter unexpectedly returns to Erinsborough; Robbo's life hangs in the balance. ■ Wednesday, August 28. Robbo's dying declaration gives Toadie hope; the new detective has Mason in her sights; Kate demands the truth from Mason; Jack recognises Paul's loneliness. ■ Thursday, August 29. Kate believes Mason didn't hit Robbo; Georgia struggles with Robbo's death; Imogen collapses under the stress. ■ Friday, August 30. Imogen's bulimia secret is revealed; Chris thinks he is to blame for Hudson's lack of focus; Amber reaches out to Joshua but embraces Lou instead.
Home and Away ■ Monday, August 26. Sasha and Spencer confront Indi and Chris about their relationship but are horrified when they get more than they bargained for. ■ Tuesday, August 27. Maddy, still angry with Casey, finds a new boy to talk to. Is she flirting with disaster? ■ Wednesday, August 28. Casey manages to get Maddy away from Josh, but are they out of danger? Winston's arrival causes headaches for some, but joy for others. Brax chats to Sally about Pippa and her treatment, will Sally manage to raise all the money she needs? ■ Thursday, August 29. Double Episode. Casey and Maddy are found after the car accident, but are they both going to be OK? John is upset about Winston distracting Marilyn from work. Is it just a professional jealousy? Kyle picks up on Tamara's residual feelings for Casey, but what does this mean for them? Who is Sally's mysterious benefactor?
Star Bursts
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Morning TV producer Adam Boland (Ten Network) is allowing himself to be the centre of publicity for the new Wake Up show. Do viewers care?
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Was that Winners And Losers star Denise Scott helping ‘Jeff’ sell The Big Issue on the steps of Flinders St Station in peak hour on Monday morning. Sure was. Good on you Scotty.
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A new Facebook page has been es tablished for radio professionals: The Radio Green Room. Information in a thread or post is not to be used for any other site or publication
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Subscription TV channels TV1 and SF will close at the end of December, reports TVTonight.com.au, with MediaWeek niting that channel CEO Peter Hudson informed staff about a loss of a carriage deal with Foxtel.
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Gold 104.3 has been cross-promoting with with The Priject (Ten Network). The radio station ran a guest host competition. Friday (Aug. 23) will see the Victorian winner: Business development manager, hypnotherapist and children’s book writer Husna Pasha.
CHERYL THREADGOLD REPORTS
● Nicola Bull (Nancy) with Josh McNiff (Dodger), Andre Karabajakian (Fagin’s Gang), Matilda Weaver (Nipper) and Ethan Wilson (Fagin’s Gang) in Oliver! at the Cardinia Cultural Centre until August 31. Photo: Chantelle Riordan ■ The family favourite Oliver! is preThe talented cast also includes sented by the Cardinia Performing Michael Whiting (Mr Sowerberry), Arts Company (CPAC) in Debbie Dick (Mrs Sowerberry), Pakenham, until August 31 under the Stephanie Abbott (Bet), Hazel Green expert direction of Lee Geraghty. (Mrs Bedwin), Clive Rogers (Mr Lee, with Robert Mulholland (cho- Brownlow) and Lachlan Williams reographer) and musical director Kent (Noah Claypoole) and Fagin’s Gang Ross, have done outstanding work with 49 and ensemble members. cast members of varying ages, to create Robert Mulholland’s (one of a first class community theatre production. Victoria’s best choreographers) dance Clever set design by Lee and her team routines are well-rehearsed and innovaresults in seamless staging of 13 scene tive, while Michael Bates’s lighting delocations. Bravo to stage manager Steve sign and Ria Player’s costumes effecDownie and crew - some theatre com- tively compliment the script. panies could learn from your slick scene Minimal criticism includes some adult changes. performers losing accents and the wellEight-year-old Sören Adkin is delight- groomed hair of Oliver and some chilfully appealing as Oliver, sharing the role dren. with Oliver Thomsen. Interesting historical notes in Simone Richard Green gives a naturalistic, Lim’s excellent program include Charles believable interpretation as Fagin, and full Dickens working in a factory in 1824 to marks to Shae O’Loughlin and team for help support his family. Richard’s make-up. Congratulations to Lee and her team Twelve-year-old Josh McNiff is great for presenting very enjoyable, local theas the Artful Dodger, while Deb Welch atre entertainment. (Widow Corney) and Tony Hosemans Performances: August 23, 24, 25, 29, (Mr Bumble) deliver some good com- 30, 31 at 8pm, Sun. 2pm, Thurs. 7pm edy. Accomplished musical theatre perVenue: Cardinia Cultural Centre, former Nicola Bull plays Nancy, while Lakeside Blvd, Pakenham Bill Sykes is well-portrayed by Rick Bookings: 0407 090 354 or Howden. www.trybooking.com
THE 2 EXECUTIONERS
■ “I have always believed that dogmatic thought and claim to absolute truth by those who promise human beings an ideal world to live in either through their metaphysical or secular idealism cannot ultimately secure the real care, happiness and freedom for both the individual and collective members of any given society,” says director Mammad Aidani. His play, The Two Executioners, is a tale of dogmatic thought and metaphysical idealism that, like charity and barbarism, begins at home. In the case of Aidani's play this dogma and idealism are embodied in the matriarch of an ethnic family that make up the players in The Two Executioners. This is the mother, cunning and duplicitous, her two sons, one blindly devoted to his beloved mother
● Wahibe Moussa in The Two Executioners, playing at La Mama until August 25. Photo: Shahin Shafaei and the other, a conflicted mess at odds with his love for his father and his cultural and familial allegiance to ‘mama’, and finally the ‘guilty’ father. Having grown up in an immigrant family myself, there are tropes in The Two Executioners with which I am well acquainted. This is a testament to Fernando Arrabal's fine writing and Aidani's directing. There may be times in
the play, during which an Australian audience might find the characters more of a farce than would an ethnic audience, whose families often have pious, larger-than-life heads of the household. Most of them have almost certainly experienced a shrewd matriarch use guilt and melodramatic proclamations of martyrdom to bend family members to her own will, always of course for “their own good.” It's never as sinister as depicted The Two Executioners, but it's just as real. Season: Until August 25. Time: 6:30pm Tickets: Full $25, Concession $15 Bookings: Online via www.trybooking.com, or call 9347 6142 Venue: La Mama Theatre. 205 Faraday St, Carlton. - Review by Greg Moskovitch
● Christa Hughes ■ The loveliest length of the Great Ocean Road will soon come alive for the 3rd Annual Lorne Festival of Performing Arts, hosted by Love Lorne and celebrating culture by the sea. Audiences can bathe in an ocean of stories, tunes and visual treats including chanteuses, bawdy burlesque,comedy as well as poetry, dance, music, workshops and something for children. This year’s program will bring Lorne to life from Friday, September 6-Sunday, September 8 in various venues. The Lorne Festival of Performing Arts offers a chance for both local audiences and those making a special trip to experience talents performing against the backdrop of a seaside lifestyle. The weekend of talent for this year includes cabaret-theatre performers such as Wes Snelling in Kiosk, the witty Tina Del Twist, the genre-bending cabaret vixen that is Christa Hughes in two full length shows - Beer Drinking Woman and Neurotic Ladyland and the return Festival favourite Mikelangelo performing a tribute to Johnny Cash in Song Of The Outlaw, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the death of the Man in Black. Artistic Director Monique Harvey says that the Lorne community is not only tight-knit, friendly and passionate about their part of the world, but also have an appreciation for artistic expression. “As the Lorne Festival of Performing Arts establishes itself more and more each year, we love to see locals and visitors from out of town enjoying the treasures of the Festival,” she says. This year’s music program includes sensational rockabilly trio The Rechords, the ever-dynamic Melbourne sextet The Tiger and Me and acapella vocal quartet The Nymphs. Spicing up the 2013 Festival program are burlesque beauties Gypsy Wood and Melbourne’s Maude Davey, who brings her newest show My Life In The Nude, in which she bares all for the last time. Live comedy is represented by award-winning comedian Asher Treleaven in his brand new hour of comedy Bad Dandy. Shows for the wfamily to enjoy include the fastpaced, frantic physical comedy of Dislocate In Three Speed Crunch Box, the cheeky and giant kangaroos on bouncing stilts in Icarus Roo’d, The Biscuits Readings which will reveal your inner biscuit and The Memorandium, an exploration of memory – the stories, feeling and thought that reside within all of us. Aiming to attract 2500 people this year, the Lorne Festival of Performing Arts is increasing its sprawl and will bring to life venues including Qdos Arts, the art deco Lorne Theatre, the Grand Pacific Hotel, Lorne Foreshore Caravan Park and will also include performances on the streets. The Festival includes its own big top and for the first time and will collaborate with Melbourne’s own Circus Oz which will be pitching their much lauded foyer tent on the Mantra lawn for the duration of the event. The 300-seat venue will play host to the festival merriment and will provide a visual presence that will be hard to miss. Where: Lorne, Victoria - various venues Dates: Friday, September 6 - Sunday, September 8. Bookings: www.lovelornefestival.com.au or 1300 365 901. - Cheryl Threadgold
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Movies, DVDs With Jim Sherlock and Aaron Rourke
What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs
● 3:10 TO YUMA: Van Heflin (Left) is a man on a mission and screen legend Glenn Ford (Right) in a groundbreaking performance as outlaw Ben Wade as his prisoner, will they finally make the 3:10 To Yuma? A brilliant and captivating psychological suspense thriller and one of the top ten films of its kind. FILM: 3:10 TO YUMA: Genre: Drama/Western/Thriller. Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Henry Jones. Year: 1957. Rating: PG. Running Time: 92 Minutes. Format: DVD and BLU-RAY. Stars: ****½ Verdict: Outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town and a smalltime rancher desperate for money is persuaded to take Wade to the nearest town to put him on the 3:10 train to Yuma prison, with his gang nearby armed to free him. Magnificent psychological western suspense thriller is the closest to western noir as it gets. Screen great Glenn Ford creates the role of a lifetime with a brilliantly balanced performance that is haunting, menacing, threatening, poignant and inspiring, with Van Heflin matching him with an equally fierce determination every step by step of the way. Superbly directed by Delmer Daves, brilliantly adapted by Halsted Welles from the short story by Elmore Leonard and photographed like no other with an alternately stark and evocative texture by Charles Lawton Jr, 3:10 To Yuma is an illuminating, chilling, moving and unforgettable experience, it's journey and final destination cementing it as one of the great classics of all time! FILM: 42: Genre: Drama/Biography. Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie. Year: 2013. Rating: TBC. Running Time: 128 Minutes. Format: DVD and BLU-RAY. Stars: **** Verdict: "42" tells the story of African-American baseball legend Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the all white Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey during the height of racially charged period in American history of race hatred and how he must face it from both the public and within his own ranks. Love baseball or hate it, this is also as politically charged as anything else during those turbulent times. Jackie Robinson's story is brought vividly to life by writer-director Brian Helgeland, screenwriter of such films as L.A. Confidential and Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. Chadwick Boseman is a standout as the legendary Robinson, but it is an almost unrecognizable Harrison Ford in his performance as team executive Branch Rickey that may even win him an Oscar nomination, if not win. This is a strong and entertaining film that not only captures with searing reality a period of political and public unrest, but the birth of a hero to a nation, and the beginning of the long road of the breaking down of racial barriers. FILM: WEST OF MEMPHIS: Genre: Documentary. Cast: Peter Jackson (Producer), Lorri Davis (Producer), Johnny Depp. Year: 2012. Rating: MA15+. Running Time: 147 Minutes. Format: DVD. Stars: **** Verdict: West of Memphis is a compelling examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three, three boys charged by manipulation with the murder of three 8 year old boys in 1993 and the near two decade fight for a re-trial and to free them, all told by those who lived through it. Filmmakers Amy Berg, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh had unprecedented access to the inner workings of the legal system, and allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before into a corrupt judicial system. This is a revealing, shocking, disturbing, tragic, poignant and haunting experience, as powerful and unforgettable as documentary filmmaking comes! FILM: G.I. JOE RETALIATION: Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi. Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Willis. Year: 2013. Rating: M. Running Time: 110 Minutes. Format: DVD and BLU-RAY [Blu-Ray includes Extended Version]. Stars: **½ Verdict: The super special force of G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy, they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence as the team is terminated by orders of the President. Based on the classic comic books and toys this follow up to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra is a emotionless, multi-storied super-macho action and special effects extravaganza would have fared better with one or two less plot lines, and less banal dialogue, but none the less it pushes all the right buttons and delivers all the action that comic book and toy fans have grown up with for generations.
MIFF WRAP 2013 ■ The Melbourne International Film Festival has finished for another year, and while it is good to get used to daylight again, it is also disappointing that the rush of seeing numerous films in cinemas over 2½-weeks, some of which we may never get the chance to see again, has come to an end. It was a great year as far as organisation went, and I would like to throw out a heartfelt thanks to the MIFF volunteers, who were all helpful, polite, and understanding. I must also state that the MIFF promotional trailer this year was by far the worst, an ad that wasn't very funny to begin with, and became an outright chore to get through every time it played over 17 days. I had a good track record, with no film proving to be a disaster, and a friend of mine who managed to see 63 films (yes, you read correct) certainly felt satisfied and entertained by the festival's end. Despite the number of high-profile omissions, there were a myriad of sellout sessions as well as a multitude of near-packed screenings. Listening to other avid movie-goers while waiting in long cues, glowing comments fell on films such as Stoker (which sold out very quickly), The Best Offer, Bastards, Upstream Color (though apparantly repeat viewings will be required), Jimmy P., Jin, The Patience Stone, Northwest, The Day Of The Crows, Harmony Lessons, Blancanieves, Call Girl, Fruitvale Station, Nothing Bad Can Happen, Omar, Death For Sale, Blackfish, Dirty Wars, Stranger By The Lake (interestingly everyone seems to think this will be edited for its Australian release, due to its extensive graphic nudity and sexual nature), All Is Lost, and The Act Of Killing. Ben Wheatley's A Field In England (where the words trippy and psychedelic were regularly used) met with a decidedly mixed response, as did Ain't Them Bodies Saints, the documentary Rewind This, and most surprisingly, Pedro Almodovar's latest I'm So Excited. The undisputed turkey of MIFF 2013, with every person I overheard or spoke to calling it absolute torture, was the documentary The End Of Time, with what sounds like a record number of walk-outs (another friend said he ended up with sore feet due to the amount of people stepping on them in a bid to get out). The retrospective on the Italian Giallo genre was a resounding success, with films such as Dario Argento's Deep Red (people were disappointed that it was the heavily cut version) and A Quiet Place In The Country (with Franco Nero) selling out. The biggest hit in this category was The House Of Laughing Windows, a genuine classic directed by the very under-rated Pupi Avati, which will now (hopefully) get a new dvd/Blu-Ray release in the near future. It's a pity MIFF couldn't get Bong Joon-ho's new film, the post-apocalyptic Snowpiercer (timing was just too close, as it only opened in South Korea on August 1, to record box-office and rave reviews), as the 126 minute feature will be released in western territories (including Australia) at around 106 minutes, thanks to producer Harvey Weinstein, who is going to butcher the movie for its now-delayed
● Padak I thought Joon-ho (The Host / Mother) would receive better treatment than this, but I guess it's now a case of wait-and-see. Finally, here are my thoughts on the films I got to see at the Festival. Tokyo Family. 146 minutes. ****. Finely detailed reworking of the 1953 classic Tokyo Story, with director Yoji Yamada taking the familiar story and making it a strong, emotionally involving film in its own right. The Major. 99 minutes. ***½. Russian thriller about a hit-and-run and the attempt to cover it up is impressively made and features several stand-out set-pieces. The East. 117 minutes. ****. The thematic follow-up to The Sound Of My Voice is intelligent, thought-provoking entertainment, and was a definite Festival favourite. Like Father, Like Son. 120 minutes. ****½. Another success from director Hirokazu Kore'eda, this low-key but heart-rending look at babies switched at birth is brilliantly focused film-making, and my personal favourite for MIFF 2013. Everybody In Our Family. 107 minutes. ***½. Romanian drama builds effectively to a gripping finale, with a darkly comic use of symbolism giving the film added weight. Padak. 78 minutes. ****. Stunningly animated South Korean film, using a Finding Nemo-type set-up to explore a harsh story about a systemically oppressive class system. Capturing Dad. 74 minutes. ****. Charming comedy/drama from Japan was a sold-out audience favourite, and deservedly so. Approved For Adoption. 75 minutes. ****. Measured, moving blend of live-action and unique animation, based on a real-life case. The Apostle. 82 minutes. ***. Gothic Spanish tale has wonderful stop-motion animation and strong atmospherics, but the material runs out of steam. A Highjacking. 99 minutes. ****. Quietly harrowing Danish drama avoids melodrama, and is completely believable throughout. The Congress. 122 minutes. ****. Mind-bending adaptation of a Stanislaw Lem story from the director of Waltz With Bashir, moves well from live-action to spectacular animation. Blue Ruin. 90 minutes. ****. Smart, original take on the revenge movie, and a chilling indictment of people's obsession with guns and violence. Superbly made on a small budget. Cheap Thrills. 87 minutes. ****. Wildly entertaining black comedy about what desperate people will do for money in a GFC-affected world. - Aaron Rourke
Top 10 Lists THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. NOW YOU SEE ME. 2. PAIN & GAIN. 3. THE WOLVERINE. 4. THE CONJURING. 5. THE HEAT. 6. THE WORLD'S END. 7. THIS IS THE END. 8. CHENNAI EXPRESS. 9. DESPICABLE ME 2. 10. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: AUGUST 15: BLANCANIEVES, ELYSIUM, FRANCES HA, RED OBSESSION, WE'RE THE MILLERS. AUGUST 22: KICK-ASS 2, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: THE CITY OF BONES, UPSTREAM COLOR, WHAT MAISIE KNEW. THE DVD TOP RENTAL & SELLERS: 1. G.I. JOE: RETALIATION [Action/ Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis]. 2. OBLIVION [Science Fiction/Action/Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman]. 3. A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD [Action/Thriller/Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch]. 4. WARM BODIES [Comedy/Horror/ Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer]. 5. SCARY MOVIE 5 [Comedy/Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen]. 6. BULLET TO THE HEAD [Action/ Sylvester Stallone, Sarah Shahi]. 7. 42 [Biography/Drama/Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford]. 8. ZERO DARK THIRTY [Drama/ Thriller/Jessica Chastain, James Gandolfini]. 9. IDENTITY THIEF [Comedy/Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet]. 10. THE HOST [Sci-Fi/Diane Kruger, Saoirse Ronan, William Hurt]. Also: CLOUD ATLAS, ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, PARKER, PHANTOM, JACK THE GIANT SLAYER, EVIL DEAD, FLIGHT, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, DJANGO UNCHAINED. NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: RUST & BONE [Drama/Marion Cotillard, Armand Verdure]. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP [Drama/ Thriller/Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf]. OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN [Action/ Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart]. THE TOWER [Action/Mina Cho, Sang-Kyung Kim]. DAY OF THE FALCON [Action/Drama/ Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto]. NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSICS ON DVD HIGHLIGHTS: SAILOR OF THE KING [1953/War/ Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller]. THE BLUE MAX [1966/War/George Pappard, James Mason, Ursula Andress]. RAID ON ENTEBBE [1976/War/Action/Charles Bronson, Peter Finch, Yaphet Kotto]. MAD MAX: The Complete Collection [Action/Mel Gibson]. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION: The Complete Collection. COME SEE THE PARADISE [1990/ War/Drama/Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita]. LETHAL WEAPON COLLECTION: 4 Disc Set [Action/Mel Gibson, Danny Glover]. Turn To Page 109
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Observer Showbiz REVIEW: SAVAGES
Local Theatre With Cheryl Threadgold
‘KID STAKES’ AT THE BASIN SHOWS
● Luke Elliot, James O’Connell, Mark Tregonning and Lyall Brooks in Savages ■ Fortyfivedownstairs presents the premiere of Patricia Cornelius’s powerful new play, Savages, until September 8, under the skilled direction of Susie Dee. Four seemingly nice, everyday guys board a cruise liner for their trip of a lifetime. However, behind the facade of gaily coloured streamers, a luxurious shipboard lifestyle and pleasant chit-chat between mates, a foreboding discontent simmers between these fortyish men in mid-life crisis. The reality is that none can escape from their individual issues left behind, no matter how hard they try. In masterly style, Cornelius uses rhythmic, at times poetic, dialogue to shift the men’s behaviour from pleasantly playful to predatory, then savage, while pulsating sound effects effectively create animalistic tension. Each man recounts personal negative experiences with women and maybe this contributes to their horrid objectivity towards female passengers. Alternatively, we are left to wonder if a pack-like mentality isunavoidablewhenagroupof males spends time bonding together. The great cast includes Lyall Brooks (George), Luke Elliott (Runt), James O’Connell (Rabbit) and Mark Tregonning (Craze), who all beautifully capture the twists and turns in their characters’ behaviour from upbeat and chatty to ugly and predatory. Marg Horwell’s prominent set design comprises a large, sloping ship’s deck, providing an excellent performance space which also cleverly symbolises the characters’ behavioural decline and feelings of emptiness in their lives. The lighting design by Andy Turner and sound design by Kelly Ryall significantly contribute to the storyline’s palpable tension. On a critical note, I felt the song When Man Loves A Woman could be shorter, to ensure sustaining the narrative’s raw edge. Savages offers an intense, compelling theatre experience. Congratulations to all concerned on this new, first-class Australian drama. Season: Until September 8 Times: 7.30pm Tues – Fri, 5pm and 8.00pm Sat, 5.00pm Sun. Duration: 90 minutes with no interval Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Tickets: $45 adults, $37.50 concession, $35 groups 6+ Bookings: 9662 9966 or fortyfivedownstairs.com
REVIEW: PROXIMITY ■ Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director, Garry Stewart, combines technology, science and art in this exhilarating production. Collaborating with video Artist and engineer Thomas Pachoud, Stewart has translated to the stage, his interest in the ‘nature of seeing and perception, the nature of selfhood and the connection between ourselves and the world we perceive around us’. A video camera on a stand in the middle of the stage is highlighted intermittently by a single spotlight from different angles overhead. The music starts quietly; performers move one by one onto the stage each in turn, then at times the nine performers perform intricate, physically extraordinary, breath-taking moves whilst each performer moves the video camera to a different position on the stage and projects the performance in real time, onto three screens upstage. An explosion of colour by lighting designer Mark Pennington, artistic video manipulation by Pachoud and very loud original music by Huey Benjamin and Brendan Wolthe commences, with the dancers continuously videoing and projecting their performances onto the screens. It is evident from this performance, that astonishing strides are being achieved in contemporary dance and just what may be expected of a dancer should you be lucky enough win a place at the Australian Dance Theatre: love of your chosen career, extremely strong skills and pure physical strength and stamina. Strong dance training and ethics are the basis, but dance is demanding more now and Garry Stewart’s Proximity is leading the way. - Review by Rita Crispin
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■ The Basin Theatre Group: Kid Stakes (by Ray Lawler) Until September 8 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Road, The Basin. Director: Christine Grant. Tickets: $25 all performances. Book online at www.thebasintheatre.org.au or call 1300 784 668. ■ 1812 Theatre: Sleuth (by Anthony Shaffer) Until August 31 at the 1812 Theatre, 3-5 Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully at 8.00pm, matinee 4.00pm. Director: Malcolm Sussman. Tickets: $25. Bookings: 9758 3964 www.1812theatre.com.au ■ Peridot Theatre Inc: The Wisdom of Eve Until August 24 at 8.00pm, at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Road, Mount Waverley. Director: Annette deBoer. Tickets: $23/$20. Bookings: 1300 138 645 or email peridotboxoffice@yahoo.com.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Laying the Ghost Until August 25 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman Street, Strathmore. Director: Robert Harsley. Tickets: $20/$15.Bookings: 9382 6284 www.stagtheatre.org. ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Echoes (by Richard Nash) Until August 31 at 8.00pm, Sunday matinees 2.15pm, at Brighton Theatre, Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets, Brighton. Director: Ewen Crockett. Tickets: $20/$18. Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com.au ■ Cardinia Performing Arts Company (CPAC): Oliver Until August 31 at 8.00pm, Sun. 2.00pm, Thurs. 7.00pm at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard, Pakenham. Director: Lee Moulton. Bookings: 0407 090 354 or www.trybooking.com ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Light in the Piazza (by Craig Lucas) August 21 - September 7 at 8.15pm, Sunday matinees at 2.30pm at the Athenaeum Theatre, 39-41 Castella Street, Lilydale. Director: Alan Burrows. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: 9735 1777. ■ PEP Productions: Bare August 22 - 31 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Road,, Doncaster. Director: James Ness. Bookings: www.pepproductions.org.au or email pep.productions06@org.au ■ Moreland Theatre Company: Up For Grabs (by David Williamson) August 22 - 31 at the Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre, Corner Sydney and Glenlyon Roads, Brunswick. Director: Karim Shaker. Tickets: $25/$18. Bookings: 0426 577 346. ■ Malvern Theatre Company: 33 Variations (by Moises Kaufman), August 23 - September 7 at 29 Burke Road, Malvern. Director: Vicki Smith. Tickets: $20 (no concessions), $5 extra per person on gala night August 31. Bookings: 1300 131552. www.malverntheatre.com.au ■ Track Youth Theatre: Pot of Gold (by Ed Bailey) August 23 - 24 at 7.30pm (Fri.) and 2.00pm and 7.30pm (Sat.) at the Renaissance Theatre, 926 High Street, Kew. Director: Ed Bailey. Tickets: $15/$10. Bookings: 9818 3811 or trackyouth@gmail.com ■ The Mount Players: Steel Magnolias (by Robert Harling) August 23 - September 14 at the Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith Street, Macedon. Director: Natasha Boyd. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: 1300 463 224 www.themountplayers.com ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Arms and the Man (by George Bernard Shaw) August 30 - September 14 at 8.00pm, 2pm matinee September 8 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Road, Research. Director: Roderick Chappel. Tickets: $22.50/ $17.50. Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au or 9437 1574. ■ Sunshine Community Theatre Inc.: And the Big Men Fly (by Alan Hopgood) August 30 - September 7 at 82 Phoenix Street, North Sunshine. Director: Stephen Andrews. Tickets: $15/$12. Bookings: 0407 802 165. ■ Essendon Theatre Company: Gary's House (by Debra Oswald) September 12 - 21 at the West Essendon Community Hall, Bradshaw Street, Essendon (enter via Buckley Street). Director: Sam Chappel. Tickets: $18/$16. Bookings: 0422 029483.
Eltham Little Theatre
● Annabelle Mitchell (Raina Petkoffa) and Steve Saul (Captain Bluntschli) in Eltham Little Theatre Company’s Arms And The Man, opening on August 30. ■ Eltham Little Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw’s Arms And The Man, on August 30-31 at 8pm, September 5-7 and 12-14 at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee on September 8, at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd, Research. Directed by Roderick Chappel, this classic and witty play finds Bluntschli, a Swiss mercenary soldier, escaping from a battle by stealing into the bedroom of Raina, a romantic young Bulgarian woman. Her fiancé Sergius is a dashing cavalry officer and she is captivated by his foolhardy heroism, but Bluntschli’s pragmatism wins her affections. Tickets: Adult $22.50,Concession $17.50 Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au or 9437 1574
AUDITIONS ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Steel Magnolias September 15, 16 at 7.00pm at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna. Director: Brett Turner. Audition bookings: bturnsta63@gmail.com
FEATURE SHOW: HAPPY DAYS
AUDITIONS ■ Viola Theatre: Maiden Ladies Drop in any Sunday at 8.00pm at the Campbell Library, Melville Road, Brunswick. Director: David Keane. Contact 9384 1277 or Matilda03@optusnet.com.au ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum August 24, 25. Director: Barbara Hughes; Musical Director: Janet Provan; Choreographer: Jenny VincentGreen. Audition bookings: 9397 3054. ■ Beaumaris Theatre: 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee August 24, 9.30am - 2.00pm, August 26 from 6.00pm at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Road, Beaumaris. Director/Choreographer: Leah Osburn; Musical Director: Malcom Huddle. Audition enquiries: 0422 152 024. ■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: Face to Face September 8 at 2.00pm and September 9 at 7.30pm at The Factory, Factory 4, 22 Jesmond Road, Croydon. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Audition bookings: 0416 141 838. ■ Essendon Theatre Company: Go Back for Murder (by Agatha Christie) September 26 at 7.30pm, September 29 at 2.00pm at the West Essendon Community Hall, Bradshaw Street (enter via Buckley Streeet). Director: Cat Dwyer. Auditions: 0405 170019.
● Josh Aiello is Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli in Beaumaris Theatre’s production of Happy Days – A New Musical, opening on August 23. Photo: Debbie Keyt ■ Beaumaris Theatre proudly presents from August 23September 15 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd, Beaumaris. This lively show with toe-tapping songs is based on the book by Garry Marshall, with music and lyrics by Paul Williams. Directed by Debbie Keyt, musical direction is by Rhonda Vaughan and Camilla Klesman is choreographer. Tickets: $25 full price, $22 members, concessions, children, groups 10+. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au Enquiries: 9583 6896
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● W W Allen Grocery Store, Hawksburn. 1929-30.
● Kelly’s General Store and Post Office, Mentone. 1889.
● Wantirna General Store. 1949.
● J Phillips, ironmongers, Abbotsford. 1872.
● WP Clarke Grocery Store & Removal Business, Chelsea, 1920-1921
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BART’S YOUNG GUN ■ The Master, Bart Cummings, has yet again produced another promising youngster in the Northern Meteor colt, Eurozone. The showy colt made it three from three with another brilliant win at Randwick in a listed event over 1200 metres. Bart's health is not the best at the moment, and he hasn't been well for sometime. He is now ably assisted in a training partnership with his grandson, James, son of Bart's son, Anthony. Young James has a high opinion of the colt and they have set him for the Caulfield Guineas in October. Eurozone was an $110,000 Magic Millions Yearling Sale purchase for Duncan Ramage's DGR Thoroughbred Services from the Carramar Park draft, Eurozone becomes the first stakes winner for the training combination of Bart and young James Cummings. Eurozone as mentioned earlier is a son of ill-fated sire sensation, Northern Meteor, and is from the West Australian Group winner, Miss Vandal. A daughter of Don't Say Halo, Miss Vandal has also produced the Group Two Hill Stakes winner, Miss Marielle, among five winners from six runners. Eurozone is a lovely type and is worth following up come Guineas time and after. It would be a great lift for Bart and the stable as he longingly looks to his 13th Melbourne Cup winner.
Living Legends ■ News that Living Legends is battling to make ends meet because of Eliza Park going to the wall, sent shock waves through those who love our racehorses young and old, still racing or finished. Recently Dr Clarke, the veterinarian at Living Legends said they were hoping to get a grant of $100,000 from the Eliza Park people only to see them go to the wall.
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● Bart Cummings with co-trainer and grandson James Photo by Magic Millions
It has now been bought by overseas interests, and it is hoped they may come to the party. Living Legends relies on the public attending their establishment and from donations. Dr.Clarke and his staff, do a wonderful job at Sunbury, which houses a number of former Melbourne Cup winners and other top racehorses, who were given to the racing set-up at Sunbury, for their picturesque property. It has been mentioned that Racing Victoria are looking at the situation, but in my opinion there is a simple way to help Dr.Clarke and his team. Over the Spring Carnival at Caulfield, Moonee Valley, Flemington and Sporting Bet Park, the clubs allow various charities to collect for their set organisations. Why don't we organise for the Living Legends, people with the aid of volunteers to help, I am sure
you will get plenty of horse lovers to help collect outside the various gates on each club's big days. Another idea is to place envelopes on dining tables at each of their big meetings over the Spring Carnival, I am sure diners would give gratefully. I know it would be hard on other charities, but we must look after our own too.
● And their horse Eurozone Photo by Magic Millions Nagambie Hostel port group and the man, another odds on.) and Hospital, arriving Nagambie Historic It is always a great at Mitchelton Win- Presbytery Restora- night, but as you can ery by 4pm in time for tion Project. the 2013 Emirates Set in the newly re- see the awards seem a Melbourne Cup furbished Montage foregone conclusion Cocktail Party, featur- room at Mitchelton, with all those noted the a launch of photo- this event will also fea- standouts. ■ The 2013 Mel- ing exhibitions. ture a display of five bourne Cup Tour graphic One of the features, with the racing person- which a few of us lucky original Melbourne alities and the Cup is ones will remember, Cups, along with the current 2013 Mel- ■ Once again the well underway visiting various parts of Aus- photos of Jean bourne Cup, which Moe Racing Club tralia to show off the Shrimpton who will be on view has met with disapshocked the VRC throughout the evening. pointment as to when gold cup. The evening will they can resume racing. After touring the na- members when she tion, the Melbourne wore that famous mini- feature interviews with Racing Victoria MelCup will arrive at the skirt to the Cup when Emirates have announced that Avenel Primary Light Fingers won in bourne Cup Tour Moe wouldn't be alAmbassadors and School at 11.30 am on 1965. The 2013 Emir- will be hosted by well lowed to run their first Saturday August 31, with children's activi- ates Melbourne Cup known racing personal- meeting for sometime ties planned, pony rides, Tour Cocktail Party ity, RSN'S, Shane until next year. Once again missing and in the true will feature a charity Anderson. Mel=bourne Cup auction to raise funds out on their Cup meetspirit a 'Best Hat" com- for two great local ing, at their home track. causes; petition. The Club one of the The Nagambie ■ The racing world is The tour will then most progressive, has proceed onto the Breast Cancer Sup- gearing up for the Victorian Thorough- had no luck with track bred Awards to be conditions for someheld at the Scobie time, and was eagerly Breasley Medal looking forward to their Awards Night on Sep- first meeting on Notember 1. vember 26 and their ■ Victorian Race- Cup meeting in Dehorse of the Year. cember, now it's all no (Odds on Black go. Caviar) The RVL are taking ■ Scobie Breasley a cautious approach to Medal (has to be Glen allow the recently laid Boss) ■ Fred Hoysted new StrathAyr track Medal for Trainers. to consolidate. (Peter Moody. hot faTheir Cup meeting vorite) could go to Pak■ T o m m y enham, but this is not Corrigan Medal for official. ● Viewed Leading Jumps - Ted Ryan Photo by SLICKPIX, phone 9354 5754 Jockey. (Steve Pate-
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Sulky Snippets ■ Brent Lilley was a winner at Maryborough on Thursday, when 6-Y-0 trotter Abbotshall upstaged the pacers in the Waste Not Stockfeeds Pacers Handicap for C0 class over 2190 metres in a rate of 2-04.2. A gelded son of Armbro Invasion and Second Guess, Abbotshall driven by Rod Petroff began safely from barrier five on the second line to possie three back in the moving line after another trotter Maoris Pocket outside the leader Its A Miss went off stride in the back straight on the first occasion. Trailing Pacific Maddi ahead of him three wide into the final bend, Abbotshall ran home strongly to gain the day from Kaka Point Coast which followed him throughout, with Pacific Maddi holding down third after leading into the straight. ■ Lisa and David Miles were winners at Bendigo on Thursday, when Art Major/Nellierama gelding Artarama scored in the Evolve Accounting 2-Y-0 Pace over 2150 metres, much to the delight of Romsey's Les Brinkhuis and partners. Driven by David, Artarama from gate two was given a sweet passage one/one and when taken three wide on the home turn, ran home strongly to defeat the pacemaker High Class Mate and a death-seating Just Knew in a rate of 2-01.5. - Len Baker
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Giant killer at M’borough ■ Shelbourne based Michelle Eastman's beautifully bred 4-Y-0 Armbro Operative/Insulated was a giant killer when successful in the B & D Tatchell Plumbing Vicbred Pace for C1 class at Maryborough, returning a mile rate of 1-57.2. Taking a concession for Terang's Jason Lee, Aleppo Tiger from gate five was never on the track, before eventually joining the pacemaker Manny Tiavon in the final circuit. Surging clear on turning, Aleppo Tiger had the audacity to score by two metres over the stablemates Cheshire Cat off a three wide trail last lap and Itscottabegood which raced in the open until Aleppo Tiger came along.
2 wins in succession ■ At Lord's Raceway Bendigo on Thursday, Longlea trainer Glenn Sharp's promising 4-Y-0 Noopy Kiosk/Disco dance gelding Gidah brought up two wins in succession by taking the Staffordshire Park Trotters Handicap for T0 to T2 class over 2150 metres. Driven by Tooleen reinsman Nigel Milne, Gidah jumped straight to the front from barrier three and was never headed, accounting for Miss Eliza and Eurasian Hanover in a mile rate of 2-05.1.
Nod from judges ■ Marong trainer Ken Taylor would have been "over the moon" when his 5-Y-0 Presidential Ball/ Maswet Georgia mare Baracks Angel led throughout from the pole to snare the Hygain Feeds Pace for C1 class over 2150 metres at Bendigo in a rate of 2-00.3. Driven by Haydon Gray, Baracks Angel had to fight at the start to hold the front running from Longtan Tigerman and after doing so, was rated a treat to get the judges nod, defeating Vinnies Jet off a three wide trail last lap from last by a neck, with Blissful Hart (three wide last lap) a neck away in third place.
Defied strong challenge ■ Great Western's Peter Manning has a way with the trotter and former Sydneysider Commander Jewel made it two from two since joining the stable when successful in the Terang CRT Store Trotters Handicap for T0 or better class over 2180 metres at Terang on Wednesday. A winner at Tabcorp Park Melton the previous Friday, Commander Jewel driven once again by Matt Craven stepped safely from the 20 metre mark, immediately pressing forward to take over from Action Kosmos shortly after the start. Always in control, Commander Jewel defied a strong challenge from Terry Young's Earl Of Charity on straightening to register a 1.7 metre victory in 2-05.6, with Action Kosmos third. An 8-Y-0 daughter of Cr Commando and In De Fence, Commander Jewel has fronted the starter 44 times for 9 wins, the majority being in NSW.
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■ Victorian trotting was held at Shepparton in the Goulburn Valley on Monday August 12, and locally trained runners snared four of the nine races on the card, the most impressive being 4-Y-0 Allamerican Theory/Silkari Star gelding My Mums A Star in the Gino's Pizza & Pasta Pace for C2 class over 1690 metres. Trained adjacent to the track by Dave Farrar, My Mums A Star taking a concession for Echuca based Tom Gilligan and starting from the extreme draw, was set alight immediately the start was effected, circling the field to assume control at the bell. Keeping up a strong tempo, My Mums A Star ran his rivals ragged (first half 57.2) and although shortening stride as the winning post loomed (and he was entitled to do so), held on to score by a head from Indi Bapu along the sprint lane from three back the markers, with Sword And Pistol running on late from well back for third. The mile rate 1-57.4. It was My Mums A Star's ninth victory in 47 outings.
Well primed ■ Nathalia trainer Noel Tyndall combined with Shepparton reinsman David Moran to land the Petstock Pace for C1 class over 1690 metres with Washington Vc/New York Glow 7-Y-O gelding Fergus Mactavish in a rate of 2-01.5. First up since February, Fergus Mactavish was well primed for a forward showing and led throughout from gate three, accounting for Chiquita Bromac along the sprint lane from three back the markers and Nova Arama (one/one).
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Narkoola taking the Elite Horse Transport Pace for C1 class over 2190 metres and Please Dont Talk the Victorian Equine Pace for C3 & C4 class over the same journey. In-form 4-Y-0 It Is I/ Chunky Tanner mare Narkoola taking a mare’s concession, ran home strongly from the rear of the field after starting from the extreme draw, proving too strong for John Newberry's Splendid Choice off a three wide trail last last lap which she followed home, with Irish Crest third after trailing the weakening leader Hoppy Joe. The mile rate 2-01.9. Reliable 5-Y-0 Live Or Die/Consensus mare Please Dont Talk chalked up her eighth victory in 71 outings. Sent forward from outside the front row to lead, Please Dont Talk kicked clear on straightening to defeat Madam Altissimo out wide after spending most of the race three back the markers by a 10.2 metre margin in 200.3. The Black Front motored home from last on the marker line to finish an eye catching third.
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■ Armstrong trainer Brooke Hansen's Blissful Hall/Art For Art Sake gelding Big Gorilla has a huge future and chalked up his third victory in nine outings by taking the teranghrc.com 3-Y-0 Pace over 1680 metres at Terang with Neil McCallum in the sulky. Settling with most of the field ahead of him from gate three on the second line, Big Gorilla moved forward three wide racing for the bell, gaining a trail in the final circuit on the back of Crazy Dave. Sweeping to the front out very wide in the shadows of the post, Big Gorilla scored by 3.1 metres in advance of a game Crazy Dave and Willow Robyn in a rate of 1-58.1.
■ Astute Kialla trainer Steve O'Donoghue and stable reinswoman ‘Bec’ Bartley were successful with Life Sign/Cobbity Cobbity gelding No Tomorrow in the Saddleworld 3-Y-0 Vicbred Pace over 2190 metres. Pushing through from gate two on the second row to take over from Die Tryin after travelling a couple of hundred metres, No Tomorrow travelled kindly all of the way, winning by 1.8 metres over Die Tryin, with Modern Dancer (three wide last lap) third. The mile rate 201.2.
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■ Rockbank owner/ trainer/driver Mario Attard received all the spoils when Major In Art/Safely Susan gelding Eyes On The Road greeted the judge in the Quest Shepparton 2-YO Pace over 1690 metres at . Making his second appearance at the races, Eyes On The Road was given a sweet passage from inside the second line following the poleline pacemaker A Special Dream, before using the sprint lane to score from High Class Mate (one/ one) and Hooper Road (one/three - three wide last lap) in a rate of 2-01.
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Horses To Follow ■ Dentona, Vinnies Jet, Top Venue, Passionate Embrace, Cameos Moment, Girls Go First, Jack Kelly, Desert Spur, Madam Altissimo.
Breeders’ Consolation Tuesday, 3-Y-0OArmbro Invasion/Sunny Folly gelding Invasive spaced his rivals in the Cranbourne Trainers Bonanza Trotters Mobile for T0 & T1 class over 2080 metres. Raced by a group of prominent harness supporters, Invasive trained and driven by Melton's Lance Justice had nothing more than "a stroll in the park", leading throughout to score by an untouched 34.4 metres in advance of Spiros The Greek which trailed and Who Else (one/one) in a mile rate of 2-03.4.
Lovely trip ■ Parwan's Jodi Quinlan was also a winner a Cranbourne, when much improved 3-Y-0 Falcon Seelster/Serenity Franco gelding Franco Seelster snared The Red Shed Pace for C0 class over 1609 metres in a rate of 2-00.6. Given a lovely trip from the pole trailing the Kiwi Jack Kelly first up in Oz which sped across the face of the field from gate six, Franco Seelster dashed away along the sprint lane to bring up a hat-trick of wins, defeating Jack Kelly by six metres, with Classy Guy (three back the markers) also using the sprint lane for third. \
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■ The PJ'S Timber & Hardware/Primes Discount Store 3-Y-0 Trotters Mobile for T0 & T1 class over 2190 metres at Maryborough on Thursday was taken out by Tatura trainer David Abrahams' Dream Vacation/Why Worry filly I Dreamt It with Nathan Jack in the sulky. Starting from gate three on the second row, I Dreamt It settled in the second half of the field, with the Sydney visitor Dew Drop Girl leading from the pole.
■ At Tabcorp Park Melton on Thursday, Ararat trainer/driver Michael Bellman scored a terrific victory with honest Die Laughing/Lily Princess mare Miss Chinoise in the Breeders Crown Consolation for 4-Y-0 mares over 2240 metres. Taken back of the gate from barrier four to settle near last with the heavily backed Modern Mary leading, Miss Chinoise gained a three wide three back trail home in the three wide line, before sweeping to the front in the shadows of the post to score from Whispering Lass which followed her home from three back the markers, with Alina (one/one three wide home turn) third after leading on straightening. The mile rate 1-58.3.
Held on to score win ■ Avenel horseman David Aiken scored a big victory with American Ideal/Champagne Blues filly Bianca Tang in the Breeders Crown 2-Y-0 Fillies Consolation over 2240 metres at Melton on Thursday. Starting from gate two on the second line, Bianca Tang ($26.70) was sent forward shortly after the start was effected to assume control. Allowed to bowl, Bianca Tang had a huge lead approaching the home turn, but after using so much petrol early in the piece, the effort started to tell as the winning post came into view. Holding a narrow margin approaching the post, Bianca Tang held on the defeat Gracenator (three back the markers) by a head only in 1-57.4, then had to survive a protest from the runner up. Ariosa ran home late from the rear to finish third.
Scorched away ■ Avenel based Wayne Potter enjoyed a profitable night at Bendigo on Thursday, chalking up a stable double with two three year olds - Americal Ideal/Bring Her Back filly Sophies Ideal taking the Bush's Produce Pace for C0 class over 2150 metres and Washington Vc/Falcons Goddess gelding Colby Reilly the Tarah Youngson Happy 18th 3-Y-0 Pace over the same distance. Sophies Ideal driven by Mark Pitt ran home strongly from mid-field in the moving line after starting from the extreme draw to defeat Big Storm Warning which led after moving around the third placegetter Heres Your Chocky which scorched away from outside the front row. The mile rate 159.7. Colby Reilly (gate four on the second line) possied mid-field in the moving line, before letting rip in the back straight on the first occasion with Daniel Jack in the sulky to take the lead away from stablemate Art Of Fame (Nathan Jack). Always in control, Colby Reilly raced by Kilmore stalwart Jack Knight who now resides at Avenel, cruised to the wire 6.7 metres in advance of Im A Peregrine and Bucksaroo who both ran home from mid-field. The mile rate 2-00.8. - Len Baker
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