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● May Jasper and Alia Vryens in May and Alia do Pirates at La Mama Courthouse until June 29. ■ It’s an ambitious undertaking for two people Both put in a fine performance with comto perform the Pirates of Penzance and May petent vocals. Jasper and Alia Vryens openly admit it, but Directed by Eve Johansen, the production what else can they do? includes live musical accompaniment, (folWhen May and Alia discover that they are lowing a cassette tape malfunction) from Tim the only cast of a 20+ ensemble to show up for Beresford and Gabriel Lu. opening night, Alia refuses to be defeated. The live music brings life to the perforMay is incredulous at Alia’s suggestion to mance which sometimes runs a little flat. carry on, but as we suspect, she finally conMay is the Modern Major General, no Alia sents and is soon in full swing, up-staging and is the Modern Major General - they have a taking control. “General-off” to decide who should be the There is no pretense about this being a pol- General. ished production. It’s a shameless rollicking Both are upstaged by Gabriel Lu’s rap verromp - two women with a suitcase of dress- sion. Another highlight was Alia’s jazzed up ups, clowning antics, swapping accents, bick- version of the Pirate King song. ering over who should play who and having a Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera is ball reliving their high-school theatrical pretty silly but May and Alia’s Pirates is turbodreams. charged silliness and loads of fun. It’s a show of humour, pantomime, corny Performance season: Until 29 June, gags, over-acting, tantrums and madness. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 7pm, ThursThe girls drift in and out of doing bits of day and Saturday at 9pm Pirates. I particularly enjoyed the way they Venue: La Mama Courthouse, 349 smugly congratulate themselves on their ef- Drummond St, Carlton forts after a song or scene. Tickets: $25, concession $15 May Jasper and Alia Vryens are the creBookings: 9347 6948 ators and performers. - Review by Beth Klein
Silly old Moo ■ The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Roy Whye Wah Moo of East Doncaster from providing financial services and engaging in credit activity. Moo was an Australian financial services authorised representative and an authorised credit representative of a national financial planning firm. Moo pleaded guilty in December in separate proceedings in the County Court to one charge of dealing with money which was the proceeds of crime, where the value of the money was $100,000 or more. ASIC may ban anyone who is convicted of fraud. Mr Moo has the right to lodge an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC’s decision to ban him.
■ Vee Motors Pty Ltd has been ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to pay $982.30 to car purchaser Allan Limbrick. Mr Limbrick complained that the 1966 Ford Mustang purchased was a standard coupe and not a ‘GT’. He claimed damages totalling $20,000. Mr Limbrick said he was led to oberpay by around $12,000 for the vehicle, because of Vee’s claims. The claim was based on allged defects in the car. Some defects were proven by VCAT Deputy President Ian Lulham. “The vehicle purchased by Mr Limbrick was a left-hand vehicle.The agreed purchase price as $35,100,” Mr Lulham said. “Given its age, the vehicle cannot be made subject to the ‘statutory warranties’ under the Motor Car Traders Act.” Michael Vlasikakis of Vee Motors, and Mr Limbrick, both gave evidence. The car had been advertised on the Carsales.com website, with a link to a YouTube video. Mr Limbrick said the car had GT ‘trumpets’chrome features on the exhaust, GT badges on the front quarter panels, a GT grille, a GT fuel cap and a four-barrel carburettor. Vlasikakis said he never represented that the car was a ‘GT’, and Limbrick had never asked. Limbrick inspected the car, there were seven Mustangs on Vee’s lot. “This is not a straightforward case, but I conclude that Vee did not act in a misleading and deceptive manner, and that Mr Limbrick was not misled,” Mr Lulham said. “He knew he was buying a pastiche and not a completely genuine car.”
Stalking history halts ‘working with kids’ permit ■ A conviction for talking two children several years ago has stopped a man from gaining a ‘Working With Children’ permit. The man, 22, unsuccesfully made application to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to have the decision reversed. VCAT Deputy President Heather Lambrick heard that the man, then aged 19,. made application for a permit, but was refused by the Department of Justice. Ms Lambrick was given two letters from psychologists Dr Simon Gillian and Jeffrey Cummins. “The offending involved two separate victims and took place over a six-month period,” Ms Lamrick said. One boy, aged 16, received sexually explicit telephone calls
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Mike McColl Jones from the man, who stated he had seen the 16-year-old in the shower. The second victim, then aged 15, worked in a video store, and was asked for his private phone number by the man. The man followed the second teenager, shining his car headlights at the youth. “(The man” gave evidence in which he significantly downplayed his involvement in the offending, almost to the point where it was unclear that he acknwoldged guilt at all,” Ms Lambrick said, affirming the refusal.
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