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A candid look at world Southern Cross Grammar students are preparing to taking audiences on a journey of side-splitting misadventures in their latest production, Candide. Twenty students from the Caroline Springs school have spent the past term rehearsing the show, which opens on May 10. The production will feature puppet-like clowns, a chorus of singing air hostess and musical kitsch, as the main character, Candide embarks on a journey to be reunited with his childhood love which causes him to question his optimistic outlook on life. Drama teacher and director Lincoln Busby said the adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide will feature an outlandish and satirical look at the world. “I would like the audience to see the show as a satire on our no-worries culture, as much as a piece of entertaining theatrical escapism,” he said. “The cast and crew have tirelessly volunteered their time to bring this classic story to life.” Candide will be performed at the school on May 10, 17 and 18 at 7.30pm and May 11 at 2pm. All proceeds will go towards future performances. Details: bit.ly/2PD4LiF ronan, Basil, tHomas and talia
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Holiday road horror A 29-year-old man died and more than 100 motorists lost their licences in a horror Easter weekend on Brimbank’s roads. Brimbank topped the state for the number of offences (1025) committed during Victoria Police’s Operation Nexus. A St Albans man died in hospital following an incident in Deer Park on Good Friday. Police stopped the man’s vehicle on Ballarat Road about 7.15pm as part of a routine intercept.
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While police were conducting a licence check, the man fled his vehicle and ran across Ballarat Road where he was struck by a car. He was taken to hospital and died the following day. Brimbank highway patrol Sergeant Andy Oakley said it was a distressing scene. “It was distressing for the friends he had in the car, the police at the scene and for the police who had to investigate,” Sergeant Oakley said. “He for some reason decided to run, he was driving without a licence so it was possibly to
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avoid punishment, but suffered the ultimate punishment.” The incident is being investigated by Homicide Squad and Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives. Sergeant Oakley said the high number of speeding offences (339) was also cause for much concern. “It’s a shame drivers keep taking significant risks. We’re seeing things like drivers doing 150km/h in 70 zones,” he said. “Three hundred and thirty nine people
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speeding in a five-day period is a significant number.” Sergeant Oakley said more than 40 people also lost their license for drink driving. Ten cars were also impounded across Brimbank, while 47 mobile phone offences were recorded. “It’s amazing how far you can actually see some people travel while constantly looking down,” Sergeant Oakley said. “All it takes is someone to step out in front of you while you’re looking down.”
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