Revolutionary Comedy
27 August 2014
Presented by Simon Rogers. Four of Australia’s sharpest comics together for one amazing night of political comedy!
27 August 2014
Presented by Simon Rogers. Four of Australia’s sharpest comics together for one amazing night of political comedy!
26 August 2014
At some point of our childhood many of us are taught how to knit. For Ruth Marshall her experience was much the same, though when her mother and aunt taught her how to knit they never would have guessed she’d go from knitting cardigans for her teddy bears to life-sized pelts of various animals for her exhibition Vanished into Stitches.
26 August 2014
Stuart Campbell’s portraits record the actors, directors and writers of the cinema renaissance of the 1980s known as the Australian New Wave. Campbell (1951-2009), who was born in Ballarat, studied at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne where his love affair with photography began. In 1972 he moved to Sydney and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
24 August 2014
The hugely popular Faulty Towers has become a must see event at the Vue Grand, performing up to ten shows at the hotel per year. In place of the traditional stage, the actors perform amongst the tables, and even on top of the tables, and act as the hosts for the evening.
23 August 2014
This August, Craft Cubed returns, this time with a major focus at Fed Square as well as venues big and small across Melbourne & regional Victoria. Craft Cubed is Craft’s annual festival of experimental, skilled and ideas-based craft and design.
22 August 2014
Anglesea played host to its annual One Act Play Festival, over the weekend just gone, Saturday August 16 to 17. Held at the Anglesea Community Hall, theatre groups from all over the state attended and performed a number of short single act plays ranging from 20-45 minutes long.
22 August 2014
CIRCA, world-renowned for creating startling new ways to experience circus, is bringing their exquisite cabaret of the senses to Colac Otway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre on Saturday, September 6.
22 August 2014
Come embrace and enjoy the experience of ETCH studios artists’ newest and current work over a glass of wine. Grab the opportunity to meet each uniquely talented artist and discover their ways of processing ideas and how their work progresses from initial concept to finished work.
22 August 2014
Following an action-packed national tour crossing Arnhem Land, a Sydney Big Top season, then a smash-hit international tour across America to Montreal, Circus Oz rockets into Geelong with their brand spanking new show But Wait…There’s More.
21 August 2014
Featuring members of some of the coolest rhythm sections in the Melbourne music scene today including Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Mojo Juju and Suitcase Royale, Mighty Duke & The Lords are giving you a reason to party with their non-stop infectious grooves. Luckily for all you Forte readers, the band is set to play at the Lorne Festival of Performing Arts which takes place over the 29-31 of August.
21 August 2014
Dressing up in heels, fishnets and layering up on makeup can be annoying for girls, let alone guys, but the crew of Queens of the Outback have learnt to love it in their new drag show created by Simon Vowles. “It used to take us about two hours, because none of us were drag queens before this,” Simon says. “It’s quite hard, I don’t know how you girls do it all the time. That’s also been a fun experience for us, learning about all the makeup and all that.”
19 August 2014
Not all of us can pick up an instrument and perform a perfect blues song or grab a paintbrush and capture that moment forever. Luckily for Lincoln McAlister, while he can’t perform the song he can do sketch it out. We had a chat to Lincoln about his artistic ability and his love for the blues.
18 August 2014
Oscar Wilde’s brilliant and much-loved comedy of love, manners and mistaken identity has been delighting audiences for over 100 years. Set within the stifling conventions of Victorian England, two young bachelors have taken to bending the rules and the truth to add a dash of excitement to their lives.
14 August 2014
Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is about to be married off to a promising young man – a dream come true. Their marriage is postponed when Shira’s elder sister, Esther, dies while giving birth. Shira’s Mother then proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart’s wish and her family duty.
14 August 2014
Culture will be on full display in the Surf Coast next month when the fourth annual Lorne Festival of Performing Arts kicks off. The event runs from August 29-31 and promises to be a weekend filled with a huge mixture of weird and wonderful performances for all ages.
13 August 2014
Melting fridges, mysticism and microcosms are all in Art & Australia Collection 2003 – 2013. The collection includes a variety of innovative contemporary works of art including video, painting, sculpture, light installation, sound art and photography.
9 August 2014
The theme for this year’s Scarf Festival is ‘divinely wicked or devilishly good?’ Hundreds of scarves are exhibited attracting entrants from some of Australia’s most well-known crafters and artists from around the world. Take home one of these amazing creations, as many scarves are available for purchase.
9 August 2014
It’s hard for most of us to turn a negative into a positive, but for Melissa Nikolic after dealing with a few health issues it gave her the chance to pursue her passions. “For a long time I’ve been drawing on the side and then all these other things kind of happened, and I just needed time out to do the things I enjoy,” she says.
8 August 2014
Do you dream of being a successful writer? Yeah, me too; only I’m doing something about it. As a second-year arts student at Deakin University, majoring in Journalism and Creative & Professional Writing, I am determined to immerse myself in as many invaluable opportunities I can find. I have never been the patient type, and as a result, have put myself forward for a number of volunteer writing and editing positions.
8 August 2014
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece is a visually stunning and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition seen through ancient Greek eyes; with a particular focus on the human form. For over 2,000 years the Greeks experimented with representing the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the Great.
8 August 2014
Words in Winter is an annual literary and arts festival held in August each year in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts. Words in Winter is a celebration of words, stories and ideas in all their forms shared by locals and visiting presenters through readings, poetry, theatre, music, talks, workshops, visiting authors, and exhibitions.
8 August 2014
There’s a saying out there that two is always better than one, and this couldn’t apply more to the duo exhibition at Wonderwall Gallery by Soraya Mobayad and Katie Bishop. Both exhibitions feature highly detailed works from two talented local ladies – Katie lives in Torquay and Soraya in Geelong. Sorayas’ series ‘Phantasm’ uses images, loops, narratives and patterns often conjured up in dreams to give them a physical illusory form.
8 August 2014
Local artists are invited to create their masterpiece and enter it in the Surf Coast Shire’s 2015 calendar competition. Once again this year the shire is calling on all artists who are living in the Surf Coast Shire or are ratepayers to submit ONE original artwork for the opportunity of inclusion in the 2015 council calendar.
