Forte Illustration #2
7 August 2014
By Pip Beggs.
3 August 2014
Bilarni tells the tale of an uneducated Northern Territory bushman – the greatest yarn-spinner of them all, a soldier who returned from WW1 to live among Aborigines as a lover, husband and father who lost it all…an that’s only a part of the epic tale. Jan “Yarn” Wositzky began his career in 1971 as the tea-chest bass player in the renowned Bushwackers. Nowadays he is a storyteller musician from Castlemaine.
29 July 2014
Boom Gallery presents a group show to celebrate Craft Cubed 2014. Exhibiting the work of an impressive group of talented local designers & makers to celebrate Geelong.
28 July 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.
25 July 2014
398 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still inspiring generations beyond imagination. From paintings to tattoos, his wise words can be found almost everywhere. A long-time lover of Shakespeare’s work, Ildiko Susany was destined to land a role in Damien Ryan’s rendition of Henry V. While some people may completely shut down at the mere mention of Shakespeare, there are reasons why plays are still using his words hundreds of years later.
25 July 2014
Little Bird had been running for a number of weeks at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne and last week treated some very lucky audience members to a perfomance at GPAC on Thursday 10th July. It is the story of a small-town country boy with some serious Mummy and Daddy Issues! Wren was born to a loving couple who lived in an isolated cottage in the forest.
25 July 2014
Play readings mightn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but with the Remix Readings at Courthouse ARTS they’re mixing things up a bit so even those who cringe at the word should give it a go. This time around creator Mitch Cunningham has infused narrative, sound and performance to recreate the idea of traditional play readings. “Our goal is to take five scripts from five young writers and to chop, change, revise and remix those scripts into a unique series of performances,” Mitch says.
25 July 2014
The femme fatale is an archetype of literature and art: a mysterious, seductive woman, and her ability to entrance and hypnotise her victim was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural.
24 July 2014
Three words: Bendigo Writers Festival. Put them together and they open up doors to rooms full of ideas, good company and great people. In just a couple of years, Bendigo Writers Festival is already well known for its warmth and friendliness, for its superb location at the majestic Capital in View Street right next door to the Art Gallery, and also for the diverse, inclusive and unashamedly inviting program.
24 July 2014
Parallax Dance Company is one of Geelong’s finest dance companies, composed of highly skilled dancers from around the region. Company members are trained rigorously in different dance genres and are encouraged to add their best personality when they perform. The passion for dance and performance is the guiding light of Parallax Dance.
23 July 2014
Prints, paintings and photographs from the collection inspired by the darker side of the animal kingdom. Includes works by Stephen Bush, Rona Green, Rew Hanks, Maria Kozic, Brett Whiteley and Deborah Williams.
20 July 2014
The Eureka Stockade and the events leading up to it on 3 December 1854, have always been hotly contested. Like much of history, who tells the story will determine the version of events you hear. For the diggers, building a wooden barricade on the site where M.A.D.E now stands, was a necessary tactic in the face of corrupt and aggressive government officials. To the government, these actions were a dangerous defiance of the established authority.
18 July 2014
The third annual Bellarine Lighthouse Films Winter Program promises a highly entertaining and thought provoking cinematic journey where nothing is as it seems. You’ll fall in love, take a road trip through mid-north-west America, attend an Orthodox Jewish wedding, travel through time and get divorced.
12 July 2014
This is a group exhibition of contemporary drawings by Leonie Allan, Bianca Brant, Peter Dawson, Meghan Griffiths, Rachel Kirby, Robyn Mackay, Susan Rice-Bellman and Eiichi Tosaki.
Come feast your senses and support local emerging artists.
12 July 2014
The Surf Coast Art & Design Market is an annual indoor Winter market The market provides an opportunity for local Victorian artists and designers to showcase their quality work. At the same time it provides local people with an opportunity to peruse or shop in a relaxed & inviting atmosphere at a time on our regional calendar when there are few other markets or events.
11 July 2014
A fresh look at the art of Marco and Debra Luccio who continue to draw inspiration from one other, resulting in strong mutual influences on their individual art practices. Inspirare means ‘to breathe in’ and it’s the two-way interaction of ideas and technique that lead to the concept of this joint exhibition of contemporary, classic and rare works.
10 July 2014
With a wealth of cabaret, theatre, musical and performance skills under his belt, not to mention a bucketload of modesty, Paul Capsis is clearly one talented guy. After performing in shows such as The Rocky Horror Show and The Lost Echo and acting in Carlotta and The Boy Castaways, this week he’ll be bringing his newest show, Little Bird, to GPAC in Geelong.
26 June 2014
Oozing colour and happiness, Morgan Connoley’s vibrant works are the perfect pieces to adorn your bare walls whilst effortlessly putting a smile on your face. Featuring wolves, typography, pineapples and flamingos, there’s a quirky artwork to suit the plainest or most eccentric of rooms. Unsurprisingly people love her work, as her pieces have been featured in such glossy magazines as Real Living, Shop, Fashion Journal and Sunday Style magazine.
20 June 2014
In 1988, playwright Billy Aronson wanted to create a musical based on Puccini’s La Bohème, in which 1890s Paris would be replaced with the rawness and street vibe of 1990s New York. Jonathan Larson, a 29-year-old composer, began collaborating with Aronson on this project. Larson’s inspiration for Rent’s characters and plot elements are drawn directly from La Bohème, the world premiere of which was in 1896, a century before Rent’s premiere in New York. Tuberculosis, the plague of Puccini’s opera, is replaced by HIV/AIDS in Rent.
17 June 2014
Saturday 21 June will kick off the weekend celebrations with a street parade in Bannockburn High Street, and free live music and displays for a couple of hours and will conclude with a free movie night at our new hall showing the movie Braveheart. Sunday 22 June will celebrate the 700th anniversary in a big way at the Bannockburn Golf Club. There will be an abundance of entertainment on the day including the showcase event – a re-enactment of the 1314 battle in period costume including armour and battle horses.
15 June 2014
Brent Lyall is at the top of his game: captain of the footy team, with two Brownlows and a beautiful girlfriend… but he has a penchant for designer dresses and his alter ego ‘Carmen’ is about to go public. Acclaimed Australian playwright and National Living Treasure David Williamson delivers another hilarious football story – this time, with a twist. In spectacular form, Managing Carmen takes a satirical look at the characters behind the nation’s favourite sport: greedy sports managers, champion footballers, bimbo girlfriends and notorious tabloid writers.
15 June 2014
Come along to the Seven Wonders Silent Film Festival featuring silent films by aspiring and professional filmmakers, vloggers, YouTubers, artists, media students and school kids. All films are 100% silent and under seven minutes long, with the festival theme being ‘Seven’ including; “Seven days, hours or moments in your life, your story told in seven minutes, is the number seven really lucky? Your seven favourite things about Geelong, seven awesome things you can do that nobody else can…. Short-listed films are screening from 16 May – 27 July at the National Wool Museum.
14 June 2014
Since 1986, Richard Szymczuk has been documenting Geelong’s roadside vernacular. He photographs abandoned petrol stations, milkbars, shops, fading advertising signs, vacant old houses, etc. The passing traffic has forgotten these once busy and productive businesses, with the imminent reality of demolition being their fate. At night, these abandoned locations transform into places of dark melancholy and a sinister nature. Richard’s images are a mixture of dread and beauty, lit by the ambient light sources of streetlights, car lights, moonlight, or with flash.
