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E ARIES: With Venus sashaying into Aries,
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VENUS LINKING ARMS WITH URANUS AND LATE-WEEK MERCURY ON THE MOVE AGAIN IN ENERGETIC, ENTERPRISING ARIES GIVES THIS WEEK A HASTY, IMPATIENT FLAVOUR AND TEMPESTUOUS EDGE…
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up your presentation because people are watching. With Mercury also in Aries, well-worded communications can make strong alliances, but wayward behaviour could come back to haunt you. How hard can it be to focus on peace, play, pleasure, wit and humour?
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TAURUS: Initiative and personal appeal colour May, your Taurus month in the sun. Others will want what you’ve got, so get to work and show it off, baby. Talk it up, loud and proud – though with a trio of planets including your mentor Venus in Aries, it is advisable to choose your words wisely.
CANCER: The shifting contortions of retrogrades tend to slow things down and mix them all around. Lightbulb moments finally start going off as this week settles to sort through the aftermath. Its group socialising and family vibe are very much your thing, though there could be a disconcerting reversal of something you thought was already settled.
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LEO: The triad of Venus/Mercury/Uranus in fellow fire sign Aries, plus your solar ruler in the sign of finance, puts this month’s focus on career responsibilities, professional connections and your public image. Use all setbacks and delays to fine-tune plans for what could be even more auspicious timing.
The sun in a compatible earth G GEMINI: May is traditionally your month J VIRGO: sign and your ruler Mercury turning of self-analysis and personal assessment, not your ideally favourite thing. But with Mercury and two other planets in Aries flipping moods every which way, this emphasis in your house of soul growth arrives at the perfectly opportune time to assist with challenging partnership issues, both public and private.
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LIBRA: As your boss planet Venus shifts into let’s-get-going Aries, this month’s solar emphasis hits your house of resources: the conservation or reworking of what you already have. On a personal level, its fiery astral climate could easily overheat, but thankfully it comes with a willingness to mend disconnects.
professional allies, business competitors and public promotions. Some participants mightn’t play nice, and a trio of outer-planetary retrogrades could see unstable worldwide conditions messing with your ambitions, making this a week to practise your emotional poise and legendary self-control.
SAGITTARIUS: The triplicity of Venus/ Mercury/Uranus in fiery Aries sounds a powerful clarion call to think before you speak. And sleep on steamy issues before pressing the Send button. Little things are likely to work better than grand plans this week, so take encouragement from mini-wins, minor triumphs and small gains.
LIFE IS A CABARET IN BURLESQUE HEADS BURLESQUE AND CABARET PERFORMER LOUISE MCCABE IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF GUILTY PLE ASURES CABARET & BURLESQUE FESTIVAL , BRINGING COLOUR AND PIZZAZ TO BRUNSWICK HE ADS 12–14 MAY. Louise, what was the inspiration for the Cabaret & Burlesque Festival? Why is it such a good fit for Brunswick Heads do you think? In 2013/14, I performed in one of the Bay Cabaret shows which was really popular and lots of fun and I saw how many great acts there were around the area, including burlesque artists – and I thought: ‘There really is an audience for cabaret and burlesque. We should do more of it.’ There are cabaret festivals all over Australia, but so far none in the northern rivers, which is such a hub for festivals, so why not a Cabaret & Burlesque one? My co-director, Lucy Rhoades, and I both thought that Brunswick Heads was the perfect spot for a cabaret festival because of its whole end-of-the-pier, speakeasy-by-the-seaside feel – it’s got the yearly carnival and the vintage shops and it has the perfect vibe for it.
We’re sadly in a world that’s becoming more dangerously right wing and it seems fitting to be holding a cabaret festival right now.
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To me great cabaret is that which is on the edge and immediate, and that breaks down the fourth wall so the audience are a vital part of the show – where the performers are having so much fun that their audience can’t help but have a great time too. Story is also important – so we’ve looked for artists whose acts tell a story that’s absorbing and moving – whether that’s a 3-minute burlesque act, or a 40-minute set of songs. What we’ve tried to do is create a festival that’s as diverse as possible. There are some acts with political and social satire and comment – and then there’s some stuff that’s purely visual spectacle and entertainment.
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PISCES: A planetary move forward begins deleting techno glitches, misunderstandings and delays from the Life Of Pisces. However, this week’s emphasis on economics and expenses has the capacity to develop a competitive edge, best avoided by moving briskly in the opposite direction of anyone getting ready to rant or vent – you’ll recognise the signs.
So many – I don’t know where to start really! We’re really thrilled to have Glitta Supernova who’s a real trailblazer in burlesque; the hilarious Travelling Sisters who do comedy sketches; glam rock burlesque band the Bertie Page Clinic, who are huge in Japan and France; and award-winning burlesque star Miss Bettie Bombshell, who’s very comic and a beautiful dancer. We’ve got a beautiful show of French chanson from Louise Blackwell, Parisienne cabaret dancers Class Act Follies, and local singer/ songwriter Parissa Bouas, who’s created a show especially for Guilty Pleasures – plus heaps more. The Picture House’s program will include two shows from international cabaret singer Ali McGregor and their program will also feature Imogen Kelly, who was World Queen of Burlesque in 2012 at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. Guilty Pleasures will take place in two venues: The Memorial Hall and Brunswick Picture House. To see the program and book tickets, go to www. guilty-pleasures-fest.com.au.
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issues are up and running. So watch for stubbornness. Aim for flexibility. Practise negotiating skills. What current cosmic energies support most are new ideas, an adventurous project or hitting the Restart button on something that’s been languishing in the pending file.
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AQUARIUS: With this week’s sun in a fellow fixed sign, people’s security
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What will be the highlights at Guilty Pleasures Burlesque Festival?
What is the essence of great cabaret? What do you look for when you are programming?
Cabaret was huge in the Weimar Republic of Germany before the rise of the Nazis, who absolutely hated everything it stood for, such as freedom of political, social, artistic and sexual expression.
CAPRICORN: The sun in a Venus-ruled, sympatico fellow earth sign tempts your creative imagination out to play this week – especially in regard to luxuries and leadership, your signature specialties. As the zodiac’s champion organiser and strategiser, your executive drive, professional know-how, upmarket style and natural savvy are headed for success and in demand.
There’ll be some classic burlesque but also neo-burlesque that’s completely different. And we’ve also tried to get a good mix of the wonderful local talent we have with out-of-town acts.
As we started planning it, the stars aligned (as you’d expect in the northern rivers) and the Brunswick Picture House came to town! Lucy met with Brett Haylock and the crew from the Picture House and discussed our idea of a festival; they were very supportive of the idea and keen to be involved.
I’ve been a fan of cabaret for many years and performing occasionally in it since early 2000s and I think it’s a great artform. It involves such a mix of skills and it’s so diverse – from the torch singer at a piano, to comedy sketches, to drag, to standup, circus, sideshow and performance art – or a hybrid of all of it.
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direct in go-ahead Aries is a useful combination for soothing fractious conversations and getting general communications on the mend. But refuse to be pressured into anything before you’ve thought it through; decisions are best made during late-week Virgo moon.
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YOUNG PHOTO COMP Byron Youth Service (BYS) has facilitated the iSNAP photography competition for young people aged 12–18 years in the northern rivers region for 2017 National Youth Week. Entrants were encouraged to loosely interpret the theme STREET. Finalists were selected and announced at the last Byron Flea market, and a large collection of entrants have images exhibited at the Byron Bay Brewery from Wednesday 26 April until 10 May. The Byron Youth Service has acquired the talents of young Byron-born-and-bred photographic artist Yani Clarke. Clarke’s work explores people living on the edge of society, specifically those experiencing personal hardship, addiction and mental illness. Clarke sees the medium as a powerful method of exploring and understanding oneself through personal inquiry into everyday life. She has run workshops through BYS offering herself as a mentor, passing on her skill and knowledge to the budding photographers. Young photographers have the opportunity to intern at BYS under Clarke’s guidance. For enquiries call BYS on 6685 7777. The iSNAP photography exhibition will be on display at the Byron Bay Brewery until 10 May.
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