CULTURE
GREAT SCOTTY! GIVE YOUR MUM SOMETHING FUNNY!
AN ARTIST’S AFFAIR: ‘FLOWERS AND FLESH’
WHO GETS MURDERED?
Denise Scott is irrepressible. With a career that just keeps kicking goals, in an industry where they are still struggling for gender parity, she is showing that a woman in her 60s can not only have a career, she can soar to the top! And there’s just one reason for that. She’s bloody funny. Proper funny. In fact Denise has that rare ability to work across demographics while constantly keeping her pitch absolutely authentic and true to heart. And she’s a woman up for a bit of danger! The comedy legend has been showing her tango skills on Dancing with the Stars. She’s also been confirmed to appear on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, which will screen later this year. In fact there’s not much this tongue-in-cheek, mother of two, ratbag of a woman won’t take on. Last year she became a panelist on Studio 10 – adding a touch of humanity and that down to earth charm she’s so loved for. Yep, this Barry Award winning comedian could be called the comedian’s comedian. In Melbourne where she lives, Denise Scott jokes are held in reverence. Not by her of course. But by the many up and coming comedians who bask in her shadow. Not that Denise even realises she casts a shadow! She’s far too humble for that. Scotty is hysterically funny. It’s no surprise she has also scored a Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer. When she hit the stage with her dear friend, Judith Lucy, the show sold over 30,000 tickets across the country. Have breakfast (covered in ticket price) with Denise Scott at the Byron Comedy Fest on Sunday 19 May at 10am. It’s an awesome way to start the day and with Mother’s Day the Sunday before – this is an incredible gift for the Mum in your life.
Life drawing is a sensual way to experience the thrill of drawing. There is something about the human form that is so compelling – at An Artist’s Affair this month there will be eight life drawing models across two stages, offering an inspiring atmosphere for all. An Artist’s Affair is all about being theatrical and opulent. Flowers and Flesh promises to be insightful, delightful, auspicious, humorous, humbling, friendly and fun, and very very inspiring! All levels of artistic skill are welcome. Even beginners! There is no better time to pick up your pencil and give it a go! Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March from 3pm at Stoker’s Siding Hall. www.followyourart.net.au
If you were offered the opportunity to sample all the good things like music, painting, beautiful books, singing, dancing and acting lessons, pottery classes, would you give it all away to eat? Sulking and sullen teenager Amy Polegate, played by Hillary Goodsell does just that in Ballina Players’ latest production, It Could Be Any One Of Us. Amy is more concerned with eating and protecting her mum Jocelyn Polegate (Julieanne Basham) from her mums’ friend Norris Honeywell (Mick Webb) and her uncles Mortimer Chalke (Carl Moore) and Brinton Chalke (Peter Harding) rather than being artistic. Amy’s grandmother Mrs Chalke, is the artistic type who wants her offspring to be ‘Children of the Light’, however none of them have any talent. For example, 20 years ago Brinton spent his summer staring at piano student Wendy Windwood (Mechelle Anderson), through the window when she was sitting with Mortimer, while he was painting. When Wendy arrives to survey her inheritance from Mortimer, Brinton is shocked to see his infatuation 20 years older, not at all like he remembers. After three failed ‘accidents’ that could have been fatal, there’s finally a real murder in the house. Norris is delighted at finally getting his chance to solve a real crime. But who gets murdered and who is the victim? It Could Be Any One of Us opens on Friday at the Ballina Players and runs through until Sunday 31 March.
BYRON GOLF CLUB OPEN DAY The Byron Golf Club is having an open day on Sunday, so why not bring the family and check out this incredible facility. There will be Laser Skirmish, Bubble Soccer, a bouncy castle and face painting. The Byron Public School will have a snow cone and popcorn stall on the go, and for the adults there’s an Introductory Golf Clinic to improve your swing. If you’re a good shot, who knows, you might win some cash in the ‘Lob for Loot’ putting comp! The fabulous Brookies Gin company will have a pop up tent on the day with their delicious specialty cocktails, and so will Asahi Beer: selling their Goat beer and Somersby Cider. There is music from 4pm with Greg Lyon and The Hip Operation. From noon onwards Byron Bay Golf Club is an awesome place to be this Sunday, especially with ribs from Lennox Smokin Barrel and tacos from Taco Love! 12noon – 4pm with music to follow.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW There’s no better way to get the gang together than with a trivia night - and you can raise money for a local charity at the same time! Test your memory for those weird bits of information lurking in your cerebral cortex and support the Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club, on Saturday at the Mullum Ex-services from 6pm by coming along with a table of 10, or be added to a team on the night. $10
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PARTNERS IN ART The BSA Project Space has another packed exhibition calendar this year with the current exhibition drawing a crowd from locals keen to hear more from the talented duo Charlotte Haywood and Edward Horne. Partners in life and art, they work collaboratively and independently as interdisciplinary artists across installation, experimental architecture, theatre, film, sculpture, textiles and through inter-cultural collaborations, techniques and materials. Work is on show for one more week, so pop in for a look! BSA Project Space, Byron School of Art, 112 Dalley St, Mullumbimby
Tix at ballinaplayers.com.au or at Just Funkin Music in Ballina.
AUDITIONS FOR EXTINCTION
ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM For the past five years local residents Andrew Kidman and Ellis Ericson have been working with George Greenough on the modern evolution of his Edge Surfboard design. Ericson and Kidman are both shapers; the book and film charts their journey as they work with Greenough to personalise their own equipment with a design George has been toying around with since the late ‘60s. Their film On the Edge of a Dream is shot on the North Coast of NSW and it features Lennox Head and Angourie where Greenough’s innovative Edge designs were tested in the early ‘70s. Along with the 52 minute feature film, Kidman and Ericson have also released a 100 page hardbound book that is an even deeper look into the mind of the surfboard shaper. A good friend and contemporary artist Barry Mcgee (San Francisco) was visiting Australia during the making of the project and witnessed firsthand the surfboards, stories and historical significance that was evolving. Barry offered his hand to the project and thus began the dialogue of creating the artwork for the film and book On the Edge of A Dream. Barry’s original sketches and final works for the project will be exhibited alongside the screening of the film this month at the Byron School of Art Gallery in Mullumbimby. The Art Show opens to the public at 6pm on Friday 29 March and will run over 3 days with Friday and Saturday night screenings of the film. $22.19 at www.ontheedgeofadream.org
FLICKERFEST IN MURWILLUMBAH The Flickerfest 2019 National Tour returns to our region this month with the Best Of Australian Shorts & Short Laughs Comedy programmes in Murwillumbah at the Regent Cinema, this Saturday and Sunday. From 4pm. Tix are $12.15 at cinemaregent.com
The Drill Hall Theatre Company in association with Byron Writers Festival is preparing for the production of a very recent Australian play to be performed in August. It is written by Hannie Rayson (of Hotel Sorrento fame). The play, Extinction is very relevant in that it imaginatively and compassionately explores, with drama and humour, a microcosm of the way we currently treat the planet and each other’s concerns. Director, Richard Vinycomb is currently casting, and holding open auditions on Friday and Sunday. See ads in Classifieds pages 51–53. If you are an experienced female or male actor, in the age range for lead characters 25 to 55, preferably send your details (short bio and photo) to producer peter.gough1@gmail.com or otherwise message Richard on 0427 843 374.
FUNNY FOOLS! ‘How do you teach someone to Be Funny?’ That is the question Mandy Nolan is most asked about the stand up comedy course she runs through Byron Community College. ‘I don’t’ she says. ‘98% of people are naturally funny or have some sort of comedic insight – I teach them technique, I help them find the things they want to talk about, I try and guide them into just how they might talk about it, we create a short 5 minute routine, and then at the end they get up on stage.’ Mandy’s latest crop of comedy students are what she describes as ‘a bloody crack up’. ‘Some classes just have this magic to them – and this is certainly one of those groups!’ With horticulturalists, a retiree, an accommodation provider, a one time male stripper turned Michael Buble singer, a stay at home mum, a Thai screen writer, a doctor and a whole heap more – like they say in Sesame Street– you won’t believe the people that you meet in your neighbourhood, and what they have to say! This term’s Virgin Sacrifice Comedy Graduation falls on the most auspicious day on the comedy calendar: 1 April! 8pm at the Mullumbimby Ex Services | Doors at 7pm. Tix are $10/15 Book on mandynolan.com.au or tix at the door (if any left. These shows go nuts!)
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Flowers and Flesh Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March 2019
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22 - 31 March 2019
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March 24, 2019 | 3pm | Byron Theatre $40 | $35 | Student under 18 $10 Event preceded by 2019 season launch (free event) 1.30pm
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