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Green Living Centre on death row BY Alex Yujin The Green Living Centre on King Street, Newtown has been a local champion of environmental enthusiasts for the last 14 years. The shop originally known as The Watershed regularly runs free workshops on solar panelling, and in the past has also run courses on food composting and rainwater tank use. Run by environmental experts and volunteers, the centre also sells products such as worm farms, and even had a bike library at one stage so locals could try out electric bikes free of charge. But residents fear its doors will close in June this year. The centre has been funded jointly by Inner West Council and City of Sydney for the last decade, but when questioned by City Hub, Mayor Clover Moore would only comment that the new budget had not yet been finalised. “The City’s CEO will report to Council on May 15 with a full budget, including an expanded environmental plan that prioritises the most effective programs for delivering water, waste and carbon emission reductions,” said Moore. Labor Councillor Linda Scott said the Green Living Centre offers practical measures for the community to make changes in their own homes and businesses, and supported it staying open. But when she questioned Clover Moore at a council meeting about the future of the centre, she received the same rebuff, that she should wait for the budget to be announced in May when it will be too late to make changes. Matthew Levinson, a spokesperson for City of Sydney, said the needs of Sydney had changed since the Green Living Centre first opened. “When the centre was first set up, we were in a very different position in terms of the public debate and awareness of action on climate change. Fifteen years later...we can’t expect people to find their way to a shopfront in Newtown.
Locals participating at Solar Panel Workshop at the Green Living Centre last Saturday. Credit: Michael Lu
“Our focus is going out to aparement owners and businesses, and making it as easy as possible for those people [to make changes] because we’ve set ambitious emission reduction targets, and we’re not going be able to hit them unless we bring a lot of poeple along with us.” Shop manager Lucy Abbott said that over 200 visitors a month come through the Green Living Centre for advice and products, while their hard-to-recycle-items drop-off centre is so popular that they regularly receive boxes in the post from all over Australia. The centre has also helped reduce the carbon footprint in Newtown by offering sustainability audits and recommendations to local businesses. One success story is the Black Star Pastry bakery, who now boast 100% recyclable packaging as a result.
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“With more resources, we could certainly do more outreach such as to provide home audits and expand our workshop series,” says Abbott. “The local community is very concerned about plastics, so we would also love to run a plastic project to reduce reliance on plastic.” Abbott also said they had brokered the relationship between the Young Henry’s brewery and Pingala, which resulted in a community solar project, and that the centre partners with the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre every year to participate in commuity events, such as running an eco-zone at the Newtown Festival. A spokesperson for Inner West Council, Kate Walsh, said Clover Moore had been urged to continue the partnership for at least another year while “council is investigating opportunities to maintain the centre.
“It is helping inner city livers to make a global impact in a local way - including worm farming, composting, energy and water efficiency, recycling, natural cleaning, eco-renovation and more.” It was last year after Lord Mayor Clover Moore attended a global meeting about climate change that she was famously quoted as saying “we need to do double the work in half the time” to achieve Sydney’s environmental targets. Michael Mobbs, a sustainability coach who lives in a completely off-grid house in the inner west, said “I agree with Mayor Clover Moore when she said that we need to do twice as much in half the time. Why then, if the Mayor is serious about cutting climate pollution, would she defund one of the city’s few actionfirst bodies such as The Green Living Centre?” Greens MP Jenny Leong was also deeply concerned about the survival of the centre. “While the issue of climate change is real, our community needs to have access to the kind of grassroots environmental education that’s offered by the Green Living Centre. “So many of the worm farms and no-dig veggie gardens in backyards around Newtown, Erskineville and the Inner West were created as a result of the Green Living Centre’s work,” she said. But anecdotal evidence such as this just wasn’t enough anymore, said Levinson. “When we’re funding programs on environment, our focus is being able to prove that they’re having an impact, not just awareness raising. It has to be focused on making a reduction, because in the next four years if we don’t make substatial cuts, we’ll run out of time.” But locals insist this strategy is disempowering residents, by slashing the one tool they have to take action on their own terms. “The Green Living Centre was really driven and founded by the former Marrickville Council. Now it’s been abolished and there’s no local voice, it looks as though the red-tape focussed city council is getting rid of an intitiative that actually helps people roll up their sleeves and do something,” said Mobbs.
Woollahra Council ready for next round By Tommy Boutous and Sathsara Radaliyagoda Kur-ring-gai Council’s recent court victory gives Woollahra Council hope for their appeal against their forced amalgamation with Waverley and Randwick councils. Ku-ring-gai Council won their court appeal and their merger with Hornsby Council has been halted. This may prove pivotal in the future of council mergers if it stands as a precedent. In a recent media release, Woollahra’s Mayor, Toni Zelter said the reasons Woollahra Coucil is resisting to merge and the issues raised by Kur-ring-gai Council during their appeal are very similar. “Much like Ku-ring-gai Council’s case, our challenge questions the Government’s failure to publicly release the full KPMG report on mergers and calls them to account for their lack of proper process and transparency during the Public Inquiry,” she said. A spokesperson from Kur-ring-gai council confirmed they won their court appeal because of “the lack of procedural fairness in that the delegate and the public were unable to properly form a view on the merits or otherwise of the merger because the KPMG report was not available to them”. Since the basis of the two councils’ cases overlap, Woollahra may still have a chance to negate the proposed amalgamation.
The Minister for Local Government, Gabrielle Upton, is still committed to council amalgamations. Credit: Gabrielle Upton
“The Ku-ring-gai Council victory in the Court of Appeal means that councils currently before the courts can use the judgement as part of their case against being forcibly merged,” said a spokesperson for Kur-ing-gai council. However, a spokesperson for NSW’s Minister for local government, Gabrielle Upton suggests that despite the win for Kurring-gai, council merges will continue. “While we are considering the implications of today’s judgement (Kur-ringgai Council’s win), the NSW Government is committed to the merger of Hornsby and Ku-Ring-Gai councils given the clear benefits it will have for the local communities,” the spokesperson said. Woollahra Council residents are still against the council mergers. Vaucluse resident, Tony Wassaf, said the merger would negatively impact those who live within the municipality. “The Govt is pushing cost savings as the main benefit of the merger. I do not know if that will be true… We have not been provided with any convincing information which would make us believe that we will be better off with a merger,” he said. Woollahra Council has continued to fight the merger since Mike Baird announced the amalgamation of councils in early 2016. Woollahra Council will continue with their leave of application in the High Court. city hub 6 APRIL 2017
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Homeless face more sleepless nights By Jessica Hill Homelessness advocates have praised the Inner West Council for adopting a new Homelessness Policy, but believe it needs further development when it comes to helping young people. Youth Off The Streets partnered with the council to give input into the new policy and is the main youth homelessness service operating in the Inner West. James Townsend, the Program Manager for the Youth Off The Street’s Inner West Youth Homelessness Service, said the Inner West Council’s new policy is a step in the right direction but it needs to focus on all types of homelessness. “The new policy has a focus on rough sleepers and community common areas where people are sleeping rough,” he said. “This is just one aspect of homelessness, and a good one to start with, but homelessness is more than this.” The Inner West Youth Homelessness Service works with over 500 young people each year who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Nationally, around 40 percent of Australians experiencing homelessness are under the age of 25. “It’s a real issue and it’s not just the old idea of people sleeping on the streets. What we often encounter are young people who are couch surfing or staying with people in an unstable or short-term solution,” Mr Townsend said. Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) aims to improve the lives of young Australians who are experiencing homelessness by engaging with Government and businesses. They also aim to break the common stereotypes associated with youth homelessness. “It’s not just the person begging or sleeping on the street. It’s that young girl who has left an abusive place to stay with her friends family, or a
Sleeping rough isn’t the only way young people experience homelessness. Credit: Flickr
guy at school who’s staying on his friend’s couch and doesn’t know where he’ll be sleeping next week,” Mr Townsend said. “It’s about these ‘hidden’ types of homelessness that we don’t see, and getting those who are in crisis situations on a stable path to be able to focus on what they need to.” Jack de Groot, CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, said in a press release many of the services aimed to support young people who are experiencing homelessness are left to the charity sector to provide. “Vinnies NSW runs a variety of programs, from emergency accommodation and case management to job training and early intervention programs such as KEEP (Kids Engaged in Education Program),” he said. The Inner West Council recognises there is an important part for them to play in the fight to reduce homelessness.
“Homelessness is often the consequence of broad scale social and economic policies that result in homelessness triggers such as housing affordability, unemployment and loss of income support,” a council spokesperson said. “While homelessness is primarily the responsibility of state and commonwealth governments, local government has a significant role to play as custodians of public open space and other community assets which are used by people who are homeless and others.” Mr Townsend agrees that homelessness is everyone’s responsibility and local decision makers need to work together with State and Federal Government to ensure funding and policy is progressing. “Homelessness is in part dealt with by the community, this is where issues first arise and people can intervene before things escalate,” said Mr Townsend.
“I hope that we can work with council and the broader community service system to develop this policy with the view to be a leader in homelessness prevention/ policy in the future,” Mr Townsend said. Mr Townsend said policy-makers and advocates have to be flexible and learn from the experts: the young people experiencing homelessness. The Inner West Council adopted a new policy focussed on finding long-term solutions for Inner Westies experiencing homelessness on the 28th of March. The Inner West Youth Homelessness Service provides crisis accommodation, transitional housing, financial support and case management to young people 16-25 in the Inner West. They also work closely with other community and Government organisations to support young people thrive in the community.
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Parramatta Road: Boulevard of broken budgets BY PAUL CLARK The Inner West Council has offered a way to transform public transport on Parramatta Road with the proposed introduction of Guided Electric Transit System (GETS) technology. The Inner West Council, supported by Canada Bay, Burwood and Strathfield Councils, commissioned independent consultants Bodhi Alliance and EDAB Consulting to prepare a Parramatta Road Public Transport Opportunities Study. The consultants endorsed GETS as the best option for public transport on Parramatta Road in their report. Richard Pearson, the Inner West Council Administrator, said: “Track-free trams would free up the kerbside lanes from loud diesel belching buses, instantly making the footpath a much more pleasant place to be.” The trams would run in the centre of the road instead of in the kerbside lanes and use batteries instead of power cables, and run on the existing road surface. Cameras keep the tram in its designated lane, but the driver can still take control of the vehicle to steer around obstacles. This new tram proposal is still some distance from a full business case. After receiving the report from Bodhi Alliance and EDAB Consulting, Inner West Council has now committed $80,000 towards what it calls a full feasibility study of GETS for Parramatta Road. Mr Pearson wants the State Government to match this figure. “With State Government backing, this cutting-edge public transport project could be delivered within five years - so their joint commitment is vital,” he said. If it all sounds too good to be true, it’s because Sydney has an unfortunate history with transport projects. In 2016, the CBD and South East Light Rail Project had a cost blow out of $517 million.
Parramatta Road is the site of the proposed ‘track-less’ light rail. Credit: Michael Lu
“There have been more than a dozen plans to transform Parramatta Road over the years. They have all failed due the lack of commitment to a real public transport solution,” Mr Pearson said, but added it would be different this time. “The [GETS vehicles] are cheaper to run and more environmentally friendly than buses, and can move twice the number of people. And we don’t need to dig up Parramatta road to install them,” he said. The GETS trams require platforms for passengers to get on and off, which would be placed in the middle of what is currently a conventional multi lane road. This means the proposal is not completely devoid of roadworks. The Inner West Council estimates that track free trams – running between Strathfield and the CBD - could be delivered for $200 million. Council spokesperson Kate Walsh said this figure was derived from the study prepared by Bodhi Alliance and EDAB Consulting. The study says all the costings it provides compare GETS
to light rail, and demonstrate that GETS is better value. However, the report states that a more accurate estimate requires more detailed engineering design and assessment outside the scope of the study. According to the Inner West Council, the current State Government plan for Parramatta Road is to use ‘Rapid Bus Transit’. Essentially, this means conventional buses running on the existing bus lanes. Transport for NSW responded positively to the proposal, without publicly committing any funds at this stage. “Transport for NSW welcomes Inner West Council’s proactivity in considering creative solutions to improving public transport for the Inner West and we look forward to reviewing the detail,” said a spokesperson. “Transport for NSW is still investigating public transport options to be implemented following the opening of WestConnex to support urban renewal and revitalisation of Parramatta Road.” Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson,
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New art event puts Australian artists front and centre BY STEPHANIE TILLER Sydney’s peak art institutions are being praised for putting Australian artists at the forefront of new art event, The National. The exhibition was established in 2015 after representatives from The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Art Gallery of New South Wales and Carriageworks began talks about forging a partnership to create a largescale art event. The National 2017 was born from these talks, with the focus of the exhibition being to create a detailed survey of contemporary Australian art. Blair French, Director of Curatorial and Digital at the MCA and Curator of The National 2017, says the exhibition is the first of its kind for Australia. “The National is a new survey exhibition of current Australian art that’s presented across three major institutions, developed and copresented by those institutions. “It’s part of an ongoing program as we’re looking to do this in 2017, 2019 and 2021 to sort of build up a very detailed overview of Australian art in that period. “It is the largest current survey of Australian art, so for an audience member they’re going to see the most concentrated and most substantial body of new Australian art that they’ll have the opportunity to view at any one time anywhere,” he said. Brianna Munting, Deputy Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts, says The National is also giving artists the opportunity to contribute to public debate about the current state of the country. “Sydney Biennale and other events like that really focus on global discussions and global participation both curatorially and within the artist selection, so having this show of local talent is really what Australia needs at this moment. “It’s celebrating our contemporary artists and bringing them into the general public and I think also what it has created when you go to the spaces is that there is this unique energy and people are learning and thinking about what contemporary Australia means.
The Museum of Contempoary Art Sydney is one of the sites of The National art event. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
“I think The National doesn’t shy away from changes that are happening in this country, it’s contributing to those debates and it’s making sure that artists voices are at the centre of them within the public realm,” she said. The National 2017 exhibiting artist, Nell, says the exhibition has also provided a platform for Australian artists to come out of the shadow of their international counterparts. “Often Australian artists are at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to events like the Sydney Biennale and other large scale events in terms of support.
“We’ve still got that cultural thing where we want to look after everyone else before ourselves so being able to celebrate the incredible art and artists that we have here is a great opportunity. “What happens when you give artists space and money is that they step up and that is certainly what has happened in The National,” she said. Wayne Tunnicliffe, Head of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Curator of The National, says The National is picking up where Australian Perspecta left off over a decade ago.
“The National really is picking up in a way from where the Australian Perspecta in the 1990’s and 1980’s finished. “When it finished I think many people missed that large scale survey format and the chance to look at groups of work and this is kind of Perspecta enlarged, it’s bigger than the Perspecta’s were. “I think The National will also help Australian artists increase their profile internationally with curators coming through to visit and with media attention happening more broadly,” he said. Mr French says the partnership between the three major art institutions has laid the groundwork for future collaboration. “I think this has really opened up the inner workings of each organisation to each other and sort of highlighted how there are certain things that if we come together on, we can do really well and that has benefits for the artists and also for the audiences. “We’ve certainly started talking about further collaboration, we don’t have any firm ideas but even if it’s not necessarily major exhibition projects but the ways in which our learning teams and digital teams can work together is really important,” he said. The National 2017 exhibiting artist, Agatha Gothe-Snape, says it is important to see how the state of play in Australia is reflected in contemporary art. “We’re in Australia and we’re very use to almost having a sense of excusing our artistic culture and playing down the huge contribution that it makes to our society. “I think it’s important to have a moment to think about what is prescient for Australian society right now and artists are really good at articulating some of that and that is a privilege to be able to see that. “I mean I think just walking around The National is really interesting as a snapshot of what is important in our world right now,” she said. The National 2017 is running until July 16 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Carriageworks.
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Paddock to press in Danks Street By Alex Yujin It all started over twenty years ago over lunch beneath the Tuscan sun. When Dominic Quattroville was a teenager, his family had a meal under an olive tree in Tuscany, Italy. It was this moment that his father “fell in love with the olive grove” and was inspired to start one of his own back home in the Hunter Valley. What started as an empty piece of land in Pokolbin is now Fourth Village Estate: a thriving farm producing thousands of litres of olive oil, wine, bespoke jam, marmalade, and a variety of seasonal fruits which are sold direct to the public at Danks Street Produce Merchants in Waterloo. The three Quattroville brothers, John, Sal and Dominic, all work with their parents to run the family business. “One of us is always on our shop floor, and I think that’s nice because there’s a point of contact and a familiar face when you’re shopping with us,” said Quattroville. April is what he describes as “a special time of year.” It’s the time for the annual olive harvest and 10
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to celebrate the family will stage a live olive oil pressing and tasting over three days at the store. Coreggiolo and frantioio olives from the estate’s fifteen year old trees will be delivered direct from the farm to the store, where they’ll be fed into the Italian-made centrifugation, pressing machine. The fresh extra virgin olive oil will be ready for immediate tasting. It will be a rare opportunity for customers to witness the process and taste the oil straight away. “It’s the first time within the Sydney basin that there’s been a live olive oil pressing,” said Quattroville. He says it’s always worth the year’s wait. “The romance of firstly the smell, and then the flavour is something unimaginable until you actually try fresh olive oil,” he said. “When that first bit runs off the press, there’s nothing more special than a fresh extra virgin olive oil with a good crusty ciabatta loaf.” The weekend pressing isn’t the only opportunity to sample the freshly made oil. The family also runs a restaurant, Mezzanino above
Olive oil pressing will take place at Danks Street Produce Merchants this coming weekend. Credits: Supplied
the store, where a unique Italian menu compiled by chef Riccardo Interdonato makes use of many products you can buying store. “That’s also a very special component, because not many restaurants have a produce
market below, where they’re able to source their ingredients directly. The head chef is able to go downstairs and speak directly with the butcher onsite, the cheesemonger, and myself about what’s in season,” said Quattroville.
FEATURE Rita Bratovich Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me. It’s a rhyme many of us chanted as children in response to mean jibes and name-calling, most of which were innocuous and silly enough to be easily forgotten. Sometimes, however, those taunts had all the weight and hardness of a viciously thrown rock, and could indeed do a lot of harm. In a world where technology has exponentially increased access and communication, the tenets of privacy, protection and free speech are repeatedly being scrutinised - case in point is the current bill before parliament proposing an amendment to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, specifically, to replace the words “offend, insult, humiliate” with “harass”. It’s an issue that is being explored by a team of journalists at community radio station 2SER. Their project is a podcast called Just Words (the title itself a clever play on words.) The entire radio station is involved and a lot of work has gone into research, design and production. Asked why they chose this medium to present the story, Executive Producer Emma Lancaster says there is a real appetite for podcasts and audiences consume with more deliberateness: “People who listen to podcasts are quite dedicated listeners, so they’ll subscribe to them and be waiting ready for the next episode.” There are no constraints on deadline or length or even style and substance, so there’s a lot of creative room. Producer and Creator Anthony Dockrill, an avid podcast listener, said the station wanted to do something new, something more narrative driven, and also something with wider reach: “As a radio station we’re competing with other stations, but when you put Just Words on iTunes you’re competing with NPR [popular American podcasting network]” Just Words is a fixed length, single-issue series. Nine episodes have been uploaded so far, and the response, right from the start, has been overwhelming. It debuted with “New and
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Picture left to right front row is: Nic Healey (Host) and Emma Lancaster (Executive Producer). Picture left to right back row is: Anthony Dockrill (creator), Ellen Leabeater (producer), Jake Morcom (producer). Photo: Kevin Cheung
Noteworthy” status and has reached number 84 in the top 100 podcasts - no small achievement in the crowd of over 200,000 podcasts on iTunes alone. So why was 18C chosen as the subject? Producer Ellen Leabeater says they looked at the topic last year and “there was a potential that it was going to be really big in 2017 and we really lucked out.” It has indeed become a big issue, although somewhat incongruously according to show host, Nick Healey: “You’d think it was the most important issue, yet last year 77 complaints were made under 18C, only one actually made it to court. The rest were either done in conciliation or dismissed outright.” Dockrill adds: “What I saw was that what was being reported in the media about 18C and what
was in the cases… there was a big disconnect.” Certain media outlets and high profile identities argue that 18C suffocates them and inhibits their right to free speech. This opinion came to the fore in the anti-discrimination case brought by Pat Eatock and co. against Andrew Bolt, which is covered in a Just Words episode. Bolt, who lost the case, is a vehement advocator for amendment to the law and it would logically seem to be in the interest of most journalists to want that too, but as Healey explains: “The idea of freedom of speech works in a society where everyone has an equal voice, but we live in a society where not everyone has an equal voice.” Lancaster adds: “I think it’s about striking a
balance…freedom of speech vs protecting the vulnerable.” While the Just Words team members each have their personal opinion on the issue, they strive to remain impartial in the podcast and have actively sought cases on both sides of the argument. Leabeater produced an episode on the landmark case of Prior vs QUT (Queensland University of Technology) in which indigenous teacher Cindi Prior brought charges of racial vilification against four students regarding offensive Facebook comments. Prior lost, the judge concluding that the comments were an example of “humour and irony”. In a cruel twist, Prior is now suffering even worse vilification through social media trolling, which thanks to the anonymity it offers, makes catching perpetrators near impossible. “This is where the law in general is struggling to keep up with technology,” says Leabeater. This case is important because it highlights the lesser known, lesser discussed mitigating existence of Section 18D which provides for exceptions in areas such as artistic, academic, scientific pursuit in the public interest. It can work as a double edged sword, but at least it allows the exploration of ideas. There is arguably no stronger test of ideas and challenge to the concept of truth/fact as Holocaust denial, which is tackled in the first episode of Just Words. In 2003, Jeremy Jones brought a case of vilification against Gerald Frederick Toben regarding anti-semitic comments made on Toben’s Adelaide Institute website. Jones won, but Toben has continued to argue in favour of freedom of speech and freedom of ideas. It’s a case that exemplifies the difficulty of delineation. The Just Words series is near completion, and the 2SER team will wait and see how it is received before deciding whether to do another and what it will be about. For now, they’re happy to know that Just Words is already having an impact, with many listeners saying they understand 18C better now. Just Words is available on iTunes or at www.2ser.com
We Want You! The CiTy hub iS looking for a number of dynamiC volunTeerS To regularly ConTribuTe To our webSiTe and Sydney newSpaper. These roles will involve professionally covering various topics on both the news side and also the arts/entertainment side. As part of our arts/entertainment team the City Hub will open the door for you to cover Sydney’s thriving theatre, music, art and film scenes. You will have the opportunity to conduct interviews and occasionally attend performances as a City Hub representative. This role is a practical internship/contributors position (no coffeeruns for you!) and one in which a number of our current editors have undertaken before rising through the ranks.
This role iS for you: 4 If you relish the opportunity to work in a real news environment 4 If you are passionate about Sydney having an independent local voice 4 If you want on-the-job experience and training for your portfolio 4 If you love talking to interesting people and telling their story succinctly 4 If you are organised and can hit deadlines
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT It Shoulda Been You
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The new Broadway musical by Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi makes its Australian debut in this production by Chatswood Musical Society. It Shoulda Been You is like a New York Jewish version of a Shakespearean comedy, with augmented personalities, absurd situations and quick, sharp dialogue. While it does have a lot of the predictable elements of a contemporary Broadway musical, it’s self aware enough for that to merely add to the humour. Chloe Angel plays the lead role of Jenny Steinberg, the elder of two Jewish sisters who is helping her younger sibling, Rebecca (Michaela Leisk) prepare for her upcoming wedding to Brian Howard (Dave Berry) - a gentile. Neither party’s parents are thrilled with the ensuing nuptials, and both mothers are less than subtle about their disapproval. Kate Mannix is wonderful as the loud, insufferable, exaggerated yet believable Jewish mother, Judy Steinberg. Her counterpart is Georgette Howard (Chapin Ayres), Brian’s stalky, martini swilling, cynical
mother who sees the marriage as the final incision in the umbilical chord. Every character in the rest of the cast adds an element of colour and variety to the ensemble, with another notable mention going to Atha Kastanias as Albert the wedding planner.While he is typically camp, he has a presence and charm that makes him more than an ornamental character. The acting and singing are equally impressive amongst the cast, though Chloe Angel has some virtuoso moments. The show is being staged in the beautiful art deco Independent Theatre in North Sydney, which has generous seating but a comparatively tight performance space. Neil Shotter, set designer has dealt with this in a creative and resourceful way. Great orchestra, great production, great fun. Come and support your local theatre. (RB) Mar 31-Apr 8, Various performance times. The Independent Theatre, 269 Miller St, North Sydney. $40-$45,Tickets & Info: www.chatswoodmusicalsociety.org
People can expect a reimagining of history as we’ve always known it with the play Fallen, showing at The Seymour Centre. It’s a very different kind of period drama that takes a more feminist approach. “Fallen just doesn’t peer into an 1848 period institution, there’s other questions posed. It’s a real provocation to challenge the way we understand history,” explained Fallen’s Director Penny Harpham. Urania Cottage, London, was a home founded by famous writer Charles Dickens and wealthy banking heiress Angela Burdett-Coutts. It was established as a reformatory for fallen women as an alternative to the workhouses and prisons.The women were handpicked by Dickens for a different kind of rehabilitation.They were taught to cook, clean, sew and sing, things women of their station were never given the opportunity to do.There were two conditions of the home; they could never speak about their past, unless to Dickens (who wrote about these conversations in his notebooks and based characters in his books on them); and
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advantage of her but bragged about it later. Diane’s husband is supportive and completely believes in her but who is telling the truth and who is lying is never really certain. The play does a great job in tackling the issue of consent and how entangled the central characters are within this moral dilemma. The scenes in the class room, where we are shown Diane’s efforts to teach her students about consensual sex and the way teenagers react to the subject are poignant and very entertaining. Consensual is an excellent play all around with a great cast of young actors and a creative production team that adds a lot of value to the show. (DJ) Until Apr 15, Various performance times. New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown. $20$35. Tickets & Info: www.newtheatre.org.au
Consensual is a startling production that brings a timeless and important subject matter into the spotlight: sex, consent and where the line becomes blurred. Written by British playwright Evan Placey and directed by Johann Walraven, the play tells the story of Diane, a high school teacher responsible for implementing the new year 11 ‘healthy relationships’ curriculum, otherwise known as Sex Ed. The story takes on a few unexpected twists and turns. We are introduced to a young man named Freddie who confronts Diane and intends on pressing charges regarding an incident 6 years earlier when he was only 15. This is the most intriguing part of the story as he alleges that she groomed him for months and finally one night at her apartment they had sex but Diane insists Freddie was actually the instigator and not only took
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when finished with their training at Urania Cottage they couldn’t to go back to London but had to get on a ship and move to the colonies, and either marry the settlers or become domestic servants. Fallen explores themes of sexual freedom, patriarchal society and resilience. Playwright Seanna van Helten has used the book The House of Fallen Women published in 2009 by historian Jenny Hartley, as inspiration.The play is an imagining of what happened not actual fact. There’s a lot of joy in Fallen, which sends a strong message about women believing in each other and the positivity of being female.“The play is a political act in itself; that we made these women more important than Dickens, that’s feminism written into the text.We don’t put Dickens onstage. I’m almost positive if it were men running the show Dickens would be in it,” added Harpham. (MS) Until Apr 22, 7:30pm. Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre, Cnr Cleveland Street & City Road, Chippendale. $35-$44.Tickets & Info: www.seymourcentre.com or Ph: 93517940
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Arts Editor: Jamie Apps For more A&E stories go to www.altmedia.net.au and don’t forget to join the conversation on Twitter at @AltMediaSydney
Contributors: Alannah Maher, Alicia Sim, Athina Mallis, Barbara Karpinski, Caitlin Burns, Chantal Walsh, Craig Coventry, Daniel Jaramillo, Emily Shen, Georgia Fullerton, Greg Webster, Irina Dunn, Jade Morellini, James Harkness, Joseph Rana, Leann Richards, Lisa Seltzer, Mark Morellini, Mel Somerville, Olga Azar, Peter Urquhart, Rita Bratovich, Rocio Belinda Mendez, Sarah Pritchard, Shon Ho, Zeiya Speede, Jade Morellini,Vanessa Powell.
ASYIK For Kids Festival 2017
Asyik is Indonesian for fun and that’s exactly what this festival will provide for the third year running. Run by the Suarai Indonesian Dance company this community event is all about celebrating Indonesian culture, traditional arts, food, music and of course dance. “This festival is especially focused on showcasing the wonderful talents of our kids,
This year, Handa Opera revives Gale Edwards’ much-loved 2013 production of Carmen under Andy Morton’s direction. Early drizzle bathed the singers in fine showers which, thankfully, soon ceased for the entire performance. Described as one of the most promising mezzos of her generation, the petite Josè Maria Lo Monaco performs a wildly passionate Carmen who commands the stage with her presence and her vocal strength. Basque tenor Andeka Gorrotxategi captures our sympathy for his Don José, whose increasing desperation is leading him to perdition.
Luke Gabbedy performed Escamillo’s Toreador song with great charm, Natalie Aroyan was as sympathetic a Micaela as you could get, and Jane Ede and Margaret Trubiano are playful and loyal as Carmen’s gypsy friends Frasquita and Mercedes. The dancing was outstanding, and Brian Castles-Onion did justice to Bizet’s melodious score. I have a big quibble with this production, however, which omits one of Edwards’ most important directions. Edwards’ production ends with Don Jose looking at the body of murdered Carmen at the front of the stage, while at the top of
Live Music Guide LIVE WIRE Sydney By Jamie Apps
Irish Mythen: Canadian songwriter and storyteller extraordinaire Irish Mythen has conquered the Australian folk scene over the past two years, with performances that pin you to the back wall with their honesty, wit, and emotional intelligence. She returns to Sydney tonight. Thu, Apr 6, Leadbelly Palace Of The King: Rock powerhouse Palace Of The King, in fine form and fresh off the Baby Animals ONE WORD 2017 Tour, return to the stage to promote their new single Black Cloud. Black Cloud is a rock/soul driven track featuring the vocals of Mahalia Barnes. Thu, Apr 6, Frankie’s Pizza Round Mountain Girls: The self-proclaimed pioneers of Celtabillyrootsgrassfolk, Round Mountain Girls have finally returned with their long awaited fourth studio album, Meet You At The End. Tomorrow the group will return home to launch the album. Fri, Apr 7,The Music Lounge Vincent Sole: Melbourne’s 19-year-old wunderkind penned a management deal with 5/4 Entertainment last year, preparing him for what is already shaping up to be a year of relentless goal-kicking, which begins tomorrow. Fri, Apr 7, Banquet at World Bar Hawaiian Choir Workshop: Choir director Gary Smith from Acappella Central will lead a 2-hour workshop channeling the spirit of “Aloha” he experienced by playing music with the local community in Hawaii some years ago.Those who bring a ukulele will also have the fun opportunity of learning some simple chords and playing along.
Sat, Apr 8, St Columba Uniting Church Daniel Weltlinger: World renowned Berlin based violinist Daniel Weltlinger returns to Camelot to launch his new album ‘Samoreau’. Featuring a stellar lineup comprised of Aaron Flower & Cameron Jones on guitars, Edouard Bronson on horns, Marcello Maio on accordion, Daniel Pliner on piano & Stan Valacos on bass this will be Daniel’s only Sydney performance. Sun, Apr 9, Camelot Lounge Jason Ayres: The South African born singer moved to Australia at age seventeen calling Perth his new home. It was this move that enriched his passion for music and encouraged him to first pick up a guitar. Having performed to sold out crowds in iconic music venues around the country, his intimate live show and eloquent stage presence have earned him spots supporting a number of international chart toppers. Sun, Apr 9, Red Rattler Theatre Charlie Siem: Internationally renowned violin virtuoso and style muse Charlie Siem will give his first-ever performance in Sydney. Often credited with bridging the worlds of classical music, pop culture and style, Siem has performed onstage with stars like The Who, Bryan Adams and Jamie Cullen, while winning a unique fan base including Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Karl Lagerfeld. Mon, Apr 10, Sydney Opera House Lupa J: Before the venerated Newtown Social Club closes its doors for good on April 23, producer/glitch queen Lupa J will perform a launch show for her as-yet unreleased new single ‘Put Me Back Together’. Tue, Apr 11, Newtown Social Club
and the hard work they have been doing as extracurricular dance and music activities to learn the culture of our nearest neighbour,” said festival director Alfira O’Sullivan. Alfira, who trained as a dancer at the Institute of the Arts in Central Java, leads the Suarai Indonesia Dance group, which has taught and performed in over 150 schools in Australia and toured New
Zealand, Europe, Palestine and Pacific islands. “Over 50 children from different dance groups around Sydney will be performing on stage and they have been practising for months.” (JA) Apr 8, 10am-3pm. Leichhardt Town Hall, 107 Norton Street Leichhardt. $6-$25. Tickets & Info: www.suaraindonesiadance.com.au
the raked stage Escamillo stands next to the bull he’s just slaughtered.The startling visual juxtaposition offered a radical new perspective on the opera, and particularly on Carmen. This production ends lamely by comparison and that is disappointing. Nonetheless there is much to enjoy in it, and if you didn’t see Edwards’ production, you won’t have a point of comparison. (ID) Until Apr 23, 7:30pm. Opera On Sydney Harbour, Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point. $65-$359+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.opera.org.au
By Jamie Apps Although now based in Pyrmont Hayley Jensen is a country girl at heart having grown up on a property in the rural township of Bungendore, near Canberra. “I grew up riding horses and listening to my parents favourite music which was all of the old school country rock so I guess it got into my blood then.” explained Jensen. Thankfully for Hayley she has found that country music isn’t such a taboo in Sydney as she had previously expected, “I thought people would cringe but what I’ve found is that there are a lot of closet country music fans out there.” Hayley credits this to crossover acts such as Keith Urban who have been making a style of music which falls somewhere between country and pop. For Hayley finding this space musically was a long time coming for her, “It was awesome trying different things throughout the years but this feels like home, I feel like I’ve just hit my stride even though I’ve been doing it professionally for probably 13 years now.” The 13 years of growth is clear in her latest EP, Past Tense & Present Peace as it grapples with the very contentious and
Mirrors Fools Paradise
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Throughout the near 25 minute offering Gippsland’s metal core outfit Mirrors tell compelling stories within their lyrical composition, however the instrumentation isn’t quite as captivating as it slowly falls back on the generic and thus becomes repetitive. The entire EP touches upon the theme of finding your own self worth and those people around you that foster that feeling within.The opening two tracks are perhaps Fools Paradise’s strongest tracks, with a perfect balance of aggressive screams and clean vocals. The EP has moments where the listener will want to shout or singa-long, in particular with the impressive clean vocal sections. Opening track FYA is the best example of this. (JA) WW1/2
confronting issues of domestic violence and abuse. “I’ve always tried to be very honest with my writing but this EP in particular I really did peel back the layers and go to those places that I had been nervous to go to before as a younger writer.” explained Jensen before adding, “Especially in the country market I was a little bit concerned that people are perhaps a little more conservative and wouldn’t be open to tackling those issues but the positive response has been overwhelming.” This weekend Hayley will be performing live at The Leadbelly which she described as “a gorgeous venue to play in” because it is setup with live music at the forefront. “I can’t wait to get out and perform live because recording music is one thing but for me that connection with the live audience is such a precious and special thing. I love putting on intimate shows where you can look off the stage and see someone singing along with you that’s the ultimate feeling.” Apr 9, 6:30pm.The Leadbelly, 42 King St, Newtown. $23.50+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.theleadbelly.com.au
Eric Gales Middle of The Road
A confident voice comes out of this record. An easygoing voice, with some richness and some contentedness greets the listener from the moment track one begins. Interspersing the music with comments about what it is and whom it’s for, adds a lightness and spontaneity to the work. It is as if it was played through in one take without fear of playing the wrong note, chatting casually to an audience present in the making of it.Though they remain silent, their presence adds to the listener’s own, connecting the singer to the listener and closing in the album’s ambience between the three components. Gales plays with skill and sings with ease, creating a pleasant, set of songs with a strong rhythm. Positive and upbeat, this is a strongly felt human album, which also pays tribute to Christianity. (SP) WW1/2 city hub 6 APRIL 2017
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THE NAKED CITY
ABANDONED SYDNEY!
With Coffin Ed SBS Viceland is currently running an interesting series titled ‘Abandoned’, in which presenter and skateboarder Rick McCrank takes viewers on a tour of some of America’s classic abandoned buildings, sporting and entertainment facilities. Needless to say the vibe is very much post-apocalyptic as Rick skates his way around disused Southern speedways and the now ghostly shopping malls that seem to punctuate the rust belt States. Occasionally there are signs of resurrection like the ‘deconsecrated’ shopping mall that now houses some twenty five different churches but in most cases it’s decay, vandalism and a nostalgia for what were once hubs of human activity. Scan the internet here and you’ll soon find a small but dedicated number of Sydneysiders with a similar fascination for the crumbling remnants of our urban past. Some like photographer Tim Crawley have turned these wastelands into art with their almost poignant photographs of vacant factories and graffiti ridden tram sheds. Others enjoy the archaeological thrills of seeking out these boarded up edifices and exploring their often cavernous interiors as interlopers on a cultural mission. Unfortunately with the current obsession in Sydney of turning any piece of vacant real estate into a towering block of bland apartments, buildings and factories which have stood crumbling for decades are now a familiar target for the wrecking ball. Back
in the early 80s I once had the pleasure of exploring the old, magnificent and totally abandoned Anthony Horderns Building which then occupied much of what is now the World Square site. Originally opened in 1905 as the Palace Emporium it was the largest department store in NSW with some 21 hectares of retail space. During my somewhat clandestine flashlight tour much of the Emporium’s original grandeur was still intact, later to be ripped apart and gutted to make way for both office
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space and what quickly became Sydney’s most unsightly car park. Whilst developers have pounced upon many of Sydney’s long abandoned spaces, like the old Rozelle tram sheds, there are still some fertile areas to be explored by the adventurous. You may need to venture well out of the CBD and inner city to the wilds of places like Eastern Creek, once home to the much loved Wonderland. And what of Waratah Park in Duffy’s Forest, where the TV series Skippy was filmed in the late 60s or the western themed Smokey Dawson Ranch at Ingelside? Does anything remain from these long abandoned icons of a bygone Sydney – if only the skeletal remains of a bush kangaroo? And then of course there are those areas of Sydney which are best defined as socially abandoned, still physically together, but long neglected by Councils and other governing bodies. Need I mention the infamous Tom Uren Place in Woolloomooloo which for decades has been the bleak concrete dormitory for generations of rough sleepers. The Sirius Building in The Rocks is another than comes to mind, now stripped off its long time residents and likely to remain unoccupied for years until it’s demolished to make way for yet another tower. Whether it ever achieves that cult like ‘abandoned’ status, daubed with graffiti and windows boarded up, remains to be seen. In the meantime those with a taste for the large scale Americana style abandoned might need to wait a year or two and then travel to the Hazlewood Power Station in Victoria and wallow in this former mausoleum of dirty coal.
UNDER THE SUN: REIMAGINING MAX DUPAIN’S SUNBAKER
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General Assembly is proud to present Young Visionaries; a celebration of local creatives, fashion, arts, technology and social good. Join us for an evening of inspirational short talks, music and mingling to end the week with a bang! Mix and mingle with some awesome young visionaries making a difference in their industry, get inspired and unwind with drinks on the good folk at Alpha Box & Dice and Sofi Spritz. “Tomorrow night is all about the awesome creators who are using technology to push the boundaries of creative expression and to influence change across multiple disciplines 14
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like tech, fashion, the arts and science” said Denise Chippindale, Partnerships Producer at General Assembly. Lightning talks will include Solange Cunin, Founder & CEO, CubeRider Ollie Henderson, Model & Founder, House of Riot, Nishan David, Co-Founder & Director, Bloodless and Courtney Sanders, Co-Founder, Well Made Clothes. Talks will be followed by drinks and live music presented by AMPA. (AM) Apr 7, 6-9pm. WeWork Pyrmont, 100 Harris St, Sydney. FREE but RSVP Essential at www.generalassemb.ly
The Australian Centre for Photography is hosting an exciting new exhibition titled Under the Sun that reimagines photographer Max Dupain’s famous Australian Sunbaker photograph. The exhibition marks the 80th anniversary of Sunbaker and sees 15 commissioned artists from diverse backgrounds reinterpret Dupain’s unique work by extending the theme of the original photograph to explore modern day issues such as cultural and national identity in Australia. The 15 artists are using the phrase “Is there something new under the sun?” to explore if Australia is truly a multi-cultural, multi-faith, multi-ethnic society. Max Dupain’s Sunbaker photograph was an interpretation of Australian culture at a specific time but it could also be open to a new point of view about our country’s current social and political climate. Claire Monneraye the curator of The Australian Centre for Photography told us,“I consciously selected artists who I knew would be potentially
quite controversial in their response to the theme through the work they create”. It’s not the first time Sunbaker has been reinterpreted; in the 70s and 00s the photograph was used a lot for advertising in mass media campaigns and even used as an image for a sunblock product. Not only does this exhibition produce meaning beyond the original interpretation it also celebrates a time when the art of photography was establishing itself as an art form. An iconic photograph such as Sunbaker was a simple photoshoot of an English migrant innocently laying down at the beach after a swim and it captured what Australia was in the 1930s but in the 21st century what it means to be an Australian can be interpreted in many ways and that’s what this exhibition captures on a much deeper level. (DJ) Until Apr 17.The State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney. FREE. Info: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
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This movie is effectively an epilogue to the very popular TV series of the same name that aired from 2010 to 2013, and it is clearly pitched to that fan base. The action takes place roughly three years from where the show left off, and follows the post academy dance lives of the group of friends from the series. The main focus is Tara (Xenia Goodwin), who is chasing a second chance at success after her career was stalled by a back injury. It’s an instant soup kind of plot, using familiar,
It’s not difficult to comprehend why this delightful comedy drama from Sweden received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Masterfully produced with themes of aging, loss, friendship and the importance of moving on, this is a cinematic gem which reinforces the significance and high quality of foreign films. The story centers on Ove (Rolf Lassgard) an ill-tempered and pedantic widower who acquires a newly restored outlook on life from his new neighbours who ultimately consider him as family. Lassgard’s irresistibly wicked and sour portrayal
palatable ingredients that are quick and easy to consume.With most of the original cast and the same writer and producer on board, this feels more like a movie length TV episode. It moves at a small screen pace and has compact, neatly packaged plot points. The pumping car stereo soundtrack clearly positions this for the teen market, who have every reason to enjoy this film, especially if they were fans of the series. (RB) WWW
delivers much of the humour which is also propelled by his many failed attempts at suicide to reunite with his wife. Audiences will warm to this ‘angry old man with Neanderthal behaviour’ as they are transported back to his past through flashbacks and learn how he met his wife, their blooming relationship, marriage and the tragedy which befell them. This human story of an old man who was said to be ‘amazingly crap at dying’ is a style of film which filmmakers ordinarily shy away from and has a poignant but very appropriate and satisfying conclusion. (MMo) WWWW
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