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AUDITIONS AT THE DRILL! For its 2020 season, the Drill Hall Theatre Company, Mullumbimby, requires two actors for Joanna MurraySmith’s thriller Switzerland and Andrew Bovell’s epic When The Rain Stops Falling. In the two-hander Switzerland, a young actor is required to play the part of a publishing representative who visits Patricia Highsmith (played by Liz Chance) – best known for her series of Tom Ripley novels – to persuade the irascible, opinionated, hard drinking author to write one more Ripley novel. In When The Rain Stops Falling they are looking for the right person to play fortytwo year old Henry Law – a Londoner with a dark secret. The role, in an Australian classic about climate catastrophe and facing truth, is challenging. Auditions; Friday 22 Nov, Sunday 24 Nov, and Friday 29 Nov at the Drill Hall – for audition times contact Greg Aitken at 0421 984 024 or mongrelarts@yahoo.com.au. Audition bookings are essential.
THE MUSE. Byron Bay artist, Vicki Stavrou’s exhibition Coastal Muse at Tweed Regional Gallery starts this Friday, with the official opening the following Friday 29 November, at 6pm. The exhibition features wild coastal locations and Vicki’s passion for the ocean. 2 Mistral Rd, South Murwillumbah.
INCOMPLETE: MY STORY OF SPINAL CORD INJURY. When Tim Winton-Brown broke his neck in 1998 at the age of 18, his whole life changed. Tim was a golden boy, completing secondary high school at Trinity Catholic College, Lismore, in 1997 with a TER of 98.5. He was Vice-Captain of the school and topped the year in Drama. From there he went on a Rotary Student Exchange Program to Semarang, Indonesia, where he had an accident and broke his neck. He damaged his spinal cord in multiple places, and this rendered him quadriplegic. Now, 21 years later, his memoir is being launched at Mullumbimby’s Drill Hall Theatre on Saturday, at 6pm. Detailing the difficult emotional terrain of a quadriplegic injury and his subsequent ‘incomplete’ partial recovery, it is a book that addresses some of the real vulnerability of living with spinal cord injury and disability. ‘Growing up in this region, I was always encouraged as a child and a teenager to express my feelings, but this had been more difficult than I could’ve imagined. It can be really hard work, and a bit weird,’ Tim said. He is looking forward to launching his memoir and sharing his story Saturday 23 Nov, 6pm at the Mulumbimby Drill Hall. Entry by gold coin donation; kids welcome.
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HAPPY SAD MAN Following her smash hit I Am Eleven, Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey was inspired to find more diverse and positive portrayals of men exploring their emotional selves. Happy Sad Man journeys from Bondi Beach to the outback, exploring the inner worlds of a war photographer traversing global conflict zones, a farmer, an outreach worker from rural Victoria, a musical nomad and a sensitive dog-loving artist. Each portrait is an intimate and heartwarming look into vulnerability, friendship and compassion. 21–27 November, 4.40pm and 6.40pm at Palace Cinema in Byron.
BOOKWORMS & PAPERMITES An awesome little bookshop in the heart of Bangalow!
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The Friends of the Libraries present a soiree with Victoria Alexander 5.30pm, Thursday November 28 at Bangalow Heritage House. Book online www.byronbayfol.com or at Bookworms & Papermites. Tickets $10.
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