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Grant Malcolm · 11 August 2006
... hmm ... if I'm not exactly a virgin director, what does that make me? Auditions are approaching at an extraordinary rate - this Sunday and next Sunday , note it in your diaries! - and althou…
Read more →Labrug · 11 August 2006
Well, we are now down to the last days - 5 days and a little less than 8 hours, but who's counting. Me, I guess. I am feeling nerves like I haven't felt since the first time I walked on-stage so many…
Read more →Daniel Kershaw · 9 August 2006
Next week sees the opening of the Garrick One Act festival. This sees the debut of Jeff Watkins, aka, Lubrug, as director for ‘Quake’ and myself, as playwright for ‘Awakenings’. It is importan…
Read more →Tari-Xalyr · 3 August 2006
Firstly the Solo production. I believe it could be the ultimate test of an actor. Solo Production you play every part and the audiences focus is entirely on you the whole of the show. Personally I fin…
Read more →Labrug · 2 August 2006
Crikey time has crept up on me. Two weeks until we go up and I still have so much to organise. In a sense, I have let the team down a little by not being more organised prior to this point. The cast t…
Read more →Kirilee · 29 July 2006
Recently, I had my 19th birthday. As fun and as exciting as it was, I believe the thing I got most excited over was having my trusted friend and editor returning a script that I had written, completel…
Read more →Labrug · 27 July 2006
The Tourists are staying away! Or so says a recent article in The West (Wed 26th July). In a poll of 1300 people, WA and in particular Perth were rated at the bottom as the favourite Aussie holiday de…
Read more →Na · 24 July 2006
I have spent the last three weeks sitting at home working on my new website. It feels like a lifetime; leaving my job seems so distant now. For someone completely unfamiliar with coding, programming e…
Read more →Tari-Xalyr · 1 July 2006
We have our final night tonight of "Our Name is Smith" It really is a shame that our school community cannot support us for more than the two nights of performances. It simply is not big enough yet to…
Read more →Logos · 28 June 2006
Well. I am about to go to the tech/dress of an evening of Short Plays, one of which I wrote and another of which I directed. The direction has been interesting. A play that only runs eight minutes giv…
Read more →Tari-Xalyr · 23 June 2006
Seven days until opening night of our production "Our Name is Smith" Am so nervous but also cannot wait. I love the feeling the stage gives you. Tis like a mixture of excitement, too much sugar, and t…
Read more →Kirilee · 17 June 2006
((Yes, sorry Jeff but I stole your idea of giving myself a name :P)) I am a second year university student at Edith Cowan University studying a BA in Contemporary Performance. Now, I work in classes i…
Read more →Na · 14 June 2006
Taking advantage of the long weekend, I set out to test out a new site for TPC. All well and good, since my domain name had accidentally been cancelled out on me (fixed really quickly after some haras…
Read more →Labrug · 12 June 2006
Finally, the cast have all met each other and had a chance to work their characters together. For all the warnings I have been given about working with an all-girl cast, if this second rehearsal is an…
Read more →Tari-Xalyr · 7 June 2006
I noticed today that the "image" section of this site was rather bare so I thought i'd put up some photo's i had taken this year at the 2006 Fremantle Street Arts Festival. It's an annual festival hel…
Read more →Logos · 6 June 2006
Well I've just got home after watching the opening night of a one man tribute to Benny Hill, written by the performer, that I directed and did sound design for. An interesting experience. My empl…
Read more →Logos · 5 June 2006
This is my first personal blog and quite frankly it's simply a whinge. I am sitting at my computer attempting to cut a play what I have written by 10-15 mins without tearing the heart out of it. I hat…
Read more →Labrug · 2 June 2006
Having now finalised the cast list after a few hick-ups and headaches, I now have us all meeting for our first group read through, except it won’t be. Why is everyone’s timetable so confli…
Read more →Na · 31 May 2006
I'm about four weeks away from leaving my job, to work on my own business. TPC is getting bigger and harder to control, and I'm starting a brand new service as part of the company. I'm freaked out bec…
Read more →Labrug · 30 May 2006
Saturday the 27th of May, about 12:30, I was looking forward to the auditions for the Garrick One Act Season, and particularly, "Quake". I got there around 12:45, a bit early but the traffic…
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