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Labrug · 26 May 2006
In recent weeks, I have had information from several confidential sources regarding the unsavoury and immoral practices of specific and to remain un-named organisations that apparently prey on passion…
Read more →Labrug · 17 May 2006
I have been reading the forum on Audition Tips and one subject that has come up that is of particular interest to me is the issue of Cold Reading. Quite obviously you either don’t like them or d…
Read more →Labrug · 4 May 2006
Well, here we go. It's now really happening, or at least the key is in and the engine running. I now have my heart slowly rising up my throat as I begin to contemplate the task ahead of me. UPDATED 13…
Read more →Labrug · 29 April 2006
Just reading through the latest TALENT Magazine and read an interesting article entitled 'Do I Need Training?" It's opening lines are something like - "Many times I have heard the words &quo…
Read more →Labrug · 26 April 2006
I am not sure how many people have been following the Alliance's campaign against the Sedition Laws introduced by the Government, but for those who haven't, here's an overview, and a warning. Sedition…
Read more →Na · 19 April 2006
Edit: I have deleted this post. My comments were made in a fit of annoyance, and I regret having made them. This post is not being made under duress, or at the request of anyone, I simply feel that I…
Read more →Na · 11 April 2006
:D The Comedy Festival is just around the corner, and with it a whole bunch of laughter... for the audience. My show, A Son of Your Own , will open tomorrow night. Are we ready? ... No, not really. Th…
Read more →Labrug · 6 April 2006
Well, it’s finally happened. I now get to express the repressed feeling of Directing. For years I have acted under the direction of others. Over time, I began to develop my own ideas and thought…
Read more →Grant Malcolm · 3 April 2006
I think anyone who's worked on some backstage aspect of a production knows the nature of the "snowball". What starts out as a simple-looking task that will take a short while to accomplish b…
Read more →Labrug · 30 March 2006
An accent can make or break a production, seriously. It can add a sense of location when done well and is overly distracting if done badly. I have to admit I have always found it easy to pick up accen…
Read more →Na · 27 March 2006
:flowers: That's what I got yesterday (almost literally, they were white flowers!) for the first showing of one of my plays. It was not only the first showing of it, but my first ever 'full-length' (i…
Read more →Na · 22 March 2006
Ok, I just have to say right now - what the f is wrong with our newspapers? In Australia, our media coverage of the arts seems to be limited to what film is hot, what actor is sleeping with what other…
Read more →Grant Malcolm · 17 March 2006
Responses to the new website have been... mixed. A few have responded very enthusiastically while some other responses have bordered on abusive. But then, I know how I would feel if someone wandered i…
Read more →Grant Malcolm · 16 March 2006
I must be nuts undertaking such a major upgrade with a new baby in the house! My beloved has demonstrated the patience of pantheon of saints, tolerating my swerving in the direction of our home PC at…
Read more →Na · 16 March 2006
I was lucky enough to be in the Moomba Parade on Monday - lucky as in, I got paid to be there. Unlucky as in, I was there, it was wet, and it was ridiculously short and unimaginative. The day started…
Read more →Grant Malcolm · 16 March 2006
Probably should be! This is the most significant update to this website in its eight year history and things are only partway there. But I'm plodding through all the issues that didn't show up during…
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