Thursday, December 29, 2005

MTC's "Dumb Show"

The opening play in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2006 season is the "Dumb Show" that I am sorry to say doesn't rise much above its title.

A cast of Aaron Blabey, Anita Hegh and Richard Piper - 3 good and appealing actors - work very hard to make this piece work. But I found myself being irritated by a lack of pace (or content or purpose) very early on. English accents don't help either. Overheard lots of comments at the interval that suggested others were having the same problem. Things got marginally better in the second half - as they so often seem to - but in the end the play seem to be a commentary on the nihilism of "modern" tabloid journalism.

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Friday, December 09, 2005

HAVE YOURSELF A PODSAFE CHRISTMAS: First carol of its kind brings together 32 singers from around the world to benefit UNICEF

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I strongly encourage all of you who appreciate the value of podcasting, podsafe music, and Christmas to go and buy a copy of the wonderful collaborative Christmas song involving some 32 podsafe musicians from 9 different countries around the globe.
Go pay your $0.99US, buy the song and support UNICEF at Podsafe for Peace

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