Goran Bregovich

Hi guys,

Last night i saw Goran Bregovich. It was so amazing. From slow songs to fast ones, every song different.

THe band was great with violins, cellos, drums, french tubas, trumpets, guitars, horns, bagpipes and heaps more.

There was a choir of men from serbia, who sang beautiful melodies and songs.

There were two women, apparently from Bulgaria, who sang songs.

Goran was funny and his music made everyone get up and dance. Literally!!

There were people up the front dancing and laughing and all the jury got up and danced too.

It was the night of nights!!

It's probably the best show. Better than Two Faced Bastard!!

Great show. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. The atmosphere is amazing and is one of the best atmospheres i've felt in my life.

Amazing show.

Holly

punched

I was walking along Flinders and a guy crossed the street and as he passed me he punched me in the jaw and ran away. He then punched another guy and some other guys tried to grab him but he ran into traffic. my jaw is sore.

in the artist's lounge

helloooooooooooooooo every one
ITS TIBBY!!!!!(calistta...)
i have been meaning to write this thing for A LLLOOONNNGGG TIME
my first performance i saw was "desert island dances"
it was AWSOME!!!
i loooved it soooooooo much i wanted to see it again and again and again...
then i saw "batsheva max" I HATED IT
i mean they are great dancers but i nearly fell asleep because i was soooooo bord!
then yester day i saw 2 things
i went to 21:100:100
(it was AWSOME too!!!(no.70 was my fav))
and something els, but i forgot what it was called
all it had were pictures of what patti smith owned
it was soooooo HORIBLE and BORING
so i lied downon the floor(becaues it was VERY hot and the floor was cold...)
and noticed that there were holes in the roof
soo i decided to figure out how many holes there were(1767 holes)
I AM A WET FART
yours sincerly THE WET FART

Hi Peepz!! (so bored)

Tonight i'm going to see Goran Bregovich!! It looks alright!

I think Sean, Moses, Kira and someone elses name who i can't remember rite now!!

How terrible does that sound?

I go to ur school and i can't even remember ur names!!

I can but someone told me that they're going but i can't remember who it is!!

Holly

1. a few nghts ago i went to see an oak tree it was superb

2. it was extradinarily funny

3. it was about a hypnotist who got an famous actress who had never read the script

4. and improvising in some spots but mainly reading the script

5. anyway tim crouch (the main actor) hipnotysed her into thinking that she had

6. run over a little girl (and a few other things but youle have to go and see it to find out) but then at the end of the show she realy believed it

7. and tim crouch was trying to convince her that she hadn't

8. by hugo burke

9. ps. it might be a little bit confusing and a bit innapropiate for young viewers!!

10. laters hugo

hi every body last night i went to see le Automobil griss
let me tell you something it was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was terrible it went for 2 hours with no intervel
they were speaking spanish so you couldnt under stand it (plus it was all in black and white)

the start was this lady walking down a road and then she was was kidnaped then she was locked
in a room then it just went on and on about robers or something like that it was sssssssssoooooooo bbbbbbbbbboooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
an the hole time i had a super tight sweaty wedgie and it was realy humid and the man behind me was snoring and i couldnt stand up to unbutton my jackit and then i started clicking my pen and this old man toled me to stop!!!!!!!!!! and the first 2o mins i was trying to enjoy it then after that it repeating it self it was realy frustrating by hugo burke

ps. if you couldnt tell i definately do not recomend!!!!!!!! seeya

meet some of the jury part 2

Hi People!!

Hi Everyone!!

Last night I went to see Echolocation & DJ Spooky! Echolocation didn't seem like a show at all but Oh well and DJ Spooky was really good! (Although it did make you feel tired because the music was so soothing) Someone actually did fall asleep! not naming any names (it was Jeremy of course) Anyway I really enjoyed it and afterwards while we were waiting for the bus we ran (literally) down to the water wall! Addi stole my jacket during the show so I was freezing!!

Anyways See you all soon!

Luv Ya 

By Hannah

pat

I went to see Eighth Blackbird on Thursday night at BMW Edge. It was odd music but I liked it. There was a flute player, a clarinet player, a violinist who also played viola, a cellist, a percussionist and a pianist. I really liked the percussionist because he could play really fast. It was fun. 

Hi

Hey guys sup =] ♥?

Oh, Fantine i do have a e-mail address but i dont wanna say mine out so can u say yours instead plz(please)?

!!!!!!!!♥WOO FIRST ONE TO USE COLOURS♥!!!!!!!

- Annie ☺☻☺☻

talking to 8th Blackbird

at the BMW Edge

meet some of the jury

did my hair look okay on monday night ?(batshieva max)

hey.my name is persia and i am one of the lucky kids who got to be a part of the childerens choice awards.YAY!
dose any one other than me (and tibby) know the song "the laughing gnome" by david bowie? well if you dont, look it up on youtube (or some other site)
i went op-shopping today ...it was fun and i got some pretty cool new clothes
shopping is only fun when its op shopping .
i neeed to go ...maybe ill have a cordial ?
la la la la la,
from the deepist pits of my arse - Persia
p.s you can call me P.b,got that?

I want a conversation!

Hi its Moses and i am bored. I feel like a conversation!

Pwitty Pwease?

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Stationary red balls and kangaroo skewers

I’m a huge fan of public intervention performances (that are good), and so The Newsboys piece (a collaboration between London's The Lone Twins and Melbourne's The Suitcase Royale-who are also our famed paparazzi) holds a special place in my heart. I think we should embrace the banal more completely. I was riveted by the news of the stationary red ball.

Other tidbits:
Well, I ate kangaroo. Yep, that’s right. In a lovely peanut satay. I was scared given that the kangaroo, along with the koala and crocodile, for me at least and maybe a legion of others across the waters think of them as national treasures, untouchable by hand, or god forbid, fork, so, not only politically incorrect, but illegal. Boy was I wrong. Apparently, word on the street is that there has been a bit of an overrun of the bouncers, and so, they are a plenty on menus. I have yet to come across koala and crocodile on a menu. The former, I would venture to guess still holds the super cute category, while the latter, I presume, probably isn’t worth the number of ‘catchers’ it would take to actually get it on the menu.

Two-faced Bastard: I love you transformer

Chunky Move’s Two-faced Bastard was one of my favourites, although maybe I’m not supposed to say. Upon entering you have to choose to enter the theatre space to the left or right, which then dictates what side of the show you’re on. The audience is split in two, facing each other, with the performance happening between, but then also split, so at any given time, one side of the audience is only able to see half of the performance. I started out on the left side with the other ‘lefties’ in the group, which was supposed to be the ‘backstage’ area where there was an interview going on between the performers about the act of creating art, the time, energy, devotion, and life that goes into a production, questioning what the audience brings to the equation, and if it is ever equal. A well considered discussion that anyone producing art questions at one time or another, and bringing the audience into it worked. I LOVED that I couldn’t see what was happening on the other side of the curtain. And, I don’t feel cheated in any way that the performance ‘wasn’t dance’, as some of the complaints have been. It absolutely was, the choreography was amazing, in particular, the two dancers speaking/dancing in unison as one and the transformer robot sequences. I should also note that the sound effects/speaking by the dancers was choreographed as if it was another dancer—integral to the piece and expanded the dance further. The movements were at the same time, fluid, graceful, staccato, precise, both feminine and masculine, sexy and absolutely hilarious. And I didn’t even see the kissing part or the final battle scene. I did change sides because the girls were all standing up, bags in hand before the actor was even finished outlining that we could switch sides. And so we went over. I would love to see the piece again, not because I feel cheated and the other sides were better, but because I would love to see the entire piece and how it all fits together. But, then I don’t know if that’s really cheating or not.

An Oak Tree and Patti Smith

We saw An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch, a two-person performance with Tim and, I found out after the piece, a well-known Australian actor whose name I unfortunately can’t remember right now. Sorry. In any case, throughout watching the piece it became very clear that the actor was accomplished, and was not simply a random audience member who had been brought on stage (which was my misunderstanding). And so, although I really liked the on-stage direction, reading lines from the script, and the fact that the piece is new to the second actor and would thus push their abilities, I must admit that after lengthy consideration I still don’t understand what that brings to the narrative. (Apparently Geoffrey Rush was the night before, and I have to say, that would have been quite a treat. And maybe it requires seeing it in several incarnations with numerous actors that gives it its true weight.)

And speaking of stars, we had the good fortune and rare opportunity to meet Patti Smith. The kids saw her show, fairly detailed already on the blog, so I won’t describe it here. She was unbelievably generous with her time, comments, and considerations of stardom, death, longing, working hard and never giving up, and humility.