a comedy feast

caught two shows this evening with friends. best of the edinburgh fest was at the capitol theatre, one of my most favourite venues.

then gordon southern's a brief history of history in the ladies lounge at the forum. i swear i did not know that there was another room at this venue besides the theatre and the stage. though i'm also not certain i would call the space we were in a room. it was close to a walk in wardrobe or a broom closet. it was an extremely tiny room for a funny show about the enormity of history.

tina c is in the house

back at the malthouse for sorry seems to be the hardest word... this was a fabulous mix of comedy, country music and politics. i know, who would've thought it. and let me tell you how envious i am of her/ his incredible legs. wowee!!

i got hugged by three strangers, sang along to the australian national "anthem" of waltzing matilda and ended the evening in a mash-up line-dance. i kid you not. it was a lot of fun and also really thought-full. christopher green was the perfect host in the guise of tina c.

state of the industry

and just how is it? 50 years of the australian writers' guild in 2012. i joined last year, so there's some time i have to make up.

the address by david williamson was delivered at the wheeler centre. and i was surprised that the speech wasn't as passionate or well spoken as i had been expecting. oh, it was well informed and that was interesting in itself but there wasn't as many moments as i had hoped that would work to inspire.

i had spotted two faces in the crowd that i recognised from watching tv in the early 80s. took me a while but they were from cop shop, terry norris and terence donovan. funny to think i haven't seen them in years but the memories are still there. damn i love film and tv.

all day long, all day, all day

a story mastery workshop at RMIT with michael hauge. what was good about the entire day was that he explained his concepts against a couple of films, one of which was a local film, you may know it as red dog. i was exhausted by the end though, trying to fit all that information into my little brain. and i still have the problem of not knowing which project to write in april. not many days left to plan, dammit.

AAWWEESSOOME

loved it. nothing more needs to be said. i was caught up in the action all the way through... went along to melbourne central to watch it at one of the first sessions of the day so had my pick of seats (yah). i could've watched the next installment straight away, but i must wait. sigh. if you're going to see it and you should, make sure it's on the big screen with a good sound system, it's worth the ride.

golden oldies

i liked this film. it was lovely to watch. nothing jaw dropping or eye popping, just nice. thursday after work at the nova, what a jolly idea.

love this show

a mixture of fairy tales and reality - right up my alley. waltzed my way through 12 episodes this day. yes, i know i can get a little obsessive but i do really like this idea.