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Good news for opera fans
Following the huge success of Barry Kosky’s Saul last year, the Adelaide Festival again brings home grown opera talent to the fore. This year’s festival headliner will be director Neil Armfield and composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet, fresh from a season at Glyndebourne. “British tenor Allan Clayton will reprise his role as Hamlet for the Australian season, supported by American baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius and British tenor Kim Begley as Polonius. Australian sopranos Cheryl Barker and Lorina Gore will take ...
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Becoming a Screenwriter
Writer Andrew Bovell has put pen to paper, this time to discuss his experienced of becoming a writer for screen. Producer Jan Chapman will officially launch the paper Putting words in their mouths: The playwright and screenwriter at work on August 10 at Sydney Theatre Company. The event will be hosted by STC artistic director Kip Williams. In the meantime you can preview Andrew’s work here.
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STARSTRUCK Returns
Gillian Armstrong’s second feature film Starstruck has for many years been unavailable to viewers world wide. Now, thanks to the National Film & Sound Archive’s NFSA Restores program, Armstrong’s film has been given a second life. The newly restored Starstruck will be screened as part of the Pioneering Women program at Melbourne International Film Festival (3-21 August). A classic wannabe rags-to-riches tale, the film follows a family in a time of crisis “the film is a neon lightning bolt wrapped up in a gaudy tourist tea-towel ...
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Jane Campion’s Own Stories
Coinciding with the U.S. premiere of Jane Campion’s eagerly awaited series Top of the Lake: China Girl the Film Society Lincoln Centre will present a retrospective survey of the director’s work. Released overnight, the Lincoln Center’s announcement advised that: “The filmmaker will appear in person for two special events: An Evening with Jane Campion, a career-spanning discussion to kick off the series on Friday, September 8, and a sneak preview of the first two episodes of Top of the Lake: China Girl on Saturday, ...
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TIFF – The Future is Female
The Toronto International Film Festival yesterday released it’s first slate of films – as part of the larger festival this collection is titled The Future is Female. Among the films presented Mary Shelley written by Emma Jensen was featured. Directed Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female Saudi director, Mary Shelley stars Elle Fanning “in this scintillating biopic of the Frankenstein author, chronicling her tempestuous marriage to dissolute poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the fateful night at a Swiss chateau that inspired her most famous creation.” ...
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AACTA Short Film Nominees
The 7th AACTA Award Short Film Nominees have been released with two HLA clients making the cut. MRS MCCUTCHEON directed by John Sheedy and Luci Shroder’s SLAPPER have been nominated. MRS MCCUTCEHON aims to give a voice to the thousands of trans and gender diverse children and SLAPPER follows a rebellious and broke teen in Australian suburbia. Winners are announced in December. Read more about both films here.
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Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest Delivers Impressive Work For George Michael Tribute
The SSO’s George Michael: Praying for Time is reworked as a memorial to the late star where lighting designer Suidgeest “creates just the right atmosphere and transports the audience from a symphonic performance to a stadium-esque rock show”. Read more here.
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Top of the Lake: China Girl Q&A with Jane Campion
Catch Academy Award Winner Jane Campion discussing the eagerly awaited second season of her hit show Top of the Lake at the Opera House. Join the exclusive screening of China Girl as well as a panel with Jane and her creative team here.
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