What's On - week starting 18/08

Arts Centres

Arts Centre Melbourne

Miss Peony 02-20/08

Bloom 18/07-26/08

The Man from Snowy River 19/08

Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis 20/08-25/26/08

Bernadette Robinson: Divas 24/08-10/09

artscentremelbourne.com.au

Frankston Arts Centre

The Fleetwood Pac 19/08

artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

Kingston Arts Centre

Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra Jazz-a-Oke 23/08

kingstonarts.com.au

Blues Clubs

Bird's Basement

Rewind 80's 19/08

Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter 22-26/08

birdsbasement.com

Hume Blues Club

Bill Barber 24/08

humebluesclub.com.au

Jazz Clubs

Paris Cat Jazz Club

Paris Nocturne 19/08

The Romans FJ Chantar Mitvalsky 19/08

Chamber Orchestra 20/08

Angela Librandi 24/08

Isadora 24/08

Nadira Farid 25/08

pariscat.com.au

Uptown Jazz

Brett Williams Trio 19/08

The Eugene Ball Standards Quartet 23/08

Sorcha Abuquerque Quartet 24/08

The Sam Keevers Trio 25/08

uptownjazzcafe.com

Galleries

McClelland Gallery

The Consort of Melbourne: Songs of Heart and Soul 20/08

mcclelland.org.au

National Gallery Victoria

Pierre Bonnard Designed by India Mahdavi Melbourne Winter Masterpiece until 08/10

Rembrandt True to Life until 10/09

ngv.vic.gov.au

Theatres

Forty Five Downstairs

Julius Caesar Melbourne Shakespeare Company 24/08-03/09

Samantha Hargreaves Farewell Concert 20/08

fortyfivedownstairs.com

Regent Theatre

Moulin Rouge 20/08-24/12

marinergroup.com.au

The Drum Theatre

The Snow Queen 19-20/08

drum.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au

Southbank Theatre

Escaped Alone and what if if only 07/08-09/09

mtc.com.au

Her Majesty's Theatre

2.22 A Ghost Story 25/07-20/08

hmt.com.au

Athenaeum Theatre

Bel Canto Spectacular 19/08

athenaeumtheatre.com.au

Forum Theatre

Teddy Swims 25/08

forummelbourne.com.au

The Butterfly Club

Aeroplane Jelly 25-26/08

Mystery Radio Theatre 19/08

The Saturday Experiment Save Points 19/08

thebutterflyclub.com

Brighton Theatre Company

Fracked 18/08-02/09

brightontheatre.com.au

Comments

It started with a happy bus driver....

It started with a happy bus driver singing along to the radio. Then followed a fruitless search to find a theatre. Just between you and me l am useless at reading maps and have a lousy sense of direction. So then l gave up and walked towards the library to see the 2 authors in conversation. Phillipa Kaye and Jodi Gibson are in the photo below. What an interesting talk. Both authors have books out currently. Phillipa Kaye's book is Girl Detectives Just Wanna Have Fun: A Birdie Mealing Mystery. Phillipa is standing on the left. Jodi Gibson's book is called Reinventing Emily Brown. Jodi is standing on the right. They asked each other questions about their books and took questions from the audience. They went through the process of writing, editing and publishing. I think it's always interesting to hear the creative process that goes into writing a book. I haven't read either book but l am tempted by the mystery book. Jodi Gibson, in her own words, writes female feel goo

Robert Galbraith

I don't think that l'm letting a secret out when l tell you that Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym for J.k Rowling. These are crime novels, very good crime novels. Having never read the Harry Potter novels l had no idea what her writing style would be like. She's a very good writer. The crimes themselves are well thought out. The structure of each novel flows and the use of language is another stand out. The characters are believable and this is another bonus as we. the readers, are shown their development as the books progress. I have read all five and will definitely be reading number 6. Robert Galbraith 5 out of 5.

Catch me if you can

The doors opened and in they came, and kept on coming. A full house, happy and cheerful crowd. Welcome to a PLOS show. This musical, l am told, is based on a film which was based on a book. I had not read the book or seen the film so it was all new to me. The story is based in the 1960's and l think the set was designed to look like a 60's variety show. The orchestra was on 2 levels and it's a real treat to have a live orchestra playing. What a triumph for PLOS. The constant high standard of their shows means l will see everything they stage. A real stand out is the singing. Everyone sang so well and this happens with every show. There was a lot of dancing and costume changes. Everyone played their part well with all of them having American accents. The best performance was by Aidan Niarros as Carl Hanratty. He is a Primary School Teacher by day, but what a performance. Jordan Poyser as Frank Abagnale Jr was very good too as was Peter Noble Frank Snr. Emillie Toby as Bren

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