GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL ARTS, bringing class back into the
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WORD IS OUT
A long weekend of word events prior to the Sydney
2002 Gay Games Sporting & Cultural Festival
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Word is Out brings you its first stand-alone season. Talented writers
and spoken word performers have donated their time and work to
entertain, move and amuse you, and help generate some funds towards a
bigger season of Word is Out in 2003. With new collaborations and an
ever-widening focus, Word is Out continues to bring you writing from the
warp and weave of life performed by some furious talent. Featuring . . .
THE WRITERS WHO KNEW TOO MUCH - with Andy Jackson, Angela Costi, Shelley
O'Reilly, Ed Burger , Nadia Bailey and alicia sometimes
6.30?8pm, Saturday October 26 Trades Hall - Full $12/Conc$6
RAPID FIRE: PERFORMANCE ENHANCED - Each work must mention sport in some
shape or form. The clock starts nowÖ.Are you pumped up? Exploding from
the blocks will be Richard Watts, Bryan Andy, Andrew Lewis, Julie
Peters, Bumpy, Andrew Murdoch, Bernadette Rafferty, Jackie Smith
(performed by Moira Finucane), Jodie Joyce, Nicol Beechey.
9-10:30pm Saturday October 26 Trades Hall - Full $12/Conc $6
ZINE AND NOT HEARD - features a trade fair so you can buy your
favourite zines, talks by zine-makers, and even an open mic so you can
discuss everything zine or read from that zine manuscript you have lying
in your toilet. Features presentations by the makers of Chimp Frenzy ?
recently distributed through a group of McDonaldís Stores and Beat
magazine, as well as other infamous zinsters. Bring overheads of your
zine and project them onto the walls for all to see! Co-production with
Express Media
12.30?3pm Sunday October 27 Trades Hall - Full $8/Conc $4
FRESH PRINT - So fresh you can smell the ink! Settle into a comfy chair
as three renowned writers read from their just published novels . . .
PATRICIA CORNELIUS, co-founding writer of Melbourne Workerís Theatre and
cowriter of Whoís Afraid of the Working Class? and Fever will be reading
from My Sister Jill, ANDREA GOLDSMITH, acclaimed author of Facing the
Music and Under the Knife, will read from her new book The Prosperous
Thief, DOROTHY PORTER, poet and author of the erotic thriller The
Monkeyís Mask will read from her new verse novel Wild Surmise.
6.30?8pm Sunday October 27 Trades Hall - Full $12/Conc $6
Trades Hall Bar & New Ballroom
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 October 2002
Info & bookings for all events Ph: (03) 9824 0110 or email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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HARD TRAVELLING . . .
The WOODY GUTHRIE Story in Song
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He inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springstein and Billy Bragg.
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is often considered as the original folk song
hero - as early as the 1930's he was the first to use the folk ballad as
a means of social protest.
This informative and entertaining night will rediscover the songs and
stories of Woody Guthrie - from the Dust Bowl Ballads to his Union and
anti-fascist songs. Features PETER HICKS (Tasmanian Folk Hero), MELANIE
SHANAHAN (from Alaska) and the VICTORIAN TRADE UNION CHOIR.
7:30pm Thursday, October 31st
Trades Hall Bar
Tickets $8 Full/ $5 Conc Bookings Ph: 9639 8622
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MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL AT TRADES HALL
ALL FRINGE BOOKINGS PH: 9416 3888
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DAS KAPITAL DA KABERET - ONE NIGHT ONLY!!
POLITICAL CABARET & SATIRE presented by Trades Hall Arts & the
Amalgamated Proletariat Artists
In the true spirit of the proletariat variety show, we present music,
song, dance, comedy, improvisation, and good old propaganda. Das Kapital
Da Kaberet is political comedy and satire for these troubled times;
entertainment for the workers, by some of Melbourneís most loved Leftie
performers.
Featuring . . . LYNDA GIBSON, GUY RUNDLE, MICHAEL VEITCH, SIMON ROGERS,
GERARD McCULLOCH, MONICA DULLARD, music by CROQUE MONSIEUE and the
VICTORIAN TRADE UNION CHOIR. We want to see the flags waving as we belt
out The Internationale for the closing dance number, and march united
through the hallowed halls!
Poke fun at the pollies! Pie the face of global capitalism! Get Loud!
Get Proud!! GET BOISTEROUS!!!
8pm - The New Ballroom
Friday, Oct 18 . . . $20 Full/ $15 Conc BOOK NOW! Ph: 9416 3888
PROFANE PRIMA DONNAS
"Shaula Salathé and Helen Kerr-Lawley are the Edina and Patsy of opera
parody . . . Profane Prima Donnas is a delightful bit of fun that
doesn't take itself
too seriously, and a good start to any evening of Fringe." - Stage Left
7pm - The Old Council Chambers
Tues - Sat, until Oct 19 . . . $15 Full/ $12.50 Conc
THE BRINK
A candid and raucous one-and-a-half woman show! A slick, witty hour
spent with a chick and her provocative confidante. The Brink is a
labyrinth of unsettling, hyperbolic, and comical experiences, at once
surprising and yet familiar. A show for anyone whoís ever looked over
the edge, thought better of it, and opted for a cup of tea instead.
Written & directed by Antonia Pont, performed by Anne Gollan and Sara
Mae Libero.
7:15pm - The Annex
Tues - Sat, until Oct 19 . . . $14 Full/ $11 Conc
THE ANGINA MONOLOGUES
There are many exciting ways to kick the bucket. THE ANGINA MONOLOGUES
explores death by cardiac arrest, death by serial killer, death by Big
Mac, death by sex... you name it, you can die from it!
"Kennedy has a friendly, laid-back style and his character pieces are
well done." - Stage Left
The Old Council Chambers
7pm Mon, 8:15pm Tues - Sat, until Oct 19 . . . $20 Full/ $16 Conc
PICK ME - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
An hilarious ëconfessional cabaretí combining energetic comedy with
stellar song writing and original music. PICK ME is the story of Kylie
Brickhillís journey to find her birth mother and her fame and fortune.
Kylie has collaborated with Maude Davey, Kate Clarke and Annie Winter to
produce this sassy performance. Kylie has a big voice commanding stage
presence and PICK ME has a lot of heart. Written and performed by Kylie
Brickhill, accompanied by Jason Ferridge on piano.
The Annex - 5 Nights ONLY!
8:45pm Tues - Sat, until Oct 19th . . . $15 Full/$11Conc
THE STACKHAT IMPERATIVE
MEET! the morally and intellectually bankrupt maniacs who churn out
wood-heater ads. SEE! how you are sucked in to their schemes to sell you
total crapola. GNASH! your teeth as they face the final assignment which
may bury us all. A mix of slapstick, music, video and fierce satire you
can be assured that this is one trilogy that is going out with a bang!
The Old Council Chambers
9:45pm Weds - Sat, until Oct 19th . . . $15 Full/ $12 Conc
PICTURES OF PROTEST: YOURS NOT THEIRS - Anita Jawary journeys through
the visual world of protest: subtle, brutal & absurd
Trades Hall Bar 5pm 'til late, until Oct 20
and much, much more!
Final Fringe Weekend so GET YOURSELF SOME TICKETS!!
QUICK!! DO IT!! DO IT NOW!!
Tickets available from 239 Brunswick St, Fitzroy or make a Booking Ph:
9416 3888
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GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL
54 Victoria St (Cnr Lygon St) Carlton Ph: 9662 3555
Trades Hall Bar - open nightly from 5pm 'til late
Friday Happy Hours 4-7pm
DRINK OF THE MONTH: ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER
(it's new, its green and it's YUMMY!) ONLY $5
more info visit www.tradeshallarts.com.au
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"The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may
be both. But, it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without
demand; it never has and it never will." - Frederick Douglas, 1857
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