Issue 741
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The Scene - Local Entertainment NewsThe Flirty Flautist
Jane Rutter is regarded as one of Australia's most brilliant and versatile flautists. She's one of the few classical flautists with the ability to cross over successfully into jazz and pop, leading the critics to declare her 'Australia's only classical pop star'. All her albums have made the pop charts. She's coming to Ballina next week with classical guitarist and long time collaborator Gregory Pikler for what promises to be a fitting climax to the Musica Viva season. The duo will perform at St Mary's Anglican Church, Ballina, next Thursday, October 25. Greg Pikler follows in the footsteps of John Williams as one of Australia's finest classical guitarists. He's played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and is the resident guitarist with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. His regular collaborations with Jane Rutter led to the CD Appasionada. Jane Rutter has released five smash hit classical albums, and more recently recorded a flute concerto written by Guy Noble. Among other projects currently on the books, the former Getaway presenter is writing a ballet score, recording a new album with conductor Richard Bonynge, and recording the Vivaldi Flute Concerti, played on baroque flute at modern pitch. The Ballina concert should be a delight, featuring enchanting and romantic music with a Spanish flavour. The program includes Villa Lobos, Almeida, Bizet, Piazzola, and even Ravi Shankar and Bach. Tickets for Musica Viva's presentation of Jane Rutter and Greg Pikler are available from the Northern Rivers Ticket Centre in Lismore (phone 6621 5600) or the ABC shop in Ballina. Tickets will also be available for $25 at the door on the night. The concert starts at 8pm.
Dream Show
Shakespeare's best loved comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, has had something of a makeover from the region's newest theatre group - the North Coast Theatre Company. The group has emerged from the inaugural graduates of Wollongbar TAFE's Theatre performances and practice program. Directed by course coordinator David Addenbrooke, who worked for many years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and choreographed by Cheryl Heazlewood, the students have written their own rock music score for the play, turning a multilayered tale about love and its vagaries into a spectacular rock-cabaret-circus. Director David Addenbrooke said the circus setting was a wonderful metaphor for the Bard's work. 'It's a world within which this most joyous and fantastical of comedies can take place of the space of one mad midsummer night. Sadly, most of us no longer believe in fairies or magic, so perhaps the circus is still the one place where we can suspend reality,' he said. 'The world of the circus remains a world of magic and make believe where we can put aside disbelief and, for a brief moment, allow the fantastic, magical, bizarre and comic-grotesque to become 'real'.' The Lismore Workers Club will be transformed into a big top - complete with clowns, acrobats, dancers and a five piece live band for the play. David says the setting is bound to appeal to all age groups. The 10 show season opens next Wednesday, October 24, with a gala charity preview raising funds for the Lismore SES. Tickets for the preview are available through the SES. A Midsummer Night's Dream will play nightly at 8pm from Thursday, October 25, until Saturday, November 3. There are additional matinee performances on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 30-31. Tickets are $17.50 from the Workers Club or at the Northern Rivers Ticket Centre (phone 6621 5600).
Forum Discusses Broadcasting
Anyone interested or involved in community media locally should attend the Community Broadcasting Forum this Saturday, October 20, at Invercauld House, Goonellabah. The one-day forum, presented by LINC TV in conjunction with North Coast CAMERA and 2NCR, aims to bring local media organisations together to explore the possibly of working together more cooperatively. The forum hopes to canvas and develop the potential for a centralised training facility that benefits the local community broadcasters as well as the idea of exploring local productions. The morning session will focus on the importance of community broadcasting in general. Guest speakers include the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's policy manager and training officer Jan McArthur and Ashley Jones, a former manager of Optus Vision who has worked in the industry for more than 20 years. After lunch the forum will focus on the local region and practical issues such as the proposed training centre, management considerations and programming. The forum runs from 9am-5.30pm. Afterwards a special celebration featuring drinks and entertainment, made possible through the International Year of the Volunteer Small Grants Program, will be held to recognise the enormous contribution volunteers make to the local media industry. Tickets are $10, which includes food. For bookings and more information phone 6621 4555, 6621 6079 or 6620 3066.
Think Global, Play Local!The next Celtic Jam Night on Thursday, October 25, at the Rous, Lismore, is proof that you don't have to travel to Ireland to get your world music fix. The night captures both the traditional sounds and atmosphere of pubs and music venues in Ireland right here. In the fashion of the traditional sessions of the Emerald Isle, there's always a good array of fiddles, whistles, mandolins and bodhrans and the music is all acoustic. The beginners session held at last month's Celtic jam night was an enormous success and there's another, to be sure, next Thursday from 6pm, followed by the main session at 7.30pm. The session is open to everyone, entry is free and the Guinness is on tap. For more details, call Jamie on 66203158.
To Da RiddumFor many years Andy Glitre gave Triple J its groove with a pioneering dance music show. Since then he's hosted The Rhythm Method on Triple M, and more recently, his dulcet tones can be heard on Melbourne's Kiss FM. But if you don't live in Victoria, fear not. Andre Glitre is hosting The Rhythm Method at the Verve nightclub in Byron this Saturday, October 20. $7 gets you in to the groove.
Three GracesYooffull Brisbane all-girl trio Razel are described as proponents of 'primal post punk power with a modern metal edge'. They're also just released their debut EP Perfect Little Mongrels, which has already proved popular with the MP3 crowd. If you prefer your music live, loud and luddite, you can catch them at the Great Northern this Sunday, October 21. Fellow femme punksters Gazoonga Attack play support.
Karaoke ChampionshipsYou don't have to be Gwyneth Paltrow to enter the Australian Karaoke championships, which are currently on at Ballina RSL Club. Every Saturday night from 9.30pm, the heats are on at the Club. If you don't want to sing, you can always go along and join the audience to vote for your favourite performer. The competition is open to people over 18. Registration forms are available from the RSL Club, phone 6686 2544. The final is on November 3, followed by the national final on November 17.
Art Seeks to Reconcile
Vocal Groups WantedIt could be the start of something big, or the gift that opens doors and opportunities for local vocal groups. Thursday Plantation is looking for ensembles of three to five voices to compete in the second Rockinghorse Studios Ensemble Prize held at the Thursday Plantation Soundshell in Ballina, on Sunday, November 11. It's a part of the 'Singing in the Rainforest' a cappella festival, which features over 100 performers from Bellingen to Brisbane in a day of glorious singing from the heart. The prize is a day-long recording session and a night's stay at Rockinghorse in the hills behind Byron Bay. To enter, contact Tess Cullen on 6687 6144 or email sculpture@thursdayplantation.com
Right on DarylWell howzat? Daryl Braithwaite is riding his wild horse to Ballina next weekend for an exclusive concert at Thursday Plantation's Homecoming Under the Stars on October 27. The former Sherbet singer will give a 90 minute concert beginning with some delicious acoustic songs, before building to a powerful climax of his many hits. Tickets for Daryl Braithwaite performing under the stars at Thursday Plantation are $48, which includes supper and light refreshments. To book a ticket, phone 6686 7273. Lording it over 'em
Vocalist Elizabeth Lord will join Jim Kelly's Latin Lovers for a one-off gig next Wednesday, October 24 at Maggie Moores from 8.30pm. The Latin Lovers feature Jim on guitar, Steve Russell on keys/vocals, James Cox doing percussion, Jack Thorncraft on acoustic bass and Dave Sanders on drums. The six-piece ensemble will play a variety of South America tunes and their huge repertoire includes some beautiful ballads, funky rhythm sets and high energy dance tunes. Some of the songs they will perform include Agua De Marco Corcovado, Bird of Beauty and the highly complex Tico Tico. Tickets to the gig are $5 at the door.
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Jane Rutter and Gregory Pikler provide the climax to the Musica Viva season next Thursday at St Mary's in Ballina.
Some of the cast from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, opening next Wednesday at Lismore Workers Club.
Gearing for this Saturday's Community Broadcasting Forum are (clockwise from front left) LINC TV chairperson Aliison Kelly, 2NCR president Wanda Coates, North Coast CAMERA president Taran Tula and Helen Wilson from the SCU School of Humanities.
Co-judges of Southern Cross University's $2000 Reconciliation Art Award, Trish Johnson, the Curatorial Assistant, Indigenous Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery, and SCU's Assoc. Prof Jan Davis, are pictured with final year visual arts student Mic Eales, and his winning work '231 Hands'. The competition, which will be an annual event, is open to graduates, students and staff of the university. The work will be added to SCU's art collection. 
Elizabeth Lord performs with Jim Kelly's Latin Lovers at Maggie Moores next Wednesday.