Tasmanian Times
Arts
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A great actor
TASMANIAN actor Michael Siberry is in New York rehearsing for Spamelot — a wacky musical adaption of the hilarious cult film Monty...
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Shakespeare and Truganini
It’s under wraps but John Malkovich and novelist Nicholas Shakespeare want to make a movie about Truganini, the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal,...
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The things we do to fish
I dreamt I held a tiny whale in the palm of my big hand Its vulnerable belly soft and pale its life...
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The Blitzkrieg
THE BLITZKRIEG by Harold John Solomon (1907-1986) (with thanks to the late Senator Reg Wright) Murder, most foul, goes swaggering down the...
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Carousing as poetic inspiration
THIS launch of Pete Hay’s wonderful new book of poetry, Silently on the Tide, will be in three parts: • A Memory:...
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A bit of a giggle
It is the festive season and time for a quiet laugh — or a loud one if you wish. Following is a...
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The scalpers’ Fall
THERE has been some concern, if not outrage, over people buying tickets to the hugely popular Falls Festival at Marion Bay over...
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The Brainstormers
Kickstart Arts & Richmond Fellowship presents RISING ABOVE THE MADNESS OF THE WORLD THE BRAINSTORMERS This CD features 16 original new songs...
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Cheeky: Round Two
That’s why the Punch-and-Judy show in Parliament doesn’t really matter all that much. Cheek’s time there is a tale of low farce,...
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The Blue Giraffe waterhole
“I wrote a poem with all my self./ Every muscle, every nerve/ and every bone … I danced my poem/ tore at...
