- by Alice McShane Inspired by chaos, Ice-Age brings together twenty new theatrical pieces to showcase throughout the You Are Here festival. The three disparate works I was to experience featured Shakespearean bathtubs, kidnapped prisoners and a beauty queen murder. Seating ourselves amongst the assortment of furniture in Fletcher Jones, we were given a questionnaire […]
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Art Not Apart
- by Elizabeth Abbott Art Not Apart is a street festival held regularly throughout the year in the spaces surrounding New Acton, attracting a variety of Canberran artists and performers. Don’t allow the pretentiousness of the event’s marketing to discourage you: Art Not Apart proves to be an enjoyable day out for families, young people and […]
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ALEV
- Elizabeth Abbott ALEV is an evening of singing, dancing and funk music at Kremlin Bar occurs semi-frequently, and showcases Canberra’s burlesque, drag and music scene. It’s a garish evening filled with incredible performances by confident singers, musicians, dancers and entertainers who entice and delight the crowd. It’s the type of fiery performance that […]
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You Are Here v. Teen Make Outs
– by Lucy Nelson When was the last time you heard someone say the name ‘Joseph Gordon Levitt’? For the audience of ‘You Are Here versus Teen Make Outs’, it was Friday night at Lonsdale Street Roasters. In a lively cocktail of storytelling and teenage nostalgia, four artists offer their musings on the thriving, gyrating […]
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Burley’s First Birthday
- by Georgia Kartas It’s Thursday night and the inside of Smiths Alternative Bookshop is packed with people (politely) elbowing their way to a table covered in children’s party food. Burley is celebrating its first birthday and launching its latest instalment, and issue 3’s cover is just as nostalgically colourful as the event’s complimentary fairy […]
Continue ReadingPoetry is the Real Winner
- By Amy Birchall In the ordinary world, poetry isn’t the real winner. My poetry lecturer frequently laments the fact that Tim Winton outsells him 500 to one, and most aspiring poets would find it difficult to convince their neighbours to switch off the television and listen to a spoken word performance instead. Most aspiring […]
Continue ReadingMALL STORIES: An interview with curator Julian Fleetwood
- By Lauren Strickland Julian Fleetwood is a Canberra writer, slam poet, and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure enthusiast. He is also the curator of Mall Stories, one of the many eclectic events offered by 2012′s YOU ARE HERE festival. The surreal walking tour will lead you to various locations scattered around the Canberra Centre, prompting you to look at […]
Continue ReadingDon’ts for Dancers
- By Kaylia Payne Hey you. Yes, you. Dancing in the corner, thinking that you’re oh so cool. Bright lights flashing, music pounding, body shaking and undulating. You should be ashamed of yourself. You are breaking the stringent rules of dance. Have you even offered your palm face-up to the partner you’re currently gyrating against? […]
Continue ReadingThe Landlords
- By Amelia Bidgood I’m not a highly religious individual, luckily – if I was I would have walked away from the pub theatre performance by ‘The Landlords’, feeling extremely offended. The two men that took to the stage were dressed in matching white coats, ties, black pants and thick black framed glasses and referred […]
Continue ReadingWhere Do We Go From You Are Here?
- By Ashley Orr On the second last day of the You Are Here festival, Scissors Paper Pen’s Rosanna Stevens expertly chaired a panel of the YAH directors, Yolande Norris, Adam Hadley and David Finnigan, to discuss the festival’s past, present and future. When broached the question of just how different YAH 2012 was from […]
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