Festival News
The latest news items from TSF.
Imperial Open Sept 4
Erskineville’s iconic Imperial Hotel will open its doors to the public on Saturday, September 4 following a gala night for industry guests the night before.
Owner Shadd Danesi said patrons could expect everything they loved about the old Imperial, only bigger and better.
“We’ll have the normal drag queens and the shows people have come to expect from the Imperial,” Danesi said. “And it will be run pretty much along the same format as it’s ever been run.
“But the quality of the new sound and building works are superior to what they have ever been in the past.”
Danesi said the public bar would open as normal and, when things settle, he’ll open the cabaret bar at 10pm, and cellar bar at 11pm Fridays and Saturdays.
“But when it comes to closing times, a lot of that will be up to the public,” Danesi said. “We’re licensed 24 hours, so as long as there’s a good atmosphere where people are enjoying themselves, we’ll continue trading.
“I think there’s a lot of anticipation about the re-opening. The feedback we’ve been getting has been terrific, so I’m anticipating we’ll be well patronised.”
The Imperial has been closed for more than three years while undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment.
It has been the subject of multiple Land and Environment court appeals and ongoing negotiations with the City of Sydney. Danesi has racked up more than $500,000 in legal expenses in getting the building to a firm opening date.
For a taste of something a bit different, from September 10 to 26 the Imperial will host events as part of the inaugural Sydney Fringe festival.
Sydney Fringe events will be held in the hotel’s cabaret bar on weeknights and Sundays, with the public bar being open and normal on those days.
Acts include Hobo Bordeaux, who are described as having a ‘Cuban swamp blues spaghetti soul western tango’ sound, and Sydney dance outfit YEN, who will launch a new EP. In an event called Sonic Canvas, the Imperial’s interior will be transformed into a thee-dimensional canvas of projected words, images and light to music from some of Australia’s most progressive composers.
info: Visit www.theimperialhotel.com.au
Andrew M Potts
Capt: Mini Cooper, Tora Hymen and Charisma Belle star in the Going GaGa show playing at the Imperial Hotel as part of this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival. Photo: Ann-Marie Calilhanna
Sydney Star Observer, Wednesday, 25 August 2010
COMBAT FATIGUE DATE CHANGE
Make sure you scribble this in your diaries! Combat Fatigue's show on at 8.00pm on the 19th September has been CANCELLED but not to worry, they are taking over the Boiler Room space (at The Factory) on the 22nd September 9.30pm instead along with their other show dates.
COMPLETE DATES:
13/09 8.00pm
17/09 9.30pm
18/09 1.00pm
22/09 9.30pm
23/09 8.00pm
URGENT: STAGE MANAGER | LIGHTING/SOUND OPERATOR | LIGHTING DESIGNER CALL OUT!!
Hello lovely people!
We are currently looking to fill ASAP a few key crew positions for our upcoming Sydney Fringe show, Shakespeare In Full Colour, which will be on at the New Theatre in September.
A visceral journey into the psyche of the Bard, ‘Shakespeare In Full Colour’ is a fresh, vibrant adaptation of some of literature’s great works. The Colour Blind Project celebrates Sydney's colourful & contemporary society in an explosive fusion featuring an integrated multicultural cast of women - something Australian audiences rarely see.
Adaptation by Sime Knezevic | Advised by Felicity Nicol | Featuring Josipa Draisma, Stephanie Son, Fleur Beaupert, Christina Falsone, Carla Nirella and Alyssan Russell.
We are looking for:
Stage Manager
Lighting/sound Operator
Lighting Designer (not required for the dates below)
The dates that you would be required are:
Thursday 16 September at 5:00PM for a technical run
Thursday 16 September at 8:00PM
Saturday 18 September at 4:00PM
Saturday 18 September at 9:00PM
Sunday 19 September at 7:00PM
Total four shows.
If you are interested and available or know of anybody who might be please feel free to email us or drop us a line (our phone numbers are below).
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Best,
Josipa and Stephanie
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Auditions - Hi, How Can I Help You?
‘Hi, How Can I Help You?’ is a humourous and dynamic stage production forming part of The Sydney Fringe Festival. We all know what it’s like to provide a service and everyone knows what it’s like to be a customer. Through a series of short plays by new and emerging artists, ‘Hi, How Can I Help You?’ takes the customer service experience to the extreme.
We are holding Auditions for all types of actors to be a part of our production.
Auditions will be held Sunday August 8th only
You will be asked to prepare a 2 minute monologue (no longer please) in a vein similar to the work you like to do. Actors with ability in mime are desirable but not compulsory.
To express your interest, please email your CV and Headshot to:
youremailisimportanttous@gmail.com
But hurry expressions of interest close 5pm Wednesday 4th August and spaces are limited. (Please note: to audition you must email and be allocated an audition time. We will not be able to see you if you attend on the day without one).
Rehearsals will be held over the month of August and performances are 5 shows across 2 weeks in September. For more information on rehearsal and performance time frames please email your enquiry.
Participation in this event is on a voluntary basis. The project aims to foster the collaboration of new, emerging and established artists, supporting their creative growth and providing a platform to showcase their work in an open and supportive environment.
What's that you have in your hand.. are they SYDNEY FRINGE tix?? That can't be right. They're not on sale yet.
Start saving your pennies... just under a week till THE SYDNEY FRINGE 2010 TICKETS go on sale!!
At 12noon, August 9th, 2010 hurl yourself at the Enmore Theatre Box Office, computer screens (tickets can be purchased via show pages) and knock yourself out with tickets to one or a few or many of the many curious and amazing things that the Sydney Fringe has to offer.
Alternatively, you will be able to call the Box Office on 02 9550 3666 to grab your tickets.
Watch this space for info updates.
Teen idol still feels the Love at 60
FOR a man who has felt like a teen idol for most of his life, it must be a shock to turn 60.
However notching up this milestone certainly hasn’t slowed down living legend John Paul Young, who will be performing solo at Hornsby RSL Club next Friday night.
“I turned 40 and 50 and it wasn’t a problem,” Young said. “But 60 is like, gee, it’s starting to have an effect on me.”
The effect being that Young certainly doesn’t feel his age and confesses to being “just as knocked around after performing as I always did”.
It certainly has been an amazing career, which the man himself admits has come as a surprise.
“It’s bloody unbelievable,” he said.
“It never entered my mind I’d still be going this long.”
JPY discovered he had a determined streak when his manager quit in the 1980s, declaring the popstar’s time was over.
Young went on to establish a name for himself on radio and television before the release of the film which would change his life - Strictly Ballroom.
When his song Love is in the Air was re-released, it reignited Young’s career and he has never looked back.
“In this business, like any other, if you haven’t made it by 40, if you’re not near the top or not comfortable then something’s wrong,” Young said.
“You should be entrenched in what you’re doing.”
However Young does express frustration that artists over a certain age do not get a lot of support and points to legendary artists from Tom Jones to The Rolling Stones whose new music is often ignored.
“I do think we are lacking something to foster that population who have been left behind by mainstream media,” Young said of Baby Boomers.
“We’re left floundering.”
In the meantime Young is once again reinventing himself, this time by returning to the stage to play a washed-up rockstar now running a caravan park in the Sydney Fringe Festival production of Van Park (for details, visit sydneyfringe.org.au).
“It’s pretty close to the bone,” he laughs.
“It’s good for people to see the other side of me. I became a teen idol at 19 and have spent the rest of my life with that image.”
Steve Graham
Are you a Budding Film maker?!!!? Do you want to make a RAD piece of Film that showcases how you feel about Sydney's Amaaaazing Inner West?!!
The 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival is looking for Film Makers!
We are currently looking for creative individuals who would like to create a 4 minute film that shares how they feel about the Inner West of Sydney!
Participants will be credited within the Fringe Festival and will have their amazing pieces displayed in front of large crowds within the first ever Sydney Fringe Festival!!
This project is in association with the Projector Bike event within the Sydney Fringe Festival!
The Projector Bike event involves a projector attached to a push bike that will move around Sydney's Inner West, stopping at prominent buildings around the area where short films will be screened using the projector.
We have the new easy to use Mino Flip cameras for budding filmmakers to borrow. All you need to do is shoot your film, edited it up and send it back to the Black Sheep Crew of the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival! Then just invite your friends to see your work of art projected around Newtown!!
The event is not so much about amazing media skills but more about originality of work and ideas regarding how you see life in Newtown. The event is open to anyone keen to get some artistic-ness in and amongst this years Sydney Fringe! The wackier and more creative the better!!
To book cameras, submit videos or for any inquiries contact:
adele.admin@thesydneyfringe.com.au
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Priscilla's pub to join the fringe dwellers
Sydney's landmark gay venue the Imperial Hotel could host two resurrections when it reopens later this year.
The Erskineville pub, which closed three years ago, is expected to begin serving drinks as early as September pending council approval, and is in talks to host the revamped Sydney Fringe Festival when it opens.
It would not only mean the famous drag venue - made famous in the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert - was active again, but it would provide a home for the festival which folded in 2002.
Josephine Tovey
Sydney Fringe Auditions - NEXT WEEK!
Dear Potential Stars of the Sydney Fringe!
We are on the hunt for talented actors/musicians to appear in the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival!
A number of Producers are looking for talented actors who fit the below descriptions:
- Variety of Male and Female Acting Roles 18 – 50 y.o
- Musician – Bass Guitarist that could possibly act or play another instrument.
- Host for one of the Fringe Shows
If you would like to audition for a role within one of the amazing Fringe Festival acts and you feel you can stand out like a black sheep contact: adele.admin@thesydneyfringe.com.au to book a time.
There will be around 10 different Directors/Producers all casting for different theatre performance so will be a great opportunity to get your face seen by multiple Producers at the one time!
Auditions will be held on Wednesday 21st July during the day and will be run on an appointment basis.
Look forward to meeting the new faces of the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival!
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