Film Review: Palace presents Sparkling: The Story of Champagne

Submitted by joannal on Sun, 24/10/2021 - 15:26

The British Film Festival 2021 presents Sparkling: The Story of Champagne, directed and written by Frank Mannion and narrated by and starring Stephen Fry. Sparkling: The Story of Champagne is a delightful look into the history of champagne, and I can assure you that once you have finished watching this insightful documentary this alcoholic beverage will never taste the same again.

 

Review: Return to the Dirt presented by Queensland Theatre

Submitted by joannal on Sun, 24/10/2021 - 14:41

Return to the Dirt presented by Queensland Theatre

Billie Brown Theatre

16th October-6th November 2021

 

Writer Steve Pirie

Directed by Lee Lewis

 

Dr Gemma Regan

 

Pirie’s semi-autobiographical play evokes a dichotomy of emotions with witty asides and a sombre and confronting examination of the realities of death

 

 

Review: Queensland Theatre presents Return to the Dirt

Submitted by joannal on Sat, 23/10/2021 - 13:46

As much as I enjoy attending the QPAC, it was a real treat getting to attend Queensland Theatre this evening. Sitting under the train lines in the semi-industrial end of South Bank, the theatre is surrounded by beautiful graffiti on the walls outside, and it makes me feel like I am part of something special as I sit inside the intimate theatre space.

Banoffee: Teartracks

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 22/10/2021 - 17:06

<p><span><span>- Banoffee’s style has always expertly toed a line between accessible pop tunes with universally relatable lyrics and her gritty, excessively compressed electronica aesthetics.

Every Time I Die: Radical

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 22/10/2021 - 16:54

<p><span><span>- What happens when an author, a bass player, a graphic artist, a goose, and a pro-wrestler walk into a bar? Honestly, Every Time I Die’s extra-curricular activities have made the members sound like the set up to a bad punchline your dad would tell after consuming a few glass pies. Between an already chockas discography and countless tour and studio diaries, you could consume a full twenty-four hours of the quintet’s content with more to keep you going.

Syria executes 24 people for starting devastating fires

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Fri, 22/10/2021 - 12:33

Syria has executed 24 people for deliberately starting devastating forest fires that destroyed leader Bashar al-Assad's ancestral home of Latakia.

The huge fires burned for nearly a year and caused tens of millions of dollars of losses in cultivated plots of mainly citrus, apples and olive trees across the coastal provinces.

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