Organiser Girl

A small, young and enthusiastic cast did very well to carry off this farce as the script was quite complicated and at times difficult to follow. The play was well rehearsed with lines that ran smoothly and the characters were well cast to suit their roles. The set was modest but it worked well to give the play three locations without having to move any set pieces.

A young man in his early twenties, rejected by a girlfriend for no longer being ‘a brilliant young thing’ became depressed and eager to find someone who could help him to restore his brilliance so he could win back his girlfriend.

‘Kurt’ met an articulate young student, Bernard, in the local pub during a binge drinking session and was so impressed that he invited the student back to his apartment. Kurt had recognised the brilliance of the young man and decided to kidnap him and tie him to a chair until he divulged the secret of his brilliance in an effort to restore his own.

The play was set in a local pub, a café and the apartment shared by Kurt and his friend Lucy. While Kurt was the main instigator of the kidnapping, Lucy became drawn into the game and did little to help the struggling Bernard who was tied to a chair for most of the play. Kurt disappeared leaving the poor Bernard to face Lucy’s questioning and reasoning at to why she should not untie him and he regrettably spent more hours tied to the chair.

Both Kurt and Lucy moved through the scenes effortlessly while Bernard struggled at times with his demanding role.

The play finished with a nice little twist, as Bernard tried to impress Kurt’s ex girlfriend with the same brilliance that Kurt had done, thereby proving that Kurt really was still a ‘Brilliant Young Thing’ after all.

The Fringe is on - fantastic. I doubt there will be much happening on Organiser Girl whilst this is on. If I am doing any writing, it’s going to be for inthemix.com.au anyway. Keep an eye on my ITM profile for the list of articles that I’m writing there.

My Scissor Sisters review is up on inthemix.com.au! I think it’s the best review I’ve written so far.

Check it out!

2:37 by Murali K Thalluri

The complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with many situations confronting today’s youth…

At 2.37 one afternoon, a student commits suicide in the toilets of an Australian high school. We don’t learn who it is until the end of the film. But there are several candidates. As we know from countless other teenage movies, high schools are hazardous places. Even if they haven’t been colonised by zombies, menaced by werewolves or targeted by serial killers, they’re certain to be harbouring a species of bully whose bite is just as lethal.

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I first saw a preview for this film on ABC television’s At The Movies. This tv show would have to be the show I most trust when I look for reviews on any films.The moment I saw the preview and heard Margaret and David’s reviews of it I knew I HAD to see it. So Saturday night, with a couple of hours spare after seeing a dance performance I headed off to the cinema.I knew that this was going to be an intense film. It was. It was raw, nasty. It bites. But, I loved it. I really loved it. That being said, I haven’t seen the film Elephant which is apparently quite similar to 2:37.I’d buy the DVD of this. For sure. I’m looking forward to seeing more of this director’s films. See more about 2:37

If your feet are prone to moving to wicked beats, then Saturday night’s show at the Crown & Sceptre would have met your pedal needs and then some. The UK’s premier breaks artists the Drumattic Twins (Nick and Kevin) are currently on tour and played for their third night in a row on Saturday night (Byron Bay and Canberra on Thursday and Friday)…

[read the rest of the review at ITM]

saw this lovely strange spanish film with Pippa today. it’s the second pedro almodovar film that i’ve seen in the last couple of weeks. i’m hooked, i want to see the rest of his films.