Joomla! site syndication http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:31:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk Joomla! site syndication http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk/content/view/6/2/ Apples and Ladders is an intimate puppet show that casts long shadowsONCE upon a time there was a piece of wood. From that sentence grew Carlo Collodi's century-old tale of the world's most famous puppet, Pinocchio. It also begins a smaller story; more modern, closer to home and probably less likely to be adapted by Disney.Apples and Ladders was conceived between a piece of wood and a sad and beautiful song in Brunswick around four years ago. I think I was bored one day so I started carving an old man's head, says puppeteer Jacob Williams.At the time his partner, Sarah Kriegler, was listening to a CD by English Gypsy trio the Tiger Lillies, gutter kings of decadence and despair for squeezebox, twangy strings and falsetto. Listen to this, she said. I think this song is this old man's story. So was born the head and heart of George, the faded, alcoholic drag queen at the centre of Apples and Ladders' suburban fable of isolation and redemption.In time appeared George's elderly next-door neighbours, an apple tree standing between their houses, and a foreboding, skeletal figure that Williams and Kriegler refer to as The Knave of Hearts. News - Latest Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk/content/view/11/9/ Artist John Vander of Stanwell Park Possibly one of the most popular artists in NSW today, his work has been reproduced extensively in prints for many years, and has attracted a large following amongst art collectors. Over the last 30 years John has become a household name throughout Australia. Do not miss this opportunity to view and purchase one of his original paintings. Over the last 26 years countless visitors to his gallery ~ Articles Fine Art Gallery ~ have had the great experience of meeting the artist himself. When John Vander paints a town he paints it as a portrait painter would paint his subject. Every building is accurate. He sketches every building in the street before he starts his final work. John says, 'My paintings are sparked by my feeling for the subject. I want others to view my work and catch the same impression of light, colour and form that inspired my original impulse!' FAQs - Examples Wed, 12 May 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.arts-4u3.co.uk/content/view/2/9/ The NutcrackerA rich experience for audiences of any age, the Australian Ballet's Nutcracker is as good as promised.The Australian Ballet's Nutcracker is as good as promised. The detail in the choreography and presentation makes it a rich experience for audiences of any age. Those with sophisticated dance knowledge will admire the technique; all of us can lose ourselves in the magic.Peter Wright's production - originally created for the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1990 - builds on the traditions of the ballet choreographed by Lev Ivanov a century before, using choreography by Ivanov, Vincent Redmon and himself.The result is an amalgam of past and present. It opens with a storybook cast of a family with servants and a lifestyle structured by formality, yet the narrative develops to reflect the speed and colour expected of entertainment today.John F. Macfarlane has designed superb costumes and sets that appear and disappear in smooth transformation scenes, combining historic benchmarks with vivid contemporary touches that animate the familiar scenario. Nicolette Fraillon conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra through Tchaikovsky's tuneful music at a brisk pace. Newsflashes - Newsflash Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:30:34 +0100