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Time to make an office a usable space
Thursday looms as the big I.T. cleanup. Over the past 3 weeks i’ve cleaned up and given away about 35 retired desktop and laptop computers from the Ballet which has certainly created some breathing space in my office. This time we’ll attack the server room and the rest of the office and actually finish the…
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Shanghai, city of lights..
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is where we are located in Shanghai. The offices are located downstairs as per the norm but are pretty much concrete rooms. The cabling for phone & power have been an afterthought in most of the rooms. Pick a cable, any cable….After getting one of the points made live, and the…
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Hello highrise.
Well, I’ve now arrived in Shanghai, China.I have never seen firsthand such a big city with so many highrise buildings. On the bus from the airport, the first ones we saw were about 10 – 20 highrise apartment blocks. The first thing they reminded me of were the pod tower things from the Matrix. (partly…
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Auckland at night
I’ve just spent about 2 hours walking around the city. It’s a strange mix of old and new. There are many vacant blocks and many multistory carparks. It’s kinda weird.The Civic Theatre in Auckland is a 2000 odd seat venue where our show is based this week. I have not been in the auditorium yet…
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Auckland, NZ
Well, I’m in Auckland at the moment.It’s a really really tough life when you’re forced overseas for business. There were just a few of us heading out of town with the Ballet Company.. It’s fantastic, the amount of times I’ve been asked if I’m a lead dancer is great! If only they knew I can’t…
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How To Make 105 Minutes Seem Like 105 Minutes (Without Really Trying)
Well, first off, I think this is the year of underlit shows. I’ve just seen another show where the designer, although with good design intent, has missed important ensemble action because of lack of light.Enough said. Now, something that constantly amazes me is when there is no music during a blackout. With a show as…
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Over the Tasmin
I recently ventured south over Bass Straight to see a friend perform back with her former theatre company in Launceston for their 25th aniversery concert.The Princess Theatre is a lovely old venue with Art Deco stylings. I guess regional companies such as Ballarat & Bendigo use venues similar to this as well, but here in…
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Movie endings
Maybe I’m a little behind, but you can’t see them all. I just saw Crash tonight, because my friend (a teacher) is looking at it with her film studies class tomorrow.I loved it. I like that style of movie with multiple stories that intertwine. They are interesting and intelligent. Magnolia is another that springs to…
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A home of my own….
At first you might think I’m talking about finally moving to a place of my own, but alas no. I’ve actually just moved my domain, theatreperson.com, to some proper hosting (courtesy of my friend)This blog is so young, but soon to become redundant.I’ll move everything when I get the new place ready. Plenty of space…
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Crazy for leongatha
I’m down in Leongatha watching Crazy for you. (It’s interval) All I can say is, I’m loving it!I might occasionally chuckle at some of the production elements of the show, but the cast is really really funny! In a good way. The guys playing the town yolkals are doing it as only country folk could.…