http://blind-dragonfly.com Scripts and writings by Australan pharmacy assistant and writer el David Finig Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The moment has arrived: THE PROGRAM FOR THE 2010 CRACK THEATRE FESTIVAL IS ONLINE. Crack 2009. Image by Talsit. Crack is a national festival and forum for independent and emerging performing artists, taking place annually as a part of This Is Not Art in Newcastle. Gillian Schwab, Ben Packer and I co-direct ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=639 Thanks to the pleasures of Increased Storage Space (thanks to Mick Bailey, aka The Man Who Hates Fun), I have recently done a sweeping clean-out and update of the blind sounds section of this website, dividing it into some more coherent categories and planting a swathe more music up online ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=638 ‘Campbell’s Wharf’. Pictorialisation courtesy: Mr William Stanley Jevons (deceased) We were hit last night by a bolt out of the blue when we stumbled upon Peter Wilkins' just-published review of True Logic for Lowdown (the national magazine for youth performing arts in Australia). Go to the website to check it out, ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=637 This is what happened. On Sunday 1 August, my brother Chris and my self, aka Finnigan and Brother, clambered into a car and drove north through the winter rain for a few hundred kilometres until Sydney appeared. Drove to Alexandria to find FBI Radio, and got there early enough for ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=636 Important news to begin with, then my own guff: Ira Gamerman writes good things which you ought read. First of all, American comrade-playwright Ira Gamerman has launched his own website, featuring a battery of information and background on his work. What you need to do is contact Ira to request a copy ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=632 The last two weeks were spent almost entirely in the Dance Studio of the Belconnen Arts Centre. In a 19th century study, in a computer, in a tent. Specifically, in the extraordinary set designed by Gillian Schwab for Boho's True Logic of the Future. image by 'pling Science-theatre ensemble Boho Interactive is ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=631 Boho Interactive's new interactive performance True Logic of the Future opens on July 13 at the Belconnen Arts Centre in Canberra. 'Campbell's Wharf'. Pictorialisation courtesy: Mr William Stanley Jevons (deceased) Since September 2009, Boho (myself, Jack Lloyd and Mick Bailey) have been in residence at the Belconnen Arts Centre researching and devising ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=630 So then, something from the distant dim horizons of 20,008. In that year, I was one of three ACT poets to make it to the grand finals of the Australian National Poetry Slam, along with Hadley and Omar Musa. Technically it should have been just Hadley and Omar representing, since ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=629 Some thoughts inspired by the Street Theatre production of Underage House Party Play. image by frosty Through the rehearsal process, director Steve Barker, performer Matt Kelly and stage manager Natalia Thomas workshopped and fine-tuned the Underage House Party Play script. The result is a far more effective and well-structured play, with my ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=627 The important news of the week is not what I did but what I read: specifically, Declan Greene's Moth and Hadley's MISERY AT PUMPER HOUSE. Declan Greene and Ash Flanders are Sisters Grimm. image by Claryssa Humenyj-Jameson. Declan Greene is one half of faggot theatre duo Sisters Grimm and an accomplished writer ... http://blind-dragonfly.com/?p=628