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12 AUGUST 2017 “For There Is Nothing Either Good Or Bad, but Thinking Makes It So.“ Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
29 JUNE – 12 AUGUST 2017 “For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.“ Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2. Ramsey Island, Dargonwater. Friday. June. DIRECTOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARK KILMURRY SHAUN RENNIE CAST CREW ROY DESIGNER ANDREW HANSEN HUGH O’CONNOR NEVILLE LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID LYNCH BENJAMIN BROCKMAN ANGUS SOUND DESIGNER DARYL WALLIS CRAIG REUCASSEL DRAMATURGY GORDON JANE FITZGERALD CHRIS TAYLOR STAGE MANAGER STEPHANIE LINDWALL WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER SLADE BLANCH / DANI IRONSIDE Jacqui Dark as Denise, WARDROBE COORDINATOR Shaun Rennie as DJ Kirk, ALANA CANCERI Vocal Coach Natasha McNamara, MAKEUP Kanen Breen & Kyle Rowling PEGGY CARTER First performed by Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in May 1992. NEVILLE’S ISLAND @Tim Firth Copyright agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd. www.alanbrodie.com RUNNING TIME APPROX 2 HOURS 10 MINUTES INCLUDING INTERVAL 02 9929 0644 • ensemble.com.au TIM FIRTH – PLAYWRIGHT Tim’s recent theatre credits include the musicals: THE GIRLS (West End, Olivier Nomination), THIS IS MY FAMILY (UK Theatre Award Best Musical), OUR HOUSE (West End, Olivier Award Best Musical) and THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY. His plays include NEVILLE’S ISLAND (West End, Olivier Nomination), CALENDAR GIRLS (West End, Olivier Nomination) SIGN OF THE TIMES (West End) and THE SAFARI PARTY. Tim’s film credits include CALENDAR GIRLS, BLACKBALL, KINKY BOOTS and THE WEDDING VIDEO. His work for television includes MONEY FOR NOTHING (Writer’s Guild Award), THE ROTTENTROLLS (BAFTA Award), CRUISE OF THE GODS, THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY and PRESTON FRONT (Writer’s Guild “For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.“ Award; British Comedy Award, RTS Award, BAFTA nomination). -
Stephen Harrington Thesis
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BEYOND JOURNALISM: INFOTAINMENT, SATIRE AND AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION STEPHEN HARRINGTON BCI(Media&Comm), BCI(Hons)(MediaSt) Submitted April, 2009 For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology, Australia 1 2 STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL AUTHORSHIP The work contained in this thesis has not been previously submitted to meet requirements for an award at this or any other higher education institution. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made. _____________________________________________ Stephen Matthew Harrington Date: 3 4 ABSTRACT This thesis examines the changing relationships between television, politics, audiences and the public sphere. Premised on the notion that mediated politics is now understood “in new ways by new voices” (Jones, 2005: 4), and appropriating what McNair (2003) calls a “chaos theory” of journalism sociology, this thesis explores how two different contemporary Australian political television programs (Sunrise and The Chaser’s War on Everything) are viewed, understood, and used by audiences. In analysing these programs from textual, industry and audience perspectives, this thesis argues that journalism has been largely thought about in overly simplistic binary terms which have failed to reflect the reality of audiences’ news consumption patterns. The findings of this thesis suggest that both ‘soft’ infotainment (Sunrise) and ‘frivolous’ satire (The Chaser’s War on Everything) are used by audiences in intricate ways as sources of political information, and thus these TV programs (and those like them) should be seen as legitimate and valuable forms of public knowledge production. -
Julian Morrow
Julian Morrow Co-founder of The Chaser; Entertaining MC and speaker Julian Morrow is a comedian and television producer and is best known for being a member of the satirical team The Chaser. Julian has made a career of public nuisance in various forms, co-founding satirical media empire The Chaser and joke company Giant Dwarf, as well as making TV shows including The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser’s War on Everything, The Hamster Wheel and The Checkout. His work has been nominated, unsuccessfully, for many awards, and prosecuted successfully in many courts. More about Julian Morrow: In recent years, he was taken to claiming credit for the work of others as Executive Producer of Lawrence Leung’s series Choose Your Own Adventure and Unbelievable, Eliza and Hannah Reilly’s Growing Up Gracefully and Sarah Scheller & Alison Bell’s The Letdown (which on the 2018 AACTA Award for Best TV Comedy). In 2012 and 2013 he lowered standards at ABC Radio National as host of Friday Drive, a program which led to huge career opportunities for its Monday-Thursday host, Waleed Aly. In 2015, Julian founded Giant Dwarf theatre at 199 Cleveland Street Redfern, a venue which has been described as “absolutely hilarious” by his accountant. Over the years, Julian has interviewed countless people whose cache he tries to cash in on in his CV including Edward Snowden, Christopher Hitchens, Sting, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, Marc Newsome and the curator of TED Chris Anderson. Due to the unavailability of several respected media commentators, in 2009 Julian was invited to give the Andrew Olle Media Lecture, an honour he later demeaned by creating The Annual Inaugural Chaser Lecture. -
A Framework for RDF Data Exploration and Conversion
A Framework for RDF Data Exploration and Conversion Master Thesis Gaurav Singha Roy Riemenschneiderstr. 2, 53117 Bonn [email protected] Matriculation number 2539517 Bonn, 12th January, 2015 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Informatik – Enterprise Information Systems Professor Dr. Sören Auer Declaration I hereby declare and confirm that this thesis is entirely the result ofmy own original work. Where other sources of information have been used, they have been indicated as such and properly acknowledged. I further declare that this or similar work has not been submitted for credit elsewhere. Bonn, Gaurav Singha Roy iii Acknowledgement Firstly, I would like to thank Dr. Sören Auer for his valuable time and guidance during the master thesis duration, for providing insightful and innovative solutions, and for being accessible whenever I needed. I would also like to thank Judie Attard and Dr. Fabrizio Orlandi, for their mentorship and constant guidance throughout the thesis. A special thanks especially to Judie, for her dedication and relentless help, which was a major reason for the completion of the thesis in such a small span of time. I would also like to thank my biggest idol, my uncle, Joydip Homchowd- hury, who is an innovator, an artist and a superhero. His constant guidance and vision in the past years made my life colourful with software engineering, and he had introduced me to computer science in the first place. Last but not the least, I would like to thank my parents for their support, even when distance was such a huge barrier. And finally, a special thanks to Adela, for her patience and love which has not bounds. -
Feduni Researchonline Copyright Notice
FedUni ResearchOnline https://researchonline.federation.edu.au Copyright Notice This is an original manuscript/preprint of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Continuum in September 2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2020.1782838 CRICOS 00103D RTO 4909 Page 1 of 1 Comic investigation and genre-mixing: the television docucomedies of Lawrence Leung, Judith Lucy and Luke McGregor Lesley Speed In the twenty-first century, comedians have come to serve as public commentators. This article examines the relationship between genre-mixing and cultural commentary in four documentary series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that centre on established comedians. These series are Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (2009), Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey (2011), Judith Lucy is All Woman (2015) and Luke Warm Sex (2016). Each series combines the documentary and comedy genres by centring on a comedian’s investigation of a theme such as spirituality, gender or sex. While appearing alongside news satire, these docucomedies depart from the latter by eschewing politics in favour of existential themes. Embracing conventions of personalized documentaries, these series use performance reflexively to draw attention to therapeutic discourses and awkward situations. Giving expression to uncertain and questioning views of contemporary spirituality, gender and mediated intimacies, the docucomedies of Lawrence Leung, Judith Lucy and Luke McGregor stage interventions in contemporary debates that constitute forms of public pedagogy. Documentary comedy These series can be identified as documentary comedies, or docucomedies, which combine humour and non-fiction representation without adhering primarily to either genre. Although the relationship between comedy and factual screen works has received little sustained attention, notes Paul Ward, a program can combine both genres (2005, 67, 78–9). -
Commercial Radio Australia
MEDIA RELEASE 22 September 2016 Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen to host the 28th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen, best known as members of the comedy group The Chaser, will host the 28th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) in Melbourne. Chris and Andrew were part of the full Chaser team that made their radio debut on Triple M (2003) with The Friday Chaser. They have worked on radio throughout their careers and in 2015 toured their live show, a parody of celebrity Q&As entitled In Conversation with Lionel Corn. Chris is currently a regular co-host of the Merrick & Australia national drive show on Triple M and presenter of the We Was Robbed, alongside HG Nelson on Kinderling Kids Radio on DAB+ digital radio. Writers, producers and stars of the TV shows Media Circus (2014-15), The Hamster Wheel (2011- 2013), Yes We Canberra! (2010), The Chaser’s War On Everything (2006-9), The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007), CNNNN (2002-3) and The Election Chaser (2001). Their shows won two AFI awards and two Logies. The ACRAs recognise excellence in radio broadcasting across news, talk, sport, music and entertainment. Commercial Radio Australia chief executive officer, Joan Warner said: “The ACRAs are the highlight of the year for the radio industry and we look forward to Chris and Andrew hosting the awards this year in Melbourne.” Radio announcers joining Chris and Andrew on stage to present awards will include: Hamish & Andy – Hit Network (Hamish Blake & Andy Lee) Jonesy & Amanda – WSFM (Brendan Jones & Amanda Keller) Kate, Tim & Marty – Nova Network (Kate Ritchie, Tim Blackwell & Marty Sheargold) Neil Mitchell – 3AW Rove & Sam – 2Day FM (Rove McManus & Sam Frost) Merrick Watts – Triple M, Southern Cross Austereo Jo & Lehmo – Gold 104.3 (Jo Stanley & Anthony Lehmann) Mike E & Emma – The Edge (Michael Etheridge & Emma Chow) The list of ACRA finalists is available here. -
The Chaser's Media Circus
ABC TV Media Release ABC ANNOUNCES PLAN TO REPLACE THE CHASER’S MEDIA CIRCUS WITH CAT VIDEOS ABC TV management has confirmed it hopes to replace the second series of The Chaser’s Media Circus with cat videos. “As soon as we can find enough left wing cats who instinctively hate Australia, they’ll be replaced,” said an ABC representative. Media Circus – the game show about the news game hosted by Craig Reucassel with Fake Fact Checker Chas Licciardello – returns to ABC on Thursday 10 September at 8pm. It is produced by the creative team behind The Chaser and The Checkout, including Ben Jenkins, Zoë Norton Lodge, Scott Abbot, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow. ABC management confirmed that for the second series the show has been moved out of the news division to allow it to be more biased and have less rigorous vetting of the studio audience. Filmed in front of a live audience each week shortly before broadcast, The Chaser’s Media Circus brings together journalists and comedians to dissect the week’s news through a time- honoured technique of media criticism: the trivia quiz. Last year’s guests included George Negus, Senator Nick Xenophon, Lenore Taylor, Chris Kenny, Ellen Fanning, Tracey Spicer, Hugh Riminton, Peter Berner, Dave Hughes and Tom Gleeson, a number of whom have not yet refused to return for Series Two. The new series will also feature Media Circus first timers including Peter Greste and John Safran. Prime Minister Abbott has confirmed he will allow government front benchers to appear on the show. But the producers are lobbying him to have this decision reversed. -
Andrew Hansen
Andrew Hansen Comedian, musician, MC and The Chaser star Andrew Hansen is a comedian, pianist, guitarist, composer and vocalist as well as a writer and performer who is best known as a member of the Australian satirical team on ABC TV’s The Chaser. Andrew is very versatile on the corporate stage too. He can MC an event, give a custom-written comedy presentation or even compose and perform a song if inspired to do so. Andrew’s radio work includes shows on Triple M as well as composing and starring in the musical comedy series and ARIA Award winning album The Blow Parade (triple j, 2010). The Chaser’s TV shows include Media Circus (2014-15), The Hamster Wheel (2011-2013), Yes We Canberra! (2010), The Chaser’s War On Everything (2006-9), The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007) and CNNNN (2002-3). On the Seven network, Andrew produced The Unbelievable Truth (2012). He has also appeared as a guest on most Australian TV shows that have guests. In print he wrote for the humorous fortnightly newspaper The Chaser (1999-2005), eleven Chaser Annuals (Text Publishing, 2000-10), and for the recently launched Chaser Quarterly (2015). On stage Andrew composed and starred in the musical Dead Caesar (Sydney Theatre Company), did two national tours with The Chaser, and two live collaborations with Chris Taylor (One Man Show, 2014 and In Conversation with Lionel Corn, 2015). The Chaser team also runs a cool theatre in Sydney called Giant Dwarf. Andrew composed all The Chaser’s songs as well as the theme music for Media Circus and The Chaser’s War On Everything. -
The Chaser Team
The Chaser Team Satirical Entertainment The Chaser is a satirical media empire which rivals Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in all fields except power, influence, popularity and profitability. The Chaser is the group behind ABC TV series The Election Chaser (2001), CNNNN (2002) and CNNNN Live (2003) which together have lost a host of Australian and international TV comedy awards. However, their credibility-building run of losses ended in 2004 when CNNNN tied with Kath & Kim to win the Logie for Most Outstanding TV Comedy. In 2005 they won the Logie for Most Outstanding TV Comedy with the hugely popular, The Chaser Decides (ABC). In 2006, the team returned to ABC TV with The Chaser’s War On Everything, which won them two AFI Awards (Best Comedy and Best Comedy Performer for Andrew Hansen), as well as several court appearances. The show returned in 2009. Extremely popular in the corporate arena, The Chaser Team offer a range of speaking and entertainment options tailored to client’s needs. As hosts and presenters, they are beautifully irrelevant with just the right amount of professionalism. As after dinner and keynote speakers, they can present custom-written satirical songs and parodies of corporate presentations including powerpoint and trivia quizzes. More about The Chaser: The Chaser was founded in 1999 as a fortnightly satirical newspaper produced out of a spare bedroom by The Chaser Team: Charles Firth, Craig Reucassel, Julian Morrow, Dominic Knight, Andrew Hansen, Chas Licciardello and Chris Taylor. Since those humble beginnings, the Chaser team has lost its humility and has produced ClassicTM comedy in all media, including print, online, radio, television and Christmas crackers. -
NEWMEDIA Greig ‘Boldy’ Bolderrow, 103.5 Mix FM (103.5 Triple Postal Address: M)/ 101.9 Sea FM (Now Hit 101.9) GM, Has Retired from Brisbane Radio
Volume 29. No 9 Jocks’ Journal May 1-16,2017 “Australia’s longest running radio industry publication” ‘Boldy’ Bows Out Of Radio NEWMEDIA Greig ‘Boldy’ Bolderrow, 103.5 Mix FM (103.5 Triple Postal Address: M)/ 101.9 Sea FM (now Hit 101.9) GM, has retired from Brisbane radio. His final day was on March 31. Greig began PO Box 2363 his career as a teenage announcer but he will be best Mansfield BC Qld 4122 remembered for his 33 years as General Manager for Web Address: Southern Cross Austereo in Wide Bay. The day after www.newmedia.com.au he finished his final exam he started his job at the Email: radio station. He had worked a lot of jobs throughout [email protected] the station before becoming the general manager. He started out as an announcer at night. After that he Phone Contacts: worked on breakfast shows and sales, all before he Office: (07) 3422 1374 became the general manager.” He managed Mix and Mobile: 0407 750 694 Sea in Maryborough and 93.1 Sea FM in Bundaberg, as well as several television channels. He says that supporting community organisations was the best part of the job. Radio News The brand new Bundy breakfast Karen-Louise Allen has left show has kicked off on Hitz939. ARN Sydney. She is moving Tim Aquilina, Assistant Matthew Ambrose made the to Macquarie Media in the Content Director of EON move north from Magic FM, role of Direct Sales Manager, Broadcasters, is leaving the Port Augusta teaming up with Sydney. -
Comedy Channel Highlights
www.comedychannel.com.au MAY 2010 HIGHLIGHTS 1. Jimeoin Over The Top 2. Festival Month 3. The Chaser’s War On Everything – Red Button Edition Jimeoin Over The Top Thursday at 9pm from May 6 WORLD PREMIERE Brought up in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, comedian Jimeoin stars in JIMEOIN: OVER THE TOP which follows the star’s antics on the road and on stage while touring across the northern-most parts of Australia, his adoptive home. This funny warts-and-all series is part travelogue, part fishing trip and part stand-up show which sees Jimeoin travel all over Australia - from Broome via Darwin to Byron Bay and beyond! Included in this series will also be his performances at the iconic Sydney Opera House, World Famous Spiegel tent and the highly popular Jimeoin's Cooking Show filmed in Adelaide. Jimeoin’s crew is also his friends, cameraman Hamish and childhood pal and tour manager Fergus. Viewers will also get to know the trio travel across country by car, van, planes and skateboard. The gig venues are unconventional too - cattle stations, police stations, pubs and restaurants, as well as the occasional swimming pool. If you’ve had the pleasure of enjoying his comedy shows, you’ll love this series as Jimeoin not only delivers some brilliant stand-up, but also takes us on the most extraordinary fun road trip across Australia. FESTIVAL MONTH Thursdays at 9.30pm from May 6 INCLUDES TWO WORLD PREMIERES To celebrate this year's Sydney Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival THE COMEDY CHANNEL is proud to showcase the world premieres of CRACKER NIGHT 2010 and A Night At the Festival Club 2010. -
Commercial Radio Hall of Fame
MEDIA RELEASE 19 October 2019 Iconic radio personality Doug Mulray inducted into Commercial Radio Hall of Fame Radio royalty and icon of Australian broadcasting, Doug Mulray, was inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame at the 31st annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards. Mulray was recognised for his outstanding achievements and unique contribution to the Australian radio industry at the gala event in Brisbane in front of nearly 1000 guests. Mulray’s first foray into radio was at the small country station 2AD in NSW. His next on-air role was at 2GO Gosford on the Central Coast. Making the move to Melbourne in the mid-70s, Mulray headlined the 3AW program Mulray & The Man, before heading back to NSW in the late 1970s and a gig at 2JJ (now Triple J). It was in the early 80s where Mulray truly cemented his place as an influential voice in Australian radio when he became one of the faces of the newly launched Triple M. As Sydney’s breakfast presenter at the network he became a dominant force in the radio ratings, growing the show from a ratings share of 2.6% up to over 18% at one point. Mulray followed his highly successful stint at Triple M with on air roles in the drive time slot on 2SM and at station 2WS, signing off in 1999. Mulray – or Uncle Doug as he was affectionately called – is well-known for his quick wit and outrageous comedy skits featuring a variety of memorable characters. During his time in radio, Mulray worked alongside some of the biggest names in Australian media including Andrew Denton and Peter Fitzsimons.