TWiSK #336
Fringe galore @ Pride and Theatre Works
Seniors festival local events
Murder, mystery and memory @ Sisters in Crime
Greens kickoff campaign with Kim Samiotis
Candidates forum 10 Nov @ Memo
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Portrait Walk @ The Art Hunter
Tuesday 4 October, 6 pm sharp!
Join the Art Hunter for a Portrait Walk featuring four artists and four exhibitions.
Starting at the first gallery for talk and drinks, then off ‘en masse’ to the second gallery…rinse and repeat until you reach the last gallery.
Featured artists include Rus Kitchins Enza Benincasa, Peter Bersanskis, and Maree Coote.
Start @ Rus Kitchin Studio, 4/63 Fitzroy St at 6pm sharp!
Erin Cornell “Spirit of the Deva” launch @ Memo
Monday 3 October, 7 pm
Erin Cornell is the real deal. She’s got a great musical CV, including roles such as Grizabella in Cats- Asia Tour, Mona in A Class Act- London, A Contestant on The Voice Australia- Team Delta and as a lead vocalist with The Queen Rock Symphonic Arena Spectacular. $40/$30
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Pillow Fight @ Gasworks (Fringe)
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 8 October, 8.30 pm
Pillow Fight is a deep dive into the complexity of consent. Written by Katie Cawthorne’s long term collaborator Laura Lethlean, the script was shortlisted for both STC’s Patrick White Award (2021) and the Max Afford Playwright Award (2020).
The play is loosely based on the Christian Porter allegations that were making headlines just last year. It looks at what happens when non-consensual sex takes place in the short term, and also in the long term. $32/$28
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You’re a Catch! Why Are You Single? @ Theatre Works (Fringe)
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 8 October 7.00 pm (+ 2 pm Saturday)
It’s Christmas time, and once again Becky needs to face the hoard of relatives questioning her love life (or lack thereof). As she explores the world of 21st century dating, we meet an eclectic group of characters who tell their own story and showcase the highs and lows that go along with being alone. $30/$20
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Double feature from 1922 @ Astor
Tuesday 4 October, 7.30pm
Nosferatu followed by Haxan. Spooky pioneering Imagineering.
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A Play About Ivy, That is Really About June @ Theatre Works
Wednesday 5 October – Saturday 8 October – 9.00 pm (+ 4 pm Saturday)
A Coming of Age tale that interrogates the perimeters of friendship as we know it; a Debut by Olive Weeks. $30/$20
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Everyman & His Dog @ TW Explosives Factory
Wednesday 5 October – Saturday 8 October, 6.00 pm (+ 2 pm Saturday)
Seniors Festival No Wheelchair Access Venue
John Everyman has been gifted a dog – an unwelcome intrusion into an otherwise ordered life. But the demands of ‘owning’ one lead that life in directions he hadn’t anticipated. $32 / $22
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Hysterica @ TW Explosives Factory
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 8 October, 8.00 pm (+ 5 pm Saturday)
No Wheelchair access
Discover four remarkable women have been relegated to the sidelines of history. In four interweaving, funny, moving, thought-provoking monologues, two actors – Mary Steuten and Tess Parker – inhabit these extraordinary women, telling their stories with truth, rawness and vulnerability.
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Seniors Festival Launch @ Port Melbourne Town Hall
Friday 7 October, 2 pm to 5.30 pm
Celebrate positive ageing with an Afternoon Tea-dance, Musical Entertainment, Cabaret and Disco. This event is a recognition of City of Port Phillip’s Older Persons Advisory Committee (OPAC) 22nd Year.
Get the full festival program 
Moonteeth Visualised @ Pride (Fringe)
Friday 7 October, 9 pm
Experience poetry you can dance to, whilst watching Moonteeth’s songs visualised through paintings. $15/$12
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Design The Future: Don’t Waste Time @ Pride (Fringe)
Friday 7 October, 6 pm – 8 pm
Presented by Linden: An immersive evening of discussion about the importance of sustainability and waste led by Anne-Maree Sargeant with leading women in the design industry: Bridgette Engeler, Ella Saddington and this year’s Design Fringe winner Lis de Vries. Free
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Murder, mystery and memory @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 7 October, 8 pm. Dinner from 6.30 pm
Authors Megan Goldin, Tania Chandler, and Nell Pierce explore tricky issues about memory, mayhem and much more – with award-winning short story writer, Ruth Wykes.. $22/$10 dinner extra.
Book
Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome. Rising Sun, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne.
The Uluru Statement and a voice to Parliament @ PPU3A Saturday zoom
Saturday 8 October, 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
A U3APP Saturday Zoom with Senator Patrick Dodson, Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement, discussing all matters Uluru Statement with Rosemary Rule, Co-Chair, Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation. Free
www.u3app.org.au – scroll down and click on “public events”.
The Spoils – Reunion Show + Penny Ikinger Band @ George Lane
Saturday 8 October 8, 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Triumphant and fuelled with renewed energy after their appearance at the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival, The Spoils ride one last time to play the suburb they were founded in over 20 years ago.
Quintessentially St. Kilda, they played their first show at the Espy supporting Rowland S. Howard and recorded their debut album, “Hurtsville” in the West St. Kilda RSL on Loch St.
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Alexandra Mathew (soprano) & Hugh Fullarton (piano) @ All Saints
Sunday 9 October, 3 pm
Performing a program of enchanting vocal favourites by Schubert, Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Dvoák, Britten, Copland, de Falla, Leonard Bernstein and Edith Piaf. $25 full / $20 concession. Students are granted free entry if they have a valid student card.
Tickets at the door (no EFTPOS) or on Trybooking
www.allsaints.org.au/concerts
2 Chapel St, East St Kilda (opposite the Astor Theatre)
Around the Bay ride @ St Kilda and bayside
Sunday 9 October, from 6 am
A celebration of the freedom of movement and a reminder that no matter what’s going on in the world, we can always #RideOn! 20 km, 50 km and 100 km routes all go through St Kilda.
Info
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Shapeshifting: An afternoon of trans jubilance @ Pride (Fringe)
Saturday 15 October, 3 pm – 5 pm
Take a moment to celebrate with an afternoon of storytelling, performance, food and song. Shapeshifting is proud to be hosting the first ever performance of Key Change, a new trans and gender diverse choir. $12.50
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The Shy Manifesto by Michael Ross @ Pride
Thursday 20 October – Sunday 23 October, 7.30 pm
A bittersweet coming-of-age comedy/drama about a shy boy who is fed up with constantly being told to come out of his shell. $25 / $15
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Cheers, Queers! @ Pride
Thursday 20 October – Sunday 23 October, 6 pm
Comics from Melbourne’s thriving queer comedy scene featuring a different line-up each night, including Bobby Macumber, Aurelia St Clair, Scout Boxall, Alex Ward and Anna Piper Scott, with plenty more comedians announced soon!
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Oktoberfest @ Catani Gardens
Saturday 22 October
Beer with entertainment from Shannon Noll, Babba Live Tribute Band. Tix from $25
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To Market to Market Workshop @ Elwood Neighbourhood House
Saturday 22 October, 10 am – 1 pm
Visit the Elwood Farmers Market with local guide Isabel Gardner and then return to the Neighbourhood House to prepare a delicious simple meal with the fresh produce. $25 / $15 (price includes cost of produce)
Book your place by calling 9531 1954
www.esnlc.com.au/
Bill Bailey @ Palais
Thursday 20 October – Sunday 23 October
Hurry, selling out fast – tix only available for Sunday show! $89
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John O’Donnell (piano) @ All Saints
Sunday 23rd October at 3.00pm
Presenting Ludwig van Beethoven, Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
This is one of the piano repertoire’s seminal compositions. It is a towering work that encompasses a wealth of Beethoven’s composition techniques. $25 full / $20 concession. Students are granted free entry if they have a valid student card.
Tickets at the door (no EFTPOS) or on Trybooking
www.allsaints.org.au/concerts
2 Chapel St, East St Kilda (opposite the Astor Theatre)
Out of the Box: Helmut Newton & the Schmatte Trade @ JewMu
Sunday 30 October, from 11am
Celebrate what would have been Helmut Newton’s 102nd birthday with a special lecture before you visit the exhibition, then drop-in downstairs to view objects from the Museum Collection and learn the fascinating history of the Hartnell of Melbourne fashion house and Helmut Newton’s involvement with them as a fashion photographer.
This program is free with HELMUT NEWTON: In Focus tickets on the day.
Info and tix
Friends of St Kilda Cemetery AGM @ Betty Day Centre
Saturday 22 October, 2 pm
The AGM will feature the usual business plus a guest speaker Dr Gary Presland.
Gary, a prize-winning author and editor, an authority of Aboriginal history and natural history of the Melbourne region, will talk on Pre-European Indigenous culture in the St Kilda area.
Bookings required 0451 831 102 or email gabrielhermes@live.com
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$45,454 bill for Acland art @ Council
You may have seen the hanging weaves on Acland Plaza as featured in TWiSK.
We were curious about the cost of this installation, so we asked Council and Acting Mayor Tim Baxter replied with these details:
“W(e)aves of Colour is one of our six winning art installations from our Reimagine – Activation Design Competition.
“The Reimagine Competition used repurposed funds following the cancellation of the 2021 St Kilda Festival. The total budget for the project was $45,454 (excl GST) which included running engagement sessions and workshops with local primary school students who contributed to the creation of the hoops, engineering and tensile wiring being erected, installation of the artwork as well as fees to VicTrack for the use of the tram poles.
“The activation has had a fantastic response from community and visitors with many stopping to take photos against the colourful backdrop.”
Project promised more than it delivered
TWiSK checked back into the announcement of the grant. It was billed as “a colourful and dynamic overhead art installation that will provide a virtual roof to Acland Plaza, effectively integrating a playful sense of human scale and creating an inviting and ‘instagrammable’ place for resting, meeting and eating.”
There was even an artists impression
Do you think we got what we paid $45,454 for?
Greens Albert Park candidate is Kim Samiotis
The Greens kicked off their campaign for Albert Park with their recently announced candidate Kim Samiotis last Friday at the South Melbourne Community Centre. She previously ran as a Greens candidate in the 2019 Federal election in the seat of Isaacs.
TWiSK has repeatedly invited Kim to tell us about herself and her campaign and got no reply by deadline.
Brighton and Caulfield Greens also announced
The Greens have also announced other local candidates, including Sarah Dekiere for Brighton and Rachel Iampolski for Caulfield.
greens.org.au/vic/candidates
State election forum Albert Park @ Memo
Thursday 10 November, 7 pm
Following their previous forums for the state and federal elections, unChain is organising a 2022 state election forum focusing on Albert Park, once again moderated by John Daley, professorial associate at the University of Melbourne.
All candidates known so far have been invited and have confirmed their attendance.
Local issues will be addressed including:
Health – including access to services
Infrastructure / transport
Post Covid directions – economic and arts Climate / energy / biodiversity Integrity.
There will be an opportunity for questions from the public.
To send in your questions or for more information, please email unchaininc@gmail.com
TWISK is pleased to support this forum.
Invitation to all local candidates
Send us 30 word responses to these questions along with a pic and contact details, and we’ll publish them in full.
Who am I?: Basic bio 30 words
Why?: Motivation for standing 30 words
Why me? Skills, credentials, interests, values 30 words
Why here? Connection to the seat 30 words
Plus contact details and picture.
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Greg Day
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