TWiSK #335
Marathon begins event season
Unsorted for kids @ Theatre Works
Neil Murray @ Memo
Meet Lauren Sherson: Liberal for Albert Park
Greens announce local candidate: Kim Samiotis
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Unsorted @ Theatre Works
Tuesday 27 September – Saturday 1 October, mostly 1.30 pm and 6.30 pm
Unsorted is wildly energetic physical theatre and comedy for kids ages 5+, set in the fantastical world of the Clothings. $27/$22
Tix
No Waste Kitchen Workshop @ Elwood Neighbourhood House
Tuesday 27 September, 6 pm – 9 pm
Farmers’ Market tour guide Isabel Gardener will show you how to dramatically reduce the waste from your kitchen, no matter what your circumstances. Meet other locals and share ideas – maximum of 15 people. $15 / $5
Book your place by calling 9531 1954
More info 
Merely Domestic Art Exhibition by Kate Shelton @ Space2b
Tuesday 27 September – Saturday 29 October
Opening Launch: Saturday 1 October, 2 pm – 4 pm
Themes of domesticity, patterns, routine, nearness and naturalness underlay Kate Shelton’s works, using water based mixed mediums. Also a jewellery designer, Kate has sourced hand-crafted beads from Italy, Greece and Africa, which will also be on display during the exhibition.
Info
144 Chapel St, St Kilda 3182
Bodies on the beach @ Sisters in Crime in the Library
Wednesday 28 September, 6 pm, for 6.15pm start.
Authors Emma Viskic and Aoife Clifford will be in conversation with fellow writer, Leigh Redhead, about the dead bodies that keep inconveniently washing up on beaches but are great plot devices.
Free but please book 
The Silversound @ George Lane
Thursday 29 September, 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm
The Silversound are Shane O’Mara, Andrew Tanner and Leroy Cope (Sand Pebbles, Woodland Hunters) and Stu Thomas (Kim Salmon, Dave Graney).
Tix
Sienna Wild + Willie J & The Bad Books @ Espy
Thursday 29 September, 7 pm
Free
Espy gigs
Touch Sensitive with Morning Maxwell @ Espy
Friday 30 September, 8:30 pm
Touch Sensitive is the ultimate triple-threat; as a producer, in-demand live performer and DJ, With special guest Morning Maxwell. $33
Tix
Nick Carver & The Mean Street Butchers @ Espy
Friday 30 September, 8:30 pm
“Combining rough-edged rock and soulful blues with walloping Americana folk roots.” Free
Espy gigs
Rod Paine & The Fulltime Lovers @ George Lane
Friday 30 September, 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm
“Charming audiences for over 30 years, Rod Paine is a stylish showman with one of the most soulful and inspiring voices in this land delivering a sound somewhere between Muscle Shoals and mid-sixties electric Blues.
Tix
Youth Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty @ National Theatre
Friday 30 September (5.30 pm) & Saturday 1 October (2.30 pm)
The world’s favourite fairy tale comes to life featuring international guest artists supported by over 100 talented dancers from The Australian National Youth Ballet. $140 – $60
Tix
Dreamscapes @ Neighbours Cafe Gallery
Friday 30 September – Saturday 5 November
Opening: Thursday 6 October, 6 – 8pm. RSVP
Artist Talk: Saturday 22 October, 4 – 5pm. RSVP
A collection of dreaming stories found naturally in the landscape – a series of unmanipulated drone photography of ephemeral salt lakes in Victoria, purposefully composed from the air to emulate abstract paintings. Inst: @eamonwyss
42 Chapel St
The Blackbox Makers Market @ Theatre Works
Saturday 1 October, from 9 am
Drop by for a cuppa coffee from 9 am and browse through locally crafted one-of-a-kind goodies.
From 10 am neighbours and supporters of Theatre Works are invited to the BlackBox café for a meet and greet with their team to share an update on the recent funding announcement towards venue upgrades from the state government.
Film Bazaar @ Astor
Saturday 1 October, 11 am
A market with film stalls, sellers and mucho memorabilia. Entry ticket at doors.
Info
Aye Göknur Shanal and Benjamin Martin in Recital @ Alex
Saturday 1 October, 6 pm
Soprano Aye Göknur Shanal and concert pianist and composer Benjamin Martin are collaborating in a presentation of masterpieces from the classical repertoire. $55
Tix
Neil Murray @ Memo
Saturday 1 October, 7 pm
One of the founding members of the pioneering Warumpi Band and the songwriter behind the iconic anthems ‘My Island Home’ and ‘Blackfella Whitefella’, Neil Murray, returning to Melbourne with his band. $49 / $38
Tix
Riflebirds + Sweethearts @ George Lane
Saturday 1 October, 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm
“Upbeat guitar and keyboard driven rock – performed with passion and energy.”
Tix
Melbourne Marathon @ Local streets
Sunday 2 October, 7 am to 2 pm
Road closures: Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Jacka Boulevard, Beaconsfield Parade, Marine Parade, Ormond Esplanade and St Kilda Road
Info
And later in the year …
Around the Bay Sunday 9 October
Ironman 70.3 Melbourne Sunday 13 November
2XU Triathlon Series Race 1 Elwood Sunday 27 November
2XU Wellness Run Sunday 4 December 
PPP Bus Tour & Community Conversation @ Fishermans Bend
Bus tour Sunday 2 October, 11 am – 1 pm
Community Conversation Tuesday 11 October, 7.30 pm
Progressive Port Phillip presents their third Community Convo discussing Fishermans Bend – the largest urban development project in Australia. Its a mega deal that is expected to be home to approximately 80,000 residents and provide employment for up to 80,000 people by 2050.
Tour the area on a guided bus tour led by local experts and former Port Phillip mayors Janet Bolitho and Bernadene Voss. $25
fishermansbend.progressiveportphillip.com
Bus departs from and returns to the South Melbourne Town Hall (Meet 10.45 am at the south portico).
3XY Top 40 live @ Memo
Sunday 2 October, 3 pm
‘3XY Top 40 LIVE’ is back making the most of Rocktober with the best of the iconic radio station 3XY. $55/$45
Details of artists and tix
Sunday Blues | Kid James Trio @ Espy
Sunday 2 October, 6 pm
A nineteen-year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist that is performing authentic Rockabilly music just like it was performed by teenagers in the 50’s. Free
Espy gigs
Soon
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.
Expect twists, turns, and touched nerves. Expect evocative, physical performances. Expect to be stimulated. $32/$28
Tix 
Big Fringe @ Theatre Works
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 22 October
Theatre Works is celebrating Melbourne Fringe’s 40th Year with 13 shows across their two venues, Theatre Works Acland Street and the Explosives Factory in Inkerman Street.
A jam-packed program of local, national and international works offers “full scale musicals with brand new scores to interactive clown shows and gut-wrenching dramas.”
See the full program 
The queer heart of Fringe @ Pride Centre
Friday 7 October – Sunday 23 October
The Pride Centre will host 26 shows over 10 days in the Fringe, including stand-up comedy, theatre, cabaret, live music, an interactive music show for kids, and panel discussions about inclusive design.
Highlights include: ‘Cheers, Queers!’ (20-23 Oct) with LGTBIQ+ comedians (pictured), ‘The Big D’ (14-16 Oct) – a new show from drag performer Abril LaTrene, and ‘Shapeshifting’ (15 Oct) – a storytelling and music event for Trans communities with Key Change choir.
There’s also two free Design Fringe events: the ‘Design Fringe Keynote Talk & Industry Networking Night’ (7 October) and ‘Strange Bedfellows: First Nations Fashion vs Inclusive Architecture’ (23 October).
melbournefringe.com.au
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”.
Chekhov Acting Course @ Melbourne Actors Guild
Starts 10 October for three weeks
The Melbourne Actors Guild on Acland Street is presenting Chris Burgess with their new course Chekhov: Acting Through Images.
Chris is exploring the deep imagery based worked of Chekhov to develop embodied acting that avoids the heavy reliance on analysis. Explore character, story and text through impulse, imagination and physical energies. $240
More info 
Long wait for low floor trams on routes 12, 3 and 67
Following a question in Parliament by Greens MLA Sam Hibbins, the government has confirmed that more low floor trams will not arrive until after 2025.
Readers may recall that the Disability Discrimination Act required the government to trams accessible by December 2022.
Here is the transcript of the governments answer
Q: When will low floor trams be available along routes 67 and 3/3a.
A (16 September 2022): Low floor trams comprise around 40 per cent of the tram fleet, and due to the increased passenger capacity of low-floor trams, they currently operate on routes with high patronage demand.
The Victorian Government is improving accessibility, safety and comfort across the public transport network to ensure every Victorian can get to where they need to go. That is why the government is investing $1.85 billion for 100 low-floor Next Generation Trams which will be rolled out across Melbourne from 2025 and are being designed in consultation with accessibility groups.
Once delivered, these new trams will enable the retirement of older high-floor trams and allow you to make accessible connections to other routes across the network.
More information on Next Generation Trams can be found online 
Greens’ Changing the Political Climate Forum & Fundraiser @ Elwood Bowls Club
Sunday 9 October, 2 pm – 5 pm
A Greens community forum/fundraiser with a big list of women speakers, including:
Mehreen Faruqi, Christine Milne, Samantha Ratnam, Katherine Copsey, Candidate for Southern Metropolitan, and
Anjali Sharma, Student Climate Activist.
RSVP 
Greens Albert Park candidate is Kim Samiotis
Local Greens returning officer, Tim Baxter has told TWiSK that Kim Samiotis will be the candidate for Albert Park.
Her campaign will be launched on Friday at the South Melbourne Community Centre.
Ms Samiotis previously ran as a candidate in the 2019 Federal election in the seat of Isaacs.
Her election material in 2019 said she grew up in Perth and moved to the south-eastern suburbs 17 years ago. She has worked in real estate, banking, and business services.
Her contact information is yet to be added to the Greens website
greens.org.au/vic/candidates
Lauren Sherson
Liberal for Albert Park
In her own words (30 word answers)
Who am I?
I am a creative problem solver who grew up in public housing and started my first business when I was 8 years old. I know what joy and trauma feel like and fight for people with unwavering conviction and compassion.
Why?
I cannot live with ‘what if?’. I am determined to do everything humanly possible to increase quality of life and support individuals and communities in their personal, social and commercial ventures.
Why me?
I will find a way. As an entrepreneurship educator I am the only candidate who can transform locals’ ideas into reality. I have undertaken psychological research as mental wellness is necessary for community growth.
Why here?
I am Albert Park. It is my home, where I married, where I work and our local community is my family. I am protective of my clan and Albert Park needs a representative who is ‘one of us’.
laurensherson.com.au
lauren.sherson@vic.liberal.org.au
0435 990 869
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