Rejected Fringe World Acts Pelican27 January 2016 The screening process for quality Fringe World acts is less than rigorous. However, there were yet a handful of 2016 shows judged unsuitable by the Fringe World board of governors. Here are some of them. Voice0 Comments10 views
Fringe World Review: Purgatorio Pelican26 January 2016 Superficially, this play is about a lover scorned; about murder, and suicide, and irrational behaviours. These are explored after the fact – or, more specifically, after life itself. Uncategorised0 Comments29 views
Interview: Words with Jamie Mykaela Pelican25 January 2016 Pelican speaks with Fringe Performer, Ukulele Sovereign and Comedian Jamie Mykaela about her upcoming debut show and the series of mysterious deaths that befell... Entertainment0 Comments39 views
Interview: Beth Commons from pool boy Pelican20 January 2016 there's been so many occasions where i've been approached after a show and told that my stage presence is too 'domineering' or 'intimidating' because i stand still with my hands on my hips. like would it be more comfortable for you if i flitted about stage dreamily flailing my arms? Music1 Comment75 views
Preservation of the Soul through Pop, Personality and Punk Pelican19 January 2016 Where everything about Blackstar radiates a sense of maturity and mortality – from the disturbing bedridden music video for the album’s second single ‘Lazarus’ to the foreboding, anti-pop instrumentals – Lulu is almost a cheap imitation of what made Reed such an appealing figure musically, his trademark gristle still present, but without any of the poetry that made him such an inspiring figure to the musically minded. Music0 Comments168 views
Review: Loaded Pelican18 January 2016 Rather than feeling like the work of young writers auditioning for space on the main stage, the works swelled with daring, collective artistry and creativity, striving to engender the most important discussion you’ll have that night, that week, this month. Uncategorised0 Comments111 views
The POTUS Looks Back, Forward, Greyer in 2016 State of the Union Address Pelican18 January 2016 People often – and rightly, because democracy – criticize the POTUS (President of the United States), but I think most would agree it’s one of the hardest... Politics0 Comments5 views
“Lamb With Us, or Leave Us”: MLA’s Latest Australia Day Ad Message Pelican15 January 2016 In other words, the ad demonstrates an extremely helicopterist method of bringing back into the fold the country’s lost sheep, just so they can eat some baby sheep under a Hills Hoist for an afternoon. The whole set-piece is brash, dystopian, hyperbolic and bizarre. The Gruen audience would probably love it Voice1 Comment57 views
Interview: Words with SJ Finch Pelican13 January 2016 The Grr project is a poetic response to our world's ecological collapse. It incorporates the work of living with the act of creating art. It is not just about living off the grid or being self-sustainable; it is about working with the grid to make it kinder: to sustain other selves. Uncategorised0 Comments69 views
Vale, David Bowie: You Changed Us Pelican11 January 2016 David Bowie’s role in music was one of the weightiest to ever come careening into western culture as we know it today. His death, concluding a concealed 18-m... Music0 Comments31 views
