Flying in my gondola

GORDANA ANDJELIC-DAVILA SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER, 2010 MELBOURNE FRINGE: ‘Monty & Melville’ is about a young guide dog’s adventure to find the stolen donation collecting plastic dog, and to overcome the Kransky temptation. How very apropos, a performance about a dog held at The Dog Theatre. I almost expected to see doggies jumping through fiery hoops and being rewarded with treats after each accomplished feat. Alas, this was not the case. This story begins with a representative from Guide Dogs Victoria addressing the audience as if they were trainers and canines attending a class; picking random ‘guide dogs hopefuls' and instructing them to perform tricks.  Interestingly, on the day I attended, the audience was evenly split 50/50 adults and children, among which there were a couple of little groups of people in their early 20s not accompanied by kids (having heaps of fun none the less), and they eagerly participated in the show when called upon by the performers who w...

Gordana Andjelic-Davila Friday 25 June, 2010 ACMI: The Director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Glenn D. Lowry is visiting Australia because of the Tim Burton: The Exhibition which is currently showing at ACMI. The Director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Glenn D. Lowry has presented a keynote address at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, (ACMI), this Thursday (24 June). Mr. Lowry is visiting Australia because of the Tim Burton: The Exhibition which is currently showing at ACMI. The exhibition is on its second leg of a world tour which began in New York, at the MoMA (Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris being other locations the exhibit will be going to). When asked how it came to be that Melbourne was chosen as the next city where audiences would be privy to Tim Burton’s amazing works. Mr. Lowry explained that ACM...