PIAF

Nostalgic for manners

by Cellobella on Saturday, February 14, 2009 · 2 comments

I went to see Nostalgia. A Japanese production which opened last night along with the Perth International Arts Festival. It was in a space created within the Perth Convention Centre and it is an excellent production. It is not the easiest of theatre experiences.  It is all in Japanese – apart from the titles to [...]

Writers and Illustrators – a discussion

by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 26, 2008

At this year’s writers’ festival I was privileged to witness a discussion between childrens’ book authors and illustrators. Two had worked together on a number of books – pictured in John Anderson’s photo to the right – Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble. You might have heard or read to your children their popular Tashi series, [...]

The Turning

by Cellobella on Saturday, February 23, 2008

I’m always keen to see at least one original commission for the Perth International Arts Festival, and this year’s re-imagining of Tim Winton’s collection of short stories – The Turning – did not disappoint. I’m not a huge Tim Winton fan it must be said. Cloudstreet was okay, The Riders woeful IMHO – I just [...]

The Tiger Lillies

by Cellobella on Thursday, February 15, 2007

We went to see the Tiger Lillies on Monday night at The Verandah. It was truly “out there”. Groover was expecting three scantily clad women (I had wondered why he was so keen to go…) I didn’t really know what to expect. We met up with Mr Smartrider and his lovely wife Miss Lithuania and [...]

A Divine Lunch

by Cellobella on Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Today I was MC at the Salley Vickers Literary Lunch, Part of PIAF’s Words and Ideas program. I have to say I approached the event with some trepidation. I haven’t “done” a literary lunch before either as a participant or MC, so I wasn’t sure what was expected. Rosemary at work asked me to do [...]