The Colour Purple is the cinema adaptation of the stage musical adaptation of the 1985 Steven Spielberg film adaptation of the 1892 Alice Walker novel. This time, Blitz Bazawule rather than Spielberg directs although Spielberg and Quincy Jones return as producers alongside the stage musical’s producers Scott Sanders and Oprah Winfrey. The stage to screen adaptation can be a tricky
Read moreLook out Generations Y and Z, your cool cultural icons are now becoming retro nostalgia. The latest acquisition is high school clique comedy Mean Girls which was originally filmed in 2004 and propelled Lindsay Lohan to stardom. Like the Colour Purple, Mean Girls was turned into a stage musical that has itself been adapted into a film. The buoyant preview
Read moreEvery second Saturday from 2 PM to 4 PM, Gab and Annette bring you a bonanza of theatre and musical productions, including interviews with performers, producers and directors. If it’s local theatre and music, you’ll hear about it on Showstoppers. Enjoy this podcast of Showstoppers from 3 February 2024.
Read moreWRITE NOW – tonight 8/2/24 – Lily Everest Head of Education at the BBC Earth Experience; then Glenna Thomson re Sisters in Crime’s upcoming event: Dark & Deadly Family Secrets; plus more. Please join me, Gaytana ALSO: let’s wear a mask to protect ourselves & others from COVID. Looking out for each other – that’s what community does.
Read moreMornington Peninsula Shire Council and Warner Bros are reconsidering the controversial wildlife sanctuary location of the Harry Potter Forbidden Forest event. A statement from the CEO of Mornington Peninsula Shire, John Baker, has just been posted on the shire’s Facebook page: “Together with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment, Mornington Peninsula Shire is re-evaluating the current location of the Harry
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Bayside Rewind is not another nostalgia show. We bring you songs that you may have forgotten, wish you had never heard, or you may never have heard of at all. Each week we look at a particular year, as we dissect the charts to find out what were the highest selling Aussie artist singles. We also take a deeper dive
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