The Bebop Boys and Bald Archy Prize winner with Eastside’s Arts Margaux Dombkins on 11 April 2013
My first Guests – Marcus Graham, Barnaby Goodwin and Andrew Scott of the Serious Boys treat us to a live performance of The Bebop Apocalypse – a night of 1950’s Beat Poetry to Jazz. The show celebrates the American beat poets of the 1950’s -Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassaday, William S. Burroughs and Bob Kauffman. These few men were considered the driving force behind the Beat Generation, responsible for expanding the world’s imagination and exposing the endless possibilities of the spoken and written word. Their influence is still felt today, not only in poetry and the spoken word, but also in other lyrical genres such as rap and hip-hop.
The Bebop Apocalypse is a mixture of solo and ensemble performances full of soul, frivolity, pain and wonderment that was embodied by these men and their
unforgettable art of words. The audience, red wine in hand, is invited into that world – a dusky jazz hole-in- the-wall where word is king, where beatniks jam with jazz musicians and nothing is taboo.
Saturdays 20th April – 27th April – 4th May at 9.30pm Darlinghurst Theatre, Potts Point www.seriousboys.org
My next Guest – Shane Smith, General Manager of The Sydney Comedy Festival chats about this celebration of comedy from all over the world. The programme includes both Festival debuts and the return of crowd favourites. This is the biggest year yet for the Festival with a jam-packed program of over 150 shows and the addition of new venues.
The Sydney Comedy Festival – April 22 to May 11
Various venues across Sydney including Factory Theatre Marrickville, Enmore Theatre, Harold Park Hotel, Concourse Theatre, Chatswood, the Seymour Centre, the Metro Theatre
More info : www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au
My final Guest – artist Warren Lane , winner of The Bald Archy Prize chats about his satirical portrait of Gina Reinhart eating cake.
“The Banquet of Gina and Ginia” is a painting that depicts the mining billionaire eating chocolate cake as her favoured daughter looks on.
The mining magnate was the most popular subject in the Bald Archy Prize, featuring in eight entries.
Warren painted a rolled-up copy of The Age newspaper in his artwork which refers to Rinehart’s purchase of Fairfax Media shares. He modelled the portrait on 17th century Dutch painter Jan Victors’ “The Banquet of Esther and Ahasuerus.” In the original painting, the Jewish heroine Esther alerts her husband, the Persian King, of a plot against his empire.
Warren saw some parallels with Gina and her daughter Ginia and the siblings John, Bianca and Hope taking their family issues to court.
An exhibition of Bald Archies finalists is at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney, until May 5.
You can listen to the interviews with my guests: Click Here https://11-april-2013-arts-thursday-margaux-dombkins1.mp3
Thanks for your company
Margaux