Time and Tide
A committee dedicated to the arts was laid to rest recently, the founding members freed to follow other pursuits.
The last three generations of mankind lost to an increasing electronic age, it seems, and arts left to just the few.
so much
froth and bubble
washed up
on deserted shores
—life goes on
KEN SHEERIN
President | Tim Robinson |
Vice President | Elrae Adams |
Treasurer | Travis M Sellers |
Secretary | John Adams |
Committee Member | Jan Roberts |
Committee Member | Viv Sellers |
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FRIDAY JUNE 21 2013
Sticks and Stones Cafe,Shop 20, Surf City, 61 Surf Coast Highway, Torquay, VIC
From 6:00pm
Gourmet Hamburgers-Local Wines & Ciders available for purchase
Evening With Poets, Balladists and Writers
Official Season Opening By Cr. Rose Hodge-Surf Coast Shire | By Torquay Books |
A YA book of Speculative fiction of the Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Military and Adventure Genre. Author Ken Sheerin |
presents dramatic monologues from her new book konkretion |
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Maryanne Doolan and Fred Preston will present a rehearsed reading of a play called “Dead” |
Performance |
Presenting 'A conversation in an air raid shelter': a sonic poem about love, politics and time. Music and Production by Tom Kazas |
SATURDAY AUGUST 3
The Wyndham Resort, 100 The Esplanade, Torquay VIC 3228
Barwon Rooms
From 10:00am to 5:00pm
Film Making - Stories to Film
This year Alcoa of Australia celebrates 50 years of operating and investing in Australia and its people | Comics. Bernard will speak about his process of making comics, and then about the developing Australian comics culture, focusing on some key artists |
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Film Director, Editor, Cinematographer With John Smithers, Writer "From Story to Film Release" With Demonstrations |
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Provided in Foyer |
From the stage to the screen Janet Brown will talk about the making of her first short film |
Adam Lindsay Gordon Dingley Dell Cottage Film "Rider and Writer" By Brenton Manser and The Vanguard |
will be open To book a table Phone The Wyndham 03 5261 1500 |
Waltzing Matilda The Secret History Behind Australia's Favourite Song- And the musical The Man They Call the Banjo |
Provided in Foyer |
in Stories and Novels. Presented by K J Sheerin Ken will talk about where the characters in his stories come from, as well as their development |
"Cringe to Comedy" Learn how to turn your most embarrassing moment into an entertaining film |
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A Song Cycle By Xavier Brouwer Purchase Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon |
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August 3 Torquay |
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Dinner Theatre Front Beach Cafe |
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The Album Launch Bellbrae Hall |
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Auditions |
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Term 3 |
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Winter in Aireys |
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Music and Words in July Art in August |
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Wendy Grose and Len Vorster |
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Enter here to view past Festivals
Presenters 2008
Presenters 2009
Presenters 2010
Presenters 2011
Presenters 2012
ARVOS Jim Brown and Ken Prato,Diane Fahey,Gabrielle Williams,Geelong Scribes Writers,
Gillian Turner,Janet Brown,Jean Bohuslav,Michael Bohuslav,Pasqua Lysenko,Paul Morgan,
Relay for Life,Schools of Torquay,Theresa Fitzmaurice,Torquay Theatre Troupe,
Wordsmiths of Melbourne,Zia Grace
Adriana Gargiulo,Alan Bishop,Brendan Ryan,Bruce Bodman,Ceridwyn Gordon,
DANAWA Community Garden,Debbie Meaney,Don Duffield,Geelong Scribes Writers,Jack Finlay,
Jennifer Bishop,John Bartlett,Jordan Mavros, Jura Reilly,Karlo and Jenny Bole,
Katarina Steele,Marisa Manes,Martin Hooper,Marumi Smith,Matthew Baird,Miranda Lutz,
Norman Stanley,Paul Kooperman,Relay for Life,Renee Otmar,Robin Stewart,Sarah Carroll,
Schools of Torquay,Sean Doherty,Sophia Shen,Torquay Theatre Troupe-Elaine Mitchell,
Travis M Sellers,Wendy Grose and Len Vorster,Wordsmiths of Melbourne
Anne Phelan, Arnold Zable, Bill Williams, Bryan Humphrey, Ceridwyn Gordon, Chae Paterson,
Claire Halliday, George Ivanoff. Hans Colla, Jean Bohuslav, Jim Brown, John Bartlett,
John Henderson, Jude McCudden, Julie Dyer, K J Sheerin, Luciana De Sanctis,
Marisa Manes,Martin Hooper, Marumi Smith, Michael Bohuslav, Michelle Dabrowski, Miranda Lutz,
Nathan Hale, Nathanael O'Reilly, Nick Gadd, Pam Jelleff, Peter Caddy, Peter Klein, Phil Gray & Colac Primary School,
Richard Everist, Roberto De Sanctis, Rosemary Featherston, Serbian Dance Group "Shumadija", Serge Liberman,
Simone Bawden & Grovedale Secondary College, Torquay Library, Virginia Lowe, Viviana Golding, Vivienne Worthington.
Torquay Theatre Troupe.
Acabellas, Andy Griffiths, Ceridwyn Gordon, Channel 31, Claire Halliday, Claire Saxby,
Claudio Panté, Debbie Meaney, Edward Reilly, Ernest Brough, Geelong Regional Library,Graeme Kinross-Smith,
Hans Colla, Jackie Kerin, Jan McNess, Jim Brown, John Henderson, Ken Sheerin,
Len Vorster, Leopold Primary School, Marc McBride, Marisa Manes, Peter Caddy, Petra White,
Robert Hillman, Robert Lukins, Rosemary Blake, Sandra Thibodeaux, Sophia Shen,
St.Therese Primary School, Suzanne Yanko, Torquay College, Torquay Library, Torquay Theatre Troupe,
Trina Ebeling, Viviana Golding, Wendy Grose.
Maggie Millar