FRACTAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

17/11/2021

A relevant and wonderfully written reflection and call to arms by Liz Hall-Downs https://ourroyalcommission.com.au/i-just-want-a-job/?fbclid=IwAR2vHD1Cg4oQL-VNv6bTd_PrVqMNIbvTrIosWwrMu926CGiZPYrI1JWKbtY

Join the fight to end violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability by engaging with the Disability Royal Commission.

12/11/2021

"The Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion is the only Indigenous battalion formed in Australia’s military history. 880 men volunteered, making this number the highest rate of enlistment per population in the Commonwealth. They volunteered knowing they were not on the Commonwealth Census, they didn’t have the right to vote and they would find that they were paid half the wage of other diggers, but they still volunteered." — Vanessa Seekee, historian

Seekee and her husband Liberty have spent decades preserving Horn Island's most significant World War II sites. To give us insight, she explains more about the history of the battalion's formation and their importance during World War II. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3H7owci
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OTHELLO runs at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, Cairns 12 – 13 Nov, book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/QTOthello
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Othello is a Queensland Theatre production presented by Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) 2021. This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Languages and Arts Program and our Principal Partner RACQ. Community engagement is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.

Photo courtesy of the Australian War Memorial

11/11/2021

"MPs and music industry bodies have criticised the pay of Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group (UMG), who is set to earn more in 2021 than all UK songwriters did combined from streams and sales of their music in 2019.
Grainge’s pay this year is buoyed by one-off cash bonuses that total an estimated £123m, following UMG’s successful stock market flotation in September, and the sale of an additional 10% stake of UMG to Chinese company Tencent.
They could push his total earnings for 2021 over £150m, the figure that the Intellectual Property Office, a UK government body, calculated, using average royalty rates, that UK composers and lyricists earned in 2019 from streaming, downloads and sales."

After a bonus payment, Grainge will earn more this year than all UK songwriters did from streaming and sales in 2019

09/11/2021

26/09/2021

Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton & powerhouse violinist Véronique Serret blend traditional songlines & modern storytelling featuring Aunty Delmae Barton’s poetry Heartland.

17/09/2021

https://oldmuseum.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/13961

09/09/2021

The show must go on, in spite of the uncertainty of ongoing restrictions, and this year’s awards showcase creative ways to make music in the virtual world.

08/09/2021

26/08/2021

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