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Posted by evdomada on May 26, 2010
On Sunday 13 June Alex & Eve will commence at 7:00pm followed by a free screening of the Greece V Korea Republic World Cup match at 9:30.
There will be a large screen to enjoy the game as well as nibblies.
It’s a great opportunity to watch a great comedy stage show and hopefully a great game of football if Greece can manage a good result agains the Koreans.
The venue is The Factory – 105 Victoria Road Marrickville
TICKET PRICES:
Adults: $31
Concessions: $24
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Posted by evdomada on May 26, 2010
This hilarious comedy broke attendance records and wowed audiences with 3 sold-out seasons in Sydney in 2008 and a sold-out season in Adelaide with Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin to follow.
Due to overwhelming demand, all your favourite characters have been revamped and are back funnier than ever.
Alex & Eve is about a male version of Bridget Jones whose parents continually pressure him to marry – and she’d better be a Greek-Orthodox girl!
During the Euro 2004 Soccer Tournament, when Greece enjoys a fairytale run, Alex meets Eve, a Lebanese-Muslim woman. Despite the insecurities of both, sparks fly.
However, Eve’s parents have reached breaking point and step up the pressure on Eve to marry – and he’d better be a good Lebanese-Muslim!
At a time when Greek pride and patriotism rises with every Greek victory, Alex and Eve must decide on what will win out? The power of national pride, religion and cultural tradition? Or the power of love?
DATES: 10th – 20th June 2010
SPECIAL EVENT: On Sunday 13 June Alex & Eve will commence at 7:00pm & followed by a free screening of the Greece V Korea Republic World Cup Soccer match at 9:30.
TICKET PRICES:
Adults: $31
Concessions: $24
SPECIALS WHILE THEY LAST!
Thursdays 2-for-1 tickets on full price adult tickets
Groups +10 at concession prices (Fridays & Sundays only) all prices include booking fees
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Posted by evdomada on May 26, 2010
A 26 week Face-to-Face competition, with points earned weekly to qualify for a 2 week final series, where the winner will be crowned AUSTRALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPION.
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WEEKLY FACE-TO-FACE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENTS
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Posted by evdomada on May 26, 2010
Thanks to our evdomada.net friend Kathy, we have found out that John Kazanas has reached the summit of Mount Everest!
I am sure John’s family & friends, as well as all the family & friends of the rest of the group, are proud and relieved to hear that their loved ones achieved this incredible feat.
I hope that we get to read more news soon!
Here’s the update fromthe website summitclimb.com
25 May, 2010
Team 2 summits!
Hi, it’s the 25th of May and this is a dispatch for the Everest Tibet SummitClimb expedition.
We got a call at 1:18 p.m. David was on the summit with 5 members and 4 sherpas. It was extremely windy and sunny. The other members who have been here all went down today, so everybody seems like they are doing okay so far. We will keep you posted. Thank you very much. Bye, bye.
Names of summiteers:
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Posted by evdomada on May 13, 2010
I promised to keep you updated I post this e-mail from John …
“Well hello again and thanks to all those that keep emailing their best wishes.
As I type this we are in the town of Shrigar at 4100 meters and about 4 hours from Base Camp. What amazing last 2 weeks and the trip now is essentially 2/3 over with the last part of the summit push remaining.
Soon after my last email an avalanche on the North Cole killed a Hungarian climber who only days before had been climbing less then 50 meters in front of me and had set up his tent just a few meters away from my own on the North Col. A serac collapsed and killed this poor guy. His tent is still there, but that is the risk of climbing big mountains. We then had a few days rest at BC, and you know the drill: we headed back up to interm camp and ABC so we can then do a run up the North Cole (7000m) and then to camp 2 (7800m) for more acclimitising.
Well when we go back to ABC, the weather got very variable and it started to snow at night. We took a punt and headed up the North Col in soft snow conditions, and the rope setting Sherpa’s reset the route so we did not have to go under the serac that had collapsed. It was hard work and 5.5 hours later we were back at the North Col (7000m) for the second time. Then that evening all hell broke loose and we got 40 cm of snow and severe winds. 3 of our tents were shredded and one blew away so it was time the following morning to get the hell out of there. Descending 500m I used my abseil device just once and chose instead to do what most Sherpa’s do and wrap the ropes around my arm and simply use good and fast footwork to descent.
Then 3 days later it was time to get back to the Col for a 3rd time!! to try and get to Camp 2. Well, surprise, surprise the following day it was snowing all day and we were told that if the following day the weather was bad we would have to come down again! Instead, the following day was a great day with no wind but the soft snow meant that I got up 500m in 5 hours to 7500m where the Camp 2 tents start (ours is at 7800m) and it was hard work in the soft snow conditions and the new snow. The views were amazing and other then a few 8000m peaks we were above most other mountains in the world – amazing, stunning views all around! and the summit of Everest just 1000m+ above us.
Well, then, visibility got down to 20 meters and it was howling winds and snow in about 10 mins – that’s how quickly the wether can change. So my Sherpa Jangbu stashed our 4 oxygen cylinders behind some rocks that we were taking to Camp 2 and we descended in howling blizzard conditions back to the North Col.
Along the way I managed to get one of my legs all the way into a hidden crevasse so immediate action with my ice axe was required and I diverted to a rock ridge instead to avoid any more hidden crevasses. As everyone got down, most of the rest of the team decided to keep going to ABC but I wanted to spend another night at 7000m, so chose to stay at the col and greet the rest of our team that was coming up.
Then in the morning I descended the Col alone and as no one had gone down that day I had to keep digging out all the ropes and breaking a decent trail in up to waist deep snow. Then at ABC did a 6 hour hike to base camp and the following day together with 5 other team members we paid for 2x 4WD’s to bring us to the town of Shrigar for 4 days of great R & R before our summit bid.
So overall, have gotten as high as 7500m, and we now after our R & R have to drive back to BC, hike for 2 days and then have 4 days of climbing left for the summit bid – so there is some summit fever building you can say. We are all a bit tired and recovering from going up and down the North Col and suffering from a cough due to the dry air but that is life on Everest.
As there is no email coverage above BC, the best way to stay in touch is to visit www.summitclimbnews.com. For our expedition this link is best: http://summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=17&nid=132 as we telephone in via satellite phone and the most exciting part of the expedition is coming up.
Its great to be staying in a hotel with hot water, hot showers, good food and a break from tent life! but on the 12th we head back to BC and the summit push part of the trip.
Hope you are well.
Until next time.
John.”
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Posted by evdomada on April 13, 2010
By Chris Bowlby
BBC Radio 4, Crossing Continents
In the places worst affected by Europe’s economic crisis, unemployment and cuts in pay and public services are hitting the headlines. But the crisis is also having another effect with profound long-term consequences – the return of emigration.
Places like Greece and Ireland thought the good times of the last decade or two had finally ended the cycle of emigration, with the brightest and best youngsters no longer feeling they had to move away.
No-one believes that any more.
Read more at BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8616434.stm
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Posted by evdomada on April 13, 2010
This is to-date my favourite ad for the FIFA 2010 World Cup by VISA.
Apparently it was filmed in real-time and the guy actually lost the weight training through the duration for the filming of the commercial.
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Posted by evdomada on April 13, 2010
Along with a team of climbers, John Kazanas, a Greek Australian mountain climber from Melbourne, set off on Sunday on a quest to conquer the highest summit of the world, the legendary Mount Everest in the Himalaya.
The 38- year- old Greek from Melbourne, in communication with ANA–MPA, just before commencing his mission, stated that:
“We went through exquisite plains of Mongolia and we are now camping at the base of the mountain. After two or three days of becoming acclimatized, we commence climbing, our first goal being 5700 metres. From a distance of 20km, Everest looks wonderful.”
The summit of the Himalayas is the highest in the world (8848 metres). This journey will cost John around 40.000 dollars but he said that “it is worth the effort and the money”.
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Posted by evdomada on April 13, 2010
Stephanie Flanders | 12:41 UK time, Monday, 12 April 2010
“In their approach to the Greek crisis, European officials have taken the time-honoured route of taking it one day at a time – with the financial markets always several steps ahead. They hope to have broken the spell yesterday, with the new statement hammered out, over the phone, by eurozone ministers and officials.
Will it work? The British election is taking up a lot of my brain-space today, but some quick thoughts …”
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Posted by evdomada on April 12, 2010
When Alex Lykos couldn’t find his dream acting role, he created it for himself. “Coming from an ethnic background, it makes it that much more difficult to get a break because those stories aren’t told as often,” says the Greek- Australian actor-writer.
Lykos, who founded Marrickville’s Bulldog Theatre Company, drew inspiration for his film script from a relationship breakdown. “I went out with a girl who was Lebanese-Muslim. It was a brief dalliance. We broke up and, for therapy, I just wrote my thoughts on a piece of paper and then thought, ‘Whoa, hold on a second, there’s a story here’. That’s what kind of led to the germ of this piece of comedy drama. It’s basically a male version of Bridget Jones, who happens to be a good Greek boy and falls in love with a good Lebanese woman.”
Lykos almost got the screenplay up as a film, but that fell through, so he decided instead to adapt it into a theatre show, dubbed Alex & Eve. After several successful seasons performed over the last four years, with Lykos as the leading man playing opposite ever-changing Eves (including Packed to the Rafters’ Zoe Ventoura and The Apprentice finalist Sabrina Houssami), Lykos finally got the news he’d been waiting for. A production company had signed for a film version. What’s more, Peter Andrikidis, who just directed the big-budget Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos, committed to coming onboard to direct it. There are plans to start filming next January.
Lykos is not the only success story from the film world in the Inner West. Even if you don’t know their names or have never seen their faces on the big screen, they are plenty of locals making their marks in the world of Australian film. Dan Krige initially wanted to be an actor but discovered his true talents lay elsewhere. The filmmaker, who has lived in Newtown and Five Dock but now resides in Bondi, began working as a screenwriter in his teens. “I had a fortuitous thing happen. I grew up in the Blue Mountains, up the road from a guy called Tony Morphett. He worked on shows like The Sullivans, The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers. He was very gracious and gave me his time. He was good enough to read my first horrible script and became my mentor.” That initial script – with a bit of editing – ended up being commissioned by Screen Australia and, not long after, Krige was hired as a screenwriter by Grundy Television (now part of FremantleMedia) at the tender age of 16.
Krige has been beavering away in the industry ever since, including writing and directing the feature film, West, set in Sydney’s western suburbs, three years ago. Currently, he’s working on five feature scripts – including an action thriller, The Quiet War. He has also made a short film for the St Kilda Film Festival, featuring Transformers star Rachael Taylor.
A graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Krige was working 18-hour days when he squeezed in time for a chat with Ciao. On the industry, he says: “You have to have a large degree of persistence and patience. You have to be like a dog with a bone. It’s not for those who want to get rich quick.”
David O’Brien runs a Film Club at Sydney Community College’s Rozelle site, where movie lovers can engage in stimulating discussions about various flicks. But, he makes his living as a screenwriter.
A former TV journalist, O’Brien wrote the $4.2 million feature film, Shotgun Wedding, and produced, wrote and directed an environmental special for Ten, Down To Earth, which included an on-camera piece from Sting. Currently, he’s got three screenplays in development.
O’Brien says screenwriting is not just about having great story ideas, because writers “come up with good ideas all the time. It’s being committed to an idea and following it through. There are eight months where you’re going to get bored and lose faith with a screenplay and abandon it and then you’ll come back to it. It’s all a journey in itself.”
But it’s well worth it in the end, according to O’Brien. “It’s been said that movies are the closest we come to dreaming while being awake. Watching really good quality movies that are about something and are beautifully acted and well-made can just change your whole perception of the world. I’m not necessarily sure that you can change the world through movies, but you can make people feel better or think deeper or appreciate life more by giving them good movies.”
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