"Give it a crack" is big and getting bigger with the announcement that Auto Cafe in Thornleigh has committed to catering the event, and Sassy Models and promotions will be helping out with serving and on stage promotions.
The line up is settled, tickets are selling quickly, and thanks to Matt Hergreaves from Auto Cafe, and Keira Howarth from Sassy Models and Promotions, the night is all coming together.
It's been built, and people are starting to come, and one of the most pleasing parts about preparations for the night was when one of the performers told me they were "really nervous." That's pleasing because that's what the night is all about: people doing things they've always wanted to do, and despite being unsure, scared, and "really nervous," they're going to get up and give it a crack.
For tickets, visit www.barnabyhowarth.com.au/contact
Friday 30 August 2013
Friday 16 August 2013
3 new comedy acts settle "Give it a crack" line up
3 young stand up comedians from the Sydney Comedy Store have been added to the set list for "Give it a crack," a talent night by performers who've always wanted to try something, which means the line up is settled and the curtains are ready to open in October.
The 3 comics, Jasmine Reid, Michael Middlemiss and "Stormin" Norman Douglas will be performing at the Fringe Comedy Festival's "Short and Sharp" - where 7 of Sydney’s funniest emerging comedians come together to present a one hour showcase of fresh new comedy.
Now to extend their tours, they will also perform at "Give it a crack," where they will join a motivational speaker, 2 musical acts, 2 readings (one poetry, one from a self written childrens book), a motivational facilitator, and displays of clothes and paintings in the "Oh Well" forum gallery.
Hosted by everybody's best mate, Edwina Dighton, "Give it a crack" will be held at the Thornleigh Community Centre at 6.30pm on Friday October 18. Tickets are $40 each and 75% of proceeds from the night will go to the Pennant Hills Demons Football Club, for bookings, go to http://www.barnabyhowarth.com.au/events or email barnaby@barnabyhowarth.com.au
The 3 comics, Jasmine Reid, Michael Middlemiss and "Stormin" Norman Douglas will be performing at the Fringe Comedy Festival's "Short and Sharp" - where 7 of Sydney’s funniest emerging comedians come together to present a one hour showcase of fresh new comedy.
Now to extend their tours, they will also perform at "Give it a crack," where they will join a motivational speaker, 2 musical acts, 2 readings (one poetry, one from a self written childrens book), a motivational facilitator, and displays of clothes and paintings in the "Oh Well" forum gallery.
Hosted by everybody's best mate, Edwina Dighton, "Give it a crack" will be held at the Thornleigh Community Centre at 6.30pm on Friday October 18. Tickets are $40 each and 75% of proceeds from the night will go to the Pennant Hills Demons Football Club, for bookings, go to http://www.barnabyhowarth.com.au/events or email barnaby@barnabyhowarth.com.au
Real life stories need telling - 4 (Alex Fisher-A ballsy journalist)
If it wasn't highly inappropriate or even offensive to say that a girl has balls, that's what you'd say about Alexandra Fisher.
It is however both offensive and inappropriate, so instead this young Walkley award winner should be described as a "gutsy, intrepid adventurer with a burning desire to tell stories that are too often under reported."
On Thursday Alex will pack her own camera equipment and fly to Africa to report on either Rhino poaching in South Africa or the plight of pygmes in the Congo. This trip comes after filming a story on child soldiers in Uganda 1999, and her Walkley award winning piece (for Young TV Journalist) on child sex trafficking in Mexico late last year.
Her decision to film stories in confronting locations on confronting topics springs from her belief that "journalism is about mind, spirit and determination," and despite her parents being a little apprehensive, Alex says "they've gotta deal with it. You've got to do these things while you're young, agile and spirited."
Alex's passion to tell under reported stories is at odds with her modesty - she doesn't see her brave adventures as anything to brag about, she just thinks "everybody is looking for their sense of purpose, and this is my way of finding mine."
It is however both offensive and inappropriate, so instead this young Walkley award winner should be described as a "gutsy, intrepid adventurer with a burning desire to tell stories that are too often under reported."
On Thursday Alex will pack her own camera equipment and fly to Africa to report on either Rhino poaching in South Africa or the plight of pygmes in the Congo. This trip comes after filming a story on child soldiers in Uganda 1999, and her Walkley award winning piece (for Young TV Journalist) on child sex trafficking in Mexico late last year.
Her decision to film stories in confronting locations on confronting topics springs from her belief that "journalism is about mind, spirit and determination," and despite her parents being a little apprehensive, Alex says "they've gotta deal with it. You've got to do these things while you're young, agile and spirited."
Alex's passion to tell under reported stories is at odds with her modesty - she doesn't see her brave adventures as anything to brag about, she just thinks "everybody is looking for their sense of purpose, and this is my way of finding mine."
Friday 2 August 2013
Life without mates list
A mate told me this week that "it's depressing being [my] friend," which might be the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
It got me thinking about the value of good mates and how they help you keep your life in perspective, so I wanted to make a list of the things I wouldn't have been able to do without my mates around me.
So here is my life without mates list:
- Be alive
- Kick 2 goals in my 100th AFL game for Pennant Hills
- Get to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro
- Wear lederhosen to a pub in Anglesea
- Be a paid singer
- See the Crowded House "Farewell to the World" concert
- Go to New Zealand on a choir trip
- Have a camping & canoeing trip on the Northern Rivers
- Write my 74th blog
I love the life I'm living, and I wouldn't have been able to be living it without the mates I have around me, so coming up with this list of what I wouldn't have been able to do if they weren't there has been invaluable.
I love youse all.
It got me thinking about the value of good mates and how they help you keep your life in perspective, so I wanted to make a list of the things I wouldn't have been able to do without my mates around me.
So here is my life without mates list:
- Be alive
- Kick 2 goals in my 100th AFL game for Pennant Hills
- Get to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro
- Wear lederhosen to a pub in Anglesea
- Be a paid singer
- See the Crowded House "Farewell to the World" concert
- Go to New Zealand on a choir trip
- Have a camping & canoeing trip on the Northern Rivers
- Write my 74th blog
I love the life I'm living, and I wouldn't have been able to be living it without the mates I have around me, so coming up with this list of what I wouldn't have been able to do if they weren't there has been invaluable.
I love youse all.
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