A SHOW telling the story of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson will be performed at Cube 37 this month, raising money for the Frankston Hospital. The performance, titled Dead Men Talking, depicts the friendship between the two Australian writers and features their poetry and songs. The play is written and performed by duo Max Cullen and Warren Fahey, who performed at Pearcedale Hall last year as a fundraiser for the CFA. The show will play on Tuesday 29 October at Cube 37. There will be two performances, starting at 3pm and 6.30pm. Tickets $39 from Frankston Arts Centre box office…
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A MAN is being sought by police after an alleged robbery on a bus travelling from Frankston to Carrum Downs. At around 9.30pm on 22 August, a man on the 832 route bus is alleged to have slapped another passenger on the back of the head. The man is then alleged to have grabbed the victim by the collar and demanded their ear pods while threatening to produce a knife. The passenger gave over the earphones and the man is believed to have got off the bus at Pardalote Avenue and Tattler Street in Carrum Downs. A CCTV image of…
POLICE operation Scoreboard took place over the Grand Final long weekend, running from Thursday until midnight on Sunday. Statewide police removed 243 drinks drivers and 265 drug drivers from the road. They detected 8702 traffic offences and 746 crime offences while their increased presence was out on the roads. A driver in Keysborough fell foul of police over the long weekend when he was pulled over. Police caught the driver running a red light in front of a marked police car. The driver was found to be unlicensed, and the car was impounded for a month at a cost of…
A VOLUNTEER helping advocate for LGBTQIA+ youth and a group helping provide homeless people with bare necessities have both been recognised at Kingston’s annual youth awards. Oliver Robertson was awarded the young citizen of the year award for his work with young LGBTQIA+ people. He volunteers his time working with young people, and focuses particularly on helping advocate for transgender people. Beau Arnfield and Josh Firmin accepted the young community group of the year award on behalf of Spair Pair. The duo co-founded the group with the aim of helping homeless people. The group aims to make sure that homeless…
TIM Freedman has been talking about impending new songs for years. Now he is putting it in writing that he will perform some new material in his solo tour this October and November 2019, and that he is prepared to be run out of town if he doesn’t deliver. “Hopefully the new songs aren’t too successful though, otherwise I’ll earn too much to retain my franking credits. Unfortunately, like every one else in the world, I just had to express myself.” Freedman is best known as the front-man and songwriter of Australian band ‘The Whitlams’ – an Australian Recording Industry…