HOTEL Sorrento by Australian playwright Hannie Rayson is a highly commercial and relatable comedy/drama and familial story for a mainstream audience. This award winning play, which inspired the film of the same name, tells the story of three sisters who grew up together in the seaside town Sorrento. Hilary lives in the family home in Sorrento with her father and 16 year-old son. Pippa, a business woman, is visiting from New York and Meg, a successful writer, returns from England. When the three sisters are reunited after 10 years apart they again feel the constraints of family life. A semi-autobiographical…
Author: Bayside News
SKYE local Melanie Rees was able to spend every precious last moment with her late husband Joel in hospital before he passed away on Boxing Day last year; but only because of Frankston Hospital’s expanding Oncology service. The 55-year-old sadly lost his battle with aggressive tongue and throat cancer and spent his last weeks on Ward 5FS at Frankston Hospital. “If I didn’t have the support of Frankston Hospital I wouldn’t have been able to spend as much quality time with Joel,” says his wife Melanie. “When Joel was receiving treatment in the city there was an endless amount of…
A PROMINENT playground at the Frankston Waterfront is getting a $1.25 million makeover for families to enjoy. Frankston councillors voted behind closed doors after the public council meeting on Monday 23 April to spend the money over two financial years to upgrade the playground near the foreshore, known for its highly-visible “pixie hat” steel cone roofs. The pixie hats will be refurbished as part of planned works at the playground that will include “demolition of existing aged equipment”. “The Waterfront Playground is regularly filled with families, popular for its close proximity to the beach, the play experiences, grass areas and…
A MAN in black will bring the songs of The Man In Black to life at the Frankston Arts Centre this month. Australian country rock ’n’ roll outlaw Tex Perkins will channel kindred spirit Johnny Cash in The Man In Black – The Johnny Cash Story on Wednesday 9 May. A nationwide tour of the show kicks off in Frankston after a sell-out stint at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre late last year. Perkins and the Tennessee Four and Rachael Tidd will perform Cash classics including Ring of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk The Line at the FAC. The Man…
DRONE technology brought out the best in photographer Joshua Brnjac with his bird’s eye view photograph winning best picture at this year’s Picture This award. The 16-year-old used a drone to capture a surfer from above in his winning Lone Surfer, Into the Depths entry. “The level of talent on show by our local youth is always inspiring and this year was no different,” Kingston mayor Cr Steve Staikos said. The annual Picture This competition for photographers aged 12-25 is held by Kingston Youth Services. This year’s runner-up was Joshua Ratten, 18, for a Lake Windermere photograph taken while hiking…