Archive for April 24th, 2007
Who’s your daddy?
The whole notion of fatherhood is explored by Jonathan Brown in his one-man show, The Father Monologues, which is at The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter, on April 26 and 27.
He told us here at the People’s Republic (via his website of course), that he wanted to ‘write, and perform, a series of plays so involving that even the most unemotional bastard would stir in his (or her) parental bath water.’ So you know you’re in for a rollercoaster ride.
In two parts, the show looks into different aspects of fatherhood from the points of view of Danny, a second-time father faced with parental a situation he’s not keen on, as well as librarian dominatrix Jenny. Plus, he’s managed to put monologues into a play without there being a vagina in sight (psst, it’s a fella in a dress).
Go along, and ask yourself, who is your daddy, theatrically.
And if you miss it now you can catch it at the Brighton Festival in May, and in Totnes and Bridgwater in June.
Jonathan was a guest on the first Surreal Saloon - watch it on D+CFilm. The next Surreal Saloon is at the Exeter Phoenix media centre on May 4.
Posted by Cptn
April 24th, 2007
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Tourist class
It may have passed you by (as Ringo Starr might sing), but today is Devon Carbon Day. Yup, those carbon footprints leave a heck of a mess on the carpet, don’t they?!
Ah, we jest. The day is actually part of Devon County Council’s Discover Devon Naturally wheeze - aiming to highlight the impact of tourism on the environment.
The council wants to help members of the Devon Association of Tourist Attractions who aren’t already part of the Green Tourism Business Scheme to get accredited.
The businesses will undergo an assessment of their carbon footprint against 120 measures. Then the attractions will commit to an energy efficiency plan, saving a minimum of seven tonnes of CO2 each, and heaps more for larger attractions.
Research conducted by the County Council in April showed that 40 per cent of consumers do not consider their environmental impact when on holiday, even though they do when at home. In fact, tourists in the county use some 2,500 tonnes of carbon a day.
Devon Carbon Day and the recent Devon County Council Climate Change campaign are part of the council’s drive to make Devon the greenest county in Britain - which would be all well and good, but our streets still seem to be strewn with rubbish bags. Hey ho.
Posted by Thin White Duke
April 24th, 2007
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If you’re worried you’ve already reached your quota of tv, you can turn off the darn thing by being a moral crusader rather than toadying to the whims of the loons who want to ban it completely - hey, some of us were educated by the telly back in our toddlerage, and who can be considered more a counter-culture proto-hero than Teddy Edward - be warned people!
That’s why those Culture Jammer/Adbuster kooks are so cool, we only have to miss a week of the google box - and it’s easy enough to catch up with the omnibus editions or More Four.
So, even if you’re dead set on sitting in front of the dead set, you can miss a week, surely. And do your bit for the whole cultural anti-capitalism thing. And in true post-ironic style those Adbusters have raised the money and made a tv ad (Why Don’t You…? was doing much the same thing years ago).
So, stop the bandwagon, I want to get on. Or as Timothy Leary might say if he were still strugging with FreeView - turn off, tune out, drop in.
Posted by Cptn
April 24th, 2007
