Australian youth speak on their experiences during COVID-19
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality spoke to numbers of young workers across Australia recently about their experiences amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has fundamentally altered class and social relations, young people confront an enormous social crisis, a future of growing social inequality, impoverishment, casual and insecure work, and a life of instability.
While Australia has not seen the same shocking levels of death and infection as in Europe or the United States, there is nonetheless an immense social and economic crisis unfolding. According to the recent December 2020 Brotherhood of St Laurence report, youth unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 reached a 23-year high of 16.4 percent and youth underemployment sits at 17.9 percent on top of that. Combining both unemployment and underemployment, approximately 33 percent of youth are unable to get enough work to make ends meet.
Bluey Leaps From The Screen To The Stage World Premiere BLUEY S BIG PLAY
Don t miss Bluey s Big Play The Stage Show at QPAC from 22 December 2020 until 10 January 2021.by BWW News Desk
The much-anticipated Bluey s Big Play The Stage Show will open for its official world premiere season tonight in Bluey s hometown of Brisbane.
This brand-new production is set to delight Bluey fans in a strictly limited season from 22 December 2020 to 10 January 2021 in Queensland Performing Arts Centre s (QPAC) Playhouse.
Presented by QPAC s Out of the Box in association with BBC Studios, Andrew Kay and Windmill Theatre Co. Bluey s Big Play The Stage Show stars the Queensland Heeler family, Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli in their first live theatre show featuring large-scale puppets created specifically for the production.
Bluey TV series makes its theatrical debut on stage in Brisbane world premiere
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The theatre adaptation of the animated TV series Bluey is set to be the first full-capacity stage premiere to occur since the pandemic began.
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Bluey the much-loved, award-winning ABC children s TV series is set to make its theatrical debut in Brisbane tonight in what organisers are hailing as a creative and public health triumph.
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The show is believed to be the first full capacity premiere of a play anywhere in the world since the pandemic began
Musicians and performers speak with WSWS about COVID-19
World Socialist Web Site about the impact of the pandemic on them and their work.
Michael Coggins, a guitarist, became a professional musician after completing his studies at the Jazz Department of the Australian National University, in 2004. Since then he has played as a sideman with a diverse range of artists, including many Sydney-based African musicians. Coggins is also a member of jazz/rock groups The Subterraneans and Sonic Mayhem Orchestra and has played in support acts for visiting international artists, such as Hugh Masekela and Jah Prayzah.
Michael Coggins [Credit: Facebook/David Glover]
After seven months of delays due to COVID-19 restrictions,
Bluey’s Big Play, The Stage Show, has opened at the Playhouse theatre as part of the Out of the Box Festival at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
With an original story written by series creator Joe Brumm, and new music from composer Joff Bush, the adaptation brings
Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli to life through giant puppets.
Cheese and Crackers!
Bluey has bounced onto the Playhouse stage today… for real life!
Check out this behind the scenes video of the media call held at QPAC this morning for the official world premiere opening of Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show. pic.twitter.com/IcKHQWn189