Illawarra writing duo and Wollongong University graduates Bradley Ward and Dane McFarlane have united to create a stage production. Set in Wollongong, Fracture details the relationships between four friends who sit on the fringes of society. Dealing with issues such as drug use, sexual abuse, suicide and youth culture, the production takes the audience to dark places. Commenting on current events, that include the Martin Place Lindt café siege and American mass shootings, Fracture will turn viewers perspective of the world on their head. Driven to make locally-focused productions, the pair is happy to contribute to community theatre in the Illawarra. The show…
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The trials to choose the Australian swim team for the Rio Olympic Games will be held next week and four Wollongong swimmers are in the race. Alyisha Beckingham, Jake Power, Matt Hearne and Aaron Cannon will try out for the Olympic team under the stewardship of coach James Greathead. The locals will swim against the nation’s best, including those trained by Australian Swim Team Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren. Greathead said his swimmers have a good shot of making the semi finals.
Virtual reality gaming continues to grow in popularity and sales but supply will not keep up with demand in 2016, according to a leading Australian tech company. Telsyte has released the findings of a study it carried out into the use of VR technology in Australia. It found developers and manufacturers were expected to fall short of consumer demand this year, with 110,000 units to be sold. “There are about one million PlayStation 4 consoles in the market in Australia,” Telsyte Manaaging Director Foad Fadaghi said. On these figures, up to 890,000 consumers could miss out on Sony VR headsets in 2016. Mr Fadaghi…
The United States election has occupied the attention of almost anyone with a passing interest in American democracy since February 1st. And without any results until November 8th, the U.S. electoral process is long to say the least. [View the story “America, land of the free, home of the brave? ” on Storify]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity has taken a dip over the past fortnight, and yet he is still streets ahead of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. The PM’s popularity as preferred leader is three points lower than when he took power last September. The primary vote for the Coalition has stabilised over the past three polls, but the Labor Party has slipped.
The winner of the inaugural Acquisitive Sculpture Competition was revealed this morning at the Wollongong Botanic Gardens. Sculptor and artist Louis Pratt won the $30,000 prize for his piece ‘King Coal’. Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery made the announcement. He said the sculpture competition was to mark the bicentenary of the region. Mr Pratt said the sculpture represented an arrogant man, defiant in the face of a changing region. With his arms folded, the sculpture is a composite material of fibreglass, resin, coal dust and steel. Twice the size of an average man, the installation sits in a quiet, shaded…