Stanley Butler
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A TANOURA DANCER : A STANLEY SKETCH FROM HONG KONG
A feature of Hong Kong's Chinese New Year Festival Parade on Feb 16th, 2018.
BellyPrincess Liina's Dance Troupe with Special guest from Egypt and Poland
CHINA ENTERS THE BATTLE TO BAN IVORY POACHING
GLOBAL MARCH FOR ELEPHANTS AND RHINOS
It’s an unusual position to be in and while there is still lots to be done and achieved, we cannot afford to be patting ourselves on the back for the good work achieved so far. So much has been won, but the critical stuff is still to be done....
BLUESMAN DOC WHITE’S CHINA TRIP
ANATOMY OF A MUSICIAN’S TRIP TO CHINA
On his recent trip to perform at Aussie Anthea Palmer’s Jimmy Hornet Creative Restaurant in Zhongshan, China, Australian Blues artist, singer and songwriter Doc White, took a detour which led to him doing shows in Hong Kong. https://www.facebook.com/doc.white1
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JIMMY HORNET'S MUSIC BAR
And while he performed a one-night engagement...
Penguins in the desert
Penguins in the desert
Fear and Loving on the Stuart Highway to Hell
The reality of where his life was at was sheeted home to Rory. It happened while he was attending the highpoint of Central Australia’s cultural activities, the Alice Spring Agricultural Show. It was when he came upon a certain food stand. The crisp clear desert air under the...
A STANLEY SKETCH FROM HONG KONG with ROBERT LOCKYER
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Stanley Butler was a writer of ESL materials and a teacher of English and Japanese in Hong Kong, his journey to the East started in the 1850's goldfield town of Ballaarat where the Eureka Rebellion took place on Dec 4 1854.
After 2 decades there he then went on to spend three decades in Melbourne to pursue studies at Monash...
MELODIA
The brainchild of three indefatigable cultural warriors who’ve chosen to call Hong Kong home, “Melodia” is a musical for the universal stage.
A peaceful planet, Zymbalia, is rocked by an inexplicable explosion that throws everything into a state of chaos. Melodia discovers that she is the only one who possesses the innate powers needed to save the Zymbalians from the...
AUST & HOLLYWOOD FILM GURU FRANK HOWSON HITS HONG KONG
The Sunday Session at Hong Kong’s leading live music venue, The Wanch, was spiced up last Sunday July 24, 2016 with appearances by Aussie film and musical theatre writer and director, the impresario Frank Howson.
The Sunday Session acts as a scoop for the cream of Filipino musical talent in Hong Kong where they proliferate throughout the entire live music...
ROCKY CHALLENGES CHINA WITH AN INOFFENSIVE OFFENSIVE
Since touching down in Hong Long last week, Rocky Dabscheck has wasted no time in finding his footing in this part of the world where massive audiences of millions will take to his inspirational version of Aussie-rooted blues.
As frontman for his group, Rocky and the Two-bob Millionaires, and travelling as single act at this stage in this new field,...
AUSSIE & H’WOOD FILM/THEATRE GURU HITS HONG KONG
The Sunday Session at Hong Kong’s leading live music venue, The Wanch, was spiced up last Sunday July 24, 2016 with appearances by Aussie film and musical theatre writer and director, the impresario Frank Howson.
The Sunday Session acts as a scoop for the cream of Filipino musical talent in Hong Kong where they proliferate throughout the entire live music...
A NOVEL TAKE ON SHAKESPEARE’S MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
A SURE-FIRE SUCCESS VIA A 1930’S RADIO PLAY
Maybe at the outset, Shiona was inspired by Act III scene ii of Hamlet, where Hamlet arranges for ‘a play within a play’ “to catch the conscience of the king,” his Uncle Claudius for murdering his father, King Hamlet. This version of Midsummer Night’s Dream is just that, a play within a play....