Not many rural communities the size of Gloucester can boast the arrival of a symphony orchestra for a concert in Gloucester. Sinfonia Orchestra of the Mid North Copast will be here to give their first concert for the year at Gloucester Soldiers Club on Sunday June 22 at 2.00pm. [More]
Month: June 2003

The film production Troy has continued its support of the SPCA, with memorabilia from the movie fetching about Lm4,500 at a fund-raising reception hosted at the US ambassador’s residence on Sunday. A host of Troy actors – Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Sean Bean (Boromir), Brian Cox (25th Hour), John Shrapnel (Gladiator), Diane Kruger, who is playing Helen of Troy and Garrett Hedlund as Patroclus – attended the event, mingling with the guests and using their celebrity status in aid of Malta’s many stray animals. [More]
Stewart writes: This summer, the award winning Tron Theatre Company will be appearing at the official Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) with the world première of a SAN DIEGO, a new play by the acclaimed Scottish writer David Greig. Surreal, comic and strangely, powerfully resonant, SAN DIEGO features an ensemble cast of eleven performers including Billy Boyd, making a cameo appearance as the playwright himself. [More]
Stewart writes: This summer, the award winning Tron Theatre Company will be appearing at the official Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) with the world première of a SAN DIEGO, a new play by the acclaimed Scottish writer David Greig. Surreal, comic and strangely, powerfully resonant, SAN DIEGO features an ensemble cast of eleven performers including Billy Boyd, making a cameo appearance as the playwright himself.
Preview:
The Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th August @ 8pm
EIF:
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August @ 7.30pm Matinees, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th @ 2.30pm
Nadine writes: The Mo Awards were held in Sydney on June 16 and Miranda Otto (Eowyn) won for her role in A Doll’s House in the Female Actor in a Play of the Year category. [More]

Arwen2003 writes: The latest issue of Movie Magic (lifestory), with Harry Potter on the cover, has something about LoTR. There is a sneak peview of Return of the King and ‘The Truth about Gollum’.
Anyone with scans, send them along!