tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69160350271484826672012-02-17T13:18:49.826+11:00The All-women Mockumentary. Entertainment for the benefit of the Breast Cancer Network Australia. Surprises, new ideas, different takes on old ideas, original fresh and tailored to you.Cindy Tonkinhttps://profiles.google.com/107095330751903812742noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916035027148482667.post-78780668679622133722011-05-24T16:00:00.000+10:002011-05-24T16:00:59.970+10:00

Linda Calgaro and Karina Francis. Photograph Dennis Mitchell, Menace Photography 2010  Yes!! You can see the Pink Ladies doing a version of their mockumentary upstairs at the Roxbury, 182 St John's Road, Glebe, 2037, on June 16th, 2011. It's part of an improvisation festival running every Tuesday and Thursday in June. Come see us!! Cast includes: Linette Voller, Cindy Tonkin, Sophie Long,

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Of course we called ourselves Pink Ladies because of the connection to the breast cancer network logo, and we were aware of the link to Grease's Pink Ladies, but not of this 70's pop duo called Pink Lady from Japan. Thanks to Tomomi Takahashi for the heads up!

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 Back stage at the Pink Ladies 27 September 2010. Cloockwise from left: Linette Voller, Lucie Booker, Karina Francis, Sophie Long, Linda Calgaro, Erin Foy, Cindy Tonkin, Karena Thomas  So Pink Ladies first season has come to an end.Behind every successful woman there is sometimes a huge number of people to thank.When all was said and done, we sent $1189 to the Breast Cancer Network and

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Pink Ladies' Improvisation is inspired by Chicago-based improvisation, as epitomised by iO Theatre Chicago. The guru of Chicago-based improv is Del Close. The glory of you tube brings you a 1986 interview with Del, back when it was all brand new. We like the idea that the players don't entertain the audience as such: we have an experience on stage that the audience shares.

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Philippa Bird of Whatsonsydney reviewed the Pink Ladies show on October 8th. There are still 3 more weeks in October to see our watchable show - October 15, 22, 29 2010 Upstairs at the Roxbury, 182 St John's Road, Glebe, from 10pm for 45 minutes. Be there or be surprised! This Friday 15th October 2010 our cast includes Chloe Paul, Lucie Booker, Jane Simmons (as the documentary maker), Jess

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What are Pink Ladies' shows about? It's always hard to say, because we treat the themes that emerge from our brains as we play. Michael Chabon's afterword from Gentlemen of the Road, defines the themes of other stories he had written prior:"disappointment, misfortune, loss, hard enlightenment, moments of bleak grace. Divorce; death; illness; violence, random and domestic; divorce; bad faith;

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Despite good intentions to add to the blog during the Fringe Festival, other priorities (like actually doing the show) took over. Good news is we have video of most of the shows (yes, it will get to the site eventually), and photos by Karina's friend Denno, Karina's friend Paula as well as Michelle Ho, an official Fringe photographer. We'll put some up here when we work out how to do that!! In

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So perhaps you want to see someone special, someone specific, play in Pink Ladies. Here is a list of who is playing when, so you can cross-reference it with your diary and do good while having a great time seeing your favourite improvisers: Lucie Booker: 18/09, 26/09, 1/10, 15/10, 22/10, 29/10 Linda Calgaro: 16/09, 25/09, 26/09, 1/10, 15/10 Erin Foy: 16/09, 25/09, 26/09, 8/10, 22/10, 29/10

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Pink Ladies: Women Make it Up's first fringe shows (16th and 18th September at 8pm) are fast approaching. (Book your tix now!) Essentially, we're making up a mockumentary. Each night will have a different improvising "producer" whose documentary you will see created before your very eyes. In rehearsal we have had themes like Breaking the Cycle of Habits, Frenemies, the inside story, and

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More video from Improvactually. A sample of what you could see at the Pink Ladies' shows in the Sydney Fringe in September 2010. Starring Sophie Long as the Creepy Doctor, Linda Calgaro as the Patient patient, and Jess Mallett as the 2nd patient. Music by Anne Maree Wilshire. Filmed in April 2010 by Susan Brown at the Roxbury Hotel in Glebe, NSW, Australia

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Here's a little video from our April show, Improvactually. It showcases the improvising talents of Karina Francis and Linda Calgaro, who are both in our first show on September 16th 2010. We'd love to see you there! Filmed by Susan Brown on 9 April 2010 live at the Roxbury Hotel, Glebe. Music is "Loose Threads" from Light by Anne Maree Wilshire p.s. please advise if the audio isn't good

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Our first show is at the Sydney Fringe on Thursday 16th September at 8pm at St Luke's Church Hall, 11 Stanmore Road, Enmore. The cast for the night are: Erin Foy Jess Mallett Karina Francis Linda Calgaro Linette Voller Louise McManus Sophie Long. We are pumped and full of energy and ideas for this debut night! photo: another promo image: from left to right Chloe Paul, Louise McManus, Karina

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The Pink Ladies are pleased to announce that you can now buy tickets to ALL of our shows online. If you're the kind of person who likes to buy your tickets in advance, then go forth and ticket yourself! Our fringe shows are on sale here. Sydney Fringe dates are at nice accessible times like:Thursday 16th September at 8pm Saturday 18th September at 8pm Saturday 25th September at 5pm Sunday 26th

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One of the interesting conundrums we face with our show is creating scenes with all-women. Women make it up - from left Jess Mallett, Linda Calgaro, Jane Simmons, Karina Francis, Sophie Long. With all women characters in our Pink Ladies show, we knew that women could play any profession (from architect to dentist to construction worker to policewoman to prime minister...), and found that when

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Linda Calgaro has a reputation as a character player. Accents, faces and of course a memorable singing voice. Her a capella rock comedy band, Rocktapus is performing at the Sydney Fringe, and we are honoured with her presence in our cast. What's your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why? It happened during rehearsals for Tabloid Musical. Geoff Wallis, our director, encouraged

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Jess Mallett is famous in the improvising world for her ability to say just the right thing at just the right time. She has a sharp expertise in loquacious characters (see the final question to discover why!). We welcome her into our cast, and look forward to her inventive contribution to the Pink Ladies. What's your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? why? A simultaneously

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Anne Wilson is doing her own one-woman show called What I did for Love in the Sydney Fringe on September 10 and 11, and we are privileged to have her as part of our cast. What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why? I performed an original song titled "Bubble Gum baby" it went like this.... "Bubble Gum Baby, I love you, Bubble Gum Baby, I like to chew, Bubble Gum Baby,

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Linette Voller has a quiet strangeness which kind of creeps up on you. She looks like an ordinary person until she begins to improvise, and then you see a mind with many dark corners and quirky side alleys. You can see them all within a few minutes - always changing!! Here's a quick interview with Linette. What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why?One that sticks out

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Karena Thomas, like Chloe Paul, had her improvising introduction in Canada, one of the homes of improvisation. Karena played in Toronto, with women Cindy played with in Chicago while doing the iO Theatre Summer School Improvisation intensive. We're all connected across the vast network (via Facebook, right?). What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? why?The first

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Cindy Tonkin directs and produces this season. If she's very lucky, and all goes well, she may join in the playing by the time we get to the Roxbury in October. October 1 is in fact her birthday, and it's the first night that Pink Ladies is on at the Roxbury, so maybe she'll play then!! Cindy produced Scared Scriptless Theatresports for several years when it was at the Clarence Hotel in

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Chloe is the member of our troupe with the "most youth". She lived for a while in Canada where she learned to improvise, and the bug has bitten her hard!  What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why? Everything I did with the University of British Columbia improv team Holy!Moses The group I worked with were all such fun and generous players and we had a fantastic

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Sophie Long is a hot property in up and coming improvisers right now. She's currently in Vampire Theatresports, plays regularly with Scared Scriptless and with Panda Smackdown. That's Sophie on the left in the photo below, comforting Linda Calgaro's sad character. Since she's allergic to purple, she had a strong dose of antihistamines straight after this scene. Here's some more on Sophie. What’

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Louise McManus has an off-the-wall on stage persona which gets even better when she's tired, hungry or surprised. She has been improvising for way longer than she cares to admits, and is well-remembered for scenes in the Late Show, as a mentor player at Scared Scriptless, and as a player and or judge in countless Cranston Cups. You'll hear more about her soon, but for now, here is a photo of

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Karina Francis in action during the Sydney Fringe 2010 Karina Francis is a physical player who'll knock your socks off with her ability to make you believe she really is driving a ten tonne truck, playing poker with the devil, or icing a cake (yes, improvisers can do pretty much anything!). There'll be more on Karina later, but just check out the photo to remind you of who she really is (an

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We have enticed Lucie Booker from her trailer where she has been reading historical novels and raising a beautiful daughter with a vivid imagination. While Lucie hasn't been on stage for a while, her wit and wisdom are undiminished.  Here's a little more about her: What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why? An alphabet scene years ago with Meg Lloyd and Rebecca De

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Erin Foy is relatively new on the improvisation scene (she's been formally improvising with a "licence" for about a year)*, but she has a strong acting background. Her porn name is Cuddles Cameron. Says it all really... What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? Why? Every scene in my grad night from my Theatresports courses, because my whole family were there and they had

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Welcome to the first in a series of profiles on our cast. From these questions you'll get a sense of the kind of drama, comedy, farce or even poetry you can expect in our pink lady shows.  What’s your all time favourite improvised scene that you were in? why? My all time-favourite scene was a game with Steve Lynch, Gep Blake and Adam Gelin in the original 'Unlimited Soundburger' in the

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Today the Pink Ladies Rehearsal was dedicated to getting some photos for our posters! We got our name from the fact that the Breast Cancer Network Australia uses pink ladies as their logo, and that's where all profits from our show will go. And it just so happens that the Pink Ladies was the name of the bad girls' gang in Grease. So we themed it up a little. We are very fortunate that Karina

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Rehearsals and auditions for the first season of Pink Ladies - Women make it up are underway. Cutting the improvising community down to just women has created some interesting dynamics and we are all very excited! So far we have reinvented a format pilfered from New York's Upright Citizens' Brigade, and updated it for our own purposes. The idea is that we improvise a documentary for you every

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