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Are you worried about global warming?
Are you sick of what Mr. Brumby is doing to exacerbate the problem?
Are you sick of what the mainstream media has to say about it all?
Then why not try a dose of Rod Quantock’s humorous take on what is going wrong with the world!
If you live on the Mornington Peninsula, or feel like a feel-good trip down that way, Rod is bringing his latest show to Seaford and Rosebud in November.
Rod Quantock:
Rod’s had a good hard look at the global warming situation and says:
BUGGER THE POLAR BEARS, THIS IS SERIOUS
Who else would dare make a joke about the sinister implications of carbon's molecular makeup or, for that matter, manage to pull it off?
Less overtly political than usual, Rod Quantock’s one man show Bugger the Polar Bears takes us on a complete history of the universe using multimedia mashups, giant chalk-covered blackboards and Quantock's own manic riffs on the absurd situation we've created for the world..
Most of the audience are likely already climate converts but, as he points out, even green-friendly fans optimistic about non-oil energy sources will be howling when our petroleum-based toilet seats are gone, leaving us with the prospect of a cold, ceramic rim on a winter's morn.
It's a fine vision for the show itself – despite the grand scale of an escalating global crisis it's the tiny details that are the funniest and most grimly disheartening at the same time.
It sounds like doom and gloom, but the urgent need for solutions under-riding the show keeps it bustling along for a two-hour running time.
Plus there's the carbon joke.
Proudly sponsored by the Frankston and Peninsula Branches of the Australian Greens
Two Shows on the Peninsula!
22nd November 7:00pm Rosebud Memorial Hall, 994 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud Mel Ref: 158 D12
29th November 7:00pm Seaford Community Centre, cnr Station and Broughton Sts, Seaford Mel Ref: 99 D3
Tickets at door: Full $25.00, Concession $20.00, Passionate about climate change $35
Note: tickets are limited, pre booking frankstonbranch@
More info. Contact Jillian 97752034 (29th) or Alan – 0408 334 032 – Email Verhardt@ozemail.com.au
Reviews:
"Rod says everything you want to say. Everything you want to scream. He's right, but Bugger The Polar Bears - This Is Serious is more than just catharsis for greenies. Much more" .. AustralianStage.
"Changing the world is never so much fun as when you do it in the company of Rod Quantock." Susan Provan, Director,
And, Sea Level Rises:
Please join the Friends of the Earth in their ‘Port Phillip Rising’ walk around the Bay.
FoE plans to walk the coast of Port Phillip Bay, stopping at various townships, to raise awareness of sea level rise and its impacts on coastal communities.
The walk starts in Sorrento on November 21st and will be in Rosebud on 22nd November to join in Rod Quantock’s show.
For more details, and to get involved, see: http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=node/594