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The Alice (TV Series)
''The Alice'' was an Australian drama television series created by Justin Monjo and Robyn Sinclair. It was set in the central outback city of Alice Springs. The program began as a successful TV movie, '' The Alice'', that later spun off a regular series. The series proved less popular and was cancelled by the Nine Network on 28 September 2005 after a sharp decline in its ratings. The entire series and original TV movie have since been released on DVD. Cast Main / regular * Jessica Napier as Jess Daily * Erik Thomson as Jack Jaffers * Caitlin McDougall as Helen Gregory * Simon Burke as Patrick * Patrick Brammall as Matt Marione * Roxane Wilson as Ellie Delaney * Brett Stiller as Toby Delaney * Andrew McFarlane as Hugh Delaney * Anne Louise Lambert as Heaven Daily * Luke Carroll as Michael Anderson * Henry Hereford as Adam Cooper * Steve Dodd * Kick Gurry as Darren Guests * Dee Smart as Maxine (2 episodes) * Jodie Dry as Beverley (1 episode) * Kristy Wright as Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Carroll
Luke Carroll is an Australian stage, television, and film actor. He is known for his role in the television drama '' The Alice'' (2005), and as a host of the children's program '' Play School''. Early life and education Luke Carroll was born in Sydney. He is an Aboriginal Australian man of the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples. He attended Marcellin College Randwick. Career Television and film Carroll started out in guest roles in some Australian shows, including ''The Flying Doctors'', '' Lift Off'', '' The Man from Snowy River'', ''Ocean Girl'' and '' Water Rats'', but made a name for himself when he took the leading role in the film ''Australian Rules''. He then had regular roles in some Australian dramas, including '' The Alice'' (2005) and the mini-series '' RAN'' (2006). In 2007, he co-hosted (with Cathy Freeman) ''Going Bush'', a travel show for SBS Television. Later that year he completed filming in '' The Tender Hook'', and also filmed a seven-week stint in the soap ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Awards Of 2005
APRA or Apra may refer to: Places *Apra, Punjab, a census town city in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India * Apra Harbor, the main port of Guam Acronyms * American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana), a Peruvian political party * Association for Peace and Reconciliation in Araucanía (Asociación para la Paz y la Reconciliación en La Araucanía), a Chilean political movement * American Privacy Rights Act, proposed data privacy legislation in the United States * Apra (foundation), an Abkhazian political organization * APRA AMCOS, comprising the Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society * APRA Awards (Australia), Australian music awards * APRA Awards (New Zealand), New Zealand music awards * Australian Professional Rodeo Association * Australian Prudential Regulation Authority * Legion of the Just Ruler, or Angkatan Perang Ratu Adil, a pro-Dutch militia and private army established durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Guild Of Screen Composers
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) is a not for profit organisation, which was established in 1981, "to represent the interests of Australian screen composers by developing and promoting employment opportunities, undertaking educational initiatives and increasing their profile amongst the industry." It was established by Bruce Smeaton and Bruce Rowland. The Guild's head offices are in Sydney, with successive presidents from 1987 being Bob Young (1987–91), Martin Armiger (1992–98), Chris Neal (1999–2000), Art Phillips (2001–08), Clive Harrison (2008–11), Guy Gross (2012–17), Caitlin Yeo (2018–20), Antony Partos (2020–22) and Dale Cornelius (2022–present). Since 1991 it has been sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). AGSC presented film and television composers with awards from 1996 to 2000. Each year they released a compilation album, starting with ''The Australian Guild of Screen Composers 1996 Award Winners'' in 1997, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwriters, composers and music publisher (popular music), music publishers in Australia and New Zealand. The two organisations work together to license public performances and administer performance, communication and reproduction rights on behalf of their members, who are creators of musical works, aiming to ensure fair payments to members and to defend their rights under the ''Copyright law of Australia#Copyright Act 1968, Australian Copyright Act (1968)''. APRA, which formed in 1926, represents songwriters, composers, and Music publisher (popular music), music publishers, providing businesses with a range of licences to use copyrighted music. This covers music that is communicated or performed publicly including on radio, television, online, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Awards (Australia)
The APRA Music Awards in Australia celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honoring songwriters and publishers who have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields. Several award ceremonies are run in Australia by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). In addition to the APRA Music Awards, APRA AMCOS, in association with the Australian Music Centre, presents awards for classical music, jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art, known as the Art Music Awards. It also runs, in association with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), the Screen Music Awards, to acknowledge excellence in the field of screen composition. APRA Music Awards (Australia) The APRA Music Awards were established in 1982 to honour songwriters and music composers for their efforts. The award categories are: Gold Awards From 1982 to 1990, the best songs were given the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mammone
Robert Mammone (born 1969) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'', and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. Mammone played the main villain opposite former WWE wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in the WWE Films action movie '' The Condemned'', and portrayed Carlos 'Charlie' Blanka in ''Street Fighter'', opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. He is best known for his portrayal of convicted drug baron Tony Mokbel in the Australian television series '' Underbelly'' and its sequels, ''Fat Tony & Co'' and ''Informer 3838 ''Informer 3838'' is an Australian television series focusing on criminal barrister-turned police informer Nicola Gobbo (codenamed informer 3838) and her involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings. It is a spin-off of the '' Underbelly'' ...''. As of April 2025, Mokbel was released from prison after the collapse of his case due to the Lawyer X scan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rel Hunt
Aurel Mitterdorfer, professionally known as Rel Hunt, is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ryan Scheppers in the television series ''Heartbreak High''. Early life Hunt was born 'Aurel Mitteldorfer', in Sydney, Australia on August 15, 1974. He is the oldest of four sons, born to a Hungarian father and an Australian mother. At high school, Hunt was banned from acting classes for misbehaving. After finishing school he began a Commerce degree at the University of New South Wales, and modelled on the side. Career While modelling, Hunt landed a guest role in two episodes of ''Police Rescue''. Following this, came guest roles in '' Police Rescue: The Movie'', '' G.P.'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''Home and Away'', ''Blue Heelers'' and several television commercials. Within days of finishing his university degree, he earned the role of Ryan Scheppers in ''Heartbreak High'', which he played from 1997 to 1999. Hunt starred as Butch Yunkin in the made for television film, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Arundell
Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer. Early life Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting). Career Arundell has appeared in television roles, beginning with guest roles in '' Water Rats'' and '' Murder Call'' in 1997. She landed a main role as Claire in '' Children’s Hospital'' that same year. She also had recurring roles as Gina in '' Love My Way'' (2004–05), Paula Gill in ''Home and Away'' (2009) and Sheriff Waller in miniseries '' Reckoning'' (2019–2020) She appeared in the series ''Hunters'' in 2016, and had further guest roles in '' All Saints'', ''Farscape'', '' The Alice'', '' Out of the Blue'' and miniseries ''Clickbait''. In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of ''Neighbours'' as Evelyn Farlow for a two-week guest stint. Her most recent television roles have been guest spots in '' Surviving Summer'' and ''The Newsreader''. Arundell's films have incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka
Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song " The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' and the 2011 film ''Moneyball''. Her song " Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial. Her fifth studio album, ''Attune'', was released in 2017. Early life The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician. Career 1994–2007: Early years As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre for Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristy Wright
Kristy Wright (born 14 July 1978; name also erroneously given as Kirsty Wright) is an Australian television and film actress. Early life Wright was born in Sydney, Australia, the oldest child in her family, with three stepbrothers and two half-sisters. Hoping to win a contest for acting lessons, she sent in her photograph and ended up with a full year's paid tuition. Career Her first part was a guest role in ''Police Rescue''. From 1995 until 1999 she played the part of Chloe Richards in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' and briefly returned to this role in June 2005, when her character died from an embolism resulting from a car accident. Following ''Home and Away'' she starred in ''Chuck Finn'', ''Above the Law (TV series), Above the Law'' and ''Something in the Air (TV series), Something in the Air''. She went on to feature in ''Crash Palace'' as well as a political satire called ''Corridors of Power (TV series), Corridors of Power''. Following this success she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Dry
Jodie Dry (born 20 January 1974) is an Australian actress. Career She is known for her role as Nicole Brown, a former model and a former girlfriend of Joe Hill, in '' White Collar Blue''; and as Biddy Marchant in ABC's ''Grassroots'', having replaced Sophie Heathcote in the role. She also appeared in the 2001 Network 10 (13 episode) television series, '' Sit Down, Shut Up'', as well in '' All Saints'', ''Farscape'', '' Stingers'' and '' Wildside''. In 2002, Jodie played Sally Diver in a telemovie titled '' Heroes' Mountain'', based on the Thredbo disaster, which also starred Craig McLachlan as Stuart Diver. In 2023, she appeared in two episodes of Australian soap ''Neighbours'' as Tamara Daine. Dry graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
