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Utopia (Australian TV Series)
''Utopia'', internationally titled ''Dreamland'', is an Australian television comedy series by Working Dog Productions that premiered on the ABC1, ABC on 13 August 2014. The series follows the working lives of a team in the fictional Nation Building Authority, a newly created government organisation. The Authority is responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, from announcement to unveiling. The series explores the collision between bureaucracy and grand ambitions. The second series aired in 2015, beginning with the first episode on 19 August 2015. The third series aired in 2017, beginning with the first episode on 19 July 2017. The fourth series aired in 2019, beginning on 21 August 2019. A fifth series aired from 7 June 2023. Plot The series is set inside the offices of the fictional Nation Building Authority, a newly created government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects ranging from new roads and rail lines to airports and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney. The very first public broadcasting, national public television station in Australia officially and formally formal full grand opening night ceremony took place by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in ABN (TV station), Sydney at stroke of night 7:00:00pm Time in Australia, Sydney Time on 5 November 1956 as ABC National Television Service under the call sign ABN (TV station), ABN-2 with the very first main flagship television presented by Michael Charlton (journalist), Michael Charlton and James Dibble reading the very first television news, main flagship television news bulletin, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Siversen
Louise Siversen is an Australian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Lou Kelly in ''Prisoner'' (1984–1986), Debbie in '' The Flying Doctors'' (1988–1990), and 2012-2017 Heather Looby in '' House Husbands''. She has also appeared on stage and in film. Personal life Siversen is married to Theo Siversen. They live in Melbourne. Siversen has been an Iyengar Yoga student for over 15 years, and is also an avid walker, having walked the Camino Frances, an 800 kilometre walk across Northern Spain, in 2009. Training Born in Melbourne, Siversen began acting as a child after her parents sent her to dance and drama classes to help her overcome her shyness. Siversen began to enjoy acting and went on to perform with St Martins Youth Theatre, appearing in many productions. Siversen was to study law, but decided to stick with acting after attending a Career Day at university. Siversen has also trained in jazz dance and ballet. Career Television Siversen is b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Mandalis
Elena Mandalis (), also known as Elle Mandalis, is an Australian television, film and stage actress of Greek descent. She is known for her roles in Ana Kokkinos' films '' Only the Brave'' (1994) and '' Head On'' (1998), both of which explore the lives of second generation Greek Australians in Melbourne. Career Mandalis landed her first film role as co-lead, Alex in Ana Kokkinos' '' Only the Brave'' (1994), for which she won the Open Craft Award for her performance at the 1994 Australian Film Institute Awards. She played a troubled, second generation Greek Australian lesbian, and the film focused on her intense friendship with Vicki (Dora Kaskanis). Mandalis won the Open Craft Award for her performance at the 1994 Australian Film Institute Awards (later known as the AACTA Awards). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Swain (actor)
Brett Swain is an Australian actor and comedian. Early life Swain started his career in entertainment at Dracula’s Comedy Cabaret in the mid 1980’s performing sketches, singing and dancing, as well as playing guitar and drums. Career Television Swain played Kim Timmins on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 2005 to 2007. He had previously appeared in ''Neighbours'' as John Swan, the duck hunter who killed Kerry Bishop in 1990 and in 1992 as builder Buzz Wade and 1993 as a horse racing commentator. At the time, he was the real life partner of former ''Neighbours'' actress Marcella Russo (who played Liljana Bishop). He also started in TV series '' Fergus McPhail''. In 2008, Swain starred in Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...'s '' Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Nicholas
Ben Nicholas is an Australian actor, known for playing Scott "Stingray" Timmins in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. Early and personal life Raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Nicholas moved to Melbourne, Victoria where he attended Carey Grammar School. Nicholas is married to Stephanie Lilja. Their first child was born on 23 June 2022. Career Nicholas played the character of Stingray Timmins on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. His final performance as Stingray aired on 23 March 2007, when his character was killed off. During this time he also performed in a band called 'Batman Street'. Following his ''Neighbours'' stint, Nicholas travelled from Australia to the UK to perform pantomimes over the Christmas period. In December 2006, he performed at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, as Jack in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''. He performed in ''Cinderella'' in the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage from 1 December 2007 until 27 January 2008. He appeared in ''Jack an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arka Das
Arka Das is an Australian actor, director and screenwriter. Early life Das born in Bangladesh and emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. He grew up in Ashfield in Sydney's western suburbs, where he attended school and university. His father was a writer, which meant he was introduced to the arts from a young age, partaking in community and school programs. Career Das has played roles in numerous television series, including '' Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home'' and '' Bali 2002'' He has also appeared in films '' UnIndian'' (2015), the multi-Academy Award-nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), the live-action remake of ''Mulan'' (2020), and '' The Portable Door'' (2023). His stage credits include ''Beached'' at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and ''Animals Out of Paper'' at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards. Das is also a writer & director, having made short films, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Blackman
Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director who founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ... in 1999. Early life and education Blackman was born in Brisbane, Queensland and began acting at the age of seven in the play ''Dark of the Moon (play), Dark of the Moon'', staged by the Queensland Theatre, Queensland Theatre Company. He attended Dakabin State High School, where he performed in a high school musical production called ''Teen''. He went on to study at Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Kelvin Grove College of Advance Education where he received an Associate Diploma in Performing arts, Performing Arts, received the Elizabeth Bequest Scholarship with TN! The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Massey
Rebecca Massey is an Australian film, television, and theatre actress. She is best known for her comic roles as Beverley in ''Utopia'', and as Lucy Canon in '' Chandon Pictures''. She has worked in leading roles with major theatre companies nationwide such as The Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Bell Shakespeare Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Griffin Theatre Company. She has performed alongside many Australian actors and actresses including Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, and Barry Otto. Early life and education Rebecca Massey was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. She grew up in Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong, before returning to New Zealand to complete her schooling at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland. After graduating dux of school, Rebecca went on to study law and English at the University of Auckland, graduating with honours. She worked briefly as a lawyer. Theatre career After graduating from Auckland University, Massey toured New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollowmen
''The Hollowmen'' is an Australian television comedy series set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit, a fictional political advisory unit personally set up by the Prime Minister to help him get re-elected. Their brief is long-term vision; to stop worrying about tomorrow's headlines, and focus on next week's. ''The Hollowmen'' was first broadcast on Wednesday, 9 July 2008, on ABC1. Each series comprises six half-hour episodes. On the eve of the first episode's national premiere, the series was approved by the ABC for a second series. The second series was screened right after the first, beginning on 13 September 2008. The comedy-drama satire is produced by Working Dog Productions Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, a ..., which was also responsible for ''Frontline ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontline (Australian TV Series)
Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * Front Lines (novel), ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines series'', a novel Marko Kloos#Bibliography, series by Marko Kloos * Frontline (journal), ''Frontline'' (journal), journal produced in support of the Scottish Socialist Party * Frontline (magazine), ''Frontline'' (magazine), English-language Indian news magazine * ''Frontline Combat'', 1950s war comic anthology * ''Front Line'', fictional Marvel Comics newspaper that eventually replaced the ''Daily Bugle'' * ''Civil War: Front Line'', comic book series (2006–2007) Film and television Film * Front Line (film), ''Front Line'' (film), 1981 documentary * The Front Line (2006 film), ''The Front Line'' (2006 film), Irish thriller * The Front Line (2009 film), ''The Front Line'' (2009 film), Italian crime drama * The Front Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister paper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.4 million. , this had fallen to 4.55 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
