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Check out the new trailer for James Mangold’s new film, A Complete Unknown!

admin — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:33:35 +0000

As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide.

Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

Searchlight Pictures presents A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, directed by Academy Award® nominee James Mangold (Walk the Line, Ford v Ferrari). The film stars Academy Award® and BAFTA nominee Chalamet alongside Academy Award® and BAFTA nominee Edward Norton (Fight Club, Birdman), Elle Fanning (The Great, Maleficent), Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick), Boyd Holbrook (Logan, The Bikeriders), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Walking Dead), Norbert Leo Buzt (Dan in Real Life), and Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years A Slave).

The film will be in Australian cinemas on January 23, 2025.
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Check out the first teaser trailer for A Complete Unknown!

admin — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:22:59 +0000

The film stars Timothèe Chalamet as ‘Bob Dylan’, alongside Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro.

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN opens in Australian cinemas January 23, 2025.
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Girl from the North Country is coming to QPAC!

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:41:26 +0000

Hit musical Girl from the North Country, written by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, is one of the most critically acclaimed, multi award-winning productions of the 21st century.

Set in 1930s Minnesota, it has taken the theatrical world by storm, selling out seasons in the West End, Toronto and Broadway since opening at The Old Vic in London and now it’s Brisbane’s turn, with a strictly limited season from 8 September 2022!

Co-Producers GWB Entertainment and Damien Hewitt said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre to bring this extraordinary production to Brisbane this September. The response from audiences and critics has been phenomenal, and we can’t wait for Brisbane audiences to experience this glorious production featuring one of the finest casts ever to be assembled on the Lyric Theatre stage – this will be one of the major theatrical events of 2022.”

“The No.1 theatre show of the year” The Observer

With twenty of Dylan’s songs including Hurricane, I Want You, Slow Train Coming, Forever Young and Like A Rolling Stone, beautifully reimagined and woven through the story, Girl from the North Country is a modern masterpiece, and fittingly Brisbane Festival’s first announcement of a large-scale theatre production for 2022.

Louise Bezzina, Artistic Director, Brisbane Festival said, “Following the outstanding success of Boy Swallows Universe in 2021, I was keen to present another large-scale theatre work for Brisbane Festival 2022. I am thrilled to be partnering with QPAC, GWB Entertainment and Damien Hewitt to present this internationally acclaimed production this year. At times achingly beautiful and at others starkly haunting, I know our Festival audiences will embrace this award-winning production.”

QPAC Chief Executive John Kotzas echoed the joy of collaborating to present what was hailed by critics as a musical theatre classic in the making almost from its premiere performance. “We know audiences have come to expect a world-class program from Brisbane Festival and this production sits amongst the very best,” Mr Kotzas said. “It brings a brilliant cast of stars together with a very real and human story of community and connection, knitted together with Dylan’s poetic musical genius. This season will be a sure-fire hit with Brisbane audiences.”

A story of American life in 1934, it centres on a community living on a knife-edge in the local guesthouse, and stars multi Gold Logie winner, Lisa McCune (The King And I, South Pacific), Terence Crawford (Escape from Pretoria, 1984), Helen Dallimore (Wicked [London], Legally Blonde) Helpmann Award winners, Peter Carroll, Greg Stone and Christina O’Neill, dual AFI winner Peter Kowitz, Elijah Williams (Triple X, Black Jesus), Grant Piro (host of ABC TV’s Couch Potato, Hello, Dolly!), Blake Erickson (The Dismissal, Shrek, Mamma Mia!), Elizabeth Hay (Emil and the Detectives, Hibernation) and James Smith (Jasper Jones, Euphoria) and Chemon Theys (Faust, Deadly Women). Samantha Morley, Tony Black, Liam Wigney, Tony Cogin and Laurence Coy feature in the impressive ensemble, with a band featuring Mark Harris and Cameron Henderson performing live on stage under Musical Director Andrew Ross.

In an interview with the New York Times, Bob Dylan confirmed that he has seen the new musical Girl from the North Country.

“I saw it as an anonymous spectator, not as someone who had anything to do with it,” Dylan told the Times. “I just let it happen. The play had me crying at the end. I can’t even say why. When the curtain came down, I was stunned. I really was.”

Irish writer and director Conor McPherson said, “It is an honour to tour this production I’m so proud of around Australia. Our journey from the West End in London and onto Broadway has been monumental, and we have managed to find an incredible Australian cast who bring this magical production to life night.”

Girl From The North Country was produced in London by Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Steven Lappin, Sony Music Entertainment UK, David Mirvish and The Old Vic.

Girl from the North Country
8 September 2022 for a Strictly Limited Exclusive Season
QPAC, Brisbane
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Album Review

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:03:19 +0000

Back in the early nineties, music was still a very strong vehicle for raising social awareness and this time frame was awash with benefit concerts, so the gathering of the rock glitterati was not that unusual. This time out, the agenda was less egalitarian and more commercial, the line-up however was no less stellar and the song’s subject matter still echoed the times.

Helping to celebrate Dylan’s then 30 years in the recording business was a collection of powerhouse friends as well as a few artists somewhat new to the scene. The line-up was also not so genre specific, so Country legends Johnny and June Carter Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson shared the stage with newbie’s (at the time) like Eddie Vedder, Sinead O’Connor and Tracy Chapman. The common denominator was the songs by Bob Dylan.

Well-known tracks are everywhere but along side those chestnuts were some lesser-known diamonds like Foot Of Pride (covered by Lou Reed) and Seven Days (Ronnie Wood). There are also instances of reinvention when the songs are plugged in and given an electric guitar overhaul with artists such as Johnny Winter and Eric Clapton. After all the sonic horsepower that has come before, Dylan joins the proceedings and brings it all home with an all-inclusive jam.

For those that have always taken issue with Dylan’s vocal delivery, they can enjoy his song-writing prowess in a more palatable form. As a time capsule it also provide a chance to hear the efforts of a lot of artists no longer with us. Hopefully this will drive the naysayers to go back and give his Bobness another try.

Rob Hudson
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