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Jade Gulliver

Jade Gulliver has written 5 posts for A New Leaf Media
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United 93

By Jade Gulliver ⋅ August 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Screened in the spacious, ornamental Regent Theatre, United 93 is a film you already know the conclusion to.
The film is told in ‘real time’, recreating from the beginning the hijackers’ start to the day, arrival at the airport, the take off, the nervous take over of the plane, through to the final upheaval at the [...]

Every Other Week

By Jade Gulliver ⋅ August 6, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Every Other Week is a film that is essentially a celebration of the complicated nature of relationships. The film opens with a Chicken Tonight-esque advertisement that turns out to be a pitch by director Pontus to the advertising agency he works for, as the perfect commercial for a product with a focus on the divorce [...]

Danny Alder’s Get Behind Me Elephant

By Jade Gulliver ⋅ May 4, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Danny Alder is 27. There’s a long list of rock stars who died at 27 - Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison. This means Danny has only until his next birthday to become a rock star. Part music and part stand-up, Danny Alder’s Get Behind Me Elephant, set in the relaxed and cosy red glow [...]

Tom Gleeson: Non Stop Tom

By Jade Gulliver ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Tom Gleeson presents Non Stop Tom, a title seemingly derived from Gleeson’s flowing ramble of thoughts, jokes and storytelling. Audience participation is essential, as Tom reveals that he is using this year’s Comedy Festival as an opportunity to search for a girlfriend he can talk about in his act.
Not afraid to go off on a [...]

I Know What You Did Last Monday

By Jade Gulliver ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Housed on the dance floor of Altitude, I Know What You Did Last Monday is perhaps best described as the opposite of the glitzy well polished Gala. It’s an incredibly relaxed atmosphere (Two audience members took to lying down during the performances.) with padded couches, plastic chairs (making for a disorderly yet intimate seating arrangement), [...]

 

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