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Giant stiletto is coming A Mill Park comedian is helping to bring Las Vegas is to Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre this September. James Liotta plays host Gino Starr in Club Vegas – The Spectacle, a show created by Dion and Randall International, showcasing the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip. “My character has a bit of an Italian background and is a quirky master of ceremonies that brings the show together,” Liotta said. “It’s essentially a variety show with international circus performers, dynamic singers, aerialists, and illusions by Sam Powers, who’s a very well-known magician and illusionist.” Liotta said the show has “a lot to see” with a close to 4.5-metre-sized motorised stiletto that the cast will be dancing on and a million dollars worth of costumes. “It’s not a play or a story, it’s just two hours of enjoyment that move from act to act and music to music.” Club Vegas – The Spectacle will take the stage at the Athenaeum Theatre on September 1 and 2. Club Vegas - The Spectacle cast James Liotta, middle left, Jamie Holland and Jonathan Guthrie-Jones with the showgirl dancers. (Supplied)
Dance action withdrawn By Laura Michell Hume council has withdrawn its Supreme Court appeal against the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s (VCAT) decision to clear councillor Trevor Dance of serious misconduct. Council withdrew the appeal during a Court of Appeal hearing on Thursday, August 24. Council decided to lodge the appeal on December 19, 2022, after VCAT president Justice Michelle Quigley cleared Cr Dance of the serious misconduct charge on December 8, 2022.
At the time, council said the appeal was necessary because “there are wider governance matters of relevance to the local government sector that need to be clarified as a result of the VCAT decision”. Cr Dance had applied to VCAT for a review of a Hume council-convened councillor conduct panel’s (CCP) decision to suspend him from council for three months after finding he had engaged in serious misconduct. The CCP found Cr Dance had breached council’s internal arbitration process by failing to attend two arbitration hearings in June, 2021, in relation to his allegations of misconduct against Cr Jack Medcraft.
The hearings cleared Cr Medcraft of any misconduct. Cr Dance had cited his mental health for refusing to attend the hearings, but the CCP concluded Cr Dance “did not attend the hearings because he chose not to attend in circumstances where no medical evidence to support his non-attendance was provided by him”. Cr Dance served two weeks of his suspension before VCAT granted him a stay. Justice Quigley found Cr Dance’s claims about his mental health should have been considered more seriously. “On the material before me I do not accept
the failure to comply was wilful and deliberate in the proper sense. It was not without any reasonable excuse,” Justice Quigley said in her decision. “He took active steps to participate in the hearings. “Concern for his mental health and psychological safety is a factor which I give significant weight to in forming my opinion of the circumstances in issue here.” In a statement on Friday, August 25, Cr Dance said council’s decision to lodge the appeal was made behind closed doors. ■ Continued: Page 11.
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