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Looping in laughs The Mount Players theatre in Macedon is adding the final touches on its second production for the year, which will open on May 10. The performance, Looped, is a comedy by Matthew Lombardo and takes place in the summer of 1965. Based on a real event, the story follows an inebriated Tallulah Bankhead who needed eight hours to redub or ’loop’ one line of dialogue for her last movie. The story offers audience members a hilarious yet sympathetic experience as to what may have happened in that room on that day and is supported by Lombardo using his theatrical licence. Vicki Smith plays Tallulah Bankhead. “While Tallulah Bankhead was a lesser known actress of her era, she certainly had a substantial impact on stage and screen across London and Hollywood,” she said. “We see her at her worst and her best as she develops a sometimes combative but tender relationship with the hapless film editor, Danny, a man who is battling with his own guilt and self-doubt.” Bookings: www.themountplayers.com or 5426 1892. Actors Darren Gregor, Vicki Smith and Tom Seddon at Mount Players production. (Damjan Janevski) 402158_03
Dreaming of road safety By Zoe Moffatt A Diggers Rest advocacy group is calling on the state government to use uncommitted infrastructure funds to widen and improve the safety of Vineyard Road, following new crash data. The DREAM advocacy group obtained data from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) which showed there were 54 crashes from the intersection of Obeid Drive and Vineyard Road, to the intersection of Diggers
Rest–Coimadai Road and Vineyard Road, from 2018 to June, 2023. During this time, 71 people sustained injury, with 22 people sustaining serious injury, requiring acute hospital admission. The group, which started last year, said this issue is not receiving the attention it deserves, and it is only set to get worse as Melbourne’s growth continues to sprawl through the growth corridor. “DREAM group has sent multiple requests for additional safety treatments for this road
to various parties, including our state member [Sunbury MP Josh Bull], over the last couple of years,” a statement from the group read. “Indeed the emails back from our elected state member were decidedly non-committal with regard to following up on behalf of the community about this road. “Since the sending of the email, the DREAM group has had some responses from the various parties but we remain unconvinced the state government is taking the safety risk seriously.
“[We want to] arrange a meeting with the minister for transport and Mr Bull to seriously discuss fixing this issue … our goal as always is to have a safe and well supported community.” With the topic of money – or lack thereof – at the forefront of everyone’s mind amid state budget time, the DREAM group wants the government to tap into unused Growth Area Infrastructure Contributions (GAIC). ■ Continued: Page 4.
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