Arts

Opening the Spanish Film Festival was Official Competition, a biting satire from writer-directors Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn that pokes fun at the usual suspects of the arthouse cinema it emulates. Pretentiousness, petty jealousies, vanity, high art versus low are mercilessly punctured. Pharmaceuticals billionaire Humberto Suarez (Luis Gomez) wants to leave his mark on the

Opening in Melbourne cinemas on May 5 is Love in Bright Landscapes, the inspiring, tragic and intimate life story of David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter of The Triffids. The first film for Melbourne director Jonathan Alley, Love in Bright Landscapes has been made over a 13-year period. Just as McComb used his familiar Western Australian landscape

CLOC Musical Theatre presents Jersey Boys: the Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from May 13-28 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Jersey Boys is the true-life story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey became Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons –

• The Mount Players: Reservoir Dogs (by Quentin Tarantino, adapted for the stage by Emma J. Steele) May 4 at 7.00pm, May 7 at 10.00am at Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: Craig Lenaine Smith. Please provide a headshot and resume prior to the audition via email to the director: craigls@iinet.net.au• Heidelberg Theatre Company

• The Basin Theatre Group: It’s Now or Never (by Miles Tredinnick) Until May 8 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Chris Shaw. Bookings: 1300 784 668 between 7:00pm and 9:00pm. or www.thebasintheatre.org.au • Eltham Little Theatre: Three One Act Plays Until May 7 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main

New musical theatre work Driftwood – The Musical will be presented May 13-14 at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University and May 18 – 28 at Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran. Driftwood – the Musical tells the story of renowned Austrian-Australian sculptor Karl Duldig and his artist/inventor wife, Slawa Horowitz-Duldig, based on Eva de Jong-Duldig’s critically

As the first main stage production in Australia in over 40 years, Melbourne Opera and IOpera will present a reinterpretation of Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at The Athenaeum Theatre, Collins St on May 3 and 5 at 7.30pm. First performed in Leipzig in

Italian-Australian comedian Joe Avati presents his new comedy show 25 Live Have Some Respect at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda on May 14 for two shows at 4.30pm and 8pm. Featuring his unique brand of humour and sharp observations, and over the course of almost 90 minutes, Joe will recount life as an ethnic Australian

The South Side Festival – Frankston Generator will be presented by Frankston City Council, supported by Eastlink from May 6 – 8, May 12 – 15 from 5pm – 10pm, and May 14 from 3pm-4pm Visitors will go underground to be immersed in 1000 lights and be surrounded by a pulsating soundscape. In an Australian

Sevenfold Theatre Company presents the sketch comedy show Law and Order PTV from May 12-15 at The Toff in Town, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne. “The guy with his feet on the seats. The woman who litters on the train. The teenager who fails to produce a valid concession card. “These are just a few of