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Thursday November 5, 2009

DYLAN RAINFORTH, artswhatson@theage.com.au

THEATRE TALKTHEATRICAL group, fi lm production, record label �� there��s not much that the renowned Catalan company La Fura dels Baus won��t try. They even have their own ship, Naumon, which serves as an international fl oating performance centre. Member Younes Bachir is in Melbourne and as part of the Anode Festival he��s runningAndante, a 10-day workshop for local theatre participants. Tonight however he will be talking about the workshop, and his famous Spanish company with chairpersonDeborah Leiser-Moore of local group Tashmadada.anode2009.com6.30pm, Fairfax Theatre, the ArtsCentre, 100 St Kilda Road, city.MUSICCASIOTONE for the Painfully Alone. That��s truth in advertising, that. The title of Chicago-based musician Owen Ashworth��s (pictured) solo project (he��s playing tonight) does an honest job of summing up his ��indietronica�� sound of cheap keyboards and melancholic lyrics, which successfully marries wistful Americana to cheesy synth-pop. And he��s funny too �� because only funny people would make fun of being painfully alone �� otherwise you would call yourself Marilyn Manson. myspace.com/cftpa 8pm, Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote.Bookings: 9486 1677.BOOK LAUNCHAUSTRALIAN photographer Robyn Beeche discovered a new world when she wentto London in the mid-��70s. From catwalk shows to clubs, Beeche captured the leading designers and artists of the time and worked extensively withdesigners such as Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood, Bill Gibb and Mary Quant.Launched tonight, Robyn Beeche, Visage to Vraj is a new monograph by StephenCrafti that grew from a RMIT Gallery retrospective held in 2007.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery MUSICCASIOTONE for the Painfully Alone. That��s truth in advertising, that. The title of Chicago-based musician Owen Ashworth��s (pictured) solo project (he��s playing tonight) does an honest job of summing up his ��indietronica�� sound of cheap keyboards and melancholic lyrics, which successfully marries wistful Americana to cheesy synth-pop. And he��s funny too �� because only funny people would make fun of being painfully alone �� otherwise you would call yourself Marilyn Manson.myspace.com/cftpa 8pm, Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote.Bookings: 9486 1677. PANELVampires used to be the bad guys but these days we��re all expected to playnice with the bloodsuckers. Can the new Twilight-school vampires (pictured) be trusted to cohabit with humans? Join Melbourne University��s vampire hunter Dr Saige Walton and other experts for a panel discussion about the new spate of on-screen vampires. acmi.net.au7pm, Australian Centre for the MovingImage, Federation Square, city. $13.Phone: 8663 2200.

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