A deserted island, a young couple and a vengeful ghost are the ingredients for Australian cult filmmaker Bill Bennett’s new feature, screening at the market at the Cannes film festival next week. Ruby and team… Bill Bennett’s ghosts, hopes and tips for Cannes 2010
Ruby will be attending the 2010 Festival de Cannes from May 12-23 to cover for SBS Australia and Ruby TV, with a little story or two perhaps for our friends at Paris Voice. The team… Festival de Cannes 2010
Some snaps of graffs in passing on a Spring break in the Pyrenees… Photos by Julien Thonnard and Ruby. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7ufKAW8EI[/youtube]
It’s the 7th anniversary revue of the Cabaret des Filles de Joie at the Bellevilloise this weekend and it’s going to be a hoot. Artistic director of the cabaret, Juliette Dragon tells Ruby TV why.… 7 Years Celebration Spectacle for Ms Dragon and her Filles de Joie
It was just for fun that Julien Thonnard began photographing the walls in his neighbourhood, Paris’ popular Belleville in the 19th arrondisement, with his mobile phone on passing. Within a few months the collection had… Belleville Graffs Snapped by a local
For Sharon K (aka Indiana Belle) the art of striptease and burlesque extends far beyond the stage. Since arriving in London, from hometown Perth, eight years ago, she has worked her way from a performer… Entrepreneur of Tease
Prominent LA based Australian poet, novelist and screenwriter Luke Davies (Candy, Totem, Isabelle the Navigator) recently braved a month of minus temperatures in Paris to promote the French translation of his novel on 20th Century… The French God of Speed
The Passion of Tap Music, Dance, Tap & Hip Hop L’Espace Kiron, Paris (tickets 20 euros) It started like a jazz concert with tap star soloist Omar Edwards, grew to an epic, melodramatic and full… The Passion of Omar
It was a meeting of instrument, styles and cultures that worked. A highly talented Australian musician with a soft spot for jazz and a cute French brunette chanteuse who took a theatrical approach with poetic… David Lewis’ Belle Rencontre
This is where a hungry journalist (that’s me) and a thirsty writer (Geneva based Australian writer Addison Holmes) meet at the Bains de Paquis in Geneva. With a white wine and hot chocolate, Addison shares… A soup and a sauna at the Bains des Paquis, Geneva
Performing at a rock festival in Paris, a speak easy event in a Croatian film studio, a Athenian burlesque tour and producing her own show in Liverpool is what the ivory skinned, bump and grinding,… From Paris rock’n roll to Croatian speak easy in a month: Millie Dollar
She choreographs all her own routines. She makes her own costumes. She does her own exquisite styling. She also manages and books herself. And between international shows, she produces her own burlesque in hometown Liverpool.… Dipping into chocolate sauce with Britain’s Millie Dollar in Geneva
We were going to do a report on the first Paris Burlesque Festival for the Australian television with a small but top team and great equipment… when that didn’t happen we nearly decided to just… Ruby TV at the Paris Burlesque Festival!
The Avant Gout of the Paris Burlesque Festival for the NUITS ZEBREES of Radio Nova was HOT. We were there and filmed a little for you… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C60vVwUZ2Lw[/youtube] The very first International Paris Burlesque Festival is… Paris Burlesque Festival- you saw it here first!
The 11th Recontres Internationals of Antipodean Cinema has wrapped up for the year in St Tropez, France. The president, Bernard Bories, met with me earlier in Gambetta, Paris. The first time Bories saw an Australian… Australian films have both duality and passion says festival president
From the 3rd October, Juliette Dragon’s new Paris Cabaret School (L’Ecole du Cabaret des Filles de Joie) is lengthening their opening hours to offer extra classes with a variety of disciplines, shuffling in this Saturday… Ecole du Cabaret des Filles de Joie widens palette and opens to men
Looking for some colour in Paris on Saturday night? Juliette Dragon talks to Ruby TV about her 1930s ‘Paris- Berlin’ themed cabaret at the Bellevilloise this Saturday 26th September with Le Cabaret des Filles de… All 1930s with Juliette Dragon and her Cabaret des Filles de Joie this Saturday in Paris
My reportage on Juliette Dragon and her Ecole and Cabaret des Filles de Joie has been published on the 75020 web rag (news and events concerning Paris’ 20th arrondisement). If you don’t understand French, it’s… Ruby TV Juliette Dragon Reportage on le75020.fr
With less than 24 hours in the biggest cultural hotbed in the world, that is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, journalist and performer Ruby Boukabou and filmmaker Yanni Kronenberg dive into the theatrics and discover why,… 24 Hours at the Edinburgh Fringe