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Surf Life Saving Club, Queensland
Re-opened 18 January 2020 after 8 month rebuild project.
Old building in comments.
PRESS RELEASE
March 17, 2009
Contact: Lora Constantine
The World’s First Complete Reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Historic Blackfriars Theatre
Shakespeare, Second Life—On Saturday, Ina Centaur unveiled to a small gathering of SL Shakespeare Company patrons the most complete rendition of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre in the world. Built to see if “there are any insights to be gained from performing in a fully historicaly accurate ‘lost playhouse,’” Centaur’s reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Theatre is due to grand open to the public the weekend of March 21st.
This re-construction of the Blackfriars Theatre in Second Life is one of two working models in the world. But, Centaur notes that the “Blackfriars Playhouse” re-constructed in RL in Staunton, Virginia is just one interpretation of the interior, without taking into account the actual building the playhouse was built into, “Blackfriars, as the name implies, has quite a lot to do with friars. In fact, the original playhouse was ‘built’ inside a building in a centuries-old stone friary… Nowadays, we would consider [the playhouse] just interior decoration or remodeling.” Centaur explains that from the perspective of a reconstruction historian, “The interesting part in re-creating this would be figuring out how to fit a (presumably) largely wooden interior into a stone chapel or even cathedral-like structure.”
Centaur briefly outlines the research behind the meticulous construction, “I started researching for this project several years ago as a low-time budget hobby as an undergrad. I began by ransacking the books from several UC libraries and binging on interlibrary loans. I was disappointed then, as I am now, by the dearth of published materials specifically on the Blackfriars Theatre itself. But, it gave me a good excuse to read up on a whole lot more seemingly off-tangent stuff… The construction is largely based on Irwin Smith’s interpretation published in the 1960’s, though I’ve taken a somewhat obsessive care to finetune the details—the original structure no longer exists at all, so you can decipher only so little from foundations found in digs, the interior construction can really look like anything. Aside from the usual ‘guessimation’ from period structures that were actually sketched or described, there are letters and written accounts of expenses and other ‘everyday information’ about the Blackfriars that can aid in answering questions as specific as what kind of wood might have been used… It’s a very involved process, conceiving this construction… I will probably publish a paper on [the Blackfriars Theatre].”
Centaur hopes to stage theatrical performances in the virtual reconstruction of the Blackfriars Theatre. When asked what she thought of the significance of this historic theatre being built inside a building of religion, Centaur states, “Theatre is ultimately a very profoundly religious endeavor. I don’t mean this in the sense of any pre-ordained religion, but rather the general idea that there’s some sort of greater good or greater being that exists beyond what’s seen. Each performance is temporal and ephemeral; an actor might play out his best show and not realize it until he reaches the end of his mortal coil—and no one ‘real’ might even get to see it. But, the actor would have experienced it, and if they’re religious: they would believe that God saw it—and that it was good, and that’s all that matters… And, it’s not just symbolism… I think that the fact that this theatre is built inside the remains of a religious building basically makes the relation between actor and venue and back to actor again totally go full circle!”
Centaur, who is also the artistic director of the SL Shakespeare Company, has created several models of the Globe Theatre, as well as a meticulous rendition of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London—which is known as the SL Globe Theatre in Second Life. While Centaur is known for much more, she pays high respect to this endeavor, “Aside from the totally remodeled Skin City sim to be unveiled this summer, I think this is my favorite build on SL thus far. It’s brand new and unique.”
About the SL Shakespeare Company
Set in the virtual world of Second Life (SL), the SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) is the flagship project of sLiterary’s Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI). SLSC is a resident-funded and resident-supported professional theatre company that embraces the best of what Second Life (SL) has to offer. While it is primarily known to provide quality live Shakespearean theatre available to anyone in any location, SLSC is also the curator of Second Life’s most historically accurate theatres and architecture relating to William Shakespeare.
About sLiterary
sLiterary, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering literary and artistic endeavors in Second Life and other virtual worlds.
About Second Life
Second Life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its residents.
Neither the SL Shakespeare Company nor sLiterary is affiliated with Linden Lab. Second Life is a trademark of Linden Lab. No infringement is intended.
Silver Lake Ski Club
June 14, 2916
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Silver Lake Ski Club's adaption of "The WaterBoy", starring Patty Affrica, Sean Affrica, Bob Sheeks, and Jason Warda.
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2013 D2 Nationals - Tomahawk, WI
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Metaverse Shakespeare Company’s 2010 Main Canon: Twelfth Night, Act 2
– Open-Ended Run
Shakespeare, Second Life—The Metaverse Shakespeare Company (MSC),
formerly SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC), next Tuesday will open its
long-awaited 2010 Main Canon production of Twelfth Night, Act 2—“As
you will it!” in an open-ended run to occur every Tuesday at 6 PM SLT
(PT), and every Sunday at 1 PM SLT (PT). Set to occur at the 4-sim SL
Globe Theatre (http://visit.mshakespeare.com) in the virtual world of
Second Life—this live theatrical performance, available anywhere with
an Internet connection, continues the troupe’s 2009 production of
Twelfth Night, Act 1—but, with a fresher, riper take, and its own
amalgam of the year’s innovations in virtual theatre.
Artistic Director Ina Centaur has crafted an interpretation that
conveys the topsy-turvy nature of the play and the era of its
creation, without being bound by the constraints of a
historically-accurate production, “Even though this production is set
in a pre-modernity ‘generic past,’ there’s still plenty of Elizabethan
bawdry and notions… There’s the presentation of class-crossing as a
ridicule-prone absurdity and some intense visual portrayal of that
heavily-cozy-explicit language—with a wild bit where a drunk-betimes
Sir Toby Belch urinates live on-stage to ‘[fill] an unfill’d can
(II.iii).’ Says Centaur on the music of Twelfth Night and the spirit
of the open-ended run, “We’re providing sheet music and
instrumental-only clips for all of our songs on the mShakespeare Blog,
so that audience members can sing along with our live show (with their
SL mic’s off, in the privacy of their own home) or in their own
Metaverse Shakespeare theatre-inspired karaoke events... For most
shows, we’re sticking with an orthodox interpretation and traditional
songs, drawn from eras before and Shakespeare’s contemporaries. But,
this being an open-ended run, be braced for variations, and character
metamorphosis—in both act and appearance.”
This Open-Ended run of Twelfth Night, Act 2—“As you will it!”, like
Act 1, will evolve into a final form, per audience interaction on the
play’s progression. These interpretations are based on archetypes,
grounded in the play’s intrinsic elements, such as character
relationships. In April, the troupe will begin weaving “Variations” to
its main interpretation, where certain characters will undergo some
dramatic metamorphoses. Antonio and Sebastian will oscillate between
varying degrees of a close-friendship, from the orthodox
interpretation of caring-companionship to, in the words of Artistic
Director Ina Centaur, “a homo-erotic or quasi-masochistic
relationship... to finally settle down and arrive at the one that fits
best!” Most curiously, Malvolio, that time-weathered face, will
de-age, becoming, as described by an anonymous patron, “a complexion
that e’en you may fancy”, in the virtual world’s take on new
scholarship interpretations of Shakespeare’s tragic villain-victim as
a young man. For select shows, gender-experimentation interpretations
will manifest in all-female or all-male or even switched-gender
productions of the play. The troupe will once again show its April
Fools “Super Spoof” edition in a special performance on Thursday,
April 1, that will explore the character relations of Shakespeare’s
Twelfth Night via a medley of parodies inspired by popular modern
shows.
While this will be the troupe’s first production under its new name of
Metaverse Shakespeare Company, Centaur asserts that the production
continues to uphold the company’s founding ideals of creating quality,
memorable productions, while developing this nascent field of virtual
theatre, “As with every Main Canon production, we spend about a
thousand hours rehearsing and analyzing, building and designing, and
also applying new technologies to virtual theatre… For Twelfth Night,
Act 2, our three technological innovations include the usage of
physics, moving automatons, and visual illusion on the virtual stage.
You’ll see physics on-stage, in both built-in and scripted forms in
our apple catches in Scene 3, and wilting rose motif in Scene 4—and,
in the crawlspace of Scene 3, you’d see prim-based automaton actors in
the form of rats!”
Special to this production, the MSC introduces the concept of
“crowdsourced interactive set design,” which allows anyone to submit a
graffiti message or poster/flyer idea to be plastered onto the “City
Wall of Illyria” set in Act 2, Scene 1. More details at
The live show, presented via SL Voice, is also available in
closed-captioning with dynamic subtitles in English, Esperanto,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
The play stars Alestria Corryong, Caliban Jigsaw, Constantine Paulino,
Ina Centaur, Kerry Takashi, and Pipsqueak Albatros, with additional
guest actors to appear in select shows.
Starting March 2, shows occur
Tuesdays at 6 PM SLT (PT)
Sundays at 1 PM SLT (PT)
only at the SL Globe Theatre at Shakespeare (255,255,25), Second Life
All shows are free (“pay as you will”), except for VIP performances,
occurring on the last Tuesday and Sunday of each performance month.
About Twelfth Night, Act 2
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a multiplot story with plentiful songs
and bawdry topsy-turviness. On one hand it’s the story of a
shipwrecked girl named Viola, whose choice to go incognito as a boy
eunuch results in myriad complications—including a gender-bending love
triangle. On another, it chronicles the fallacious rise and tragic
fall of a Puritanical steward named Malvolio, who becomes a victim of
his too-lofty dream. Act 2 sets the basics for his downfall—his
dysfunctional relationship with the other servants provokes a
practical joke involving a certain forged letter, that would
eventually ruin him—but, Act 2 sparks only of joviality; tragedy is
due in a later act.
About the Metaverse Shakespeare Company (mShakespeare)
Headquartered in the virtual world of Second Life (SL), the Metaverse
Shakespeare Company (MSC) is the flagship project of sLiterary’s
Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI). MSC is a professional
virtual theatre company that embraces the best of what the metaverse
has to offer. While it is primarily known to provide quality live
Shakespearean theatre available to anyone in any location, MSC is also
the curator of the most historically accurate theatres and
architecture in virtual worlds relating to William Shakespeare.
Website: mshakespeare.com
Press Center: mshakespeare.com/press
Blog: blog.mshakespeare.com
Playbills: playbills.mshakespeare.com
Programmes: programmes.mshakespeare.com
About sLiterary
sLiterary, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering
literary and artistic endeavors in Second Life and other virtual
worlds.
About Second Life
Second Life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its
residents.
Neither the Metaverse Shakespeare Company nor sLiterary is affiliated
with Linden Lab. Second Life is a trademark of Linden Lab. No
infringement is intended.
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Voltaire Serpente and Alina Martinsyde
Set: Detention
Photography By: Voltaire Serpente
Location: Built set by Voltaire Serpente
Gusty conditions prevailed at the Twilight Carnival at Trigg Beach. The white streaks in this frame are sand being blown by the wind.
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Voltaire Serpente and Alina Martinsyde
Set: Detention
Photography By: Voltaire Serpente
Location: Built set by Voltaire Serpente
31 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC training Indonesians in Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation, Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
Under I Gde Barata's watchful eye Lloyd (Log) Kenny instructs two of our trainees in the different rates of breaths and compressions if doing one or two person CPR. Big Loggie was our Club Captain at the time and always had an air of self-assured authority and competence about him. He also packed down with me in the second row of the YMCA Rugby League Football Club scrum. Behind Log is a likable little fellow called Wayan. Wayan had an intellectual disability that put the training beyond his ability. He very much wished to participate however. Unfortunately he spoiled the efforts of the other trainees if directly included. The solution was found. Wayan was designated as 'Observer' during the belt and reel rescue drills. "Wayan, has the swimmer reached the patient yet?" "No, still swimming." "Thank you, Wayan, please tell me when the swimmer reaches the patient while I watch this man's reel technique." "Ok."
Wayan pushed me into unfamiliar territory when one day he came to sit beside me, taking my hand and saying "Wayan likes you." My free hand curled into a fist and I thought, "Wayan comes one inch closer and Wayan requires facial reconstruction." I soon put my homophobia aside though as I understood that this was plain affection from a simple man who did not have the intellect to grasp the concept of cultural differences. In Indonesia friends of the same gender normally embraced and held hands. Transgender contact in public was scandalous however even between a married couple. This was the exact opposite of Australian rules at that time and it initially unsettled me I'll admit. However, I did not die from innocent Wayan holding my hand and in the process another of my Australian male inhibitions was banished.
Metaverse Shakespeare Company’s 2010 Main Canon: Twelfth Night, Act 2
– Preview Season
Shakespeare, Second Life—March 2, 2010—The Metaverse Shakespeare
Company (MSC), formerly SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC), Tuesday
opened its Preview Season, exclusively to the MSC inworld group and affiliates.
The repertoire features its 2010 Main Canon production of Twelfth
Night, Act 2 in an open-ended run to occur every Tuesday at 6 PM SLT,
and every Sunday at 1 PM SLT. Set to occur at the 4-sim SL Globe
Theatre, the performance continues the troupe’s 2009 production of
Twelfth Night, Act 1—but, with a fresher, riper take, and its own
amalgam of the year’s innovations in virtual theatre.
This Open-Ended run of Twelfth Night, Act 2, like Act 1, is based on
archetypes, grounded in the play’s intrinsic elements, such as
character relationships, set in a world that is pre-modernity, and
yet, says Artistic Director Ina Centaur, the topsy-turvy nature of the
play and the era of its creation comes through, “Even though this
production is set in the ‘generic past’, there’s still plenty of
Elizabethan notions and bawdry… There’s the presentation of
class-crossing as a ridicule-prone absurdity and the visual portrayal
of that heavily-cozy-explicit language—with a wild bit where a
drunk-betimes Sir Toby Belch urinates live on-stage to “[fill] an
unfill’d can (II.iii).” Says Centaur on the music of Twelfth Night and
the spirit of the open-ended run, “I’ve composed my own little tune
for Feste’s Song to Orsino in Scene 4, which will actually only be
sung in select shows—but you can find its sheet music on the
mShakespeare blog... For most shows, we’re sticking with an orthodox
interpretation and traditional songs, drawn from the era before and
Shakespeare’s contemporaries. But, this being an open-ended run, be
braced for variations, and character metamorphosis—in both act and
appearance.”
While this will be the troupe’s first production under its new name of
Metaverse Shakespeare Company, Centaur asserts that the production
continues to uphold the company’s founding ideals in developing this
nascent field of virtual theatre, “As with every Main Canon
production, we apply new technologies to virtual theatre. For Twelfth
Night, Act 2, our three technological innovations include the usage of
physics, moving automatons, and visual illusion on the virtual stage.
You’ll see physics on-stage, in both built-in and scripted forms in
our apple catches in Scene 3, and wilting rose motif in Scene 4—and,
in the crawlspace of Scene 3, you’d see prim-based automaton actors in
the form of rats!”
Special to this production, the MSC introduces the concept of
“crowdsourced interactive set design,” which allows anyone to submit a
graffiti message or poster/flyer idea to be plastered onto the “City
Wall of Illyria” set in Act 2, Scene 1. More details at
twelfthnight.mshakespeare.com/blog/2010/03/01/contribute-...
The play stars Alestria Corryong, Caliban Jigsaw, Constantine Paulino,
Ina Centaur, Kerry Takashi, and Pipsqueak Albatros.
The live show, presented via SL Voice, is also available in live
closed-captioning with opera-style subtitles in English, Esperanto,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
Starting March 2, shows occur
Tuesdays at 6PM SLT (PT)
Sundays at 1 PM SLT (PT)
only at the SL Globe Theatre at Shakespeare (255,255,25)
About Twelfth Night, Act 2
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a dynamic story with plentiful songs
and bawdry topsy-turviness. On one hand it’s the story of a
shipwrecked girl named Viola, whose choice to go incognito as a boy
eunuch results in myriad complications—including a gender-bending love
triangle. On another, it chronicles the fallacious rise and tragic
fall of a Puritanical steward named Malvolio, who becomes a victim of
his too-lofty dream. Act 2 sets the basics for his downfall—his
dysfunctional relationship with the other servants provokes a
practical joke involving a certain forged letter, that would
eventually ruin him.
About the Metaverse Shakespeare Company (mShakespeare)
Headquartered in the virtual world of Second Life (SL), the Metaverse
Shakespeare Company (MSC) is the flagship project of sLiterary’s
Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI). MSC is a professional
virtual theatre company that embraces the best of what the metaverse
has to offer. While it is primarily known to provide quality live
Shakespearean theatre available to anyone in any location, MSC is also
the curator of the most historically accurate theatres and
architecture in virtual worlds relating to William Shakespeare.
Website: mshakespeare.com
Press Center: mshakespeare.com/press
Blog: blog.mshakespeare.com
Playbills: playbills.mshakespeare.com
Programmes: programmes.mshakespeare.com
About sLiterary
sLiterary, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering
literary and artistic endeavors in Second Life and other virtual
worlds.
About Second Life
Second Life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its
residents.
Neither the SL Shakespeare Company nor sLiterary is affiliated with
Linden Lab. Second Life is a trademark of Linden Lab. No infringement
is intended.
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Mai Cisse
Set: I Rock
Photography By: Mai Cisse
Location: Set By Mai Cisse
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Stevie Muggins, Rowan Landfall, and Stacia Renoir
Set: Apoc Terminal
Photographer: Amish Mighty
Location: built set by Amish Mighty
Shoes: SLSC :: Simple Black Boots
Ruff: SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Neck :: Med
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Angled Fluff Back
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Double Angled Squooshed
SLSC :: Peasant Leather Vest :: SLSC Logo!
Hair: BP* braid head band
Eyes: [IC-eyes] Ienex Eyes :: Bright
Skin: [IC-skins] Nikki Theatrical makeup
Eyebrows: [IC] Bald Hair Base :: Blackfriars Maria Tweak
Shape: SLSC :: SR :: 12th Night :: Maria Shape
Outfit: ::: B@R ::: First Queen Chest Belt, Gloves, Orange L/R Upper Arm, Pants, Prims Skirt, Shirt, Shoulder L/R, Skirt
Posted by Second Life Resident Ina Centaur. Visit Shakespeare.
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Mai Cisse
Set: I Rock
Photography By: Mai Cisse
Location: Set By Mai Cisse
Nth Kirra surf club in infrared. I still don't know what I am doing but it looks interesting. I think so anyway. Ha! Ha!
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Stevie Muggins, Rowan Landfall, and Stacia Renoir
Set: Apoc Terminal
Photographer: Amish Mighty
Location: built set by Amish Mighty
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Kyla Radikal
Set: Hello Nurse
Photography By: Voltaire Serpente
Location: Crack Den RP Sim
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Stevie Muggins, Rowan Landfall, and Stacia Renoir
Set: Apoc Terminal
Photographer: Amish Mighty
Location: built set by Amish Mighty
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Kyla Radikal
Set: Hello Nurse
Photography By: Voltaire Serpente
Location: Crack Den RP Sim
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Mai Cisse
Set: I Rock
Photography By: Mai Cisse
Location: Set By Mai Cisse
The old red brick has been rendered, quite a transformation.
Named after the Irish birthplace (Black Head Antrim) of the first settler William Hoy who moved to Black Head New South Wales, Australia, around 1881.
"Established in 1925, our dedicated Surf Live Savers have been patrolling Black Head beach for 90 years."
Shoes: SLSC :: Simple Black Boots
Ruff: SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Neck :: Med
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Angled Fluff Back
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Double Angled Squooshed
SLSC :: Peasant Leather Vest :: SLSC Logo!
Hair: BP* braid head band
Eyes: [IC-eyes] Ienex Eyes :: Bright
Skin: [IC-skins] Nikki Theatrical makeup
Eyebrows: [IC] Bald Hair Base :: Blackfriars Maria Tweak
Shape: SLSC :: SR :: 12th Night :: Maria Shape
Outfit: ::: B@R ::: First Queen Chest Belt, Gloves, Orange L/R Upper Arm, Pants, Prims Skirt, Shirt, Shoulder L/R, Skirt
Posted by Second Life Resident Ina Centaur. Visit Shakespeare.
Suicide Centerfolds Model: Kyla Radikal
Set: Hello Nurse
Photography By: Voltaire Serpente
Location: Crack Den RP Sim
The scaffolding has been removed, revealing the smart rendering of the surf club at Black Head beach.
Some erosion from the recent wild weather.
Suicide Centerfolds Models: Stevie Muggins, Rowan Landfall, and Stacia Renoir
Set: Apoc Terminal
Photographer: Amish Mighty
Location: built set by Amish Mighty
Shoes: SLSC :: Simple Black Boots
Ruff: SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Neck :: Med
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Angled Fluff Back
SLSC :: Ruff Set Flamboyant :: Petit :: Double Angled Squooshed
SLSC :: Peasant Leather Vest :: SLSC Logo!
Hair: BP* braid head band
Eyes: [IC-eyes] Ienex Eyes :: Bright
Skin: [IC-skins] Nikki Theatrical makeup
Eyebrows: [IC] Bald Hair Base :: Blackfriars Maria Tweak
Shape: SLSC :: SR :: 12th Night :: Maria Shape
Outfit: ::: B@R ::: First Queen Chest Belt, Gloves, Orange L/R Upper Arm, Pants, Prims Skirt, Shirt, Shoulder L/R, Skirt
Posted by Second Life Resident Ina Centaur. Visit Shakespeare.