INSPIRE NEWSCAST

Robyn and I moved to Albany just over a year ago. Retirement is an opportunity to find new places, meet new people and dream new dreams, and that was our plan. One of my dreams was to make videos that would tell stories about inspiring people, so just a year ago, I started this project, producing a 5-minute video each fortnight.

It hasn’t been hard to find people with fascinating stories to tell, and it’s been a thrill to meet new people, listen to their stories, and create videos that make those stories more accessible. I’ve been posting them on YouTube and using local social media groups to drive people to my sites. I may add that this hasn’t been the easiest, but I keep trying.

One of the things that drives me is the belief that there is good in everyone, and we all have stories to tell about life and the experiences that have shaped us over the years. So when I meet someone I haven’t met before, I am excited to hear their story and to find unique ways of sharing their stories with others. I love making videos, and I am slowly developing new skills to help me become a better storyteller through this medium.

I trust you will also enjoy these stories. Thank you for watching and listening. Please share them with your friends, and make sure you subscribe to this page, as well as to my YouTube channel.

Comfort food for theatre-goers. That’s how Albany playwright Aaron Murray describes his new play, “A Composite Arrangement”. It’s Aaron’s first play and it was made specifically for Albany’s amateur theatre group at its unique home nestled beneath one of Albany historic landmarks.

Spectrum Theatre is a tiny theatre that oozes character and is just the place to watch this new play based in a hotel room in Mykonos. Aaron co-directs the play with Maddison Sharpe and together they have come up with something that really is comfort food for theatre-goers.

There is something about amateur theatre that provides opportunities for sparks of talent to ignite, and it was this spark that got Andrew, a teacher, into writing his own play. If his first play is anything to go by, we can expect some more brilliant comfort food coming out of Spectrum Theatre in future.