Margaret and Tim found Stu floating on a lilo. They asked him what life at sea had been like. He answered, in song:
- The Polar Bearings
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Lonely
Margaret and Tim found Stu floating on a lilo. They asked him what life at sea had been like. He answered, in song:
Monday, October 19, 2009
Who Are We?
Back to front: Tim Ross, Margaret Paul and Stuart Bowden.
The Polar Bearings are a new independent comedy trio from Melbourne. Stuart Bowden, Margaret Paul and Tim Ross have been working together as actors, writers and musicians since 2004.
In 2010, they aim to be the first musical comedy trio to sail around the world. But playing the ukulele is hard in a life jacket.
This year, Margaret and Stuart worked as writer/performers in 'Hark!' as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. The Scotsman described it as "superb."
Stuart toured Australia in 2008 with Bell Shakespeare Company’s ‘Actors At Work’ program. He also performed in Hayloft Theatre’s ‘Yuri Wells,’ in the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival, which won the Adelaide Fringe Festival award.
Margaret is a regular contributor to The Age, and has written a thesis on the philosophy of comedy. She also co-wrote and performed in ‘Got Viking? A Musical Misadventure with Horns,’ which sold out in the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Tim performed stand-up around Adelaide for several years, before moving to Melbourne to study acting at the Victorian College of the Arts. Since graduating, Tim has performed for short film, theatre and television, including Channel 10’s Rush and Neighbours.
‘Songs in the Sea, Major?’ is the maiden voyage for the Polar Bearings. Stay tuned for dates for Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2010.- The Polar Bearings
Contact: thepolarbearings@gmail.com
Buoy Meets Girl
John Birmingham has written this beautiful piece about why people care about Jessica Watson.
"Many teenagers will die while Jessica Watson is at sea. Many of them, perhaps most of them, will die violently in car crashes.
Some will pour out what's left of their lives in a thin trickle of poisoned blood under a bridge, in a squat, or perhaps in some back street when they overdose on smack, or speed, or what ever household chemical their dealer used to cut that final shot. Some will be murdered by their partners. A few by strangers. Some young girls will starve themselves to death. Some young men will die of the utterfoolishness that characterises their gender at that age. And some, too many, will succumb to the creeping void and take their own lives.
The vast majority of teenagers, of course, will see out the next eight months as they saw off the last eight – in a pointless round of sullen, hormone choked hissy fits, dark moods, vertiginous upswingsand long periods of eye glazing boredom. Perhaps they'll get in a little bit of binge drinking at one of those booze fueled shag bracelet parties the tabloids are so worried about."
When I was 16, I had a drag of a friend's cigarette. Once. Ooh, the risk!
Jessica Watson is attempting to become the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. As the 16 year-old makes her way towards New Zealand, she told her blog she's enjoying the freedom.
"No deadlines, nothing to rush off to, I can eat whatever I like whenever I like, no one to send me off to bed!"
Is this freedom?
More here:
http://www.youngestround.blogspot.com/
-The Polar Bearings
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Cabin Fever
The Courier Mail has some great photos of inside Jessica's boat, Ella's Pink Lady.
Graffiti includes:
"thx 4 all the amazing memories!! We've had the best times!! Don't know what I would have done without you since pre-school!! You have always been the bestest friend!!" =) Pam"
"Go you Legend! You prove 'em who's the Boss! Rock on Deano"
"Go you Legend! You prove 'em who's the Boss! Rock on Deano"
More pictures here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/gallery/0,23816,5060257-17382-4,00.html
"I wake up tomorrow and sail around the world"
That's... the world.
Wow.
Jessica Sets Sail
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has wished young sailor Jessica Watson all the best in her world record quest, and urged her to keep safe.
Ms Gillard said the 16-year-old Queensland teenager appeared determined to try to become the youngest person to sail single-handedly around the world.
"I suppose my words at this stage, Laurie, would be: Best of Luck," Ms Gillard said on the Nine Network.
"The seas are, obviously, a dangerous and lonely place, but I think we'd all be wishing Jessica well.
"And, if there's one message, I think it would be: keep safe, to do everything she needs to do to keep safe.
"And if that means that at some point she's got to abandon the journey, then the most important thing here is a young person's life."
Asked if she should be going, Ms Gillard said people made their own decisions.
"Ultimately, people have to make their own decisions.
"I think a lot of Australians are nervous for Jessica. I'm nervous for her."
Full story:
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Sea you later, Jessica!
On ABC Radio's AM program, Jessica Watson talks about her plans to sail the world alone. We wish her well. And yes, she has packed a Christmas cake.
TONY EASTLEY: Well, the boat is ready, her course is set, but questions remain about whether 16-year- old Jessica Watson is prepared enough mentally and physically for what she is about to attempt.
She's too young to compete in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, but the teenager wants to sail and wants to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world. And depending on the weather she'll probably embark on her journey in the next day or two.
Brendan Trembath reports.
She's too young to compete in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, but the teenager wants to sail and wants to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world. And depending on the weather she'll probably embark on her journey in the next day or two.
Brendan Trembath reports.
The full story at Jessica' own website:
http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
- The Polar Bearings
Maiden Voyage
The Polar Bearings present:
Songs in the Sea, Major?
The Polar Bearings are not the youngest people to sail around the world. But did Jesse Martin do it with a piano and a ukulele?
‘Songs in the Sea, Major?’ is the maiden voyage from Melbourne independent comedy trio, The Polar Bearings.
Featuring: Stuart Bowden, Margaret Paul and Tim Ross
Adelaide Fringe Festival 2010.
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