Lee Bemrose

LATEST ARTICLES ( 359 )

• Jeremiah's Tuesday, Butterfly Club, Review

  

  Jeremiah's TuesdayReviewed by Lee BemroseOne hour. One actor. A whole lot of words and ideas. That's mono-drama, baby, and it has to be hard work making it... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Focus

  

  I'm posting this because it's a lovely photo and it's hilarious. In the background is my very special friend and surrogate kid sister Kat. In the foreground is ... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Girls Night Out

  

  This is how silly I am. This photo was taken recently at The Spiegeltent on Johnston Street in Collingwood. We had just seen Finucane Smith's burlesque show,... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Barbaroi At Gasworks, 2015, Review

  Barbaroi Reviewed by Lee BemroseBarbaroi is, apparently, an old Roman word meaning barbarian. Someone who is coarse, unrefined, uncivilsed. Certainly this circu... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• New Hawaiian Bar Opening Soon

  Andrew McConnell, one of the country's leading restaurateurs, often comes into the cafe for a ham and cheese toasted sandwich. I recently asked him about the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Last Order Of The Day

  Late in a long, busy day in the cafe, the last of the customers have finally left and I'm in pack-down-clean-up-and-get-out mode. The door opens and a guys want... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• 3 Mad Rituals, Melbourne Fringe 2015, Review

  3 Mad RitualsReviewed by Lee BemroseDisclosure: This reviewer isn't an improv aficionado. He's actually pretty clueless when it comes to the intricacies of... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• They Saw A Thylacine, Malthouse, Review (may Need Tweeking Because of Late...

  They Saw A ThylacineReviewed by Lee BemroseI don't know, but it seems to be drawing a long bow to call this piece a play. Doesn't a play usually have set design... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Vernon God Little, A Random Encounter That Isn't 'Orrible

  I got slammed by one of the worst cases of hayfever I've ever had right before service today. Making coffee and welcoming customers through a fug of hayfever... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Brother

  This is a story of two brothers. Bear with me.A customer often comes into the cafe and calls me brother half a dozen times during each transaction. He's a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Watching The Clusterfuck That Is Humanity

  That little boy on the beach, face down, cold and lifeless. His face should be raised to the shining sun, shining with innocent happiness. But life is not... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Customers And Their Phones... Ergh...

  So a customer walks into the cafe and smiles at me. She whispers something inaudible to me because she is talking on her phone. I Marcel Marceau back to her tha... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Antigone, Malthouse Theatre 2015, Review

  

  I feel even less qualified than usual to review this production, not having much of a clue about Sophocles or Greek tragedies generally. And I felt so ambivalen... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Talking Whilst Banging And Frothing: The Vibe Strikes Again

  Today I made someone a take-away mocha and asked them if they wanted any sugar with it. "Eight please," they replied. "Eight?" "Is it white sugar or brown?"... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Next Time

  The background shadow of lack of self-esteem comes to the fore as I walk past a famous actress who I assume has forgotten we met, and she stops me and says hell... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Creative Heroes: The David Bowie Exhibition, Melbourne 2015

  Went to the David Bowie exhibition today. It's had a big impact on me. This man is a great artist and I'd forgotten how much I have loved his music over the... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• David Sedaris In Lee's Alternative Universe

  David Sedaris is coming to Melbourne in January 2016. I think I'll go see/hear him. I've been curious about him ever since an editor friend told me 10 years... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Stranger In A Strange Land

  A new worker working with us. English is not B's first language. She has taught herself our language, and though a bit bumpy, I think she is doing a superb... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Big Issue

  We have a semi-regular customer in the cafe. He is not one of life's successes. He is gentle. He is worn and threadbare, a person of the street. He is a bit mor... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Dark Miracle.

  The Dark MiracleLee BemroseThe greatest species on planet Earth is broken in ways that can't be fixed. We are too many.We are too greedy. We are too hungry,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION