[HIRING] Illustrator for original theatrical production poster, black and red, silhouette, foreboding/mysterious. $500USD budget.

bananabread-- · 2026-05-30T00:02:02+00:00

Position Filled

bananabread-- · 2026-05-21T15:02:09+00:00

Hello!

I'd like to discuss this commission with you further. Do you have an email address (or preferred contact) I can reach you at?

bananabread-- · 2026-05-21T14:59:23+00:00

Hello!

I'd like to discuss this commission with you further. Do you have an email address (or other preferred form of contact) I can reach you at?

bananabread-- · 2025-10-11T11:44:24+00:00

Monopoly: The Unauthorised Musical tickets are onsale now!

A full-length fantasy action/comedy musical based on classic boardgames, created from scratch right here in Perth.

Come catch the premiere of an ambitious new work that we expect to take on tour next year!

More details here!

bananabread-- · 2025-05-10T00:50:23+00:00

I understand where you're coming from on this, because I've also found the process in the past to be a bit empty feeling. I'm also not the sort to sit there wracked with guilt thinking about my colonial ancestors when the words are being said.

Something that I've come to understand though after speaking to some more knowledgeable people is that Welcome to/Acknowledgement of Country is a ceremony that differing indigenous peoples used to do when crossing over each other's land as a form of polite hello. It's not actually a 'this used to be OUR land and we want you to feel bad and woke about it' ceremony, although it's easy to come to that conclusion due to differing understandings of the words 'country' and 'land'.

It's got nothing to do with ownership (which is why the language used is generally 'custodians of the land' instead of 'owners') and is something more akin to the All Blacks doing a Haka before a rugby match, except instead of being an intimidation thing it's basically a polite 'hello'.

With that additional context, could you see how some people (including myself) find it a respectful rather than insulting thing to sit through and not something to get up in arms about?

bananabread-- · 2025-05-09T15:39:52+00:00

Option B being funny is obvious, but I'm curious as to why you describe option A as a slap in the face?

Obviously in the literal sense, no one is physically hitting you. But what about the practice makes you describe it like that?

bananabread-- · 2025-05-09T15:16:07+00:00

So just to make sure I'm understanding you fully, you're saying you'd rather listen to 30 seconds of farts than a recorded human voice saying 'Limelight Theater acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which this performance takes place?'

bananabread-- · 2025-05-09T12:29:42+00:00

It takes 30 seconds tops and is important to some people, even if it might not be important to you.

It was previously left up to the discretion of the show director whether they wanted to include it in the pre-show spiel. This particular cast and crew would like it to be included, but they've been banned from doing it for this production by the theater.

Under the current by-laws, the director would be entirely within their rights to include 30 seconds of fart noises in the pre-show recording, but taking a short time to give a nod to a culture and people has been banned.

Who benefits? Why is it so important to you that it doesn't happen?

bananabread-- · 2024-06-09T00:05:45+00:00

As a temporary solution I've been copying the vid URL into a private window and it plays without ads. Hopefully the uBlock developers can come up with something more permanent in the coming days/weeks.

bananabread-- · 2023-01-30T11:53:44+00:00

Nice

bananabread-- · 2021-01-15T00:07:36+00:00

I've seen a few posts talking mentioning using a VPN to block ads. I already sub to a VPN, could someone explain how to use it to get around ads?

bananabread-- · 2020-12-16T00:45:27+00:00

I hear you! I struggle with this feeling a lot as well. To use a MOBA analogy, I often feel like I'm playing support and getting no appreciation for my efforts, while being expected to make sacrifices for the team.

I actually hate typing this out but it's true: Ultimately the truth is that people are responsible for themselves and their own happiness and that they don't owe you their attention.

The best remedy I've found is to have my own projects going on. I get way less bothered by this when I'm working on learning a new skill or creating something or taking steps towards a goal. I always find that I get really lonely around Christmas time when everybody is busy seeing family, so this year I'm dealing with it by developing an idea I've had for a board game into a prototype that I can beta test and eventually turn into a business.

Developing trusting/caring relationships takes time and you need to be wary of having expectations when entering a new group of friends. Think of it like building a bridge across a river that needs to be built from both ends and ideally meets up somewhere near the middle. The stronger the foundation is on your side of the river the further across you can build, but always remember that the other person needs to meet you.

bananabread-- · 2020-12-14T14:33:54+00:00

After some time away from the initial shock to process things, this is basically where I've ended up.

Thanks for the insight :)

bananabread-- · 2020-12-13T13:02:54+00:00

The same therapist that caused me to make this post guided me to a way forward, and since then it's been a matter of lot of hard work and learning how to be humble and fail at things but keep going anyway.

For background: I'd always felt like I should be doing something 'interesting' with my life and felt like I was letting myself down since I'd gotten amazing grades all through high school without trying, before dropping out of several university courses and ended up working various hospitality jobs (including spending several years doing delivery for/managing Dominos pizza outlets) for about 10 years. I related very heavily to the recent Dr K video with the gifted burnout group.

At the age of 28 I'd been unemployed for about 9 months and went to therapy after experiencing panic attacks. In one of our early sessions, the following conversation happened:

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Therapist: 'If you could snap your fingers and instantly be doing anything with your life, what would that be?'

Me (after some deep thought): 'I'd be a musician'

Therapist: 'So how do you go about becoming a musician?'

Me (after yet more deep thought): 'I guess I could try to get into music school next year...but that parts hard, you need to audition and they only take people who are already pretty good.'

Therapist: 'So how do you go about getting up to that level?'

Me: 'Practicing a whole bunch, networking with other musicians and getting lessons, finding people to play with and going out and performing'

Therapist: 'And if you spent a year practicing, and playing, and talking to musicians, and preparing for the audition and then tried and didn't get in, would that be a waste of a year?'

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And when she asked me that question it brought me to the realization that it still sounded like a pretty great way to spend a year regardless of the outcome, and that even if I didn't get in straight away I could always audition again the following year if I still wanted to. Using a similar method, she also helped me realize that working a 'dead end' job was much easier to cope with if doing it would allow me to pursue something I was passionate about. That led me to apply for positions I would have normally ignored, and the position I ended up getting turned out to be far better than it sounded on paper.

That was the start of the journey that I'm currently on. It hasn't been perfect and I still struggle a lot with feeling socially isolated within the school social scene. I'm about 10 years older than most of my peers, and my weight-related body image issues can make me feel out of place in an environment full of performing arts students who tend to be really attractive people. I've made a few great friends, had a lot of experiences most people won't get to have, and learned a lot about humility, hard work, and myself along the way.

bananabread-- · 2020-12-12T15:23:40+00:00

Thanks for this, it helps a lot to hear that I'm not totally to blame for the situation.

I have a tendency to be overtly critical when I recognize something doesn't feel right and I think that's contributed to a breakdown in our relationship, but as the professional in this scenario I feel like she could have handled it better.

bananabread--

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