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2009
2009 June 4 Life is a Cabaret CITY NEWS p.8.
"Colour and glamour are coming to Fortitude Valley. The Judith Wright Centre of Community Arts will clear the stage and bring out the hams tommorow for its Homoneurotic Cabaret. Green Roomm Award Winner Jocab Diefenbach will headline the event, joining New Albuem, Evelyn Hartogh, Christoopher-Piggot-McKellar and David Dellit on Stage. the even is billed as a celebration of Queensland's gay community."
2009 April 24 Don the Cape for some Serious Dancefloor Fun MX p.4.
"These superheroes have a mission tommorow night to paint the town (and their underwear) red, as part of the superheroes Ball. Patrons will be treated to theatrical performances, live music and visual art. Top Floor, 99 Elizabeth St, from 7pm."
2008
2008 November 27 West End or Bust Cabaret CITY SOUTH NEWS p.17.
"West End Community Association is turning to the arts to garner support for its anti-development bid. Co-producer Chris Maver said performance artists had been willing to join the West End or Bust Cabaret, with more than half a dozen performers already donating their time and telants to raise money for a Planning and Development Court Appeal. "Some of them have also themed their performances around WECA's cause." Maver enlisted Eveolyn Hartogh to host the night afte rthe original MC pulled out. Other artist include Dawn Dalight, Ruth Gardener, Kristy Apps, Elizabeth Ross, Douglas Broad, Caroline Francis, Cinnomon Brown, Dreamy, Linda Neil, and Gary Nunn. West End Businesses have supported the fundrasiewr by donating prizes"
"Long known for her performance art appearances as Wonder Woman and other characters, Evelyn Hartogh has been writing for Queensland Pride since 2000 when she began her long running column 'Pop Cult Sheroes'. She has been involved in queer politics since her undergraduate days at teh University of Queensalnd where she made badges which siad: "Bisexuality: Piss everyone off". She campaigned for gay law reform and participated in the 'Freedom of Choice' rallies in the early 1990s. She has two Masters degrees: one in Women's Studies and another in Creative Writing. Between 1998 and 2001 she organised teh Brisbane Pride Festival's queer cabaret, Art Love Jam, which sought to combat youth suicide by offereing an accepting environment for emerging and establish queer and queer-freindly performers. In 2006, after fifteen years of performing her original scripts in Brisbane Venues, she debuted her first one-woman show, the full length play Kick Kiss Kill, at the 2006 Brisbane Festival Theatre Fringe. Evelyn continues to publish and perform as a freelance indpeendent artist. She lives in West End."
2008 July Carry On Cabaret QUEENSLAND PRIDE p.12.
"Local performers and businesses are rallying together to save a rare film library of over 12 thousans movies at Trash Video in West End. ... Hosted by Wonder Woman"
2008 July Trash Video Chick Picks LOTL p.14.
"This cabaret benefit features an ensemble of queer music and performance artists"
2008 July Trailer Trash STYLE p.5.
"Trash Video is Australia's largest cult video store"
"a star studden line-up of Brisbane burlesque dancers, comedians, magicians, singers, songwriters, and poets have all donated their time and resources to the Carry On Trash Video Cabaret Benefit"
2007 Dec That Takes Ovaries 10 Excellent Things to Do in December LOTL magazine
"Wonder Woman lands in Brisbane at 6pm on December 6 at the Southbank Cinema Complex, Batavia Café, 167 Grey St, South Brisbane to help Amnesty International Australia host the That Takes Ovaries Open Mike and celebrate the bravery of women as part of the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign. Suggested donation $5. More information www.qld.amnesty.org.au"
2007 Nov 11 “That Takes Ovaries!” Wonder Woman Hosts A Night Of Celebrating The Bravery Of Women THE WESTENDER.
“THAT TAKES OVARIES!” WONDER WOMAN HOSTS A NIGHT OF CELEBRATING THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN … Performance Artist Evelyn Hartogh will once again don one of her Wonder Woman costumes, as she did at last year’s highly successful THAT TAKES OVARIES! OPEN MIKE event, and will encourage women to share their experiences in a safe, supportive environment. Sasha Jesperson from Amnesty International Australia states, “All women are encouraged to share a story, whether biological or not [and] men are encouraged to speak, but as this event is about courageous women, they must share stories of bold women in their lives; mothers, sisters, girlfriends, daughters” …THAT TAKES OVARIES! OPEN MIKE evenings are run all around the world, originating from Rivka Solomon’s book THAT TAKES OVARIES! The book is a collection of stories about brave, bold and brazen women who have had the Ovaries! to face various challenges in life”
2007 October 17 Mermaid Film makes a Splash SOUTH-EAST ADVERTISER p.69
“The Mermaid’s Necklace…. entered in this month’s Queensland Short film Festival (QSFF) by Mandy Curties, … Maxine Stibbe, Evelyn Hartogh, Nick Douglas and Paul Jones explores deeper things. Set on the Gold Coast, it features plenty of manga costumes, mythical characters and superheroes.”
2007 October 8 One Man’s Trash – F****d up Superheroes PEOPLE MAGAZINE p.87.
One Man’s Trash … “f****d-up superheroes … AUSTRALIA’S most totally demented short film festival. Trasharama-A-Go-Go, is back to celebrate its 10th anniversary of screening no-budget nastiness. …. Expect plenty of cheesy special effects, fucked-up storylines and enthusiastic-but-bad acting. “
2006 December 20 Calender honours a true local hero COURIER MAIL p. 21.
“Queensland wonder ... Evelyn Hartogh, who features in Views of Queensland 2007 calendar. As Courier Mail photographer Rob Maccoll drove towards "Wonder Woman's West End headquarters" he knew exactly the picture he would take. A weathered apartment block, cutting a clear hot sky and fronted by umbrella trees and airconditioning units, it would make the perfect backdrop for "just a true Queensland character ... The character was Brisbane entertainer Evelyn Hartogh decked out in her loud Wonder Woman costume. Her photograph is the September illustration of the Courier Mail's Views of Queensland 2007 calendar.”
2006 July 27 The Vibe, Three in One CITY NEWS p.35.
“When you mix a writer/historian who dabbles in performance poetry with a performer whose range extends from opera to circus you end up with a look at the world with the help of Barbie, Ken and Wonderwoman [sic]. West End’s Evelyn Hartogh and Cooparoo’s Mandy Curties met at university when Hartogh was studying literature and Curties studying drama. After going their separate ways they reunited when Hartogh asked Curties to direct her performance - most recently in Kick, Kiss, Kill [sic]. “She would stand up and do performance poetry. It was clever stuff, funny and politically incisive,” Curties said. Kick, Kiss, Kill [sic] is three short acts as part of the Brisbane Festival Theatre Fringe”
2006 July 26 Comedy Pair of Heroic Proportions SOUTH EAST ADVERTISER p.75
“Heroic performers … Evelyn Hartogh and director Mandy Curties from Kick, Kiss Kill.”
2006 July 27 Eccentric Theatrics CITY SOUTH NEWS p.24.
2006 July 15-16 ETC Section, Festival on the Fringe COURIER MAIL p.10-11.
“Kick Kiss Kill THE PEOPLE Evelyn Hartogh collects Wonder woman comics and action figures. Since 1992 she has performed comedy as popular culture characters at Brisbane venues. She did a Masters thesis on Barbie at Griffith university in 1997 and then a masters thesis on performance art at the University of Queensland in 2002, www.empressev.net”
2006 3 July FRONT COVER Evelyn Hartogh SCENE #648.
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FRONT COVER: Evelyn Hartogh as Wonder Woman preparing to vacuum (Photographed by Alicia Lane 2006)
INSIDE: 2006 3 July DAN EVANS Box Office Critics Pick SCENE #648 p.27.
2006 July Ev’s Wonderous Women will Kick Kiss Kill QUEENSLAND PRIDE p.31.
“PERFORMANCE artist, activist and Queensland Pride writer Evelyn Hartogh will present her first three act, three character one-woman show … Wonder woman is trying to understand the bigotry and prejudice of man’s world and wondering why people are racist, sexist, homophobic and treat people with cruelty. Barbie is enjoying the privileges of being thin, blonde, white, staright, and famous. Meanwhile, Lillith is furious that everyone has forgotten about the oldest and most dangerous goddess in the universe – Look Out!”
2006 June Arty Site Kick Kick Kill BIZOO #25 p.34.
“KICK KISS KILL: a comedy of heroic proportions with Wonder woman, Barbie and Lillith. Wonder woman is confused – she wants to save the world but Batman and superman only want fame. Wht will she do now someone has copyrtighted her indentity? Barbie is rapidly approaching her 50th birthday and wants to be taken seriously as a work of art. A one woman show written and performed by Evelyn Hartogh, directed by Mandy Curties with photographs by Alicia Lane”
2006 May KICK KISS KILL QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p.7.
“Queensland Pride columnist Evelyn Hartogh presents a comedy of heroic proportions with Wonder Woman. Barbie and Lillith … ”
2005 Oct 5 Brisbane’s own Wonder Woman, Beats and Pieces SCENE p. 7.
"Brisbane’s own Wonder Woman, performance artist Evelyn Hartogh, will be a part of the grand opening celebrations of the Fox Gallerie’s space @610 Ann St”
2005 Sept 29 Evelyn primed for festival, SOUTHERN NEWS p. 8.
”West End’s Evelyn Hartogh will be Mistress of Ceremonies at the Amnesty International Freedom Festival at The Globe in the Valley tomorrow. The event raises awareness of Amnesty’s ‘stop violence against women’ campaign”
2005 Sept Evelyn Hartogh performs as Wonder Woman QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p. 25.
“Wonder Woman! EVELYN HARTOGH ON THE POP CULT PHENONEMON "EVELYN HARTOGH performs as Wonder Woman as part of LADYFEST, Sunday afternoon, September 11, Visible Ink, Constance St, Fortitude Valley. Visit her website at www.empressev.net”
2003 Feb 4 Lampshade Performers, SCENE p. 42.
2003 Jan 28 Lampshade Performers & New Babylon Nights, SCENE p.32.
2001 June 29 Art Love Jam, Q NEWS p.8.
“An annual experimental cabaret, Art Love Jam … has featured the theme: Love is the common denominator”
1999 Nov 11 Wickham Drag King BROTHER SISTER p.25.
1999 Sept 17 Glam Slam, Pulse COURIER MAIL p.4.
“A fabulous fest of talent was dished up at The Zoo with incredibly varied acts such as Sugar Fix, DV Bretski, Evelyn Hartog [sic] Dallas Anguish and Candy Wonderwoman”
1999 16 Sept Glam Slam, BROTHER SISTER p.38.
1999 July 22 Art Love Jam, BROTHER SISTER p.16-19.
Art Love Jam – Pride 1999
"Love and acceptance will always win out over bigotry and prejudice”
1999 Sept 16 Evelyn, BROTHER SISTER p.8.
1998 July 23 Poetry Festival Launched at Library SOUTHERN NEWS p.30.
“Evelyn Hartogh, left, joined Adam Pettet and Penelope Davie at the launch”
1998 June Art Love Jam QUEENSLAND PRIDE
1996 Oct 20 Festival Frolics THE SUNDAY MAIL p.65.
“Evelyn Hartogh is not likely to shock easily after pushing a vacuum cleaner down the Queen Street Mall dressed as Wonder Woman. So she will not be daunted by wrapping a few tuna cans around herself in her latest incarnation as Millennium Mermaid … as part of La Boite’s Shock of the New Festival … ”
1996 Oct 17 OLIVIA STEWART Expect the Unexpected, What's On COURIER MAIL p.5.
“…. An eclectically clad modern mermaid … innovation, invention and imagination are the priority … MILLENIUM MERMAID [PHOTO: Evelyn Hartogh]: an interact piece combining stamps, sculpture and slide projection, which questions cultural depictions of female sexuality, autonomy and power”
1995 June FRONT COVER Evelyn Hartogh FRUIT: A QUEER ANTHOLOGY
a queer anthology fruit
FRONT COVER: Evelyn Hartogh as Humphrey Bogart smoking (Photographed by Anna Zsoldas 1995) CONTRIBUTION: 1995 June EVELYN HARTOGH The Compulsory Heterosexuality Supermarket FRUIT
1995 Jan 13 Typecast BROTHER SISTER.
”Covering a diverse range of topics such as representation, image and stereotypes”
1995 Jan 11 MOCK-E Typecast TIME-OFF.
1994 May 15 ANNA ZSOLDOS PHOTO New Brisbane Street Directory TIME-OFF.
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