Author Archives: Simon

About Simon

Simon Houghton creator of The Bloke Show started life as a baby, going on to become a boy and then a man, at which time he became an actor. As time passed he went on to be a director, later still he became a sales guy, then a business owner. Most recently he regressed and became a writer. Then a driver, then an actor again. Decisiveness is not one of his strong suits.

Preserving culture in a gladstone bag

We must have looked an odd threesome marching in silence together towards our respective homes at days end along the dusty, unsealed footpath that ran beside Samford Road from the Ferny Grove railway station. My two next door neighbours and … Continue reading

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A Song for You

A song beautiful enough for you.

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Add to my toilets

One of the things that impresses me when I return to my homeland is the dissemination of information about government provided services. Everything from healthcare services, educational programs, grants,subsidies social security programs and entitlements to public safety awareness campaigns and … Continue reading

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If music be the food of love, play on

Since my return I’ve had the good fortune to see two fab shows/concerts. The The Soweto Gospel Choir and The Bar at Buena Vista. If you have the need for a reminder that music has a power beyond reason; an … Continue reading

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The production concept

Due to severe budgetary constraints (read: we haven’t got one) we are planning to use an interesting, and to our knowledge original, theatrical conceit in a video format. I really don’t want to give away exactly what we plan to … Continue reading

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