tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155369892024-02-07T22:53:07.953+11:00"Fonzo Journalism"Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-90604908464037212282020-05-10T13:19:00.001+10:002020-05-10T13:22:27.218+10:00Great Wog Boozes of the Inner West: Special lemonade, Tia Maria and Black Charlie
by Benito Di Fonzo (Originally published HERE in Neighbourhood, 2018 )
Extract: On the weekend after blowing some wages in a smoky Burwood TAB, dad would get together with me and cook up some bespoke alcohol. What could be more wholesome for a child than to help his father make illegal spirits?
“Well, you play that tarantella,
all the hounds will start to roar...”
Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-27053495245509609322016-10-18T09:35:00.002+11:002016-10-18T10:02:41.323+11:00benitodifonzo.com has been updated...All my latest projects, such as the hit show "Hidden Sydney," which has received a second season after glowing reviews, and our Sydney Fringe 2016 hit "The Giant Worm Show," which recently received a grant to travel to Adelaide Fringe Festival 2017, have been added to benitodifonzo.com, as well as my show from Adelaide Fringe 2016, "Noir Revue," so go now and click through. You know you want to..Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-26395050321749638712016-03-04T11:08:00.000+11:002016-03-04T11:08:02.730+11:00“Will Sydneysiders Soon Have To Declare Themselves Cultural Refugees?”
Lockout laws. Compulsory IDs for cyclists. Next they'll be handing out floaties at Bondi beach. https://t.co/NWYM6HmwAD
— Daniel Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) 1 March 2016
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Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-36364495844391423772013-05-06T10:36:00.002+10:002013-05-06T10:36:49.998+10:00Sydney Morning Herald review of "Lenny Bruce: 13 Daze Un-Dug In Sydney, 1962"
OR TO READ SMH.COM.AU FAIRFAX ONLINE VERSION CLICK HEREBenito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-81519307376410343352013-05-06T10:30:00.000+10:002013-05-06T10:30:57.277+10:00Australian Jewish News review of "Lenny Bruce: 13 Daze Un-Dug In Sydney, 1962"Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-5496467199918644362013-04-06T10:02:00.000+11:002013-04-06T10:02:03.731+11:00 2NSB-99.3FM interview re "Lenny Bruce: 13 Daze Un-Dug in Sydney 1962"Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-61472218863186849742013-03-09T16:08:00.000+11:002013-03-09T16:08:34.640+11:00Benito in the latest issue of Regime Magazine.
Find out more at Regime Books website here - http://www.regimebooks.com.au/regime-02-magazine-of-new-writing/Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-41981935693830520292013-03-09T15:46:00.001+11:002013-03-09T15:46:18.149+11:00TAMARAMA ROCK SURFERS AND SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL 2013 PRESENT BENITO'S NEW FONZO-JOURNALISTIC PRODUCTION AT BONDI PAVILION THIS APRIL
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This week Benito Di Fonzo talks to Mitchell from Simon Stone's Ingmar Bergman adaptation "Face to Face" (STC), and Shannon Murphy Director of "Circle Mirror Transformation" (Ensemble). Also reviews of "A Hoax" and "Punk Rock" by Regina and Trisha. Produced by Regina Botros.
Stages august 8th 2012 by Stages Twoser-Fm on Mixcloud
https://www.facebook.com/Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14283117628198534196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-54917027266799857982012-04-02T16:08:00.002+10:002012-04-02T16:11:15.445+10:00CLICK HERE TO GO TO BENITO AT 2012 SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVALYES, THE FATHER OF FONZO JOURNALISM WILL BE WAXING LYRICAL AT THE 2012 SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL. AND YOU CAN GO! AREN'T YOU LUCKY?Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-88159509335740857882011-11-12T13:47:00.001+11:002011-11-12T13:49:01.433+11:00Benito & Gerri host a roundup of this week in Sydney theatre (with Benito even panelling this time.)Stages Nov 12th 2011 by Stages Twoser-Fm on MixcloudBenito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-18151128646754075742011-11-07T09:00:00.004+11:002011-11-07T09:18:35.334+11:00Newtown Cheat SheetCiao Magazine (http://ciaomagazine.com.au/) recently asked me to do a Newtown for dummies type piece in the lead up to the Newtown Festival this Sunday November 13th (where I will be MCing the poetry event in the Writers' Tent at 11am.) If you can't read it my own (unedited) copy is below.Ciao Magazine’s Cheat Sheet to Newtown.by Benito Di Fonzo.“I never knew where I belonged … [but] on King Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-57259144639066995802011-07-18T13:12:00.008+10:002011-07-18T13:37:04.585+10:00Artists, Exhibitionists and Underbelly Rediscover Sydney's Vicious Razor Gangs (CNN Go)This article was commissioned by CNN Go and originally appeared at Razorhurst | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/sydney/life/mums-word-razorhursts-female-gangsters-145199#ixzz1SQHq1gr0 (click blog post headline to go to the CNN original)Mum's the word on 'Razorhurst's' female gangstersA play is being staged in secret in former sly-grog shops and brothels around the inner city, as a book, TV series Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-49237667185676127992011-05-19T16:07:00.003+10:002011-05-19T16:21:47.285+10:00Benito talks with Simon Stone and Thomas M. Wright re "Baal" at the STC for CNN GoBelow is the unedited copy of an article I wrote for www.CNNGo.com The edited article originally appeared at http://www.cnngo.com/sydney/play/perverted-drunkard-murderous-monster-sydney-theatre-company-brings-baal-back-life-178630“Baal” by Benito Di Fonzo.It’s raining on the stage of The Wharf theatre, literally gallons of water galloping down upon a dirty mattress where five naked women and two Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-32590702223660720712011-05-04T10:21:00.003+10:002011-05-04T10:42:40.780+10:00Critical Stages take on Chronic Ills for National TouringCritical Stages are now handling "The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman, AKA Bob Dylan (A Lie): A Theatrical Talking Blues & Glissendorf." Their first production was last years Seymour Centre season, after The Chronic Ills won one of two places in BITE (Best of Independent Theatre.) Info on upcoming productions will be posted here and on Critical Stages Chronic Ills page - (insert below or click Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-73940928758219389162011-04-15T08:55:00.001+10:002011-04-15T08:55:09.593+10:0030 Great Short Stories by W. Somerset MaughamMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAs a young man I read Somerset Maugham's novel 'Cakes & Ale' and it did not, from memory, make an outstanding impression upon me. Perhaps I was too young to appreciate it, or perhaps the novel is not Maugham's medium? I have decided now that the latter is the case since, whilst on holiday in the Southern Highlands at the country Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-55440562451993451772011-02-21T12:48:00.001+11:002011-02-21T12:52:11.831+11:00Benito's 2007 Short & Sweet comedy finalist "9/11 Conspiracy: The Musical"Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-41482352677364933952011-01-20T14:43:00.003+11:002011-01-20T15:50:07.615+11:00A review of Keith Richards' 'Life' in the form of a 2,500 word monologueness spoof, AKA "One Day In The Life of The Human Riff.”Life: Keith Richards by Keith RichardsMy rating: 4 of 5 starsA review of Keith Richards' 'Life' in the form of a 2,500 word monologueness spoof, AKA "One Day In The Life of The Human Riff.”So by lunch time we’re driving through Stangefruit, Mississippi. We’ve got three runaway Mexicans in the boot, each carrying 25 balloons of charlie up their jacksy, and a 15 year old transsexual Moroccan kid Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536989.post-53984416053381282892011-01-19T15:56:00.001+11:002011-01-19T15:56:46.976+11:00From the vaults of Fonzo Journalism, 2004: FBi Radio Play, live from The Sydney Opera House.Broadcast live from the Studio at The Sydney Opera House, September 19, 2004. Written by Benito Di Fonzo. Starring Brendan Cowell, Kate Mulvany, Damon Herriman and Tug Dumbly as Napoleon Hangover. Directed by Laura Milke. Music by Brett Maverix. Foley (SFX) by Miles Merrill. Produced by 2FBi-FM and The Studio at The Sydney Opera House.part 1 of 3part 2 of 3part 3 of 3Benito Di Fonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528051579630050132noreply@blogger.com0