Dubstep Fans Skream For More Of The Same

THE "rewind" is an established part of reggae and drum'n'bass DJ culture. If a crowd-pleasing record is played, the audience will call for the DJ to rewind and restart the track. It's also part of London's ultra-cool dubstep culture, although dubstep punters will just run up to the decks and press stop on the turntable themselves.

Going By Gala Audience, Australia Can't Loos

ONE way to gauge the success of a film among audiences is to see how many toilet breaks they take during the screening. Lots of toilet breaks means the audience's attention is waning. Fewer breaks and they're gripped.

Pulling Off The Confidence Trick

WHEN you're trying to lasso a whirlwind, you need your audience to believe you can do it. In a crisis, confidence is everything.

Succour From Solitude

An album born of isolation finds a wide audience on the net.

Abc Goes On Hunt For Tories

PRODUCERS of the ABC's political talk show Q&A contacted Liberal politicians, business and Christian groups and Rotary clubs in their hunt for conservatives to deal with allegations its audience was stacked with lefties.

Abc's Hunt For Tories

PRODUCERS of the ABC's political talk show Q&A contacted Liberal politicians, business and Christian groups and Rotary clubs in their hunt for conservatives to deal with allegations its audience was stacked with left-wingers.

The Strange Ways Of Joe And And Maude, A 20-year Affair

DR PHIL Midday, Ten: In A Husband's Shocking Confessions Pt 1, Dr Phil meets a couple in trouble. It seems that Maude's husband Joe is happy, faithful and as much in love with her today as he was when they met 20 years ago. Shock! Horror! Probe! You can actually hear the massed sharp intake of breath as the audience takes in this news - nothing that has gone before on this upmarket Jerry Springer clone prepared them for that.

Understanding Audience

WHEN Warners Bay High School students had an opportunity in August to study the work of Australian author Scott Monk, they did not realise that within a short time correspondence would open up between them and the author.

'swan Lake' Has Paris In A Swoon

ON AN opening night in Paris, you expect an invited English and Australian audience to cheer and call bravo. And so it did for Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake last Thursday.

A Puzzle Of Parallel Lives

Unfinished Sky takes its wounded heroes and its audience to a gradual enlightenment as the mystery of two strangers' lives unfolds, writes Philippa Hawker.

Spills, Thrills And Bellyaches

Jared Graves TO BORROW some lingo from the kind of audience BMX will draw to the Olympics, this all felt totally random.

Victory Would Compare To Wimbledon: Federer

ROGER FEDERER is used to a big audience but surely he has never experienced anything like this.

Jolene's A One-woman Show

SHE won the audience's heart on It Takes Two, now All Saints actress Jolene Anderson faces the biggest challenge of her career as the star of the one-woman Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Tell Me On A Sunday.

Love Is Fleeting

THE LOVE GURU (M) Starring: Jessica Alba, Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake. The Love Guru is a puerile cinematic effort that may receive a few giggles from a tween or teen audience but raise little more than a reluctant smile from an adult audience.

Family And Friends Gather For Ledger's Dark Finale

HEATH LEDGER will make his Australian debut as the Joker in The Dark Knight in Sydney this week, with close colleagues and friends in the audience.

Labor Feels Weight Of Promises

It is a critical, impatient and vocal audience that awaits the spoils of the election goodie bag.

Talking To An Older Audience

Julianne Dowling looks at how to adjust when the purse strings are tightening.

Czech Enchantress Takes Audience Down The Rabbit Hole

IVA BITTOVA and LISA MOORE Bennetts Lane Jazz Lab, May 23 bennettslane.com

We Want Some Answers

ABC journalist Tony Jones invites audience members to ask the tough questions. Debi Enker reports.

Creative Approach

ASK Tim Dakin why he does what he does and the arts access officer will tell you it's because the arts are good for everyone. Since taking up his position at Frankston Arts Centre in 2005, he has encouraged thousands of people to become involved as participants and audience members.