While Away got pipped for best play by Stuff Happens there was still a strong Queensland showing at last night's Helpmann Awards in Sydney. Christen O'Leary (pictured), Russell Dykstra and Lisa Gasteen all took away awards (although Gasteen, who was laid low by a vorus lastweek, was unable to attend). It was a star-studded affair and I came back with some interesting material for my Sunday Mail column.

You'll believe a dinosaur can walk. That isn't the pitch line for Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience but it could be. I must admit I was a sceptic, but the short demonstration I saw at today's media launch in Sydney convinced me that this show could be a global winner.
Here's some video of a raptor, just one of more than 15 dinosaurs that will feature in the show. (It will be lit so you don't see the performer's legs):