The Golden Spurtle dives into the world of competitive porridge making with heart and humour

By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University

If you were scouting about for a feature documentary subject, porridge might not be the first thing you’d think of. That is, unless you were Australian opera and theatre director turned documentary film maker, Constantine Costi, who has struck gold with his new documentary, The Golden Spurtle.

Now, I’ll admit to not knowing what a spurtle was before watching this documentary. (But now that I know, I’ve added one to my Christmas list.)

According to the Dictionaries of the Scots Language, a spurtle is “a short,…

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