Day 251: ...and into the evening...
Having missed much of the Writers' Festival through the worst of the head cold and having survived yesterday's concert, I decided I wasn't going to miss the ABC Radio day in the Spiegeltent at South Bank. Kelly Higgins-Devine, Melanie Tate, David Curnow and more. Why not, I am on leave after all and all that writing can wait another day or two.
First time in the Spiegeltent for me although I have seen it from afar many times before. Of course, friend and tweepster Susan (@snoozen) was there with a better choice of lens so pics on her blog today are very excellent. I took a few. I was particularly taken by the interior: the way the ceiling changed over the course of the day for example...
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| Afternoon ceiling |
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| Arts ceiling |
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| Evening ceiling |
(Yes, I notice these things)
Kelly Higgins-Devine is terrific to watch in action. It is a lesson just to sit and watch these live shows unfold. A marvellous range of guests over the Afternoon two hours, Melanie Tait's Arts program for Radio National and David Curnow back for Evenings.
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| Kelly chats with Black Diggers star Tibian Wyles (looking forward to seeing Black Diggers) |
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| Musical interlude with mood lighting, Luke Peacock from The Painted Ladies |
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| Melanie Tait with Festival Director, Noel Staunton (Bravo) |
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| Brisbane theatre star, Carol Burns (a favourite of the stage) |
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| Yana Alana aka Sarah Ward (just might have to go to Tears before Bedtime) |
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| Daniel Viles and David Curnow |
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| Ian Maurice and Li Cunxin |
In between, I met some lovely listeners and I ventured into something called Exxopolis...you'll have to look at the next post for that, shall we say, experience...
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| Exxopolis...(no edits) |
Thanks ABC Brisbane, a marvellously energising day...now, back to writing.
[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 28-80mm, 1.25pm-8.22pm]
