Each year an outstanding advocate of Australian music is invited to
deliver an address which, in the spirit of the great Australian
Composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, challenges the status quo and raises
issues of importance in the world of today’s music.
On Sunday 16 November, Belvoir St Theatre welcomes Kristy Edmunds, 2005
- 2008 Artistic Director of the acclaimed Melbourne International Arts
Festival, to present the 2008 Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture.
The Company B 2009 Season, launched last night at Belvoir St Theatre,
is an intrepid journey that will, over 12 months, take audiences across
countries, decades, cultures and circumstances.
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Directors Andrew Upton and Cate
Blanchett yesterday announced their first Main Stage Season for Sydney
Theatre Company, comprising 12 productions throughout 2009.