I grew up in the very multicultural city of Melbourne. In High School I developed a love for Art Galleries and Stage Productions, particularly Musical Theatre. I would go to see every new show that came to town. Fiddler on The Roof, Oliver, West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma to name but a few. But by far my favourite of all time and one I saw four times was Phantom of the Opera with Anthony Warlow playing the Phantom. - What a voice!!! In my 20s I moved to Sydney and continued my theatre going there and included ballet and live orchestra too.
Thirteen years ago my husband and I moved to regional Queensland and we went to see Les Miserables at the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane. At the time I was heavily pregnant with our first child. Since then theatre has been a non-entity in my life and I've missed it so much.
So last Sunday my darling husband sent me to the theatre with one of my BFFs. He would have loved to come too but sacrificed his chance to look after the children with my girl friends husband who is not a theatre goer at all. My girlfriend is a long time friend of many years. We worked together in Melbourne over 25 years ago. A year ago she moved to Brisbane and now I once again have a "Theatre Buff Buddy"
As you've probably guessed we went to see Dr Zhivago. Anthony Warlow played the part of Yuri Zhivago. Still has the most amazing voice. The costumes, the atmosphere, the voices, the songs, the music.....WOW! I loved every minute of it.
I took some photos of the Brisbane skyline on my mobile phone.
Hard to believe that only six months ago this area was a disaster flood zone. Even the theatre was closed down due to flooding. There were no tell tales signs of disaster that I could see.
A lot of cleaning up and life goes on.
While we two girls watched the three hour show our men and children walked around Brisbane city to the Brisbane River Markets to see all the interesting items for sale. Aboriginal paintings on T-Shirts, and beautiful silk scarves.
Interesting street art.
...and a pink sun!
A fourty eight car ferris wheel sits aside the Brisbane River
We love ferris wheels
Even though we are a bit wary of heights
A street busker playing the didgeridoo
Gemstones!
More gem stones....
Aboriginal boomerangs...
Masquerade Masks
...more silks with gorgeous colours and designs...
...handmade jewellery...
Didgeridoo's
Other local Australiana arts and crafts...
And who is this?
We have no idea!
Some random man who insisted on walking into our photo - so here you are HAPPY now? Hee hee hee!
It was an amazing day for us all finished off by the yummiest Greek Souvlaki at one of Brisbanes local Greek Restaurants.
Home safe and sound!
So now we can sleep peacefully again.
And what's next on the Theatre Agenda? Well...she's flying into Brisbane soon with her umbrella and big carpet bag and sings about "Feeding the Birds." Any guesses who it might be?
