Abstract:This final segment concludes with Madam Pat Thompson's final performance in the 'Famous Spiegeltent', which along with the Melbourne Tivoli of the 1930s, is her favourite venue. The band first played ...This final segment concludes with Madam Pat Thompson's final performance in the 'Famous Spiegeltent', which along with the Melbourne Tivoli of the 1930s, is her favourite venue. The band first played in the Spiegeltent in Edinburgh, and they found it such a spectacular venue that her piano player, David Bates, bought it and has travelled it around the world ever since, with Madam Pat Thompson always bound to that slice of Australian entertainment history. Tony King reminds us that Pat Thompson's inspiration is due to more than her music and Pat reveals more of her social activism. Author and friend Barbara Blackman shares further insights about their close bond, and about the 'promised land' of old age.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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