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Cello
Julian smiles Australia
Julian Smiles is well known to Australian audiences through his work with the Australia Ensemble and
with the internationally acclaimed Goldner String Quartet, combined with frequent solo appearances
and Guest Principal work with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony and the ACO. He is also
increasingly in demand as a teacher and has taught at the Sydney Conservatorium, the Canberra School
of Music, and the Australian Institute of Music. In 2007, Julian was a member of the jury of the 5th
Melbourne International Chamber Music competition. In July 2008, he will perform along with his
wife, Dimity Hall, and semi-finalists in the Chamber Music section of the Sydney International Piano
Competition.
actors
Karen Gibb Australia
Karen Gibb has been involved with a broad cross section of art forms including performance art, classic
and contemporary theatre. She has also been a regional arts worker for many years, conducting acting,
mask and movement workshops in Townsville and throughout North Queensland. Karen has performed
both interstate and internationally, notably at the 2001 Theatre Festival in Korea. She has also been involved
with successive World Interplay Festivals as a workshop actor. For Tropic Sun in 2007/08 she plays Martha
in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Emlia in Othello, and Queen Jocasta in Oedipus The King.
Phil Lambert Australia
A graduate of Melbourne University, Phil Lambert has been associated with the Tropic Sun Theatre
Company since 1995 when he performed the role of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Since
then his many roles have included Elliot in Noel Coward's Private Lives, Vladimir in Beckett's Waiting
For Godot, The Rev John Hale in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Yvette in Michael Beresford's Body Parts
and Dr Miranda in Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. Phil now lives in Melbourne, but returns to the
Company when the opportunity arises. His last visit to Townsville was to play George to Karen's Martha
in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
author
Jessica Duchen United Kingdom
Jessica Duchen divides her time between writing fiction, theatrical scripts, biography and journalism,
the latter mainly for The Independent. Her third novel, Hungarian Dances, was published this year by
Hodder & Stoughton, following wide acclaim for Rites of Spring and Alicia's Gift.
A Walk Through the End of Time is her first play and, like The Song of Triumphant Love, was
commissioned by Philippe Graffin, artistic director of the Consonances Festival, St Nazaire. Jessica's
biographies include studies of the composers Gabriel Fauré and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. She is also
a trained pianist and enjoys exploring creative collaborations that combine literature and music in new
and exciting ways.
Festival
artists
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