1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: We're joined by someone who's looking to shake up Perth. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Something we look forward to every year. The Perth Festival. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: It runs from Friday February sixth to Sunday March. The 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: First Lottery West Films run from November twenty four to 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: March twenty nine. It's not all the information and bookings. 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: Visit Perthfestival dot com dot au. You'll file you'll find 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: the brochure there. It's very everything you need to know, 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: everything you need to know. But Anna Reese to sort 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: of put it in a little bit more of a 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: nutshell for us, the artistic director for the Perth Festival, 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: is with us. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 3: Good morning, hi guys. 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: The festival schedule has been released. What are the big 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: things to pick out of it that you are most 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: looking forward to bringing to us? Oh my god. 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 3: Okay, well there's a lot. 17 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 4: So there's over one hundred events in the festival this 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 4: year and we're really excited that over a third of 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 4: those are free, so there's plenty for everyone to check out, 20 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 4: regardless of if you want to hand out some cash 21 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 4: or not. Yeah, but I suppose the big thing for 22 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 4: us there's a couple of returns. So the East Perth 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 4: power Station's coming back. So that's a big summer of 24 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 4: music down by the river at East Perth. You can 25 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 4: head down there from Thursdays to Sundays and got a 26 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 4: Kaza Musica which is this huge free stage. You can 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 4: listen to music from all around the world. You can 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 4: have a drink, you can have something to eat, bring 29 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 4: your dog. 30 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 3: That's free. It is. That's awesome and. 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: A great location down by the river. 32 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, when we got over eighty thousand people there last year, 33 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 4: I think Perth really showed up for it, you know, 34 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 4: because it's an iconic building. So many people across so 35 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 4: many different generations have a bit of history there with 36 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 4: station that's possibly legal or illegal at doing something good 37 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 4: with it. Yeah, And so there's cars of musica so 38 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 4: that's huge and free. And then around the back there's 39 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 4: this hidden corner of the power station and that's where 40 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 4: our contemporary music venue is so beautiful, big stage under 41 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 4: the stars, but dwarfed by these big industrial walls. So 42 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 4: we've got a major lineup of big acts music there. 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 4: We've got Baker Boy, We've got Bleak Squad which is 44 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 4: a bit of rock and roll, Australian Royalty, we've got 45 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 4: Suitan Archives. 46 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: We're doing a big David Bowie Tribune. 47 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: Now that's what I wanted to ask you about the show, 48 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: Rebel Rebel, because I know this is going to be 49 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: of huge interest to our people, to our listeners. 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 4: Well out of ten years next year since David Bowie died, 51 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 4: I know I could exactly where I was. 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: It seems like yesterday, doesn't it. 53 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I'm a massive David Bowie fan and wanted 54 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 4: to wanted to find a couple of ways actually to 55 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 4: mark the moment and celebrate everything he did for music. 56 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 4: So we are getting together with the per Symphony Orchestra, 57 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 4: so there'll be the big backing band on stage at 58 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 4: the power Station, and then we're inviting as many incredible 59 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 4: wa musicians as we can to pick up the microphone 60 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: and do their own rendition of their favorite David Bowie. 61 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 5: Banger's beautiful And if you've been to the orchestra, yeah, 62 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 5: and if you've been to the power Station, these huge 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 5: walls if you imagine David Bowie artwork, video clips projected 64 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 5: around it. 65 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 3: So it will be a really big party. 66 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 4: It's wape of calling it Rebel Rebel after one of 67 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 4: his songs, so that should be a really great night out. 68 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 6: I think you talk about the power station. Are there 69 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 6: any other buildings around Perth. We're reading that you're going 70 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 6: to be re purposing some other iconic buildings with ryans 71 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 6: and what are you doing with them? 72 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 4: Well, the perf Town Hall we transform into a place 73 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 4: called the Embassy and that's a little bit of a 74 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 4: nod back to the Embassy Ballroom, which was an old school, 75 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 4: beautiful ballroom in Perth in the seventies and eighties. But 76 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 4: we've turned this into an intimate kind of jazzy jazz club. 77 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 4: There's a cocktail bar, there's table cabaret, tables so you 78 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 4: can go and see big bands. You can see really 79 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 4: fantastic international jazz, some sensational and hilarious cabaret, some Australian 80 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 4: singer songwriters. So that's a really packed program there. And 81 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 4: on Fridays and Saturday nights it turns into a free. 82 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: Really gorgeous little karaoke bar. 83 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 4: We're taking over Saint Mary's Cathedral, which is a beautiful cathedral. 84 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: It's quite a responsibility look after. 85 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, we will look after it. 86 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 4: We're very thrilled that they've said yes for us doing 87 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 4: some programming in there, but I don't think we're programming 88 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 4: anything radical in there. What we're doing is creating a 89 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: music program called the Sanctum Series, which is really gorgeous 90 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 4: choral work from around the world, some chamber music, a 91 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 4: wonderful Irish fiddle player. 92 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 3: Called Martin Hayes. What else are we're doing. 93 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 4: We're taking over the bridges of Perth with huge artwork. 94 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 4: We're putting these wonderful sculptures all the way along the 95 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: river from Guildford all the way down to Fremantle called 96 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 4: Karla Biddie. There's an opera called The Trial, which is 97 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 4: about a guy who gets accused of murder but he's 98 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 4: not guilty, and Lost and Found opera, which is a 99 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: WA company presenting that in a bleak Severance style corporate 100 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 4: office building in one of our top top floors of 101 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 4: corporate office block in the center of Perth's dance in 102 00:04:59,040 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 4: Forest Place. 103 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: There's a lot, there's a lot. 104 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: I'm very excited to see Miles coming back and personally 105 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: more Cheeber. I can't wait to see more Cheaper at 106 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: the power station. 107 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: Now. 108 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: What I love about Perth embracing the festival I've seen 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 2: in recent years Perth. People will give things a go 110 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: and that's you know, try something new, and that's awesome 111 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 2: because if we don't, it doesn't continue, then all we 112 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: have is sport and sports great, that's great, but we 113 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 2: also need art so and thank you so much for 114 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 2: coming in the beginning of February. 115 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: Out of your Taste is something for everybody. 116 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 6: So that's the Birth Festival which starts on the sixth 117 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 6: of February. 118 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: We're looking forward to that.