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Wednesday 07 October
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
‘If you had met my father you would never, not for an instant, have thought he was an assassin.’
Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s most beloved comic performers – best known for her roles in Fast Forward, Babe and Kath & Kim. But Reckoning, her first book, is not a comedy. It’s a memoir about growing up in suburban Melbourne, coming to terms with her sexuality and learning the dark history of her family. Szubanksi shares not only her own story, but also the details of her father’s history as a teenage spy in wartime Poland.
Join this warm and skillful storyteller for a discussion of family, frailty and life’s big questions. In conversation with Richard Fidler.
Featuring
Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best known and most loved performers. She began her career in university revues, then appeared in a number of sketch comedy shows before creating the iconic character of Sharon Strzelecki in ABC-TV’s Kath and Kim. She has also acted in films (Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet, The Golden Compass) and stage shows. Reckoning is her first book.
Richard Fidler
Richard Fidler presents Conversations with Richard Fidler, a long-form interview program broadcast around Australia on ABC Radio.
Richard has interviewed CIA agents, ex-prisoners, astronauts and the Dalai Lama, but he’s particularly partial to guests unknown to the broader community, who have led extraordinary lives. Conversations has generated much praise for the breadth of its subjects and the depth of its research.The Conversations podcast is among the most popular and addictive programs in Australia; with nearly half a million downloads a month.
In 2011 Richard received a Churchill Fellowship to visit public radio programs in the US, including This American Life and The Moth.
In another life, Richard was a member of comedy group The Doug Anthony Allstars (DAAS), which played to audiences all over the world.