On a sizzling summer season’s day in 1965, Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner walked into the general public bar of the Regatta Lodge in Brisbane, calmly chained themselves to the bar rail, and ordered a beer with a view to protest the exclusion of serving girls in pubs. What occurred subsequent would change the course of Australian historical past – and rather less clearly – the course of music in Australia for ladies, eternally. Be a part of award-winning cabaret performers Amelia Ryan and Libby O’Donovan in a rollicking, raucous celebration of songs and tales from Nineteen Sixties Australia. Hear the likes of Lynne Randell, Little Patti, Judy Stone, Marcie Jones, Margret Roadknight, Wendy Saddington, and Alison McCallum, in a nostalgic hour that pays homage to the ladies who blazed the paths for generations to come back. By means of historical past, coronary heart, and hilarity, they create these unimaginable girls – and their music – out of the sidelines, and into their rightful place in Aussie music historical past. Directed by Elena Carapetis with musical path by Mark Ferguson, it’s on on the B (Queanbeyan Bicentennial Corridor) on Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11am and 8pm. See: theq.web.au
