The Whitlam Institute and Riverside Theatres present a three course banquet of erudition and revelry bound to feed your hunger for vintage Macquarie and titillate your taste for contemporary debate.
First course
From Bread and Dripping to Beef: The Crook’s Emancipation
A forum on Crime & Punishment in NSW from Macquarie to today with Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions; Tony McAvoy, Barrister and Associate Professor Carol Liston, University of Western Sydney Historian.
7pm Thursday 22 July
$15.00
BOOK ONLINE or call 02 8839 3399
Second course
A Dog’s Breakfast or a Moveable Feast? Should Parramatta be torn down and redeveloped from scratch?
A lively forum on the future of Sydney’s urban design and planning, starting with Parramatta. Featuring Bob Meyer, Director of Planning, Cox Richardson Architects and Planners, Philip Thalis, founding principal of Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects and Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald columnist.
7pm Wed 28 July
$15.00
BOOK ONLINE or call 02 8839 3399
Third course
We Get Our Just Desserts: Thank God It's Friday with Richard Glover
History gets hysterical as Richard Glover and his corps of comedians, Jean Kittson, Anthony Ackroyd, Wendy Harmer and Tommy Dean answer curly questions such as: 'Should rum still be our currency?'. Presented in collaboration with 702 ABC Sydney.
8pm Sat 7 August
$36.00
BOOK ONLINE or call 02 8839 3399
Riverside Theatres
Cnr Church and Market Streets
Parramatta
