IN CONVERSATION
Tuttle, Coopes, Zemiro at MUSE
Bastille Special
4—5pm Saturday 15 July
Muse, East Hotel, Kingston Canberra ACT
Tickets: $10
Celebrate fabulously Frenchy Australian books this Bastille Day weekend.
Rachael Coopes (Paris for Beginners) and Jayne Tuttle (My Sweet Guillotine) have lived, loved, worked, clowned, studied and played in Paris, but not everything is eternal sparkles in the city of light. Their books talk about the struggles of the new, of reinvention, of injury - both physical and emotional - of toiling at work, and the joys of life's curveballs with candour and comedy.
And zut alors they're in conversation with everyone's favourite French Australian, Julia Zemiro!
Rachael Coopes is an Australian actress and writer best known for her roles in the cult SBS series, Life Support, the internationally-renowned McLeod’s Daughters and All Saints. In 2004, she was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust to study in Paris with Philippe Gaulier, mentor and teacher to Sacha Baron Cohen. Currently a presenter on Australia’s beloved Play School, she’s graced the stage and screen for thousands of ecstatic toddlers, starred in Australia’s most loved dramas, developed engaging television for kids, and written award-winning theatre. Her latest book is Paris for Beginners.
Jayne Tuttle is the author of Paris or Die and My Sweet Guillotine. A graduate of the Lecoq Theatre School, she stayed on in Paris to work as an actor, writer, translator and bilingual copywriter. During lockdown, she and fellow Lecoq graduate John Bolton developed Paris or Die into a solo theatre show, which continues to tour Australia and France this year. Jayne is a long-term resident of the Centre les Récollets in Paris, and has received fellowships from the French government, Varuna, Bundanon and the La Napoule Art Foundation. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff in coastal Victoria.
Julia Zemiro is one of Australia’s most recognisable television faces. As the host of the iconic music quiz show, RocKwiz (SBS, 2005 – 2016) she made her name as a charismatic ringmaster of live television. She took those skills into her co-hosting Australia’s coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest (2008 – 2016) where her agile presence made those original broadcasts some of the most memorable and gently irreverent in Australian television history. From 2013 to 2022, Zemiro co-produced and hosted nine seasons of ABC's hugely successful, Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery cementing her as one of Aussie TV's most likeable talents.
“Luminous, lyrical and deeply moving, Cadwallader’s writing fills the senses and sings with detail and authenticity. A compelling story of love, resilience and hope in the face of oppression and racism, alive with imagery.”
Venue
Muse, East Hotel
69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT
T: (02) 6178 0024