A talk with AmbITion

Today I'm talking at an AmbITion event in Manchester. And that's Manchester, UK not a similarly-named town here in Tasmania. And yet, I don't actually start my journey back to England until tomorrow!

How am I doing it? I'm doing the presentation via a YouTube video! All this means I don't need to get nervous as it's all pre-prepared and all they have to do back in the UK is hit play! This is definitely the kind of presentation I could get used to!

If you're at the event in Manchester, I hope you're having a fantastic day and sorry I can't be with you. If watching the video raises any further questions that I don't appear to answer, feel free to email me and I'll do my best to help out.

The video follows our journey from Launceston in the north of Tasmania, back down to Hobart here in the south. If you find what I'm saying at all boring, feel free to turn the sound off and just watch the stunning scenery in the background!

Enjoy!

A trip to Beaumaris

Our trip to Tasmania has proved to be full of connections back to Anglesey, Wales and the UK.

Here are just a few of the places we've visited or passed through since we arrived: Brighton, Kettering, Launceston, Tamar, Swansea, Melton Mowbray, Richmond, Ross.

If my commute to work in the UK from South London up to Cambridge took place in Tasmania, it would take no time at all as Lewisham and Cambridge here are conveniently located just a few miles from each other.

And next to our hotel here in Hobart we've found St David's Park; St David's Cathedral is only just round the corner.

As we undertook our epic drive down the east coast, we happened to pass through the town of Beaumaris, which you'll also find in Anglesey, so Hugh and Sioned made this very brief video.

Ten Days on the Island... hopefully not Floating away!

Posted by Simon Bedford (Marketing & Touring Manager, Hoipolloi)

As David's already mentioned, next year Hoipolloi and Hugh Hughes will be spreading their wings and going global! We've discussed before on this blog (in some detail, as we are stupidly excited about it!) our trip out to Sydney Opera House but that's not the only place we'll be visiting in Australia.

On Tuesday, the Ten Days on the Island festival had its official launch and so we're finally able to reveal to you some further performance dates. It's an honour to be part of this exciting event and Hugh is really hoping to make some fantastic new connections with another set of island dwellers - this time on the other side of the world in Tasmania.

So, here's the exact information on where we'll be:



Earl Arts Centre in Launceston, Tasmania
28 March 2009 at 2pm and 6pm
29 March 2009 at 6pm

Playhouse Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania
2 to 4 April 2009 at 8pm
5 April at 6pm

Tickets for both venues can be booked online here

That leaves just one more set of Australian dates to announce, over in Melbourne! Hopefully we'll be able to do this very soon, keep checking back here for the latest.

And thanks to Foraggio Fotographics for the image!