Cultural Saturday

Is there a better way to spend your Saturday than exploring the Arts with you sister? It was a lovely day... it began slowly and then into the city by train having parked at the station. We met up with Bridie and Sean (niece and boyfriend) and Tom and Cresten (Bridie's brother and mother) in the foyer of the Victorian Arts Centre. I love the entry to the Arts Centre- the arch and the water wall. Having looked at the queue we decided lunch was the best option and thus fortified we ventured into the queue which snaked around in the Great Hall. The ceiling of the Great Hall is always inspiring and such a treat. It wasn't all that long in the queue and we were into the next queue to get through the door to view the Dali- Liquid Desire exhibition. It is a wonderful exhibition with works from around the world- it ranges through the wondrous and the bizarre and was truly worth the effort and the cost. The catalogue is huge and going to be worth dipping in to over the coming weeks.
The train journey home gave us time to browse through the Age newspaper- a great article about Anthony La Paglia.

A bit of a relax at home and then back in to the city and a park right in front on the new Melbourne Theatre Company theatre complex. Michele and I had decided to have dinner there in the new restaurant. We managed to get a table and some photos of the diners?!
Obviously Script is the name of the restaurant and the food was good tasty although a little expensive but we expected that.
We went to see the play The Man from Mukinupin an Australian play that has had mixed reviews. It was a tad challenging in the staging and the concepts it addresses but I am glad we stayed to the end as rounded off well and explored racism and other issues and concepts well.

The play certainly rounded off a day of the arts well.