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Fabulous Risk:
Danger and Performance in Circus and Sideshow

Conference Program

DAY 1 – FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2006
8:30–10:30	BIG TOP - (STUART PARK) General Registration
10:30–11:30	BIG TOP Welcome & Civic Reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Wollongong Welcome by Aunty Mary Davis Welcome by Lord Mayor – Alex Darling Welcome by UOW Vice-Chancellor – Professor Gerard Sutton Welcome by Canadian Consul General – Mr Rick Kohler
11:30–12:30	BIG TOP Opening Address: Reg Bolton Memorial Lecture Chair: Debra Batton Speaker: Anni Davey Performance
12:30–2:00	Lunch at the Big Top — Sponsored by the City of Wollongong Chair: Ann Burbrook
2:00–3:30	BIG TOP KEYNOTE ADDRESS Chair: Alicia Battestini Speaker: Noel Tovey: “Life is a Risk”
3:30–4:00	Coffee Carts/Big Top
3:30–5:00	BIG TOP SPOTLIGHT ON CANADA: Sponsored by the Canadian Government Chair: René Cremonese – Canadian Deputy High Commissioner Speakers: Paul Bouissac (University of Toronto) Jamie Skidmore (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Michael Cohen (Newcastle Live Sites)
6:00-6:20	Bus Pick up from Novotel to University
6:30-10:00	Conference Dinner (Sponsored by the Government of Canada) Chair: Annie Werner Speakers: Professor Andrew Wells — Dean, Faculty of Arts Mike Finch, Circus Oz Performances: • 'The Day the Circus Left Town' by Anni Davey • Debra Batton & Thor Blomfield's 'Bob & Beryl & The Box of Death' • 'The Bastard' by Heidi Hillier • ... and 'Circus Ramblings (an attempt to be Clear & Concise)' by Mike Finch, Artistic Director of Circus OZ

Please note that this is a draft program and is subject to change

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