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MOUNT PLEASANT RADIO TELESCOPE TOUR

Dr Warren Hankey | Connect in Nature | Stars and Space | Beyond Hobart | Eastern Shore & Coal Valley

Thu 13 Aug 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

MT PLEASANT RADIO TELESCOPE OBSERVATORY

Open 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Go behind the scenes at one of Tasmania’s best hidden scientific treasures.

FROGMORE CREEK CELLAR DOOR & RESTAURANT

240 Mins

Wine and dine amongst telescopes, live music, and scientific stars Dr Kirsten Banks, Nobel Laureate Prof Brian Schmidt, and Theresa Sainty.

VAST: IN CONVERSATION

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Thu 13 Aug 12:30 PM

THEATRE ROYAL

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Accessible Toilet

60 Mins

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Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias (IHOS Amsterdam) created VAST, an immersive international sound work premiering at Beaker Street Festival at Hobart’s Theatre Royal. The piece translates the discovery of dark energy and the expanding universe into a 360-degree sonic experience. Former ABC Classic presenter Christopher Lawrence hosts a conversation between Constantine and Professor Brian Schmidt, whose Nobel Prize-winning research directly inspired the work, as they explore the science, ideas, and creative process behind VAST. The session will also include demonstrations of elements of the innovative spatial audio technology used in the production.

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Christopher Lawrence
Christopher has made a career in music as a writer, ABC broadcaster and ARIA Award-winning recording producer.

PRESENTERS

Prof Brian Schmidt
An Astronomer, Nobel Laureate, and Vigneron, Prof Brian Schmidt is a Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the Australian National University and Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist for discovering the accelerating universe.

Constantine Koukias
An internationally acclaimed composer, opera director, and producer based in Amsterdam, Constantine Koukias has created groundbreaking works spanning opera, music theatre, and large scale interdisciplinary productions.

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THEATRE ROYAL

29 Campbell Street Hobart, Tasmania, 7000

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Theatre Royal is an historic performing arts venue in central Hobart, Tasmania. It is the oldest continually operating theatre in Australia; Noël Coward once called it "a dream of a theatre" and Laurence Olivier launched a national appeal for its reconstruction in the 1940s.