Event #106
Magda Szubanski: I Can't Tell You But I Will
Powerhouse Theatre
Regular Program
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Magda Szubanski: I Can't Tell You But I Will
2:45–3:45pm, Sunday 11 October, Powerhouse Theatre
Join Magda via Zoom for this very special Brisbane Writers Festival event to celebrate her latest book and her return to public life after a recent battle with cancer.
From Fast Forward’s fad-peddling beauty therapist Chenille to Kath & Kim’s netball-obsessed, pash-rashed Sharon Strzelecki, iconic performer Magda Szubanski has been lighting up our screens and making us laugh for decades. She’s a comedy genius, a staunch advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, an award-winning author and a national treasure – and her new memoir, I Can’t Tell You But I Will, is a tender and moving portrait of the tension between public duty and private grief.
The session will feature an audience Q&A via Slido, and you’ll be able to purchase presigned copies ofI Can’t Tell You But I Will. Don’t miss it!
#Artist
Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best known and most loved performers. She began her career in university revues, then appeared in a number of sketch-comedy shows before he iconic character of Sharon Strzelecki rose to national fame in ABC TV’s Kath and Kim. She has also acted in films (Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet, The Golden Compass) and in stage shows.
Her bestselling memoir Reckoning won the 2016 Indie Award for Non-Fiction, the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the 2016 Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers Choice Award, the 2016 Australian Book Industry Award for Biography and the Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year 2016. She became the public face of the marriage-equality debate in 2017.
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