Sharon

Thompson
Australian Sharon Thompson trained as a classical singer and contemporary vocalist, worked in a variety of
musical contexts, in addi<on to performing and devising, she coaches solo ar<sts for TV and Music Theatre
and the music industry. Passionate about the natural environment, shes been known to turn her musical
skills to assis<ng with environmental campaigns. Sharons private and professional walking prac<ce is
diverse and represents a learning journey in site-responsive listening and making. Interviewed in central
London, she had just nished a run of Forever Young at the Traverse in Edinburgh, working with Australian
theatre collec<ve one step at a /me like this.

Notes from the podcast interview by Andrew Stuck: Recorded in October 2015 on a walk in central London.
Published in April 2017 on hRp://www.talkingwalking.net

GECKO: Gold Coast & Hinterland Environmental Council hRp://gecko.org.au/

Springbook Na<onal Park hRp://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/

Bora rings: hRp://johnwatsonsite.com/MyClassNotes/Topics/Poetry/Bora%20Rings.html

Lamington Na<on Park hRp://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/lamington/

Burleigh Headland hRp://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/burleigh-head/culture.html

Sideways nomadic art fes<val, in Belgium in 2012 hRp://www.tragewegen.be/nl/about

One step at a <me like this hRp://www.onestepata<melikethis.com/company.html

En route - a love song to the city hRp://www.onestepata<melikethis.com/enroute.html

Forever Young hRp://www.onestepata<melikethis.com/foreveryoung.html

Edinburgh Fes<val hRp://www.edinburghfes<valcity.com/fes<vals/edinburgh-interna<onal-fes<val

Kassel, in northern Germany hRps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassel was the inspira<on for Sharons Dirt
Song

John McGrath director of the Manchester Interna<onal Fes<val hRps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

John_McGrath_(ar<s<c_director)

Ethnomusicology hRp://www.ethnomusicology.org/?page=wha<sethnomusicol

Sharons recommenda5on for a walk is:

1. Wonga Park in the Yarra Valley hRp://www.bushwalkingblog.com.au/mount-lohy-warrandyte-state-park-
wonga-park-victoria-2/
2. Walking into the rain forest in Lamington Park towards OReillys hRps://oreillys.com.au/walking-tracks-at-
lamington-na<onal-park/

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