It’s the first day of the last month of spring, and summer is definitely in the air in Melbourne, much to the delight of visiting Brit Debra King. The co-Creative Producer of Cultureshock, the arts festival leading up to this year’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester, is in Australia to discuss the event with the organisers of Melbourne’s cultural programme for 2006.
King’s visit has neatly coincided with the Melbourne Festival. Although there are many comparisons to be made when it comes to international festival programming, the first question I ask is what King thinks of Melbourne’s coffee, as I eagerly slurp mine down after years of caffeine deprivation in London, the world’s Capital of Bad Coffee Culture.
