Overheard Productions Is Turning 21 Years Old (Twenty One Long – Very Long – Years)

At various intervals, I’ve planned launches and re-launches and meaningless milestones for Overheard Productions.

None of them have really worked, which is more of a reflection of either the effort or forethought that have gone in to each event.

21 Years seemed like a good way to mark not only a milestone, but also a seismic shift I’m planning from 2025 onwards.

And Canberra seemed like a good place because our major 1000 Voice singing event for the end of the first week of December (plus three weeks of rehearsals) got moved to 29 March 2025.

But folks, I’m exhausted. Spent. Pretty much out on my feet. Having been through the mill for the past few months, the last few days in Adelaide (Tuesday night to Saturday sparrow fart) nearly finished me right off.

So I have rebadged it: BFD MMS Day: Big [Ducking] Deal Meaningless Mile Stone Day.

I *will* be at Old Canberra Inn from 6pm to 9pm-ish on Tuesday 3 December 2024, only without the cake, streamers, merch, and party poppers. Nor the musicians. BUT I do have a table booked for trivia, so let me know if you want to join the team. Otherwise I shop my big brain services around to other teams with spare seats.

I’ll be sat in that regular spot near the big TVs and the piano with a copy of The Canberra Times and lots of sport and maybe some cheesy music on the tannoy. <== That was when the meetup was to be at Dickson Tradies.

Apart from that, I will be updating this article with a stack of touristy things I’m doing between now (Sunday 11am; you might have just heard me mentioned in dispatches on 666 ABC Canberra making plans to be a tourist in my own town all week).

My accommodation booking comes with it a stack of discounts to stuff I’ve either never done before OR adore and want to go back and do again.

If you’re around and available, I’ll see you if I’m looking at you.


Bill Quinn aka Bill The Gypsy
Staying near the Old Homesteads in Downer, ACT
Sunday 1 December 2024, 1120h AEDT