Andrew Kay, Phil Bathols and Adelaide Festival Centre Presents DEADLY 60 POLE TO POLE STARRING STEVE BACKSHALL

Join Wildlife TV Presenter, adventurer, naturalist, and writer Steve Backshall as he takes you on a wild journey! Coming to Her Majesty's Theatre from 14 - 15 January 2017.

Following his sold out 2016 Australian tour, the star of one of the most popular children's shows on the planet, Steve Backshall is returning to Australia with a new LIVE show based on the hit BBC Earth series, Deadly 60 Pole to Pole.

Come on an intimate journey of wild discovery and entertainment live on stage with Steve as he shares his experiences travelling from the South Pole to the North Pole, and his gripping encounters with deadly creatures from all corners of the globe.

Naturalist Steve Backshall is best known for a children's TV show Deadly 60, in which he tracks down the world's most dangerous animals. He's swum with sharks, been bitten by a caiman, and come face to face with some of the most venomous snakes on the planet.

From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from the tundra to the top of the world's highest peaks, and from the depths of the rainforest to the bottom of the sea, this wonderful event is suitable for fans of the TV series as well as wildlife enthusiasts of all ages from five to eighty.

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO & Artistic Director Douglas Gautier says, "Adelaide Festival Centre has a long history of supporting outstanding family entertainment and we're delighted to present Deadly 60 Live and Operation Ouch Live on Stagefor South Australian audiences to enjoy during the summer school holiday break. These shows pre-empt another big year of family entertainment at Festival Centre. Later in the year, Dream Big Children's Festival, South Australia's Adelaide's iconic arts event for schools and families will be bigger than ever before and to top it all off in April we will celebrate the 40th Birthday Celebration of our perennially popular Something on Saturday program."

Steve is an author, expedition leader, naturalist, wildlife expert and a fearless presenter. Having travelled the world to learn about the most inspiring predators, Steve has been squirted with ink by Humboldt squid, flirted with by tarantula, charged by elephants, and stared out by thresher and great hammerhead sharks, but still maintains that wild animals pose no threat to people - in fact quite the opposite.

Steve has been passionate about the wild world ever since he could crawl, and, growing up, counted as his best pals the animals that lived around him - from the asthmatic donkey, to the grass snakes in the manure heap! After graduating from Exeter University in England, Steve studied martial arts in Japan, attaining his black belt. Over the following years, Steve wrote for the Indonesian Rough Guides and, during his travels, became conversant in the local language, drank blood with un-contacted tribes, nearly got caught in fatal crossfire in riots in East Timor, came nose to nose with Komodo Dragons, and attempted to walk solo across Irian Jaya (a woeful failure)!

Deadly 60 can be seen weekdays on ABCME.

About BBC Earth. BBC Earth is a global factual brand which seeks to inspire audiences in the UK and worldwide with the most incredible sights, stories, and characters from the natural world. Commercially and internationally the brand is managed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. Since launch the brand has grown across multiple platforms including branded blocks on television, live events, social media, visitor attractions, theatrical releases for cinema and giant screen films, and online on BBC.com. From 2015 the BBC Earth brand will launch new channels internationally that will be dedicated to bringing audiences premium factual content.

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What

DEADLY 60 LIVE! Pole to Pole Tour with Steve Backshall

When

14 - 15 January

Venue

Her Majesty's Theatre

Times

14 Jan 3pm & 6pm, 15 Jan 1pm & 4pm

Cost from

Adult A Res $59.90, Conc A Res $49.90, Adult B Res $49.90, Conc B Res $44.90, Family (2 + 2) B Res only $150.00

Bookings

BASS 131 246 or online at bass.net.au

More info

For further information visit adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

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