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newday
Newday Leadership is not like other leadership organisations. Everything they do is in support of the mission of connecting people with ‘inspired leadership for the greater good’.
They invite extraordinary people to share what it means to be a ‘Newday leader’ — a person whose motivation goes beyond the individual.
Today they build from a strong community of more than 2500 leaders who support and drive corporate social responsibility initiatives, wellbeing programs, ethical enterprises and community campaigns and services.
This Commission was itself inspired by what a new day could mean. I started at the beginning….’dawn’ and studied what happened to the light as the break of day happened.
It was magical! It happened in just a breath of time, the space between blinking your eyes - the dawn offered a purple hue which bathed everything within its reach. The colours were variations of an iridescent lilac - reminding me of the ultraviolet lights that are used to disinfect objects. My interpretation was that the colours of dawn are Nature’s way of cleansing away the old and starting fresh.
What a fitting metaphor for the client, Newday.
This painting ( acrylic on canvas ) was used as a screen saver for participants to use as a daily reminder - that every day there is an opportunity to start afresh, to shed the day before.
Grounded
When the client, Remarkable State Wines, approached me to work on their special wine production, I was absolutely thrilled to consider the power of the label.
I was inspired by their devotion to South Australia and when asked if I could use paints made in the state I paused and responded with the unexpected response that I would use their WINE as the paint! What resulted was a truly unique label - the grid pattern to reference the city street grid of Adelaide.
PERFORMER
STILL ALIVE
and KICKING
Music Streaming Now
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Laugh, Cry, Sing!
This Multi Award winning show, including the Edinburgh Fringe Award in 2021 is a spellbinding hour sharing the insights of Life and the wonder of being present in the beauty of the Moments. Told through the languages of Visual Art, Music and spoken narrative, the impact of Human connection is the thread that paces throughout.
“If there is one thing worth doing this Fringe, it is spending an hour in a darkened room with Gill Hicks.”
Samela Harris, The Barefoot Review ★★★★★
“… a calling to all of us to relish the mundane as much as the magnificent,”
Steve Davis, The Adelaide Show ★★★★★
https://theadelaideshow.com.au/reviews/still-alive-and-kicking/
STILL ALIVE and KICKING
performed at:
Adelaide Fringe 2025 - Tickets On Sale Now
Adelaide Fringe 2023 - Sold Out Season
APAX Conference Sydney 2022
Perth International Cabaret Festival
Edinburgh Fringe 2021
Adelaide Fringe 2021
Gill Hicks (vocals) is a published author, musician, award winning artist and performer, her appreciation and gratitude for life is present throughout all of her creative works. A survivor of the 2005 terrorist bombings in London, returning to the stage has been in itself triumphant.
For Adelaide Fringe 2025, joining Gill are renown South Australian musicians, 'Maestro', Jazz Violinist and Composer Dr Julian Ferraretto (violin and saw) and much recognised and awarded Elder Conservatorium Alumni, Bassist, Lyndon Gray (Double Bass).
Blink Of
An Eye
Blink of An Eye, a projection piece, is a COVID response by Artists and professionals from the Australian performance industry.
Supported by the Adelaide Convention Centre, projected to the composition and performance of Julian Ferraretto.