South African culture Down Under

Beryl Segers, formerly of Retreat and now living in Australia, is director of Soley Productions. She has organised several South African events in Australia, including the first South African Film Festival in Australia. Beryl is currently organising the next film festival to be held in Sydney in April. She has spent the last three years developing links between the South African and Australian entertainment industries. She organised the Freedom Festival, in addition to the Australian and New Zealand tour of comedian Marc Lottering and the band, The Rockets. Beryl left Cape Town with her husband and family in the mid-1980s.