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Aberdeen Music Corridor was the most recent vacation spot for TV adventurer Simon Reeve whose new present detailed his fascinating experiences travelling to the world’s most distant locations.
Reeve has been nearer to residence over the previous few weeks bringing his tour To The Ends Of The Earth to cities throughout the UK.
His newest cease was within the Granite Metropolis and he handled the north-east viewers to a behind the scenes look of the expeditions he has been on to make his varied TV programmes and in addition a preview of the adventures he has been on this previous yr for his upcoming collection.
Having such an in depth listing of locations he has travelled to he has cut up his newest theatre present into 4 distinct sections sizzling, chilly moist and dry.
Scorching checked out his time within the jungles of the world together with in South America and the Congo, whereas there was a drastic change in temperature going to the Arctic and locations like Siberia, Greenland and Patagonia.
He talked about considered one of his favourites actions scuba diving which has taken him to the Pacific Ocean to discover the Coral Triangle which he stated was simply as necessary as Australia’s Nice Barrier Reef.
The ultimate half took the viewers to the searing warmth of the Kalahari Desert the place he hung out with a superb tracker who has to hunt to maintain his individuals alive.
In every part he talked concerning the highlights throughout his travels, the indigenous individuals he met, spending time with native tribes and humorous moments filming together with his devoted TV crew.
This was interspersed with unseen footage and pictures from his expeditions which had been projected onto a big display screen.
He additionally confirmed what he takes in his package bag and the necessities he wants for travelling to essentially the most distant locations internationally.
Reeve was participating all through as he transported the viewers to the assorted locations and informed tales of what occurred at every.
All through the present he additionally spoke about his life which noticed him begin off as a newspaper submit boy on the Sunday Occasions earlier than he moved into the newsroom and discovered the ropes from the journalists there.
He then took on his personal investigations which noticed him trailing arms sellers and looking out into Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
Following this he made the defining transfer to start out making journey documentaries which has been doing for the previous 20 years.
He additionally talked about his household. How he met his spouse Anya, who was a digital camera operator, and their struggles to start out a household earlier than welcoming their son Jake into the world.
Moreover he was open about his well being struggles – each bodily and psychological – and the way they’ve affected his physique and household.
He was near dying when he contracted malaria and when he had a particularly uncommon an infection in his leg.
He struggled together with his psychological well being as an adolescent, which spiralled into melancholy and it received to the purpose the place he was suicidal. He managed to beat it however stated it had been a combat because it had returned in his grownup life.
He impressed the viewers to search out their distant components whether or not it’s on their travels or nearer to residence which is able to give them new experiences and recollections to assist fulfil their lives.
He inspired individuals to not get misplaced within the digital world of screens and get out an discover nature and the world.
Reeve introduced a fascinating look into his years of expeditions which has made his TV programmes over the previous twenty years so fashionable and translated fantastically to the stage.
Go to www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/music-hall for the total programme of exhibits coming to Aberdeen’s Music Corridor.