FEATURE FEATURE STEEL MAGNOLIA: AN ENCOUNTER WITH GERALDINE TURNER THISMUCHLOVEDTHEATRESTARHASDIRECTED ANUPCOMINGPRODUCTIONATRIVERSIDE In 2014 Australian theatre star Geraldine Turner OAM became the patron of Miranda Musical Society, as a thank you to the industry that she loves.As a way of being able to mentor aspiring talent at the beginning of a creative career she sees it as important to pass on knowledge and hand down her experience.As part of that she has directed the upcoming production Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris which plays at Riverside in August. Recently Geraldine was interviewed by Jane Cadzow in The Good Weekend magazine for The Sydney Morning Herald. Here is some of that very open and honest interview. 40