http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/ Events Channel http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181669 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181669 08/11/2007-31/12/2009 Theatre Take a peak inside the dressing rooms, see the stage shared by some of theatre's greatest luminaries and view the many performing spaces from the unique perspective of a performer.  The 60-90 minute tour leaves from the foyer of the Festival Theatre (near Showbitz) every Tuesday and Thursday at 11am. Adults, Family and Concession - phone BASS 131 246 Children FREE (12 years & under) Groups (10+) -  phone BASS Group Bookings 08 8205 2220 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182274 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182274 09/12/2009-12/12/2009, 15/12/2009-19/12/2009 Theatre A Ladykillers Production presented by Vitalstatistix in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program. From the team who created the award-winning treat Cake. A story about identity and loss and the slippery nature of truth The Pyjama Girl is inspired by the true Australian story of a murdered woman whose body, clad in yellow silk pyjamas was found in Albury, NSW in 1934. Known only as the Pyjama Girl she would not be identified for a decade. The mystery captivated the Australian public and has become a modern myth. We know nothing of who the Pyjama Girl really was or how she lived, and somehow because of this she lives on in our culture. Despite the existence of factual information - there are countless versions of events, some bordering on the bizarre. Ladykillers reveal the essence of this story about identity and loss and the slippery nature of truth. Alfred Hitchcock and film noir influenced, The Pyjama Girl is moving, at times disturbing and blackly funny. "Evocative, engaging, curious and compelling. Ladykillers make memorable theatre of extraordinary quality." This work is suitable for patrons aged 14 years and above. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182461 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182461 18/12/2009-19/12/2009 Music And Concerts A spectacular Adelaide Festival Centre Christmas tradition presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre. "At last Adelaide has a festive event that fills its Festival heart"Sunday Mail Share the joy of the Christmas season with the sensational 34 piece Adelaide Art Orchestra and the12-part Adelaide Vocal Project choir featuring vocalist Silvie Paladino and pianist Bernard Walz conducted by Tim Sexton. This years special feature will be the premiere performance of a brand new Christmas carol written by South Australian literary icon Max Fatchen and the beloved Festival Theatre Silver Jubilee Organ will again make a guest appearance.   Silvie Paladino is one of Australia’s most versatile entertainers and has performed in Asia, Europe and on London’s West End. Well known for her regular appearances at Carols by Candlelight in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, she has also performed at many sporting events singing the national anthem and as the lead artist with many of Australia’s major symphony orchestras. Her musical theatre credits include principal roles in major productions of Les Miserables,Cats, Miss Saigon, Hair and Mamma Mia! More recently she toured Australia with Patrizio Buanne. Bernard Walz is “Australia’s Premier Pops Pianist” and combines a cheeky sense of humour with an infectious enthusiasm for music. Winner of numerous awards including three “MO” Awards, he has performed all around the world: from the Sydney Opera House to the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Village Vanguard in New York. Bernard has toured with the likes of Michael Crawford and the late harmonica legend Larry Adler and has also performed with many of Australia’s major symphony orchestras. "... a slick, well produced, heart warming evening."dB Magazine Expect to hear all your favourite traditional carols, as well as some musical theatre delights!  This event is a G-rated, family friendly Christmas Concert programmed to appeal to Mid-Primary school ages and up. While suitable for all ages, it is most suited to families with children 7 years and over. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182537 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182537 31/12/2009-24/01/2010 Musical Theatre CATS. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Presented by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises in association with the Really Useful Group and Adelaide Festival Centre From 31 December 2009. 29 shows only! Festival Theatre Finally, CATS, the best-known and best-loved musical the world has ever known, returns to Adelaide. Cats is quite simply a phenomenon. With magnificent music composed by the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, including the poignant hit song Memory, an imaginative set, inspired choreography and stunning costumes, Cats is a brilliant song and dance spectacular not to be missed. Cats first opened in London in May 1981 to rave reviews and went on to win a record-breaking number of awards worldwide including two Olivier Awards for Musical of the Year and Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Musicals, and seven Tony Awards. It holds the record of the longest-running musical in West End history having played for 21 years. In addition Cats played 18 years on Broadway and has been presented in over twenty-six countries, in about three hundred cities, in ten languages. "The cat's whiskers... A triumphant piece of musical theatre..." Sunday Times UK "Many thrilling moments...Extraordinary ingenuity..." Sunday Telegraph UK "Magical! The setting is a miracle of design. Go on...purr with pleasure" Daily Mirror UK "A brilliantly conceived song and dance spectacular" Sunday Express UK Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes (with 20 minute interval) Tuesday 7.30pm Wednesday 1.30pm & 7.30pm Thursday 7.30pm Friday 7.30pm Saturday 1.30pm & 7.30pm Sunday 3pm http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182595 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182595 16/12/2009-07/02/2010 Visual Arts Now in its 4th year Anangu Backyard showcases and promotes the best artworks made in the 7 Aboriginal owned art centres of the Anangu/Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands of far northwest South Australia. Throughout the vast red sandy lands and cultured landscape of South Australia's 'backyard', the Anangu use art and narrative to share knowledge through telling stories about their Lands, its creation, their families and food supplies.  http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182596 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182596 14/11/2009-06/12/2009 Visual Arts In 2007, 11 leading arts companies accepted the offer to become key producers of the community partnerships section of the Australia Council for the Arts. Drawn from across mainland Australia, these companies work within a wide range of communities, with a diverse range of arts and non-arts partners. This exhibition introduces these companies and their work as a group whose dedication to excellence, equity, inclusion and opportunity through and in the arts makes them leaders in community arts and cultural development practice. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182642 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182642 19/08/2010 Visual Arts An exciting new program of moving image artworks by local artists, emerging and established. Changing regularly so come along and see a series of quality digital artworks on large plasma screens. Artists exhibiting throughout the rest of the year include: Pip McManus  Christos Linou Serena Mullholland Damien Sheridan Submissions from artists welcome. Click here to download application form. For information contact 8216 8600 or email charissa.davies@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au  Image Lorelei Siegloff still from The Pillars of Herakles. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182643 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182643 01/01/2010-24/01/2010 Musical Theatre Presented by Arts Asia Pacific & Power Arts in association with Adelaide Festival Centre Performed by a wonderful mix of humans and puppets, Avenue Q features puppets in the buff and songs like "If You Were Gay", "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" and "The Internet is for Porn". Cross 'Sesame Street' with 'The Muppet Show', give it an R-rating and you've got the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q! AVENUE Q opened on Broadway in 2003, beating blockbuster WICKED for BEST MUSICAL, BEST BOOK and BEST SCORE at the 2004 Tony Awards. It is still a hit on Broadway and is currently playing its 4th year on London's Westend. But be warned... this is not a show for the kids! Please note: Avenue Q may be inappropriate for 12 years of age and under. Avenue Q does use puppets, however this is an adult show, and is not suitable for young children. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182648 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182648 26/08/2009-06/12/2009 Visual Arts ON A HIGH NOTE throws the spotlight on State Opera and the work of General Director Stephen Phillips with this company from 1989, which includes twenty Australian premieres of new operas, The Ring Cycle with Theatre du Chatelet in 1998, followed by the first ever fully Australian Ring Cycle in 2004.  On display will be costumes, props, photographs, and stage models. WHERE:  Festival Theatre Foyer WHEN:    26 August – early December FREE http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182650 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182650 28/11/2009 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's trans:mission program in association with Cartell Music presents So Frenchy So Chic - L!VE The So Frenchy So Chic albums have captivated the fans and sold over 90,000 copiesand introduced artists such as Camille, Emilie Simon and Nouvelle Vague. Now for the first time in Adelaide the So Frenchy So Chic Live series will present of a memorable double bill featuring two of the most acclaimed stars of the French new wave: whimsical folk-pop duo Cocoon and five-piece indie-bluegrass outfit Moriarty. Cocoon describe themselves (and perhaps with tongues-in-cheek) as a folk-pop version of The White Stripes. Cocoon’s close harmonic, heartfelt and charming sound echoes the refrains of singer-songwriters Nick Drake and Elliot Smith, with a nod to the ‘new folk’ melodies of Sufjan Stevens and Devendra Banhart.  Cocoon has truly emerged in France with gold album sales and frequent airplay, and their penchant for deliciously black nursery rhymes set against a whimsical musical backdrop is recognised by fans around the world. Australian audiences are sure to love their unique covers, including Outcast’s Hey Ya and their surprisingly delicate and enchanting take on the disco classic Kung Fu Fighting.  “a beautiful urban fairytale in which two adults are transformed into folk stars at the strike of a banjo chord.” Guitare Bass [France] Cocoon MySpace Moriarty takes its cue from the worlds of 1930s American folk and European cabaret. This stripped-back ensemble comprises four men on various acoustic instruments fronted by haunting vocals of the enigmatic Rosemary. Singing in English with a style that’s been variously described as early Neil Young, folk, country, blues, jazz and even Americana, each song tells a story, occasionally true, often false, but always intense. Following a string of acclaimed gigs across Europe and the US, the one absolute of this mysterious group is that their sound is irresistible. “Unique, unmissable Moriarty are featuring the finest talent on the alt psycfolk scene.” Evening Standard Moriarty MySpace FREE entertainment and drink specials in the FEZ BAR – after the show [Located in the Piano Bar in the Festival Theatre foyer] Pre-show dinner deal in the Bistro $ 45 per person Includes a shared platter of tasters for entrée, main course & a glass of house wine. To Pre-Book call the BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182681 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182681 05/12/2009 Music And Concerts Presented by Andrew McKinnon and Spiritworks Cat Stevens. The name brings back a thousand memories - dark eyes, a winning voice and songs which the whole world sang along to. Back in the 70s Cat Stevens was the ultimate rock star. Talented, charismatic, with a seemingly endless succession of beautiful melodies streaming from his imagination, the one-time teen idol turned international singing star had everything. He sold more than 60 million albums, earned enough money to last several lifetimes, and enjoyed all the trappings of fame. But he wanted more out of life. So at the height of his career he shocked the world by taking his last bow. The music stopped and Cat Stevens was no more. Whatever became of the man who wrote Father and Son, Moon Shadow and Where do the Children Play? Why did he turn his back on the world? PEACE TRAIN is a night of music and story-telling which will strike a chord deep inside the heart of anyone who longs for something more; A journey back in time, recreating the sights and sounds, seeking out the man in the music and telling the story behind the songs. Then, of course, there is the music. Hear twenty-three hits sung with remarkable authenticity by one of Australia's most exciting young artists Darren Coggan, backed by a high-energy band. From First Cut is the Deepest, to Remember The Days Of The Old School, Lady D'Arbanville, Sad Lisa and Peace Train, Darren Coggan traces the path of a man who never stopped wondering about how to make the world a better place. PEACE TRAIN - The Cat Stevens Story - has had audiences on their feet, cheering for more at every stop. "Darren Coggan seamlessly weaves the Cat Stevens Story in song and speech in what ends with a standing ovation."Sunday Herald Sun Suitable for all ages. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182682 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182682 20/11/2009-27/11/2009 Theatre Presented by Blackbird Productions. From writer, Robert Harling (Soapdish, First Wives Club) comes the stage production of Steel Magnolias starring come of Australia?s best loved actors. Starring Ana Maria Belo, Marian Frizelle, Jennifer Hagan, Debra Lawrance, Geraldine Turner and Jacki Weaver. This production is suitable for all students (schools) and patrons of all ages. Study Guide available for schools. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182683 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182683 27/11/2009 Music And Concerts Presented by Michael Coppel RY COODER & NICK LOWE with JOACHIM COODER and special guest Juliette Commagere. RY COODER & NICK LOWE return to Australia for an evening of remarkable performances showcasing their celebrated careers and repertoires. Touring Australia for the first time in nearly 30 years the master slide guitarist will share the stage with his longtime friend and musical brother-in-arms, as well as his son, Joachim Cooder on drums, and vocalist Juliette Commagere. Lowe is credited with convincing Cooder to head out on tour, the seed planted earlier this year whilst performing at a benefit show in San Francisco. From there a short run of European shows has grown into a (to date) 24 show tour that has now been extended to include a limited number of select Australian dates. If the two stars had been in any doubt of their reception before the show then the standing ovations & the two demands for encores which followed would have made it clear that Edinburgh loved them. - The Scotsman Throughout his extensive career Cooder has enjoyed a wide ranging solo career, as well as playing and recording with such luminaries as Captain Beefheart, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal & Randy Newman. Last year saw the release of I,Flathead, the final part of his acclaimed Californian trilogy, inclusive of Chavez Ravine & My Name Is Buddy. However to some Cooder is best known for his championing of everything from Hawaiian slack key guitar to Tex-Mes/Norteno, as well as for the world wide success of the Buena Vista Social Club, to his numerous film scores particularly Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas. Rolling Stone lists Cooder as one of the ten best guitarists of all time, rightly placing him amongst an elite group whose guitar style is instantly identifiable by a single note, in Cooder's case, a haunting, heart-rendering slide tone. Cooder arrived on stage to a hero's welcome & proceeded to mesmerize with a stunning performance. - Hot Press Cooder's guitar solos couldn't have been sweeter or more heartbreaking. - The Herald (UK) Cooder & Lowe's working relationship was established in the late '80s in the quartet Little Village. Lowe's career began a decade earlier with band Brinsley Schwarz, & later markedly influencing punk rock as producer for Stiff Records recording acts such as The Damned, Elvis Costello & The Pretenders. However, his own musical styling graduated through new wave, roots rock, country rhythm, blues & rock 'n' roll - most notable hit singles include Cruel To Be Kind & (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding. The evening was a mixture of the old, the new, the borrowed & the definitely blue. Lowe's silky voice & sharply observed lyrics... & Cooder showed why he's considered the best slide player in the world... - The Scotsman ...a set that stirred the memory, surprised with its exuberant rendering of some of the old material & confirmed Cooder's status as the king of slide guitar. - The Herald (UK) Performing the opening set and joining Cooder & Lowe on stage is special guest JULIETTE COMMAGERE. The charismatic lead of indie-rock band Hello Stranger has stepped out on her own releasing solo debut album Queens Die Proudly. A show not to be missed! http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182684 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182684 28/11/2009 Dance Presented by Desalyne Theatrical Enterprises. An entertaining program of dance and musical theatre performed by a cast aged from 3 years to adult. Suitable for the entire family. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182831 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182831 29/01/2010-30/01/2010 Music And Concerts Presented by AKA and Hi-5 Operations Pty Ltd Bright, funny and packed with upbeat songs and dancing, Hi-5 Surprise! Live Tour 2010 will be a wonderful treat for all! For the 10-year anniversary live show, the Hi-5 team of Casey, Stevie, Fely, Tim and Lauren want to do something special for their friend Chats' birthday, so they are throwing her a surprise party and everyone is invited! It's a big, funfilled surprise with heaps of singing, dancing and party games. Get ready to yell "surprise!" and join in the celebration! It's Hi-5 Surprise! The biggest party to ever hit the stage. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182832 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182832 01/12/2009-06/12/2009 Theatre Presented by A-List Entertainment "Have You Had It Long, Madam?"... is a unique and entertaining show about British TV's Antiques Roadshow presented by Hilary Kay and Paul Atterbury, two of the best known faces from the long-running television favourite. In the relaxed and intimate theatre atmosphere of "Have You Had It Long, Madam?" Hilary and Paul share an irreverent but affectionate insiders' view of their experiences and favourite stories from in front of the camera and behind the scenes including some priceless clips and bloopers. Off screen disasters and dramas will be revealed and you can relive some of the most exciting discoveries. There will also be an opportunity for a few randomly selected audience members to have a small item featured as part of the show. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182833 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182833 03/12/2009 Comedy Presented by A-List Entertainment Join the 7-time Emmy nominated star of "Seinfeld" as he hosts an evening of hilarious stand-up, music, a Seinfeld Q & A and improvisational comedy with special guests Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Julia Morris' Scared Weird Little Guys and more! http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182834 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182834 12/12/2009 Music And Concerts Presented by Bluehawk The ultimate international soft rock duo Air Supply is Keeping the Love Alive for one blissful night of beautiful melodies and rich, soaring harmonies at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, on Saturday 12 December 2009. You'll be Lost in Love and other multi-Platinum signature Classics from the prolific partnership of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, who have produced eight global #1 hits and sold more than forty million albums, over their thirty five year friendship. The composer and the vocalist first met as cast members of Jesus Christ Superstar in the late seventies and were soon established hit makers as Air Supply, dominating the Pop charts with power ballads throughout the eighties and nineties - Love and Other Bruises, All Out of Love, Every Woman in the World to Me, The One That You Love, Making Love Out of Nothing At All, Here I am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You), Even The Nights Are Better, Two Less Lonely People in the World, Sweet Dreams, Chances, It's Never Too Late and more. These enduring songs from one of our most successful international touring acts, have put Hearts in Motion, inspiring romantics across generations and around the globe, to set the scene with candle light and the sublime sounds of Air Supply. Reminisce those special moments with your heart's desire and All That You Want from Air Supply, performing their hits for one night only in Adelaide on Saturday 12 December. Don't miss out! http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182842 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182842 16/11/2009-01/01/2010 Visual Arts Aurelia Carbone - A toy boat on the Serpentine The unifying idea behind Aurelia Carbone's body of work is the visual representation of what she likes to think of as "common human experiences" - those personal, clear and almost endless moments that change and enhance our understanding of the world and our place in it. The works are infused with optimistic outcomes of personal (and yet universal) crisis; including pregnancy, travel through unfamiliar territories and leaps of faith.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182843 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182843 03/03/2010-06/03/2010 Theatre Presented by Adelaide Festival Set in the lush minimalism of an illuminated white void, a young woman is utterly victimised. Two actresses in gold leotards frolic across the stage and, with immense pleasure, abandon themselves to the humiliation of a third woman. A situation of merciless cruelty emerges, from which a fragile and moving beauty astonishingly wells up. Driven by an ensemble of artists with intellectual disabilities, Back to Back is uniquely placed to comment on the social, cultural, ethical and value-based structures that define the institution known as 'the majority'. Accompanied by a trance-like live improvisation by Sydney cult jazz trio, The Necks, Food Court is visually and musically virtuosic, and at the same time takes us back to the essence of theatre. A near death experience in a suburban wonderland, Food Court will shock, challenge and confront. Be not afraid. Director: BRUCE GLADWIN Text: BRUCE GLADWIN, RITA HALABAREC, NICKI HOLLAND, MARK DEANS, SARAH MAINWARING, SCOTT PRICE Music: THE NECKS To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182844 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182844 10/03/2010-13/03/2010 Dance Presented by Adelaide Festival How fitting that a French dance company should pay such joyous tribute to the legendary George Gershwin, whose exuberant music was often influenced by French composers such as Ravel. And just as Gershwin's universally recognised music married classical orchestrations with daring jazz rhythms to create new directions in sound, the Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu leads the way in its unique collaboration of choreography and new media. Little wonder it is now universally regarded as one of Europe's most exciting contemporary dance companies and a leader in the integration of live performance with video technology. The brainchild of director, José Montalvo, and his co-choreographer, Dominique Hervieu, Good Morning Mr Gershwin melds contemporary dance, hip-hop, slamming and tap dancing with live singing and percussion set in a fantasy world provided by a stunning backdrop of big-screen make-believe. Live dancers interact with their video counterparts in a witty production inspired by the effervescence of Gershwin and the absurdity of the 1930s Broadway musical and Hollywood film oeuvre. This is an irrepressible musical dance show that will have you helplessly tapping your feet as you're rocked back and forth between the twenties and today, swapping genres and cultures. Allons-y! WARNING: Contains nudity To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182845 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182845 03/03/2010-07/03/2010 Family Presented by Slingsby in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE Program and Adelaide Festival By Finegan Kruckemeyer Original Concept/Director Andy Packer A boy wakes to finds he has grown. He recognises the stranger in the mirror, but his parents, his town do not. Outside his childhood bedroom he finds a bird that cannot fly and together the strangers embark on adventures. This is the story about their journey to the big city, what they find there, what they join in and what they make for themselves. A story about flying from nests, birdsong, the nature of man and wild things, and growing up. From Slingsby, the award winning company that created the internationally acclaimed hit The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, comes this enveloping world of pearly prose, lustrous live music, melancholia and sunshine. Lovingly crafted for adults and children aged 10 and up. PLEASE NOTE: There will NOT be traditional theatre seats provided for this performance. The audience will be expected to sit on turf covered with rugs, cushions and lawn chairs. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182846 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182846 26/02/2010-04/03/2010 Opera Presented by Adelaide Festival Seize the day. Never was there such a mind-boggling work to convey that lifeaffirming message with such force and grotesque inspiration. 'The Big Mac' - as it's ironically nicknamed - is considered a milestone in the history of opera, the only one written by György Ligeti. Sung in English by a stellar international cast, this ground breaking anti-anti opera, written by Ligeti in 1978, has never before been seen in Australia. This savage burlesque comes to us directly from the English National Opera with a breathtakingly clever and audacious new staging by La Fura dels Baus - the company that famously created the Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony and is also remembered for their controversial production at the 1996 Adelaide Festival. With outrageous wit, wildly virtuosic vocal writing and astonishing filmic effects, Le Grand Macabre is a spectacular surrealist farce set in a fantasy world that laughs in the face of modern life and points to the moral: eat, drink and make love, for who knows when the world might end. Gross, enthralling, outrageous, funny and essentially human, don't miss an exclusive opportunity to see this huge new production in Australia. Sung in English with surtitles WARNING:Adult concepts - may not be suitable for children under 15 years. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182847 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182847 11/03/2010-14/03/2010 Theatre Presented by Adelaide Festival NGURRUMILMARRMIRIYU. (translation - Wrong Skin) Elcho Island off the North-East coast of Arnhem Land may be one of the world's remotest places. But this has not stopped this small community taking the world by storm. Recently Yolngu artist Gurrumul Yunupingu turned first his guitar, and then the musical world upside down, with his dreamlike Yolngu ballads. Then Elcho's unique 'Chooky Dancers', via a three minute clip on YouTube, managed to reach one and a half million people with their hilarious rendition of Zorba the Greek Yolngu Style, fusing Aboriginal dance, hip hop and comedy. Born on the broken asphalt of the Galiwinku Saturday night disco, the world roared its approval. Now Elcho Island and The Chooky Dancers join hands with multi-award winning director Nigel Jamieson (Sydney Olympic Opening Ceremony, Red Square). Together they fuse traditional culture, dance, film and comedy with influences drawn from mobile phone technology to the unforgettable Saturday night discos, Taiwanese martial art videos and Bollywood. A Romeo and Juliet like story of forbidden love, skin and clan the work explores with abandoned energy the pressures faced by remote Indigenous communities, determined to maintain their identity and culture, while finding a place for their children in the contemporary world. This promises to be an important and joyous moment in Australian theatre. In memory of Frank. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182848 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182848 20/02/2010-28/02/2010 Dance Presented by Australian Dance Theatre in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's Pivot(al) Program and Adelaide Festival What makes you "you"? Garry Stewart's world premiere season of Be Your Self reveals the precarious stability of the concept of self as the work steps through the conventions we use to convince ourselves of a singular 'I'. In this extraordinary new creation Stewart situates the body at the centre of his inquiry. Despite our civilising cultural inscriptions the body is a force to be reckoned with. In Be Your Self the ADT dancers are transformed into erupting, powerful, creative entities projecting a mountain of startling physical images and impressions set to a wildly unpredictable, cartoonish, electronic score. Collaborating with visionary New York architectural firm Diller, Scofidio + Renfro - (MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients), Stewart wields dance, spoken text, video graphics and architectural design to collapse the underpinnings of who we think we are. Be Your Self promises to be a formidable new contribution to Australian contemporary dance. Garry Stewart's intelligent infusion of art forms and audacious choreographic approach has taken Australian Dance Theatre to the forefront of international contemporary dance. WARNINGS: Strobe effect lighting is used during this performance. Be Your Self is made for an Adult audience. Suitable for School Year 10 patrons and above. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182849 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182849 10/03/2010-14/03/2010 Dance Presented by Leigh Warren & Dancers in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's Pivot(al) Program & Adelaide Festival A program of two inter-related works, Rubicon & Meridian by choreographers Prue Lang & Leigh Warren. Based in Paris, Prue Lang is the creative force behind some of the most ambitious choreographic works currently being made in Europe. Leigh Warren has collaborated with many seminal international and Australian artists to present acclaimed contemporary dance, opera and film. Meridian is his latest work; in it he explores the perfect balance of a circle or an orb and its relationship to a dancer's ability to balance the human body in an invisible circle. This performance is suitable for high school students and above. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182850 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182850 26/02/2010-01/03/2010 Dance Presented by Adelaide Festival What is beauty? In China, nakedness is considered superficial and unattractive, while sex is a subject of embarrassment and absolute taboo in public. Between east and west still lies a cultural chasm that is beyond politics, race and rhetoric. Bridging the gap is Shanghai Beauty, a creation commissioned by the House of the World Cultures, Berlin and developed as a collaboration between China's first independent dance ensemble, Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai, and the German dance company Rubato. In Shanghai Beauty, the two opposing views of the body and the beautiful are examined through a cross-cultural choreography for 16 dancers who move as one. It is the clothed body that inspires the fantasy of the dance. After all, isn't it what's covered, concealed and hidden from view that creates the mystical and the alluring? Who better to explore these concepts than the star of the show and choreographer, Jin Xing: a former colonel in the People's Liberation Army who was propelled to notoriety and stardom after undergoing a sex-change 15 years ago. Now happily married with adopted children, acknowledged as China's most famous and successful choreographer and its leading force in contemporary dance, Jin Xing has surrounded herself with the cream of her nation's talent, drawn together from its different regions and ethnic minorities. Sumptuously staged to a score which blends Beijing Opera, German Electronica and Glenn Gould's immortal rendering of JS Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues, Shanghai Beauty provides an intriguing blend of Western influences and traditional Chinese artistry. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182851 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182851 11/03/2010-14/03/2010 Theatre Presented by Adelaide Festival "Read this. It's a real son of a bitch." With those words, William Faulkner summed up his masterwork, The Sound and the Fury, to a friend. Today it is often considered one of the 100 greatest books of all time. And it's still a "real son of a bitch" to embrace. This was the book that paved the way for modern literature, developing the stream-of-consciousness style pioneered by James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Only the most daring and assured theatre company would attempt to bring such a work to the stage. Not surprisingly, that company is Elevator Repair Service. Over the last 20 years, this hot property from New York City has developed a cult following for its wild and edgy literary adventures. With The Sound and the Fury, Elevator Repair Service has taken on the most challenging chapter of this demanding work, April 7, 1928 (otherwise known as Benjy's Chapter), to achieve a work that played to sold-out houses in an extended run in New York. Set in an eerily - and appropriately - timeless living room, the veneer of this Southern family is scraped bare to reveal a troubled past told through the eyes and addled memories of their mute and mentally retarded son, Benjy. Accordingly, past and present shift, characters transmogrify and worlds collide with effortless fluidity as the ensemble romps through this dark story with bursts of high-energy humour and pathos. Almost impossibly, what they do through their vivid ingenuity is illuminate the clarity within the chaos and turn absurdity into reality. Text: WILLIAM FAULKNER Created by: ELEVATOR REPAIR SERIVCE Direction: JOHN COLLINS http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182852 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182852 03/03/2010-07/03/2010 Theatre Presented by Adelaide Festival It's 11 o'clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers and one oven cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours time, as is normal, five people will have been killed. As dark as a glass of Guinness and every bit as likely to compel discussion, this enthralling play-within-a-play from Druid rides the cutting-edge of Ireland's new wave. After its premiere in Galway in 2006, The Walworth Farce played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 where it became both a critical and box-office hit, taking out the prestigious Fringe First Award in the process. Every family has stories. But what happens when the lore is a lie? Can you change the script of history and re-run it for the ending you desire? This mesmerising production plays as high-energy, madcap slapstick interlaced with gut-wrenching realism and achingly tender insights. As the Irish father, Dinny, foresees it, it's "a day of twists and turns and ducks and dives and terrible shocks". Bring your intelligence, suspend your disbelief, and The Walworth Farce will repay you with a theatrical experience that will gnaw at your imagination for days afterward. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182853 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182853 06/03/2010 Music And Concerts Presented by Adelaide Festival "To hell with the rules." At 76, after half a century attaining the status of living legend and securing a throne in the Jazz Hall of Fame, Wayne Shorter says: "A lot of musicians worry about protecting what I call their musical foundation. I've got nothing to lose. I'm going for the unknown." We probably need say no more to his legion of fans (including one awestruck Paul Grabowsky). The prospect of seeing this musical giant in person, and in such a feisty mood, should fulfil your lifetime's ambition. To those who came late, however, Wayne Shorter was born in Newark, New Jersey and took up the clarinet in his teens, before switching to both the tenor and soprano sax: instruments that earmarked him for greatness with his sensitive choice of notes, economy and unparalleled expression. Attracting the attention of Miles Davis, he joined his quintet in 1964, contributing such landmark compositions as Nefertiti, ESP, Pinocchio, Sanctuary, Fall and Footprints. In 1970, he co-founded Weather Report, the fusion supergroup that produced 16 acclaimed recordings, including 1980s Grammy Award-winning doublelive set, 8:30. In 2001 Wayne joined up with three celebrated and hugely talented musicians with whom he found an uncanny chemistry, forming the quartet we'll witness here: pianist, Danilo Perez; bassist, John Patitucci; and drummer, Brian Blade. This is the same line-up that produced the ambitious Allegria with a large ensemble earning him another Grammy. If you're into jazz, you'll be here. But if you're even vaguely curious, don't miss this chance to mix with a master. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182854 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182854 27/02/2010-01/03/2010 Music And Concerts Presented by Adelaide Festival Created by renowned recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey and filmmaker Marc Silver, en masse is part concert, part film, part installation. Audiences are invited into the heart of a spherical space with dream-like images projected all around. In the midst of this evolving world, one musician plays live, her solo voice set against an electroacoustic backdrop, realised by some of the world's most respected sound artists. This is a sensual experience that explores our chances of surviving an increasingly complex and chaotic world. To make a Carbon Credit Donation and help manage the Adelaide Festival's carbon footprint, click here http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182855 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182855 03/12/2009 Music And Concerts Presented by Essential Talent Dance School Concert Child price applies to children 15 years old and under http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182856 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182856 07/12/2009 Music And Concerts DANCE FORCE presents A MUSICAL GALA. This is the annual performance for all students at Dance Force, showcasing highlights from various musicals.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182857 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182857 11/12/2009 Dance Presented by Pavlova School of Classical Ballet The performance will feature artists Reiko Hombo, Coryph?e Dancer of The Australian Ballet and Yosvani Ramos, Principal Dancer of The Australian Ballet, dancing the famous pas de deux from The Nutcracker and Le Corsaire. Lauren Skopal, Skopalova Rhythmic Gymnastic Performer, will dance again in our concert. Welcome Lauren to Adelaide. Her program includes a devil (Satur) from The Walpurgis Night, stunning Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor and Spanish Dance from Swan Lake. Also Ellen Worley, Chelsea White, Katherine Dunning from Mitcham Rhythmic Gymnastic Club will perform a beautiful dance Consolation (music by Ference Liszt) and nymphs from The Walpurgis Night. Talented and outstanding students will perform dances, fragments and variations from The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Coppelia, The Walpurgis Night - a ballet piece from the opera Faust (Music by Charles-Francois Gounod) and Dance with Umbrellas (Music by Dmitri Shostakovich). The program is directed and choreographed by Bolshoi trained, Moscow Festival Theatre and State Kremlin Ballet acclaimed soloist and principal dancer, Valentina Pavlova and former soloist and principal dancer with Rimsky-Korsakov Opera and Ballet Theatre in St Petersburg, Nadejda Vassilieva. People of all ages are welcome to attend the concert in celebration of the festive season; not to be missed!!! http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182858 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182858 13/12/2009 Dance Presented by Elayne Cherry Dance Centre To dream anything you want to dream... that is the beauty of the human mind... Come with us and enter the magical world of Mother Goose's favourite nursery rhymes. These timeless tales have delighted us all and will continue to delight children and adults for years to come. Family friendly performance in the traditional style with a sprinkling of fairy dust that will please everyone who enjoys a touch of magic and for those who never wish to grow up. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182859 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182859 30/12/2009 Dance PolArt Adelaide 2009 presents REFLECTIONS OF POLAND. Spectacular, vibrant and colourful performances showcasing dances from all regions of Poland, featuring dance ensembles from Australia and New Zealand. Excellent family entertainment for all. Suitable all ages and cultural backgrounds.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182860 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182860 04/01/2010 Dance Presented by PolArt Adelaide 2009 Inc PolArt Adelaide 2009 presents OUR HERITAGE, OUR DANCE. Spectacular, vibrant and colourful performances showcasing dances from all regions of Poland, featuring dance ensembles from Australia and New Zealand. Excellent family entertainment for all. Suitable all ages and cultural backgrounds. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182861 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182861 16/05/2010-17/05/2010 Music And Concerts Presented by Dainty Consolidated Entertainment ITALY'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICAL EXPORT OF THE LAST DECADE RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA IN MAY 2010 FOR A NATIONAL CONCERT TOUR. Dainty Consolidated Entertainment is thrilled to confirm that Patrizio Buanne, the world's most exciting baritone crooner, will tour Australia in May 2010. The concert tour will travel to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Inspired by the legendary Italian American singers of the 50's and 60's, like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Patrizio Buanne epitomises style, sophistication and elegance. With his rich baritone voice he is a unique performer in the modern world of entertainment. Patrizio is renowned for his energetic yet intimate live shows, he uniquely combines charisma, sex appeal and raw talent with a natural intuition for performance. This will be Patrizio's 3rd national concert tour of Australia, he last toured in 2007 to sold-out crowds. With over a million album sales already to his credit, Patrizio enters an exciting new stage of his career with the release of his eponymously titled third album. The new collection follows his previous albums 'The Italian' (2005) and 'Forever Begins Tonight' (2007). Produced by Humberto Gatica (Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and Michael Bubl?) and recorded at Westlake and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, the album both pays homage to Patrizio's influences while also offering enthralling original compositions. It highlights contemporary interpretations of classics from the great Italian and American songbooks including 'Mambo Italiano', 'Fly Me To The Moon', 'Have you Ever Really Loved a Woman' and 'Never, Never, Never' alongside new songs such as Diane Warren's 'Why Did You Have To Be?'. Patrizio recorded his debut album 'The Italian' at Abbey Road alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and it proved to be a truly global phenomenon with sales reaching double Platinum in Australia and Platinum in South Africa, New Zealand, Asia, Austria and Finland. In the UK, 'The Italian' was certified double Gold with sales in excess of 200,000 as it hit the Top 10 of the album charts. His second album 'Forever Begins Tonight' continued his success as it crashed into the Top 10 on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart. Again featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the album was particularly notable for featuring the first and only Italian language interpretation of Robbie Williams' signature song 'Angels'. Patrizio's popularity spread to the live arena as he embarked on several sold-out international tours. Key to his success is his inimitable voice and charmingly charismatic live performances. DON'T MISS PATRIZIO BUANNE LIVE ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA - MAY 2010 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182862 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182862 13/07/2010-17/07/2010 Dance An Australian premiere from Graeme Murphy Choreographic legend Graeme Murphy returns to The Australian Ballet stage in 2010 with a dazzling full-length work. Based loosely on The Rose Cavalier, The Silver Rose is a ballet of romantic intrigue and love gone wrong. The Marschallin, a celebrated actress, is still very beautiful but fears her lover might fall for a younger woman. Inevitably he does. Against spectacular Art Nouveau sets, the cast tie each other in romantic knots. It seems in turn-of-last-century Vienna, love is a dangerous game. With music by Australian composer Carl Vine, The Silver Rose is set to be Murphy's sell-out success of 2010. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182863 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182863 02/07/2010-25/07/2010 Theatre Presented by State Theate Company of South Australia ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE by Joe Orton. Director: Adam Cook Designer: Victoria Lamb Lighting Designer: Gavan Swift Cast includes: Renato Fabretti, Sean Taylor, Jacki Weaver Meeting Mr. Sloane in the local library, lonely middle-aged Kath decides he would be the perfect lodger for the spare room. True, he doesn't have much money, but she's sure they can come to some mutually beneficial arrangement. When her brother Ed reveals that he too has designs on the lad, Sloane is wily enough to play the siblings off against each other. Only the suspicions of their father, Kemp, threaten this very cosy situation, but maybe even that can be sorted. Subversively slipping this Oedipal sex-farce past the ever-watchful eye of the censor in 1964, Joe Orton raised innuendo to new and thrilling heights. Written on the cusp of the sexual revolution, Entertaining Mr Sloane is a gloriously witty romp full of sly sexiness and racy naughtiness. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182864 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182864 17/09/2010-10/10-2010 Theatre GOD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza. Translated by Christopher Hampton Presented by arrangement with David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers Director: Michael Hill Designer: Morag Cook Lighting Designer: Susan Grey-Gardner Cast includes: Kim Gyngell, Caroline Mignone Winner 2009 Tony Award - Best Play Winner 2009 Olivier Award - Best New Comedy A comedy of manners...without the manners. Alan and Annette's son has hit Michael and Veronica's son with a stick, breaking two of his teeth. The grown-ups have gathered to discuss, logically and amicably, how to deal with the boys. After all, nothing will be gained by behaving like children... At first diplomatic civilities are observed, but as the meeting progresses and the alcohol flows, huge tensions emerge, and the gloves come off, leaving more than just their liberal principles in tatters. Featuring Yasmina Reza's incisive observations, acerbic wit and deliciously shrewd humour, God of Carnage is a hysterically funny night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime. This production contains coarse language. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182865 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182865 23/04/2010-16/05/2010 Theatre THE PRICE by Arthur Miller. Director: Adam Cook Designer: Ailsa Paterson Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington Cast includes: Michael Habib, Carmel Johnson, Dennis Olsen In the attic of a soon-to-be-demolished house, two brothers meet after a 16-year estrangement to dispose of their deceased parents' property. Victor is a policeman who sacrificed his education and a probable career as a scientist to care for his ruined, invalid father. His brother, Walter, is a wealthy surgeon who turned his back on family responsibilities to concentrate on medicine and personal success. In an attempt to make amends, Walter helps Victor to try and get the best possible deal for their father's possessions. Haggling over the price of furniture exposes a story of missed opportunities and seething resentments, raising the price of decisions both brothers have made in their lives. Fraught, but cut through with humour, The Price is one of Arthur Miller's finest plays http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182866 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182866 28/01/2010-14/02/2010 Theatre TOY SYMPHONY by Michael Gow. A co-production with Queensland Theatre Company Director: Geordie Brookman Designer: Jonathon Oxlade Lighting Designer: Nigel Levings Composer / Sound Designer: Brett Collery Cast includes: Lizzy Falkland, Barbara Lowing, Daniel Mulvihill, Christopher Pitman, Ed Wightman Winner 2008 Helpmann Award - Best New Australian Work Gifted playwright Roland Henning is trying to convince his sceptical therapist Nina that he doesn't have writer's block. It's just that, well, he can't write any more. With Nina's help, Roland reluctantly recalls his primary school days in the outer Sydney suburb of Como, and the extraordinary day that shattered his boyhood, plunging him headlong into the dizzy circus of art and life. But as Roland remains adamant that he is beyond help and will never write again, a chance discovery offers him a chance of salvation. Will he grasp it or slip back into old habits? This fine new play by the writer of Away is a compelling journey of personal self-discovery and regeneration. This production contains mild coarse language and drug references. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182867 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182867 06/08/2010-29/08/2010 Theatre romeo&juliet by William Shakespeare. Director: Geordie Brookman Designer: Pip Runciman Lighting Designer Geoff Cobham Composer / Sound Designer: Andrew Howard Cast includes: Terence Crawford, Roman Vaculik, Josephine Were In 2010 Shakespeare's romantic tragedy will be dynamically re-imagined on the Dunstan Playhouse stage. This classic tale of star-crossed lovers has been a cornerstone of the theatre since it was first performed in 1595, undergoing countless reinventions and connecting with millions around the world. Romeo and Juliet's doomed love and their warring families inspire us to examine why and how we love, and the lengths to which we are willing to go to get what we want. Featuring 6 actors, 21 characters and all kinds of forbidden love, this is Shakespeare through the looking glass, a world in which identities shift in the blink of an eye, where text, music and image collide to reveal Shakespeare's masterpiece in a brand new light. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182868 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182868 20/05/2010-29/05/2010 Theatre Presented by State Theatre Company of South Australia and Adelaide Festival Centre's Australian Stories Program THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman. This is the 2010 Education Production Presented in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's Australian Stories Program Director: Rosalba Clemente Designer: Morag Cook Starring: Lisa Flanagan The 7 Stages of Grieving is a landmark work written by two of this country's leading Aboriginal theatre artists, Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch. Through a unique union of traditional Aboriginal storytelling and Western theatrical forms, we encounter a series of stunning and moving episodes in the life of an Aboriginal 'Everywoman'. With its indomitable sense of humour and a wonderful tenderness, The 7 Stages of Grieving opens the heart and puts some of the big issues such as grief and reconciliation under the microscope. The 7 Stages of Grieving will take audiences on a poignant emotional journey through love, anger and loss. The Adelaide season will be followed by performances in suburban and regional centres. This production contains mild coarse language. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182869 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182869 29/10/2010-21/11/2010 Theatre THE GIVE AND TAKE by Tony McNamara. Director: Catherine Fitzgerald Designer: Mary Moore Composer: Ian Moorhead Cast includes: Chris Asimos, Rhiannon Owen Ever had a sneaking suspicion that Australian society is built on corruption, greed and self-serving narcissism? Then Tony McNamara's your man. But his latest play turns this misanthropic misgiving into a wisecracking, side-splitting, laugh-a-minute sitcom. From the first moment to the last, The Give and Take unabashedly goes for the laugh and gets it. There are, if you need that sort of thing, take-home messages about the emptiness of materialism and the corruption of family life, but basically this is a broad, smart-alecky satire about parenting, the younger generation and love that is strictly conditional and convertible to cash. Don is an executive. His mind should be on his firm's latest line of garden sprinklers. But his wife just told him she's leaving to have tantric sex in Tuscany. When he tells his three children, they aren't surprised: they're a self-absorbed trio only interested in Dad's money. Neil is a leftist layabout. Julie is a corporate cowgirl. And Damien is a steroid-stuffed gym-bunny. There's no reason why their cushy lifestyles shouldn't continue into the foreseeable future as long as Don doesn't do anything crazy... http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182870 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182870 30/07/2010-14/08/2010 Theatre Presented by Windmill in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE Program ROBIN HOOD RETOLD It's a world where all bets are off. Corruption, sleaze and violence pervade. When a young boy is brutally attacked, one guy and his crew take the law into their own hands seeking retribution and a new world order in the depths of a dark forest. Young, sexy and invincible, the group lives large. But violence comes at a cost and Robin has secrets. Cracks appear and the friends face off. As they fight to keep it together, the enemy closes in and their world starts to implode. In the unique theatrical voice of Australia's Matthew Whittet, Fugitive is an anarchic, hysterical, knife-edge ride with a direct line out of the psyche of a contemporary anti-hero. By the director and designer team that created Windmill's The Wizard of Oz, Fugitive considers just how far a group of people will go for their ideals and the quest for justice? When does bad behaviour cross the line? And when do the oppressed become the perpetrators? Champion of the underdog, a fleeing desperado, a modern-day man in tights. Writer: Matthew Whittet Director: Rosemary Myers Designer: Jonathon Oxlade Starring: Patrick Graham, Geoff Revell, and Matthew Whittet Warning: Features language which may be considered offensive and depictions of violence http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182872 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182872 17/12/2010-18/12/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre presents CHRISTMAS PROMS 2010 A spectacular Adelaide Festival Centre Christmas tradition. Share the joy of the Christmas season with the sensational Adelaide Art Orchestra, the inspirational Adelaide Vocal Project and conductor Timothy Sexton plus some very special guests, as they perform festive favourites and carols for the young and young at heart. “At last Adelaide has a festive event that fills its festival heart.”  Sunday Mail Corporate Boxes available - call 82168965. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182873 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182873 27/11/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide International Guitar Festival presents MUSICA LATINA - MANUEL BARRUECO & YAMANDU COSTA Fiery and passionate virtuoso guitar A rare double bill featuring two giants of the classical guitar world. Drawing on Latin influences, Musica Latina references the ‘new world’ in the guitar’s evolution after The Americas were discovered and explores the departure from European traditions. Grammy nominated Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognised as one of the most important guitarists of our time. Known as a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician, Manuel Barrueco performs exclusively at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival on his first visit to Australia. At 29, Yamandú Costa is already considered one of the greatest geniuses of Brazilian music. A virtuosic guitar player, composer and arranger, Yamandú’s impressive and explosive live performance highlights a deep intimacy with the guitar switching between samba, choro and tango with blistering dexterity. “…simply and consistently – awesome.” Los Angeles Times Suitable 12+ years PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.     http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182874 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182874 21/10/2010-30/10/2010 Theatre Flying Penguin Productions in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program presents BLACKBIRD by David Harrower South Australian Premiere Starring Terence Crawford (King Lear, The Hypochondriac) and Ksenja Logos (The Real Thing, Architektin) 'All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free.' - Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney) Fifteen years ago Ray and Una had a relationship that ended suddenly. He was 40 and she was 12.They haven’t seen each other since. Now, Ray has moved on with a new life and a fresh start but Una has thought of nothing else and sets out to find him with shattering consequences.Blackbird is a sensational and shocking play that asks challenging questions about society, morality and love – exploring the limits of language and how the past irrevocably effects the present. Multi award winning South Australian theatre company Flying Penguin takes on this breathtaking, psychological thriller following critically acclaimed seasons of Translations, The Birthday Party, Assassins and True West. Regarded as one of contemporary dramas most significant and celebrated new writers, Scottish playwright David Harrower, was inspired by a true story and named Blac kbird after the famous Beatles song. The smash hit of the Edinburgh Festival, Blackbird has become an International phenomenon - having been translated into 12 languages and winning the prestigious 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. “A Miracle!” New York Times Director: David Mealor (True West, Assassins) Set & Costume Designer: Mary Moore (The Memory of Water, Honk If You Are Jesus) Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington (Mnemonic, The Birthday Party) Sound Designer: Andrew Howard (Knives in Hens, Attempts on Her Life) Composer: Quentin Grant (When The Rain Stops Falling, The Firm) WARNING:  Contains coarse language and challenging adult subject matter. Suitable 15+ years PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182875 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182875 17/09/2010-18/09/2010 Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre's OzAsia Festival and CentreStage program in association with AsiaNow Productions present HAMLET by William Shakespeare Yohangza Theatre Company Shakespeare's Hamlet meets Korean Shamanism One of Shakespeare’s best known tragedies of revenge and intrigue is given a Korean twist. From the internationally acclaimed company that presented the fresh Korean interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Adelaide Festival Centre in 2007, Yohangza Theatre Company is known for ingeniously weaving Shakespeare with Korean folklore. Yohangza faithfully recreates the tragedy and drama of Shakespeare’s original Hamlet in contemporary Korean language. The staging, costumes and music integrates Korean tradition and shamanism. Hamlet ’s halting pursuit of revenge for his father’s death unfolding in a series of highly charged confrontations is presented by eighteen actors of the company with a Korean interpretation of Shakespeare’s script and accompanied by modernised traditional shaman music.   This is Hamlet like you have never seen it before. Director: Jung-Ung Yang Designer: Yim Iljin Suitable 14+ years Post show Q&A follows evening performance 18 Sept. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182876 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182876 02/10/2010 Visual Arts Adelaide Festival Centre's OzAsia Festival in association with Aurora Entertainment present ANIMANIA FESTIVAL For manga and anime fans of all ages! Back by poopular demand! After the success of the Animania Festival 09, Australia’s foremost anime and manga event returns to Adelaide! Prepare to mix with a tide of robots, samurai, pirates, and ninjas for a jam-packed day of games, karaoke, competitions and anime screenings. One of the highlights will be the Cosplay (costume play competition) where fans are encouraged to dress up as their favourite Japanese pop culture character for the chance to compete in the international finals! Suitable 11+ years. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182877 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182877 08/09/2010-11/09/2010 Dance Adelaide Festival Centre's Pivot(al) program presents BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE Two stories boldly described through dance. After an extraordinary 20th anniversary year in 2009 Bangarra Dance Theatre leaps into the next twenty years with a stunning new double-bill! Choreographed by Frances Rings and Daniel Riley McKinley, these two powerful stories will explore the diversity and evolution of both traditional and contemporary indigenous visual art forms. Award winning choreographer, Adelaide born Frances Rings, first made the move from dancer to creator with Walkabout in 2002 and Daniel Riley McKinley makes his choreographic debut with this new work. Both artists explore the traditions and songlines of their heritage, promising a deeply moving and visually stunning night of storytelling. This extraordinary contemporary dance company return to the Adelaide Festival Centre after their successful season of True Stories in 2008. Acknowledged throughout the world for its theatricality and spirituality Bangarra Dance Theatre perform in dry creek beds in central Australia and main stages in New York and London. “Performance with a passion and richness of culture.” The Advertiser Suitable 7+ years Post show Q&A follows 9 Sept performance. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.     http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182879 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182879 17/08/2010-21/08/2010 Dance Australian Dance Theatre in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program presents IGNITION Can any human movement be dance? Do we have to move to dance? Is talking dancing? Is there dance in stillness? What is dance technique?  Can anyone dance? With a list of seemingly subversive questions, Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Garry Stewart provides a forum for a group of emerging choreographers to disrupt expectations of what we think dance, theatre, movement, ability and talent are and remind us that art comes from heretical investigation. ADT dancers and independent choreographers/directors present new short works that bring in to sharp focus the bisection between ‘dance’ and ‘not dance’. The Ignition program features the formidable and diverse talents of the ensemble of Australian Dance Theatre. Garry Stewart introduced Ignition as an annual choreographic season in 2000. Ignition provides Australian Dance Theatre dancers and young independent choreographers with the opportunity to develop their nascent skills in dance making as well as firing their imaginations through a creative process. Ignition has been an important springboard for many of Australia’s most promising choreographers with previous seasons showcasing early works by Tanja Liedtke, Antony Hamilton, Lina Limonsani and Larissa McGowan. “...do yourself a favour and book a ticket... Get scared, get turned on, and get crazy.” Libertine Magazine Post show forum follows 19 August performance. Suitable 15+ years. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182880 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182880 28/07/2010-31/07/2010 Family Adelaide Festival Centre's CentreStage program presents Spoon Tree Productions' LETTER'S END by Wolfe Bowart Cut the string, tear open the brown paper wrapping... If your mind were a room and your life’s memories lost in a jumble of old boxes, what forgotten treasures might you find? Enter a world where mops sneeze, storks swoop in bearing gifts, and crunchy apples are plucked from paintings on a wall. Following his internationally acclaimed productions LaLaLuna and The Shneedles, luminous physical theatre creator Wolfe Bowart presents LETTER’S END - a whole new box of lunacy that truly pushes the envelope. With his signature mix of circus and clown theatre, stage illusion, puppetry, interactive film and physical comedy, Wolfe Bowart leads his audience on a dream-like exploration of a magical memory lane. Bowart invites you into the realm of the fantastic – your letter is in the post! “You will be mesmerized... he will make you laugh, he will make you sigh, and you will be enchanted by his every move.” ArtSound FM, Canberra Created and performed by Wolfe Bowart. Suitable 6+ years. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182881 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182881 20/07/2010-24/07/2010 Theatre STONE/CASTRO in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program presents SUPERHEROES World Premiere The world is full of Superheroes All dressed in identical superman costumes, the occupants of a stifling rest home enter into a battle of opinions on philosophy, religion, capitalism, politics and war. Physically defeated but mentally up for the fight, a war is waged to determine how best to dominate and steer humanity into the next generation. Superheroes is a poignant and humorous piece focusing on masculinity, globalisation and the future. Don’t look to the sky. These superheroes are right in front of you and in this story the girl will have to save herself. An exploration of male power and what it means to be born into a society fledged with violence, capitalism and war. Since forming Stone/Castro in 2002, Jo Stone and Paulo Castro have been commissioned to direct, create and self-devise contemporary theatre pieces for many Australian and European companies and have toured extensively overseas. Jo and Paulo have previously worked with Company Les Ballet C de La B, Portuguese National Theatré, Chunky Move and the Schaubuhne-Berlin. “... a revolutionary, psychologically challenging, daring, dangerous and richly rewarding experience that is Stone/Castro Production’s” dB Magazine Concept and Direction: Jo Stone Writer: Paulo Castro Set Design: Wendy Todd Suitable 15+ years PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182882 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182882 02/07/2010-10/07/2010 Dance Restless Dance Theatre in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program presents BEAUTY World Premiere Featuring five female dancers, Beauty investigates the notion of beauty and will explore Sir Francis Bacon’s famous idea that there is ‘no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion’. The dancers create images that are stunning yet strange, in response to classic images of women from visual art, taking a detailed and sculptural approach to the body. Exploring the notion of being or becoming an object of desire, the fleeting nature of youth, beauty and movement itself, the idea of being overcome by ‘unbearable’ beauty, and the despair, distance, terror and jealousy that beauty can evoke. Beauty also plays with the idea that in order to recognise beauty we must also see its opposite, with a constant hint of the sinister. The work delves into the nature of female friendships, playing with intimacy, independence, imitation, competition, envy, rejection and bitchiness. Beauty is proudly sumptuously and subversively feminine, and visually captivating with moments of exquisite power. Restless Dance Theatre is one of Australia’s leading youth dance companies, working with disabled and non-disabled people to generate a unique dance language that expresses the breadth of human truths to a wide audience. “Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.”  Albert Camus Suitable 8+ years. Special Offer: 3 July – All tickets Groups Offer: People with a disability and groups of students each (Support workers and teachers free) – 11am shows only. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246. Restless Dance Theatre acknowledges the support of the Dance Board of the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory body and the South Australian Government through the South Australian Youth Arts Board and through Arts SA.Restless Dance Theatre acknowledges the support of the Dance Board of the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory body and the South Australian Government through the South Australian Youth Arts Board and through Arts SA.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182883 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182883 16/06/2010-19/06/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival Presents BREL Enjoy a night of French Cabaret with JOHN WATERS. One of Australia’s most recognised and respected actors and singers, John Waters will perform a concert that highlights the songs of the great French Chanson singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. While many of Brel’s songs were recorded in English translation in the ‘60s and ‘70s by artists including Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Dusty Springfield, and Ray Charles, Waters will perform them as the original French versions, explaining their significance along the way - sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes painfully romantic but always engrossing and compelling. Waters has been inspired by Brel’s songbook since he was in his teens, leading him to perform these incredible songs in late night shows in Sydney’s Kings Cross in the early 1970s. This eventually evolved into the critically acclaimed tribute show Cafe Brel in 1999. Now in this brand new incarnation, simply titled BREL, Waters will create and assume the character again, telling stories rich in dimensions that will arouse and entice you into the world and music of Jacques Brel. If you saw Waters’ popular John Lennon tribute Looking through a Glass Onion and loved it, then BREL is sure to cast a spell and get under your skin. “Waters makes the French connection.” Sydney Morning Herald Suitable 16+ years. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.       http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182884 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182884 09/04/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's trans:mission program in association with Bluesfest presents BELA FLECK'S AFRICAN PROJECT featuring Oumou Sangare and band A finger-pickin' night of African banjo-beats. Described as the premiere banjo player in the world multi Grammy Award winner Béla Fleck and his renowned ensemble the Flecktones have taken the banjo across the global musical map through collaborations with musical legends as diverse as Chick Corea, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Bonnie Rait and even the Grateful Dead. Most recently Béla Fleck’s African Project traced origins of the banjo, the prototype of which was brought to American shores by African slaves. In Africa, Fleck found common musical ground with some of Africa’s leading musicians, including international superstar Malian diva Oumou Sangaré. The African Project resulted in Fleck’s most ambitious recording, Throw Down Your Heart and a companion award-winning documentary of the same name. Oumou Sangaré is described as one of Mali’s greatest female voices. She sings about love and the importance of freedom backed up by her trademark funk-driven Wassoulou sound.  Sangaré has toured with Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti and more recently has duetted with stars such as Alicia Keys, Me’Shell Ndégéocello, and Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour. Béla Fleck will join Oumou Sangare’s 12 piece Malian band on stage for a finger-pickin’ night of African banjo-beats. Winner of 11 Grammys Fleck has been nominated in more categories than anyone in Grammy history. “One of the world’s great female singers... Sangaré is one of those rare stars...” Daily Telegraph Suitable 12+ years. Corporate Boxes available - call 8216 8965. Further trans:mission (universal beats, rhythms and grooves) concerts to be announced throughout the year as we take advantage of the best music the world has to offer. Stay tuned! PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.     http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182885 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182885 11/06/2010-13/06/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival presents ENNIO MARCHETTO A One-Man-Living Cartoon Ennio is the ultimate quick change artist, revolutionising the art of origami into theatrical magic. His screamingly funny and wildly entertaining solo performance features a whirlwind of superb paper costumes and split second transformations, backed by an eclectic soundtrack, Ennio uses his dynamic and physical comedy and ingenious costumes to magically morph into parodies of our favourite cultural icons. Not just a celebrity impersonator, he is a unique character entertainer whose virtuoso performance is a display of technical ingenuity and extraordinary physical dexterity. Rooted in a deep history of commedia dellárte, Ennio is a born and bred Venetian. Before bursting on to the scene in the 1980s Ennio used to make extravagant costumes for the Venice Carnivale and was a master mask maker. Since the creation of his spectacular theatre show, Ennio has won multiple awards and nominations including the Golden Lion, Drama Desk and an Olivier. He has toured over 60 countries worldwide to great acclaim and sell-out performances. No celebrity is safe! 'It's an absolute hoot... irrepressible' New York Times Suitable 10+ years. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182886 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182886 11/06/2010 Music And Concerts Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival presents VARIETY GALA PERFORMANCE The most glamorous night of the year! You are invited to the star-studded highlight of the entertainment calendar, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s Variety Gala Performance.  This exclusive event will open the 10th Adelaide Cabaret Festival in spectacular style. After last year’s inaugural event the Variety Gala Performance is now one of the hottest tickets of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and the must-have ticket of the year, offering a dazzling array of performers and a tantalising insight into this year’s festival program featuring local and international cabaret stars. The 2009 Variety Gala performance sold out in record time so book early to avoid disappointment! '...the audience went gaga over the gala' Sunday Mail Suitable 15+ years.  PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182887 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182887 12/04/2010-17/04/2010 Family Adelaide Festival Centre presents Christine Dunstan's and Tall Stories' production of THE GRUFFALO A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood... After sell-out seasons on London’s West End and Broadway, The Grufalo comes to Adelaide. Whether their favourite food is roasted fox, owl ice cream, scrambled snake or Gruffalo crumble, audiences eat up this delectable tale about the adventures of a clever little mouse in a forest full of predators. Join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the deep, dark wood in this big scary monster of a show. Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when she comes face to face with the very creature she imagined? Let your imagination run wild with songs, laughs and fun for children aged 3 and up. “The cast bring the story to wonderful life... As the pattern builds and becomes increasingly familiar, the children’s delight grows.  This is an irresistibly charming tale told with refreshing simplicity.” The Times (London) The magical musical adaption of the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Children’s Books. PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.   http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182888 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=182888 13/04/2010-17/04/2010 Theatre Adelaide Festival Centre's Australian Stories program presents a Steady Lads and Christine Dunstan production CODGERS by Don Reid Everyone either knows one, is related to one, lives with one - or is one! Eavesdrop on six senior Aussie men, some of them mates since war service, as they sweat it out together each week in a gym and are taken on inter-connected journeys that are challenging, touching and very funny. When secrets, differences and loss of trust threaten to destroy the long established friendships, they learn that ‘difference’ is more a matter of point of view; that ‘you wouldn’t be dead for quids’ and, no matter what, that you gotta laugh! Women see their husbands, adult children see their fathers, grandchildren see Grandad and the senior Australian male sees himself: whether he’s a WWII veteran, full of jokes and denial; a spry young lad of 60; scared and starting to lose it at 70; or Asian and still on the outer at 80. A comedy about ageing, friendship and being a codger. “This play has heart... the wit and warmth of the script, the ability of the characters to laugh at themselves.”  Daily Telegraph With Ronald Falk, Ron Haddrick, Edwin Hodgeman, Jon Lam, Russell Newman and Shane Porteous Director  Wayne Harrison Set & Costume Designer  Nicholas Dare Lighting Designer  Nicholas Higgins Winner of the prestigious  Rodney Seaborn Playwright’s Award 2006 PLEASE NOTE:  The Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Season has been launched.  A priority booking period applies for Season Pass purchasers until 17 December.  (A Season Pass consists of discounted tickets if booking 4 or more selected shows across Season 2010).  From 17 December, tickets to single shows will be available for purchase. For full details re Season 2010, download the brochure here. Book your Season Pass online here.  Download a printable booking form here (if you wish to post or fax your order). If you have any queries, please contact BASS on 131 246.