Touch Wood & Get Lucky! nov 11 - 12
Touch Wood & Get Lucky!
Icebreaker Arts Projects & IHOS Opera in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre iNSPACE program present Touch Wood in the Space on 11 and 12 November.
Touch Wood takes a humorous look at the rituals and obsessions we create to maintain our own sense of security in modern times and explores our sometimes surprisingly close connection to superstition and spirituality.
Six characters meet by chance in a lobby, things get complicated and strange things begin to happen. Prayer Lady, here to save the world; Diva, a hypochondriac singer; Horoscope Woman, a child of the 60s and astrology obsessed; Caretaker, a man with the need for order; Apologiser, driven by the constant need to apologise and Cleaning Woman, a border dweller and so much more – a messenger, a shaman, a witch.
Following on from the recent success of iNSPACE’s A Thing Called Snake, Touch Wood is the final performance for the Centre’s iNSPACE program for 2005.
Touch Wood is directed and choreographed by Juha Vanhakartano, who in 2004 created and directed chamber-dance-opera Undertow which had its world premiere on the 2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts, and which toured Hungary and Finland earlier this year.
Touch Wood is composed by Claudio Pompili, who also composed Lontano Blu premiering at the Adelaide Festival of Arts 2006, and is conducted by Timothy Sexton from the Adelaide Art Orchestra.
IHOS Opera from Tasmania was founded in 1990 by Composer and Artistic Director, Constantine Koukias, and Production Director, Werner Ihlenfeld. They are renowned for challenging conventional notions of opera.
“Everyone interested in the performing arts and opera should see Touch Wood and experience first-hand experimental music theatre. It is also the last performance in our exciting iNSPACE program for 2005, so don’t miss out” says Acting CEO Geoff Bishop.
Touch Wood is high-end operatic-theatre experimentation combining live music and vocal performance with pre-recorded soundtrack and video collages.
Tickets at BASS on 131 246 or at www.bass.net.au
What: Touch Wood
Where: Space, Adelaide Festival Centre
When: Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November, 2005
Time: 8pm
Cost: $20 Adult, $18 Conc & iNSPACE members, $15 iNSPACE subscribers
The iNSPACE program was created by the Adelaide Festival Centre in 2001 to present contemporary art in its various stages of development. It enables audiences to share the exploration of new works with the artists. From hot new ideas and workshops to full and polished performances, iNSPACE stretches boundaries and blurs the line between audience and art.
For further information www.inspace.com.au
