great shows…
Last week of feast. don’t miss out www.feast.org.au
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Queer portraiture in the ‘normal’ world, part of Feast Festival
An exhibition exploring queer identity through representations of the self and the outside world. Painting, beadwork, glass, installation, photography and tapestry by JAMES ALDRIDGE, TROY ANTHONY-BAYLIS, TEGAN EMPSON, DAVID LEHMANN, RUSSELL LEONARD, CAMERON LEWCOCK, MARK THOMPSON, HEATHER YOUNG.
To be opened by Russell Starke, OAM, Director, Greenhill Galleries with special performance by Matt Gilbertson (AKA Hans) from Berlin Cabaret Opening: 6pm Thursday 15 November 2007
Nexus Window Space Artist: Paul Stone
Cabaret Season @ Nexus
Don’t forget to book (and dress up for) our 2 fabulous cabaret shows
SHOW ONE- THIS Sat 17 Nov, The Berlin Cabaret - 2 hour show with original cast & band
SHOW TWO - Sat 24 Nov, Miz Ima Starr’s - You Asked For It
Seating is strictly limited to preserve cabaret setting!
TICKETS FROM VENUETIX (8225 8888) Both shows doors open at 8pm. Shows start at 9pm.
CALL FOR ARTISTS – During Adelaide Fringe 2008 Nexus will present an exhibition and live events focussing on Body Art. We would love to hear from interested artists working in any media (paint, photography, tattoo, etc). Please email ideas/images to Tamara exhibitions@nexus.asn.au
To be opened by Russell Starke, OAM, Director, Greenhill Galleries with special performance by Matt Gilbertson (AKA Hans) from Berlin Cabaret Opening: 6pm Thursday 15 November 2007
Nexus Window Space Artist: Paul Stone
Cabaret Season @ Nexus
Don’t forget to book (and dress up for) our 2 fabulous cabaret shows
SHOW ONE- THIS Sat 17 Nov, The Berlin Cabaret - 2 hour show with original cast & band
SHOW TWO - Sat 24 Nov, Miz Ima Starr’s - You Asked For It
Seating is strictly limited to preserve cabaret setting!
TICKETS FROM VENUETIX (8225 8888) Both shows doors open at 8pm. Shows start at 9pm.
CALL FOR ARTISTS – During Adelaide Fringe 2008 Nexus will present an exhibition and live events focussing on Body Art. We would love to hear from interested artists working in any media (paint, photography, tattoo, etc). Please email ideas/images to Tamara exhibitions@nexus.asn.au
Former ADT dancer Anton works with Jay Robinson
Jay Robinson performs Four Faces, a collaboration with former ADT dancer Anton, Gerard Van Dyck and Troy Mundy at the Feast Festival. Four Faces is a gritty, gutsy and funny performance. Jay is an AC Arts Graduate and winner of the 2007 Keith Michell Performance Award. The season of Four Faces runs 15-16 & 22-23 November, 7:30pm at The Stables, Adelaide Centre for the Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide . Tickets are $18 from Venue*Tix or $13 at the door.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
FOUR FACES 15-16 & 22-23 Nov
15-16 & 22-23 November - FOUR FACES performed by Jay Robinson (AC Arts Graduate and winner of the 2007 Keith Michell Performance Award) and devised through a mentorship with three leading choreographers Anton,
Gerard Van Dyck and Troy Mundy. The performance is gritty, gutsy and funny! Part of the FEAST Festival. The Stables, Adelaide Centre for the Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide. Tickets $18/$13 at the door.
Gerard Van Dyck and Troy Mundy. The performance is gritty, gutsy and funny! Part of the FEAST Festival. The Stables, Adelaide Centre for the Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide. Tickets $18/$13 at the door.
Friday, November 9, 2007
***** topping and butch
TOPPING & BUTCH: TAKE IT UP THE OCTAVE!
Topping & Butch have played to audiences in the UK, Brazil, Singapore, Australia and the Czech Republic. They have had four consecutive sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival.
They bring a sharp, wry and sexy mix of topical politics and high camp to their shows creating an exciting, fast-moving experience for all audiences.
“cabaret at its absolute best” The Scotsman
Caos Café 188 Hindley Street West, Adelaide details: http://www.feast.org.au
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Feast 2007
Australia’s largest queer arts and cultural festival, Feast 2007, commences in Adelaide this week
Feast 2007, Driven by Volkswagen, the largest queer performing arts event staged in Australia this year, gets under way this week with performances on 8 and 9 November by UK satirist duo Topping and Butch, the bawdy burlesque Wau Wau Sisters from New York and Two Old Queens - theatre from Perth. Japanese transgender rockabilly punk band Ikochi, performs on 9 November with Bad Father and 11 November with Claire Clarke. Electronorganic super pop band Glovebox also perform on 9 November.
Feast’s Visual arts program, of more than 25 exhibtions, has already begun opening Adelaide.
On Saturday 10 November the Feast opening night Pride March will take place through the city streets (called in by ‘HM the Queen Mum’ - aka Edgar Metcalfe AM) followed by Feast’s Opening Party at the Adelaide University Cloisters.
On Sunday 11 November Feast visual artists and performers join the Rundle Street Market traders for the day selling their work and performing for the crowds.
On Monday 12 November Feast moves to the great outdoor screen with a night of queer cinema at Adelaide’s last remaining Drive-In, The Mainline Gepps Cross. 12 November sees the double bill screening of 2006 Sundance Award winner Quinceañera, USA MA by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, and Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell.
Feast 2007 comprises more than 500 performers from Australia and overseas presenting more than 150 events, 60 different performances and 46 premieres (to South Australia) or 24 world premieres across circus, comedy, theatre, dance, cabaret, music, visual arts, film, literature, forums, workshops, community and special events and parties.
Feast 2007 will operate from four main performance hubs - The Little Theatre @ Adelaide University, Caos Café (Hindley Street),The Worldsend (Hindley Street) and La Boheme (Grote Street) although Feast events can be found in over 70 venues through the State.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Naughty not Nice - Nickas vs Snookie
Sensuality, beauty, frivolity, colour and emotion drip off the canvas and onto the floor.
Inspired by comic book art, graffitti, contemporary painting, manga, low brow art and animation Snookie and Nikkas deliver eye catching and poppy works especially for the FEAST festival.
On NOW at Taste of Jamaica - 253 Grenfell St.
Four Faces - Jay Robinson
Four Faces is an athletic, contemporary dance performance exploring what it means to be a gay man in 2007.
Venue: Stables Studio Adelaide Centre for the Arts 39 Light Square
Dates: 15-16 & 22-23 November
Tickets: $18/$13 at the door
Monday, October 29, 2007
The Cracked Pot
The Cracked Pot as a ‘work in progress’ last year (2006) won the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) Arts Award and sold out, don’t miss this show.
14 queer disabled Adelaide performers explore their fascinating journeys with text, song, music, visuals, movement and not a little mental mayhem – featuring NOSOTROS.
NOSOTROS: Katharine Annear, Marie Blackmore, Noel Cahill, Ameytheist De Wilde, David Jobling, Kay Gibbons, Ad*m Martin, Kathryn Michaelson, John McPake, Alison Raechel, Bill Tsimouris, Margaret Samways, Maria Sinclair and Jane Shircore.
Wed 14 Nov – Sat 24 Nov
14 – 15, 17, 21, 22, 23 Nov @ 7pm / Friday 16 Nov @ 8pm / Matinees Tues 20 Nov & Sat 24 Nov @ 2pm
The Meeting Hall, Adelaide Town Hall, King William Street, Adelaide
$15/10 Concession Bookings: Venuetix http://www.venuetix.com.au
Two Old Queens 8 - 17 nov
Direct from a sell-out world premiere season at Perth’s Pride Festival, one of the most revealing royal exposés since Camillagate begins its national tour in Adelaide from November 8 for the Feast Festival.
Two Old Queens, is a new musical play about a brief encounter between HM the Queen Mother and the ghost of her old friend, theatrical legend Sir Noël Coward. It plays at the Little Theatre, Adelaide University Cloisters from November 8 to 17.
Two Old Queens is a joyous celebration of enduring friendship between people who simply know too much about each other to hide the truth.
For Feast Festival bookings, contact 8225 8888 or visit www.venuetix.com.au
Two Old Queens Little Theatre, Adelaide University Cloisters
Previews: 6.30pm Thursday & Friday 8 & 9 November
Opening Night: 5.00pm Sunday 11 November
Season: 6.30pm Tuesday to Saturday 13 to 17 November, 2007.
