Saturday, March 8, 2008

ARTISTSPEAK 2008

1:30-2:30 Tuesdays
Allan Scott Auditorium, City West Campus, Uni SA

Hot on the heels of Artist Week, the South Australian School of Art launches the ‘home and away’ series of ARTISTSPEAK 2008 with Adelaide born, Berlin based creator of the Festival icon (go, you little dynamo, go), the dynamic MICHAEL KUTSCHBACH [March 11].

In the following weeks we have the great pleasure of introducing fresh faces to our shores, with Danish ceramicist ANN LINNEMANN [March 18] and Japanese performance/installation artist SATSUKI TANAKA [March 25].

Finally we catch up on the recent UK exploits of local golden boy ANDREW BEST, before he departs again for the next chapter in his rocketing global career [April 1].

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

womad tix update

Weekend Passes and Saturday Day+Night Passes are SOLD OUT

WOMADelaide Weekend Passes and Saturday Day+Night Passes are SOLD OUT.

Still available:

Friday Night (6pm to Midnight)
Saturday Night (6pm to Midnight)
Sunday Day+Night (Noon to Midnight)
Sunday Night (6pm to Midnight)

Don’t wait to buy at the gate – BUY NOW before it’s too late!

note: you can email janebrownrigg@yahoo.com.au for three day passes for sale at face value

The 2008 WOMADelaide festival will be held from 7-9 March in Botanic Park.   www.womadelaide.com.au

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womad 3 day passes - sold out

Circumstances and illness has mean’t some friends have 3-day group booking tickets for sale at face value. ($165)
email janebrownrigg@yahoo.com.au for details
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2008 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF ARTS – CRITICS’ FORUM

WHAT DID THEY REALLY THINK?
Tuesday, 25 March at 7.30 pm – 
Room 1004, Level 10, Schulz Building, University of Adelaide

THE PANELISTS
• Elizabeth Silsbury – The Advertiser
• Anthony Steel – former director of Adelaide, Sydney & Brisbane Festivals
• Murray Bramwell – The Adelaide Review & The Australian
• Stephen Whittington – The Advertiser
• Michael Morley – The Adelaide Review
• Graham Strahle – The Adelaide Review & The Australian

Please note the room change. Entry via Eastern door of the Scott Theatre, and follow the signs. A gold coin donation is requested.

 Brett Sheehy’s second Adelaide Festival of Arts significantly raised the profile of music. But did it work?
The centrepiece of Sheehy’s Festival, Golijov’s opera Ainadamar, receives its first Australian performance. Philip Glass’s new song cycle, Book of Longing, based on poetry of Leonard Cohen, is unveiled in its world premiere season. John Adams’ concerto for electric violin, Dharma at Big Sur, is performed for the first time in this country, and the ASO plays arrangements of the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s experimental 1970s jazz-rock with ex-band member Billy Cobham.

Renowned free jazz luminary, US saxophonist Ornette Coleman, makes his long-awaited first Australian appearance.
              
Hear the candid views of several of Adelaide’s leading music critics in this lively panel discussion. Joined by five-times previous Adelaide Festival director Anthony Steel, they dissect, weigh up and argue over what they thought were the 2008 Festival’s hits and misses. Chaired by MSA SA President, Jula Szuster, this public event promises to be as vigorously thought provoking as it was last time.
Organised by the Musicological Society of Australia, S.A. Chapter, Inc. in association with the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide

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not to be missed

fringe:
Acrobat
The Smile Off Your Face
Trouble on Planet Earth

Festival:
Don’t Look Back
When the Rain Stops Falling
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

dance

GLOW - CHUNKY MOVE

Venue: Space Theatre

Dates: 29 February, 1-3 March, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm

Tickets: Adult $25, Friends/Conc $20, Fringe Benefits $20

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.au

EMANUAL GAT DANCE COMPANY

Venue: Dunstan Playhouse

Dates: 29 February, 1 & 3 March, 7.30pm, 2 March, 6pm

Tickets: A Res $59, Friends $50, Conc $45, Fringe Benefits $25

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.au

SEVEN - LEIGH WARREN AND DANCERS

Woody Allen meets Ingmar Bergman to tell a love story with twists, head spins and a depressed mirror about to crack. Seven re-examines the fairy tale Snow White in a delightfully provocative dance production with designer Dan Potra.

 

Venue: Royalty Theatre, 65 Angas Street, Adelaide

Dates: 7.30pm, 23rd February, 26th - 29th February and 1 March 2008

Tickets: Adult $40/ Concession $30/ Fringe Benefits $25 (+ service fee)

Bookings: FringeTIX 1300 FRINGE (374 643) www.adelaidefringe.com.au (from 9 Jan)

Group Bookings Buy 9 tickets and get 1 ticket free

G - AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE

Venue: ADT studios 126 Belair Rd, Hawthorn

Dates: 1 & 2, 5-9, 12-16 March, 6pm

Tickets: Adult $27, Friends $22, Conc $22

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.au

THE AGE I’M IN - FORCE MAJEURE

Venue: Dunstan Playhouse

Dates: 5-8 March, 8pm

Tickets: Adult $49, Friends $42, Conc $35, Fringe Benefits $25

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.au

Sacred Monsters - Akram Kahn Company with Sylvie Guillem

Venue: Festival Theatre

Dates: 11-12 March, 8pm

Tickets: Prem Res $119, Friends $101, A Res $99, Friends $84, B Res $89, Friends $76 Conc $65, C Res $69, Friends $59, Conc $50, Fringe Benefits $25

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.aumins

TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU - DV8 PHYSICAL THEATRE

Venue: Dunstan Playhouse

Dates: 13 & 14 March, 8.30pm, 15 March, 2pm & 8.30pm, 16 March, 6pm

Tickets: A Res $79, Friends $67, Conc $55, Fringe Benefits $25

Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au or www.adelaidefestival.com.au

ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL - 17 DANCE PRODUCTIONS!

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Monday, February 25, 2008

This everything water

Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts Exhibition

This everything water

28 February – 28 March

Artists: Kay Lawrence with Aubrey Tigan and Butcher Joe Nangan

SASA Gallery visiting scholars: John Kean and Diana Wood-Conroy

Floor talk
John Kean, Diana Wood-Conroy and Kim Akerman
5pm Wednesday 5 March

Exhibition Launch
6pm Wednesday 5 March  

kay01.jpg Kay Lawrence ‘This is rain’ (detail), 2007, grey woollen blanket, mother-of-pearl buttons, cotton

The first exhibition for the SASA Gallery’s 2008 program will feature the Head of the South Australian School of Art, Kay Lawrence with Aubrey Tigan and Butcher Joe Nangan. 

This everything water explores the symbolic resonances and material qualities of pearl shell through artwork by Kay Lawrence and engraved pearl shell from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The exhibition includes Aboriginal pearl shell ornaments borrowed from the collection of the South Australian Museum and contemporary pearl shells engraved by Bardi and Djawi law man Aubrey Tigan and Nyigina law man Butcher Joe Nangan.

Gallery opening hours

Open daily during the Adelaide Festival 28 February – 16 March 11-5pm
18 – 28 March open Tuesday – Friday, 11am – 5pm   (closed public holidays)

please go the SASA Gallery website for more information and to download an invitation: http://www.unisa.edu.au/art/sasagallery/current.asp

SA School of Art Gallery Kaurna Building, Cnr Fenn Place & Hindley Street, City West Campus, UniSA
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