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Sydney is a place with over the best art of the nation and CIRCUS CITY VISUAL ARTS/INSTALLATIONS MERITON FESTIVAL VILLAGE TO PLAY 60,000 years of history. This the world or simply sit back and Bayala – Patyegarang’s Notebooks 14 Circus: Family Act 26 Breaking Ground 45 beautiful city that sits amongst enjoy the extraordinary weather Circus for Everyone – 26 Exit 33 Briefs: The Second Coming 46 the rivers, harbour and ocean, with friends, Sydney Festival is Hang around with Aerialize! House of Mirrors 6 Celia Pacquola: The Looking Glass 51 shares an Aboriginal lineage for you. We’ve been doing it for Circus on Screen 26 Imagined Touch Installation 7 Christa Hughes is Oz Rockin’ the 51 that goes back before time 41 years, so we know a thing or Myuran Sukumaran – Another Day in Paradise 12 Ladies Lounge and now stretches to the skies. two about a good time. Flying Trapeze Workshops 26 OUR PART Scent of Sydney 4 The 29 clans of the Eora are HUMANS 27 Covered 50 Crisscross the city and enjoy the custodians of this land, which iD 24 The Beach 42 Felicity Ward: 50% More Likely To Die 50 many free activities we offer and we acknowledge through the Kaleidoscope 26 Vernon Ah Kee – not an animal or a plant 16 House of Mirrors 6 buy tickets to experiences that commitment of the Metropolitan Kaleidoscope Workshops 26 Let’s Dance 45 will live with you for the rest of Local Aboriginal Land Council Ockham’s Razor Workshop 27 MUSIC Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin 51 your life. Don’t do it alone. Grab and the many elders both Talking Circus 26 1967 – Music in the Key of Yes 13 Orszaczky Budget Orchestra 45 your friends and family and share past and present who work The Circus Comes to Town! 26 Alim Qasimov Ensemble 41 Otto & Astrid – Eurosmash! 51 the love. January is a time of Important cultural events like Sydney Festival tirelessly to make Sydney a safe, Tipping Point 27 Ane Brun 41 Retro Futurismus 50 New Year’s resolutions so get in respectful place to live. To all Bayala – Baraya: Sing up Country 14 Roller Jam 45 could not happen without the support of the early and say “January is a time who come from here, to all who Cash Savage and The Last Drinks 49 Soul of Sydney 45 people of Sydney. Your participation makes to be a better me. January is a call this place home and to all Circuit Des Yeux 21 Spiegeltent Music 48 all the difference. We’re pleased to join you in time for Sydney Festival.” THEATRE/OPERA who visit this glittering city … keeping creativity alive and well in our city. Sydney Festival – Our City in Anthropologies Imaginaires 23 Dalmatica: Chants of the Adriatic 41 The Fiery Maze 50 welcome to Sydney Festival. Find more events at www.whatson.sydney Summer. Biographica 38 Dori Freeman 21 The Hair Salon 45 Sydney Festival is the home of Hakawati 39 Glitterbox 54 Tomboy Survival Guide 23 Love the curious and the adventurous. Home Country 37 Halfway 48 Whether you want to learn Huff 22 Jessy Lanza 49 TALKS/READINGS/CLASSES about the neglected stories and Ich Nibber Dibber 36 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith 21 Bayala – Let’s Speak Sydney 14 ARTS NSW IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES sites of our city, continue family Wesley Enoch Imagined Touch 7 Klub Koori with Gawurra 49 Language Classes traditions, expose yourself to Sydney Festival Director King Roger 38 Lake Street Dive 48 Bayala – Out of the Vaults 14 PRESENTING WORK AS PART OF THE 2017 SYDNEY FESTIVAL Ladies in Black 28 Long String Instrument 40 Burrbgaja Yalirra 16 Measure for Measure 34 Lubomyr Melnyk 41 Patricia Cornelius Play Readings 37 Opera in the Domain 39 Mdou Moctar 49 Scent of Sydney Talks 4 SYDNEY SYMPHONY CAMPBELLTOWN Prize Fighter 36 Moses Sumney 21 Who’s Afraid of Patricia Cornelius? 37 ORCHESTRA ARTS CENTRE SHIT 37 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 19 Yellamundie National First Peoples 16 The Encounter 5 PJ Harvey 18 Playwriting Festival The Season 15 Rautavaara 33 SYDNEY SYDNEY Which Way Home 16 Regurgitator perform The Velvet 49 OTHER You and Me and the Space Between 39 Underground & Nico Australia Day/Ferrython 52 DANCE CHAMBER FORM DANCE Sex, Lynch and Video Games: An Exploration NIGHT MARKET 53 COMPANY OPERA PROJECTS DANCE/PHYSICAL THEATRE of 90s Screen Culture – Nicole Lizée Balabala 9 with the Australian Art Orchestra 23 Blood on the Dance Floor 15 Sky Terrace 54 OPERA AUSTRALIA CARRIAGEWORKS CHAMPIONS 10 Symphony Under the Stars: The Domain 53 Come and play Cry Jailolo 9 Symphony Under the Stars: Parramatta 53 Inheritor Album 22 Szun Waves 21 36 Institute 8 The Comet Is Coming 49 NATIONAL THEATRE ENSEMBLE Nude Live 8 Wafia 21 OF PARRAMATTA OFFSPRING Spectra 10 Weyes Blood 48 Still Life 11 Yann Tiersen 18

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Can you know a city by the way it smells? Cat Jones distills into scents the substance of Sydney’s identity from its sophisticated airs to dirty laundry. Through conversation and debate around landscape, democracy, resistance, competition, and extravagance, THESENSES you’re invited to contribute your ideas and stories to this olfactory portrait of our city. COMPLICITE I UK BAY 19 CARRIAGEWORKS

EXHIBITION: 7–29 JANUARY Closed Mondays THE ENCOUNTER TALKS: INSPIRED BY THE BOOK AMAZON BEAMING BY PETRU POPESCU 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25 JANUARY DIRECTED BY SIMON MCBURNEY FREE

Transmitted direct to the audience through headphones, the show’s groundbreaking sound design plugs into the power of imagination as we’re transported into the humid depths of the Amazon. Recreating the epic journey of National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre in this solo performance, Richard Katz invites audiences along for an unforgettable, immersive, theatrical ride. Co-presented with the Sydney Opera House.

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18–28 JANUARY $86–$110 + booking fee WESLEY SAYS

We’re all guilty of it. We escape into digital worlds for work and leisure and just turn off our ★★★★★ bodies. We sit there plugged in and disregard the majority “A FIVE-STAR of our sensory skills. Our HALLUCINOGENIC ancestors used every sense just to survive but now as modern TRIP WITH human beings we run the risk COMPLICITE ” of forgetting the power of our senses to trigger memories, THE INDEPENDENT construct relationships and help you feel as well as think. So we want to retune your body. Artists around the world are engaging in sensory stimulation and deprivation to help audiences see the world differently. By SCENT OF discovering the world through smell, understanding the experience of being deaf and blind or constructing detailed SYDNEY aural landscapes we are making sense of the human body. AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE

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A fascinating labyrinth of endless mirrors, magnified to terrifying dimensions, which recently messed with minds at Dark Mofo. Stumble your way around thousands of disorienting optical illusions and lose yourself in some bewildering reflections. There is only one way in to the House of Mirrors. Getting out is an art.

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Deafblind artists Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens IMAGINED TOUCHTRACK 8 provide an insight into a world without sight or sound, CARRIAGEWORKS in a unique sensory performance. Wearing goggles and headphones that restrict light and sound – and through PERFORMANCES: intensified tactile communication – experience the artists’ 9–14 JANUARY stories in a profoundly different sensory environment. $56 + booking fee Imagined Touch is also presented as a tactile installation where you can get an insight into the Deafblind INSTALLATION: HOUSE OF MIRRORS P. 6 IMAGINEDexperience. TOUCH P. 7 10–15 JANUARY FREE

6 DON’T MISS A BEAT #SYDFEST 7 Take an intimate journey into the world have raged over what constitutes reputation for a robust take on the DANCE of art and dance at the Art Gallery WESLEY SAYS dance and, as you would expect, form. Internationally, we see the of NSW’s major summer exhibition the questions being asked are influences of street dance on the Nude: Art from the Tate collection. With often more important than finding bodies and movement vocabulary choreography by Rafael Bonachela, In the past few decades the an answer. Some of the most as generations of young people witness six dancers moving and definition of dance has noticeably interesting collaborations and grow up with access to a broad breathing, their souls bared as they broadened to incorporate ensembles in Australia choose range of influences. It’s exciting explore and respond to the imagery different styles of physical theatre, a hybrid of theatre, dance and to see the diversity of dance on and themes of one of art’s great live art and more collaborative design to make their work. show and a dialogue between subjects, the human body. DANCE forms of choreography. Debates They have built an international traditional and modern styles. 16+, contains full nudity Standing tickets only NUDE The presentation of the exhibition Nude: art from the Tate collection is a DANCE/THEATRE collaboration between Tate and the Art Gallery of NSW. CRY JAILOLO ART GALLERY OF NSW EKOSDANCE COMPANY I INDONESIA 7–10, 15–17, 22 & 23 JANUARY $65 + booking fee

LIVE Photo: Peter Greig SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY & ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES I AUSTRALIA WORLD PREMIERE “THEY BRING SUPRIYANTO’S CHOREOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE TO LIFE WITH “A RICH, VISUALLY A THRILLING RARE STUNNING SHOW ... ” SPIRIT AND STYLE” THE GUARDIAN DAILY REVIEW

Performed by seven young men from Indonesia’s remote coastal town of Jailolo, this work is an expression of hope and optimism in the face of coral reef destruction and overfishing. Created by leading Indonesian choreographer Eko Supriyanto it melds traditional and INSTITUTE contemporary dance influences. Audiences across Europe, Asia and Australia have been moved by the strength and resilience of GECKO I UK I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE these untrained young men.

BAY 17 An astonishing performance CARRIAGEWORKS combining witty choreography, artful imagery and ingenious 7–10 JANUARY stagecraft. This award-winning $41 + booking fee physical theatre company Two show pack: $60 + booking fee conjures theatrical surprises and

transformations that will make you laugh and gasp in equal measure in a Kafkaesque puzzle that’s bewildering and beautiful.

EVEREST THEATRE SEYMOUR CENTRE BALABALA 25–28 JANUARY EKOSDANCE COMPANY I INDONESIA $56 + booking fee WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographed by Eko Supriyanto, patterns based on Indonesian BAY 17 this new work for five young female martial arts see hierarchies of CARRIAGEWORKS dancers from Jailolo, makes a culture and gender give way to great companion piece to Cry the strength of the dancers as 7–10 JANUARY Jailolo. Rhythmic movement they showcase the multiple roles $41 + booking fee INSTITUTE / NUDE LIVE P. 8 of women in Indonesia. CRY JAILOLO / BALABALA Two show pack: $60 + booking fee P. 9 NUDE LIVE Haughton Photo: Richard Photo: BNG Bernie Ng Photo: David Fajar

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A dialogue between artists from Townsville and Tokyo, and a fusion of western contemporary dance and the expressive Japanese movement form Butoh. Within a set by STILL LIFE installation artist Tatsuo Miyajima (Connect with Everything, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia) the work explores DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU I GREECE I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE the interconnectedness of the universe, where every action SPECTRA has the power to impact the future.

EVEREST THEATRE SEYMOUR CENTRE

11–15 JANUARY $41 + booking fee

This is a visual symphony Dimitris Papaioannou, it has “BRILLIANT. fusing theatre, movement, art struck a chord with audiences installation and philosophy. everywhere from Stockholm to AN INTELLIGENT, Inspired by surrealism, the myth Santiago and São Paulo. ENGAGING, AND of Sisyphus and the Theatre of the Absurd, a series of BAY 17 SUPERBLY- Photo: Ash McLellan strange and spectacular feats CARRIAGEWORKS PERFORMED unravel: a man wrestling with a block of concrete, a woman 27–29 JANUARY GREEK WORK. bursting out of a wall, human $60–$70 + booking fee ... A SILENTLY beings toiling and tussling with

the earth itself. From Director HOWLING, EXISTENTIAL DRAMA.” DAGENS NYHETER

In an epic, adrenaline-fuelled choreographic match, a dream “DANCERS ARE THE team of 11 female dancers CLEVEREST WITH make the moves of the football field their own, from the training THEIR FEET, NEXT drills to the victory dances, as ARE FOOTBALLERS” contemporary dance and soccer collide. JOHAN CRUYFF Directed by Martin del Amo, developed in consultation with Western Sydney Wanderers W-League and with playful commentary by Channel Seven sports presenter Mel McLaughlin, this is a celebration of elite performers harnessing the energy and enthusiasm of sports fans.

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BREAKING GROUND / SPECTRA / CHAMPIONS 17–22 JANUARY P. 10

Photo: Heidrun Lӧhr CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS FORM DANCE PROJECTS I AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE $41 + booking fee

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10 VISIT SYDNEYFESTIVAL.ORG.AU FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO BOOK 11 VISUAL ARTS INDIGENOUS Sydney is the site of some of the role in prototyping how national is another. Much of Indigenous of Patyegarang, discover the MYURAN WESLEY SAYS first conversations between the conversations can happen for the storytelling is about remembrance power of blood, family bonds and old and the new. For generations next generations. Understanding and sharing and this year we offer age-old traditions. We are a diverse SUKUMARAN Sydney has been the place of country through language is a first an opportunity to remember the people who live here together on first steps playing an important step and witnessing untold stories 1967 referendum, hear the words the lands of the Eora and Darug. ANOTHER DAY IN MUSIC PARADISE CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE I AUSTRALIA WORLD PREMIERE

The first major exhibition by artist Myuran Sukumaran and a series of newly commissioned artworks by leading Australian artists who 1967 respond to the death penalty and profile human rights. MUSIC IN THE KEY OF YES Curated by Ben Quilty and Michael Dagostino, the exhibition presents a vast and sobering AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE series of powerful portraits by Sukumaran, painted during his incarceration at Bali’s Kerobokan jail. It brings to light the importance of forgiveness and compassion for humanity, while proving the profound power of art to change lives.

CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 13 JANUARY–26 MARCH referendum which saw 90.77% of Australians FREE vote ‘Yes’; this is a concert of remembrance and gratitude to those who fought for civil rights. A celebration of the soundtrack of change in Australia with footage from the era. Co-presented with the Sydney Opera House.

CONCERT HALL SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

17 JANUARY LEAH FLANAGAN YIRRMAL DAN SULTAN $50–$80 + booking fee

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MYURAN SUKUMARAN 1967 - MUSIC IN THE KEY OF YES ADALITA STEPHEN PIGRAM P. 12 RADICAL SON THELMA PLUMP. 13 Photo: Warwick Baker Photo: Warwick Photo: Mark Hopper Photo: Harvey House Photo: Cole Bennetts

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Perth International 12 VISIT SYDNEYFESTIVAL.ORG.AU FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO BOOK Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival and Sydney Festival. 13 INSTALLATION/CLASSES Set during the muttonbird THEATRE harvesting season this is DRAMA THEATRE a family get-together we SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE can all relate to, filled with 10–15 JANUARY shenanigans, laughter, truths $50–$60 + booking fee and tears.

Written by Aboriginal playwright Nathan Maynard and performed by an all-Indigenous cast including Trevor Jamieson (ABC’s Cleverman and The Secret River), we’re introduced to the Duncan family on Dog Island in the Bass Strait, in a delightful meditation on what it means to belong. Co-presented with the Sydney Opera House.

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LET’S SPEAK SYDNEY LANGUAGE

BAYALA Photo: Simon Pynt BAYALA MEANS ‘SPEAK’ IN LOCAL LANGUAGE. A sharing and celebration of the Indigenous heritage of Sydney and the growing movement to reawaken local language. Working with Eora and Darug community leaders and language experts – classes, talks, an installation DANCE and a mass choral performance have been developed to celebrate the local language of the Sydney area. When Aboriginal choreographer, AUSTRALIA dancer and writer Jacob Boehme was diagnosed with HIV he reached out to his ancestors in search PATYEGARANG’S LANGUAGE CLASSES OUT OF THE VAULTS BARAYA: SING UP of answers. In an unapologetic physical monologue he explores the NOTEBOOKS Be part of the reawakening of the Get up close and personal with COUNTRY legacies and memories embedded Aboriginal language of Sydney. rare collection items relating to Come together to learn a song in our bloodlines and each Uncle Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden the history of Sydney language. Darug woman Aunty Jacinta Tobin and in local language to be person’s need for community and and Lille Madden with Jonathan Be one of the few to lay eyes on Gadigal man Joel Davison lead classes performed at the morning connection. Jones. these records rarely seen by the developed to provide a foundational WugulOra ceremony at From 1790–91, Patyegarang – a public. understanding of local language. Learn Barangaroo. BAY 20 young Aboriginal woman – shared greetings and introductions, landscape A State Library of NSW CARRIAGEWORKS Reawaken and reforge the with Lieutenant William Dawes and placenames, body parts, simple presentation. songlines of Sydney in a some local language during grammar and sentences and a song. 21–25 JANUARY frequent visits to his hut at ‘Tar-ra’ performance for country, $41 + booking fee (Dawes Point Park). This event is presented in partnership GALLERY ROOM ancestors and healing. with the State Library of NSW. ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY & JACOB BOEHME I At this site, hear Lille Madden – STATE LIBRARY OF NSW WALUMIL LAWNS a young Gadigal woman – MACQUARIE ROOM 21 & 28 JANUARY BARANGAROO RESERVE reading the wordlists and STATE LIBRARY OF NSW FREE, registration required sentences gifted to Dawes by 26 JANUARY Patyegarang. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20 & 21 FREE JANUARY TAR-RA (DAWES POINT PARK) FREE, registration required 7–29 JANUARY FREE STUDIO 404 PARRAMATTA

23, 25, 27 & 28 JANUARY FREE, registration required

VISIT SYDNEYFESTIVAL.ORG.AU FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO BOOK Photo: Prudence Upton Photo: Dorine Blaise BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR THE SEASON / BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR P. 15 BAYALA P. 14 THE SEASON This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Ten Days 14 on the Island, Melbourne Festival and Sydney Festival. ALL THE LATEST #SYDFEST 15 THEATRE

A modern-day road trip comedy about a father and daughter reconnecting with each other and WHICH WAY their past. Infused with humour, heart, and writer-performer Katie Beckett’s own memories of growing up with a much-loved single Indigenous dad.

Photo: Heidrun Lӧhr Co-presented with Belvoir.

DOWNSTAIRS BELVOIR ST THEATRE

11–29 JANUARY No performance Mondays $30–$48 + booking fee ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY I AUSTRALIA

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VISUAL ARTS Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum which recognised Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders as people, Ah Kee presents a thought-provoking portrait of black and white political NATIONAL ART SCHOOL issues, attitudes and ideologies. GALLERY Weaving the history and language of colonisation 7 JANUARY–11 MARCH though masterful drawings, Closed Sundays text-based installations, FREE paintings and projection, he exposes underlying racism in contemporary Australian society. VERNON AH KEE NOT AN ANIMAL OR A PLANT NATIONAL ART SCHOOL GALLERY I AUSTRALIA George Sibley (2008) George

TALKS YELLAMUNDIE NATIONAL FIRST PEOPLES PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL MOOGAHLIN PERFORMING ARTS I AUSTRALIA As part of a three-year mentorship program to support game A chance for audiences to catch changers in intercultural dance and new and distinctive voices in performance Marrugeku’s Co- Australian theatre, Yellamundie Artistic Directors, Dalisa Pigram

National First Peoples Playwriting AUSTRALIA and Rachael Swain alongside Koen Festival is a biennial platform Augustijnen will run a choreographic for emerging and established and dramaturgy lab for 10 artists playwrights from all over from NSW and WA. Join them as Aboriginal Australia. they open the door for a public forum and open rehearsals. Co-presented with Carriageworks. MARRUGEKU I DANCING FORWARDS DANCING BURRBGAJA

BAY 20 YALIRRA TRACK 3 CARRIAGEWORKS CARRIAGEWORKS WHICH WAY HOME / VERNON AH KEE / YELLAMUNDIE / BURRBGAJA YALIRRA WHICH WAY HOME / VERNON AH KEE / YELLAMUNDIE / BURRBGAJA YALIRRA P. 16 P. 16 WHICH WAY HOME / VERNON AH KEE / YELLAMUNDIE / BURRBGAJA YALIRRA P. 16 FORUM: 15 JANUARY VERNON AH KEE YELLAMUNDIE VERNON AH KEE 27–29 JANUARY VERNON AH KEE YELLAMUNDIE YELLAMUNDIE OPEN REHEARSALS: 12 & 13 Photo: Zan Wimberley JANUARY Photo: Rod Hartvigsen 16 FREE 17Photo: Noah Kalina

MUSIC The high priestess of dark indie rock returns, with a theatrical and brilliant new live show that had European and US audiences spellbound. Beloved early classics, war-torn new anthems; PJ’s legendary voice and her ten-piece band make the new and old alike feel fiercer than ever.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE SYDNEY THEATRE DARLING HARBOUR

22 JANUARY AT 8PM PJ $103 – $118.25 HARVEY UK

PJ Harvey returns with her full 10-piece band, following the release of the critically acclaimed album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which hit #1 in the UK album charts. These will be PJ Harvey’s first live dates in Australia since 2012, with a show that is receiving rave reviews from audiences in the US and across “HARVEY IS ONE Europe. Co-presented with Billions OF THE WORLD’S Australia. FINEST PERFORMERS – COMMANDING, ICC SYDNEY THEATRE DARLING HARBOUR CONTEMPLATIVE 22 JANUARY AND ABSOLUTELY $103–$118.25 + booking fee FLAWLESS”

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MUSIC AN EVENING WITH YANN

TIERSEN FRANCE SOLO IN CONCERT

★★★★ Best known for his much-adored film scores for Amélie and Good Bye, Lenin!, “THE AMÉLIE SOUNDTRACK Tiersen is inspired by post-punk as well as folk music and chamber pop. His COMPOSER AND MULTI- distinctive style is realised through a INSTRUMENTALIST WRITES genreless approach to composition and mastery of dozens of instruments. This MUSIC THAT SEEMS stripped back solo piano performance will MUSICMUSIC be intimate and magical. NICK CAVE SIMPLE BUT TUGS ON THE & THE BAD SEEDS Co-presented with the Sydney Opera House. HEARTSTRINGS” AUSTRALIA/UK THE GUARDIAN CONCERT HALL SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ★★★★★ The mythical collective return to Sydney stages as ICC SYDNEY THEATRE 24 JANUARY bold, explorative and vital as ever, ready to showcase DARLING HARBOUR $49–$95 + booking fee their 16th studio album Skeleton Tree. “NOBODY DOES IT BETTER” Photo: Christopher Espinosa Fernandez Photo: Kerry Brown PJ HARVEY / YANN TIERSEN P. 18 20–21 JANUARY NICK CAVECo-presented with Billions Australia. THE GUARDIAN P. 19 YANN TIERSEN $103–$118.25 + booking fee

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“ADVENTUROUS, MESMERISING SONIC “HIS LOOPING COMPOSITIONS” VOICE REACHED REGGIE WATTS THE SORROWFUL GRIT OF NINA SIMONE AND THE ECSTATIC FALSETTO OF PRINCE” PITCHFORK Photo: Richard Pike Photo: Richard

USA UK/AUSTRALIA USA KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH SZUN WAVES MOSES SUMNEY As a leader of electronic music’s ‘new wave’, Smith Drawing on free-jazz, psychedelia and drone, this new Simply armed with a guitar, loop pedal and has crafted refined and layered compositions that UK-Australian trio features PVT drummer Laurence an otherworldly voice, Sumney’s all-engaging employ an expert command of a rare analogue Pike, electronic producer Luke Abbott and Portico’s performances are a sensual experience that hit Buchla 100 synthesizer and sleekly filtered vocals. Jack Wyllie. They experiment with saxophone, drums straight to the heart. He plays dreamlike folk-soul The resulting live show is as much meditative as it and modular synth with an avant-garde pedigree most with a vulnerability and openess that make the is uplifting. new bands would envy. performances a transcendent experience.

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12 JANUARY 13 JANUARY 14 JANUARY ST STEPHEN'S $40 + booking fee $40 + booking fee $40 + booking fee

“WAFIA IS MESMERISING – AT ONCE DELIBERATE YET DELICATE – AND ABSOLUTELY ONE TO WATCH…” THE MUSIC “GREAT RANGE AND INCREDIBLE EMOTIONAL NUANCE” NPR Photo: Julia Dretel Wakeford Photo: Claire

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CIRCUIT DES YEUX WAFIA DORI FREEMAN Chicago artist Haley Fohr’s voice conjures a deep, This young Australian singer has bewitched The perfect country folk voice: languid and pure- earthy croon that recalls Diamanda Galás and Nico. radio waves the world over with slinky electronic toned but with a little Appalachian dust on it. FO This is dark, cinematic folk built around complex collaborations and raw R&B. Here she performs an Drawing a line from Emmylou Harris to Teddy and dramatic storytelling that feels like David Lynch intimate acoustic set with piano, stripping away the Thompson, pure, striking and at times utterly ghostwriting for Bruce Springsteen. beats to showcase her haunting, luminous voice. heartbreaking, Freeman is an artist with a deep sense of purpose, and a visceral approach that cuts ST STEPHEN’S UNITING CHURCH ST STEPHEN’S UNITING CHURCH to the bone. Her storytelling soaks up the wisdom of more decades than this 25-year-old has lived. 15 JANUARY 27 JANUARY $40 + booking fee $40 + booking fee ST STEPHEN’S UNITING CHURCH

28 JANUARY $40 + booking fee KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH / SZUN WAVES / MOSES SUMNEY / DORI FREEDMAN / CIRCUIT DES YEUX / WAFIA P. 21 WAFIA & MOSES SUMNEY

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“INTENSELY PHYSICAL, FAST, URBAN, YOUTHFUL, POWERFUL” DANCE VICTORIA

★★★★ “MAKING SOUNDS LIKE A LUCIANO BERIO PIECE, DONALD DUCK, BEAT BOXING OR BOARDING ON A MALE SOPRANO, DHARMOO ANTHROPOLOGIES WAS A SINGING SENSATION…” IMAGINAIRES THE SPROUT

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Gabriel Dharmoo performs the humanities experts hold chants and rituals of fictional, forth on the origins and REGINALD THEATRE

exoticised ‘others’. The meaning of his vocalisations. SEYMOUR CENTRE WESLEY SAYS exorcisms of one tribe, the sung A mischievous performance theatre of another are presented forcing us to examine Western 9–11 & 13–15 JANUARY INHERITOR $36 + booking fee as various anthropologists and culture and the way we look at others. Sure, they have one of the spunkiest Prime Ministers, but Canada has a lot more to share with us. With ALBUM similar colonial roots, a Photo: Jan Gates Westminster parliamentary COMPANY 605 I CANADA I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE system, a strong First Nations heritage and waves MUSIC of migration, Canada is truly With raw athletic power and THEATRE our cousin. 2017 is the 150th explosive, urban-infused dance, anniversary of the Canadian six performers push themselves SEX, LYNCH AND Confederation and to to their limits as they pull commemorate we are hosting apart the roles of inheritor and a diverse range of works predecessor, against a backdrop TOMBOY to showcase how we are of stunning animations, set VIDEO GAMES: related. From strong circus within an atmospheric, electric ★★★★ SURVIVAL AN EXPLORATION OF and physical performance to soundscape. messages of acceptance and “AN IMPORTANT 90S SCREEN CULTURE – difference, Canadian artists BAY 20 WORK THAT GUIDE NICOLE LIZÉE WITH show how they go about CARRIAGEWORKS negotiating their national DEMANDS TO Photo: David Cooper IVAN COYOTE I CANADA THE AUSTRALIAN identity. For the next three 15–19 JANUARY BE SEEN” AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE years we will continue the $41 + booking fee ART ORCHESTRA celebrations by building artist THE TORONTOIST Part anthem, part campfire residencies and exchanges story, and part instructions for CANADA I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE with our cousins across dismantling the gender stories the Pacific. With a heavy dose of black we tell, Ivan Coyote and an A celebrated composer from humour, this is a vivid account all-tomboy band uncover the Montreal who brings pop, of the harsh realities of the beauty in realising they were rave culture, cult cinema and Indigenous experience. Award- handsome all along. A blend psychedelia into the realm of winning writer-performer Cliff of story, spoken word, music classical music. Performing with Cardinal plays 20 characters in and memory in a fearless, wry- the acclaimed Australian Art his unflinching one-man show humoured and tender insight Orchestra, the show features a about life on a First Nations into gender issues, defying the diverse repertoire that includes reserve in Northern Ontario. norm, and finding your identity. turntablism, the Australian premiere THEATRE of her David Lynch Études, an REGINALD THEATRE MAGIC MIRRORS homage to 1980s video games and SEYMOUR CENTRE SPIEGELTENT a glitched up karaoke performance. MERITON FESTIVAL 24–28 JANUARY VILLAGE $36 + booking fee CITY RECITAL HALL 25–29 JANUARY 19 JANUARY $46–$56 + booking fee $36–$60 + booking fee

INHERITOR ALBUM / HUFF P. 22 Licensed venue: under 18s NATIVE EARTH PERFORMING ARTS I CANADA must be accompanied by a AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE responsible adult.

22 Photo: akipari Photo: Robin Toma SHARE THE LOVE #SYDFEST 23 HUFF Photo: Murray Lightburn CIRCUS CITY WESLEY SAYS When I was talking to Pawan other; you see their strengths not talks, films, circus workshops you are young or old you can CIRQUE ÉLOIZE I CANADA I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE Luthra, CEO of Indian Link, he their differences. I reckon this and a series of events for circus wonder at the skills and beauty said he believed circus was is how you build communities professionals. Australia is an or get involved in the extensive a great universal force which from diverse backgrounds”. international leader in circus workshop program. We’re went beyond race and cultural I’ve taken this quite literally to and we are gathering together bringing the circus to town and differences. He said, “All you establish Parramatta’s Circus examples of different circus you’re invited. see are human beings trusting City – a collection of shows, a big practices from overseas and each other, relying on each top, an outdoor flying trapeze, across the country. Whether

A high-energy blend of circus arts and urban dance, a production for the young-at- heart featuring an inspiring soundtrack and innovative video projections. Fifteen acrobats, “AS NAIL-BITING AS aerialists and breakdancers IT WAS BEAUTIFUL” come together to create a microcosmic society where two THE TELEGRAPH groups celebrate everyone’s distinct identity. HHHHH

“WE’D LOVE TO GIVE IT RIVERSIDE THEATRE A SIX OUT OF FIVE” 12–22 JANUARY $40–$70 + booking fee ENTERTAINMENT FOCUS iD Photo: © 2012 Theatre T & Cie/Patric Lazic Photo: © 2012 Theatre

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Come and view life through Ethan’s eyes in a joyous, poetic FLYING circus experience that explores beauty found in the smallest things. Ethan was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at four. On stage, he’s joined by five circus performers and together TRAPEZE they explore the colour, chaos and incredible beauty of his world through acrobatics, slapstick, music, movement, and vibrant WORKSHOPS Sydneysiders are invited to video projections. take flight on a 10 metre high Co-presented with Riverside flying trapeze rig! This two CIRCA I AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE Theatres. hour workshop will include opportunities to practice tricks A gigantic hit across 34 countries and conclude with students being HUMANSin six continents, Circa’s edgy and LENNOX THEATRE RIVERSIDE THEATRES caught by a catcher in mid-air. refreshing take on contemporary circus combines the sensibility and 13–18 JANUARY aesthetic of contemporary dance PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE $36 + booking fee and theatre with phenomenal 13–22 JANUARY acrobatic prowess. In their new $49 + booking fee world premiere created by Yaron Lifschitz, they set out to go even faster, harder and higher than ever before. Extreme acrobatics reveal “SOMETIMES THE a fierce humanity in this stirring HEART BREAKS TIPPING celebration of being human. AND CRACKS OPEN SPAGHETTI CIRCUS BIG TOP BECAUSE SO MUCH KALEIDOSCOPE PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE LOVE IS BURSTING WORKSHOPS 13–19 JANUARY $46–$56 + booking fee THROUGH” Led by artists from Kaleidoscope LENNOX THEATRE POINTI I participants will enjoy structured OCKHAM’S RAZOR UK AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE ETHAN HUGH RIVERSIDE THEATRES and creative play to discover their imaginative potential. A hands-on 14, 17 & 18 JANUARY Five performers push themselves WINNER OF THE TOTAL art and performance experience $41 + booking fee to the limit on five metre metal for ages 10–16. poles that transform into a THEATRE & JACKSONS

Photo: Joanna Wharton myriad of walkways, pillars LANE AWARD FOR and pendulums. A blend of circus, acrobatics, playground CIRCUS AT EDINBURGH games and trust exercises set FESTIVAL FRINGE 2016 to a musical soundscape, where simple actions accumulate into something breathtaking. ★★★★ FREE EVENTS “THRILLING AND SPAGHETTI CIRCUS BIG TOP PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE NERVE-RACKING AT CIRCUS CITY ... A SPELLBINDING 17–21 JANUARY $40–$50 + booking fee PERFORMANCE” THE STAGE

Ockham’s Razor will be running “MAGICAL” TIPPING POINT / HUMANS P. 27 a free workshop for people with EVENING STANDARD TIPPING POINT/HUMANS a disability. For more information

visit sydney.festival.org.au Photo: Mark Dawson Photo: Sarah Walker

A diverse program of THE CIRCUS COMES CIRCUS: FAMILY ACT free workshops, film TO TOWN! A display of specially curated PROUD PARTNER screenings, panel Celebrate the arrival of the circus posters and costumes discussions and Spaghetti Circus Big Top from the Museum of Applied industry events will be on 12 January with a free Arts & Sciences. packed into 10 days sausage sizzle and live CIRCUS ON SCREEN from 12–22 January. entertainment. Screenings of circus Celebrate Here’s a snapshot of CIRCUS FOR EVERYONE! documentaries including the what you can expect. – HANG AROUND WITH Australian premiere of The Show AERIALIZE! of Shows featuring a stunning FOR MORE INFO VISIT A free program of over 20 soundtrack from Sigur Rós. the circus workshops presented TALKING CIRCUS SYDNEYFESTIVAL.ORG.AU by Aerialize that includes Three panel discussions: celebrating classes for everyone from possible elders from Australia’s circus

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26 Photo: Naomi Jellicoe 27 MUSICAL

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BLACKQUEENSLAND THEATRE I AUSTRALIA With all the shine and sparkle of Broadway this swanky new home-grown musical is a whirling, toe-tapping trip back in time to Sydney in the late 1950s. Based on a Madeleine St John novel and with tunes by Tim Finn, book by Carolyn Burns and directed by Simon Phillips, it’s already wowed audiences in Brisbane and Melbourne. Now it’s Sydney’s turn to get gussied up for the most alluring number of the season. Co-presented with Queensland Theatre and Sydney Lyric at The Star.

SYDNEY LYRIC AT THE STAR

3–22 JANUARY No performance Mondays $75–$125 + booking fee

Photo: Rob Maccoll

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SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 SUN 29 7:30PM From 6:30PM 9:45PM 5:15PM 4:30PM 9AM 8PM 4PM - 8PM 4:30PM 10AM-10PM 10AM Soul of Sydney 12PM - 5PM 10AM - 6PM 10AM - 4PM 6AM - 11PM SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 SAT 28 5:30PM From 6:45PM 9:45PM 11:30PM 2:15PM, 2:15PM, 8:15PM 7:30PM The Comet Is Coming 7:30PM 11AM- 5PM Dori Freeman 7PM 4:30PM 9AM, 9AM, 6:30PM, 8:30PM 2PM, 8PM 2PM, 7PM - 11PM 4:30PM 10AM-10PM 7:30PM 10AM The Comet Is Coming 7:30PM Roller Jam 2:30PM 10AM - 6PM 7:30PM 8PM 7:30PM From 5PM 2PM 10AM - 5PM 8PM 10AM - 4PM 4PM, 4PM, 8PM 10AM 6AM - 11PM FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 FRI 27 7:30PM From 6:45PM 9:45PM 11:30PM 8:15PM 7:30PM Klub Koori Gawurra 5:30PM 11AM- 5PM Wafia Wafia 7PM 4:30PM 9AM, 9AM, 6:30PM, 8:30PM 8PM 7PM - 11PM 4:30PM From 5PM 10AM Klub Koori Gawurra 5:30PM Breaking Ground 2PM 10AM - 6PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 10AM - 5PM 10AM - 4PM 6PM 10AM 6AM - 11PM All Sydney Festival venues All Sydney Festival are wheelchair accessible. THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 THU 26 5:30PM From 6:45PM 9:45PM 11:30PM 8:15PM 7:30PM 11AM- 5PM 4:30PM 9AM 4:30PM 10AM Australia Day from 10AM 10AM - 6PM 7:30PM 10AM - 5PM 7:30AM 10AM - 4PM 8PM 7:30PM 10:45AM 6AM - 11PM WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 WED 25 5:30PM From 6:45PM 9:45PM 7PM 7:30PM 11AM- 5PM 4:30PM 9AM 4:30PM 10AM 6PM 10AM - 6PM 7:30PM 10AM - 5PM 10AM - 4PM 8PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 10AM 6AM - 11PM TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 TUE 24 9:45PM 7PM From 6:30PM 7:30PM 11AM- 5PM 4:30PM 9AM 4:30PM 10AM 6PM 10AM - 6PM 10AM - 5PM 8PM 10AM - 4PM 8PM 7:30PM 6PM 6AM - 11PM MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 MON 23 7:30PM 11AM- 5PM 4:30PM 4:30PM 6PM, 6PM, 7:30PM 10AM - 4PM 6PM 10AM 6AM - 11PM

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“THE GREATEST FINNISH COMPOSER SINCE SIBELIUS” THE NEW YORK TIMES Photo: Sakari Viika

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WESLEY SAYS This piercing production delves into the depths of an unpredictable city to dissect the nature of government, love and For millennia, theatre has been justice. It’s Shakespeare mixed our way of telling stories that with modern-dress and Russian reflect who we are and the world theatre traditions, featuring we live in. By either reconfirming swiftly changing scenes played our world view or by challenging out on a stripped-back set. In us to think differently, theatre Australia for the first time, the has an amazing ability to help performance was hailed by the us make sense of societal shifts, Moscow press as breathtaking build empathy and grow our and nominated for five Golden collective emotional intelligence. MEASURE FOR MEASURE Mask Awards, including As the world changes, we seek Best Director and Best Male out more and more diverse CHEEK BY JOWL WITH PUSHKIN THEATRE I UK/RUSSIA Performance. stories and ways of telling those AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE tales. The truly curious seek ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE new experiences to help them DIRECTED BY DECLAN DONNELLAN WALSH BAY grow as human beings. We have DESIGNED BY NICK ORMEROD sought out stories that reflect 7–11 JANUARY our changing social landscape $80–$110 + booking fee – telling the stories of coming to this country, revisiting an old classic to tell us something new, In Russian with English surtitles stories of history and some shows just to make you feel good. Photo: Johan Persson

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LA BOITE THEATRE COMPANY & BRISBANE FESTIVAL I AUSTRALIA PATRICIA SHIT CORNELIUS DEE & CORNELIUS I AUSTRALIA One of Australia’s most awarded and celebrated playwrights, PRIZE Patricia Cornelius isn’t afraid to tell the truth about Australia. Her confronting plays deal with people living on the margins of society, struggling with poverty and prejudice. TALK: WHO’S AFRAID OF FIGHTER PATRICIA CORNELIUS? PATRICIA CORNELIUS IN Get ringside for a rare theatrical CONVERSATION WITH combo: engrossing storytelling WESLEY ENOCH paired with the visceral thrill “STUNNING of live boxing in adrenaline- Despite her numerous awards, pumping, full-contact theatre. BLOW FROM Patricia’s work is rarely found in the programmes of the country’s Before seeking asylum in ONE-TIME BOY major theatre companies. Australia, playwright Future D. SOLDIER” Never one to shy away from an Fidel lived in a Tanzanian refugee argument Patricia discusses this, THE AUSTRALIAN camp. See Congolese boxer, Isa, Written by Patricia Cornelius the role of women in theatre and face off against his opponents and directed by Susie Dee, a how to create powerful theatre and the demons from his provocative, raw and powerful that packs a punch. torturous past, in a story play, which examines the PLAY READINGS inspired by Fidel’s life and those intersections of class and of the people he has known. misogyny. Billy, Bobby and Susie Dee directs a staged “SHIT IS A VITAL reading of both LOVE and SLUT Co-presented with Belvoir. Sam, three out-of-control girls, believe the world is shit, that PIECE OF THEATRE, to accompany the season of their lives are shit, that they are SHIT.

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17–21 JANUARY $20 each + booking fee $36 + booking fee

Photo: Sebastian Bourges HOME COUNTRY THEATRE A single conversation that maps URBAN THEATRE PROJECTS & BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE I AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE the lives of three women coming of age in the 21st century, a Staged in a multi-level car park neighbour Zaphora who clash decade of friendship, bowel in Blacktown, Home Country is over cultural values; sharp-witted COLO LANE CAR PARK movements, birthing moans and a theatrical triptych that explores Pita caught between the old and BLACKTOWN tongue piercings. Compiled from place, identity, and what it means the new Greek culture; and the ten years of recordings of Post’s 11–22 JANUARY to be home. With Aboriginal Blacktown angel, restless in the $59 + booking fee (includes real life conversations, this mix Elder Uncle Cheeky as your host, afterlife. Listen to their stories communal feast) of drama, comedy, and political we meet Ali from Algeria and unfold as the sun sets over the Family: $139 + booking fee commentary explores the way Blue Mountains. (2 adults + 2 children under 16, we make sense of the world in includes communal feast) conversation with those nearest. Co-presented with Campbelltown POST I AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE Arts Centre.

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Watching his wife dance under YOU AND ME the stranger’s spell, King Roger struggles with his own passions: AND THE SPACE choosing between the sacred love he knows and the sensuous, Part picture book, part play and glittering realm of hedonism all wonderful fun, You and Me and the shepherd preaches. the Space Between by Finegan Szymanowski’s intoxicating, Kruckemeyer is a magical tale of iridescent music is rarely heard, BETWEEN an adventurous girl that unfolds so don’t miss this once-in-a- TERRAPIN PUPPET THEATRE I AUSTRALIA live in front of your eyes as lifetime opportunity to hear a cartoonist Cathy Wilcox (SMH, 20th-century Polish masterpiece. The Age) draws the pictures, while the story is narrated by JOAN SUTHERLAND THEATRE Raelee Hill. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE EVEREST THEATRE 20, 28 & 31 JANUARY SEYMOUR CENTRE 2, 4, 8, 11 & 15 FEBRUARY $45–$338 + booking fee 17–21 JANUARY $36 + booking fee

In Polish with English surtitles

Photo: Bill Cooper KING ROGER Photo: Peter Mathew THE AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR KAROL SZYMANOWSKI YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENCY WEEK

OPERA AUSTRALIA I AUSTRALIA If you see a large group of young people out and about at the Festival, they’re likely to be the 40 young high school performers who are spending a week with Festival artists and industry leaders. They’ll be participating in workshops and soaking up the atmosphere. Watch out for a surprise performance created during their time with us! BIOGRAPHICA OPERA IN SYDNEY CHAMBER OPERA I AUSTRALIA I WORLD PREMIERE HAKAWATI THE DOMAIN NATIONAL THEATRE OF PARRAMATTA I AUSTRALIA OPERA AUSTRALIA I AUSTRALIA WORLD PREMIERE An electrifying new production by composer Mary Finsterer and librettist Tom Wright performed with Ensemble Offspring. Based on Inspired by the Middle-Eastern the incredible life of polymath Gerolamo Cardano (played by Mitchell ancient tradition of storytelling Butel) – inventor of algebra, brilliant surgeon, gambler, philosopher and breaking bread, celebrate and heretic. A fresh, fascinating contemporary opera, inspired by The stars begin to twinkle as food and music and feast on Renaissance music and thought. daylight fades, and the picnic some mythical tales told with blankets are spread with

Photo: Ben Symons a distinct Western Sydney BAY 20 good fare. From the stage, flavour, during a series of balmy CARRIAGEWORKS the sound of the Australian summer nights at El-Phoenician Opera and Ballet Orchestra restaurant. 7–9 & 11–13 JANUARY fills the night while some of the most famous arias are $46 + booking fee EL-PHOENICIAN performed under THE PRIVATE ROOM the stars. ON CHURCH 320 CHURCH ST 21 JANUARY PARRAMATTA FREE 11–21 JANUARY No performance Monday Photo: Samuel Hodge YOU, ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN / HAKATAWATI / ATYP CAMP P. 38 YOU, ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN / HAKATAWATI / ATYP CAMP / OPERA INPhoto: Eric Berry THE PARK $75 + booking fee (includesP. 39 dinner) ATYP CAMP BIOGRAPHICA ATYP CAMP YOU AND ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN HAKAWATI This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Ten Days on the Island, Darwin 38 Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival, Sydney Festival and Terrapin Puppet Theatre. The Private Room on Church 39 MUSIC

‘HER MUSIC IS BOTH INTENSE AND SERENE. CITY RECITAL HALL THE ATTRACTIVELY EERIE, ACOUSTICALLY UNSTABLE DRONING ALIM QASIMOV ENSEMBLE SUGGESTS URGENCY, ANE AZERBAIJAN WHILE THE SLOW “Simply one of the BRUN his equally prolific CITY RECITAL HALL FORMAL DEVELOPMENT greatest singers alive” NORWAY daughter Fargana and OF THE PIECE INVITES (The New York Times). traditional instruments 20 JANUARY Qasimov is the world’s from their homeland, $46–$70 It’s all about the voice: crystal AN INTUITIVE, most accomplished they weave improvised + booking fee clear, powerful, breathtaking. SUSPENDED- practitioner of the sublime passages through She’s breathed new life into Azerbaijani classical style, intricate folk songs to songs like Beyonce’s “Halo” INTELLECT SORT OF mugham. With a six-piece create an ecstatic night and duetted with Peter Gabriel ensemble that includes for the soul. HEARING’ on a revitalised “Don’t Give LOS ANGELES TIMES Up”. Performing solo amidst a transforming visual backdrop, Brun reveals dynamics that span from melancholy and jazzy right through to playful, sunny pop.

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INSTRUMENTUSA I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE DALMATICA: LUBOMYR With finely tuned 25 metre CHANTS OF THE ADRIATIC strings, Ellen Fullman takes MELNYK CROATIA/FRANCE I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE us inside a giant resonating UKRAINE I AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE chamber, transforming the Town Hall into a large musical Medieval sacred choral music CITY RECITAL HALL Lauded for his ability to create instrument. Her long string from the banks of the Adriatic, a symphony of sound with a instrument produces a sitar- full of haunting chants and 22 JANUARY single instrument, this enigmatic like drone one minute and an intricate harmonic layers. All $46–$70 + booking fee Ukrainian composer has spent ethereal echo the next. With brought to life by the award- the past 40 years developing the addition of Theresa Wong’s winning early music ensemble, his unique piano technique. contemporary cello, the result is Dialogos. “A rare window on to Describing it as ‘continuous a unique sound-meets-sculpture a sumptuous musical culture” music’, he combines the soaring performance. (Scotland On Sunday). density of post-rock and the Presented in association with virtuosic delicacy of minimal- Room40. classical. The results are dizzying, transcendental CENTENNIAL HALL and lush. SYDNEY TOWN HALL CITY RECITAL HALL 13 & 14 JANUARY $40 + booking fee 28 JANUARY $36–$60 + booking fee

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42 43 WESLEY SAYS the LGBTIQ community, families, spaces. There are increasing Sydney can enjoy and welcome 21 nights of free entertainment friends and strangers. Sydney demands on our public spaces visitors to our city. You can still - DJs, performances, bands Meriton Festival Village is a Festival has an unwritten contract to be transactional, to sell tickets. buy tickets to great shows in and celebrations. Share some ORSZACZKY BUDGET ORCHESTRA public space where everyone with the city to provide free and It is important, with the help the Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent food and drinks with friends and A loving tribute to one of the most beloved and should feel welcome – artists, ticketed events across January of our partners, to carve out but this year we are introducing enjoy the atmosphere of Meriton influential figures in Australian music. A crack team of his audiences, visitors, women, men, in exchange for using public free offerings so the people of an outdoor stage to bring you Festival Village. collaborators channeling the funk & soul fueled energy of Orszaczky’s iconic Tuesday night residencies. MERITON FESTIVAL Photo: Karen Steains SOUL OF Photo: Prudence Upton THE SYDNEY Each Sunday afternoon, everyone is invited to join in on the party vibes and dance- floor fun unearthing gems from HAIR afrobeat, New York disco, roller boogie, to early Chicago VILLAGE house and 90s hip-hop. SALON PRESENTED BY CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES Starring Bob Downe and more wigs than you can poke a curling wand at, The Hair Salon features The Big Hair Show – a nonstop variety show, The Perm Set – a live music program and Spanish hair sculptors Osadia. Photo: John McRae Licensed venue: under 18s must be DAYS OF FREE accompanied by a 21 responsible adult. ENTERTAINMENT VISIT SYDNEYFESTIVAL.ORG.AU FOR ALL THE DETAILS

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THE SECOND COMING ★★★★★ THE BRIEFS FACTORY I AUSTRALIA Fresh from sell-out seasons in “THIS IS STEAMY, Berlin and London and described CHEEKY FUN, POWERED as the love child of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Cirque du Soleil, this is BY A RELENTLESS an Aussie sharp-shooting cabaret ENERGY THAT WILL BRIEFSof burlesque with balls. Meet the beautiful and bearded ringmistress, LEAVE YOU WANTING TO Shivannah, and the impressive male LOSE YOURSELF IN THE specimens of Briefs who combine trash with serious talent and skill in NEAREST CLUB.” the most outrageous show you’ve TIME OUT LONDON ever seen. Expect a jaw-dropping, eye-popping evening of highly skilled acrobatics, extreme costume changes, extravagant birdbath boylesque, too close for comfort yo-yo tricks and more than one highly inappropriate banana.

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Soulful vocals and house- WEYES inflected R&B promise MDOU a woozy, late-night BLOOD atmosphere. Her album Oh No (2016) has been MOCTAR JESSY LANZA hailed as one of the year’s USA/AUSTRALIA CANADA NIGER best, seen her compared California’s Natalie Mering (a.k.a. to Prince, and reveals that Tuareg guitarist and star of Weyes Blood) creates gorgeous Lanza is unafraid to push Niger’s breakout Purple Rain

SPIEGELTENT songs which resonate with the boundaries of pop in adaptation, Mdou Moctar is set echoes of AM radio’s golden unexpected directions. to debut his trio’s psych-tinged era, while conjuring the mystic blues in Australia. Moctar’s artful MUSIC yearnings of Judee Sill and the MAGIC MIRRORS solos are inspired more by the lost voices of LA’s Laurel Canyon. SPIEGELTENT fretboard heroics of Hendrix than A former collaborator of Ariel MERITON FESTIVAL the West African griots whose Pink, Mering has handpicked an VILLAGE traditions he’s twisted into all-Australian backing band for something that feels entirely new. her Australian premiere. 20 JANUARY $40 + booking fee MAGIC MIRRORS MAGIC MIRRORS SPIEGELTENT SPIEGELTENT MERITON FESTIVAL VILLAGE MERITON FESTIVAL VILLAGE JESSY LANZA / MDOU MOCTAR / HALFWAY / KLUB KOORI / THE COMET IS COMING P. 49 21 JANUARY Licensed venue: JESSY LANZA 19 JANUARY $40 + booking fee under 18s must be $40 + booking fee FBi RADIO Photo: Chris Kirkley accompanied by a Photo: Cayal Unger Photo: Alex Welsh responsible adult. Standing tickets for all events except WITH GAWURRA KLUB KOORI Klub Koori with One of the Northern UK Gawurra. Territory’s most beloved singers performs These Mercury Prize MAGIC MIRRORS AUSTRALIA his ethereal take on nominees are a creative jazz SPIEGELTENT HALFWAY Gupapuyngu songs, trio that describe their sound MERITON FESTIVAL as “apocalyptic space funk”. VILLAGE Aching, sunny, clever, catchy sharing both a connection The London-based group are and quintessentially Australian; MAGIC MIRRORS to the life in his land and SPIEGELTENT MERITON at the forefront of a nascent 28 JANUARY bittersweet pop with the DNA of our past, and a voice FESTIVAL VILLAGE movement creating new $40 + booking fee Wilco, alt-country with a beating that murmurs and soars. music steeped in history by Brisbane heart. “After careful “Like fellow Yolngu artist 22 JANUARY incorporating dub, post- consideration I can only conclude Gurrumul, Gawurra $30 + booking fee punk, 70s sci-fi, afrobeat and that this album is perfect” commands attention” psychedelic electronica. DISCOVER PURE TASTE (The Australian). (Rolling Stone). NOW ON TAP Photo: Fabrice Bourgelle Co-presented with Gadigal PROUD PARTNERS OF Information Service Redfern.

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Photo: Pippa Samaya 48 Photo: Luke Henery 49 THE CELIA FIERY PACQUOLA MAZE THE LOOKING GLASS NEW ZEALAND/AUSTRALIA MOTHER’S AUSTRALIA RUIN: Celia is a multi-award A CABARET winning comedian and star of ABC TV’s Utopia ABOUT GIN and Rosehaven. This critically acclaimed solo AUSTRALIA show is a voyage around Conceived by musician Tim Finn 30-something womanhood and poet Dorothy Porter in 1995 Lose yourself in the company in the 21st century, as as a ‘rock concert album’ and of barmaids and bootleggers perceived through the featuring the mesmerising vocals with this soulful, song-filled ode glittering telescope that AUSTRALIA of Abi Tucker and musician Brett COVERED to gin. Equal parts historical is Celia’s breathtakingly Adams. Directed by Anne-Louise and hysterical, Mother’s Ruin funny hyperacuity. You’ll Sarks, the talents of these “ENDLESSLY CABARET COMEDY MUSIC THEATRE Yana Alana is infamous for her is guaranteed to leave you be thoroughly charmed by MAGIC MIRRORS extraordinary artists combine nude, rude and lewd cabaret in high spirits. “Blisteringly the irresistible Pacquola. SPIEGELTENT to produce raw, intimate songs CHARMING, appearances, most recently entertaining” (Daily Review). MERITON FESTIVAL about love, sex and obsession. baring all in Between the FURIOUSLY VILLAGE MAGIC MIRRORS Cracks at Sydney Festival 2015. MAGIC MIRRORS SPIEGELTENT HONEST AND MAGIC MIRRORS Now she bares her soul, not 6–8 & 10 JANUARY SPIEGELTENT MERITON FESTIVAL SPIEGELTENT BEAUTIFULLY her derrière, via emotionally $46–$56 + booking fee MERITON FESTIVAL VILLAGE VILLAGE naked interpretations of songs MERITON FESTIVAL VILLAGE WRITTEN by Nina Simone, Tom Waits, 11–15 JANUARY 17–19 JANUARY 7–8 & 10–12 JANUARY Photo: Andy Hollingworth Shirley Bassey, The Beatles, Joy $39–$49 + booking fee $36 + booking fee STAND-UP” $56–$66 + booking fee Division and many more. THE INDEPENDENT (UK) Photo: Pia Johnson Photo: Patrick Boland

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Live summer sets atop Sky we’ve got you covered – from Dance like no-one is watching in Terrace at The Star Sydney. hip-hop to soul, electronica SKY TERRACE AT a colourful glowing cube on the to jazz. Kick back with friends THE STAR SYDNEY roof of The Star Sydney. Need we YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE As the sun sets over Sydney, before or after a Festival show say more? Bring your friends or Sky Terrace lights up with an 7 & 8, 13–15, 20–22, SYDNEY FESTIVAL WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS and enjoy the views over meet a stranger and transform you impressive DJ line-up. Whatever 27–29 JANUARY SYDNEY FESTIVAL BOARD Sydney Harbour with a sunset and your moves into a sensory- FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS: your musical leanings may be, FREE cocktail or two. overloaded glitter trip of colour and MAJOR DONOR $100k+ Antoinette Albert ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS $5k+ Anthony & Sharon Lee Danny Gilbert AM & PATRON light – your own mini private dance Peter Freedman AM and Andrew Cameron AM and The Arcadia Group Julianne Maxwell Kathleen Gilbert His Excellency General, The party, in public. Lou Freedman Cathy Cameron John Barrer Mark & Dawn McGuire Julian Knights Honourable David Hurley AC DSC MAJOR DONORS $50k+ Michael Crouch AO Larissa Behrendt & Penelope Seidler AM Sandy Martin (Retd), Governor of New South Wales SKY TERRACE AT CRM Foundation Peter Hunt AM Michael Lavarch AO Jennifer & Peter Solomon Ann McFarlane Adam & Vicki Liberman Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM & Kim Williams AM & Lyndall McNally BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE STAR SYDNEY Dr Kathryn Lovric & Dr Roger Allan Angela Belgiorno-Zegna Catherine Dovey Stephen Menzies Chair - David Kirk MBE Larissa Behrendt 7 & 8, 13–15, 20–22, MAJOR PROJECT DONORS The Martin-Weber Family Jonathan & Judith Casson Dr Heather Worth Mary Read $20k+ FESTIVAL LOVERS $1k+ David Borger 27–29 JANUARY Roslyn Packer AC Diane Eilert Victoria Taylor Elizabeth Laverty FESTIVAL HEROES $10k+ Roslyn & Alex Hunyor Gillian Appleton Chris Tooher Paddy Carney FREE Rockend Anonymous (1) Keir Foundation Anne Blau John Walton AM Angela Clark The Scully Fund Robert Albert AO and Libby Albert David Kirk MBE & Brigit Kirk Angela Bowne SC Annie & Anthony Whealy Darren Dale DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $20k+ Hon. Ashley Dawson-Damer AM Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM & Paddy Carney Ray Wilson OAM Diana Eilert MEMBERS Vic and Katie French Peter Lowry OAM Darren Dale Matthew Melhuish SKY TERRACE Anonymous (1) David Mathlin & Camilla Drover Elizabeth Laverty Wesley Enoch JOIN THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM SYDNEY FESTIVAL STAFF The generosity of our private supporters plays a vital role in making sure the Festival continues to present an arts and entertainment program each January that celebrates summer across Sydney, enriching the lives of the city’s residents and visitors. The program offers a variety of FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Signage Coordinator GLITTERBOX benefits including priority booking, VIP access and exclusive event invitations. Learn about the various giving levels to find the option that is Wesley Enoch Robyn Grant ZIN I AUSTRALIA right for you. Visit sydneyfestival.org.au/support or contact Marita Supplee on 02 8248 6510 for further details. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ticketing Manager Christopher Tooher Tara Easlea-Harding FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Ticketing Systems Coordinators THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES AND PRODUCTIONS ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF: Head of Finance and Operations Erin Garman, Sarah Toner Tanya Bush Guest Ticketing Coordinator The Australian Government through Hagan, State Library of NSW, NSW Hans-Christoph Steiner. Australian OZ ROCKIN’ THE LADIES LOUNGE Finance Manager Danniella Nocelli the Australia Council, its arts Department of Premier and Cabinet premiere supported by the City of Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Deborah Caroline Brosnan DEVELOPMENT funding and advisory body. BALABALA Sydney and Artel Cons Tobias Creative Management Accounts Assistant Head of Development Co-commissioned by AsiaTOPA, GLITTERBOX PRIZE FIGHTER Julie Crawford Malcolm Moir Sydney Festival, deSingel Harriet Gillies, Roslyn Helper, Arts Queensland, Brisbane Festival Payroll Assistant Philanthropy Manager Internationale Kunstcampus, TPAM, Elizabeth Gadsby Carina Mision Marita Supplee Sydney Chamber Opera, Ensemble RETRO FUTURISMUS Mousonturm, Fabrik Potsdam, HAKAWATI Executive Assistant Senior Sponsorship Manager Offspring, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, fortyfivedownstairs National Theatre of Taiwan, Embassy Corey Zerna Brooke Ravens City of Parramatta, Riverside SHIT Photo: Prudence Upton Marrugeku Theatre, Circa, Urban of Denmark, Jakarta. With special Theatres Photo: yeahsure Theatre Projects, post, Jodee Mundy NEON Festival of Independent Administration Officer Sponsorship Manager thanks to Kommunitas Salihara Courtney Lewis Amalina Whittaker Collaborations, Queensland Theatre HOME COUNTRY Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, BIOGRAPHICA Company, Australian Art Orchestra, Blacktown City Council, Blacktown fortyfivedownstairs Special Projects Coordinator Sponsorship Executive Ensemble Offspring Fiona Jackson Jane You Opera Australia, La Boite Theatre Arts Centre, Packer Family SPECTRA Company, Belvoir, Dancenorth, Sydney BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR & Foundation Arts Queensland, Australia Council, PROGRAMMING Sponsorship Coordinator WHICH WAY HOME Dance Company, Tasmania Performs, HOUSE OF MIRRORS Townsville City Council, Arts SA Head of Programming Alana Gatley Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne, Fiona Winning Moogahlin Performing Arts, Terrapin Creative Production Services Australia Japan Foundation, Japan Activations Manager Australian Government Indigenous Puppet Theatre, Humans Foundation, Tim Fairfax Family Producer, Major Outdoor Events Andrea Makris Languages & Arts Program, HUMANS Foundation Vernon Guest PRODUCTION RE Ross Trust Queensland Government Program Managers Head of Production ICH NIBBER DIBBBER STILL LIFE BURRBGAJA YALIRRA Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens, Adam McGowan, Stuart Rogers John Bayley Arts NSW, Department of Culture and Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre 2WORKS Festival Site Designer Production Manager Sydney Chamber Opera, Ensemble the Arts WA, Department of Regional Pip Runciman Mick Jessop, Clark Corby THE BEACH Offspring, Marrugeku Theatre, FORM Development WA, Country Arts WA ID PRINCIPAL PARTNER OF The Vinik Family Foundation, Programming Associates Production Coordinators Dance Projects, National iD is a production of Theatre T SYDNEY FESTIVAL CHAMPIONS Amalie Arena Ione Davis, Rachel Grimes- Whitney Eglington, Nathalie Taylor Theatre of Parramatta, Urban & co., co-commissioned by the City of Parramatta, Riverside Carmichael, Louana Sainsbury Production Coordinator – Theatre Projects, Sydney Dance Theatres, Packer Family Foundation, Government of Quebec, Montreal THE ENCOUNTER Arts Council, The City of Montreal, Music Coordinator Parramatta Company, Mooghalin Performing Arts, The Western Sydney Wanderers A Complicite co-production with Canada Council for the Arts, Sony Tom Riordan Tom Webster Belvoir, Post, Carriageworks, Opera W-League, Pirtek Stadium, Venues Edinburgh International Festival, the Centre for the Performing Arts, Project Managers Transport Coordinator Australia, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW, Western Sydney Arts Initiative Barbican, London, Onassis Cultural Cirque Théâtre Elbeuf, Le Volcan Centre – Athens, Schaubühne Berlin, Caris Harper, Alice Fleming, Edwina Guinness Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Jodee CIRCUS CITY and La Tohu Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne and Warwick Imogen Semmler Festival Village Venue Manager Mundy Collaborations We would like to acknowledge the IMAGINED TOUCH Arts Centre. Supported by: Sennheiser Programming Administrator Gordon Rymer P Sydney Festival Circus Advisory Bianca Moseley and The Wellcome Trust Production Assistant Group: Jodie Farrugia, Darcy Grant, Creative Victoria, Able Australia, Auspicious Arts Projects THE FIERY MAZE MARKETING AND CUSTOMER Kat Anastasiou-Bell Josh Hoare, Gail Kelly, Bel Macedone, SERVICES INSTITUTE Originally commissioned and Production Assistant – Chelsea McGuffin, Rob Tannion Head of Marketing and Arts Council England, Ipswich produced by Malthouse Theatre Parramatta FORM Dance Projects, CRY JAILOLO Customer Services Romy McKanna A Borough Council, Co-commissioned THE SEASON Urban Theatre Projects, Jodee Namto Hui Roba, Regent of Jailolo, Tina Walsberger by Warwick Arts Centre and Arts Tasmania, Performing Lines, Accessibility Consultant Mundy Collaborations, Moogahlin Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Marketing & Digital Manager New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, in Paul Nunnari Performing Arts, Humans Halmahera Barat, Kantor Pemuda Yellamundie Festival Chris Zajko association with Dance East and Domain Manager Olah Raga Kebudayaan, Pariwisata, TIPPING POINT Publications Editor Kabupaten Halmahera Barat, Northern Stage Produced by Turtle Key Arts. Alycia Bangma ALIM QASIMOV ENSEMBLE Liz Malcolm Kompleks Sasadu Lamo, Acango KALEIDOSCOPE Co-commissioned by London Site Manager Aga Khan Music Initiative Marketing Coordinators L – Jailolo Halmahera Barat, Maluku Cluster Arts International Mime Festival and The Damion Holling ANTHROPOLOGIES Loren Davis, Perrine Huber, Utara – Indonesia LADIES IN BLACK Lowry, Salford Quays.Supported by Beth Rad Assistant Site Manager IMAGINAIRES A sunset cocktail EXIT Arts Queensland Dance City, Harlow Playhouse, artsdepot Chris Kerr Canada Council for the Arts & Lincoln Drill Hall, Arts Council England Publicity Manager Million dollar views Collection: Fondation Cartier pour MEASURE FOR MEASURE Jessica Keirle CATERING CONSULTANTS BAYALA - LET’S SPEAK SYDNEY l’art contemporain, Paris. Based YOU AND ME AND THE Motti+Smith Y A co-production with the Publicists Glitter-filled dance floor LANGUAGE on an idea by Paul Virilio, created Barbican, London; Les Gémeaux/ SPACE BETWEEN Julia Barnes, Georgia McKay FESTIVAL DESIGN AGENCY A party like no other We would like to acknowledge by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Mark Sceaux/ScèneNationale; Centro Arts Tasmania Alphabet Studio the Sydney Language Project Publicity Coordinator Come and play at Sky Terrace Hansen, Laura Kurgan and Ben DramáticoNacional, Madrid (INAEM). THANK YOU COPYWRITERS Advisory Group: James Pettinger Rubin, in collaboration with Robert sex, lynch and video games Michael Abbott, Accessible Arts, City of Caitlin Welsh, Darryn King Uncle Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden, Uncle Media Tickets Assistant Gerard Pietrusko and Stewart Canada Council for the Arts Sydney Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander star.com.au Allen Madden, Aunty Jacinta Tobin, Flora Mackeddie MAGAZINE PRINTING Smith. Scientific consultant and Advisory Panel, Consulate General of Offset Alpine Printing Professor Jakelin Troy, Professor NUDE LIVE collaborators: Bruce Albert, François the United States of America Sydney, Graphic Design Manager Larissa Behrendt. We would like Kiera Grant, Leonard Groat, Carole VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT The Star practises the responsible service of alcohol. Guests must be aged 18 Gemenne, François-Michel Le Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Anais Taylor to acknowledge the support of the Lamerton, Kenneth R Reed AM, Eventeamwork years or over to enter the casino. Think! About your choices. Call Gambling Help Tourneau. Project Leaders: David Council, Uncle Max Eulo, Jenny Spinak, Graphic Designer 1800 858 858 www.gamblinghelp.nsw.gov.au following: Jonathan Jones, Kirsten Ray Wilson OAM and Robyn Allin, Jeremy Linzee, Rodrigo Tisi with Paul Nunnari, Spaghetti Circus, Mark Joel De Sá Thorpe, Ronald Briggs, Samantha Martin-Weber 54 Michael Doherty, Aaron Meyers and Hammer, our volunteers and interns 55

VENUES We encourage you to take public transport SYDNEY FESTIVAL FEASTSMORT BAY SYDNEY CITY HARBOUR when travelling to and from Festival events. ART GALLERY OF NSW BRIDGE TAR-RA FORT ( ) DENISON Art Gallery Rd, The Domain ROSLYN DAWES POINT PARK For public transport information ACCESS & INCLUSION TICKETS RESTAURANTS PACKER BROADWAY 02 9225 1700 THEATRE visit transportnsw.info or call 131 500. WALSH BAY We welcome all visitors to Sydney Festival events and make every effort to ensure the program All ticket price ranges listed in the magazine artgallery.nsw.gov.au TOWNS HICKSON RD 8 Getting the most out of Sydney Festival is HICKSON RD PLACE 25 BENNELONG is accessible to our whole audience. For all the details on the Festival’s access program, precincts, are full price. BELVOIR STREET THEATRE A POINT hungry work, so we’ve partnered with top BARANGAROO 9 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills RESERVE HICKSON RD venues and built environments visit sydneyfestival.org.au/access B 26 LOWER FORT ST restaurants located near our venues to BRADFIELD HWY SYDNEY INNER WEST Multipacks available from 9am 27 October 02 9699 3444 WINDMILL ST OPERA Victoria Park THE CUTAWAY ARGYLE PL PARRAMATTA RD MRS MACQUARIES belvoir.com.au satisfy your Festival appetite. THE HOUSE BARANGAROO RESERVE ARGYLE ST POINT General tickets available from 9am 31 October ROCKS C VICTORIA PARK CAMPBELLTOWN OBSERVATORY ACCESSIBLE BROCHURE FORMATS Choose from $30, $55 and à la carte options AUSTRALIA ST MALLET ST PARK sydneyfestival.org.au or CALL 1300 856 876 NAWI COVE GOVERNMENT ABERCROMBIE ST PRINCE ALFRED ARTS CENTRE to keep your belly full of Festival goodness this January. HOUSE CLEVELAND ST Sydney Festival provides an audio CD, MP3 files, PDF document, large print Word format document, PARK CUMBERLAND 1 Art Gallery Rd, Campbelltown Just ask for Festival Feasts. ST HIGH Royal Prince Alfred CLEVELAND ST PEACOCK GEORGE ST Hospital 15 MISSENDEN RD braille brochure and show synopses. 02 4645 4100 POINT MACQUARIE ST

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STATE LIBRARY OF NSW 11 The Emporium ROSS ST KELLICAR RD GALLERY RD KELLICAR RD H ART BULLER ST A MLC Centre - Blood on the Dancefloor: 24 January, 6pm, p15 VICTORIA RD VILLIERS Barangaroo Reserve Macquarie St 2/60 Carrington St OXLEY ST Parramatta STADIUM PRINCE STUDIO 404 5 Towns Place, Millers Point 108 King StAPEX PARK At Symphony Under the Stars and Opera in PARRAMATTA CHURCH ST VICTORIA RD - The Encounter: 25 January, 7.30pm, p5 (via mobile app only) 02 9273 1414 51 Phillip St, Parramatta 02 9299 9997 ALFRED VICTORIA RD SQUARE SORRELL ST B I The Domain, an accessible viewing area sl.nsw.gov.au 02 9687 1955 $55 PALMER RD Barangaroo Point St Andrews House MARKET ST Barangaroo Point, 464 Kent St $30 25 PARRAMATTA CIRCUS CITY AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES for patrons with accessibility needs is located STUDIO 404 Ventuno Pizzeria PARK Walsh Bay * RIVERSIDE MARIST PL J Darling Park 404 Church Street, Parramatta 12 Fat Noodle Birreria Enoteca PAR THOMAS ST RA WANDSWORTH ST on the eastern side of The Domain between THEATRES MA C Sydney Opera House 201 Sussex Street Pier 7, 21 Hickson Rd, T ELIZABETH ST 10 WILDE AV As the action unfolds, an interpreter stands to one side of the stage, signing the text (corner Ross St) Casino Level 1, The Star, TA GORE ST ROBERTSON STQUEENS AV Walsh Bay R 2A Macquarie St towers 6 and 7. Friends and family are welcome 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont IVE THOMAS ST K Darling Quarter PARK PDE PHILLIP ST R and dialogue live. 02 9247 4444 O’CONNELL ST SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 1800 700 700 EL-PHOENICIAN D Quay West 1-11 Harbour Street in the designated viewing area as well. MARSDEN ST 11 STEWART ST $30 MACARTHUR ST Bennelong Point $30 GEORGE ST CHURCH ST 111 Harrington Street - Briefs: The Second Coming: 8 January, 9.30pm, p46 PARRAMATTA L 175 Liverpool The Domain precinct is relatively flat but 02 9250 7111 13 Food Society 26 Walsh Bay Kitchen - Home Country: 14 January, 6.30pm, p37 sydneyoperahouse.com E Angel Place Street Lower Ground Floor, Roslyn Packer Theatre, HORWOOD PL does have inclining and declining sealed THE CRESCENT MACQUARIE ST SMITH PL 123 Pitt St Entry via 26 Nithsdale - You and Me and the Space Between: 20 January, 2pm, p39 SYDNEY TOWN HALL 91 Riley Street, Darlinghurst 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay AT PARRAMATTA PARK GEORGE STREET MORTON ST Street pathways throughout. We provide accessible 02 8090 3462 1300 368 801 HUNTER ST F Queen Victoria 483 George St ST JOHN’S UNION ST VER - Felicity Ward: 22 January, 7.30pm, p51 CATHEDRAL CHARLES STREET RI $30 PARRAMATTA MACQUARIE ST PA AMATTA Building M Harbourside 02 9265 9333 $30 GOLF ARGYLE ST RR amenities, a drop-off and pick-up area COURSE DARCY ST 111 York St Pyrmont sydneytownhall.com.au *Guests must be 18 years or over to enter the Casino. Think! About your choices. NELL ST 100 Murray Street and limited parking close to this viewing area. AIRD ST HARRIS ST Call Gambling Help 1800 858 858 www.gamblinghelp.nsw.gov.au PITT ST PARRAMATTA G Citipark RELAXED PERFORMANCES TAR-RA (DAWES POINT PARK) The Star practises the responsible service of alcohol. O’CON 431 Kent St Registration is essential to access the Dawes Point CAMPBELL ST HASSALL ST Aimed at children with intellectual disabilities, on the autism spectrum or with other sensory GREAT WESTERN HWY sensitivities, relaxed performances are provided in a supportive and non-judgemental viewing and parking area. Bookings can be THE CRESCENT AT PARKES ST made from Monday 7 November 2016 PARRAMATTA PARK Even the most dedicated Festival-goers will need to sleep every now and then. Our accommodation partners environment with slight modifications to sound and lighting, downloadable pre-visit social Byrnes Avenue, WHERE TO STAY are looking forward to keeping you content during your stay in January. stories, support aids and an open door policy with a dedicated quiet area. on 02 8006 5700. Parramatta Park, Parramatta HARRIS THE CUTAWAY, PARK Ollie Web Reserve ROSEHILL - Kaleidoscope: all performances, p26 Jones Park ACCESS AT THE CRESCENT BARANGAROO RESERVE PROUD PARTNER - Tipping Point: 21 January, 2.30pm, p27 Main entry at the Cutaway via Nawi 5 STAR HOTELS AT THE STAR At Symphony Under the Stars a viewing area Cove, Barangaroo Reserve. for patrons with accessibility needs is located at Paid parking available at ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE The Cutaway, entry via Towns Place. the front on the right side as you look at the stage. 02 9255 1700 Performances are accessible to all people. To ensure we are fully inclusive, please let us know barangaroo.com OLYMPIC BOULEVARD of any specific requirements before attending the event. Friends and family are welcome in the designated THE DOMAIN SHOWGROUND RD - Circus for Everyone – Hang Around with Aerialize!: all sessions and for all abilities, p26 viewing area as well. The precinct is relatively Art Gallery Rd, Royal Botanic Gardens - Imagined Touch: all performances and installation, p7 flat with a mix of grass and paved surfaces. - Ockham’s Razor Workshop: for all abilities, p26 THE STAR SYDNEY Accessible amenities are available. 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont - Kaleidoscope Workshops: all sessions and for all abilities, aged 10-16, p26 1800 700 700 Book a home anywhere Accessible parking (for Mob Access pass holders) star.com.au THE DARLING ASTRAL TOWER AND RESIDENCES 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont in the world. COMPANION CARD and drop-off is at the O’Connell Street carpark. UNSW GALLERIES 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont Cnr Oxford St and Greens Rd, 02 9777 9000 02 9777 9000 Start the year in Sydney. Companion Card holders qualify for a second ticket at no cost for their companion. No booking required. 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