FOXTEL FESTIVAL HUB Welcome to the Hub It’s been an absolute pleasure working with our great friends at Thu 11 – Sat 27 Oct, 7am til late Strut & Fret to realize this Foxtel Festival Hub – a stand‑alone, self‑created pop-up venue which is the first of its kind in Melbourne Under Princes Bridge, Festival’s history. With a roster of outstanding talent (from Paul Capsis, and on the banks of the Yarra River acrobat troupe Circa to country/blues diva Lanie Lane, robotronic band The Trons and a surreal Andy Warhol presiding cinematically), the Foxtel Festival Hub is guaranteed to be not only a venue of outstanding entertainment but also, and more importantly, Bookings Melbourne’s vibrant, ephemeral ‘gathering place’ for daytime, pre- or post- show meals, drinks and festival chat. Ticketmaster 136 100 melbournefestival.com.au/hub Geographically and philosophically this is the accessible, welcoming and surprising beating heart of your 2012 Festival – use it as your home base and meeting place, and enjoy.

All tickets are general admission – no further your festival discounts are applicable, seating is not guaranteed. destination This year Melbourne Festival is proud to collaborate with Entry to the Hub is restricted to persons over the internationally renowned festival producers Strut & Fret age of 18 or persons under the age of 18 who are Brett Sheehy AO Production House to create the dazzling new Foxtel Festival accompanied by a parent or guardian, or who have Artistic Director Hub: a custom-designed bar, club and hub – a performance purchased a ticket to an event on that day. space and dining destination at the centre of the Festival Some events may contain haze effects. precinct. Program details are correct at time of printing but are As each day unfurls, the Foxtel Festival Hub transforms subject to change; please check the Festival website for from relaxed daytime café to chic preshow meeting place to current information. night-time entertainment spectacular, with special guest DJs keeping the dancefloor moving from 10pm until the early morn. Wheelchair accessible Presented by Melbourne Festival Produced by Strut & Fret Production House Featuring a roster of cabaret, music, theatre, comedy and circus exclusively curated by Strut & Fret, the Foxtel Festival Hub will, for 17 delirious days, become the beating heart of Melbourne’s festival life: an extravaganza of performance, art, dining, drinking and dancing, where you never know quite what – or who – you’ll encounter.

2 3 HUB DESIGN Custom designed from the ground up for this year’s Melbourne Festival, the Foxtel Festival Hub is the glittering centrepiece to October’s cavalcade of international arts events. An explosion of colour on the banks of the Yarra, this majestic three-level structure features an intimate bar, an outdoor wood- fired kitchen, a boutique performance space modelled on classical European balconied theatres and an open-air rooftop terrace, graced with spectacular views of the EPULO – HUB KITCHEN Melbourne skyline and gardens. Architecturally designed and constructed Epulo /e•pu•lo/ Latin; sumptuous food, banquet, feast from a medley of ‘scavenged’ materials – The Foxtel Festival Hub is more than just an intoxicating art and performance space. It is also home corrugated iron, polycarbon and modular- for 17 days to Epulo, a spectacular pop-up cafe and restaurant with a sumptuous menu crafted by style gantries – the pop-up Hub is a new, chef Jason Jones, co-founder of Melbourne’s beloved Mamasita eatery. shimmering destination on the Melbourne Boasting a cuisine inspired by an international blend of Asian and Mediterranean influences, landscape: a fleeting springtime utopia where prepared daily from fresh market produce, the Hub eatery is a bold new undertaking – an artists and audiences alike can mingle, unwind ephemeral quality dining experience, set to vanish into the ether at the Festival’s conclusion. and cut loose. Open every day of the Festival for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and providing all-day coffee and free wi-fi to the Festival-going masses, Epulo is set to take its place as the nourishing heart of this year’s Festival experience.

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Sat 13 Oct at 5pm, $25

Boy George (DJ set) with Marc Vedo (UK) Setting the tone for two weeks of revelry in the Foxtel Festival Hub, iconic 80s poster boy and Culture Club frontman Boy George jets in to lay down a blistering DJ set alongside his gifted collaborator, Marc Vedo. A rising star on the international DJ scene, having played festivals across Europe and the US, Vedo has now turned his considerable talents to music production, forming the label VG Records with Boy George. Together these phenomenal DJ talents are set to elevate the Hub with an unforgettable evening of blissed-out, exultant, dance-ready anthems.

Fri 12 Oct at 10pm, $35

6 7 The Renovators (Australia) A wild musical throwdown that channels the untamed energy of the sublime Eddie Perfect, members of Aussie hip-hop darlings Hermitude and the much acclaimed band from Keating! The Musical. Boldly going where no one thought to go before, this new musical supergroup mix their own songs with improvised takes on the best and most unexpected moments from the past few decades of pop music, from Rihanna to AC/DC to Amy Winehouse – and anything else you might care to request. Spontaneous, creative and wildly entertaining, The Renovators will have you on your feet from the word go.

Sun 14 & Mon 15 Oct at 8pm, $30

Circa – Wunderacts (Australia) Circus, cabaret, vaudeville and dance collide in Wunderacts, the breathtaking new show from world-renowned Australian contemporary circus company Circa. Fresh from eight months in Berlin and opening the Montreal International Circus Festival, Circa home with a new work made from a selection of the beautiful, the strange, the sexy and the seemingly impossible. Prepare your senses for a dazzling, overwhelming ride as these seven performers mould and contort a dizzying new reality where bodies flow like water, gravity seems to fail and nothing is as it first appears.

Fri 19 – Mon 22 Oct at 8pm, Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct at 2pm, $45

8 9 Brous (Australia) Returning from a sold-out European tour with Jens Lekman, Melbourne pop songstress Sophia Brous joins the Hub line-up for a long-awaited hometown show. Blending a mesmerising palate of 60s film soundtracks, shimmering psychedelia and industrial lounge, all crowned by a magnetic, powerhouse voice, Brous concocts a new, thoroughly original sound.

Thu 11 Oct at 8pm, $30

Capsis October Show (Australia) Famed across Australia for his stunning vocal dexterity and his exotic, androgynous stage persona, cabaret star Paul Capsis joins Melbourne Festival to perform the legendary rock that inspires him. Escorting us on a hypnotic musical voyage, Capsis and his four‑piece band tour the songs of The Beatles, Patti Smith, Prince, Lou Reed, The Eurythmics, Amy Winehouse, and many more.

Fri 12 Oct at 8pm, $40

Andy X (Australia) Blood and Bone Jim Sharman, the legendary and elusive director of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, makes by Antony Hamilton (Australia) his long awaited return to the world of cinema with Andy X – a beguiling, intoxicating and hallucinatory musical about the life and legacy of Andy Warhol. One of Australia’s leading choreographers and dancers, Antony Hamilton (Lucy Guerin Inc., Chunky Move), has Bringing his decades of experience in theatre and opera to bear on this most enigmatic of assembled a selection of his closest friends to improvise a figures, Sharman has melded verse, song, dreamlike imagery, garish cabaret, installation art ramshackle assortment of twisted, malformed scenarios. and a searing hypercolour film stock into one of the boldest, most distinctive filmic portraits A shared interest in code, ritual, and rhythm, will colour of recent memory. Stick around after the screening to meet the cast and Jim Sharman himself the performance with an unmistakable carelessness for as they talk about the experience of creating an Andy Warhol like no other. what is considered to be good, well crafted and tasteful. Tue 16 & Wed 17 Oct at 8pm, $25 Sat 13 Oct at 8pm, $35

10 11 Sxip Shirey – Impossible Lanie Lane (Australia) Music from NEW YORK (USA) Channelling the sultry sounds of a bygone era, Lanie Lane brews up a beguiling mixture of 50s The Australian debut of New York composer/ rock’n’roll, blues and jazz with that mesmerising, performer/sound designer Sxip Shirey promises smoky voice. After romancing festival crowds across ecstatic melody, irreverent electric-acoustic noise and the country, and pausing to cut some tracks with playful, sexy beats. Boasting iron-clad performance the legendary Jack White, she joins us at Melbourne chops, Shirey rips through the extended possibilities Festival for an intimate, incandescent performance. of found sounds, human beat boxing and a curious array of instrumentation. Thu 25 Oct at 8pm, $35

Thu 18 Oct at 8pm, $35

Okidok presents Project Jenny, Slips Inside (Belgium) Project Jan (USA) Fresh from a run of acclaimed performances at Avignon Straight out of New York, this two-man outfit Festival, Belgian clowning duo Okidok present their takes the ‘laptop rock’ phenomenon to the next latest piece of inspired madness for Melbourne audiences. level, delivering infectious electro pop tunes shot Like two cartoon characters sprung to life, Xavier and through with chunky basslines and dance-ready Benoît compete to outdo each other in ridiculous feats beats. Still riding high on the release of their of acrobatics and outlandishness, presenting a riotous 2011 album Home Sweet Home, the Brooklyn duo evening of ludicrous physical comedy. visit our shores for the first time to ply their irresistible brand of synth-pop. Tue 23, Wed 24 & Fri 26 Oct at 8pm, Thu 25 Oct at 2pm, $35 Sat 27 Oct at 8pm, $35

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Ringside: The Aestheitcs Thu 11 Oct Hubbabaloo Brous DJ Rashida of Alienation

Ringside: Boy George (DJ set) Fri 12 Oct Capsis October Show The New Opera with Marc Vedo

Blood and Bone Sat 13 Oct Life, Art and Leigh Bowery Spender by Antony Hamilton

Simone Page Jones Sun 14 Oct The Renovators Smoking Toddlers & Miles O’Neil

Ringside: Mon 15 Oct The Renovators Uncle Barnie William Forsythe

Tue 16 Oct Andy X Wolfwolf

Wed 17 Oct Ringside: Akram Khan Andy X grobak Padi Flap!

Sxip Shirey – Impossible Wikimen present Thu 18 Oct grobak Padi Music from New York City 10pm Swing

Fri 19 Oct Ringside: Billy Bragg Circa presents Wunderacts grobak Padi Darth Vegas

Circa presents Sat 20 Oct Circa presents Wunderacts grobak Padi Bombay Royale Wunderacts

Circa presents Simone Page Jones Sun 21 Oct Circa presents Wunderacts grobak Padi Club Soirée Wunderacts & Miles O’Neil

Mon 22 Oct Circa presents Wunderacts Monday Night Mash Up

Okidok presents Tue 23 Oct Ringside: Text of Light Going Swimming Slips Inside

Okidok presents Wikimen present Wed 24 Oct The Trons Slips Inside 10pm Swing

Ringside: Okidok presents Thu 25 Oct The Trons Lanie Lane Hecho Pecho European Theatre Slips Inside

Okidok pressents Fri 26 Oct The Trons Ringside: State of Art Sampology Slips Inside

Sat 27 Oct The Trons Project Jenny, Project Jan Closing Night Party

14 15 Hubbabaloo Spender (Australia) Opening Night Party Melbourne outfit Spender takes to the stage This white-hot inauguration sets the scene for two-and- wielding finely crafted indie pop that pays homage a-bit weeks of unbridled Hub revelry, staging a wanton to the pop greats, conjuring shades of evening of celebration to make the city sit up and take and ELO even as they create a sound all their own. notice. Come explore this spectacular structure and Weaving together smooth, jazz-influenced melodies all the treasures it holds within, in a special opening and 60s rhythms, Spender delivers a kaleidoscope of celebration showcasing Melbourne’s finest live bands pop revelry with an irresistible nocturnal groove. in Melbourne’s newest pop-up venue. Sat 13 Oct at 10pm, Free Thu 11 Oct at 5pm, Free

DJ Rashida (USA) Simone Page Jones Kicking off the Festival’s party spot this & Miles O’Neil (Australia) year is acclaimed Los Angeles DJ and Operatic bombshell Simone Page Jones celeb fashionista DJ Rashida, bringing (The LoveBirds) and multi-instrumentalist Miles her sensational smooth fusion of hip hop, O’Neil (Suitcase Royale) pare it all back to bare funk, soul, dancehall, rock and house. One indie roots with sweet and lonesome duets, of the world’s most sought-after DJs, Rashida old country heartbreakers, and original songs has opened for a plethora of major artists backed by sparse, soulful guitar and banjo (including Cee-Lo, Kanye West and Prince), pluckin’. Just a little country, straight from and headlined festivals across the globe. the heart.

Thu 11 Oct at 10pm, Free Sun 14 & Sun 21 Oct at 3pm, Free

Smoking Toddlers (Australia) Shameless and relentless, veteran indie DJs Smoking Toddlers crank up the dance floor with their signature demented mix of electro swing disco and mashed-up, feel-good old-school madness, dialed all the way up. Bring some sturdy shoes.

Sun 14 Oct at 10pm, Free

16 WWW.MOEVENPICK-ICECREAM.COM 17 Uncle Barnie Flap! (Australia) (New Zealand) Straight from their ‘A Great Day For The Race’ Irrepressible Kiwi DJ and radio European tour, Melbourne outfit Flap! crank host Uncle Barnie has lugged his out gutsy, joyous, earthy, foot-stompin’ tunes. crates halfway across the world, Shamelessly flirting with 20s jazz, gypsy smashing Berlin, Edinburgh, Ibiza, brass, swing, English folk, calypso and pop Barcelona, London and New York with melodrama, this irresistibly energetic band his exuberant sets: a fearless, footloose has a talent for bringing audiences up and mix of Argentinean electro-cumbia, houses down. afrobeat, soca, funk, soul, early New York new wave, electro (the old kind), 80s hip Wed 17 Oct at 10pm, Free hop and Thai garage rock.

Mon 15 Oct at 10pm, Free

The Wikimen grobak Padi present 10pm Swing (Australia) (Australia/Indonesia) Swinging quartet The Wikimen bring their laid- Manifesting a little piece of Java in the back jazz and fresh lounge stylings to old-timey heart of Melbourne, a delegation of roving classic tunes, fusing sweet vocal harmonies with food carts from Indonesia will descend upon transpacific serenades of ukulele, double bass, the Hub to serve up an outdoor performance vibrophone and drums. A discerning selection of of dance and multimedia, transforming Hawaiian hula swing to knock you off your beach the space through the imagery, sound and towel and straight back to the Daiquiri Age. movement of Indonesian life. Thu 18 & Wed 24 Oct at 10pm, Free Wed 17 – Sun 21 Oct at 9.15pm, Free

Wolfwolf (Australia) Darth Vegas (Australia) Originally a classically trained multi- Fresh from their album Brainwashing for Dirty instrumentalist – later turntablist, master Minds, ‘mutant soundtrack ensemble’ Darth Vegas masher of mixtapes and album producer under kickstart the zombie apocalypse with an A-grade various aliases – the funkaphonic Wolfwolf medley of B-grade cult sensibilities. Part alien cuts a debonair figure in custom leather wolf freakshow, part heaving house of musical horrors, mask and full dinner attire, whipping up an this Sydney 7-piece deliver a virtuoso onslaught intoxicating confection of futuristic 80s funk of surf-pop, schlock 50s sci-fi, jazzy swing, black and electro-magnetic love makin’ anthems. metal and more. Inconceivably riotous.

Tue 16 Oct at 10pm, Free Fri 19 Oct at 10pm, Free

18 19 Bombay Royale (Australia) The Trons (New Zealand) Inspired by the 60s and 70s golden age of Bollywood, funk orchestra Bombay The rise of the machines has begun – not with Royale teases and bewitches Festival- Skynet, but with a four-piece robot band from goers with over-the-top cinematic surf New Zealand, built from Meccano pieces and parts riffs, wild disco licks and sly nods to scavenged from old printers and vending machines. vintage Bollywood. A fantastic, surreal Eschewing electronics for a gritty analog DIY spectacle of colour, sound and costume sound, these automatons have already subjugated that promises to be utterly unique and the humans of Europe with their mechanised low-fi irresistibly danceable. guitar rock. New target acquired: Melbourne.

Sat 20 Oct at 10pm, Free Wed 24 – Sat 27 Oct at 12pm, Free

Club Soirée Going (International) Swimming (Australia) Ever wonder what happens after a LA SOIRÉE Wax up your longboard, pack a towel and head inland show? Join the international cast of acrobats, for the coastal rock of Going Swimming. A brash troubadours, miscreants and misfits for an Melbourne foursome, these surly scallywags of surf uninhibited post-show party where anything punk take the sounds of 60s California surf, mix in goes. Bizarre and astounding, this ever-revolving a garage rock aesthetic and give it a distinctly Down rogue’s gallery of artists presents a late night Under twist. salon of intimate musical cabaret and twisted vaudeville antics. Tue 23 Oct at 10pm, Free

Sun 21 Oct at 10pm, Free

Hecho Pecho (Australia) Monday On excursion out of Adelaide, the raucous Toot Whistle Crew present a debaucherous night Mash Up (International) of entertainment: an international musical Join us for a Melbourne Festival mystery cornucopia spanning infectious gypsy rhythms, dip, as a secret selection of local and Balkan beats, hip hop, samba, mambo and tango. international artists from the Festival Kiss your footwear goodbye as this miscreant band program band together, taking control of of gypsy troubadours do their best to obliterate the the Hub for the night in a mind-blowing Hub dance floor. musical coup d’état. Thu 25 Oct at 10pm, Free Mon 22 Oct at 10pm, Free

20 21 Sampology (DJ set) Liu Zhuoquan – Where Are You? (Australia) The wondrous surrounds of the Foxtel Festival Hub not only plays host to an exceptional line-up One of the great unsung heroes of the of music and performers – it’s also the setting for a startling exhibition from renowned Chinese Australian music scene, turntable and artist Liu Zhouquan. audiovisual artist Sampology is man pushing Having spent years mastering the art of neihua, a Chinese tradition in which the inside of tiny at the frontiers of DJing – relentlessly playful, snuff bottles are painstakingly painted with intricate images, Liu has taken this folk art in tenaciously inventive. Having recently a whole new direction. Collecting discarded bottles of all shapes and sizes, he has decorated dropped his debut album Doomsday Deluxe, their interiors with a breathtaking miscellany: everyday objects, dissected organs and tiny this internationally acclaimed artist brings creatures, all ‘trapped’ behind glass. his freakish turntable skills to Melbourne These individual worlds have been brought together to form a kind of wunderkammer Festival, before heading onwards to an within the outlandish Hub habitat. apocalyptic global tour.

Fri 26 Oct at 10pm, Free

Closing Night Celebration There’s only one way this can end: with a stand-up, knockout, epic Closing Night event. With live performances, blistering DJ sets and a raft of special guests to launch the party into the stratosphere, this night will be a spectacular coup de grâce to an extraordinary Festival run.

Sat 27 Oct at 10pm, Free

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24 25 RINGSIDE: ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION WHERE WE ARE Melbourne Festival artists share their Under Princes Bridge, experiences and approaches to creating art on the banks of the Yarra River in this year’s Ringside talks. This no-holds- melbournefestival.com.au/hub barred forum presents a unique opportunity for audiences to witness some of the globe’s premier talents sparring on ideas and creativity, creating a vigorous space to foster a visceral discussion of art. T REE ST melbournefestival.com.au/ringside ERS IND FL FED SQUARE Thu 11 Oct at 1pm The Aesthetics of Alienation Gregory Crewdson (In a Lonely Place) FLINDERS STREET STATION Fri 12 Oct at 1pm The New Opera: a Contemporary Approach to a Classical Form Michel van der Aa and Wouter Padberg (After Life)

Mon 15 Oct at 1pm In Conversation with William Forsythe William Forsythe (I don’t believe in outer space) PRINCES BRIDGE YARRA RIVER

Wed 17 Oct at 1pm In Conversation with Akram Khan (DESH) CAPTIAL CITY TRAIL Fri 19 Oct at 1pm Pop and Politics Billy Bragg ENTRANCE

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Fri 26 Oct at 1pm State of Art Brett Sheehy and Josephine Ridge (Melbourne Festival)

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