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Oz FESTIVAL Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre 14῏28 September theatre ῏ dance ῏ music ῏ visual arts & design ῏ fi l m῏ food adelaidefestivalcentre.com.auadelaidefestivall BOOK AT 131 246 Last year’s inaugural OzAsia Festival highlighted how South Australia is celebrating CONTENTS and strengthening the cultural and artistic links that exist between our nation and Asia. 4 Moon Lantern Festival One of the Festival’s most signifi cant features is that it not 6 Shaolin in Wind only engages members of our broad Asian communities, 7 Chika but it excites interest among children, families, academics, 9 travel enthusiasts and artists from a range of backgrounds. Once Upon a Midnight Th e South Australian Government is a proud supporter 11 Th e Tale of Haruk of the OzAsia Festival, and I urge you to be a part of the 12 Daorum celebrations at the free Moon Lantern Festival, 13 Take me to Paradise and to engage with this enriching and entertaining 15 Shastriya Syndicate cultural event at the Adelaide Festival Centre. 17 Ecstatic Dances MIKE RA NN 18 Two Chefs & 100 Cultures Premier of South Australia 19 OzAsia on Screen Minister for the Arts 21 Ose Tara Lia 22 Home Sweet Home & Indonesian Storytelling 23 Confl uence 23 Ikebana Demonstrations 24 OzAsia Symposium 26 Booking & Access Information 28 Catering, Carpark & Transport As the Lieutenant Governor of South Celebrating the richness and diversity Welcome to the second annual OzAsia Australia and Chairman of the South of our Australasian culture, the 2008 Festival. We continue to celebrate Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Aff airs OzAsia Festival presents work from cultural exchange with our regional Commission (SAMEAC), I'm proud to be Australians who identify with an Asian neighbours through an array of moving the Patron of the OzAsia Festival. cultural heritage, collaborative work and personal stories of cross cultural Since I arrived in Australia from Vietnam between Australian and Asian artists journeys, collaborations and friendships. in 1977, I have seen fi rst hand the growth and a diversity of contemporary and From the multi-dimensional documentary and acceptance of multiculturalism in our traditional cultural experiences performance based on the true story of country that has been built by generations from Asia. Chika Honda, an inspirational Indonesian of migration. OzAsia is a unique event, which journey with Jan Cornall, Daorum, a rare Australia has such a rich blend of cultures, showcases and explores our country’s opportunity to see traditional Korean from all around the region and indeed increasing cultural interaction with Pansori to Once Upon a Midnight – a new around the world. Th e OzAsia Festival is our northern neighbours. As such it is rock musical. a refl ection of that: it celebrates the way already att racting a great deal of interest Film, food and design are new inclusions our cultures have merged and changed nationally and on a regional basis. in the festival with the stunning OzAsia to something uniquely Australian. I look forward to seeing you at one of on Screen, divine Australian/Asian cuisine Aft er last year's successful event, I look the many diverse events at this year's from Cheong Liew and Simon Bryant and forwards to an even bigger and bett er OzAsia Festival. Ikebana demonstrations. OzAsia Festival in 2008. Other highlights include performances DOUGLAS GAUTIER suitable for families with Shaolin In Wind, HIEU VAN LE CEO & Artistic Director Th e Tale of Haruk, the traditional Moon Lieutenant Governor of South Australia Adelaide Festival Centre Lantern Festival, a wide-ranging visual arts Chairman South Australian Multicultural program and full day symposium – an and Ethnic Aff airs Commission opportunity to discuss Australia’s vital Patron, OzAsia Festival relationship with Asia and the importance of cultural engagement. See you at the 2008 OzAsia Festival. JACINTA THOMPSON Welcome Executive Producer OzAsia Festival Image from the feature fi lm Adelaide Festival Centre 30 Opera Jawa (pg. 19) ozasiafestival.com.au FREE FAMILY EVENT A CELEBRATION OF TOGETHERNESS DATING BACK OVER 3,000 YEARS Moon Lantern Festival n the 15th day of the eighth lunar 14 September month of the Chinese calendar ELDER PARK when the moon is at its fullest and | O TIME brightest, family and friends gather to admire Sunday 4pm – 8pm the moon and think of absent loved ones. FREE Enjoy community dance and music performances and workshops. As the moon rises, school children from across South Australia will parade their beautiful hand-made PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS traditional and contemporary lanterns in the park. Blair Athol Primary School Mt Barker Primary School Th e evening will conclude with a diverse range of live Gawler East Primary School North Haven Schools Grange Schools One Tree Hill Primary School performances by OzAsia Festival artists. Highgate Primary School Sheidow Park Primary School Choose from a delicious selection of Asian cuisine on Lobethal Primary School St Brigid’s School Kilburn Lockleys Primary School Representative students from off er. Moon cakes and lanterns will also be available Madison Park Junior Primary schools in the Northern Area for purchase. South Australian students and teachers will engage with Studies Go to ozasiafestival.com.au for full details of Asia through their involvement. Th is rich learning experience is made possible by Adelaide Festival Centre’s Education Program in collaboration with the Department of Education “Th e drawcard was a huge parade of kids and Children’s Services. PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY bearing thousands of lantern creations along ORGANISATIONS Atsui-No-Taiko Japanese Drumming Ensemble the Torrens edge as dusk sett led.” Chinatown Adelaide of SA Inc ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Chinese Welfare Services of SA Inc DragonboatSA SA Chinese Adoption Support (SACAS) Inc SA Vietnamese Teacher's Association OFFICIAL OPENING OF OZASIA FESTIVAL SA Zhu-Lin Buddhist Association ickr.com { { Th e Tiger's Chan Moo Kwan Academy Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association Vietnamese Community in Australia (SA Chapter) Inc Vietnamese Literature and Arts Association Inc 4 ©Silver puppeteer fl puppeteer ©Silver ozasiafestival.com.au AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE A TOUCHING LOVE STORY Zhengzhou Song and Dance Th eatre Zhengzhou Zhongyuan Performing Arts Entertainment Ltd Shaolin in Wind his multi award winning epic dance drama is by one of 28 September China’s most vibrant performing FESTIVAL THEATRE T | arts groups. Shaolin in Wind is a lavish TIMES production that transports you through Sunday 1.30pm and 7.30pm the seasons of rural China with a PRICES backdrop of beautiful music. A RESERVE B RESERVE Adult $40 Adult $35 It features over seventy performers on stage in an Conc $30 Student $25 Conc $25 Student $20 amazing display of martial arts, acrobatics and Family (2 adult, 2 child) $100 Family (2 adult, 2 child) $80 classical ballet with lavish sets and stunning costumes. Groups (6 or more) $30 Groups (6 or more) $25 Based on the legend of a young military monk named DURA TION Tian Yuan, Shaolin in Wind takes you on an epic 1 hr 50 mins (no interval) journey of love, loss and fi nally justice. Suitable for 10 years + AN EXTRA VAGANZA FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Th e Tale of Haruk (pg. 11), fi lmCJ7 (pg. 20) & the Ose Tara Lia performance (pg. 21) { are also great for the family! { CHINA } 6 ozasiafestival.com.au CHIKA IS THE STORY OF BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE, FOR A LONG TIME Chika his intensely personal documentary performance tells the story of Chika THonda, a Japanese tourist who spent over a decade in an Australian jail for allegedly importing heroin – a crime she has always insisted she did not commit. Japanese-Australian artist, Mayu Kanamori, who regularly 26&27 September visited and documented Chika during her incarceration, recounts this tragic and remarkable story of human DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE endeavour in the face of great adversity. | TIMES Incorporating live music, dance, narration, documentary Friday and Saturday 8pm images, archival footage and recorded interviews, Chika is PRICES multi-dimensional, contemporary storytelling at its Adult $30 powerful best. Conc $25 Creator/Narrator Mayu Kanamori Student $25 Groups (6 or more) $25 Director/Co-producer Malcolm Blaylock Director of Music/Composer/Keyboards/Violin Tom Fitzgerald DURA TION Lighting Designer/Production Manager Keith Tucker 60 mins (no interval) Dancer/Choreographer Yumi Umiumare Koto Satsuki Odamura Shakuhachi Bronwyn Kirkpatrick Taiko Drums Toshinori Sakamoto A POWERFUL PIECE OF STORY TELLING NOT TO BE MISSED If you like this, you’ll like Take Me to Paradise (pg.13), Symposium (pg.24) { & OzAsia Filmmakers (pg.19) { AUSTRA LIA JAPAN } ῟ 7 Photo: Michele Mossop Michele Photo: ozasiafestival.com.au AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE & PREMIERE A NEW ROCK MUSICAL Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival, Kijimuna Festival and Flinders University Drama Centre present Once Upon a Midnight ombining the imagination of anime with dry and subversive 23-25 September Australian humour this new C SPACE THEATRE rock musical will take you on a journey | to the dark side. TIMES Tuesday, Wednesday and Featuring a team of emerging Japanese and Australian actors, Th ursday 7.30pm Once Upon a Midnight taps into a global youth culture of Wednesday and Th ursday 11am fantasy, horror and adventure. Join Kelsey Clarke and her brother Ryan as they unwitt ingly enter a bilingual, parallel PRICES underworld, where werewolves, vampires, vultures, tengu Adult $30 Conc $20 and ningyo make suitable travelling companions, but fairies Student $15 Groups (6 or more) $20 show no mercy! Will Kelsey Clarke conquer the night? DURA TION Or will she die of fright? 70 mins (no interval) Book Alex Vickery-Howe Suitable for 12 years + Original music Tim Lucas School bookings phone +61 8 8205 2220 Performed in English and Japanese Director Catherine Fitzgerald Choreographer Yumi Umiumare Music performance Tim Lucas and Yashushi Ohsuka Recorded music Temple Tigers BRING ON THE NIGHT… { Come along to the Moon Lantern Festival (pg.