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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! {

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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) {

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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. 4) and check out Shaolin in Wind (pg. 6) { AUSTRA LIA JAPAN } ῟ 9 AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE “... a sonic portrait of Korea’s hidden character interweaved with a sense of Australia’s vast space and jazz pathos fr om the United States."

LIVING ARTS KOREA

A UNIQUE MEETING OF OLD AND NEW, EAST AND WEST

TUIDA’S Daorum The Tale art classical and part folk music, pansori is an astounding musical of Haruk Ptheatre style of epic storytelling in song steeped in Korean tradition. KOREA Writt en & directed by Bae Yo Sup } Drawing on selections from the pansori classics as vehicles for improvisation, Daorum incorporates Korean traditional rhythms, contemporary jazz Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and CentreStage program improvisation and electronica to create an exciting high energy cultural exchange. Th ese combined forces off er a remarkable elebrate unconditional love from musical interaction. the inside out. Everything in the 17-20 September FEATURING AUSTRA LIAN world has its own world inside. JAZZ MUSICIANS C SPACE THEATRE Th is beautiful, heart-warming Korean fairy Simon Barker (drums) | Carl Dewhurst (guitar) tale explores desire, parental love and the TIMES 26 September piano) way we communicate. You’re invited into Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 6.30pm Matt McMahon ( trumpet) SPACE THEATRE the intriguing bizarre world of Haruk and Th ursday and Friday 11am Phil Slater ( Saturday 2pm with Bae il Tong (Korean | his loving parents. pansori singer) TIME PRICES Friday 7.30pm Featuring traditional Korean puppets made of paper, Adult $40 Conc $30 unique native masks and recycled-material percussion PRICES Student $20 Family (2 adult, 2 child) $110 Adult $30 Conc $25 instruments. Korean company Tuida combines the DURA TION Student $25 acting traditions of both Eastern and Western clown. 1hr 10mins (no interval) Groups (6 or more) $25 BEST PRODUCTION, PLAYWRIGHT, Suitable for 8 years + DURA TION ACTING & SET DESIGN School bookings phone +61 8 8205 2220 70 mins (no interval) Seoul Children’s Th eatre Awards, South Korea Performed in Korean with English surtitles

Bring your family to the Moon Lantern Festival (pg. 4) & the { Ose Tara Lia performance (pg. 21) { { For more OzAsia tunes see Shastriya Syndicate (pg.15) & Ecstatic Dances (pg. 17) { AUSTRA LIA KOREA } ῟ 11 12 EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF INDONESIA Opera Jawa (pg. 19) and visual art exhibition { & performance Ose Tara Lia (pg.21) { Sitok Srengenge

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AN INDONESIAN JOURNEY Take me to Paradise

haring an inspirational journey through WORKSHOPS song, poetry and performed excerpts FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS from published works, Australian An Indonesian Journey – Join Indonesian poet Sitok S Srengenge and Jan Cornall on a poetic journey into writer/singer Jan Cornall invites you into the heart of Indonesian culture and tradition. the world of her acclaimed novel, Take me Suitable for Years 10 –12 to Paradise, set in the artisan hill town of 23 September Ubud, Bali. DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE FOYER Exploring notions of paradise, sensuality, danger and art, TIME & DURA TION Jan paints a vibrant picture of her ongoing collaborations Tuesday 11am 90 mins with Indonesian writers, artists and musicians. Th is multimedia production incorporating video, still photos FREE and live music introduces the talents of noted Indonesian School bookings phone +61 8 8205 2220 Bookings essential poet Sitok Srengenge, jazz pianist Wendy Anggerani, drummer Deva Permana and visual artist Jumaadi. ADULTS WRITING & POETRY WORKSHOP A Literary Journey – Travel with Sitok Srengenge into 27 September the world of his work and its traditional infl uences. SPACE THEATRE Facilitated by Jan Cornall, receive writing advice and insights from one of Indonesia's leading literary fi gures. | TIME Saturday 7.30pm 25 September DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE FOYER PRICES Adult $25 Conc $15 TIME & DURA TION Student $15 Groups (6 or more) $15 Th ursday 11am 120 mins DURA TION PRICE 60 mins (no interval) All tickets $20 BOOK AT BASS 131 246

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AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE A MUST SEE FOR WORLD MUSIC FANS

Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and trans:mission program present Shastriya Syndicate

ome of the greatest Indian music masters of their generation, led by sitar Sstar Purbayan Chatt erjee, have come together to create the Shastriya Syndicate. Drawing on the rich cultural heritage from both the North 24 September and South of the Indian subcontinent, their music remains pure to its heritage yet is able to fuse both traditions to create DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE a fresh and inspiring sound. In their quest for symmetry | TIME these seven global ambassadors with their exotic ancient Wednesday 8pm instruments have cleverly captured the fl avours and colours that have enraptured audiences for thousands of years. PRICE Adult $45 Conc $40 FEATURING Student $40 Purbayan Chatt erjee (sitar) Groups (6 or more) $40 Veenai Jayanthi (veena) DURA TION Yogesh Shamsi (tabla) 120 mins (including interval) Murad Ali (sarangi) Ravichandra Kular (fl ute) Satish Kumar Patri (mridangam) trans:mission supported by Pramath Kiran (percussion)

COMPLETE YOUR INDIAN JOURNEY WITH THE FILMS { Sringaram - Dance of Love & Documentary Double (pg. 19 & 20) { INDIA

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SOUNDSTREAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

MALAYSIA/CHINA AUSTRA LIA Ecstatic } ῟ Dances Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and Hilton Adelaide present rtistic Director of Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble, “My cuisine is about understanding A Gabriella Smart has fashioned Two Chefs and appreciating cuisines of diff erent an evening of new classical music that is countries and then cooking it fr om poised between the ancient traditions of the heart.” Asia and the West. & 100 Cultures CHEONG LIEW Acclaimed Australian composers Peter Sculthorpe, 23 September Ann Boyd, Ross Edwards and Barry Conyngham DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE AN EVENING WITH CHEONG LIEW have long been inspired by the music of Asia even & SIMON BRYANT when the infl uence of Asian culture was considered | TIME unusual. Asian cultural infl uences are now much Tuesday 8pm 16 September more prevalent in contemporary Australian culture oin award winning chefs Cheong Liew PRICES and a younger generation of composers including (Th e Grange, Hilton Adelaide) and Simon VICTORIA ROOM

Adult $30 Conc $25 | Julian Yu and Anne Norman are strongly bound Bryant (Hilton Adelaide and ABC’s Th e Cook Hilton Adelaide Student $25 J by their Asian perceptions. 233 Victoria Square, Adelaide Groups (6 or more) $25 and the Chef) for a sumptuous three-course banquet FEATURING of their favourite Australian/Asian fusion dishes. DURA TION TIME Satsuki Odamura (koto) 80 mins (no interval) Using the freshest and fi nest of ingredients, Cheong and Simon will take you Tuesday 7pm Geoff rey Collins and Rebecca Johnson(fl utes) through their dishes, discussing ingredients and methods used and providing Gabriella Smart (piano) PRICE insight into their philosophy on food and cross cultural food fusions. $115 per person (includes food, wine Vanessa Tomlinson (percussion) and entertainment) Peter Handsworth (clarinet) Coupled with superb local wines (thanks to wine partner Festival City Wines) and entertainment, this will be a special evening created BOOKINGS specifi cally for theOzAsia Festival by two of Adelaide's fi nest chefs. Bookings can be made with Chika (pg. 7), Vietnamese fi lmVertical Ray of the Sun (pg. 19) Serene Sembrano, Hilton Adelaide, SPECIAL OFFER AUSTRATelephone LIA+61 8 8237INDONESIA 0737 or email & the Two Chefs & 100 Cultures (pg. 18) may also be of interest } ῟ { { Book for 10 or more people and go in the draw to [email protected] WIN 10 tickets to Shaolin in Wind (pg.6) Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

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PRICES O sia Adult $11 Conc $9 17-24 September BOOKING INFORMATION A OzAsia on Screen is a selection of Book at the Media Resource Centre on MERCURY CINEMA documentaries, shorts and feature fi lms +61 8 8410 0979 during offi ce hours or on Screen showcasing the scope of screen culture Lion| Arts Centre at the door. For more information go to throughout the Asia Pacifi c region. 13 Morphett Street Adelaide www.ozasiafestival.com.au

CJ7 OPERA JAWA VERTICAL RA Y OF THE SUN BROWN TRA SH FIVE IS TOO MANY SRINGARA M -DANCE OF LOVE

Wednesday 17 September 7.30pm When Setio and his wife Siti’s earthenware An Australian woman who has lived in the MY BROTHER, MY SANCTUARY * Sunday 21 September 3pm and magnifi cent music. A gentle exploration of business collapses, Ludiro, a ruthless butcher Punjab with her Pakistani husband for decades Director: Johnny Tran love in all its hues - physical, emotional VERTICAL RA Y OF THE SUN (PG) who controls the regions trading activities, observes the private lives and thoughts of her Australia 2008 CJ7 (PG) and spiritual. AUSTRA LIAN PREMIERE Director: Anh Hung Tran abducts Siti and tries to seduce her. From the young chef Nawaz and her maid Mehnaz. Director: Stephen Chow 7:30 mins DV Short Film Q&A with Director Sharada Ramanathan Vietnam/France/Germany 2000 award winning director of Love and Eggs. Th is close-up look at their courting rituals An examination of confl ict and the familial Hong Kong 2008 aft er the fi lm 112mins 35mm Feature provides a rare glimpse into the workings ties that bind. As warring families clash in the 86mins 35mm Feature In this sumptuously photographed fi lm, set Saturday 20 September 3pm of another society, while reminding us that suburbs of western Sydney, some try to break the Ti works hard at a construction site to make sure amidst the creative milieu of artists and writers whatever our diff erences, in aff airs of the heart cycle of violence. Winner of the 2008 Tropfest he can give his son Dicky the best education. Wednesday 24 September 7.30pm With no money left to buy Dicky any toys, in contemporary Hanoi, three sisters meet on the DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE we all speak the same language. Bright Spark Award. FIVE IS TOO MANY * anniversary of their mother’s death to prepare Ti goes to his favourite place - the junkyard! Director: Ahn Seul-ki a memorial banquet in her honour. As they THE FINISHED PEOPLE (MA15+) Finding a bizarre creature, he calls it CJ7 and MY MOTHER INDIA (PG) Saturday 20 September 6.30pm South Korea 2005 approach the anniversary of their father’s death Director: Khoa Do gives it to his son to play with. But chaos breaks Director: Safi na Uberoi 80mins DV Feature one month later, the calm exteriors of their lives Australia 2003 out when Dicky takes CJ7 to school. From the Australia 2001 OZASIA FILMMAKERS Filled with remorse aft er causing Dong-kyu’s give way to more turbulent truths about their 80mins 35mm Feature director and star of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin 52mins 35mm memory loss, Si-nae provides him with shelter parents’ relationship and their own infi delities. Th ree of Australia’s fi nest fi lmmakers will Journey into the world of Australian street kids, Soccer, this hilarious family comedy features all of Safi na has an Indian father who collects kitsch at her place. As she tries to help the teenage From the award winning director of Th e Scent introduce their work and participate in a caught up in a cycle of homelessness, drugs and Stephen Chow’s trademark slapstick antics. calendars, an Australian mother who hangs runaway recover from his amnesia, Si-nae’s of Green Papaya and Cyclo. Q&A session. A unique opportunity to fi nd crime, where the only way out is hope. Director ADELAIDE PREMIERE her knickers out to dry in front of the horrifi ed small, one room shelter becomes crowded with out what drives them to create and discover Khoa Do developed the story with a cast of neighbours, a self-styled Guru grandfather and an unlikely assortment of odd characters whom the stories behind the fi lmmaking process. non-professional actors who deliver an Friday 19 September 7.30pm a fi ercely man-hating grandmother. isTh quirky Sunday 21 September 6.30pm begin to form a de-facto family unit in this witt y astonishing documentary authenticity and documentary about an eccentric, multicultural comedy about modern domestic life in Korea. OPERA JAWA* BROWN TRA SH * biting honesty to the fi lm. Winner of the 2003 – upbringing unfolds into a complex commentary SRINGARA M DANCE OF LOVE* Director: Garin Nugroho Director: Tresa Ponner IF Independent Spirit Award. Director: Sharada Ramanathan AUSTRA LIAN PREMIERE on the events of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 that Indonesia/Austria 2006 Australia 2006 India 2005 tore the family apart. 120mins 35mm Feature 7mins DV Short Film Q&A with Directors Tresa Ponner, Johnny 117min 35mm Feature SPECIAL OFFER Combining traditional dance, gamelan music and On the most important night of her life Asha Tran and Khoa Do aft er the fi lms Telling the story of a Devadasi temple dancer, With every fi lm ticket purchased you'll puppet theatre into a strikingly modern creation, PUNJABI LOVE STORY * is suddenly left with no dress, no make-up and her search for an identity and her discovery of receive $5 off an adult or concession ticket this lavish, operatic musical was inspired by Director: Kay Rasool no ride to the school dance. Reluctantly, Asha emancipation, this elegant and contemporary for an OzAsia Festival performance*. the great classic of ancient Indian and South Australia 2005 accepts the help of her eccentric father and the * Th ese fi lms are unclassifi ed. Ratings advice will presentation of a tradition-bound India of the A voucher will be issued when you East-Asian literature, the Ramayana. 76mins DV local neighbours. be available closer to the scheduled screening date. 1920s is a glorious mélange of stunning visuals purchase your fi lm tickets redeemable at the Festival Th eatre BASS counter only. *(Does not include 2 Chefs & 100 Cultures or Th e Tale of Haruk) 19 20 VISUAL ARTS ozasiafestival.com.au

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I see nothing } his is an exhibition sharing cultures through whimsical Tyet thought provoking drawings by an emerging and multitalented INDONESIAN STORYTELLING se Tara Lia will develop alongside PERFORMANCE Indonesian artist. Jumaadi will hold storytelling sessions and an exhibition of internationally grass sculpture demonstrations in the Space Alongside the Artspace installation and Jumaadi's works are based on personal memory Th eatre foyer. His unique grass fi gures are renowned Indonesian artist incorporating large-scale projection, shadow and the folkloric tradition from the area around O based on the traditional Indonesian grass Heri Dono's politically poignant yet puppets, music, dance and song, Heri Dono's his village on the east coast of Java. During a puppets called the wayang rumput using humorous artworks. performance of Ose Tara Lia will be a uniquely three-week residency at the Adelaide Festival Centre, techniques he learned from his father as a blended experience of contemporary Indonesian Jumaadi will construct a series of woven grass Led by resident artist Heri Dono in collaboration with young boy in his Indonesian village in mythology and global imagery. characters leading from his exhibition in the Dunstan young local artists and emerging Indonesian artist Jumaadi, eastern Java. School children and visitors Dono will be joined by Australian Indigenous Playhouse foyer to the Artspace and Heri Dono's Dono will construct Ose Tara Lia, an interactive site-specifi c will be fascinated by Jumaadi's magical performers to bring together Indigenous dance installation Ose Tara Lia – I See Nothing. installation, over a period of 4 weeks. Th is is a rare and style of Indonesian chanting and narration. and didjeridu with traditional Indonesian privileged opportunity for young artists to experience the To register for the 45 minute sessions Gamelan music, Jumaadi’s grass sculptural forms creative process of this remarkable global artist and for 13 September - 19 October phone +61 8 8205 2220. Registrations and wayang puppetry in a contemporary and visitors to interact with the work of this great man. DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE FOYER essential. politically charged performance. & ARTSPACE 13 September - 19 October | 17-19 September 26 September TIMES ARTSPACE SPACE THEATRE FOYER ARTSPACE PLAZA Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm | plus Dunstan Playhouse performance times TIMES TIMES Monday – Saturday 12noon – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 4pm TIME FREE Wednesday 11am & 1pm (From 29 September closed Mondays and Tuesdays) Friday 7pm Th ursday and Friday 10am & 1pm FREE FREE FREE Jumaadi

21 22 ozasiafestival.com.au ozasiafestival.com.au FREE The challenges and opportunities for closer cultural engagement with Asia in the 21St Century.

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Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and the Ikebana International, Adelaide Chapter present Languages Speakers: Sitok Srengenge Speakers: Hieu Van Le (cont) Indonesian Poet and Writer and

Gus Clutterbuck 9:30 – 10:30am Chairman, South Australian performer in Take Me To Paradise & Pramod Kumar Master Yoshiro Umemura KEYNOTE SPEECH* Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Haresh Sharma The challenges and opportunities for closer cultural Commission, Lieutenant Governor Resident Playwright, engagement with Asia in the 21st Century of South Australia, The Necessary Stage, Singapore Speaker: The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Patron, OzAsia Festival Sharada Ramanathan Ikebana Prime Minister of Australia Ms Kathe Kirby director, Sringaram (Film screening Executive Director, Asia Education 21 Sept), Director, Golden Square Confluence Foundation, Melbourne Films Pvt. Ltd, India 11am – 1pm Facilitator: Professor Brian Castro Demonstration EDUCATION: THE FoundationS Ms Cathy Jonak language Consultant, Chair of Creative Writing, for Cultural Dialogue his exhibition is a confluence of ideas The Japan Foundation, Sydney university of Adelaide The Japanese art of flower arrangement, Ikebana and Engagement and cultures, artists and media. It (The Way of Flowers) dates back to the 16th Century. Current State of Play & Curriculum Exchange Programs 3:50 – 4:50pm brings together Gus Clutterbuck’s This ancient art form is described as live beauty, Speakers: Ms Susan Mann Speakers: Professor David T Hill Chief Executive Officer, Curriculum Consortium Director, Case Studies from the beautifulT array of drawings inspired by his an expression of nature. OzAsia Festival Corporation, Melbourne Australian Consortium for most recent residency in India to converge Join Japanese born, Sydney based Ikebana Dr Elizabeth Morell In-Country Indonesian Studies, Speakers: Catherine Fitzgerald director, Once Upon A Midnight with the stunning traditional Rajasthani specialist Master Yoshiro Umemura for a series of director of Studies, Flinders Asia Perth Centre, School of Political and Alison Carroll Mayu Kanamori demonstrations in the art of Ikebana. Master Umemura terracottas and miniature paintings by Indian International Studies, Flinders director, Arts Program, Asialink, Creator and Producer, Chika born, Adelaide based Pramod Kumar. will demonstrate how to utilise natural materials university, Adelaide Melbourne Gus Clutterbuck foreign and native to capture the spirit of Ikebana Facilitator: Douglas Gautier Visual Artist – an observation and understanding of nature. Philosophy & Mindset CEO and Artistic Director, Pramod Kumar Speaker: Professor Mobo Gao Adelaide Festival Centre Visual Artist 10 September - 12 October Chair of Chinese Studies, Facilitator: Jacinta Thompson Festival Theatre Foyer director, Confucius Institute, Executive Producer, OzAsia Festival

| 26-27 September 2:20 – 3:20pm The University of Adelaide TIMES Piano Bar THE CREATIVE PROCESS Government View Telling the Stories 5:00 – 5:15pm Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm TIMES plus Festival Theatre performance times Speaker: Hon Jane Lomax-Smith MP – inspiration across cultures Closing Friday and Saturday 11am & 2pm Minister for Education Speakers: Jan Cornall Facilitator: Douglas Gautier FREE FREE & Children’s Services, Tourism Australian Performer and Writer and CEO & Artistic Director, japan and the City of Adelaide creator of Take Me to Paradise Adelaide Festival Centre }

*KEYNOTE REGISTRATION Limited general public seats available. To register email [email protected] Registration essential (limited 2 per person) 23 24 ozasiafestival.com.au

ACCESS SERVICES Th e Adelaide Festival Centre is committ ed to ensuring our shows are accessible and your time with us is as enjoyable as possible. Th e Festival Centre has a number of access-friendly facilities on site, including: • wheelchair loan service Bistro • assistive hearing system (Dunstan Playhouse and Space Th eatres only) • access toilets • access seat allocations • access parking • access friendly drop off /pick up points • lift access in the car park • lift access in our venues Foyer Café When booking your tickets, please inform the BASS operator if you have any specifi c access requirements and they will be pleased to let you know what services might suit you best. For all other access inquiries please contact Patron Services by email [email protected] or call +61 8 8216 8670.

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