PERTH FESTIVAL 5 – 28 February

2021 Festival acknowledges the people who continue to practise their values, language, beliefs and knowledge on their kwobidak boodjar.

They remain the spiritual and cultural birdiyangara of this place and we honour and respect their caretakers and custodians

Image: Laura Farmer, Djil-Djit and the vital role Noongar people Courtesy the artist and Peter Farmer Designs play for our community and our Bilya. River. Nestled into boodjar, mother earth. Bilya is a network of cords going Festival to flourish. from one place to another, bringing life, giving water, feeding the land. In Noongar language and life, the word bilya begins at bily, meaning navel or belly button, becoming bilya the cord of life. Without rivers what would we have? As we rest beside it and ponder upon its continual nourishing we connect deeper to our Acknowledgement developed by Associate Artist Kylie Bracknell with support from 's Noongar Advisory Circle (Vivienne Binyarn Hansen, Mitchella Waljin Hutchins, existence and the true meaning of bilya. Carol Innes, Barry McGuire, Richard Walley OAM & Roma Yibiyung Winmar) – Roma Yibiyung Winmar and Kylie Bracknell [Kaarljilba Kaardn]

1 HON. MARK MCGOWAN MLA PROF. AMIT CHAKMA TIM UNGAR PREMIER OF VICE CHANCELLOR, CHAIR, PERTH FESTIVAL Wyld Jess Image: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Here in Perth, the blessing of living in such an isolated city has never been more palpable, nor It is my pleasure to welcome you to Perth Perth Festival is a cherished annual highlight We are thrilled to be working with so many more appreciated. Perth Festival 2021 is a love song to this place – to its people, its artists, its Festival’s 2021 program celebrating the very of our University. Each year, we offer this wonderful Western Australians on Perth best of Western Australian culture. thrilling three-week showcase of artistic Festival 2021. stories, its river. excellence for people to enjoy, as summer The Festival is a keystone annual event Our last Festival ended on such a high note winds down and our academic year begins. Around our theme of Bilya, the program light and music spectacular built around Slow Burn, Together and Rachael Dease that holds a special place in the hearts of before everybody’s world changed. We brims with Western Australian works that an immersive projection experience with Hymns for End Times, alongside the Western Australians. It showcases all that is The Festival, founded from The University of hope this Festival will be a beacon to assist celebrate our community and the inner called Bilya Beneath – one for all the work of global-local superstar Tim Minchin special about our State and our incredible Western Australia’s summer school program recovery and boost community confidence and outer journeys we have all taken family to enjoy over 24 nights throughout with a special concert presentation of his arts scene. in 1953, is a major element in our deep and after the immense challenges of 2020. since our 2020 Festival closed so joyously the Festival. Other family friendly abiding engagement with our community. new album Apart / Together. On behalf of the people of Western The Festival team is committed to last summer. offerings include Barking Gecko’s Like the University, Perth Festival exists to Australia, the State Government is proud delivering another exceptional event that beautiful new work HOUSE, Freeze Frame Literature & Ideas features not only its serve the people of Western Australia. Noongar custodians call the to support the Festival through Principal celebrates Western Australia’s people, Opera’s The Little Mermaid and Wild weekend literature offering, including Swan River Derbarl Yerrigan. It is deeply Partner Lotterywest, Tourism WA and other Rarely has this purpose seemed more apt our place and our stories in a safe and Things – a playful takeover of Perth Zoo. guest authors streamed in from across State agencies. than after the challenges so many people welcoming environment. entwined with the creation story of the globe, but also a wonderful addition have faced over the past year. By focusing this place through the presence of the We have works along the banks of the with A Day of Ideas in the Perth Concert The Festival makes a big impact by Our priority in the coming year is to on local artists and companies, Perth Wargl, the embodiment of all fresh water Swan that speak to many histories – the Hall led by a multitude of Noongar voices. enhancing wellbeing and belonging support WA artists and companies by Festival 2021 is investing in its capacity to sources. This is the first and pre-eminent multi-site work Witness Stand that through the many special experiences that investing in their talent, ideas and ability share stories with fellow Western Australians story of our river, but a river runs stretches from Guildford to Wadjemup In our Visual Arts program we have people share together. It also creates jobs, to tell stories that affect how we think and and boost social wellbeing through the through us all – histories and bloodlines (Rottnest), BESIDE at Peninsula Farm in broadened our family of featured galleries improves skills and fosters innovation in our feel about ourselves, each other and our unifying power of art. entwined – leaving memories and Maylands and The Cherry Orchard at to best reflect the diversity and range of creative industries. place in the world. sediments everywhere. Sunset in Dalkeith. visual art expression in this city. I am delighted that the Festival is celebrating The 2021 program promises to be an I offer huge thanks to our government its 2021 theme of Bilya (river) here on Just as the river is a source of revival, Our commitment to Indigenous-led art Similarly, our Connect programs continue outstanding platform for sharing the stories partners, corporate sponsors, donors and Whadjuk Noongar country. I invite you to play and reflection, the 2021 program continues in a vast array of projects, to stretch and celebrate lifelong learning of Western Australia, particularly Noongar volunteers who make such a major positive visit our beautiful campus on the banks of is both celebratory and contemplative, including Galup at , Koort and the connection between our artists and other Indigenous stories. impact on Western Australian lives through the Derbarl Yerrigan to see Olga Cironis’ focusing on local brilliance that would at Government House Gardens and and our audiences. the Festival. Just as many of us have been discovering exhibition at the Lawrence Wilson Art thrill audiences anywhere in the world. Fist of Fury Noongar Daa – a Noongar Like a river, Perth Festival is ever-flowing, our State’s backyard by holidaying at home, Gallery and Lotterywest Films under the We are excited by our opportunity to Part of this local brilliance is reflected language dub of Bruce Lee’s iconic film. ever-moving forward. It is a gift to, for Perth Festival 2021 invites us to experience stars at UWA Somerville. showcase work made here in our State in the huge number of commissions It’s a joy to celebrate the work of local our special part of the world through and look forward to sharing many special, featured – ten works for the stage, four and by the people of Perth, and we look I congratulate Artistic Director Iain Grandage independent artists including Festival the refreshing perspective of art. Your uniquely WA experiences with you music compositions and over 30 new forward to sharing it with you. and his team on the 2021 program, and look favourites The Last Great Hunt with patronage will go a long way in supporting throughout the 2021 Festival season. works from visual artists. forward to seeing as many of you as possible our WA artists, venues and businesses and Whistleblower, Jay Emmanuel with throughout the Festival season. IAIN GRANDAGE will help boost local jobs and the economy. Our City of Lights moves to Perth Children of the Sea, Mararo Wangai Cultural Centre and features a sound, with Black Brass, Emma Fishwick with ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

2 3 GETTING STARTED CONTENTS BOOK YOUR TICKETS BECOME A FRIEND OF WELCOME LITERATURE & IDEAS We have three easy ways to book your tickets. THE FESTIVAL 2 Welcomes Online perthfestival.com.au 47 A Day of Ideas Phone 08 6488 5555 Sign up to be a Friend and you’ll join like-minded arts lovers in 4 Getting Started 48 Literature Weekend in the City supporting the Festival and securing some great deals. Friends In Person Over the counter at Octagon Theatre, UWA 6 City of Lights 50 Literature in & Fremantle or at His Majesty’s Theatre, State Theatre Centre score discounts and invitations to special events, but most of WA and Subiaco Arts Centre. importantly being a Friend means you can book your Festival tickets before they go on sale to the rest of the public. In a year when PERFORMANCE FILM See p88 for full booking details. It’s worth noting that capacity in capacities are limited, that’s worth the price of the membership 12 Witness Stand 10 Fist of Fury Noongar Daa many venues is more limited than usual. So get in early to secure alone. Become a Friend for just $90. See perthfestival.com.au for 14 Whistleblower your place! all the details. 51 Lotterywest Films 16 HOUSE 58 The Other Film Festival 18 Archives of Humanity HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? ACCESS FOR EVERYONE 20 The Cherry Orchard VISUAL ARTS Good news. We listened to your feedback and have removed all 59 Songlines We want as many people as possible to experience Perth Festival. 22 BESIDE transaction fees if you buy your tickets directly from us! Access symbols on individual event pages give you an idea of what 61 Everything is True performances will suit you best. Download our Access Guide from 23 Galup The prices listed in this brochure are the range of full-priced perthfestival.com.au and see p90 for full access information. 62 Dua Dunia Adult tickets available. The price can change depending on where 24 Whale Fall 62 Dislocation your seat is and whether you’re eligible for concession, student or 25 Children of the Sea Friends of the Festival prices. Full ticket price details 63 SONGS from Patrick William Carter at perthfestival.com.au STAY IN TOUCH 26 The Sum of Us 63 the gathering Go behind the scenes and find out more about Festival artists and 27 Black Brass 64 Alluvial Gold events at perthfestival.com.au 28 I’ll Tell You In Person SEE MORE AND SAVE 64 what washes up Sign up to our e-News via our website and you’ll always be in the 29 Mama Stitch Book tickets to three or more events with this symbol and save 65 Leaving LA know with the latest Festival news delivered to your inbox. 36 Slow Burn, Together 10% off the Adult price. Terms & Conditions apply. 65 Reflection / Submersion 37 Structural Dependency 66 the hands should have no peace 38 MoveMoveMove 66 Fair Isle 38 Feminism Has No Borders 67 A Forest of Hooks & Nails STAYING COVID SAFE 39 Ballet at the Quarry 42 Wild Things Being COVID safe is a shared responsibility so please 1.5m INFORMATION follow COVID-safe practices when attending Festival events. 44 ART FEAST 68 Connect That way we can all stay safe and enjoy the Festival. MUSIC 70 Support & Giving Programs For more information on staying COVID safe at 72 Acknowledgements Perth Festival 2021 visit p87. Stay home if you’re unwell Maintain physical distancing Wash hands regularly 8 Tim Minchin 87 Staying COVID Safe 30 One & Many 88 Booking Details 32 Dreams of Place 90 Access Performance Program supported by 33 Koort (Heart) 93 City of Lights Map 34 The Jazz Line 94 Schedule Community Partner 35 Hymns for End Times 40 The Little Mermaid 41 Opera in the Park

4 5 CITY OF LIGHTS SUPPORTED BY LOTTERYWEST

We’re taking over Perth Cultural Centre as we bring City of Lights to a brand-new location.

Bring the family and see the area come YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE to life with spectacular projections PERTH CULTURAL CENTRE lighting up the buildings in an ever- MTWTFSS changing visual world of imagination. FEBRUARY 5 6 7 On the hour, every hour, an immersive 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 360-degree projection rises to wash away 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 the layers of history – the crescendo of 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 the modern world and the projected environment find quiet and tranquillity, Bilya Beneath euphoria and rebirth in the middle of our Tue – Sun 7pm – late city as part of Bilya Beneath. FREE Join us at spaces inside and outside Perth Cultural Centre. Visit the historic laneway off James Street as we transform ART GALLERY OF WA it into Lantern Lane, your pre-show stop ALEX HOTEL for tasty street food. Drop into a local THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE bar for a post-show drink or catch some PICA THE RECHABITE tunes as we bring the party vibe to City STATE LIBRARY OF WA of Lights throughout February. STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA WA MUSEUM BOOLA BARDIP Image: Kevin Laminto Kevin Image:

6 7 WORLD PREMIERE TIM MINCHIN WITH WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APART / TOGETHER

We open the Festival in show-stopping KAARTA KOOMBA / PERTH CBD style with satirist, pianist, provocateur KINGS PARK and musical genius Tim Minchin live in Kings Park. MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 Western Australia’s globally-renowned multi-talent is back home for a world 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 premiere special performance of his 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 brand-new album, Apart Together. Songs of love, fidelity, absence, entropy, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 aspiration, disappointment and death are all told in his inimitable style. Fri 7pm Duration 80mins For this uniquely local international festival, each song has been reimagined Tickets from $99 Eligible for by a different world-class orchestrator, with Artistic Director Iain Grandage among the Western Australians taking up the challenge. In the glorious surrounds of Kings Park, Tim is joined by his favourite WA musicians, including the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica Gethin, for an evening of wonderful music. Image: Damian Bennett Damian Image:

8 9 A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE FIST OF FURY NOONGAR DAA

Bruce's Lee's kung fu classic from 1972 GODROO / CRAWLEY becomes the first feature film ever to be UWA SOMERVILLE re-voiced in an Australian language. Sat 20 Feb 8pm When Lee's incredible power propelled him Tickets $19 from Hong Kong cinema to global stardom in the early 1970s, Noongar mob here, MOORIBURDUP / ROCKINGHAM just like audiences worldwide, took note, UNITED CINEMAS practiced moves and found inspiration in Lee's examples of discipline, loyalty and Sat 27 Feb 8pm the eternal fight against injustice. Tickets $10 Bookings at unitedcinemas.com.au Fist of Fury, the film that launched Lee internationally, is the epitome of all that. Set in Shanghai in 1910, it stars Lee Directors Kylie Bracknell, Wei Lo as Chen Zhen, a loyal student out for Duration 1hr 47mins vengeance against racist bullies. Rated M Thanks to an all-Noongar language voice Contains medium level violence Noongar with English subtitles cast, this undying classic film is now

reshaped and adapted in a 'moorditj' new 75 form. Noongar daa moordidjabiny!

Produced by Boomerang & Spear and Perth Festival Cantonese/Chinese Language Consultant Ching Ching Ho Noongar Language Consultant Roma Yibiyung Winmar

10 11 A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE WITNESS STAND CREATED BY MADELEINE FLYNN, TIM HUMPHREY, BARRY MCGUIRE AND KYLIE BRACKNELL

Witness Stand is an unlikely place to listen. MANDOON GUILDFORD Across a city, in water bodies, reserves DJIIDJALALAP / PERTH and forgotten sites, Witness Stand is an LANGLEY PARK invitation to gather and spend learning time together. KARIINAP / SOUTH PERTH NARROWS BRIDGE On a series of bespoke seating tiers MT PLEASANT extending from the Guildford area DEEP WATER POINT to Walyalup (Fremantle) and out to NYIIABARAP / EAST FREMANTLE Wadjemup (Rottnest Island), audiences JOHN TONKIN RESERVE will experience a series of specially commissioned sound works paying WADJEMUP homage to the ancient stories of ROTTNEST ISLAND Whadjuk country and acknowledging the interruptions to this place caused MTWTFSS by colonisation. FEBRUARY 5 6 7

This new commission invites audiences to 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 consider the Derbarl Yerrigan as a source 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 of life. To listen anew and to witness as one. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Visit perthfestival.com.au for full experience details. FREE

Produced by Erin Milne for Bureau of Works and Perth Festival Image: Cam Campbell and Bosco Shaw Cam Campbell and Bosco Image:

12 13 A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE WHISTLEBLOWER THE LAST GREAT HUNT

The Truman Show meets an escape room YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE live on stage – and everyone can be part HEATH LEDGER THEATRE of the action. MTWTFSS Whistleblower is a theatrical role-playing FEBRUARY 5 6 7 game where one willing audience member becomes the star of a film created live 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and shown on screens above the stage. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Entering a soundproof set, complete with hidden cameras, ‘the player’ finds they 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 have woken up in hospital with amnesia – their job is to find clues and uncover Tue – Sat 7pm the mystery. Aided and abetted by a Sun 5.30pm devoted ensemble of actors and audience Duration approx 90mins Duration subject to change depending members playing characters, bit parts and on 'the player' cameos, our hero's journey is sculpted Post Show Q&A Sun 21 Feb through an action-packed interactive narrative that changes with every choice Tickets $29 – $59 'the player' makes. Eligible for Choose an interactive or audience Buy an interactive ticket for your chance ticket at time of purchase May contain adult themes, mild to be part of the show – either as 'the violence, sexual references and player' or an extra in this dastardly fiction. strobe or haze effects Or buy an audience ticket and cheer on Interactive ticket for 18+ our hero as they solve puzzles, discover secrets and get lost in the cinematic story you help create together. Image: Daniel Grant Image:

14 15 WORLD PREMIERE HOUSE BY DAN GIOVANNONI BARKING GECKO THEATRE

Let your imagination soar as Barking Gecko YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE brings you an extraordinary adventure for the whole family. HEATH LEDGER THEATRE MTWTFSS Cathelijn is completely and undeniably alone. All by herself in the centre of a FEBRUARY 5 6 7 dark forest, she tries to be strong, like a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Viking. And that’s when she sees it – the house. A higgledy-piggeldy mess of a 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 place as tall as the trees. But this is no 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ordinary house: it’s a Rescue House, and it rescues the Loneliest Child in the World. So begins a thrilling story that takes Tue – Sat 6.30pm Sun 2pm Cathelijn across the world and deep inside Duration 70mins herself, on a journey of self-realisation and self-determination. Post Show Q&A Tue 9 Feb

Part fairy-tale, part mad-cap adventure Tickets $29 – $49 story, HOUSE is a heart-felt tale of Family pack $135 loneliness, friendship and flying houses. Eligible for Recommended for ages 8+ Contains haze & strobe effects

Co-produced by Perth Festival and Barking Gecko Theatre

Image: Richard Hedger Image: Richard

16 17 A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE ARCHIVES OF HUMANITY CO3 CONTEMPORARY DANCE

A compassionate and empowering new YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE dance work by Co3 Artistic Director, STUDIO UNDERGROUND Raewyn Hill, exploring humanity and the tension between grace and truth. MTWTFSS Archives of Humanity creates a living and FEBRUARY 5 6 7 emotive meditation on human existence, a reflection on where we suddenly and 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 unexpectedly find ourselves today. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

The work begins with an immersive and 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 tactile journey through a remarkable set – a flock of birds, created by and Tue – Fri 7pm carrying the stories of our WA community Sat 6 Feb 1pm & 7pm Sat 13 Feb 2pm in isolation. Released, the birds united Sun 4pm soar as a collective symbol of endurance Duration 60mins and hope. These sweeping narratives, of Doors open 30mins prior memories, desires and aspirations lead Latecomers not admitted you into the theatre. Post Show Q&A Sat 6 Feb A stunning score opens the performance, Tickets $49 marking the next migration, echoing Contains haze & strobe effects the movements of the dancers in a 50 gradual and persistent climbing arc of cyclical patterns. Some of the art world’s most striking scenes are reimagined in humanity’s tumultuous bid to transcend. To rise, to fall, but to always try to rise

Image: Daniel Carson Image: again – together.

18 19 WORLD PREMIERE THE CHERRY ORCHARD ADAPTED BY ADRIANE DAFF AND KATHERINE TONKIN AFTER ANTON CHEKHOV

BLACK SWAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF WA

The Cherry Orchard gets an Aussie makeover KATAMBOORDUP / DALKEITH and Chekhov’s last great masterpiece has never felt more relevant – or more fun. SUNSET HERITAGE PRECINCT MTWTFSS It’s a family emergency. Rani’s losing the plot. The Balmoral apartment’s been sold and FEBRUARY 5 6 7 the St Kilda fling has fallen through. Anya’s 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 finally managed to drag her Mum across the Nullarbor, but the debts are mounting and 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 the estate has to be auctioned. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Season continues until Sun 14 Mar This wildly Australiana take on a Russian classic comedy of inevitable catastrophe is an immersive experience at Sunset Tue – Sun 6pm Heritage Precinct. From the grand hall to Duration 2hr 30mins the gumtrees and a party in the courtyard including interval (equipped with its very own vodka bar), this Post Show Q&A Tue 9 Mar premium cheese platter of self-absorbed characters will have you wishing for the Tickets $129 glorious blooming days of the eighties and Eligible for shrinking at the familiarity of it all. Contains coarse language and cigarette smoking

Image: Richard Jefferson Richard Image:

20 21 Image: David Cox Image: Daniel Grant A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE

BAIGUP / MAYLANDS GALUP / WEST LEEDERVILLE PENINSULA FARM LAKE MONGER RESERVE BESIDE MTWTFSS GALUP MTWTFSS WA YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY FEBRUARY 5 6 7 IAN WILKES AND POPPY VAN OORDE-GRAINGER FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WITH AN ORAL HISTORY FROM DOOLANN LEISHA EATTS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Stand beside the river and see things from a different perspective. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 An hour before sunset, a guide meets you at the foot of a bridge on the banks The Derbarl Yerrigan flows through the heart of our city, bearing witness to 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 of Lake Monger. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 millennia of change, shaping the land and its stories. Through a combination of storytelling, song and find-your-own-adventure BESIDE invites you to Wed – Sun 8pm Kaya wanjoo ngany boodja, Galup. Fri – Sun 6pm explore the historic Peninsula Farm and discover the cultural, environmental Duration 80mins Welcome to my home, Galup – place of fire. Sat 6 & Sun 7 Feb 6.15pm and social changes that have taken place along these banks of the Swan. Latecomers not admitted Duration 90mins Galup is an interactive walking performance on-country that brings to life Allow an additional 20mins to walk Created by a dynamic team of professional and emerging artists, Pre Show Q&A Sat 27 Feb largely unknown histories of this area. Step back in time to the 1830s with back to your car including senior Noongar artists, BESIDE is a critically relevant new work Noongar performer Ian Wilkes guiding you through real events from our Latecomers not admitted Tickets $39 showcasing the talents of a diverse and exceptional group of young collective past. You’re invited to join in and be part of the show as you learn Eligible for Western Australian performers. about the many untold stories of Lake Monger. This intimate, truth-telling Tickets $49 Contains adult themes, coarse language performance will resonate with you long after you leave. Eligible for and smoke or haze effects This is a walking performance. Patrons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island audience members are advised that this production references will be required to walk 3.5km in total. and contains images and stories of people who have passed away. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island audience members are advised that this production references Performed in English and Noongar Presented in collaboration with the National Trust of Western Australia and contains stories of people who have passed away. Contains smoke effects and open flames Co-produced by Same Drum and Performing Lines WA

22 23 Image: Emma McEvoy Image: Cam Campbell A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE WANDARAGUTTAGURRUP PICA PERFORMANCE SPACE SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE WHALE FALL MTWTFSS CHILDREN MTWTFSS THE KABUKI DROP FEBRUARY 5 6 7 FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Presented in association with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 15 16 21 OF THE SEA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 17 18 19 20 BY JAY EMMANUEL 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Submerge yourself in a poetic reimagining of the classic Australian seaside drama for our troubled times. Nadine returns to her beachside home and PERFORMING LINES WA the family she abandoned to reconnect with her daughter Haley. Now oceans Tue – Fri 7.30pm Wed – Fri 7pm apart, she must navigate her ex-husband’s resentment and learn to accept Sat 20 Feb 7.30pm Follow four unaccompanied children as they embark on a perilous journey. Sat 2pm & 7pm and support her now son Caleb, with his desire to medically affirm Sat 27 Feb 2 & 7.30pm Drifting on Indo-Australian waters towards an uncertain future they confront Duration 70mins Duration 90mins memories of the lives they have left behind. his gender. Latecomers not admitted Post Show Q&A Tue 23 Feb The culmination of a two-year research project, Children of the Sea is A deeply personal and poetic story, Whale Fall charts the tidal force of Post Show Q&A Thu 11 Feb Jay Emmanuel’s emotional and epic theatrical piece that shares the journey change as bodies, species and environments face the brink of adaptation Tickets $45 of young maritime survivors who came to Australia by boat. Inspired by true Tickets $39 and transition. This evocative new work brings together a multi-faceted Eligible for WA creative team from different backgrounds that identify with and support stories, it brings together a stellar team of five extraordinary young performers Eligible for Contains coarse language and onstage with a vocal ensemble for a moving tribute to hope and resilience. Contains disturbing stories the trans and queer community. adult themes Chilling, yet playful and funny, this sensitive and politically-charged show puts Performed in English, Urdu, Farsi, Kirundi children front and centre for an ultimately uplifting theatrical experience. and Congolese Commissioned by Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Co-produced by Encounter

Supported by See Subiaco

24 25 Image: Poleth Rivas Image: Christophe Canato A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE

WANDARAGUTTAGURRUP YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE STUDIO UNDERGROUND THE SUM OF US MTWTFSS BLACK BRASS MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 YIRRA YAAKIN THEATRE COMPANY BY MARARO WANGAI FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 PERFORMING LINES WA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 See an exciting revisioning of the much-loved story from the Off-Broadway Arriving to clean a music studio late at night, Sleeper encounters a stranger 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 hit and award-winning film The Sum of Us with an all First Nations cast. who speaks only in music. The man is fascinating and oddly familiar. Slowly the pair are drawn into each other’s orbit, as each man tries to reconcile a Wed – Fri 7.30pm Wed – Sat 7.30pm How’s a guy supposed to find Mr. Right when his father's always up in his Sat 20 Feb 7.30pm past that refuses to let go and a present that is unwilling to accept. Sun 6pm business? That’s the premise of this warm comedy that revolves around Sat 27 Feb 3 & 7.30pm Duration 60mins the comfortable relationship between widower Harry and his son Jeff. A Sun 6pm Through flashback narrative and music, moments of darkness are tempered Latecomers not admitted beautiful tale of a strong family bond, ageing, queerness and the dance we all Duration 90mins by soulful songs as the pair hurtles towards a pivotal decision that must be do when searching for love, this is Yirra Yaakin’s first queer work. Performed including interval made come sunrise. Post Show Q&A Thu 25 Feb by an Australian First Nations cast, it's a story that no culture is exempt from. Balancing humour and pathos, The Sum of Us remains as relevant today as it Post Show Q&A Wed 24 Feb A stirring deliberation on the choices we make and how they shape our Tickets $39 Eligible for was 30 years ago. lives, Black Brass is a theatrical feast; playful yet mysterious. Written and Tickets $59 Performed in English, Swahili, Lingala performed by Mararo Wangai, joined live onstage by musician and French Eligible for Mahamudo Selimane, this intimate and soulful experience celebrates Contains smoke or haze effects Contains coarse language and stories of resilience – private victories rather than public actions. loud sounds

26 27 Image: Duane Preston Image: Fionn Mulholland

YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE / MIDLAND ALEX HOTEL MIDLAND JUNCTION ARTS CENTRE I'LL TELL YOU MTWTFSS MAMA STITCH MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 WHISKEY & BOOTS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IN PERSON 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Like threads of yarn woven through a needle, stitching us together, our 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 mother’s advice, stories and memories shape us. Stories about mums 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JEFFREY JAY FOWLER & SARAH REUBEN are collected by Whiskey & Boots from the people of Midland, distilled and brought to life as headphone verbatim performance. Each story is Thu – Sat 6.30pm Tue – Sun 6 – 8.30pm underscored with an original musical response inspired by the stories shared. Sun 5.30pm You can sit across from someone but have no idea what’s going on in their Performances every half hour head. Sometimes it's hard to talk honestly. You know how it is – differences Duration 60mins Come and have a hot cup of tea and a slice of toast with homemade jam as of political opinion, discomfort with conflict, the fear that telling the truth Duration 25mins Latecomers not admitted you listen to stories and music reflecting on the mothers of Midland. will ruin everything ... Tickets $29 Tickets $29 At the end of the performance audiences are invited to contribute to the Eligible for You and a friend are invited to put on headphones and listen as award- Ticket admits two Contains coarse language and winning artists (and friends) Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben, with project by writing an anonymous 'Dear Mum' letter to be displayed in adult themes sound designer Max Juniper, bring you an intimate audio experience about the space.

the booms and busts of friendship. Once the story has been told it’s up to you and your companion to unravel what went unsaid.

Please note: I’ll Tell You In Person is an experience for two people. One ticket admits two people. Bring a friend and enjoy the experience together.

Commissioned by Darwin Festival

28 29 ONE & MANY A CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

This beautiful series acknowledges our journey through 2020. Starting in a place of solitude – a single voice, a single violin – these concerts end in a joyous affirmation of community and shared music-making.

Under the magnificent Blue Whale skeleton in Hackett Hall, two of WA’s most esteemed musicians, violin virtuoso Shaun Lee-Chen and soprano Sara Macliver, perform from the floor of this striking venue before being joined from the balconies by a collection of the finest chamber musicians in the State.

SHAUN LEE-CHEN SARA MACLIVER WITH ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL CONSORT WITH WIND QUINTET PLUS

Perth violinist Shaun Lee-Chen is an internationally Sara Macliver is one of Australia’s most revered and celebrated performer universally lauded for his versatile artists, with a pure, pitch perfect, silvery performances of Baroque and Classical repertoire. The soprano that is instantly recognisable. She begins centrepiece of this concert is one of the masterworks and ends this concert with female composers of western music – Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 in D Hildegard von Bingen and a new work from WA minor. Joined by St George’s Cathedral Consort under composer Rebecca Erin Smith, a response to the the direction of Dr Joseph Nolan, this solo violin work whale’s presence. In between, she is joined by is illuminated with entwined chorale melodies in an wind and percussion ensemble WQ+ for a stunning extraordinary reinvention by German musicologist performance featuring Canteloube’s Songs of the Helga Thoene. Works by Arvo Pärt and a new Auvergne, a selection of lieder from Richard Strauss, commission from WA composer Lydia Gardiner, Schumann’s Dichterliebe and moments from Mozart’s responding to the majesty of the whale above, complete Wind Serenades. this beautiful program. YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE WA MUSEUM BOOLA BARDIP WA MUSEUM BOOLA BARDIP Sat 27 & Sun 28 Feb 6pm

Duration 60mins Sat 6 & Sun 7 Feb 6pm Tickets $49 Duration 60mins Eligible for Tickets $49 Eligible for

New work by Rebecca Erin Smith commissioned by Tura New Music

Image: Russell Barton Russell Image: New work by Lydia Gardiner commissioned by Tura New Music

30 31 West Australian Symphony Orchestra image: Emma Van Dordrecht Image: Owen Gregory Photography

WORLD PREMIERE

DYEEDYALLALUP / PERTH CBD GUMAP / PERTH CBD DREAMS OF PLACE PERTH CONCERT HALL GOVERNMENT HOUSE GARDENS MTWTFSS KOORT (HEART) MTWTFSS WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & WESTERN AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 5 6 7 GINA WILLIAMS & GUY GHOUSE FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Presented in association with Government House Foundation For thousands of years, music has been intrinsic to honouring country 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 and ingraining a sense of place. In this side by side collaboration between 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Western Australian Youth We invite you to take a journey with us, one that begins with a little girl who Orchestra, over 100 musicians join forces with local Noongar singers to spent her summer nights on a blanket under the stars … deliver a concert exploding with evocative images of place. With world Fri 7pm Sat 7.30pm premiere performances of works delivered by outstanding Noongar Sun 5pm After their stunning Festival performance Koorlangka in 2020, award-winning Duration 90mins musicians and performers sitting alongside classics from Sibelius and Duration 1hr 50mins duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse bring us the second instalment of their Tickets $49 Copland and Stravinksy's Firebird, this magical night of orchestral colour, including interval four-part song-cycle. With her impossibly charming presence, Gina Williams Eligible for conducted by Thaddeus Huang, will bring you a renewed love for the sand is one of those rare performers who connects and captures audiences Tickets $39 – $79 beneath your feet. through the power of her music-making and humanity. Continuing the theme Eligible for of ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ Koort follows her personal journey as a child of the Stolen Generations. Bring a blanket and join us in the magnificent New works commissioned by Perth Festival surrounds of Government House Gardens for a musical story told in Noongar This is a picnic event. Please BYO blankets or low chairs. See perthfestival.com.au and English. for details.

32 33 Linda May Han Oh image: Shervin Lainez Image: Liz Looker A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE

GUMAP / PERTH CBD KARBOORDUP / PERTH CBD THE JAZZ LINE GOVERNMENT HOUSE GARDENS HYMNS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE A JOURNEY THROUGH JAZZ HISTORY MTWTFSS MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 END TIMES 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Treat yourself this Valentine’s Day to a glorious evening of jazz in the RACHAEL DEASE WITH 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 gardens of Government House. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 What better way to celebrate the history of jazz than with all of Perth’s Presented in association with Tura New Music finest jazz musicians in the one place at the one time for an experience Sun 5pm Thu 8pm curated by Ali Bodycoat and Mace Francis. Take a ride with us through Duration 60mins the last century, delving into the repertoire of the jazz greats, known and Duration 3hrs With soaring vocals that evoke PJ Harvey and intoxicating, sprawling soundscapes that can be compared to Sufjan Stevens, Rachael Dease is a unknown, as we follow the evolution of this musical genre. From Ragtime Tickets $39 Tickets $39 musical force to be reckoned with. Hymns For End Times is an epic concert to Swing Big Bands to Be-Bop and into the present day, you can kick Eligible for Eligible for back to old favourites and discover something new with a cavalcade of event revealing an intensely personal series of musical vignettes. extraordinary musicians. Filled with joy and virtuosity, The Jazz Line is a Originally written during the Australian bushfires as lullabies when Rachael wonderful celebration of the strength of the Perth jazz scene. was nursing a newborn and facing man-made disaster and helplessness, This is a picnic event. Please BYO blankets or low chairs. See perthfestival.com.au Hymns For End Times is both a powerful protest against an apocalyptic for details. future and a poetic lullaby to help sooth our fears. With the support of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and accompanied by Voyces, Rachael’s spellbinding voice and magnetic stage presence will take you through intimate lullabies to orchestral shouts in a captivating music event.

34 35 Image: Emma Fishwick Image: Matsu A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE

YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE STUDIO UNDERGROUND STATE THEATRE CENTRE STRUCTURAL REHEARSAL ROOM SLOW BURN, MTWTFSS MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 FEBRUARY 5 6 7 TOGETHER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DEPENDENCY 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 EMMA FISHWICK BROOKE LEEDER & DANCERS 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PERFORMING LINES WA 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Thu – Sat 6.30pm Dancers, space, light and sound collide in a high-voltage participatory experience that invites you to be more than just a bystander. In a golden world of coconuts and grapefruits, piles of books Sun 5pm Thu – Sat 8.30pm Duration 80mins Sun 7pm and high heels, a clothing rack and a gramophone, Perth-based Latecomers not admitted In Structural Dependency the elements of live performance all rely on each Duration 55mins choreographer Emma Fishwick draws you into mesmerising vignettes other. The walls, surrounding structures, even the chairs you are sitting on, filled with unexpected delights. Slow Burn, Together is an antidote to Tickets $29 become involved in the work, closing the gap between viewer and performer. Tickets $29 the uncertainty of our times; a place of respite and building a human Eligible for You become a part of the structures the work depends on and become Eligible for connection. With a wry sense of humour, the work demystifies high art and Contains partial nudity and smoke effects completely immersed in the hypnotic movement and physicality of the dancers. Contains smoke effects contemplates a female perspective as an ensemble of 15 women subvert 50 50 their historic objectification to reveal the labour behind the facade. Let Set to a driving industrial soundtrack and showcasing the highly physical yourself be drawn into this series of moving pictures that collectively form choreographic style of Brooke Leeder & Dancers, Structural Dependency is a a visual epic and offer a timely meditation on the world around us. contemporary dance work set to explode.

36 37 Image: Ranson Media Image: Yilin Kong - Emma Fishwick, Melbourne lock down 2020, screen shot Image: Frances Andrijich and Wunderman Thompson A PERTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE

MOORO / CITY BEACH MOVEMOVEMOVE FEMINISM HAS BALLET AT THE QUARRY THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE NO BORDERS AS ONE MTWTFSS FEBRUARY 5 6 7 From the basement of The Rechabite, to the State STEAMWORKS ARTS WEST AUSTRALIAN BALLET Theatre Centre garden and upstairs at The Blue Room 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 This beautiful series of short films sees local and international Theatre, MoveMoveMove takes you on a highly visual and It’s that time of year again, when dance lovers gather at the Quarry dance artists partner up in a virtual choreographic collaboration. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 rambunctious dance adventure. Curated by choreographer Amphitheatre for a dazzling display under the night sky. Be treated to In this time of global pandemic, so much has gone virtual – even and dancer Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson, this promenade two world premieres in this program of three ballet and contemporary 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 art. Feminism Has No Borders takes a uniquely fresh approach to performance features a hand-picked selection of what’s dance works. dance on film. Created by four pairs of female choreographers in new in contemporary dance and movement-making. Tue – Sat 8pm different sites around the world and brought together by Four couples experience human connection through the universal language Gates open 6pm Emma Fishwick and Sally Richardson, these films are gentle of dance in Natalie Weir’s 4Seasons, set to Max Richter’s reimagining of YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE yet powerful explorations of feminism and landscape. Duration 1hr 55mins Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons. Journey through one man’s reflection on including intervals THE RECHABITE his life in Heartache, a world premiere group choreography created from YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE incredible passion and designed to enamour. Explore the idea of touch as Tickets $65 - $90 Tue 23 – Sat 27 Feb 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE a direct, immediate and spontaneous way of expressing our emotions in Eligible for Duration 60mins the evocative Moment of Joy, created and performed by Juan Carlos Osma Latecomers not admitted Tue 23 – Sat 27 Feb 5 – 9pm and Dayana Hardy Acuña and accompanied by a live piano performance. Tickets $39 Films shown on continuous loop Duration 20mins 50 FREE

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38 39 Image: Robert Harrold Image: Base Imagery THE LITTLE MERMAID OPERA IN THE PARK FREEZE FRAME OPERA WEST AUSTRALIAN OPERA GUMAP / PERTH CBD Presented in association with Government House Foundation GUMAP / PERTH CBD Opera in the Park is back in the stunning for a special 30th anniversary gala concert celebration of live performance and SUPREME COURT GARDENS GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM re-connection with the community. We're transforming Government House Ballroom into a fairytale world MTWTFSS MTWTFSS for The Little Mermaid, with the arches, balconies and stage becoming For 30 years West Australian Opera has presented Opera in the Park, FEBRUARY 5 6 7 underwater caves, waterfalls and a palace. FEBRUARY 5 6 7 igniting emotions and sharing the splendour of live music with thousands of Western Australians. This year this iconic event in the centre of the city will 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Freeze Frame Opera are taking Dvořák’s Rusalka, a beautiful version of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 be held over two nights – so you have more chance to be part of the fun. The Little Mermaid story, and turning it into a magical production for 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 children. Instead of following the traditional love story, this Little Mermaid 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Thrilling singing, romantic melodies and dramatic ensembles will stir the 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 is a coming-of-age tale about balancing adventure and responsibility as soul under a balmy Perth sky. Enjoy classical music favourites performed by children grow up and leave home. In a perfect introduction to live music Sat & Sun 11am & 2pm West Australian Opera principal artists, the West Australian Opera Chorus Fri & Sat 8pm and theatre for young audiences, there’ll be plenty of laughter, interaction Duration 45mins with the full might of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Gates open 5pm and suspense – and of course the sublime music of Dvořák’s lyrical opera. Duration 2hrs Tickets $40 Pack a picnic, bring the family and join in a very special birthday including interval Stay a while longer to enjoy pedal cars, face painting and refreshments in Family pack $110 celebration. Tickets are free, but you will need to reserve your place. the supper room, followed by some fun games in the stunning gardens of FREE Eligible for Government House, all included in your admission price. Registration essential Includes refreshments and entertainment

40 41 WILD THINGS PERTH FESTIVAL TAKES OVER PERTH ZOO

Unleash your wild things at Perth Zoo for SOUTH PERTH a day. PERTH ZOO If you could ask a zookeeper anything MTWTFSS what would it be? Ever wondered what music an elephant likes to listen to? Do FEBRUARY 5 6 7 you know the story of the Western Swamp 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Tortoise? Ever heard of a Dibbler? Or a Hairy Marron? 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 We’ve invited ten tiny curious curators to plan and create a carnival for all the animals. Sun 9am – 12pm & 2 – 5pm Tickets $39 Spend a day with WA’s most talented Child 3 & under FREE authors, musicians and performers in a slightly different habitat. There’ll be pop up performances around every corner, storytelling in surprising places, creative conservation activities, bands busting out the A – Z of the serious animal classics and much more. Join us at the Zoo for a day to travel the world we miss so much and let your imagination run wild.

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42 43 Image: Jacqueline van Grootel and Georgina Rodgers Image: Marnie Richardson THIS SUMMER’S YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE THE RECHABITE ART FEAST MTWTFSS HOTTEST MUSIC THE DARKNESS & THE LIGHT FEBRUARY 6 7 Looking for your Festival music fix? Stay tuned for our next big 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 announcement on 21 January 2021! You’re going to love it ... Indulge yourself in two weeks of feasting and festivity. ART FEAST 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 celebrates both sides of human existence – the Darkness and the Light – as The Rechabite Hall becomes home to a smorgasbord of cabaret delights served up alongside a sumptuous meal. The Darkness A Perth Festival experience wouldn’t be complete without a gig with friends on a warm Wed 17 – Sun 21 Feb 7.30pm summer night. The program is still top secret, but you can be sure we’ll bring an amazing The main hall will be filled with an array of suspended tables, chairs, The Light local line-up to new venues at City of Lights in February. benches, swings and platforms that serve as performance zones, bars Wed 24 – Sun 28 Feb 7.30pm and dining tables, lowered and raised across the evening as eating and Duration 2hrs Make unforgettable memories with your mates as the best homegrown bands and DJs take entertainment sate all the senses. In the week of darkness, discover songs of midnight and mayhem with matching culinary delights. The following Tickets $60 - $120 over venues around Perth Cultural Centre. Join us on your way to a show or as part of your week experience the euphoric, glowing ebullience of ecstatic song and Includes food Northbridge night out. light-filled levity as we bring the Festival to a joyous close. Visit perthfestival.com.au from 21 January.

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2020 - what a beast of a year, defined simultaneously by a longing for the past and a desire to launch headlong into a virus-free future. Suddenly we are all nostalgic for the days when Roma Winmar image: Jess Wyld we could hug and travel and had never heard of a pandemic that shared a name with a Mexican beer. So there has never been a better time than now to talk about Nostalgia. This year’s Literature & Ideas program brings together writers, artists and scientists from across A DAY OF IDEAS Western Australia and the world (via livestreaming), whose words explore the memory and BENEATH THE SURFACE longing that lie at the heart of feelings of nostalgia.

Spread across three weekends, the program kicks off on 13 February with A Day of Across one special day we bring together storytellers, DYEEDYALLALIP / PERTH CBD Ideas, a gathering that helps connect the city with the river on which it sits. A series artists, Elders, scientists, musicians and philosophers PERTH CONCERT HALL of interlinked conversations about the history, philosophy, science and future of our to talk about the river, the city and the people who Sat 13 Feb 10am – 5pm river provide a platform for Western Australians to think about the challenges and live in and around this place. Tickets $39 opportunities that are presented by this place where we find ourselves. Eligible for OPENING WORDS Dr Richard Walley OAM is a Noongar musician, artist and leader

The conversations continue on 20 & 21 February as we take over His Majesty’s Theatre for who plays a central role in stewarding culture. He opens the the Literature Weekend in the City. From sweeping historical fiction to musings about lost session with words of wisdom about history, philosophy and the love and secret regrets, we mine the rich terrain of Nostalgia. It won’t all be sentimental power of rivers. UPRIVER: YIRANGINY though – we’ll also examine harder, more troublesome edges by exploring the revisionism RIVER’S MOUTH: DAA The river cuts through low and high density areas, with inherent in political nostalgia and questioning the motives of those who pledge to When CY O’Connor set out to build the Fremantle Harbour, it the environment having a large impact on the health and re-make greatness that – perhaps – never existed. was seen as an impossible task. By the time it had been built wellbeing of our children. Colin Pettit, WA Commissioner in 1903, it was seen as his greatest triumph. Questions remain for Children and Young People, deepens the discussion We’ll wrap things up with a bit of family fun on 28 February as Perth Festival does a zoo about the social costs of this engineering feat on local Noongar on the river, looking at the people who live along its edges takeover to celebrate all the Wild Things in our lives. communities. Join Viv Hansen, Richard Walley and others for a and how they are faring. conversation about the history of the river and its mouth. THE RIVER: BILYA THE GUTS OF THE RIVER: KORBAL The day ends with a conversation amongst women; Dr Noel Nannup, storyteller, cultural guide and mentor, takes the those who serve as the umbilical cord and connect conversation further, wading into a discussion about the ecological the water to community. Led by Nan Roma Winmar an richness of the river and the ways it has been changed by those inter-generational panel of leaders tells tales of water, who settled its shores. life and regeneration.

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46 47 LITERATURE WEEKEND IN THE CITY SAT 20 & SUN 21 FEB MAAZA MENGISTE BRIT BENNETT SUN 21 FEB 10AM (VIA LIVE STREAM) SUN 21 FEB 11.30AM (VIA LIVE STREAM) KARBOORDUP / PERTH CBD Come together with fellow literature lovers at HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE Join our in conversation with Ethiopian-born Brit Bennett is one of the most important writers in His Majesty’s Theatre for a weekend of lively Maaza Mengiste, author of the 2020 Booker Prize America today, and after signing a record-breaking deal conversations about books. See local authors Sat 20 & Sun 21 Feb shortlisted The Shadow King. Set in Ethiopia during with HBO to produce The Vanishing Half, she will soon on stage or be part of a live audience as we chat Duration 60mins each session the 1935 invasion by the Italians, The Shadow King be a household name. Join us for a conversation about digitally to interstate and overseas authors. Tickets Pay what you can catalogues the efforts of a brave battalion of women her writing craft and her powerful new novel, an epic see p88 for details who took up arms to defend their country. story of sisters who choose different paths – one opting Here are just some highlights of our Literature Tickets Julia Gillard $19 to pass as white, and the other remaining Black. Weekend sessions, with more announcements Live streamed authors will be interviewed by an onstage moderator. in January. ALF TAYLOR & SHAUN TAN ROBERT ISAACS SUN 21 FEB 2.30PM (VIA LIVE STREAM) JULIA GILLARD TRENT DALTON SUN 21 FEB 1PM Few other illustrators and storytellers can capture SAT 20 FEB 10AM (VIA LIVE STREAM) SAT 20 FEB 2.30PM (VIA LIVE STREAM) the essence of the human-animal bond with as much Renowned for his darkly humorous poetry and prose, Alf Taylor care and thought as Shaun Tan. One of our brightest When Julia Gillard uttered the now-famous words, ‘I will The little girl at the heart of Trent Dalton’s All Our Shimmering has mentored and delighted a generation of young poets. exports, he will join us for a conversation about Dog, not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man Skies speaks to the sky and tells it her dreams, letting the Robert Isaacs is well-known for the grit that earned him the his redesigned release of excerpts from 2018’s dark and … Not now, not ever,’ the Earth shifted slightly on its axis. reader in on her hopes and fears – and she has lots of them. title of Australian of the Year in 2015. Join two of WA’s respected sharply observant collection Tales from the Inner City. Nostalgic for this moment? Don’t be. Join the former PM Join us for a magical hour of laughter and tears with one of Elders and seasoned storytellers as they talk about their new As we try to move through a global pandemic, our as she talks about her new book co-authored by Ngozi Australia’s most attentive storytellers. books and their stories of determination and triumph. four-legged friends have never been more important. Iweala Okonjo. Women in Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons offers insights from Jacinda Ardern, Christine LeGarde and a host of other supremely qualified women. ALSO APPEARING ACROSS THE WEEKEND REBECCA GIGGS KATE GRENVILLE / SOPHIE MCNEILL / RICHARD FIDLER / CRAIG SILVEY SAT 20 FEB 4PM REBECCA PRINCE-RUIZ / DONNA MAZZA / BRON BATEMAN / SAT 20 FEB 11.30AM Rebecca Giggs writes about science with the lyricism of CHRIS FLYNN / REBECCA HIGGIE / ELLEN VAN NEERVEN / JESSIE TU / Join the award-winning author of Jasper Jones as a poet. Fathoms is not just a book about whales and the he talks about his latest novel, Honeybee, a heart- oceans, it is a book about humanity and our capacity STEVE KINNANE / JP POMARE / NARDI SIMPSON / YUOT A ALAAK wrenching coming-of-age tale about a young person to hurt even the things we claim to love. Join one of who just wants to be seen. Rendered in the most the country’s most well-respected nature and science ... PLUS MANY MORE poignant detail, this book is a sweetly nostalgic and writers in a special visual presentation that takes us to relatable tale about growing up and getting wise. the depths of the sea. Full schedule released Thu 21 Jan. See perthfestival.com.au for all the details.

48 49 Image: Rachel Audino Image: Jess Wyld LOTTERYWEST LITERATURE GODROO / CRAWLEY IN JOONDALUP & FREMANTLE FILMS UWA SOMERVILLE 30 NOV 2020 – 28 MAR 2021 Presented in association with The Literature Centre Seventeen weeks by the Bilya, under the stars. Gates open 6pm Seventeen nations from all over the planet, 17 Tickets $19 We join forces with The Literature Centre to offer talks and JOONDALUP different languages. 6-Ticket Film Pack $102 conversations with a fantastic mix of genres and first time JOONDALUP LIBRARY 12-Ticket Film Pack $195 authors at the Joondalup Library and The Literature Centre Independent, international cinema is thriving, and Mon 8 – Thu 11 Feb 6pm for 6.30pm Cheap Tuesdays in Fremantle. Duration 60mins we’re proud to present to you the best of it by the Derbarl Yerrigan, the ‘mouth’ of Perth’s waterway. $10 for concession card holders Internationally acclaimed investigative reporter Sophie Mon Sophie McNeill We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know McNeill compels us to read her confronting account of the Tue Yuot A Alaak Father of The Lost Boys From the rugged WA outback to rural Iceland and Film pack vouchers are valid for repercussions of the ever-present violence in the Middle East Wed Holden Sheppard Invisible Boys from a French housing estate to Athens in a strange any session in the entire Lotterywest on ‘ordinary’ people. Thu Alexander Thorpe Death Leaves The Station pandemic. Meet an undercover octogenarian in Chile, Films program and Fist of Fury Noongar Daa Yuot A Alaak discusses his memoir, detailing his father’s trek WALYALUP / FREMANTLE drinking buddies in Denmark, streetkids in Iran and Cheap Tuesday tickets only available leading 20,000 South Sudanese boys from Ethiopian refugee THE LITERATURE CENTRE a stubborn French donkey. And for the first time at for purchase at the venue camps to relative safety in Kenya. Mon 15 – Thu 18 Feb 6pm for 6.30pm Somerville meet none other than Bruce Lee, one of Holden Sheppard explores the growing relationship with him Duration 60mins cinema’s undying icons, here speaking … Noongar! and his multi award-winning debut novel Invisible Boys, and the English teachers and librarians who determine whether his Mon Sophie McNeill We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know Tue Alexander Thorpe Death Leaves The Station gut-wrenching, heartfelt and important story of homophobia Entry by general admission. Seats cannot Wed Holden Sheppard Invisible Boys will reach their students. be saved prior to gates opening at 6pm. Thu Yuot A Alaak Father of The Lost Boys Any items left on seats prior to 6pm will Alexander Thorpe explains why he places his four richly diverse FREE be taken to lost property. Picnics and characters and ingenious plot in the northern Wheatbelt and Registration essential BYO drinks are very welcome. See Fremantle of 1927 in his debut novel. perthfestival.com.au for food options. CTC: Check the classification

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UK FRANCE DENMARK We open our season with an enthralling West Australian frontier THE FURNACE story. The Furnace tells of a little-known chapter in colonial history, unfolding across the ruggedly beautiful landscapes of THE FATHER ANTOINETTE IN ANOTHER ‘An engrossing story … unfolding across Badimia and Nanda Country – Mount Magnet to Kalbarri. the ruggedly beautiful desert landscapes It’s 1897 during the Gold Rush. To escape the harsh outback, a THE CÉVENNES ROUND of Western Australia.’ young Afghan cameleer (Ahmed Malek) falls in with a mysterious HOLLYWOOD REPORTER bushman (David Wenham) on the run with stolen Crown gold. ‘Hopkins is flat-out stunning.’ ‘An hilarious comedy led by an ‘[A] tragicomedy of booze and The Furnace is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and the VARIETY irresistible actress. Run to see midlife defiance.’ Director Roderick MacKay search for identity in a new land. A powerful and significant debut Antoinette.’ LE FIGARO THE GUARDIAN Cast Ahmed Malek, David Wenham, Baykall Ganambarr, Jay Ryan feature from Roderick MacKay, this dramatic and culturally unique 116mins, CTC English, , Pashto, Punjabi, Cantonese with English subtitles Western has it all – thrilling action and adventure, stunning WA vistas, brilliant performances and the uncovering of a Mon 30 Nov – Sun 6 Dec 8pm forgotten history. 50 Almost 80, mischievous, caustic and Primary school teacher Antoinette is Mads Mikkelsen is at his best, giving a defiantly living alone, Anthony (Anthony involved with the (married) father of fierce and unsettling performance in Hopkins) rejects each of the nurses one of her students. Their plan is for a Thomas Vinterberg’s boisterous and , Anne (Olivia Colman), romantic tryst, so Antoinette is furious absorbing dark comedy. lovingly introduces. However, the onset when her lover cancels, in favour of a THE COUNTY of dementia frequently leaves him multi-day hike with his wife, daughter, At a drunken dinner party, four middle- wandering a disorienting labyrinth in and a pack-carrying donkey. Antoinette aged teacher friends embark on an which past and present entangle and decides to follow and surprise him experiment to maintain a constant level ‘Rousing and naturalistic underdog tale.’ vaguely familiar strangers taunt him. on the trail – with her own stubborn of intoxication throughout the workday. THE ARTS DESK With practically every scene providing a companion. Laure Calamy is charming At first life gets better for the group but churning cauldron of emotion, Hopkins and Patrick the donkey steals the show as they push their experiment further A middle-aged widow in rural Iceland takes on the corruption of and Colman are both wondrous to in Caroline Vignal’s delightfully funny things spiral out of control. Directed her local co-op and the outdated, exploitative, male-run system behold in this deeply compassionate, and original comedy that blends life with insight and energy and driven by a that supports it, in the latest from acclaimed filmmaker Grímur undeniably gripping chamber drama. At lessons, romance, insight and stunning great ensemble cast, Another Round is a Hákonarson (Rams, Perth Festival 2016). This quintessentially once comedic and profound, The Father Southern France scenery. sobering comedy about aging, alcoholism Icelandic dramedy will have you cheering for Inga, the down-to- is a moving story of our human condition. and friendship between men. earth underdog, in a way that calls to mind the hero of Woman at War (Perth Festival 2019). Masterfully blending humour, injustice and that trademark Icelandic gruffness together with Director Florian Zeller Director Caroline Vignal Director Thomas Vinterberg the lightest of touches, The County is a stirring and heart- Cast Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Cast Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Côte Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, warming cinema experience. Olivia Williams 97mins, CTC Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang 97mins, CTC French with English subtitles 115mins, CTC Danish with English subtitles Director Grímur Hákonarson Mon 14 – Sun 20 Dec 8pm* Mon 21 - Thu 24 Dec 8pm Cast Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson *Fri 18 Dec 8.30pm Sat 26 & Sun 27 Dec 8pm Mon 28 Dec – Sun 3 Jan 8pm 92mins, CTC Icelandic with English subtitles 75 75 ICELAND 75 Mon 7 – Sun 13 Dec 8pm

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‘A gripping, visually ‘An empowering history of ‘This is the movie you've been ‘A poetic script, gorgeous ‘The most heartwarming spy ‘One of the most touching spectacular revenge thriller.’ badass women.’ waiting for. Don't miss it. Just go.’ landscapes and two fine movie ever made.’ INDIEWIRE and hilarious Irish films.’ HOLLYWOOD REPORTER STEPHANIE GILMORE THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD lead performances.’ IRISH INDEPENDENT (Australian World Champion Surfer) HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

In remote Yolŋu County, Arnhem Land, In the 1980s surf culture was the hottest Inspired by true events, 2020 Academy Superstars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci Meet 83-year-old Sergio. The most In a small country town in 1990’s Ireland, independent-minded ex-cop turned thing on the planet – a circus of fluoro Award-nominated Corpus Christi shine in this heartfelt, intimate love story unlikely spy in the most unlikely anxious Eddie and his more assured bounty hunter (Simon Baker) has recruited colours, peroxide hair and radical male is a remarkable tale of morality and from young British writer-director documentary. His mission – to go schoolmate Amber decide to stage a Aboriginal tracker and massacre survivor egos. In the world of professional surfing redemption. While in youth detention Harry Macqueen. undercover and infiltrate a retirement relationship to stop everyone speculating (Jacob Junior Nayinggul) to reluctantly women were just a sideshow. But an 20-year-old Daniel finds God, but being home to investigate claims of elder about their sexuality. Their ‘ideal’ hunt down Baywarra (Sean Mununggurr), inspiring band of renegade surfer girls an ex-con he can’t become a priest. After Tusker is diagnosed with a abuse. If he could just work out how to arrangement begins to fall apart, forcing the leader of a defiant mob. were out to change all that. Featuring Instead, on his release, he poses as a debilitating illness, he and long-term use his iPhone … Eddie deeper into denial as Amber a line-up of Australian, US and South magnetic young preacher to fool an partner Sam head off on a nostalgic realises that a perilous future awaits Stephen Maxwell Johnson’s long-awaited African surfing greats, Girls Can’t Surf entire Polish village that has its own road trip. Travelling across England’s Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent is a Eddie unless she intervenes. Crafted follow-up to Yolngu Boy is a clear-eyed, is a wild ride of clashing personalities, secret. Astutely navigating ideas of faith, Lake District in an old campervan, the stylish combination of observational with style, salty, laugh-out-loud wit and vivid Indigenous story. Partly inspired sexism, adventure and heartbreak, an virtue and forgiveness, Jan Komasa’s pair are forced to confront the grave documentary and spy movie, with sleek emotional honesty, Dating Amber is by real events, this tense action thriller untold story of a fight against the odds to disciplined and unflinching direction is reality of their situation and look at camerawork and wonderfully watchable both a coming out and a coming-of-age highlights all the breathtaking and savage make their dreams of competing a reality. enhanced by the simply jaw-dropping what the future may hold. With beautiful characters. Quirky and full of fun it comedy, plus a love letter to the highs and beauty of this country. lead performance from young star restraint and outstanding performances, also takes a serious look at old age, lows of teenage life and trying to fit in. Bartosz Bielenia in this surprising and Supernova is a tender story of love. compassion and loneliness. wholly distinctive drama.

Director Stephen Johnson Director Christopher Nelius Director Jan Komasa Director Harry Macqueen Director Maite Alberdi Director David Freyne Cast Simon Baker, Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Cast Layne Beachley, Lisa Anderson, Cast Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Cast Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Cast Sergio Chamy, Rómulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Cast Fionn O’Shea, Lola Petticrew, Sharon Horgan, Jack Thompson, Callan Mulvey Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pam Burridge Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek James Dreyfus Berta Ureta Barry Ward 104mins, CTC Documentary Duration 115mins, MA15+ 93mins, CTC Documentary 92mins, CTC English, Rirratjingu and Gunwinggu with Polish with English subtitles 108mins, CTC 84mins, G Mon 8 – Sun 14 Feb 8pm English subtitles Mon 25 – Sun 31 Jan 8pm* Chilean Spanish with English subtitles Mon 11 – Sun 17 Jan 8pm Mon 18 – Sun 24 Jan 8pm *Tue 26 Jan 8.30pm Mon 4 – Sun 10 Jan 8pm Mon 1 – Sun 7 Feb 8pm 75 50 75

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‘Your jaw will drop.’ VARIETY ‘It has guts and heart and a ‘One of the year’s most dynamic ‘A rivetingly sober, incisive 'A touching tribute to ‘A quirky, funny, melancholic grubby, street-smart charisma.’ and electrifying films – anarchic, investigation of loneliness and stratospheric aspirations delight.’ AWARDS DAILY THE GUARDIAN liberated and contagiously intimacy in the Instagram era.’ thriving against the odds.' alive.’ INDIEWIRE AWARDS DAILY VARIETY

In 2017 North Korean leader Kim When he’s not scheming to acquire a Award-winning director Pablo Larraín Sweat follows three days in the life of From the heights of his apartment in Amidst a worldwide pandemic that Jong-un’s half-brother was assassinated few rial for him and his pals, 12-year- unites Gael García Bernal with newcomer fitness motivator Sylwia. Her social media Gagarine Cité Yuri dreams of becoming causes sudden amnesia, a man finds in a brazen attack at Malaysia’s old Ali is often running errands for the Mariana Di Girolamo in an incendiary presence has made her a celebrity, but an astronaut. But when this vast housing himself enrolled in a recovery program international airport. The two young neighbourhood boss. When he learns new drama set in the vibrant dance world for all her hundreds of thousands of project on the outskirts of Paris is set designed to help him build a new life. women caught on security cameras of a hidden treasure buried beneath of Valparaíso, Chile. Passionate young followers and admirers, she feels she for demolition, he embarks on a mission His treatment: performing daily tasks rubbing deadly chemicals into their the local school, he and his gang enrol dancer Ema and her choreographer is starting to miss true intimacy. As she to save his home and his community, prescribed by his doctors on cassette victim’s face were charged with murder. for the first time so they can dig for it. husband have given up their adopted wrestles with her popularity, she’s forced transforming the estate into his tape and capturing these new memories Were they ruthless assassins, or pawns Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi and his son and their marriage is in chaos. to confront the disconnect between her own ‘starship’. with a Polaroid camera. With its deadpan in a deadly political plot? Documentary cast of mostly non-actors take you on a Now Ema embarks on an odyssey of public and personal existence in vivid style, laced with surreal flourishes and maker Ryan White travels from the thrilling ride in a film that has elements passionate freedom. detail. More than just another send-up Shot on the cusp of the real-life dry, absurdist humour, Greek writer- sanctums of Pyongyang to the rice of prison-break drama, knock-about of social media madness, Sweat is a taut demolition of the Cité Gagarine, this director Christos Nikou’s allegorical fields of Indonesia and Vietnam to the school comedy and far-fetched heist. Interspersing sequences of jaw-dropping and emotional character study. stellar debut moves beautifully between comedy-drama is a beguiling reflection courtrooms of Kuala Lumpur to tell a truly Ultimately Sun Children is a unique story choreography with a gripping and the gritty realism of urban life and the on memory, identity and loss. extraordinary tale of manipulation and of courage and survival. ingeniously structured narrative of dreamlike sequences animating Yuri’s subterfuge that was only possible in this seduction and manipulation, and fuelled hopes, backed by a moody, strange age of social media. by a pulsating score, EMA is electrifying. atmospheric score.

Director Ryan White Director Majid Majidi Director Pablo Larraín Director Magnus von Horn Directors Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh Director Christos Nikou Cast Siti Aisyah, Đoàn Thj Huong, Kim Jong-Nam Cast Rouhollah Zamani, Mahdi Mousavi, Cast Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal, Cast Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Cast Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Cast Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Documentary Shamila Shirzad, Abolfazl Shirzad Santiago Cabrera, Giannina Fruttero Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski Finnegan Oldfield Anna Kalaitzidou, Argiris Bakirtzis 104mins, CTC 99mins, CTC 107mins, MA15+ 100mins, CTC 95mins, CTC 90mins, CTC English, Indonesian, Malay and Vietnamese with Farsi with English subtitles Chilean Spanish with English subtitles Polish with English subtitles French with English subtitles Greek with English subtitles English subtitles Mon 22 – Sun 28 Feb 8pm Mon 1 – Sun 7 Mar 7.30pm Mon 8 – Sun 14 Mar 7.30pm Mon 15 – Sun 21 Mar 7.30pm Mon 22 – Sun 28 Mar 7.30pm Mon 15 – Fri 19 & Sun 21 Feb 8pm 75 75 75 75 75 50

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WALYALUP / FREMANTLE YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE THE OTHER DADAA WA MUSEUM BOOLA BARDIP MTWTFSS Mon 21 Nov 2020 – Mon 26 Apr 2021 SONGLINES Mon – Sun 9.30am – 5pm FEBRUARY 5 6 7 TRACKING THE SEVEN SISTERS Closed public holidays FILM FESTIVAL 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FREE Presented in association with DADAA and Arts Access Victoria 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Presented in association with the National Museum of Australia Bookings essential at museum.wa.gov.au/songlines 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 and Western Australian Museum 50 Join a celebration of disability-led arts practice through a week of artist spotlights, panel discussions and film screenings at DADAA. Step inside the new WA Museum Boola Bardip and be transported along the Artist Spotlights & Panels epic Seven Sisters Dreaming tracks surrounded by more than 300 paintings The Other Film Festival is a ground-breaking program that has put people Tue – Thu and objects, as well as song, dance, photography and innovative multimedia. with disability at the centre of storytelling and the Australian screen Film Screenings Fri – Sun industry for over 20 years. Fully accessible, it brings unique stories to Developed by the National Museum of Australia in consultation with the See perthfestival.com.au traditional owners of the stories, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters is a film lovers. for session details spectacular exhibition that tells an ancient creation saga of the Australian Hear leading practitioners from across Australia discuss the ethics of Tickets desert. Stories originally performed on country are shared in new ways, with disability arts practice and demonstrate the unique qualities of disability- Films $20 artworks becoming portals to the deserts of the Martu, the led artistic exploration in a series of online discussions presented as part Panels FREE and the Anangu Yankunytjatjara peoples. Stand under the of the Festival. Registration essential world’s highest resolution six-metre-wide travelling DomeLab and follow the trail of stunning art and installations throughout the exhibition to be completely immersed in this world, effectively ‘walking’ the songlines.

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Bilya has a double meaning that holds the body in place and connects past and future: bilya is the Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Pretty Beach, 2019, painted wood, silver plate ball chain, crystals, audio river and the umbilical cord. Courtesy the artist and Moore Contemporary With this in mind, our 2021 Visual Arts Program is a reflection on lineage. It is about how stories are – or are not – passed down, how artists grow and change, how tributaries of influence merge into a singular vision, how places and people travel with us though space and time. How the source flows to the sea, to the sky and back again. It is a celebration and a reflection of a EVERYTHING IS TRUE spectrum of creative practice here and now, featuring specially commissioned works from over 30 artists. It connects you to more of the spaces across the city – ‘in real life’ and online – ABDUL-RAHMAN ABDULLAH inhabited by visual art. Enriching that experience will be a soon-to-be-launched podcast series exploring the politics and practice of audio description and the work of our Arts Writing Group, Presented in association with the John Curtin Gallery published in partnership with Semaphore. Everything Is True is the largest ever assembly of sculptural work by DJARLGARRO-NGAT / BENTLEY The 2021 program has been crafted in response to the circumstances of the past year, but the Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, a Perth-based artist whose practice explores JOHN CURTIN GALLERY works reflect more broadly on the conditions that bring us to art, that create a culture and make the different ways that memory can inhabit and emerge from domestic us human. They acknowledge the beautiful challenge of communicating our experiences – of spaces. This exhibition presents audiences with a blend of exquisite Opening belonging, isolation, grief, hope, joy, frustration, anger, solace – and the reward in making technical virtuosity, material intrigue and a palpable presence that can Thu 4 Feb be both playful and terrifying. a connection. Exhibition Fri 5 Feb – Fri 23 Apr Drawing on the narrative capacity of animal archetypes, crafted objects and Mon – Fri 11am – 5pm the human presence, Abdul-Rahman aims to articulate physical dialogues Sat & Sun 12 – 4pm (Feb) between the natural world, identity and the agency of culture. Working Sun 12 – 4pm (Mar - Apr) Visual Arts Program Partner primarily in sculpture and installation, his work has been described as magic realism, creating poetic interventions with the built environment. FREE

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606060 61 Image: Leyla Stevens, Kidung (video still), 2019 Image: Olga Cironis, Alexandra (detail), 2013, digital print Image: Patrick Carter, BLOOM #3 (video still), 2018 Dean Cross, 23rd March (1770 - 2020), 2020, oilstick and gesso and linen Courtesy the artist Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of Courtesy the artist Courtesy the artist DUA DUNIA DISLOCATION SONGS FROM PATRICK THE GATHERING LEYLA STEVENS OLGA CIRONIS WILLIAM CARTER Presented in association with PS Art Space Presented in association with Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery Presented in association with Presented in association with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Dua Dunia is the first solo exhibition in Perth by For more than 30 years Olga Cironis has used familiar Australian-Balinese artist Leyla Stevens. Part of an materials to make powerful sculptural forms that resonate Noongar artist and performer Patrick Carter uses Curated by Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, the gathering is a ongoing investigation into Bali’s transcultural geographies with a sense of disenfranchised identity. Dislocation is a performance, video, sound and painting to tell his stories. reflection upon the act of gathering – bringing together and the hidden histories that serve to destabilise its survey exhibition that amplifies recurring concerns about This exhibition collects recent works into an evocative peoples, words, politics, objects, images, identities, construction and representation as an island paradise, life, relationships, memory and empathy. survey of his artistic practice, tracking explorations in histories, dreams and concerns. Artists from Australia the exhibition centres around Kidung, a three-channel narrative, gesture and dance and the development of and Aotearoa New Zealand reflect on unique histories video installation, newly reimagined for PS Art Space. In Olga came to Australia in 1971 and the experience of migration significant collaborations with filmmakers and musicians. It and realities for First Peoples, at a time when many of us this work a ballad of witness and testimony, sung by and otherness permeates all her installations, objects, also premieres a new film commissioned by Perth Festival, wrestle with imaginings of our future. in which the element of wind, the colour black and the beat Cok Sawitri, is interwoven with the image of a banyan photographs and videos. Dislocation invites you to contribute Throughout the exhibition hear from special guests, of drums signal powerful acts of transformation. tree on the site of a mass grave in south Bali. This tree is to her ever-expanding Loom + Hair Mountain of Words participate in conversations and learn more about the a record of time, a marker of unseen spirit activity and project, and also incorporates a newly-completed video histories and cultures which inform the artists’ works. witness to the island’s hidden histories. work and reconstructed pieces from previous decades. YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE See perthfestival.com.au for full program of events. PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS WALYALUP / FREMANTLE GODROO / CRAWLEY YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY Opening PS ART SPACE Sun 7 Feb PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Opening Opening Exhibition Opening Fri 5 Feb 6.30 – 8.30pm Fri 12 Feb 6 - 8pm Tue 9 Feb – Sun 18 Apr Sun 7 Feb Tue – Sun 10am – 5pm Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Fri 5 – Sat 27 Feb Sat 13 Feb - Sat 5 Jun FREE Tue 9 Feb – Sun 18 Apr Tue – Sat 10am – 4pm Tue - Sat 12 - 5pm Tue – Sun 10am – 5pm FREE FREE 50 FREE

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62 63 Image: Erin Coates, The Alluvium (video still), 2020 Image: Tee Ken Ng, Tim Minchin's Leaving LA (video still), 2020 Image: Julia Davis, Undercurrent (video still), 2017 Courtesy the artist Courtesy the artist Courtesy the artist ALLUVIAL GOLD WHAT WASHES UP LEAVING LA REFLECTION / PIP LEWI TEE KEN NG & TIM MINCHIN Presented in association with Goolugatup SUBMERSION Heathcote and Tura New Music Presented in association with Alluvial Gold brings a visceral drama to the often-forgotten Discover artistic musings in unexpected places throughout the Art Gallery of Western Australia Presented in association with the worlds below the surface of the river in a performance- the Festival. Holmes à Court Gallery installation by percussionist Louise Devenish, composer Stuart ‘Spume’ refers to the foam produced by the churning of This exhibition from globally recognised, Perth-based The ocean is an ephemeral and moody mass that has James and visual artist Erin Coates. Sculptural percussion water, capping the waves or leaving tidelines on a riverbed. artist, filmmaker and designer Tee Ken Ng focuses on his compelled artists for centuries. From the multiple instruments modelled on dolphin bones, native oyster Pip Lewi’s drawings chart an ’urban spume’ in vivid texta, recent animated music video for another Perth luminary, perspectives of above, below and within, through shells and marine ecology are paired with vibraphone and pen and layers of correction fluid, chronicling detritus and Tim Minchin. Presented as an installation of the swirling abstraction and representation, across diverse media electronics in this multisensory musical performance. The markings left in the city by tides of human activity. Over hand-made zoetropes that bring Tim’s song ‘Leaving LA’ Reflection / Submersion explores the ocean, its life-forms instruments are nestled against a sonified shell curtain and the course of the Festival Pip’s works will ebb and flow daily to visual life, it reveals the unique and exquisite charm, and the images and imaginary visions that it inspires. immersed in a video projection design featuring underwater across online platforms, public screens and other places, art and craft of Tee Ken’s animation practice. Combined footage and sound recordings captured in the river. forming an ephemeral ode to things discarded, forgotten with live video projections of the zoetropes in action Never before exhibited and new works from invited artists and overlooked. and an accompanying soundtrack, you’ll feel like you’re will be shown alongside works from the Janet Holmes à GOOLUGATUP / APPLECROSS in the animation itself as the entire piece becomes a Court Collection in an exhibition that considers the ocean as living artwork that fully encompasses you. both a reflective surface and enveloping depth. GOOLUGATUP HEATHCOTE – GALLERY ONLINE AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS YANDILUP / NORTHBRIDGE Performance Fri 5 – Sun 28 Feb GOOYAMAN / WEST PERTH Wed 10 – Sat 13 Feb 7pm Various times ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA HOLMES À COURT GALLERY @ NO.10 Exhibition FREE Sat 14 Nov 2020 – Sun 14 Feb 2021 Sat 30 Jan – Mon 22 Mar Opening Wed – Mon 10am – 5pm Sat 6 Feb Tue – Fri 10am – 3pm Surtitle 100 100 Sat & Sun 12 – 4pm FREE Exhibition Tickets Sat 6 – Sat 27 Feb Performance $30 50 Tue – Sat 11am – 5pm Exhibition FREE FREE Produced by WBMC Surtitle 50 100 100

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Image: Leila Doneo Baptist, Image: Wong + Megirian x Liam Kennedy, 2020 Image: Pixel Poetry Five Exotic Fruits You Haven’t Tried: This Is Not A Self Portrait (video still), 2019 Courtesy the artist THE HANDS SHOULD FAIR ISLE A FOREST OF HAVE NO PEACE Presented in association with DADAA Presented in association with HOOKS AND NAILS Cool Change Contemporary The past year has refocussed attention on craft activities The hands should have no peace takes its name from a passage and ways of working together. Fair Isle honours the quiet in Toni Morrison’s novel Sula, which describes how intense activism of craft-based practices and collective forms of Presented in association with Fremantle Arts Centre WALYALUP / FREMANTLE production by reframing the gallery as a space for actively emotion is experienced fully in the body. Hands are the restless, FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE wiggling movers, changers and feelers. They represent a bridge ‘thinking through making’. Featuring new works by See the traditional gallery dynamic flipped on its head as the install crew between interior and exterior worlds, with the capacity to Western Australian artists, designers, photographers Opening step into the limelight for A Forest of Hooks and Nails. make and touch, to inflict great harm or heal, to dangle fingers and writers, this exhibition explores how artists use their Wed 3 Feb through a perpetually running creek. Spanning a diverse practices for new forms of adaptation and self-sufficiency, Fremantle Arts Centre’s world class gallery program has an invisible Exhibition range of media including drawing, illustration and video, this to build spaces of learning and care, and to create heart – its install team. Working with artists, curators, designers and other Thu 4 Feb – Sun 21 Mar exhibition highlights the power of visual storytelling to express continuity and community amidst disruption. Mon – Sun 10am – 5pm an ‘embodied’ experience deeply connected with community staff, they combine their varied, ever-expanding skills to create elegant and place. and complex exhibitions. Yet the best installers are invisible, essential yet FREE unrecognised. In A Forest of Hooks and Nails these installers, all artists in WALYALUP / FREMANTLE their own right, use their years of insider knowledge and intimate behind- 75 KARBOORDUP / PERTH CBD DADAA the-scenes experience to produce site-specific artworks that engage with the building, its history, the community and the politics and aesthetics of COOL CHANGE CONTEMPORARY Opening this much-loved Fremantle icon. Fri 5 Feb Opening Sat 6 Feb Exhibition Sat 6 – Sat 27 Feb Exhibition Tue – Sat 10am – 4pm Sun 7 – Sun 28 Feb Wed – Sun 11am – 5pm FREE FREE 75

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Bangarra Dance Workshop Image: Cam Campbell Currated by Kids Image: Jenna Mathie

INSPIRING EMERGING ARTISTS – FROM CREATIVE LEARNING TO FESTIVAL LAB AND BEYOND CONNECT AND YOU

Many of our Festival artists have been involved in Connect in ‘I was at a crossroads in my personal life and my practice. I was Connect is our ever-evolving series of engagement programs CONNECT the past and been inspired by their Perth Festival experiences. like, what do I really want? It was just really nice to experience that aim to connect individuals and communities to the Like Mararo Wangai, who saw Exit/Exist when he was part of so much of the Festival and to indulge in some self-reflection Festival and each other. They are a source of inspiration, Festival Lab in 2017, a show which influenced the making of for a month with nine other brilliant creatives.’ Phoebe challenge and motivation for those who take part. Our Our Connect programs encourage creativity his new work Black Brass. Previous Lab alumni Jay Emmanuel is grateful for her different Connect experiences and the Connect programs include community engagement, arts and curiosity and provide access to amazing and Pavan Kumar Hari are both involved in the world premiere connections she has made – none more so than James Berlyn, industry engagement and creative learning, offering artistic experiences. Our unrivalled Creative Children of the Sea, Pavan as composer and Jay as the WA Youth Theatre Company artistic director and creator and opportunities for students, educators, young people, local show’s creator. artists, arts workers, arts enthusiasts and community groups. Learning program introduces young people to director of BESIDE. the arts and supports them in their creativity. Phoebe Sullivan is an artist who has come full circle in working ‘The clearest memory I have of doing the Young Ambassador Visit perthfestival.com.au for more information on how you We also create many opportunities for local as an associate artist on BESIDE, another new theatre work program was with James, working on The Future Postal Service.’ can be involved and connect with Perth Festival in the best premiering in 2021. After moving to Perth in 2014, her first artists to enhance their practice. way for you. Festival experience was in the Creative Learning program where Since then Phoebe has gone on to work with James and she was a Young Ambassador. She has since had the opportunity WA Youth Theatre Company as an actor and director and Connect supported by We are proud to provide programs that to participate in professional workshops and to be part of now artistic associate. support and empower Western Australian Festival Lab. ‘It’s funny how it’s worked out – six years of a relationship with communities through participation in the Her Festival Lab experience in early 2020 came at the a festival but also with another practitioner that culminates in arts and help our sector thrive. perfect time for her. this one experience.’ Our Connect Programs supported by Ungar Family Foundation, Fogarty Foundation, Packer Family Foundation, McClements Foundation, BUPA, Audio Technik, Healthway and Wind over Water Foundation

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The University of Western Australia’s foundation history Lead Media Partner Production Partners Leadership Partners professor Fred Alexander established the ‘festival of the people’ in 1953 as an extension of the Summer School UNIVERSITY evenings beneath UWA Somerville Auditorium’s famous pines. Then, as now, the Festival relied on the goodwill and hands-on support of its community for the success that has seeded decades of Perth’s cultural growth and OF WESTERN international outreach. The Festival continues to play a key role in the Premiere Partner Major Partners Public Funding Partner university’s impact on its community, captivating people across the generations and embodying the joy of life- AUSTRALIA long learning fostered by UWA. Beyond the Festival, the Crawley campus is a year-round WHERE IT ALL BEGAN hub of music, theatre, exhibitions, literary talks and programs including the WINTERarts and SPRINGarts seasons. The beautiful grounds are home to some of the most significant sculptures, murals and installations Supporting Partners Perth Festival wishes to thank and acknowledge Lotterywest on behalf of the many artists, organisations in the State. The UWA Cultural Precinct also manages and events in this program that have been supported by the Lotterywest COVID-19 Relief Fund. UWA Publishing, Lawrence Wilson Gallery and the See Subiaco Archives of Humanity supported by Wesfarmers Arts. One of the world’s youngest cities has one Berndt Museum, whose 12,000 artworks and 35,000 Vision Australia Radio Children of the Sea and Hymns for End Times supported by the Australian Government through the Australia of the world’s longest-running arts festivals, photographs represent one of Australia’s most significant Hertz Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. collections of Aboriginal cultural heritage. Children of the Sea, Black Brass, Hymns for End Times, Slow Burn, Together and Whale Fall supported by thanks to the foresight of a university The State Buildings the WA Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. professor and a passionate group of In the quest to Seek Wisdom, as its motto advocates, The Backlot Dreams of Place partnership between West Australian Symphony Orchestra and UWA aspires to make a positive difference and tackle the Escala Partners Western Australian Youth Orchestra supported by Woodside. enterprising volunteers and arts lovers. great local and global challenges of our time. RTRFM Hymns for End Times and Whistleblower supported by Minderoo Foundation. MoveMoveMove presented with the support of venue partners, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia Hadiqa and The Rechabite and project donors Impact100 WA, Megan & Arthur Criddle and the APS Foundation. Its rollcall of illustrious artistic alumni – think Giniversity WASO’s Indigenous Creative Collaborations supported by Bendat Family Foundation. Cat Hope, James Ledger, Iain Grandage, Shaun Tan, The University Club of WA Whale Fall supported by City of Perth and PICA’s Art Commissioners. Josephine Wilson and Tim Minchin – are testament to the many ways this university feeds the community’s Boffins Books Whistleblower assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festival’s Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International spirit and shapes its future. Arts Festivals Inc, commissioned by Perth Festival, Sydney Festival and Arts Centre Melbourne.

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Art can bring joy into our lives: encouraging us, challenging us, stimulating us, relaxing us and making us wonder. As the premier arts event in Western Australia, LOTTERYWEST Perth Festival 2021 is again leading the way to bring our – PROUDLY SUPPORTING community together. The Festival holds a special place in the hearts of many Western Australians. It celebrates all that is special about our state and our incredible arts scene. PERTH Since 1991, Lotterywest has supported the Festival with WESTERN grants totalling over $136 million. During that time, the Festival has developed and grown with our community to connect increasingly diverse audiences to the beauty and wonder of the arts and to our special part of the world.

AUSTRALIA One of the many strengths of Perth Festival is its essential WA focus. Last year’s Highway to Hell PRETEND PERTH IS A PLACE perfectly illustrated Perth’s vitality and creativity. In YOU’VE NEVER BEEN. More than ever, we appreciate the 2019, Boorna Waanginy was a wonderful and moving experience depicting the essence of Indigenous culture importance of people engaging with others, Embark on new adventures, indulge in culinary delights or take of positively building a healthy, culturally rich and our unique environment. With a program dedicated to showcasing the talent we have right here in our time to relax. Perth’s mix of world-class hotels and short stay and diverse community. own backyard, Perth Festival 2021 promises to be an opportunity to discover experiences that would be at accommodation make for the perfect festival staycation. home anywhere on the world stage. GO FORTH WA. EXPERIENCEPERTH.COM Lotterywest is again proud to support Perth Festival as it delivers moving events, performances and experiences that celebrate Western Australian culture and heritage.

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and State Library car parks We love our partnership with Perth Festival for so many reasons – the energy of ideas, the commissioning of new work, the cultural moments that bring us all together and SUBMITTING ask us to hit pause on the everyday to reflect on what it means to be human and to submit to the power of the imagination. The Festival gives us these experiences and TO THE POWER we find it enormously rewarding to support this kind of engagement with artists. OF IMAGINATION Wesfarmers has worked with Perth Festival since 2004, and as Visual Arts Program partner since 2008, 3 HOURS $10 ALL DAY $5 NIGHT and each Festival year brings its own magic. We are FREE PARKING WEEKEND PARKING PARKING proud to support art that is compelling, heartfelt and Wesfarmers has long understood the transformative. From the Wesfarmers Commission Series opera The Love of the Nightingale with West Australian importance of the arts in a creative and Opera in 2007 to the incredible Inside Australia project at weekends and between 6am from 6pm cohesive society. As a community we need with Anthony Gormley and the wonderful VR works, public holidays at and 5.59pm every night our artists and creatives more than ever, Laurie Anderson’s Chalkroom at PICA and Lynette Walworth’s Awavena at the Art Gallery of Western the Perth Cultural and supporting this industry is critical to Australia in 2020, there have been many highlights. And Centre car park being able to continue its vital contribution the 2021 Festival, with its focus on Western Australian art and artists, will provide many more. It is going to be the to our community, artistically and through most wonderful celebration of the exceptional talent we education and community programs. have in this state.

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FRIENDS PRESALE BOOKING PERIOD from 12pm Wed 18 Nov. GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE 9am Wed 25 Nov. You can become a Friend at any time online or by calling the Festival Info Centre. Full booking details at perthfestival.com.au

HOW TO BOOK Fees and Charges TICKET PRICING Group Pricing ACCESS BOOKINGS Wheelchair and Companion Perth Festival is not charging a Group pricing is available for Card Bookings Ticket prices listed in this brochure Tickets can be booked in person, by Online transaction fee for tickets purchased selected events where 11 or more For wheelchair bookings select the perthfestival.com.au indicate the range of Adult prices phone on or online at through the Festival (online, via mail tickets are purchased. Contact 08 6488 8616 wheelchair seat or price type at available for an event. The lowest perthfestival.com.au or email or on the phone). If you [email protected] the time of booking. Please email Phone price may not be for the best seats choose to have your tickets delivered for details. Alternatively, email [email protected] with Festival Info Centre 08 6488 5555 in the venue and does not indicate by Registered Post (recommended for with specifications and dimensions of the Thu 19 Nov – Wed 3 Feb availability. Visit perthfestival.com.au For School group booking details [email protected] general admission events) a fee of $4.40 your accessible seating request. wheelchair and any additional user Mon – Fri 9am– 2pm for a breakdown of the individual costs visit perthfestival.com.au will apply. Fees are non-refundable. Please include the Event Name, requirements (such as the preference Sat 10am-2pm applicable to you. Other authorised ticketing agents selling Dynamic Pricing Venue, Date and Time along with your to transfer to a seat). tickets to Perth Festival shows charge Any event or product sold through contact details and our Ticketing staff Thu 4 Feb – Sat 27 Feb Discounted Pricing For patrons who require the different transaction fees. Please visit Concession prices are available for Perth Festival is subject to demand- will call you to process the payment. Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm assistance of a companion or carer, Sat 10am – 2pm their websites for details. most Festival events at most price based pricing. This may see prices All access performance tickets will be a second ticket is issued at no cost reserves. These prices apply to increase or decrease at any time Refunds and Exchanges available at the lowest full price in the to the Companion Card holder. To Over the Counter Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, during a sales period for any given All ticket purchases are final and shall venue for that performance. register for online bookings please Thu 19 Nov – Thu 24 Dec Health Care Card holders and event or product. These changes may not be refunded or exchanged except email [email protected] Octagon Theatre, UWA Full-time students. Full-time students occur without notice. Such alterations as required by law or in accordance Audio Description and Auslan with a photo of your card or Thu & Fri 10am – 2pm are entitled to $25 tickets for selected do not entitle you to a refund or with the LPA Ticketing Code of Practice. Interpreting Bookings full details such as CC number, events. Concession or Student card adjustment for tickets purchased prior Lost or stolen tickets purchased for For Auslan interpreted or Audio full name and expiry and any Official Sales Channels details may be requested at the time of to revised pricing. general admission events will not be Described performances please use user requirements. We will send Patrons are strongly advised to only booking and/or at the door. replaced. Tickets with a seat allocation the following promo codes to unlock confirmation of your request and give purchase tickets directly through Perth the special reserved seating: can be replaced and applicable Friends are entitled to a 10% discount off PACKAGES you access to book online. Returning Festival, Perth Theatre Trust or through Auslan Interpreting replacement fees will apply. the Adult price on two tickets for most AUSLAN Companion Card patrons do not the venue’s official ticketing provider in Audio Description Festival events at most price reserves. Lotterywest Films Packs AUDIO need to send these details unless order to prevent ticket scalping and to COVID Ticketing Information Somerville film vouchers are available Create a log in and enter the promo your card has expired. guarantee entry into the event. Please do not attend any Perth Festival See Three or More and Save in flexible six and 12 packs and are code to see all access performances event if you are feeling unwell. Book tickets to three or more events in valid for all Lotterywest Films sessions Gift Certificates associated with that code. Please visit one transaction through Perth Festival including Fist of Fury Noongar Daa. Gift certificates can be used to Discretionary exchanges or refunds may the bookings page on our website for to save 10%. Friends save an extra Simply take your voucher(s) straight to purchase events only through be considered if you have been in direct more details. 5% on top of their standard discount. the gate on the night. Entry is subject perthfestival.com.au and expire at contact with someone with suspected Offer applies to lowest common to available venue capacity. the end of the 2021 Festival season. COVID-19 or someone who has Captioning Bookings number of tickets. Available for select All captioned performances for returned from international or interstate Family Packs events only, marked Perth Festival 2021 have open travel in the 14 days prior to the event. Share a live performance experience BOOKING CONDITIONS captioning. Patrons can select any Pay What you Can with the whole family for a discounted If any of these scenarios apply to you, location in any price reserve during Performance Limitations For selected events in our Literature price. Packs include two Adult and please contact us in writing at least the booking process. All programs and artists are subject & Ideas program we are trialling a new two Student/Child tickets. 48 hours before the event you are to change without notice. Perth approach to ticketing. Simply pay what HOUSE $135 p16 due to attend outlining the details of Festival reserves the right to exclude you can. We’ll let you know a suggested The Little Mermaid $110 p40 your situation. This policy is subject to latecomers at certain events or to price for these events online, but you change should the WA Government’s admit only at a suitable point in the can choose to pay any amount you’d health advice change. performance. like – from $0. Any amount you pay Please contact above the suggested ticket price will be Details contained in this brochure are correct at The paper used in this brochure is Australian [email protected] used to ensure that other people are time of printing but are subject to change where made and manufactured by an ISO 14001 or check our website for live able to attend Festival events where necessary and without notice. Please check certified mill, with all virgin pulp derived from COVID-19 updates. cost is normally a barrier. perthfestival.com.au for up to date information. well-managed forests and controlled sources.

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Perth Festival is committed to making ACCESS SYMBOLS AUDIO DESCRIPTION AUSLAN INTERPRETING our events and performances accessible. Audio describers provide live verbal descriptions An interpreter stands to one side of the stage and To help with this we offer the option WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE of actions, costumes, scenery and other visual live translates the text and dialogue into Auslan. to make your access bookings online. The venue/location is wheelchair accessible. If this elements of the performance between gaps in the dialogue on stage via a personal headset. The following performances and events will be This means for all Auslan interpreted, symbol is not listed on an event access may be limited Auslan interpreted: captioning, audio description, tactile so please contact us for more details The following performances and films will audio A Day of Ideas (p47) Sat 13 Feb tour, wheelchair or Companion Card described: BESIDE (p22) Sat 27 Feb 8pm bookings you can book online, over the ASSISTIVE LISTENING Archives of Humanity (p18) Sun 7 Feb 4pm (p27) Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm phone, in person or via email. Venue has Assistive listening systems that provide Black Brass (p27) Sat 27 Feb 7.30pm Black Brass hearing augmentation and amplification Children of the Sea (p25) Thu 11 Feb 7pm Please call us on 08 6488 8616 or email Children of the Sea (p25) Fri 12 Feb 7pm (p16) Tue 9 Feb 6.30pm HOUSE (p16) Wed 10 Feb 6.30pm HOUSE [email protected] if you Surtitle 100 100 NO MUSIC OR DIALOGUE (p33) Sat 13 Feb 7.30pm have any questions about accessibility or The Little Mermaid (p40) Sun 21 Feb 2pm Koort (p50) Mon 15 Feb to book tickets. The Other Film Festival (p58) all panels and films Literature in Fremantle 6.30pm (Sophie McNeill session) 75 EVENT IS FULLY SURTITLED/SUBTITLED The Sum of Us (p26) Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm Literature in Joondalup (p50) Wed 10 Feb OR HAS MINIMAL DIALOGUE Whistleblower (p14) Fri 26 Feb 7pm 6.30pm (Holden Sheppard session) ACCESS GUIDE There may be some background music and/or sounds Whale Fall (p24) Fri 26 Feb 7.30pm Literature Weekend in the City (p48) Sat 20 & For all the details on Perth Festival’s access Sun 21 Feb program and detailed information about 50 EVENT IS PARTIALLY SURTITLED/ Mama Stitch (p29) Fri 19 Feb 6.30pm venues please refer to the Perth Festival’s TACTILE TOUR SUBTITLED OR INCLUDES DIALOGUE Access Guide at perthfestival.com.au or by Patrons who are blind or have low vision and The Cherry Orchard (p20) Tue 9 Mar 6pm There will be background music and/or sounds calling 08 6488 8616. their companions can explore the set, props and The Little Mermaid (p40) Sat 20 Feb 11am costumes prior to the performance. Tours are free but bookings are essential. The Other Film Festival (p58) all panels OPEN CAPTIONING The Sum of Us (p26) Wed 24 Feb 7.30pm ACCESSIBLE For people who are hard of hearing or Deaf, captioning Tactile tours will be available before the following is an accurate text display of a performance in its performances: Whale Fall (p24) Tue 23 Feb 7.30pm BROCHURE FORMATS entirety, displayed on screens to the side or above the Archives of Humanity (p18) Sun 7 Feb 4pm Whistleblower (p14) Sun 21 Feb 5.30pm stage. Did you know you can get Festival Black Brass (p27) Sat 27 Feb 7.30pm The following performances will have open captioning: information in alternative formats? Children of the Sea (p25) Fri 12 Feb 7pm FESTIVAL INFORMATION This brochure is also available: HOUSE (p16) Sun 7 Feb 2pm HOUSE (p16) Wed 10 Feb 6.30pm • online in print or audio versions Literature Weekend in the City (p48) National Relay Service at perthfestival.com.au Sat 20 & Sun 21 Feb (auditorium only) Mama Stitch (p29) Sat 20 Feb 6.30pm You can contact Perth Festival through the • as a large print, PDF, RTF and Word file The Other Film Festival (p58) all panels and films The Little Mermaid (p40) Sun 21 Feb 2pm National Relay Service. Whale Fall (p24) Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm The Sum of Us (p26) Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm • TTY users phone 133 677 Whistleblower (p14) Fri 26 Feb 7pm • Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 BRAILLE RELAXED PERFORMANCE Whale Fall (p24) Fri 26 Feb 7.30pm • Or via internet-relay.nrscall.gov.au A relaxed performance is a specially adapted Perth Festival can provide Braille programs for show, modified for adults and children who specific events on request. Please order your might benefit from a more relaxed environment. copy by Fri 15 Jan 2021. HOUSE (p16) Sun 7 Feb 2pm

90 91 CITY OF LIGHTS MEET THE TEAM A B E R D E E N S T R E E T Patron of the Festival Program Administrator Philanthropy Manager, Annual Giving F R A N C I S S T R E E T Ciaran McDonald Louella Hayes THE P The Honourable Kim Beazley AC RECHABITE Governor of Western Australia Executive Administrator Philanthropy Consultant Nell Mitchell Andree McIntyre STATE Community Engagement Coordinator Sponsorship & Grants Associate LIBRARY Executive ALEX OF WA Ellie Murray-Yong Anna Lee Normann HOTEL Artistic Director Iain Grandage Producer Philanthropy Coordinator Executive Director Nathan Bennett Anna Kosky Sophie Le Butt Producer: Connect Development Events Assistant WA Perth Festival Board MUSEUM Jenna Mathie Sarah Rippon BOOLA BARDIP Tim Ungar (Chair), Rowena Albones, Producer: Witness Stand Development Intern LANTERN LANE Adrian Fini, David Flynn, Rishelle Hume, Katherine Wilkinson Natalia Garcia Murcia Fiona Kalaf, Ben Lisle, Tayyeb Shah, Event Manager Special Events WILLIAM STREET Terri-ann White Lucy Gibson Marketing & Communications THE BLUE ROOM Education Consultant Head of Marketing THEATRE Perth Festival Board Invitees Libby Klysz STATE Tony Millar THEATRE Frank Cooper, Susan Hunt Technical Director Marketing Manager CENTRE OF WA PICA Shona Treadgold Michelle Goldblatt Noongar Advisory Circle Audience Services Manager Campaign Manager Vivienne ‘Binyarn’ Hansen, Fiona Smith Miranda Cookman Mitchella ‘Waljin’ Hutchins, Carol Innes, Production Manager: Special Events Campaign Executive Barry McGuire, Richard Walley OAM, John Carter Chebet Williams Roma ‘Yibiyung’ Winmar Production Administrator Digital Content Strategist Alex Hayes Rachel Audino Access & Inclusion Production Trainee Brand Activator Mitchell McClements BEAUFORT STREET Advisory Committee Fiona Bruce ART ProgrammingTrainees GALLERY Morwenna Collett, Signage Installation Team Leader OF WA Zahra Al Hilaly, Layne Dixon, Alex Coles Simone Flavelle, Rafael Gonzalez, Joshua N. Grové Julia Hales, Melanie Hawkes, Grace King, Publications Manager Andi Lawson-Moore Mary-Ellen King, Corporate Services Katherine Wilkinson Senior Graphic Designer Head of Corporate Services Scott Weir R O E S T R E E T Youth Advisory Council Shona Tchilingirian Junior Graphic Designer Finance Managers Tina Han Rachel Anderson, Amy Bowdrey, Tien Tran, Greg Apps Design Interns T Kailyn Crabbe, Lawrence Drown, Assistant Accountant Melissa Choeng, Toby O'Keeffe Peter Farmer Jnr Apu Karajag, Beck Nouraei Ticketing Manager P Kate Milligan, Ryan Ng, Josef Quinn, Payroll Officer Scott Beckwith Brianne Yarran Sue Aston Ticketing Administrator IT & Systems Administrator Rachel Pike Friends of the Festival Justin Cheek Event & Memberships Ticketing Chair Tracy Deveugle-Frink Executive Assistance & Videographer Coordinator Executive Officer Emily Davies, Peter Liacopoulos Phoebe Tempra Phoebe Tempra Stakeholder Ticketing Coordinator People & Culture Stevie Snook Programming & Production Head of People & Culture Ticketing Team Executive Producer Jessica Blackwell Jazmin Ealden, Aidan Girardi, Anna Reece People & Culture Trainees Cameron Allen, Alysia Milligan W E L L I N G T O N S T R E E T Associate Artist Setha Chhum, Leah Derham Somerville Box Office Supervisors P Kylie Bracknell Pete Sabatini, Rachel Doulton Curator: Literature & Ideas Development Communications Manager T Stephen Bevis Sisonke Msimang Head of Development & Strategy Communications Coordinator Program Associate: Film Sarah Tompkin Belinda Sherry Tom Vincent Partnership Manager Communications Assistant Program Associate: Visual Arts Tim Milroy Tracey Peacock Gemma Weston Sponsorship Manager Marketing & Communications Interns Program Manager Claudia Ottobrino Jessica Darlow Aimee Correia, Ella Winterbottom For full venue location information visit perthfestival.com.au 92 93 LITERATURE SPECIAL SCHEDULE & IDEAS FILM EVENT MUSIC DANCE THEATRE VISUAL ARTS CABARET

VENUE / DATE FRI 5 FEB SAT 6 FEB SUN 7 FEB MON 8 FEB TUE 9 FEB WED 10 FEB THU 11 FEB FRI 12 FEB SAT 13 FEB SUN 14 FEB MON 15 FEB TUE 16 FEB Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath CITY OF LIGHTS 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HEATH LEDGER THEATRE 6.30pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 2pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 6.30pm, p16 Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity Archives of Humanity STUDIO UNDERGROUND 7pm, p18 1 & 7pm, p18 4pm, p18 7pm, p18 7pm, p18 7pm, p18 7pm, p18 2pm, p18 I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person ALEX HOTEL 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 One & Many: One & Many: Shaun Lee-Chen Shaun Lee-Chen WA MUSEUM 6pm, p30 6pm, p30 BOOLA BARDIP Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 Tim Minchin with WASO KINGS PARK 7pm, p8 Dreams of Place Dreams of Place A Day of Ideas PERTH CONCERT HALL 7pm, p32 5pm, p32 10am – 5pm, p47 GOVERNMENT HOUSE Koort (Heart) The Jazz Line GARDENS 7.30pm, p33 5pm, p34 Children of the Sea Children of the Sea Children of the Sea Children of the Sea SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE 7pm, p25 7pm, p25 7pm, p25 2 & 7pm, p25 Galup Galup Galup Galup Galup LAKE MONGER RESERVE 6.15pm, p23 6.15pm, p23 6pm, p23 6pm, p23 6pm, p23 THE QUARRY Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry AMPHITHEATRE 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand Witness Stand p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 p12 VARIOUS LOCAIONS what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up what washes up p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 p64 The Mole Agent The Mole Agent The Mole Agent Dating Amber Dating Amber Dating Amber Dating Amber Dating Amber Dating Amber Dating Amber Assassins Assassins UWA SOMERVILLE 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p55 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 LAWRENCE WILSON ART Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation GALLERY Opening, p62 p62 p62 the gathering the gathering the gathering the gathering the gathering the gathering the gathering the gathering Opening, p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William William Carter William Carter William Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Opening, p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 p63 ART GALLERY OF WESTERN Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA Leaving LA AUSTRALIA p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 COOL CHANGE the hands should have the hands should the hands should have the hands should have no the hands should have no the hands should have no the hands should have no no peace have no peace no peace peace peace peace peace CONTEMPORARY Opening, p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 HOLMES À COURT GALLERY Reflection / Reflection / Reflection / Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Submersion Submersion Submersion p65 p65 p65 p65 @ NO. 10 Opening, p65 p65 p65 Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True Everything is True JOHN CURTIN GALLERY p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 p61 Alluvial Gold Alluvial Gold Alluvial Gold Alluvial Gold GOOLUGATUP HEATHCOTE 7pm, p64 7pm, p64 7pm, p64 7pm, p64 Literature in Joondalup Literature in Joondalup Literature in Joondalup Literature in Joondalup JOONDALUP LIBRARY 6.30pm, p50 6.30pm, p50 6.30pm, p50 6.30pm, p50 Literature in Fremantle Literature in Fremantle THE LITERATURE CENTRE 6.30pm, p50 6.30pm, p50 The Other Film Festival p58 DADAA Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Fair Isle Opening, p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 p66 FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails Nails p67 Nails p67 and Nails p67 Nails p67 Nails p67 Nails p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia Dua Dunia PS ART SPACE Opening, p62 p62 p62 p62 p62 p62 p62 p62

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VENUE / DATE WED 17 FEB THU 18 FEB FRI 19 FEB SAT 20 FEB SUN 21 FEB MON 22 FEB TUE 23 FEB WED 24 FEB THU 25 FEB FRI 26 FEB SAT 27 FEB SUN 28 FEB Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath CITY OF LIGHTS 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath Bilya Beneath 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 7pm – late, p6 Whistleblower Whistleblower Whistleblower HEATH LEDGER THEATRE 7pm, p14 7pm, p14 5.30pm, p14 Whistleblower Whistleblower Whistleblower Whistleblower Whistleblower Whistleblower 7pm, p14 7pm, p14 7pm, p14 7pm, p14 7pm, p14 5.30pm, p14 Slow Burn, Together Slow Burn, Together Slow Burn, Together Slow Burn, Together STUDIO UNDERGROUND 6.30pm, p36 6.30pm, p36 6.30pm, p36 5pm, p36 Black Brass Black Brass Black Brass Black Brass Black Brass 7.30pm, p27 7.30pm, p27 7.30pm, p27 7.30pm, p27 6pm, p27 STATE THEATRE CENTRE Structural Dependency Structural Dependency Structural Dependency Structural Dependency REHEARSAL ROOM 8.30pm, p37 8.30pm, p37 8.30pm, p37 7pm, p37 I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person ALEX HOTEL 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person I'll Tell You In Person 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 6 – 8.30pm, p28 PICA PERFORMANCE SPACE Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 7.30pm, p24 Whale Fall 2 & 7.30pm, p24 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 ART FEAST 7.30pm, p44 THE RECHABITE MoveMoveMove MoveMoveMove MoveMoveMove MoveMoveMove MoveMoveMove 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm, p38 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm, p38 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm, p38 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm, p38 5.30, 7 & 8.30pm, p38 THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE Feminism Has No Borders Feminism Has No Borders Feminism Has No Borders Feminism Has No Borders Feminism Has No Borders 5 – 9pm, p38 5 – 9pm, p38 5 – 9pm, p38 5 – 9pm, p38 5 – 9pm, p38 WA MUSEUM One & Many: Sara Macliver One & Many: Sara Macliver 6pm, p31 6pm, p31 BOOLA BARDIP p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 p59 Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines Songlines p59 Songlines p59 Songlines p59 Songlines p59 Songlines p59 Songlines p59 HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE Hymns for End Times Literature Weekend in Literature Weekend in 8pm, p35 the City p48 the City p49 GOVERNMENT HOUSE The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid BALLROOM 11am & 2pm, p40 11am & 2pm, p40 SUPREME COURT GARDENS Opera in the Park 8pm, p41 Opera in the Park 8pm, p41 The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us The Sum of Us SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE 7.30pm, p26 7.30pm, p26 7.30pm, p26 6pm, p26 7.30pm, p26 7.30pm, p26 7.30pm, p26 3 & 7.30pm, p26 6pm, p26 LAKE MONGER RESERVE Galup 6pm, p23 Galup 6pm, p23 Galup 6pm, p23 8pm, p22 8pm, p22 8pm, p22 8pm, p22 8pm, p22 PENINSULA FARM BESIDE BESIDE BESIDE BESIDE BESIDE BESIDE 8pm, p22 BESIDE 8pm, p22 BESIDE 8pm, p22 BESIDE 8pm, p22 MIDLAND JUNCTION ARTS Mama Stitch Mama Stitch Mama Stitch Mama Stitch THEATRE 6.30pm, p29 6.30pm, p29 6.30pm, p29 5.30pm, p29 SUNSET HERITAGE The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard PRECINCT 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 6pm, p20 Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry THE QUARRY Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry Ballet at the Quarry 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 AMPHITHEATRE 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 8pm, p39 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 Witness Stand p12 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 what washes up p64 VARIOUS LOCTIONS p64

Fist of Fury Noongar Daa p10 Wild Things p42 Assassins Assassins Assassins Fist of Fury Noongar Daa Assassins Sun Children UWA SOMERVILLE 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p10 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 Sun Children Sun Children Sun Children Sun Children Sun Children Sun Children 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 8pm, p56 LAWRENCE WILSON ART Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation p62 p62 p62 p62 Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation Dislocation GALLERY p62 p62 p62 p62 p62 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 PERTH INSTITUTE OF the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 the gathering p63 SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick SONGS from Patrick CONTEMPORARY ARTS SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William SONGS from Patrick William William Carter p63 William Carter p63 William Carter p63 William Carter p63 William Carter p63 Carter p63 Carter p63 Carter p63 Carter p63 Carter p63 Carter p63 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 ART GALLERY OF WA Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 Leaving LA p65 the hands should have the hands should have no the hands should have the hands should have no the hands should have COOL CHANGE the hands should have no the hands should have no the hands should have no the hands should have no the hands should have no no peace p66 peace p66 no peace p66 peace p66 no peace p66 CONTEMPORARY peace p66 peace p66 peace p66 peace p66 peace p66 HOLMES À COURT GALLERY Reflection / Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Submersion p65 p65 p65 p65 Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion Reflection / Submersion @ NO. 10 p65 p65 p65 p65 p65 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True JOHN CURTIN GALLERY p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Everything is True p61 Literature in Fremantle Literature in Fremantle THE LITERATURE CENTRE 6.30pm, p50 6.30pm, p50 The Other Film Festival The Other Film Festival The Other Film Festival The Other Film Festival The Other Film Festival DADAA p58 p58 p58 p58 p58 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 Fair Isle p66 FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks and A Forest of Hooks A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails A Forest of Hooks and Nails Nails p67 Nails p67 Nails p67 Nails p67 Nails p67 and Nails p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 p67 PS ART SPACE Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62 Dua Dunia p62

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