After Four Successful Editions

fter four successful editions the A concepts which inspired the creation of Ten Days on the Island in 2001 have well and truly proved themselves. With performances and works across the artistic spectrum drawn from island cultures around the world, including of course our own, Ten Days on the Island has become Tasmania’s premier cultural event and an event of national and international significance.

Under the creative leadership of our Artistic Director, Elizabeth Walsh, I MY ISLAND HOME know that the 2009 event will take us to even greater heights.

I would like to thank the Tasmanian Government, our corporate sponsors and Philos patrons, local government and the governments of countries around the world for their continuing support for Ten Days on the Island. They are making a very significant contribution to building and enriching our island culture.

SIR GUY GREEN Chairman, Ten Days on the Island

1 he opening bash for 2009 will T centre on Constitution Dock. In addition to Junk Theory, there are free bands, the sounds of Groove Ganesh (see page 24), food stalls, roving entertainment and the first of the amazing Dance Halls will be held just up Macquarie Street in City Hall (see opposite). The CELEBRATE Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery will be open late so you can see all the shows (see pages 4 & 34) with special performances by the Ruined piano man, Ross Bolleter in the café courtyard… Don’t miss it for quids! HObART CONSTITUTION DOCK DAVEY STREET 27 MARCH FROM 7.30PM

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t dusk on opening night, in the heart of Hobart at Constitution Dock, a HObART LAUNCESTON A traditional Chinese junk, the Suzy Wong, will drift by, her sails set and CONSTITUTION DOCK SEAPORT DAVEY STREET 4 & 5 APRIL FROM dusk filled with moving imagery. Films, photographs, maps, portraits and text are 27 MARch FROM 9PM PATRONS ADvICE woven together with a soundscape wafting from her decks. KINGSTON bEACH ARRIve FROM 7.30PM Junk Theory, produced by Tasmania’s acclaimed Big hART, is an evocative OSBORNE ESPLANADE event cOncLudes APPROxIMAteLy 9PM 28 MARch FROM dusk representation of an iconic beachside suburb in all its ugliness and beauty. (LAteR In hObARt) OLD bEACH Junk Theory then travels the Derwent visiting Old Beach, Kingston Beach, the fREE EvENTS FERRY POINT Bellerive Boardwalk and the Huon before being launched on the Tamar to visit JETTY ROAD Seaport, George Town and Gravelly Beach over the final weekend of Ten Days. 29 MARch FROM dusk IMAge: Keith Saunders HUONvILLE Wherever she goes, the festivities go with her. So grab a seat, have a bite to THE ESPLANADE Supported by eat, and settle in for a family outing on your local waterfront. 30 MARch FROM dusk bELLERIvE BELLERIVE BOARDWALK 31 MARch FROM dusk GRAvELLY bEACH Sponsored by ROSE BAY PARK 2 APRIL FROM dusk GEORGE TOWN WINDMILL POINT 3 APRIL FROM dusk

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DANCE HALL HObART CITY HALL At cIty hALL 19 MACQUARIE STREET 27 MARch FROM 10PM ‘tIL LAte MIstA sAvOnA & hORAce Andy 28 MARch FROM 9PM ‘tIL LAte kenny LÓPez & FéLIx bALOy 29 MARch FROM 9PM ‘tIL LAte the shuFFLe cLub 3 APRIL FROM 9PM ‘tIL LAte ver six nights Hobart’s City Hall will be transformed by an infectious JALsA cReOLe O wave of music guaranteed to get you up on your feet and moving! 4 APRIL FROM 9PM ‘tIL LAte Bring your dancing shoes and be prepared to party the night away with ARMAndItO y su tROvAsOn performances by Jamaican legend Horace Andy and the groove beats of Mista 5 APRIL FROM 9PM ‘tIL LAte Savona. Feel the heat of Cuba with Félix Baloy, Kenny López & the Havana FuLL-tILt RecLIneR Connection and Armandito Y Su Trovason. Fall under the spell of the sega TICKETS rhythms of Mauritius with Jalsa Creole, and prepare to be laid out by the entRy $20 hottest blend of swing, blues, jazz and boogie by The Shuffle Club and Full-Tilt ONLINE bOOKINGS www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM Recliner. Artists details are on page 24. bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 The party continues at Dance Halls in Launceston, Zeehan, Deloraine, George TEN DAYS bOx OffICE Town and Ross. See page 25 for details. 26 MARch–5 APRIL FROM 6PM ‘tIL LAte

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15 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND, IN ASSOCIATION WITH IHOS MUSIC THEATRE & OPERA, PRESENTS P OLYTOx IC’ S TAP DANCE

asdance, Ten Days and the T University of Tasmania’s School of Visual & Performing Arts present Tasmania Asia Pacific Dance (TAP Dance), a showcase of contemporary choreographers who use traditional forms to create new work. TAP Dance will include a symposium in Launceston at the University of Tasmania’s Performing Arts Space with live performance elements at the Earl Arts Centre and UTAS (featured on pages 16-21).

bREAKAWAY Building on a relationship forged during Ten Days 2007, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa returns to the School of Visual and Performing Arts with a special programme as part of TAP Dance. Overcome is an arresting solo dance performance that connects five abstracted traditional dances. Two science fiction one act plays by James Patrick Kelly, Propogation of Light in a Vacuum and Breakaway Backdown, showcase the theatre of the fantastical. TEUILAbURNIE CIVIC THEATRE BURNIE CIVIC CENTRE LAUNCESTON POstcARds WILMOT STREET THE ANNExE, SCHOOL OF VISUAL & PERFORMINg ARTS AUSTRALIA/SAMOA 27 MARch At 8PM UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA olynesia: imagine a lush, green HObART Teuila Postcards beautifully 2 INVERMAY ROAD PLAYHOUSE THEATRE P landscape surrounded by “seams the kitsch with the 2 & 3 APRIL At 5PM 106 BATHURST STREET turquoise water with rolling white 4 APRIL At 4PM intellectual, the erotic/exotic 29–31 MARch At 6PM beaches dotted with bronzed, 5 APRIL At 2PM fantasy with the real and LAUNCESTON duRAtIOn curvaceous women who wear EARL ARTS CENTRE mundane, colonial history with 2hRs (InteRvAL) coconut-shell bikinis. It all sounds a 10 EARL STREET TICKETS little too good to be true. And guess retro pop. 2 APRIL At 6PM $20, cOncessIOn $18 what... it is! ” DELORAINE ONLINE bOOKINGS Scene Magazine LITTLE THEATRE www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM In Polytoxic’s remarkable fusion 2 MEANDER VALLEY ROAD bOOkIng InFO see PAge 51 of traditional Polynesian and 4 APRIL At 8PM contemporary dance theatre, TAP Dance partners: Asia Pacific Performing DURATION Arts Network (APPAN) and World Dance three tourists journey to a fantasy 1hR (nO InteRvAL) Alliance (WDA) Asia Pacific island expecting an exotic, blissful, TICKETS dreamlike holiday. What actually $30, cOncessIOn $20 occurs is an episodic rollercoaster- ONLINE bOOKINGS ride through the stereotypes and www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM surprises of Samoan culture with an bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 Supported by Elvis-style advert, a comedic floor IMAge: Dallas Blackmore show performance and a Samoan girl’s experience of everyday life. This tour is supported by Kultour: touring CREATED & PERfORMED bY: Efeso multicultural arts, changing Australian culture Fa’anana, Leah Shelton and Lisa Fa’alafi – a proud initiative of the Australia Council LIGHTING DESIGN: Andrew Meadows for the Arts

16 HONG KONG SINGAPORE DANIEL YEUNG & RAKA MAITRA cclaimed by dance critics as Hong Kong’s most daring choreographer, LAUNCESTON A Daniel Yeung presents Medi.C, a hyper-visual dance theatre EARL ARTS CENTRE 10 EARL STREET performance. Yeung uses traditional Chinese body culture to inject new energy 4 APRIL At 6PM into contemporary Chinese dance. Taking Chinese medicine and its view of 5 APRIL At 1PM the human body as his central theme, Yeung has fashioned a visually arresting PATRONS ADvICE piece, full of life and bursting with ideas. thIs PeRFORMAnce cOntAIns nudIty DURATION Raka Maitra describes herself as a dancer without the classifications of classical 1hR 20MIns (InteRvAL) or contemporary. Her journey is an exploration of Asian culture, delving into TICKETS the different layers of contemporary Indian dance; the creation of movements $20, cOncessIOn $18 inspired by Odissi and Chhua; and the integration of Indian martial art into ONLINE bOOKINGS stylised dance forms. With great courage, and perhaps audacity, Maitra steps www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM outside the safe boundaries and blurs the lines of tradition. bOOkIng InFO see PAge 51

Ten Days presents Daniel and Raka as a double bill.

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17 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND AND TASDANCE PRESENT

TASMANIA/TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS TASDANCE & K ARbAL NOUMéA bALLET NEW CALEDONIA

he Karbal Nouméa Ballet is a compelling new dance company hailing LAUNCESTON T from New Caledonia. Karbal Nouméa Ballet’s distinctive contemporary EARL ARTS CENTRE 10 EARL STREET Pacific style of movement blends French flair and élan with Kanak rhythms 3 APRIL At 6PM and traditions, creating a sensual, physical and earthy body language that 4 APRIL At 11AM is unique to this company. DURATION Choreographer, Sthan Kabar-Louët, is a native of New Caledonia who danced 1hR 20MIns (InteRvAL) with the Béjart Ballet based in Avignon, France under the direction of Maurice TICKETS $20, cOncessIOn $18 Béjart. Featuring ten New Caledonian dancers from a variety of ethnic ONLINE bOOKINGS backgrounds, the result is dynamic, sexy, thought-provoking and undisputedly www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM contemporary Pacific. bOOkIngs InFO PAge 51 Tasdance has built a national reputation for strength, diversity and innovation in contemporary Australian dance. Choreographers Gail Mabo and Peggy Misi IMAge: Courtesy of Karbal Nouméa Ballet have been invited to create two new short works for Tasdance with material drawn from their Torres Strait origins. Gail is the daughter of celebrated land Supported by rights activist Eddie Mabo and uses traditional story-telling techniques in her work. Peggy has been a collaborator and performer with Bangarra since 1999.

In pairing these intuitive indigenous choreographers with the Tasdance ensemble, the opportunities for a new interpretation of old language takes flight, and a bridge is built between Australia’s northernmost and southernmost islands.

Tasdance and the Karbal Nouméa Ballet are presented as a double bill.

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18 ATAMIRA DANCE COLLECTIvE TASDANCE PRESENTS

“ Best Contemporary Dance Production ” NZ Listener

Let’s get It NGAI STRAIT 32 b ASS STRAIT TAHU ISLANDS AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND LAUNCESTON et’s Get it Strait is a creative EARL ARTS CENTRE L fusion led by Tasdance and the EARL STREET communities of Flinders, King and 3 APRIL At 8PM 4 APRIL At 1PM Cape Barren Islands that results in a 5 APRIL At 6PM programme of evocative performance DURATION experiences. Beth Shelton’s She Oak 1hR (nO InteRvAL) Sings, first created in 1987, evokes the TICKETS emotive sound of the gentle wind in esmerising and powerful Maori contemporary dance-theatre company, $30, cOncessIOn $20 the trees by using ingenious whirlies M Atamira Dance, traces one man’s journey through time and history in ONLINE bOOKINGS created by Sarah Hopkins. Ngai Tahu 32. www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 Participants of all ages from the three Expressed through a personal story and influenced by the enduring effects of island communities bring together

colonisation, Ngai Tahu 32 illustrates the instilled importance to Maori culture IMAge: John McDermott an exciting cultural synthesis of

of whakapapa (genealogy/ancestral links). CHOREOGRAPHER, vIDEO & SET sound and movement. Louise Potiki Bryant’s choreography weaves contemporary dance with the DESIGN: Louise Potiki Bryant KING ISLAND STOCKYARD PARK energy of Maori haka, the power of karanga (a woman’s call) and waiata (song) COMPOSER & SET DESIGN: Paddy Free CURRIE HARBOUR and a series of serene images reflecting aroha (love), mamae (pain) and wairua LIGHTING DESIGN: Vanda Karolczak 14 MARch At 7.30PM (spirit). The poignant sound-score by Paddy Free echoes the depths of sad loss COSTUME DESIGN: Elizabeth Whiting fLINDERS ISLAND in this story and provides hope for the future. PERfORMED bY: Maaka Pepene, FLINDERS ISLAND SPORTS CLUB Justine Pepene-Hohaia, Dolina WHITEMARK Wehipeihana, Jack Gray, Corinna Hunziker, 28 MARch At 7.30PM AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Louise Potiki Bryant and Tai Royal DURATION 1hR 20MIns (InteRvAL) TICKETS $10, cOncessIOn $5 (dOOR sALes OnLy) Supported by IMAge: Rob Burnett

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Shocks the tradition of Peking “Opera and the understanding of Shakespeare. ” - Eugenio Barba, Odin Theatre Denmark

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ontemporary Legend Theatre’s DIRECTOR/PERfORMER: C production of Shakespeare’s Wu Hsing-kuo COMPOSER: Lee Yi-chin King Lear features solo performer, PRODUCER: Lin Hsiu-wei Wu Hsing-kuo, in a tour de force COSTUME DESIGNER: Tim Yip showcase of his virtuosity as singer, SET DESIGNER: Chang Wang actor and movement artist. Wu LIGHTING DESIGNER: Tommy Wong Hsing-kuo interprets ten different characters in the three act play, which LAUNCESTON sets Shakespeare’s heart-rending PRINCESS THEATRE story of love, power, aging and BRISBANE STREET betrayal in the unique theatrical style 2 APRIL At 8PM of Chinese opera. HObART THEATRE ROYAL Chinese opera has always been a 29 CAMPBELL STREET “total artwork”: comedy or dark 4 & 5 APRIL At 4PM drama with heightened speech and DURATION song, choreographed gesture often 2hRs (InteRvAL) bordering on dance, martial arts, PATRONS ADvICE In MAndARIn wIth engLIsh suRtItLes acrobatics and costumes that are TICKETS intricate works of art in themselves. PReMIuM $65, A ReseRve $55, This production expands the genre b ReseRve $44, cOncessIOn $38, to include Buddhist chant, Western gALLeRy/c ReseRve $28, elements of contemporary music cOncessIOn $23 and electronics. This remarkable ONLINE bOOKINGS one-man version of King Lear sees www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 the former lead dancer of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre accompanied IMAges: Courtesy of Contemporary Legend by a troupe of eight extraordinary Theatre musicians. Wu Hsing-kuo is one of Sponsored by the great performers of our time and King Lear is a theatre experience not to be missed.

21 IHOS MUSIC THEATRE AND OPERA PRESENTS

THE LUNCH bOx TASMANIA

he Lunch Box is a much loved Thai Buddhist folktale that shares with COMPOSER: Thanapoom Sirichang HObART T other great world stories the power to communicate eternal truths with LIbRETTIST: Bringkop Vora-Urai THE PLAYHOUSE 106 BATHURST STREET poignant clarity. DESIGNER/DIRECTOR: 26 & 27 MARch At 6PM Joey Ruigrok Van Der Werven 28 MARch At 1 & 6PM Thai composer Thanapoom Sirichang joins the renowned creative team from bARITONE: Saran Suebsantiwongse IHOS to tell this story of a mother’s devotion to her only son. The Lunch Box SOPRANO: Monique Klongtruadroke DURATION reveals the foibles of human and family relationships and helps us to remember 1hR (nO InteRvAL) to take nothing for granted – especially the things that are with us every day. TICKETS $40, cOncessIOn $30 You will be surprised at how much love can fit into one tiny lunch box. ONLINE bOOKINGS The Lunch Box is a chamber opera in one act, for two solo voices and six www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM musicians. Sung in Thai with English surtitles. bOOkIng InFO PAge 51

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22 MUSICA vIvA TASMANIA PRESENTS TAIKOZ bLessIng OF THE EARTH

High energy action... hand and drumstick seem “almost to melt into each other in a perfect synergy of man and instrument. ” The Australian

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ike ocean waves and distant thunder, the sound of TaikOz is elemental – HObART L the force of its resonance enveloping players and audience alike, CITY HALL 19 MACQUARIE STREET drawing each and all into its voluminous embrace. 2 APRIL At 8PM Blessing Of The Earth features 25 taiko drums used in music ranging from LAUNCESTON traditional and modern Japanese to contemporary Australian. Flutes, song PRINCESS THEATRE and dance feature alongside taiko in a programme that includes Solo from 57 PRINCESS STREET 4 APRIL At 8PM Kaidan: A Ghost Story, choreographed by Australia’s internationally DURATION acclaimed Meryl Tankard. 1hR 40MIns (InteRvAL)

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23 DANCE HALL HORACE ANDY MeeTS MISTA SAvONA JAMAICA/AUSTRALIA

escribed as one of Jamaica’s most distinguished and beloved D vocalists, reggae legend Horace Andy comes to us fresh from collaborations with UK trip-hop outfit, Massive Attack. Horace joins forces with the vibrant uplifting grooves of the wildly energetic and enormously danceable, Mista Savona. This 11-piece outfit combining roots, reggae, hip-hop and dancehall pumps out a sound that just won’t let you stand still.

féLIx bALOY wITH KENNY LóPEZ & HAvANA CONNECTION

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uban singing legend, Félix Baloy, returns to Australia to C perform with Kenny López & Havana Connection whose high- energy show of son, salsa, timba, cha cha cha and changüi, will keep you on your feet. Félix Baloy, last seen in Australia with Afro-Cuban All-Stars, is one of the most thrilling soneros in contemporary Cuban music and is an original founder of the Buena Vista Social Club.

ARMANDITO JALSA CREOLE GROOvE fULL-TILT Y SU TROvASON GANESH RECLINER CUb A/AUSTRALIA MAURITIUS TASMANIA TASMANIA

nder the leadership of Cuban n the island of Mauritius roove Ganesh is an irresistible cid-jazz outfit, Recliner, are U trumpeter, Armando Garcia O the word jalsa means party G combination of four versatile A arguably Hobart’s longest Perez, this six-piece really knows how and that’s something that Jalsa performers across several genres. serving resident band having to swing. Characterised by a high Creole know all about. Sega is the Skilfully blending eastern and western spent the last four and a half years energy blend of traditional Cuban traditional music of Mauritius and sounds and rhythms, they combine squeezed in a club corner against a music with gifted improvisation – the hot musicians from Jalsa Creole the rich textures of sitar, Indian violin Leslie speaker. Ten Days lets them shifting effortlessly from conga to cha are amongst its foremost exponents. and vocals with double bass, guitar, loose with a huge 11- piece horn cha cha and bolero to mambo and Sega is irresistible in its rhythm – so jazz drums, samples, grooves and section and percussion line up that salsa. Sophisticated vocal harmonies let the musicians and dancers of Jalsa dance beats. Groove Ganesh will creates a mighty sound, from lounge and dynamics create a truly distinctive, Creole lead you astray for the night! steal your hearts and legs. through to outright danceable funk, fresh and exuberant sound. groove and massive 70s themes. Unstoppable!

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n an island-bopping roadshow, LAUNCESTON Supported by O the party continues as Dance ALBERT HALL CNR TAMAR & CIMITIERE STREETS Halls across Tasmania are taken over HORACE ANDY MEETS MISTA SAVONA by the rhythms from around the 28 MARch FROM 8PM ‘tIL LAte world. ZEEHAN From sega to son, swing to salsa, gAIETY THEATRE MAIN STREET head to your local hall in Launceston, FéLIx BALOY WITH KENNY LóPEz & Sponsored by Zeehan, Deloraine, George Town HAVANA CONNECTION and Ross to get in on the excitement. 29 MARch FROM 8PM ‘tIL LAte GEORGE TOWN But don’t forget to take your dancing MEMORIAL HALL shoes - these bands have the kind THE MACQUARIE STREET of energy that will bring you to your ARMANDITO Y SU TROVASON SHUffLE CLUb 3 APRIL FROM 8PM ‘tIL LAte feet and onto the dance floor before IMAges: Courtesy of the artists AUSTRALIA you even know it. ROSS OUTDOOR EVENT he Shuffle Club are one of the CHURCH STREET JALSA CREOLE T most formidable exponents of 4 APRIL FROM 8PM ‘tIL LAte the swing band with an infectious DELORAINE blend of blues, jazz and boogie. MEANDER PAVILLION With energetic exuberance, this SHOWgROUNDS driving quartet will inspire all comers ARMANDITO Y SU TROVASON 5 APRIL FROM 8PM ‘tIL LAte from the professional swing dancer to the curious newcomer onto the FREE EVENTS floor. So don’t be shy, come on in and cut up the rug.

25 ETHEL might sound like a moniker befitting an old-fashioned gal but “this relentlessly inventive string quartet is setting the standard for new music engagement. ” Andrew Gilbert, San Diego Union Tribune

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usically omnivorous, prolific and passionate, ‘the fiercest string quartet LAUNCESTON M this side of hell’ (The Guardian) creates sound like no other. Formed in ALBERT HALL CNR TAMAR & CIMITIERE STREETS 1998, ETHEL’s four Juilliard-trained composer/musicians traverse rock, blues, 26 MARch At 7PM jazz and classical, to create a sound that defies categorisation and breaks DURATION down the barriers between chamber music and audiences of all ages. ETHEL 1hR 30MIns (nO InteRvAL) boldly melds new classical music with amplified free improvisation and the TICKETS result is performance with the raw energy of rock. $35, cOncessIOn $20

On the eve of Ten Days 2009, ETHEL will perform ETHEL’s Greatest Hits at ONLINE bOOKINGS Launceston’s Albert Hall with a programme that includes works by some of the www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 brightest artists composing today.

IMAge: Leslie Lyons Programme: March and The Blue Room from The Blue Room, by Phil Kline Fast Forward and Samba Beach Flies, by Hollis Taylor Supported by After Dust from Dream House, by Mary Ellen Childs Memory from Nepomuk’s Dances, by Marcelo Zarvos Shuffle from Sweet Hardwood, by John King Early That Summer, by Julia Wolfe PLUS a musical survey of ETHEL’s TruckStop Project Sponsored by AND New Music from each ETHEL member

ETHEL: Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello) and Mary Rowell (violin)

26 MUsiC foR etHel with the tasmanian youtH orcHestra mandolin tasmania/scotland THEL shines a spotlight on the Port artHur e young musicians of Tasmania pOrt arthur histOric site assie-born and raised virtuoso st marys arthur highWay through a week-long series of t mandolin player, Luke Plumb, e.scape cafe gallery 29 MARCH: main street workshops that celebrate the power and percussionist, James MacKintosh, MORNiNg MEDiTATiONS fROM 11AM 31 MARCH AT 7pM of music as a common language. At ETHEL & TYO CONCERT 1PM have taken time from their busy dunalley EvENTS CONCLuDE 3PM Ten Days’ invitation, they will spend international touring schedule with dunalley hall a week sharing cultural perspectives tickets Scottish fusionists, Shooglenifty, franklin street SPECiAL SiTE ENTRY fEES APPLY: on music, improvisation and to focus on the roots of traditional 3 ApRil AT 7pM ADuLTS $20, CHiLDREN $10 duration composing new works to build the CONCESSiON $15 music from the British Isles. repertoire for a one-off concert at 1HR (no inTeRvAl) fAMiLiES $40 (2 ADuLTS & uP TO 6 For Luke, this is a celebration of the historic Port Arthur. CHiLDREN) tickets acoustic potential of the mandolin $30, ConCession $20 online Bookings ETHEL will perform a Sonic as a solo instrument, while for James www.TENDAYSONTHEiSLAND.COM online Bookings Morning Meditation in the ruined bOOkiNg iNfO PAgE 51 it is an opportunity to explore the www.TendAysonTHeislAnd.CoM church before leading a concert intricate rhythms of the pipe and booking info pAge 51 performance with the 70-strong fiddle music he grew up with. They iMAge: Peter Whyte Tasmanian Youth Orchestra, will be playing music from their new featuring Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite self-titled release. Supported by and new works by Australian and Native American composers. So pack a picnic, bring a rug and enjoy a splendid afternoon of music. artistic director & conductor tyo: Peter Tanfield

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LA SERENISSIMA & ROMANTIC IDYLLS TASMANIA

he Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra presents two special music LA SERENISSIMA ROMANTIC IDYLLS T programmes for this Ten Days. GABRIELI Canzona for Brass MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine VIVALDI Oboe Concerto in F major RV455 SCULTHORPE My Country Childhood In La Serenissima, music from the golden age of Venice shares a programme VIVALDI In furore iustissimae irae RV626 BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1 with the World Premiere of Passion according to St Mark, a new choral work of MILLS Passion according to St Mark SCHUMANN Symphony No 3, Rhenish

faith and hope by acclaimed Australian composer Richard Mills. LA SERENISSIMA: ROMANTIC IDYLLS:

Powerful and dramatic, Passion according to St Mark belongs to the grand CONDUCTOR: Richard Mills CONDUCTOR: Sebastian Lang-Lessing SOPRANO: Rachelle Durkin vIOLIN: Feng Ning tradition of 16th and 17th century Venetian choral music. Divided choir, SOPRANO: Aivale Cole antiphonal brass and vocal soloists offer a stirring and poignant account of the MEZZO–SOPRANO: Elizabeth Campbell Passion narrative, a story that has inspired composers and moved audiences TENOR: Charles Mellor for centuries. bASS–bARITONE: Harry Peeters In Romantic Idylls, the charm and simple pleasures of pastoral-themed music ObOE: David Nuttall and the romantic outpourings of Schumann’s Rhenish symphony join Bruch’s TSO CHORUS Violin Concerto No 1, the most romantic of violin concertos.

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Barbara Furtuna manages “to vibrate all the sensitivities of the Corsican identity and love for this wild and untamed land. ” La Provence bARbARA fURTUNA CORSICA

he great tradition of a cappella RICHMOND T singing on the island of Corsica ST LUKE’S ANgLICAN CHURCH CNR CHURCH & TORRENS STREETS is kept vividly alive through the 28 MARch At 11AM performances and recordings of LA SERENISSIMA & LONGfORD Barbara Furtuna. This remarkable CHRIST CHURCH male vocal quartet is devoted to WELLINgTON STREET Corsican polyphonic song. Barbara 29 MARch At 6PM ROMANTIC IDYLLS OATLANDS Furtuna take their name from Cruel Fate the title of a traditional UNITINg CHURCH HIgH STREET song about Corsican exiles. Their 31 MARch At 6PM singing is a gorgeous and cleverly HObART LA SERENISSIMA ROMANTIC IDYLLS orchestrated balance between ST DAVID’S CATHEDRAL HObART bURNIE traditional, sacred and profane CNR MURRAY & MACQUARIE STREETS FEDERATION CONCERT HALL TOWN HALL THEATRE polyphony. 1 APRIL At 6PM 1 DAVEY STREET BURNIE CIVIC CENTRE DURATION 4 APRIL At 8PM WILMOT STREET Fittingly, Barbara Furtuna will 1hR 10MIns (nO InteRvAL) 28 MARch At 7PM DURATION perform in some of Tasmania’s most TICKETS 2hRs (InteRvAL) TICKETS beautiful churches. $35, cOncessIOn $20 TICKETS $55, cOncessIOn $43, student $20 ONLINE bOOKINGS gOLd ReseRve AduLt $76 HObART PERfORMERS: Jean Philippe Guissani, www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM cOncessIOn $71 FEDERATION CONCERT HALL André Dominici, Maxime Merlandi, Jean bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 1 DAVEY STREET sILveR ReseRve AduLt $64 Pierre Marchetti cOncessIOn $55 30 MARch At 8PM bROnze ReseRve AduLt $55 TICKETS IMAge:Courtesy of the artists cOncessIOn $43 gOLd ReseRve AduLt $76 Supported by student $20 cOncessIOn $71 sILveR ReseRve AduLt $64 cOncessIOn $55 Passion according to St Mark has been bROnze ReseRve AduLt $55 co-commissioned by Ten Days on the Island, cOncessIOn $43 Symphony Australia, Tasmanian Symphony student $20 Sponsored by Orchestra, West Australian Symphony DURATION Orchestra and The Queensland Orchestra with 1hR 45MIns (InteRvAL) financial assistance from the Australia Council, the Commonwealth Government’s arts funding ONLINE bOOKINGS

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Luedecke KING ISLAND NOvA SCOTIA, CANADA ROCKY gLEN LOVERS LANE, NARACOOPA 27 MARch At 7PM anjo songster, Old Man Luedecke, is a rare type of musician and bEACONSfIELD b songwriter. His witty songs of hope and joy are accompanied only by his ExCHANgE HOTEL loving five-string banjo, foot stomps and the occasional yodel. They have WELD STREET His voice is lovely, his song- 28 MARch At 6PM been described as melodic gems, blending old-time sensibilities with insight “writing exceptional, and his GUNNS PLAINS and poetry. banjo playing just right. gUNNS PLAINS HALL Old Man Luedecke learned to play the banjo and write songs while he was CNR RAYMOND & gUNNS PLAINS ROADS ” 29 MARch At 6PM roving through the Yukon (‘tis true!). It was there he wrote many of his songs Penguin Eggs Magazine while playing regular gigs in a gambling hall with can-can girls and in a honky- fLINDERS ISLAND WHITEMARK HALL tonk called the Snakepit. His stage show blends hokum and inspiration into PATRICK STREET powerful entertainment to get your toes a tappin’. 31 MARch At 7PM He’ll be picking and plucking his way to a venue near you so get on down and let Old Man Luedecke change all your preconceptions about the banjo.

30 A WALK ON MARIA IsLAnd AUSTRALIA

usician and composer, Jim MARIA ISLAND M Denley, is one of Australia’s FOLLOW THE PATH FROM DARLINgTON foremost improvisers of new music. 29 & 30 MARch At 12 nOOn He believes that Australia presents DURATION a unique environment for music – it OLD MAN 50MIns (nO InteRvAL) could be at the forefront of the ENTRY ongoing search for new forms of PARk entRy Fees APPLy expression in a rapidly changing InFORMAtIOn: RAngeRs OFFIce world. The concert hall of Jim’s MARIA IsLAnd 03) 6257 1420 SHEffIELD DURATION research into this form is the TRANSPORT SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL 1hR 30MIns (InteRvAL) INfORMATION Australian bush. HIgH STREET TICKETS Maria Island Ferry: 2 APRIL At 7PM $30, cOncessIOn $20 Ten Days has invited Jim and a Special services scheduled - departs SMITHTON new nORFOLk – FRee event talented group of collaborators to Triabunna for Darlington 9:30am and 11am TALL TIMBERS departing Darlington for Triabunna at 2pm ONLINE bOOKINGS take up residency on Maria Island, SCOTCHTOWN ROAD and 5pm. Crossings take approximately www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM 3 APRIL At 7PM the jewel of Tasmania’s stunning 45mins. For bookings and information on bOOkIng InFO PAge 51 regular scheduled services contact Maria ROSEbERY east coast. Ten Days and Jim Denley Island Eco Cruises 0419 746 668. ROSEBERY MEMORIAL HALL IMAge: John Baucher invite you to come for A Walk on AgNES STREET Maria Island. IMAge: George Apostolidis, Tourism Tasmania 4 APRIL At 6PM Supported by NEW NORfOLK WIND INSTRUMENTS: Jim Denley DERWENT VALLEY AUTUMN FESTIVAL PIANO ACCORDIAN: Monika Brooks A Walk On Maria Island is supported by the THE ESPLANADE PERCUSSION & TRUMPET: Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania 5 APRIL FROM 11AM – FRee event Dale Gorfinkel “ This is music at its most primal, enhancing the beauty of creation. ” John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

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fAR fLUNG FLICKS TASMANIA bRUNY ISLAND bOTHWELL ADVENTURE BAY HALL BOTHWELL TOWN HALL MAIN ROAD ALExANDER STREET 27 MARch At 7PM 4 APRIL At 4PM fRANKLIN RICHMOND PALAIS THEATRE RICHMOND TOWN HALL MAIN ROAD BRIDgE STREET 28 MARch At 7PM 5 APRIL At 4PM HObART DURATION creen Tasmania is proud to present a programme of home-grown films STATE CINEMA, 1hR 30MIns (InteRvAL) 375 ELIzABETH ST, NORTH HOBART S celebrating Tasmanian stories and Tasmanian storytellers. TICKETS 29 MARch & 5 APRIL At 6.30PM $10, cOncessIOn $8 Our talented and committed film-makers are leading the way in our budding SWANSEA AvAILAbLe At the dOOR industry. We also have many young film-makers stretching their wings. SWANSEA TOWN HALL One hOuR PRIOR tO scReenIng Together they tell stories that will delight and intrigue audiences right around 17 FRANKLIN STREET stAte cIneMA sessIOns: 30 MARch At 7PM bOOkIngs 03) 6234 6318 the world. We are excited to bring a selection of their films right to your DELORAINE fILM RATING doorstep as Far Flung Flicks tours communities across Tasmania. LITTLE THEATRE These films have not been classified Don’t miss our main feature Portrait of a Distant Land, a powerful and 2 MEANDER VALLEY ROAD by the Office of Film and Literature Classification at the time of printing. Visit: compelling story about Tasmanian Aboriginal photographer Ricky Maynard 31 MARch At 7PM LAUNCESTON www.tendaysontheisland.com for updated and his journey to reveal his people’s true history. details. TRAMSHED AUDITORIUM AT INVERESK 4 INVERMAY ROAD IMAge: Portrait of Ricky Maynard by Mick Cummins 1 APRIL At 7PM & Tim Mummery WYNYARD WHARF HOTEL THEATRE CNR gOLDIE & MOORE STREETS 2 APRIL At 7PM ZEEHAN gAIETY THEATRE MAIN STREET 3 APRIL At 7.30PM

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“ Definitely one of the appointments not to be missed of the festival. ” Mario Serenellini, La Repubblica

AEOl IAN IslANDs & sIcIly, ITAly

HOBART CITY HALL 19 MACQUARIE STREET 30 & 31 MARCH AT 8PM BRIDPORT erra che Brucia (burning land) is an original concept inspired by TENOR & sOPRANO sAx, BRIdpoRT HALL T documentary footage filmed by Italy’s Panaria Film between 1948 and ElEcTRONIcs: Massimo Cavallaro MAIn STREET 1 APRIL AT 8PM 1950. The performance consists of a live musical performance by a five-piece TRumPET: Diego Ruvidotti guITAR & VOIcE: Massimo Mariani DEVONPORT ensemble accompanied by projections of these rare films shot on Sicily and DRums, PERcussION & dEVonpoRT EnTERTAInMEnT CEnTRE the Aeolian Islands. RooKE STREET ElEcTRONIcs: Gennaro Scarpato 2 APRIL AT 8PM The film is not mechanically superimposed, but meticulously interlaced with ElEcTRIc BAss: Massimo Ciaccio DuRATION the musical composition of Massimo Cavallaro to narrate a story. The music PRODucED By: 1HR 10MIns (no InTeRvAL) creates a bridge between the past and present with a composition that uses 2003 Taormina International Film Festival, a project by Change Performing Arts and TIckETs both acoustic and electronic sound. The music references jazz, ethnic and Amanei Salina $35, ConCessIon $20 techno in an authentic crossover of styles that typifies the Mediterranean THANks TO: Principe Francesco ONlINE BOOkINgs experience. Alliata Di Villafranca for providing the www.TendAysonTHeIsLAnd.CoM documentaries bookIng Info PAge 51

IMAge: Still from the documentary collection of the Panaria Film Archives of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands

Supported by

33 TASMANIAN M USEUM & ART G ALLERY PRESENTS

PATRICIA evOLutIOn HObART AUSTRALIA TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART gALLERY 40 MACQUARIE STREET 14 MARch–14 June 10AM–5PM dAILy atricia Piccinini is one of Australia’s foremost visual artists. In Evolution cLOsed gOOd FRIdAy & AnzAc dAy P she takes us on an incredible journey to encounter the possible flora and CATALOGUE LAUNCH fauna of our future world. PAtRIcIA PIccInInI & JuLIAnA engbeRg 28 MARch At 11AM (see PAge 48) Patricia has received worldwide attention for her startling sculptures, digital INfORMATION environments and images that compel us to consider an ecology and biology www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM

that blend species in the frontier world of experimental technological and FREE EVENT biological environments. Her works take us to a post-Darwinian destination

populated with fantastical creatures, new communities and bioethical IMAge: Big Mother, 2005, silicone, fibreglass, polyurethane, leather, human hair, 175cm (h). Ed. 3. conundrums. Photograph by Christian Capurro. Courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne This is the first major survey of Patricia Piccinini’s works exhibited in Tasmania.

CURATOR: Juliana Engberg This exhibition is supported by Detached

34 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND, TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY AND CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT

ANIWANIWA AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND ROSNY TRANSPORT DETAILS THE BARN, ROSNY FARM Rosny Farm is adjacent to Eastlands ROSNY HILL ROAD shopping centre, 10 minutes from Hobart 20 MARch–13 APRIL, 9AM–5PM dAILy CBD. Metro buses operate frequent daily ART fORUM services to Rosny Park (Eastlands). Visit www.metrotas.com.au or contact the bRett gRAhAM & RAchAeL RAkenA Metro on 13 2201. 20 MARch At 12.30PM At tAsMAnIAn schOOL OF ARt A limited free shuttle service will operate INfORMATION on 21, 22, 28 & 29 March and 4, 5, 11 & 12 April from TMAG, departing Macquarie rett Graham and Rachael Rakena’s Aniwaniwa is a large-scale collaborative www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM Street at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm An educational interpretation of the b artwork drawn from a historical event. In 1947 the village of Horahora and returning 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. installation will be housed in the (the birthplace of Brett’s father) and the decommissioned power station at its Schoolhouse Gallery. School groups FREE EVENT centre, were flooded to create a new hydro-electric dam. information: 03) 6245 8740 In Aniwaniwa water is the vehicle by which histories are retold. In Rachael’s IMAge: Video stills from Aniwaniwa, 2007 courtesy video images, villagers go about their daily tasks even though their town of the artists. now exists only underwater. They have been preserved, their actions forever suspended in space and time, in pools that defy gravity. Brett’s vessels, Supported by containing the images, float above the viewer like wakahuia, keepers of precious memories.

The work combines sculptural installation, projection and a soundtrack featuring two of Maoridom’s most celebrated singers, Whirimako Black and Deborah Wai Kapohe with musician Paddy Free. Sponsored by Aniwaniwa was presented at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia in 2007.

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35 T EN D AYS ON THE I SLAND, THE TASMANIAN S CHOOL O f ART, UNIv ERSITY O f TASMANIA & NATIONAL T RUST O f AUSTRALIA (TASMANIA) PRESENT

TRUST TASMANIA

he National Trust of Tasmania conserves some of the island’s most ARTISTS/PROPERTIES T significant cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. CLARENDON: Julie Gough (sculpture and installation), Michael McWilliams (painting), What we have chosen to preserve defines the way we interact with these John Vella (sculpture) and Lucy Bleach (installation) special places: kitchens, gardens, stables, drawing rooms and of course HOME HILL: Mary Scott (painting & digital media) RUNNYMEDE: Pat Brassington (photography) architecture, all form part of the experience. OAK LODGE: Ruth Frost (photography & video) Following in the footsteps of the Port Arthur Project in 2007, Trust is a ground- PENGHANA: Martin Walch (photography & digital media) breaking series of site-specific art installations presented at five significant CURATOR: Noel Frankham National Trust properties. ASSOCIATE CURATORS: Paula Silva and Delia Nicholls

Trust commissions eight prominent Tasmanian artists to research, develop and mount work that interrogates and elaborates the stories, history, culture and environment of each of the properties: Clarendon, the Neoclassical mansion near Evandale; Home Hill, the home of Joe and Enid Lyons in Devonport; NEW COMMISSION Runnymede, built by the colony’s first lawyer overlooking the Derwent River in Hobart; Oak Lodge, a gentleman’s residence in the village of Richmond; and Penghana, the mine manager’s house in Queenstown.

36 EvANDALE DATES Get a ‘Trust’ stamp at Home Hill, Supported by CLARENDON 16 MARch–19 APRIL Runnymede or Clarendon and receive 234 CLARENDON STATION ROAD (cLOsed gOOd FRIdAy) reduced entry at subsequent Trust properties. DEvONPORT OPENING HOURS HOME HILL duRIng ten dAys (27 MARch–5 APRIL) IN CONvERSATION 77 MIDDLE ROAD 10AM–4PM dAILy nOeL FRAnkhAM & ARtIsts ALL OtheR dAtes nORMAL PROPeRty 4 APRIL At 11AM At tMAg (see PAge 48) NEW TOWN hOuRs APPLy: INfORMATION PHILOS PATRONS RUNNYMEDE visit www.nationaltrusttas.org.au www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM 61 BAY ROAD SITE ENTRY fEES RICHMOND hOMe hILL & RunnyMede: IMAge: Courtesy National Trust (Tasmania) OAK LODgE $8, cOncessIOn $6 18 BRIDgE STREET cLARendOn: $10, cOncessIOn $8 qUEENSTOWN OAk LOdge & PenghAnA: PENgHANA gOLd cOIn dOnAtIOn 32 THE ESPLANADE National Trust members and children (18 years and under) enter free.

37 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND AND TASMANIAN SCHOOL Of A R T, UNIv ERSITY Of TASMANIA PRESENT

YOU ARE

TAIWAN HObART THE PLIMSOLL gALLERY TASMANIAN SCHOOL OF ART HUNTER STREET 14 MARch–11 APRIL 12 nOOn–5PM dAILy ART SCHOOL fORUM centRe FOR the ARts hunteR stReet 13 MARch At 12.30PM IN CONvERSATION 31 MARch At 12 nOOn At tMAg (see PAge 48) INfORMATION ou Are Home brings together internationally acclaimed, contemporary, www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM Y multi-media artists from Taiwan in a rare Australian showing. Lee Kuo Min FREE EVENT and Chen Hsing Chung, Hongjohn Lin and Ella Raidel and Yuan Goang-Ming explore notions of the ‘home’ as a place of refuge and touch on the issues of IMAge: Lee Kuo-Min and Chen Hsing Chun, Uncle Beauty, Main Bedroom, Treasure Hill, 2006. 09, 16, identity, nationhood and the utopian ideal of finding `the perfect place’ to live. photograph, 60c x 120cm

These artists have variously shown at the Venice and Liverpool Biennales, the

Filmfest Rotterdam and many other major international art events. Supported by

CURATOR: Megan Keating

38 C ONTEMPORARY A RT S ERv ICES TASMANIA AND T EN D AYS ON THE I SLAND PRESENT

HOSPITALITY ICELAND HObART CONTEMPORARY ART SERVICES TASMANIA 27 TASMA STREET, NORTH HOBART 26 MARch–24 APRIL duRIng ten dAys (27 MARch–5 APRIL) 12 nOOn–6PM dAILy ALL OtheR dAtes wednesdAy–sundAy OnLy 12 nOOn–6PM IN CONvERSATION 28 MARch At 1PM At tMAg (see PAge 48) INfORMATION www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM

he Icelandic Love Corporation is an all-female trio of collaborative artists FREE EVENT T operating across performance, video, photography and installation art. They work to break down the distance between art and audience and their IMAge: Bernhard Kristinn Ingimundarson projects often result in participatory events or public offerings. The trio prompt a light-hearted questioning of our current state of affairs and suggest their Supported by humour and love-fuelled happenings as alternatives to the occasionally chilling realities of modern consumer culture.

During Ten Days the Icelandic Love Corporation will create an event and installation based on diverse notions of hospitality. The ILC was formed in 1996 and is currently comprised of Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir, Jóni Jonsdóttir and Eirún Sigurdardóttir.

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39 B urnie regional art gallery P resents

on PaPer the burnie print prize excavations, fragments & inscriptions the secret life of paper

Burnie Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) has a distingushed history and for Print Prize judges: Roger Burnie a Ten Days 2009 draws its paper connections together under one roof with Butler, Senior Curator, Australian Prints & Burnie regiOnal art gallery Drawings, National Gallery of Australia, civic centre precinct, WilmOt three exhibitions. Pat Brassington, Exhibition Coordinator, street Burnie Print Prize Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of 27 MARCH–10 MAy Art, University of Tasmania and Michael The 2009 Burnie Print Prize again focuses attention on BRAG’s strength in 10AM–4.30pM weekdAys Kempson, Senior Lecturer & Printmaking 1.30–4.30pM weekends & pUbliC printmaking. This year the scope has been extended to include printed Coordinator, College of Fine Art, University HolidAys works in different mediums including prints on glass, textiles and even more of New South Wales & Director Cicada floor talk Press. surprising materials. bURnie pRinT pRize 28 MARCH AT 1.30pM Excavations, Fragments & Inscriptions in conversation In 2007 BRAG received a generous donation of 36 works by renowned Sydney gReg leong wiTH jAne deeTH printmaker and paper artist Ruth Faerber. Ruth uses an impressive range of 30 MARCH AT 12 noon AT TMAg image-making processes to produce striking and original hand-coloured (see pAge 48) prints in bas-relief on handmade paper. Ruth is a guest at the International information Association of Hand Paper Makers & Artists (IAPMA) Congress. www.TendAysonTHeislAnd.CoM free events The Secret Life of Paper Artist Helen Hiebert explores the organic, sculptural and time-based qualities iMAge: of creative papermaking in an intimate video installation as captured by Top left: Winner Burnie Print Prize 2007, Belinda Fox, Take it Back, 2006, etching, pigment, lino, Gretchen Hogue. Paper is transformed into undulating sculptural forms as they edition no: 3/8100 x 140cm briefly come alive (the paper rips, puckers and shrinks) and ultimately freeze in Top right: Video still from, The Secret Life of Paper by Helen Hiebert (paper art) and Gretchen place, creating snapshots in time. Hogue (video)

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change in perception can make the impossible possible. In Tracy Luff’s bURNIE A hands, fluted cardboard is transformed into organic, textured and fluid ATRIUM BURNIE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS art forms that demand a new way of seeing and understanding WILSON STREET the commonplace. 27 MARch–5 APRIL In this large-scale, interactive installation Tracy’s cardboard columns populate 9AM–4.30PM dAILy the three-storey atrium of the Burnie City Council Chambers from above INfORMATION www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM and below. This awe-inspiring and thought-provoking work contains coded www.IAPMAcOngRess2009.cOM messages about the medium’s previous existence as well as its new and FREE EVENT enriched life.

Tracy will be a guest speaker at the IAPMA Congress, New Paper, IMAge: Tracy Luff, Never Ending, 2006, fluted cardboard, 22 x 90 x 90cm Old Land alongside eminent Australian artist, John Wolseley and a host of international guests. Supported by

BURNIE CITY COUNCIL

41 THE WILDERNESS GALLERY TEN DAYS , LANDSCAPE ART RESEARCH q UEENSTOWN CRADLE MOUNTAIN PRESENTS AND TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY PRESENT MINEWORKS THE b LACK ISLE, SCOTLAND NEW WORK

STRATA trata explores the nexus CRADLE MOUNTAIN ineworks is an exhibition of ZEEHAN S between tradition and THE WILDERNESS gALLERY M drawings and mixed-media WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM CRADLE MOUNTAIN ROAD MAIN ROAD innovation using handmade works from Scottish artist Sue Jane 20 MARCH–17 JuLY 15 MARch–19 APRIL paper as a foundation for 10AM–5PM DAILY Taylor’s residency at Landscape Art 10AM–4PM dAILy modern photographic printing GALLeRY eNTRY FeeS APPLY Research Queenstown in 2008. Sue INfORMATION techniques. This striking collection INfORMATION Jane works on ‘out there’ industrial www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM

of collaborative and individual www.TeNDAYSONTHeISLAND.COM sites. Much of her work is concerned FREE EVENT photographs is printed on timber with industries that are located in IMAGe: Darren Jew, Passing dugout, off Bagabag veneer and papers that feature a delicately balanced, remote areas. IMAge: Sue Jane Taylor, Scaffolder, Methil Fife, Island, PNG, 23/04/2008 2007, photopolymer colour etching on copper, 44x surprising variety of non-traditional 69cm. Photograph by Fin Macrae During her residency Sue worked with natural fibres such as lichen, mosses miners from the Mt Lyell and Henty Proudly supported by Barrick Mines and collected endemic flora of mines on Tasmania’s West Coast. Cradle Mountain. Strata evokes the Mineworks brings the exhibition back many layers of island life and reflects into the community that inspired the the way process develops through work. the need to communicate an idea.

CURATOR: Raymond Arnold ARTISTS: Dave Broos, Rick eaves, Ruth Frost, Joanna Gair, wolfgang Glowacki, Loic le Guilly, Ian Jeanneret, Darren Jew, Anne McDonald, Simon Olding, kirsty Pilkington, Raoul Slater, David Stephenson and Ian wallace CURATOR: Tracy Thomas

42 DEv ONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY PRESENTS vALLEY v ISION AND CRITERION GALLERY PRESENT WORRY DOLL MINEWORKS @wILLOw cOuRt THE b LACK ISLE, SCOTLAND TASMANIA NEW WORK Coyle’s work is “groundbreaking... so far ahead of anything out there in terms of visual sophistication that it suggests a new way forward for the genre - maybe a new genre altogether. ” The Daily Telegraph

RE-EARTHING

e-earthing delves beneath the DEvONPORT orry Doll @ Willow Court sees NEW NORfOLK DEVONPORT REgIONAL gALLERY R surface of Tasmanian culture, W the drawings and text from WILLOW COURT–THE BARRACKS 45-47 STEWART STREET BUILDINg both historical and contemporary. Matt Coyle’s remarkable graphic 6 MARch–12 APRIL THE AVENUE This exhibition showcases the 10AM–5PM MOndAy tO sAtuRdAy novel, Worry Doll, presented in a 24 MARCH–12 APRIL responses of Tasmanian Aboriginal 12 nOOn–5PM sundAy & PubLIc unique walk-through installation 10AM–4PM DAILY artists to social, political and hOLIdAys that brings to life the historic asylum CLOSeD 6 APRIL & GOOD FRIDAY environmental issues within their ARTISTS’ fLOOR TALK buildings at willow Court in New PATRONS ADvICE 28 MARch At 3.30PM home state. Norfolk. It’s a haunting setting PATRONS ARe ADvISeD THIS exHIBITION INfORMATION CONTAINS IMAGeS THAT DePICT for this surreal and mesmerising Tasmanians are renowned for openly www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM vIOLeNCe, AND IS NOT ReCOMMeNDeD dreamscape. FOR vIewING BY CHILDReN challenging environmental practices. FREE EVENT Many current industry practices Many of the illustrations are based IN CONvERSATION MATT COYLE WITH TIM COx threaten Aboriginal culture – a IMAge: Untitled, Lorna Riley, oil and acrylic on on actual Hobart and Derwent Valley canvas 4 APRIL AT 12 NOON AT TMAG culture built upon respect for, and landmarks that will be familiar to local (See PAGe 48) responsibility to, the land. Through residents. INfORMATION contemporary artwork, the artists www.tendaysontheisland.com

reflect on their relationship to place in FREE EVENT a globalised and industrialised world.

Re-earthing, a deeply considered IMAGe: Matt Coyle, My Friends are a Couple of Classics (detail), 2007 limited edition pure pigment exhibition curated by Aboriginal artist print, 38.8 x 56cm. Courtesy of the artist and Criterion Gallery and curator Vicki West, takes a long hard look at the relationship between contemporary Aboriginal culture and the changing Tasmanian environment.

ARTISTS: Lola Greeno, Lorna Riley and Denise Ava Robinson CURATOR: Vicki West

43 S ALAMANCA A RTS C ENTRE PRESENTS

TASMANIA CHANCE encounters 1:100,000 he surrealist André Breton T seized the phrase ‘as beautiful NEW WORK as the chance encounter between a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table’ from a 19th rom the intensely personal to HObART HObART century Symbolist poem, Les Chants THE IxL ATRIUM LONg gALLERY f wry bemusement, Tasmania de Maldoror by Isadore Ducasse. HUNTER STREET SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE 1:100,000 Mapping the Island offers 14 MARch–12 APRIL For Breton, the phrase captured the 77 SALAMANCA PLACE vibrant new perspectives on our 9AM–5PM dAILy way that everyday life is occasionally 25 MARch–30 APRIL island home. INfORMATION ruptured by chance moments of 10AM–5PM dAILy cLOsed gOOd FRIdAy Three hundred individual sections www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM wonder, shock or rare crystalline IN CONvERSATION taken from a topographical map FREE EVENT clarity. MARy knIghts And MARIA kundA of Tasmania have been supplied Chance Encounters explores notions wIth séAn keLLy IMAge: Penny Carey-Wells and Diane Perndt to visual artists, writers, musicians, of the momentary and unexpected 28 MARch At 2PM At tMAg (see PAge 48) chefs and dancers from Australia through the works of Tracey Allen, ARTIST fLOOR TALKS and around the world. The artists Claire Barclay, Bianca Barling, 5 APRIL At 5PM have been asked to create a two- Barbara Campbell, Jim Everett, CATALOGUE LAUNCH 5 APRIL At 6PM At LOng gALLeRy dimensional, paper-based visual Nicholas Folland, Louise Haselton, response to their section of the map. Anne Mestitz, Aleksandra Mir and INfORMATION www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM Curators, Diane Perndt and Penny Elizabeth Woods. FREE EVENT Carey-Wells, will reassemble the map of responses to reveal a very CURATORS: Maria Kunda and Mary Knights IMAge: Nicholas Folland, Navigator (detail), 2008, different topography of Tasmania. mixed media, 110cm (h) x 25cm (w) x 87 cm (d)

44 S CHOOL O f ARCHITECTURE, UNIv ERSITY O f DESIGN CENTRE– TASMANIA PRESENTS TASMANIA, qUEEN vICTORIA M USEUM & ART G ALLERY AND T EN D AYS PRESENT

b ORNHOLM, DENMARK/ TASMANIA

AUSTRALIA 2 CHANCE SPATIAL 2 4is an international exchange LAUNCESTON 4 exhibition involving artist- DESIgN CENTRE–TASMANIA CNR TAMAR & BRISBANE STREETS encounters designer collaborations between origami 27 MARch–30 APRIL Australia and Denmark in the n this installation origami, the NEW WORK 9.30AM–5.30PM dAILy combined fields of furniture and I Japanese art of paper folding cLOsed gOOd FRIdAy ceramics. Focused upon the islands gALLeRy entRy Fees APPLy is translated into an architectural 2 IN CONvERSATION exploration of how the folding and of Tasmania and Bornholm, 4 draws upon the shared enthusiasm of Penny sMIth & LARs kJÆRuLF MøLLeR repetition of modular elements can wIth PIPPA dIcksOn LAUNCESTON their artisans for celebrating island create complex and evocative spatial 29 MARch At 12 nOOn At tMAg (see QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM & ART forms. identity. PAge 48) gALLERY AT INVERESK INfORMATION German-born architect Chris Bosse, 2 INVERMAY ROAD Sixteen artists from Tasmania, 27 MARch–5 APRIL www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM director of Laboratory for Visionary Bornholm and Copenhagen have 10AM–5PM dAILy Architecture (LAVA) in Sydney, bases been partnered – furniture maker IN CONvERSATION IMAge: Ann-Charlotte Ohlsson, Spherical Form, his practice on the computational to ceramic artist – to produce a 2007, porcelain, 25cm dia. (approx) wIth chRIs bOsse collaborative work that in turn study of organic structures and 27 MARch At 12 nOOn At tMAg (see resulting spatial conceptions. These PAge 48) creates a dialogue between the ARTISTS: ideas were explored by Bosse in INfORMATION two islands. These international John Smith/Anne-Charoltte Ohlsson the design for the 2008 Summer www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM conversations take a celebration Brendan Sharpe/Anne Metter Hjortshøj Olympics Beijing National Aquatics FREE EVENT of the four seasons as their theme, Simon Ancher/Hanne Hansen Sally Brown/Hans Munck Andersen Centre, ‘The Water Cube’. ultimately highlighting innovation in Penny Smith/Troels Grum-Schwensen IMAge: Digital Origami Cave by UTS master design, the diversity of nationalities In Spatial Origami, Bosse class students with Chris Bosse, 2007. Peter Battaglene/Tyge Axel Holm Photographer Ian Barnes collaborates with artists Christina and the culture of collaboration. Zsolt Faludi/Charlotte Friis Ben Richardson/Rasmus Fenhann Waterson, John Vella and students of CURATORS: John and Penny Smith The University of Tasmania’s school of Architecture & Design to create a new entry element for the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk.

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australia tHe tasmania national Play TWo festival PAIRS 2009 of sHorts ver two weeks discover HoBart n 2008, four playwrights were swansea o new works by Australian Backspace i invited to take up one-week sWansea tOWn hall sackville street 17 franklin street playwrights and get behind the residencies in four Tasmanian 1 & 2 ApRil AT 4.30, 6.30 & 9.30pM 28 MARCH AT 6pM scenes to see how new plays are communities to create new work. 3 & 4 ApRil AT 1.30, 4.30 & 6.30pM HoBart session deTAils pAge 52 made. The centrepiece of the Inspired by the environment and Backspace programme is a showcase of staged duration their communities, the results are sackville street readings of six brand new plays 1HR 20Mins (no inTeRvAl) warm, funny, sad, poignant and 29 MARCH AT 4pM written, directed and performed by tickets provocative. 5 ApRil AT 4pM some of Australia’s finest theatre single session $18 king island MUlTi-session TiCkeTs: (online only) Don’t miss your chance to see this currie tOWn hall artists. 3 plAys $48, 6 plAys $84 wonderful season of short play meech street From comedy to allegory, Book your 3-Play or readings inspired by King Island, 1 ApRil AT 6pM melodrama to political drama, the 6-Play Pass online Miena, Swansea and Zeehan. The zeeHan gaiety theatre National Play Festival has something Step 1: Book your multi-session pass plays have been co-commissioned online and pay one flat, discounted rate. main street for everyone. by the Australian Script Centre and Step 2: Register for your preferred session 3 ApRil AT 6pM the Tasmanian Theatre Company to times online at: miena tHree sHort Plays aBout tHe www.nationalplayfestival.org.au commemorate the Australian Script miena cOmmunity centre same two PeoPle by Van Badham online Bookings Centre’s 30th Anniversary. cider gum rOad tHe Berry man by Patricia Cornelius www.TendAysonTHeislAnd.CoM 4 ApRil AT 6pM HyPatia by Marcel Dorney booking info pAge 51 PlaywrigHts: Adam Grossetti, duration dirtyland by Elise Hearst information Finnegan Kruckemeyer, Debra oswald 2HRs (inTeRvAl) return to eartH by Lally Katz Want to know more about playwriting? and Sue Smith tickets Details of the full National Play Festival revolution by Jonathan Ari Lander Performers: Robert Jarman, Jane $10 (dooR sAles only) schedule, including workshops, forums Johnson, Guy Hooper, Fiona Stewart and artistic director: Chris Mead and play readings will be announced early Carrie McLean in 2009. iMAge: Peter Whyte Register at www.nationalplayfestival.org.au to receive updates and a copy of the 2009 Project proudly supported by Central National Play Festival guide by mail. Highlands Council and Glamorgan Spring Bay Council iMAge: Andrew Nobbs

46 ARTS TASMANIA PRESENTS tAsMAnIA bOOK PRIZES

asmania’s thriving literary community bursts to the forefront of the Ten As a special event for this Ten Days HObART T Days on the Island calendar from 1–4 April, offering up a rich banquet presented by the Tasmanian Writers’ COMMISSARIAT STORE TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART gALLERY of events for all lovers of literature. Engage with an inspiring programme Centre, prominent Tasmanian writer, 40 MAcquARIe stReet of literary panel sessions, conversations and readings in the lead-up to the Karen Knight, will present Tasmanian UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA PRIzE announcement of the highly sought-after Tasmania Book Prizes. Hebridean Dreaming: writing in SHORTLIST AUTHORS foreign lands. Karen spent time as Hosted in the Commissariat Store, Ten Days’ impressive new literary venue in 1 APRIL At 12 nOOn writer-in-residence in Scotland during Tasmania’s oldest public building, the Tasmania Book Prizes are testament to MARgARET SCOTT PRIzE SHORTLIST 2007, including four days in the AUTHORS the vitality and quality of Tasmania’s literary industry. A biennial suite of prizes Hebridean Islands where she formed 2 APRIL At 12 nOOn delivered by Arts Tasmania and the University of Tasmania, they recognise, a creative partnership with Scottish TASMANIA BOOK PRIzE SHORTLIST promote and encourage the increasingly active and popular Tasmanian AUTHORS poet and lecturer Dillys Rose. Karen publishing industry with prizes on offer in the following categories: 3 APRIL At 12 nOOn and Dillys have corresponded ever PRIzE ANNOUNCEMENTS since, with each writing a poem 4 APRIL At 4PM THE TASMANIA bOOK PRIZE Best book with Tasmanian content: $25,000 each month for the past year on the DURATION THE MARGARET SCOTT PRIZE same topic from their respective 45MIns (nO InteRvAL) Best book by a Tasmanian Writer: $5,000 places. The work will be published in INfORMATION THE UNIvERSITY Of TASMANIA PRIZE England in October 2009. www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM Best book by a Tasmanian publisher: $5,000 FOR detAILs OF MORe LIteRARy events see tALks & FORuMs (PAge 48)

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here is a wealth of debate, discussion and exchange of ideas during 31 MARCH 1pm: Book Launch, Ronnie Summer’s The T this Ten Days. Visual artists, curators, art historians, writers, librettists, 12 noon: In Conversation, Megan Keating Corner and Beyond (Magabala Books) with Jonathan Holmes, You Are Home (see 2pm: Prize Announcement, Wildcare musicians, actors, furniture designers, architects and a host of island page 38) Tasmania Nature Writing Prize aficionados are conducting talks and forums on a diverse range of topics 1pm: In Conversation, Ross Bolleter, 3pm: Readings, Tasmania Book Prizes around the State and it’s all free. Ruined (see page 4), Massimo Cavallaro, Shortlist Authors Terra Che Brucia (see page 33) and Jim 4pm: Prize Announcement, University of As a Ten Days first, a full lunchtime programme of talks will take place at Denley, A Walk on Maria Island (see page Tasmania, Margaret Scott, and Tasmania Hobart’s oldest public building, the Commissariat Store at TMAG. Take a seat 31) with Constantine Koukias Book Prizes (see page 47) and expand your Ten Days experience! 1 APRIL 5 APRIL 12 noon: In Conversation, University of 12 noon: In Conversation, Wu Hsing-kuo, Tasmania Prize Shortlisted Authors (see King Lear (see page 21) and Thanapoom page 47) Sirichang and Constantine Koukias, The HObART 2pm: In Conversation, Mary Knights and 1pm: Writers forum - Publishing and Lunch Box (see page 22) COMMISSARIAT STORE Maria Kunda with Séan Kelly, Chance New Technologies: What is the future of 1pm: In Conversation, Louise Moyes, TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART gALLERY Encounters (see page 44) publishing in Tasmania in an online world? Florence (see page 15) & Hugh Hughes, 40 MACQUARIE STREET 29 MARCH 2 APRIL Floating (see page 11) with Annette Downs 27 MARch–5 APRIL 12 noon: In Conversation, Gísli Örn 12 noon: In Conversation, Margaret Scott Gardarsson, Metamorphosis (see page 6) PROGRAMME Prize Shortlisted Authors (see page 47) INfORMATION and Hiroaki Umeda, S20 (see page 9) with 27 MARCH 1pm: Writers Forum - Place and Identity: the cOuRtyARd cAFe Is OPen FROM Scott Rankin, Big hART (see pages 2 & 14) 12 noon: In Conversation, Chris Bosse with How does place influence writing, identity 10AM–4PM MOndAy–FRIdAy 1pm: Penny Smith and Lars Kjærulf Møller Peta Heffernan of the Australian Institute and culture? 11AM–4PM weekends with Pippa Dickson 42 (see page 45) of Architects, Spatial Origami (see page 45) 3 APRIL FOR InFORMAtIOn AbOut tALks, 30 MARCH 1pm: Launch, The Australian Script Centre 12 noon: In Conversation, Tasmania Book FORuMs And PROFessIOnAL 12 noon: In Conversation, Greg Leong turns 30! (see page 46) Prize Shortlisted Authors (see page 47) wORkshOPs vIsIt with Jane Deeth, On Paper (see page 40) 28 MARCH 1pm: Writers Forum - Critical Writing: Has www.tendAysOntheIsLAnd.cOM 1pm: In Conversation, Stephen Bain Baby, the role of the critic changed? How is this 11am: Catalogue Launch, Evolution - FREE EVENTS Where... (see page 10) and Stuart Devenie, Patricia Piccinini & Juliana Engberg (see reflected in contemporary critical writing Hatch (see page 13) with Robert Jarman page 34) 4 APRIL 12 noon: Tasmanian Hebridean Dreaming, 11am: In Conversation, Trust curator, Noel Tasmanian Writers’ Centre (see page 47) Frankham, and artists (see page 36) 1pm: In Conversation, The Icelandic 12 noon: In Conversation, Matt Coyle, Love Collective with Michael Edwards, Worry Doll (see page 43) with Tim Cox Hospitality (see page 39)

48 2009 GRAND tOuR Take in the whole Ten Days experience, soak up the scenery of Tasmania, indulge in the food and wine and experience the very special events on offer across the art forms in our spectacular destinations. Take the Grand Tour of Tasmania as we suggest or create your own from our Event Planner on pages 52 and 53. Visit www.tendaysontheisland.com for more information.

DAY 1 HOBART Celebrate the opening night of the festival with the premiere of FRIDAY 27 MARCH Metamorphosis (pages 6 & 7). Dine at one of the waterfront’s fabulous restaurants and watch Junk Theory (page 2) float past. Slip on your dancing shoes and follow the crowds to our very own Dance Hall (page 3) to shimmy the night away.

DAY 2 HOBART Stroll through the historic waterfront precinct to Hobart’s iconic outdoor SATURDAY 28 MARCH markets in Salamanca Place. Experience Aniwaniwa (page 34) then dive into an evening of shows with chamber opera The Lunch Box (page 22), S20 (page 9) and Hatch (page 13).

DAY 3 TASMAN PENINSULA Take the high-speed catamaran from Constitution Dock through Storm Bay to SUNDAY 29 MARCH Port Arthur or enjoy a Sunday drive down the Tasman Highway. Then kick back on the lawns with a picnic lunch at Port Arthur Historic Site for a concert by the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra featuring ETHEL (page 26).

DAY 4 EAST COAST Head up the stunning east coast to Triabunna then take the ferry over MONDAY 30 MARCH to the unique performance experience of A Walk on Maria Island (page 27). Then continue on up the coast making sure you drop into the award-winning wineries along the way before enjoying a night at the pictures with Far Flung Flicks (page 33).

DAY 5 EAST COAST Take your time exploring Coles Bay and the incredible Freycinet National TUESDAY 31 MARCH Park. Then enjoy some of the freshest oysters and seafood in the coastal towns before you take your seat for Music for Mandolin in St Marys (see page 31).

DAY 6 NORTH EAST COAST Explore the pristine beaches of the Bay of Fires or book in for a round of golf WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL at one of the world’s finest links courses with spectacular view of Bass Strait at Barnbougle Dunes. Then head to Bridport for a beachside barbecue and an evening with the locals in the waters of the Mediterranean with Terra Che Brucia (see page 32).

DAY 7 LAUNCESTON Let West Tamar’s wine routes lead you astray but leave plenty of time THURSDAY 2 APRIL for a long lunch at one of the cellar-door restaurants that are a speciality of the region. Then it’s onwards into Launceston to see Siren (page 8). You’ll still have time to make it to the Princess Theatre for King Lear (pages 20–21).

DAY 8 NORTH WEST COAST Hit the road westward stopping off in Devonport to visit the National Trust FRIDAY 3 APRIL property, Home Hill where you’ll find Trust (pages 36–37). It’s a short drive from there to the Burnie Regional Art Gallery (page 41) then head to Smithton and hear Old Man Luedecke (page 30).

DAY 9 WEST COAST Today it’s your choice… head down to Zeehan to Mineworks (page 43) then SATURDAY 4 APRIL over to Strahan and jouney on the West Coast Wilderness Railway or cruise down the astonishing Gordon River. Or head south through the Western Tiers to Ross stay over at one of the Georgian B&Bs and bop to the Ross Dance Hall featuring Jalsa Creole (page 5).

DAY 10 HOBART Drive back to Hobart in time for the announcement of the Tasmania Book SUNDAY 5 APRIL Prizes then see Florence (page 17) and Floating (page 11). Then don your glad rags for a final fling at the Dance Hall with Full-Tilt Recliner (see page 3) to farewell a Ten Days you’ll never forget!

49 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND SUPPORT Ten Days on the Island Limited The following companies and productions acknowledge the support of one or ACN 092 326 951 more of the following government bodies: ABN 30 092 326 951 Australian Script Centre, BIG hART, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Contemporary Level 5, 147 Macquarie Street Art Services Tasmania, Creative Paper Tasmania, Design Centre-Tasmania, GPO Box 1403 Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport Entertainment Centre, IHOS Music Hobart Tasmania Australia 7001 Theatre and Opera, Kultour, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Musica Viva Tasmania, Telephone: +61 3 6233 5700 National Trust (Tasmania), Playwriting Australia, Plimsoll Gallery, Polytoxic Facsimile: +61 3 6233 5830 Dance Company, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, Queen email: [email protected] Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, RealTime, Salamanca Arts Centre, Screen website: www.tendaysontheisland.com Tasmania, Taikoz, Sydney Theatre Company, Tasmanian Theatre Company, Tasdance, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmanian Regional Arts, Board of Directors Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Writers’ Centre, Theatre North, Sir Guy Green – Chairman Theatre Royal, University of Tasmania, Valley Vision and West Coast Pioneers Scott Dawkins – Secretary Museum. Peter Althaus, Bill Bleathman, Julia Farrell, Scott Gadd, Peter Rae AO Past Board members: Jane Foley, Robert Rockefeller, Felicia Mariani, Lynne Uptin

Artistic Director: Elizabeth Walsh General Manager: Marcus Barker

Marketing and Business Development Marketing and Communications: Jude Franks Marketing and Communications executive: Clare Coyne Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Jane Longhurst

Business Development Manager: Maria Lurighi Business Development executive: Lizzi Nicoll Marketing & Business Development Northern Region: Gilbert Sellars Publicity: Prue Bassett Publicity Ticketing Services Manager: Benita Healy PHILOS PATRONS Programming and Operations The Philos Patrons is a giving programme that allows individuals to actively Programme Manager: David Roberts contribute to bringing artists and companies from island all around the visual Arts Coordinator: Jane Deeth world to Tasmania. For further information about making a tax deductable Operations Manager: Ifan Thomas donation and becoming a Philos Patron please phone Business Development Production Manager: Jen Cramer on 03) 6233 5700. Operations Coordinator: Christine Bowling Anonymous (1) Production Designer: Daniel Zika Althaus Family Administration and Finance Chau Family Office Coordinator: Helen Berwick & Samantha Dwyer Dourios Family Finance Manager: Peter van Loggerenberg Hunn Family Bookkeeper: Suzy Browne Ken Latona & Sabrina Pirie Design and Publications: Roar Film Dianna & Marco Nikitaras IT Services: TOPS Natalia & Nick Nikitaras Printing: Geon Patinotis Family Paper: Spicers Paper Rockefeller Family Image Credits Grand Tour (page 49): Courtesy Tourism Tasmania, George Apostolidis, Richard Eastwood, Glenn Watkins Family Gibson, Garry Moore, Joe Schemesh and Peter Whyte Image Credits My Island Home (page 1): Portraits and landscapes by Matt Newton TAKING C ARE O f bUSINESS A new corporate priority entertainment booking programme designed At the time of printing many of the talented people who will make our special around your business’ needs and engagement with your team and clients. event happen around the state are yet to be appointed. For those not listed Ten Days on the Island with the support of KPMG is helping you ‘take care above we thank them for their contribution and support in advance. of your business’. For further information please call 03) 6233 5700 to

Special thanks to: Simon Boughey, John Chilcott, Randy Follet, Jillian discuss the opportunities further. Kuerschner, Northern Stakeholder Group: Jo Archer, Louise Clark, Robin Lohrey, Becky Shrimpton, Robert Wallace.

50 Book your tickets in 3 eAsy & ConvenienT wAys 1. www.tendaysontH eisland.com B ook online & win! for your convenience, at any time of the day or night visit book your tickets online through www.tendaysontheisland.com www.tendaysontheisland.com and book all your tickets at once. and be automatically entered into a draw to win one of two Simply choose the events you want to see, complete the exciting prizes: a Nokia N95 Next g Network mobile phone, transaction via the secure payment screen and your tickets will or a superb two night’s accommodation, dinner and breakfast be posted to you or held for collection if booked less than ten package at freycinet Lodge on Tasmania’s stunning freycinet days from the event. Peninsula. There are no postage charges for booking online, we’ll pay these for you.

2. s tatewide at service tasmania Visit in person any of the 27 Service Tasmania outlets across the state and book Book all your tickets in person through the following local agencies: all your tickets. For locations and opening hours visit www.service.tas.gov.au Bridport post Office st marys post Office 83 Main Street, Bridport 36 Main Road, St Marys 9am–5pm Mon–Fri 9am–5pm Mon–Fri t en days ticket o utlets 3. (closed Christmas & New Year period) (closed Christmas & New Year period) Book all your tickets in person or via telephone with any of the outlets listed cygnet southern Business service swansea news and post below. Postage charges may apply. *Tickets for events in Cygnet only 40 Franklin Street, Swansea Burnie civic centre princess theatre 14 Mary Street, Cygnet 7am–5pm Mon–Fri, Wilmot Street, Burnie 57 Brisbane Street, Launceston 9am–5pm Mon–Wed & Fri 7am–4pm Sat, 7am–3pm Sun, Telephone: 03) 6430 5850 Telephone: 03) 6323 3666 (closed Christmas & New Year period) (Christmas Day 7am–noon) 9am–5pm Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm Mon–Fri, richmond post Office (closed 20 Dec–11 Jan) 9.30am–1pm Sat *Tickets for events in Richmond only (closed noon 24 Dec–5 Jan) centertainment 54 Bridge Street, Richmond 53 Elizabeth Mall, Hobart theatre royal 9am–5pm Mon–Fri Telephone: 03) 6234 5998 29 Campbell Street, Hobart 9am–5.30pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat Telephone: 03) 6233 2299 (closed Christmas & New Year public 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat c omPanion c ard holidays) (closed 25 Dec–4 Jan) Ten Days on the Island is proud to continue to participate in the Companion Card scheme in 2009. The programme offers a second ticket to selected events devonport entertainment & at no cost if you hold a Companion Card. Tickets must be purchased through convention centre the Ten Days Ticket outlets. 145–151 Rooke Street, Devonport Companion Card Help Line: 1800 009 501 Telephone: 03) 6420 2900 www.companioncard.org.au 9am–4.30pm Mon–Fri (closed 25 Dec–4 Jan) c oncessions Concession prices apply to children aged 16 years and under, full-time students, pensioners and heath care cardholders. Proof will be required at the time of booking and may be required upon entering venues.

c onditions of s ale fees and charges please nOte All prices listed in this brochure are inclusive of all fees and ticket processing In consideration of performers and other patrons the use of mobile phones, paging charges. Tickets purchased by telephone may incur a postage charge per devices, cameras or recording equipment is not permitted. Latecomers may only transaction. Ticket prices to Ten Days on the Island are GST exempt. be admitted at the discretion of the management at a convenient break in the refunds/exchanges programme. Some performances will have total lock-outs; please check start times Please check your tickets carefully at the time of purchase. Ten Days on the Island carefully. has a no refund or exchange policy on completed bookings. disaBled access prOgramme details For information on disabled access please contact one of the Ten Days Tickets outlets Programme details are correct at the time of printing. Ten Days on the Island reserves above or visit www.tendaysontheisland.com the right to alter the programme where and when necessary and without notice.

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PAGE GENRE SHOW LOCATION fRI 27 MARCH SAT 28 MARCH SUN 29 MARCH MON 30 MARCH TUE 31 MARCH WED 1 APRIL THU 2 APRIL fRI 3 APRIL SAT 4 APRIL SUN 5 APRIL 31 Music A Walk on Maria Island Maria Island 12 noon 12 noon 10 Installation Baby, Where ...? Various Glenorchy 10am–2pm Hbt 10am–2pm Hbt 10am–2pm Burnie 10am–2pm Penguin 10am–2pm Ulverstone 10am–2pm Devonport 10am to 2pm Launceston 10am–2pm Evandale 10am–2pm 29 Music Barbara Furtuna Various Richmond 11am Longford 6pm Oatlands 6pm Hobart 6pm 23 Music Blessing Of The Earth Hobart/Launceston Hobart 8pm Launceston 8pm 16 Dance Breakaway Launceston 5pm 5pm 4pm 2pm 17 Dance Daniel Yeung & Raka Maitra Launceston 6pm 1pm 26 Music ETHEL Launceston 26 March 7pm 32 Film Far Flung Flicks Various Adventure Bay 7pm Franklin 7pm Hobart 6.30pm Swansea 7pm Deloraine 7pm Launceston 7pm Wynyard 7pm Zeehan 7.30pm Bothwell 4pm R’mond 4pm/Hbt 6.30pm 11 Theatre Floating Launceston/Hobart Launceston 2pm & 6pm Launceston 6pm Hobart 8pm Hobart 8pm Hobart 8pm Hobart 6pm 15 Theatre/Dance Florence Various Burnie 8pm Campbell Town 7pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm 18 Dance Karbal Ballet & Tasdance Launceston 6pm 11am 13 Theatre Hatch ... Various Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Cygnet 7pm Swansea 7pm Launceston 6pm Launceston 6pm Rowella 4pm 2 Outdoor/Theatre Junk Theory Various Hobart 9pm Kingston Beach 7.30pm Old Beach 7.30pm Huonville 7.30pm Bellerive 7.30pm Gravelly Beach 7.30pm George Town 7.30pm Launceston 7.30pm Launceston 7.30pm 21 Theatre King Lear Launceston/Hobart Launceston 8pm Hobart 4pm Hobart 4pm 28 Music La Serenissima Hobart 8pm 19 Dance Let’s Get it Strait Flinders Island King Is. 14 March 7.30pm Whitemark 7.30pm 12 Theatre Martha Various Margate 11am & 1pm Sorell 2 & 4pm Devonport 1 & 3pm Devonport 11am & 2pm 6 Theatre Metamorphosis Hobart Preview 26 March 7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 27 Music Music For Mandolin St Marys/Dunalley St Marys 7pm Dunalley 7pm 19 Dance Ngai Tahu 32 Launceston 8pm 1pm 6pm 30 Music Old Man Luedecke Various Naracoopa 7pm Beaconsfield 6pm Gunns Plains 6pm Whitemark 7pm Sheffield 7pm Smithton 7pm Rosebery 6pm New Norfolk 11am 28 Music Romantic Idylls Burnie/Hobart Burnie 7pm Hobart 8pm 4 Music/Performance Ruined* Hobart 7pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 12 noon 9 Dance S20 Hobart 6.30pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 8 Installation Siren Launceston 4 & 6pm 4 & 6pm 4 & 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 4 & 6pm 4 & 6pm 4 & 6pm 4 & 6pm 47 Literature Tasmania Book Prize Hobart 12 noon 12 noon 12 noon Prizes 4pm 27 Music TYO (with ETHEL) Port Arthur 11am, concert 1pm 33 Film/Music Terra Che Brucia Various Hobart 8pm Hobart 8pm Bridport 8pm Devonport 8pm 16 Theatre Teuila Postcards Various Burnie 8pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Hobart 6pm Launceston 6pm Deloraine 8pm 22 Music The Lunch Box Hobart 26 March 6pm 6pm 1 & 6pm 14 Film/Music/Story This is Living** Various Latrobe 26 March 7.30pm Latrobe 7.30pm Glenorchy 7.30pm Glenorchy 7.30pm Glenorchy 7.30pm Franklin 7.30pm Franklin 2pm 46 Theatre Two Pairs of Shorts Various Swansea 6pm Hobart 4pm Currie 6pm Zeehan 6pm Miena 6pm Hobart 4pm 46 NATIONAL PLAY fESTIvAL 2009 - HObART Theatre Three Short Plays... 9.30pm 4.30pm Theatre The Berry Man 4.30pm 6.30pm Theatre Hypatia 6.30pm 1.30pm Theatre Return to Earth 4.30pm 6.30pm Theatre Revolution 6.30pm 1.30pm Theatre Dirtyland 9.30pm 4.30pm 3 & 24 DANCE HALL AT CITY HALL - HObART FROM 9PM TIL LATE (OPENING NIGHT 10PM) Music Mista Savona Meets Kenny Lopez with Felix The Shuffle Club Jalsa Creole Armandito Y Su Full–Tilt Recliner Horace Andy & Baloy & Shuffle Club & Recliner Trovason & Recliner Shuffle Club 24 & 25 DANCE HALL AT YOUR HALL – 5 STATEWIDE LOCATIONS FROM 8PM TIL LATE Music Mista Savona Meets Kenny Lopez Armandito Y Su Trovason Jalsa Creole in Ross Armandito Y Su Trovason Horace Andy in with Felix Baloy in George Town In Deloraine Launceston in Zeehan

*Ruined also in Stanley 15 February, Derby 21 February & Ross 22 February, from 12 noon, (see page 4) **This is Living also in Wynyard 20 & 21 March at 7.30pm, (see page 14).