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Contents Save & Win 4 Fearless Nadia 5 Peer Gynt BUY A FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION 6 Kodo & TaikOz in Concert 7 Anh Do – the Happiest (4 or more shows) Refugee Live! 8 O’Leary Walker to save and WIN! Cooking Demonstrations • Return Qantas economy fl ights for two to Brisbane 10 Sandy Evans’ Indian Project • 2 nights accommodation at the Medina Executive, Brisbane 10 Fire & Water 10 Crouching Tigers • A private tour of Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern 12 Refl ect Art (QAGOMA)’s fl agship exhibition The 7th Asia Pacifi c Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) 13 Keynote Lecture 14 Cambodia Sun Rising • A beautiful merchandise pack including the offi cial exhibition publication and lunch for two at the GOMA Restaurant. 15 Aditi Mangaldas 16 Tan Dun: Martial Arts Trilogy 18 Kailash Kher Be part of the opening weekend celebrations for QAGOMA’s 20 Moon Lantern Festival fl agship exhibition 22 OzAsia On Screen The 7th Asia Pacifi c 24 India On Screen Triennial of 26 Guru short fi lms Contemporary Art (APT7) 26 GreenRoom on 8 – 9 December 2012 27 Tan Dun Masterclass 27 Pathways Thanks to our friends at ShowTravel and QAGOMA, Brisbane 28 Beyond the Self 29 Teeth of the Rice Plant TOTAL PRIZE VALUE $ Asian Art After Dark 2,400 30 The Perfect Finish 30 Irrational & Idiosyncratic To qualify for the Festival Subscription price the same amount of tickets must be purchased for each performance. 31 The Needle on the Gauge Any additional tickets to any performance can be purchased at the Subscription 32 Confucius Institute Lecture price, once the initial subscription of four or more shows has been purchased. 32 Asian Century Forum Existing Adelaide Festival Centre subscribers can already automatically access the 33 Bollywood Workshops subscriber price. You can include the cooking demonstrations, fi lms, An Evening with Ramta Drig and Asian Art After Dark in your Festival Subscription even though no 33 Masamichi Yoshikawa Talk discount applies. For full terms and conditions please go to ozasiafestival.com.au 34 Places to meet and eat 38 Information Purchase your Festival by phone, in person or online Subscription from 39 Calendar

2 Welcome to OzAsia Festival 2012 Our exclusive world premieres this year are as diverse as the region and cultures of Asia. One highlight is the Australian/Indian collaboration Fearless Nadia that will travel to India in November 2012 as part of OzFest – the Australian Government’s major cultural festival in India. Another world premiere is the poignant Cambodia Sun Rising by Geraldine Cox and Cate Fowler featuring young performers from Sunrise Children’s Village. The exclusive Australian premiere of Academy and Grammy-Award winner Tan Dun’s Martial Arts Trilogy will be a must see event. Comedian Anh Do will bring his heart-felt book to life with his show The Happiest Refugee Live!; Yohangza Theatre Company return to Adelaide with Jacinta Thompson their interpretation of Ibsen’s epic Peer Gynt. Kodo & Taikoz will drum their FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, OZASIA FESTIVAL way into your heart and Sandy Evans’ Indian Project will enchant your soul. Be prepared to be charmed by India’s mega star Kailash Kher and his band. TThehe ppeacockeacock hhasas a sspecialpecial pplacelace iinn IIndianndian mmythologyythology aandnd hhistory.istory. The beautiful bird’s dance is associated with the The visual arts program will focus on contemporary voices while the fi lm fi rst gathering of monsoon clouds in the sky, when he program explores stories that unite us in their universal themes. We also fl amboyantly fans his iridescent train to joyfully show off have cooking demonstrations, Bollywood dance workshops and the Keynote its sparkling colours. With India as our country of focus in lecture with the Hawke Centre. This year the Festival closes with our multi- 2012, the peacock is a fi tting symbol for this year’s Festival award winning Moon Lantern Festival. which proudly highlights contemporary Asian culture Together with artists, communities, cultural partners and sponsors, I look through diverse cultural events. forward to seeing you at our unique Festival in September.

The State Government has been highlighting the value of Australia’s engagement with Asia for many years and, in the Asian Century, our economic and trade future is strongly linked to genuine cultural exchange. Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival plays an important role in building strong cross-cultural understanding and intercultural communication and, since its start in 2007, the Festival has become a role model event. As well as all this of course, OzAsia is simply a wonderful celebration that continues to excite, delight and challenge audiences. The Hon John Hill I invite you to join us and be part of this amazing showcase of the depth and MINISTER FOR THE ARTS breadth of Asian culture.

It is a great honour to be Patron of this festival, a much-loved and important part of our cultural calendar. Australia is looking forward to an Asian century. The OzAsia Festival provides an important means of understanding and appreciating our neighbouring Asian countries through the joy of gathering together, sharing and celebrating the richness of the arts and culture that defi ne this fantastic event. The Festival’s focus on India this year is particularly timely. It is a nation with a long and deep cultural history, and this year South Australians will be able to Hieu Van Le ao revel in the beauty and grandeur of the fascinating Indian continent. In recent years, our local Indian community has grown signifi cantly, and with it the PATRON, OZASIA FESTIVAL enormous value of their contribution to our economy and society through LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SA their culture. CHAIRMAN, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Now in its sixth year, the 2012 OzAsia Festival will again delight us all MULTICULTURAL AND ETHNIC with the spectacular range of events on offer. I urge you to bring your AFFAIRS COMMISSION family and friends.

Over the last 12 months the OzAsia Festival has received many signifi cant accolades, including the national AbaF Business Partner Award, AbaF SA Awards and a national Australian Event Award. OzAsia also continues to gain respect internationally as the premier Australian event contributing to and engaging with the cultural landscape of our Asian region. As well as exploring links between Australia and the diverse cultures of our Asian neighbours OzAsia places Asian cultures in an Australian context. New generations of Asian-Australians are now celebrating their traditions and histories to help realise our potential and history as a multicultural nation. Douglas Gautier Thank you to everyone involved in the OzAsia Festival including artists, staff, sponsors, presenting partners and audiences. You have all contributed CEO & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, to the impact and signifi cance of this wonderful cultural celebration in ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE South Australia.

Welcome to OzAsia Festival 2012 3 Ben Walsh and the Orkestra of the Underground Fearless Nadia AN INDIA-AUSTRALIA COLLABORATION STEEPED IN HISTORY

IInn 11930930 oonene ooff A female version of Zorro, together with highlights from her other classic tthehe bbiggestiggest sstarstars Fearless Nadia was the movie appearances.Witness the birth of Bollywood, iinn BBombayombay wwasas a fi rst stunt queen of Indian accompanied by a new and completely original fi lms; a blonde blue-eyed score by musical chameleon Ben Walsh sswordword fi gghting,hting, wwhip-hip- girl from Perth and a (Tom Tom Crew) performed live by the ccracking,racking, ppunch-unch- pioneer in Indian Cinema. Orkestra of the Underground. fl iingingnging AAustralian-ustralian- Marvel at a screening of Special guest musicians and dancers from bbornorn sstunttunt wwomanoman the restored Diamond India will be adding to the adventure. eextraordinaire,xtraordinaire, Queen, one of Nadia’s Including passages for tabla improvised FFearlessearless NNadia.adia. most celebrated fi lms and composed by tabla maestro Aneesh Pradhan. Don’t miss the madness, and wonder at the legend of Fearless Nadia!

Whips, quips, swinging hips! That, in a nutshell, describes the legendary Hindi cinema stunt queen Fearless Nadia a.k.a. Mary Evans...

Roy Wadia (Grandson of Producer J B H Wadia who created the Nadia persona)

Adult $45 .30 .30 7PM 7PM Concession $40 14 FRI 15 SAT Student $25 SEPT SEPT STix (see page 38) $12.50 + Q & A Dunstan Playhouse Groups (6+) $40 Family (2 +2) $120 Duration: 1 hr 40 mins Suitable: 8+ years Additional Child $15 Green Room $19.95 FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $40 Concession $35

4 World Premiere & Australian Exclusive Adelaide Festival Centre in association with AsiaNow Productions present Yohangza Theatre Company Ibsen’s Peer Gynt ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY JUNG-UNG YANG, YOHANGZA THEATRE COMPANY A ccompellingompelling ccontemporaryontemporary Yohangza means voyager and perfectly rre-workinge-working ooff aann IIbsenbsen refl ects the company’s ethos of constant mmasterpiece.asterpiece. exploration. By blending the details of Western classical plays with Korean Peer Gynt is a dreamer, a liar and traditional elements, Yohangza Theatre a serial womaniser. Cast out from Company aims to discover new his home town Peer embarks on a theatrical methods for diverse audiences. thrilling and astonishing adventure in Yohangza return to Adelaide Festival search of fame and fortune. Centre having impressed audiences A village, forest, beach and other with their highly original, award winning imaginary places emerge from one interpretations of Shakespeare’s simple space creating a dynamic A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2007) theatrical experience. The 15 actors and Hamlet (2010). transform into the play’s multitude of Best Production, Best Director characters blending dance, voice and and Best Stage Design at the Korea percussion with Korean folklore. Theatre Awards 2009.

Laziness, fantasy and adventure, desire and selfi shness, and love... Peer Gynt is a great epic poem about individuals in modern society. Jung-Ung YANG

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Dunstan Playhouse In Korean with English surtitles Duration: 3 hrs (incl. interval) Suitable: 15+ years Warning: Nudity and coarse language

Adult $45 Concession $40 Student $25 STix (see page 38) $12.50 Groups (6+) $40 GreenRoom $19.95

FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $40 Concession $35

Produced by LG Arts Center Australian Premiere & Exclusive 5 In Concert Kodo & Taikoz Featuring Riley Lee (shakuhachi) DYNAMIC DRUMMING AND BEAUTIFUL SONG

JJapan’sapan’s aacclaimedcclaimed ttaikoaiko TaikOz is Australia’s premier taiko Based on Sado Island in Niigata eensemblensemble KKodoodo jjoinsoins fforcesorces ensemble, having established a unique Prefecture, Kodo is known for wwithith Australia’sAustralia’s oownwn hhighigh performance style that refl ects the elevating Japanese folk arts to a group’s passionate dedication to the contemporary expression that eenergynergy ttaikoaiko ggrouproup TTaikOzaikOz traditions of Japanese taiko drumming captivates audiences around the iinn aann eelectriclectric pperformanceerformance and the creation of new music for world. Kodo, which means heartbeat tthathat wwillill liftlift youryour sspirits.pirits. today’s audiences. Featuring long and also children of the drum, strives term collaborator Riley Lee on the to both preserve and re-interpret Japanese wind instrument, shakuhachi. traditional Japanese performing arts.

.30 .30 Indeed if there is such a thing as perfection in music, 6PM 6PM 19 WED 20 THU Kodo comes as near to it as any group in the world. SEPT SEPT The Boston Globe Her Majesty’s Theatre TaikOz astound and mesmerize with their Duration: 2 hrs (incl. interval) musicianship. They show what cross-cultural Suitable: 5+ years collaboration at its best can achieve. Courier Mail

A RES B RES Premium $60 Adult $50 $45 Concession $45 $40 Student/Child $30 $25 STix (see page 38) $15 $12.50 Groups (6+) $45 $40 Family (2 + 2) $135 $120 GreenRoom $19.95 FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $45 $40

Concession $40 $35 Kodo “Miyake” by Buntaro Tanaka (Bt-arts)

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6 16 Drummers poised to pulse A-List Entertainment in association with Adelaide Festival Centre present The Happiest Refugee Live! Anh Do A JOURNEY FROM TRAGEDY TO COMEDY TThehe llaugh-out-loudaugh-out-loud rreach-for-your-hankyeach-for-your-hanky sstorytory ooff oonene ooff AAustralia’sustralia’s mmostost llovedoved ccomedians.omedians. Anh’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee is now a stage show, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and fi lm to retell his amazing story. An accomplished writer, actor and fi lm producer, you will recognise Anh from his regular appearances on the small screen in Thank God You’re Here, Spicks and Specks, Rove, Dancing with the Stars, The Footy Show and his own Olympics special, Made in China with Anh Do. Delving into his own life’s joys and sorrows, you will leave the theatre inspired and quite simply experiencing... happiness.

The most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years. Russell Crowe

8PM 22 SAT SEPT Her Majesty’s Theatre

Duration: 1 hr 20 mins Suitable: 12+ years

Adult $59 Concession/Student $54 Groups (10+) $54 GreenRoom $50

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South Australian Premiere 7 O’Leary Walker Cooking Demonstrations My Sri Lanka Peter Kuruvita SHARE IN PETER’S PASSION FOR HIS SRI LANKA TThehe hhearteart ooff eeveryvery Peter stood alongside his grandmother, restaurant consultant, and a highly SSriri LLankanankan hhouseouse iiss watching as she prepared family meals. regarded and experienced member of iitsts kkitchenitchen aandnd tthishis He shares his Sri Lankan heritage the Australian food scene. through recipes enlivened by stories wwasas tthehe pplacelace tthathat Peter will take you through these from his travels and family background. delectable recipes: Grilled Tiger PPetereter KKuruvitauruvita sspentpent Peter is an acclaimed chef and owner Prawns with Tea and Muligatawni Soup; mmuchuch ooff hhisis eearlyarly of Flying Fish, Sydney and Fiji. He is also Tea Country Pork Curry with Pol Roti cchildhood.hildhood. an author, presenter of My Sri Lanka and Carrot Sambal. and Island Feast (SBS TV), hotel and

Tasting India Christine Manfield SAVOUR THE EXTRAORDINARY DIVERSITY OF INDIA’S REGIONAL CUISINE CChristinehristine MMananfi eeldld iiss The authentic recipes Christine will street food and restaurants of India that oonene ooff AAustralia’sustralia’s mmostost share have been gathered across Christine collected over more than a ccelebratedelebrated cchefs.hefs. many visits to India and refl ect the decade of travel to the country. stories of people from all walks of Christine will share these mouth watering SShehe iiss ddeeplyeeply life. These stories form her latest recipes: Tamarind Prawns, Beetroot Curry ppassionateassionate aaboutbout IIndia:ndia: book Tasting India. More than a and Egg and Coconut Pancakes (Tuesday iitsts ppeople,eople, ccultureulture aandnd cookbook, it’s a labour of love 18 September); Tamarind Eggplant, Crab nnaturally,aturally, ccuisine.uisine. and an inspiring journey through and Ginger Salad and Mama’s Chicken – India’s cities, temples, dining rooms, Rajasthani (Wednesday 19 September).

Jasmine Kahani Mrs Singh A DEMONSTRATION THAT WILL FILL YOUR TASTEBUDS AND YOUR HEART FForor 3322 yyearsears tthehe Jasmin Kahani was published to Mrs Singh will demonstrate for you aawardward wwinninginning JJasminasmin commemorate 30 years of Jasmin three of her favourite recipes: RRestaurantestaurant hhasas bbeeneen restaurant. “Anant Singh’s cooking has Fish Sambal developed like the fi nest wine to absolute Pepper & Cummin Chicken Curry a ffavouriteavourite wwithith ccurryurry perfection. Her spoon is ever ready, tasting ffanaticsanatics aaddictedddicted ttoo and ensuring consistency. Order anything Channa Masala MMrsrs SSingh’singh’s ttakeake oonn you want with complete confi dence” IIndianndian ccuisine.uisine. Ann Oliver, Chef/Writer/Publisher.

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Price includes food tasting and glass of O’Leary Walker Wine 9 Featuring Sarangan Sriranganathan Sandy Evans’ Indian Project JAZZ MEETS CLASSICAL INDIAN RHYTHMS ~ ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE AAustralia’sustralia’s lleadingeading Trained in Hindustani Music (Sitar) and received an OAM, AIR Best Independent IIndianndian ssingeringer aandnd Carnatic Music (Vocal and Veena) Sri Jazz Record 2011, Australian Jazz Musician ssitaritar pplayerlayer SSaranganarangan Lankan born Sarangan Sriranganathan of The Year 2003, and three ARIA Awards. is known for his mesmerizing voice, Brett Hirst is a member of the Sandy SSriranganathanriranganathan ccreatesreates enchanting sitar playing and original Evans Trio, pop rock band Lior, the Mark a mmusicalusical ddialogueialogue wwithith compositions. Isaacs Resurgence Band, James Muller Trio. SSydneyydney jjazzazz dduo,uo, SSandyandy One of Australia’s leading saxophonists This unique musical union will entrance EEvansvans oonn ssaxax aandnd BBrettrett and composers, Sandy Evans performs you with soulful melodies, breathtaking HHirstirst oonn bbass.ass. with the Sandy Evans Trio, The catholics, improvisations, hypnotic grooves and the Australian Art Orchestra. She has stunning percussion solos.

Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra present Li-Wei & Zhao Xiaoxia Fire & Water A RECITAL BY PERFORMERS FEATURED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS TRILOGY A uuniquenique Tan Dun’s music for the Martial Arts Trilogy interested in Chinese philosophy, and oopportunitypportunity ttoo will be premiered during the Festival, and “the balance between that which already hhearear TTanan DDun’sun’s this recital features performers who will be exists, and that which has not yet come to be”. centre stage for that event. mmusicusic fforor ssoloolo Zhao Xiaoxia from China performs on Renowned cellist Li-Wei, recipient of the that most classical Chinese instrument, ccelloello aandnd tthehe Young Australian of the Year in 2002, is in frequently referred to as the preferred eexoticxotic ssoundound demand worldwide as a soloist and chamber instrument of the sages and literati, the ooff tthehe gguqin.uqin. musician. He will perform Tan Dun’s The guqin. She has performed throughout Intercourse of Fire and Water. When writing Europe, America and Asia and at the this piece Tan Dun said that he became Beijing Olympic Games.

Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra present Inspired by Tan Dun Crouching Tigers WORLD PREMIERE OF SHORT WORKS DDuringuring tthehe OOzAsiazAsia They will be exploring cross-cultural Composers: Performers: FFestivalestival AdelaideAdelaide approaches to composition, inspired Tristan Coelho Dean Newcomb clarinet and guided by Tan Dun, and will write Melody Eötvös Martin Phillipson trumpet SSymphonyymphony new works for Adelaide Symphony OOrchestrarchestra iiss Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh Mark Gaydon bassoon Orchestra members and guqin. violin hhostingosting ssixix Christopher Larkin Janet Anderson Experience the culmination of the Lachlan Skipworth Ewen Bramble cello yyoungoung AAustralianustralian creative residencies and be the Timothy Tate Amanda Grigg percussion ccomposers.omposers. fi rst to hear the composers’ works, Zhao Xiaoxia guqin performed by orchestra members. 10 SANDY EVANS Tenor and Soprano Saxophone 8PM SARANGAN Sitar and vocals 22 SAT SRIRANGANATHAN SEPT BRETT HIRST Bass Space Theatre Duration: 1 hr 30 mins Suitable: 10+ years

Adult $30 Groups (6+) $25 Concession $25 Family (2 +2) $85 Student/Child $20 Additional Child $15 STix (see page 38) $10 GreenRoom $19.95 FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $25 Concession $20

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Duration: 1 hr Suitable: 10+ years All Tickets $25 GreenRoom $15

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Space Theatre

Duration: 1 hr Suitable: 10+ years All Tickets $25 GreenRoom $15

Image from the fi lm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 11 An Installation by Ramta Drig Reflect OZASIA FESTIVAL RESIDENT ARTISTS RRamtaamta DDrigrig Their philosophy is based on the will move into Artspace Gallery to create a iiss a ccollectiveollective Wandering Seer, an Indian belief system new site specifi c work. Daniel Connell, known ooff aartistsrtists wwhoho that links all beings around ideas of the for his large scale ‘performance’ drawings will pilgrim, journey and wisdom. Refl ect also create an outdoor mural of portraits of eexplorexplore tthehe uses this ancient concept to create an Indian migrants using refl ector tape. This tape ppotentialotential ooff installation in the Artspace Gallery, becomes a metaphor for travel, migration and aartrt ttoo pproviderovide a wall mural outside the Festival Centre the challenge Indian migrants to Australia face a sspiritualpiritual cafe and photography in the Festival in overcoming obstacles. fframeworkramework Theatre foyer. In the Artspace Gallery artists will draw on ttoo cchallengehallenge Founding artists AAmitmit KKallaalla (Jodhpur) the wisdom, wit, narratives and struggles of iinequalitiesnequalities a nationally awarded poet/painter and Indian migrants to create an installation of HHimanshuimanshu VVyasyas (Jaipur) a columnist for photography, poetry, moving image, text and aandnd iinjustices.njustices. the Hindustan Times, celebrated poet and drawing. It will be a unique opportunity to photographer with local DDanielaniel CConnellonnell observe the creative process in action.

Evening Performance REFLECT AANN EEVENINGVENING WWITHITH TTHEHE Exhibition 6PM Ramta Drig Collective 15 SAT 14 7 SEPT SEPT OCT Join the collective for a special evening of poetry, gentle music, live drawings and Artspace Gallery Opening: 14 Sept • 6pm interaction on Indian contemporary art, Duration: 1 hr philosophy and migration. Artspace Gallery Suitable: 5+ years Hidden in adversity are jewel like stories OOPENINGPENING HHOURSOURS which can be discovered – on refl ection. All tickets $10 Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun 12 – 4pm Thur 12 – 8pm Phone 8216 8850

Devesh Kalla Devesh FREE Admission Community Installation in the well at Ramta Drig Community event Photograph: Jodhpur. (Jalap Bawdi),

12 World Premiere & Exclusive Adelaide Festival Centre and The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA present Professor Amareswar Galla More Than Meets the Eye Safeguarding Intangible Heritage – Asian Australian Perspectives

KEYNOTE LECTURE

IIntangiblentangible hheritageeritage Many of these communities are now Australian ethos and which so extend eencompassesncompasses represented within our multicultural the possibilities of our expressions? tthehe eexpressionsxpressions Australia. So the question remains, Looking at transformations over time, aandnd ttraditionsraditions ooff how do we as Australians acknowledge Amar will refl ect on this fascinating and engage with the intangible heritage ccommunitiesommunities aacrosscross topic through his fi rst voice as an of so many rich cultures? How do we IndoAustralian. In doing so, he will tthehe wworld,orld, iinheritednherited also recognise the fi rst Australians, our ffromrom aancestorsncestors remind us of the North Terrace forum indigenous peoples, and refl ect in our he attended in Adelaide that put aandnd ttransmittedransmitted ttoo sense of place the complexity of both arts and culture into the landmark ddescendants,escendants, ooftenften the original culture and subsequent National Agenda for a Multicultural tthroughhrough tthehe cultures? Are we doing enough to Australia, launched in 1989 by the sspokenpoken wword.ord. safeguard the intangible heritage values Prime Minister of the day, the Hon that enrich, engage and challenge the Bob Hawke AC.

24 6PM Dunstan MON Playhouse SEPT Register on-line: hhawkecentre.unisa.edu.auawkecentre.unisa.edu.au FREE Admission or RSVP ph 88302302 00215215

Professor Amareswar Galla

AAmarmar GGallaalla bbringsrings a ddeepeep ccommitmentommitment ttoo tthehe vvaluealue ooff cculturalultural ddiversityiversity aandnd rrichich aartisticrtistic eexperiencexperience ttoo hhisis rroleole aass 22012012 KKeynoteeynote SSpeaker.peaker. Educated in New Delhi, a longstanding citizen of Australia and a global contributor to multicultural heritage and arts, Amar’s career currently encompasses a leading role in the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, directing the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Copenhagen (inclusivemuseum.org) and as a Professor of World Heritage and Sustainable Development at the University of Split,Croatia. Formerly a Professor at the University of Queensland and at ANU, he also led a National Affi rmative Action program for the participation of ATSI peoples in Australian museums, galleries, parks and World Heritage Areas. He has directed similar projects in Canada, USA, Belize, Brazil, Vietnam, India, China, Norway and several Island States. 13 Adelaide Festival Centre and Sunrise Children’s Village present Performers from the Sunrise Children’s Village Cambodia Sun Rising YOUNG CAMBODIANS CREATE A HOPEFUL FUTURE THROUGH ART IInn CCambodiaambodia 11975,975, tthehe In 1993 the Australia Cambodia Through the exquisite classical ddreadedreaded KKhmerhmer RRougeouge Foundation was founded by Apsara dances and music ddespot,espot, PPolol PPotot ddeclaredeclared Geraldine Cox. Small acts of performed in the royal courts generosity evolved into a larger of Cambodia in the glory days tthehe YYearear ZZeroero – hhistoryistory project and in 2000 there was a of Angkor Wat, to life in the wwouldould bbeginegin ffromrom tthishis name change to Sunrise Children’s twenty fi rst century, the young mmoment.oment. Village conjuring up visions of a performers create an exciting Almost two million fresh beginning for the orphans fusion of classical Khmer and Cambodians were slaughtered and disadvantaged children of contemporary western dance during a four year reign of Cambodia. and music. Cambodia Sun Rising is terror, when this small nation The young performers from the a dazzling and moving show that turned on its own people. Sunrise Children’s Village re-tell the shares the culture, superstitions, Its educators, artists, story of Cambodia, intertwined everyday life, hope and optimism doctors and all history were with their own stories. They herald of the children as they become eliminated, leaving behind only a new dawn emerging from the part of a new sun rising from the misery and hardship. devastation of the past. darkness of the past.

Dramaturgy GGeraldineeraldine CCox,ox, CCateate FFowlerowler Co-Direction CCateate FFowler,owler, NinianNinian DDonaldonald Performers CChildrenhildren ffromrom tthehe SSunriseunrise C Children’shildren’s VVillage,illage, PhnomPhnom PPenhenh Choreography NNinianinian DDonald,onald, SSaamaam MMonitha,onitha, NNopop SSamoeunamoeun Music MMeaseas SSambo,ambo, BBBoyPeanutBoyPeanut Designer MMarkark TThompsonhompson

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7PM Space Theatre FRI Duration: 1 hr 10 mins Suitable: 7+ years

Adult $20 Groups (6+) $15 Concession $15 Family (2 +2) $50 Student/Child $10 Additional Child $10 STix (see page 38) $5 GreenRoom $10 FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $15 Concession $10

This is an Asialink Project supported by Arts SA and The Australia Council for the Arts, Independent Arts Foundation, Prince Alfred College. Thanks to all those who have supported this project fi nancially and with their time. Image of Apsara Princess, Moi Teng by Mark Thompson

14 World Premiere & Exclusive Uncharted Seas Timeless Aditi MangaldasDance Company A POETIC DOUBLE BILL DIRECT FROM INDIA FFreshresh ffromrom aann Kathak, one of the eight forms of Indian costumes, the sounds of the EEdinburghdinburgh IInternationalnternational classical dances, loosely translates as ghunghroo (ankle bells) meld with FFestivalestival 22012012 sseason,eason, ‘the art of storytelling’ and features the live music, creating a distinct hypnotically intricate footwork, high percussive beat that adds a unique AAditiditi MMangaldasangaldas DDanceance energy pirouettes and complex fl avour to every performance. CCompanyompany ttakeake yyouou rhythmic patterns of beats. The second piece, Timeless moves oonn a mmesmerisingesmerising In the fi rst part of the double bill, furthest from the classical Kathak ddanceance jjourneyourney tthroughhrough Uncharted Seas takes you to the heart roots of the company. Entrancing, ttraditionalraditional aandnd of classical Kathak. Dancers weave in distinctive and exhilarating, Timeless ccontemporaryontemporary fforms.orms. and out of the shadows with grace, utilises a totally new contemporary poise and a stunning sense of rhythm. movement vocabulary and Mangaldas’ The search for the intangible, for God, choreography draws you into a truth, beauty, love and freedom, is at compelling and many textured its essence. Dressed in traditional abstract world.

Adult $45 8PM 8PM Concession $40 28 FRI 29 SAT Student $25 SEPT SEPT STix (see page 38) $12.50 Groups (6+) $40 Dunstan Playhouse GreenRoom $19.95 Duration: 1 hr 45 mins (incl. interval) FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Suitable: 10+ years Adult $40 Concession $35 ‘This fascinating peep into a world foreign to us exuded a sort of hypnotic element. The public was enraptured and thrilled: roaring ovations followed, along with cheers for the guests from New Delhi.’ Mainpost, Germany

Australian Premiere & Exclusive 15 Adelaide Festival Centre and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra present Martial Arts Trilogy Tan Dun A TRIBUTE TO THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF LOVE, LIFE AND DREAMS WWorld-renownedorld-renowned These tales of love, desire and sacrifi ce, seeking above all else, revenge and the ccomposeromposer aandnd told through beautiful lush orchestrations, redemption of her people. are accompanied by visual projections of cconductoronductor TTanan DDunun And in The Banquet Concerto, the voice of scenes from the three fi lms. lleadseads tthehe AAdelaidedelaide Empress Ano, who sacrifi ces love in pursuit SSymphonyymphony OOrchestrarchestra The cello in the Crouching Tiger Concerto of power, is represented by the piano. represents the voice of Llo, who dreamt iinn tthishis cconcertoncert ooff Tan Dun has made an indelible mark of attaining spiritual transcendence on the international music scene with hhisis mmusicusic fforor tthehe through martial arts. Her dramatic a creative repertoire that spans from ccriticallyritically acclaimedacclaimed journey of sacrifi ce, determination and classical music to multimedia performances fi llmsms CCrouchingrouching Tiger,Tiger, power can be heard throughout the of Eastern and Western traditions. As a concerto until the fi nal Farewell. HHiddenidden Dragon,Dragon, HeroHero composer/ conductor, Tan Dun has led aandnd TThehe BBanquet.anquet. The violin in the Hero Concerto relates renowned orchestras across the world the ancient story of Flying Snow who and served as ‘Cultural Ambassador to the sacrifi ced love to defend her country, World’ for World EXPO 2012 Shanghai.

8PM Tan Dun 22 SAT Conductor SEPT Natsuko Yoshimoto Violin 4PM Li-Wei 23 SUN SEPT Cello Jiayi Sun Festival Theatre Piano Duration: 2 hrs Zhao Xiaoxia (incl. interval) Guqin Suitable: 8+ years

PREM A RES B RES C RES Adult $99.50 $84.50 $72 $61 Concession $87 $72 $61 $51.50 Child/Student $35 $25 $25 $25 GreenRoom $22 $22 Family (2 + 2) $170 STix (see page 38) $12.50

FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $88 $73 $61.50 $51.50 Concession $76.50 $61.50 $51.50 $43

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16 Australian Premiere & Exclusive MUSIC AND FILM COLLIDE IN A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT

An epic, multimedia production, full of big-screen emotions and unabashed melodrama; Beijing Opera meets Hollywood, more or less. Tan Dun’s melodies soared and swooped through the air – like the actors, they were borne aloft on gusts of wind... Washington Post

Don’t miss the FREE Tan Dun Masterclass See page 27 for details 17 Direct from Mumbai Kailash Kher AN INDIAN MUSIC MEGA STAR TThehe iimmenselymmensely ttalentedalented Kailash has been the theme song Yahan Jashn KKailashailash KKherher aandnd hhisis eeightight featured vocalist on more Manao..., and appeared ppieceiece bandband KKailasaailasa bbringring ttheirheir than 200 Bollywood movie as a judge on Indian Idol. soundtracks as well as Earlier this year, Kailash uuniquenique bblendlend ooff sspiritualpiritual SSuufi being one of the country’s Kher and Kailasa made cchants,hants, RRajasthaniajasthani GGypsyypsy most popular recording and history after performing rrhythmshythms aandnd PPunjabiunjabi ddanceance performing artists outside at the BBC Maida Vale ffusedused wwithith eelectriclectric gguitar,uitar, the studio walls, regularly Studios in London where mmodernodern bbeatseats aandnd aann aarrayrray playing to packed 30,000- top recording artists like ooff ttraditionalraditional iinstrumentsnstruments ttoo seat arenas. The singer- David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix songwriter also composed and Led Zeppelin have tthishis yyear’sear’s OOzAsiazAsia FFestival.estival. the Commonwealth Games performed.

In a country with over a billion people, countless languages and multitude of musical infl uences, it takes special talent to stand out from the crowd as an entertainer. Luckily talent is what Kailash Kher has sacks full of. BBC Music

A RES B RES 8PM 29 SAT Premium $60 SEPT Adult $50 $45 Concession $45 $40 Festival Theatre Student/Child $30 $25 STix (see page 38) $12.50 Duration: 2 hrs (incl. interval) Groups (6 +) $45 $40 Suitable: all ages Family (2 + 2) $135 $120 Additional Child $15 $10 GreenRoom $19.95 Watch clip FESTIVAL SUBSCRIPTION Adult $45 $40 Concession $40 $35

18 Australian Premiere & Exclusive 19 Free Family Event Moon Lantern Festival CELEBRATE THIS MAGICAL NIGHT UNDER THE FULL MOON OOnn tthehe 115th5th ddayay ooff tthehe Traditionally it’s the Enjoy workshops, food and market eeighthighth mmonthonth iinn tthehe llunarunar Asian mid-autumn stalls and diverse performances on the ccalendar,alendar, ggatherather yyourour ffamilyamily harvest but here main stage by local Asian community in Adelaide it’s groups followed by a stunning Moon aandnd ffriendsriends ttoo aadmiredmire tthehe become a popular Lantern Parade at dusk and a spectacular ffullull moonmoon aandnd tthinkhink ooff gathering for all our fi reworks fi nale. With charismatic host aabsentbsent llovedoved oones.nes. community. Annette Shun Wah.

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.30 3PM 8PM 30 SUNDAY SEPT Elder Park

Suitable: all ages Watch clip FREE Admission … we loved it all – fabulous food, brilliant entertainment, gorgeous lanterns, friendly crowds – lots of laughs, brilliant stage acts, beautiful colours, yummy aromas… and the fi reworks – wow! I’m proud to be an Adelaidean. Audience comment, Facebook (2011)

20 Main image: Franklin Yao, 2011 Small images: 1, 2 & 4 Alex Makeyev, 2011; 3 Franklin Yao, 2011 Arts SA Department for Education and Child Development Multicultural SA

Supported by the Thyne Reid Foundation

Participating schools: Glen Osmond Primary Highbury Primary School Highgate Primary School Kirinari Community School Modbury Primary School Pedare Christian School Plympton Primary School The Hills Montessori School Trinity College South Westminster School

Participating community groups: Adelaide Chinese Dance Academy Guru Nanak Society of Australia Inc Singa Sarjono Reog Street Dance Group Adelaide Indian Cultural Society Indian Australian Association of South Australia Inc South Australian Zhu-Lin Buddhist Association Asian Women’s Consultative Council Inc SA Japan Australia Friendship Association Tai Chi Association of Australia SA Australian Indonesian Association of SA Inc Kalalaya School of Performing Arts Tiger’s Chang Moo Kwan Tae Kwon Do Academy Australia Japan Association of South Australia Lac Viet Scout Group Bangladesh Australia Society of South Australia Inc Lee’s Taekwondo Academy and featuring BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Australia Long Hoa Buddhist Youth Association The Sunrise Performers of Cambodia Chinese Art School of SA Malaysian Students Council of Australia, SA Chinese Association of SA Inc Malaysia Club of SA Inc Chinese Welfare Services of SA Inc Overseas Chinese Association of SA Inc Filipino Settlement Coordinating Council of SA Inc Promilas Kitchen Flinders Living Sampaguita Dance Group Inc Fusion Beats Sargam Indian Musical Association Inc 21 Adelaide Festival Centre and Media Resource Centre present

I WISH OPENING NIGHT FILM HEADSHOT Director: Kore’eda Hirokazu (Japan, 2011) Director: Pan-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand, 2011) Film 128 mins • DRAMA 105 mins • THRILLER

12 – 30 SEPTEMBER Mercury Cinema Lion Arts Centre 13 Morphett Street Hailed as Japan’s greatest living director, Grappling with corruption and other injustices, Adult $17 Kore’eda Hirokazu’s 2004 Nobody Knows is one Pan-ek delivers an ‘up-side down’ neo-noir Concession $14 of the great fi lms about childhood. He returns thriller with a Buddhist twist. Instructions are to the exciting world of children with this left for hitman Tul to kill someone, disguised as deeply pleasurable tale of two brothers trying a monk – but it all goes wrong. Once recovered 131 246 to reunite their family. To do this, they must from a three month coma we discover the bass.net.au journey to the point where two bullet trains former cop ended up in jail after refusing to pass, and in the mythology of kids, generate take a bribe before becoming a hitman for the For more details see page 25 enough energy to create miracles. infamous criminal ‘Doctor Demon’. “Smart, original and very, very stylish” TTonyony RRaynsayns WWEDNESDAYEDNESDAY 1122 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER FFRIDAYRIDAY 1144 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 66.30pm.30pm • 66pmpm fforor 77pmpm sscreeningcreening SSATURDAYATURDAY 2299 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 88.30pm.30pm SSUNDAYUNDAY 2233 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 33.30pm.30pm

A LETTER TO MOMO 11 FLOWERS THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK Director: Okiura Hiroyuki (Japan, 2011) Director: Wang Xiaoshuai (China, 2011) 120 mins • ANIME 120 mins • DRAMA Director: Marlon Rivera (Philippines, 2011) 87 mins • MOCKUMENTARY

If you love Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, then The Cultural Revolution, seen through the A group of fi lmmakers plan to secure free you’ll love this anime treasure. A young girl eyes of a young boy, provides rich material travel and associated glory attached to fi lms who has recently lost her father relocates to for Wang Xiaoshuai, one of the major Sixth on the international festival circuit by making a small island home and fi nds herself with the Generation directors. The boy’s problems a fi lm about the desperate plight of a mother mixed blessing of being protected by three are simple but he and his family are drawn in poverty. The fi lm’s humour is in the irony of the goofi est goblins you can imagine. inexorably into the moral turbulence of his and refl ection upon the large number of fi lms From the director of anime classic Jin-Roh, times, and fi nally the family must make a stand. dealing with issues of poverty that have come out of the Philippines. Winner Asian Film and Production I.G, the studio behind Ghost “An absorbing coming-of-age drama” in the Shell and Evangelion. Awards People’s Choice Award (Favourite VVarietyariety Actress – Eugene Domingo).

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22 South Australian Premiere Australian Premiere OzAsia On Screen

GOLDEN SLUMBERS AT THE HORIZON WAR OF THE ARROWS Director: Davy Chou (France/ Cambodia, 2011) Director: Anysay Keola (Laos, 2011) Director: Kim Han-min (Korea, 2011) 96 mins • DOCUMENTARY 100 mins • ACTION 122 mins • HISTORICAL ACTION

Over 400 feature fi lms were produced in Perhaps the mark of the Lao new wave, Korea’s top box offi ce smash hit War of the Cambodia from 1960 to 1975, when the At The Horizon is a gripping story about Arrows delivers everything one expects from Khmer Rouge regime commenced. By the the world of rich and poor colliding in a a big budget period action drama including end of Khmer Rouge rule in 1979 almost spectacular fashion. A rich kid sporting all the sensational photography, costume and casting. every fi lm had been destroyed and most of excesses commonly seen in the west becomes This captivating fi lm is about an archer Cambodia’s creative community executed. intertwined in the life of a poor family man Nam-Yi (Park Hae il, The Host) who is out to Directed by prolifi c producer Vann Chan’s after a tragic event. As unexpected twists and rescue his sister Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) from grandson, Golden Slumbers weaves rare turns in the story unfold, we get a glimpse Manchurian soldiers. His pursuit is unfl inching. archival footage around the heartbreaking into modern life in Laos. “One helluva chase movie!” testimony of surviving industry fi gures. HHollywoodollywood RReportereporter SSATURDAYATURDAY 1155 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 44pmpm SSATURDAYATURDAY 1155 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 77pmpm SSATURDAYATURDAY 1155 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 88.30pm.30pm + video link Q&A chaired by Variety critic Richard Kuipers FFRIDAYRIDAY 2121 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 88.45pm.45pm FFRIDAYRIDAY 2211 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 66.30pm.30pm SSUNDAYUNDAY 3300 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 66pmpm

A SIMPLE LIFE THE BLINDFOLD LOVE IN THE BUFF Director: Ann Hui (Hong Kong, 2011) Director: Garin Nugroho (Indonesia, 2012) Director: Pang Ho-cheung (Hong Kong/China, 118 mins • DRAMA 99 mins • DRAMA 2012) • 111 mins • ROMANTIC COMEDY

Based on the true story of an executive Though the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) A cleverly scripted, witty rom-com starring (played by Asia’s biggest star, Andy Lau) who has been outlawed, Islamic fundamentalism Shawn Yue (Jimmy) and Miriam Yeung becomes the main carer for his family’s aging continues to spread in Indonesia. Nugroho’s (Cherie) by one of the most interesting maid. Ann Hui’s fi lm scooped this year’s compelling and sobering new work directors working in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Film Awards, following up its Best investigates how these groups recruit – Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012 Actress prize for Deanie Ip at the Venice Film through abduction and indoctrination of opener follows the ebb and fl ow of a thirty Festival. The fi lm’s enormous warmth never students and teenagers. Using Nugroho’s plus couple struggling to keep their spark. clouds its analysis of the problems of dealing characteristic structure of telling three stories Following a separation, Jimmy moves to Beijing with an aging population. Winner Asian Film at once, we follow a mother, a disaffected and the distance between them is what brings Awards (Best Actress and Favourite Actor). young man and an NII recruiter. their relationship into focus.

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Film program curated by Matthew Kesting, Exhibitions Manager, Media Resource Centre 23 India On

DHOBI GHAT (MUMBAI DIARIES) TAJ Director: Kiran Rao (India, 2010) Director: Winston Furlong (Australia, 2011) 100 mins • DRAMA 96 mins • DRAMA

Starring Aamir Khan, Dhobi Ghat is the story of four people A charismatic, self-absorbed Indian writer who from very different backgrounds, whose worlds intersect discovers he may not have long to live, tries to mend a and leave them forever altered. As they fi nd themselves neglected relationship with his young daughter from his drawn into compelling relationships, the city fi nds its way broken marriage, while his life slowly falls apart around into the crevices of their lives, separating them even as it him. When they discover a box of Lego bricks at a brings them closer. Fragments of their experience – seen garage sale and decide to build a model of the Taj Mahal through a naïve video diary, black and white photographic together, a whole new chapter opens up for them. But images and painting – form a portrait of Mumbai and its what story will it tell? One of self-destruction or one of people, bound together as they journey through longing, redemption? A fi ne indie fi lm that depicts the vibrancy of loneliness, loss and love. multicultural Australia.

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PLEASE DON’T BEAT ME, SIR! NOBEL THIEF Directors: Shashwati Talukdar & Kerim Friedman Director: Suman Ghosh (India, 2011) (India/United States, 2011) 75 mins • DOCUMENTARY 96 mins • DRAMA

Over sixty million Indians belong to communities labelled In 2004, the Nobel prize awarded to one of India’s as ‘criminal tribes’. Cast to the fringes of society, many greatest poets and fi rst Asian Nobel laureate, of the Chhara, one such minority group, have turned to Rabindranath Tagore, was stolen, and its whereabouts stealing and brewing illegal alcohol to survive. Others are still unknown today. Beginning with this event, instead are creating and performing theatre to combat the Nobel Thief follows the dilemmas faced by the poor farmer prejudices they continue to face. who fi ctitiously stumbles upon the medal, dropped by the This fi lm permits insight into their plight, the ambitions of thief, leading him to seek counsel from the village school the young people involved with the Budhan Theatre whilst principal and ultimately a journey to the unfamiliar city, offering hope for their future. Kolkata. The fi lm provides a stunning insight into some of the many contrasts that exist in India.

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24 South Australian Premiere Australian Premiere Screen

WATCH INDIAN CIRCUS QUARTER NO. 4/11 Director: Mangesh Hadawale (India, 2010) Director: Ranu Ghosh (India, 2011) 101 mins • DRAMA 75 mins • DOCUMENTARY

Set in the present day deserts of Rajasthan, this delightful This documentary follows Shambhu Prasad Singh, a fi lm centres upon the hopes and aspirations of a resilient typical Indian ‘Common Man’ in his David and Goliath mother and her mute husband for their two children, struggle to resist eviction by the developers of eastern seven year old Ghumroo and fi ve year old Panni. While India’s largest mixed use real estate development, South mother Kajro is scrimping and saving to take the family City Project in Kolkata. Despite the rising sky scrapers to see the circus, father Jethu is caught in the path of the around him, Shambhu and his family manage to carry local political elections. A moving family drama with a on. Shot over ten years, Ghosh skilfully refl ects on satirical twist. universal themes – the struggle between rich and poor, Winner Busan International Film Festival Audience Award 2011. the powerful and disenfranchised – leading to a fi nal and shocking moment.

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FEARLESS NADIA in DIAMOND QUEEN WARNING: Director: Homi Wadia (India, 1940) These fi lms are unclassifi ed, unless indicated. 155 mins • ADVENTURE COMEDY Ratings advice will be available closer to the scheduled screening date for unclassifi ed fi lms. All foreign language fi lms have subtitles. Purchase Fearless Nadia These fi lms are part of the (see p.4) with Diamond Queen Mercury Cinema’s and save! SCREENSEEKERS program – fi lms for the entire family. AADULTDULT $$5050 CCONCONC $$4545 (Quote STUNTQUEEN when booking I Wish and at BASS) A Letter to Momo are supported by:

Throughout the 1930s and 40s Mary Evans, aka Fearless Love in the Buff Nadia, starred in almost a dozen gloriously over-the- and A Simple Life top Indian action adventures. Behind Nadia’s daredevil are supported by: stunts lay revolutionary messages of female emancipation, anti-colonial sentiment and the ultimate triumph of good over evil – messages that underpinned India’s turbulent transition to independence. Diamond Queen is a highly entertaining feminist adventure, slick for its time and featuring some of early Indian cinema’s most impressive Tickets can also be purchased at Mercury Cinema stunt action. box offi ce one hour prior to each screening, subject to availability. SSATURDAYATURDAY 2299 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER • 33.30pm.30pm Phone 8410 1934

Film program curated by Matthew Kesting, Exhibitions Manager, Media Resource Centre 25 30 years or under? Join GreenRoom for cheap tickets to OzAsia Festival and exclusive workshops! All workshops FREE for GreenRoom members

Adelaide Festival Centre and Media Resource Centre present

GREENROOM SSHORTHORT FFILMILM COMPETITIONCOMPETITION Following on from the success of the Wasabi Short Film Competition in OzAsia Festival 2011, young fi lm makers are invited to submit their short fi lms for Guru: GreenRoom Short Film Competition. This competition is open to GreenRoom members aged 16-30 years. Registrations close 31 August. ANZ are proudly supporting the event with a $1000 cash prize for best short fi lm.

Come and support young fi lm SCREENING makers at the screening night NIGHT featuring short fi lms based around the Indian theme of ‘Guru’. $5 entry at the door.

.30 6PM 18 TUE SEPT GreenRoom Guru Mercury Cinema RSVP essential by 11 September SHORT FILM [email protected]@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au COMPETITION

PERCUSSION WORKSHOP with BBENEN WWALSHALSH A rare opportunity to learn from world respected percussionist and musical chameleon Ben Walsh. PM Known predominantly for his work with The 1 16 SUN Bird, Circle of Rhythm, Tom Tom Crew and the SEPT Orkestra of the Underground, Walsh returns to OzAsia Festival with his new production, Fearless Space Theatre Nadia (see page 4), and GreenRoom members have a chance to drum in on the action! Duration: 1 hr 30 mins

THE LIFE of a YYOUNGOUNG COMPOSERCOMPOSER – PANEL DISCUSSION A thought provoking GreenRoom panel discussion about the life of the composer, PM including OzAsia Festival composers in residency 6 20 THU (see page 10), Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh (right), Tristan SEPT Coelho and Christopher Larkin. Whether it is composition for fi lm, comedy, dance, symphonies Space Theatre or even video games, these creative minds have all the bases covered with some advice to share. Duration: 1 hr

26 Join GreenRoom – adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/greenroom Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra present Masterclass Tan Dun WATCH THE MAESTRO’S IDEAS COME TO LIFE

Tan Dun is well known as an inspiring teacher as well as being a great composer and conductor. This is a unique opportunity to observe Tan working with the ASO’s resident composers, hearing their works and inspiring them to progress towards a completed creation – which will be performed at the composers’ concert on 23 September (see page10).

.30 1PM Space 20 THU SEPT Theatre

Duration: 2 hrs Suitable: 12+ years FREE for observers This project has been assisted Registration essential call 88233233 66233233 by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its or email [email protected]@aso.com.au arts funding and advisory body.

Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra present Emerging Australian Talent Pathways NEW MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA TODAY To coincide with the premiere of on writing music as a career – his life and music. John Davis will Tan Dun’s Martial Arts Trilogy, ASO approaches, tools and techniques give insights on the industry and is hosting six emerging Australian for writing, and ways to survive the resources the Australian Music composers who are working with and thrive as a composer. Eminent Centre provides, followed by a members of the orchestra. The Australian composer Gerard panel discussion about writing new composers’ residency week begins Brophy will inspire composers music in Australia – and the joys and with three free events centred and music lovers with details of pitfalls involved.

.30 .30 1PM 3PM 4PM SESSIONS 19 WED WED WED SEPT FINDING A VOICE, GETTING IT HEARD GGerarderard JJohnohn PPanelanel CComposeromposer GGerarderard BBrophyrophy BBrophyrophy DDavisavis DDiscussioniscussion Hartley Concert Room, THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE’S ROLE Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide IN SUPPORTING EMERGING COMPOSERS JJohnohn DDavis,avis, CCEOEO Duration: 1 hr each PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS IN FREE admission COMPOSITION TODAY This project has been assisted Registration essential call 88233233 66233233 by the Australian Government A ppanelanel ddiscussioniscussion hhostedosted bbyy JJohnohn DDavisavis through the Australia Council, its or email [email protected]@aso.com.au arts funding and advisory body. 27 Adelaide Festival Centre amd Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia present Contemporary Portraiture from Asia Beyond the Self A NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TOURING EXHIBITION TThehe uusese aandnd Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture explores Bringing together painting, mmanipulationanipulation ooff the representation of the self in current South and photography, sculpture, drawing, tthehe aartist’srtist’s oownwn Southeast Asian visual art practice. The contemporary installation and media works, the world for these artists is one of increased global exhibition looks at the transformative iimagemage hhasas bbecomeecome awareness, mobility and altered economic and possibility of portraiture through art nnoticeablyoticeably pprevalentrevalent technological possibilities. This provides the impetus from the early 2000s to the present, iinn ccontemporaryontemporary to use self-portraiture to navigate between new and created by artists from Indonesia, aartrt aacrosscross tthehe existing cultural boundaries, and challenge traditional India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand and AAsiansian rregion.egion. positioning of identity. the Philippines.

EXHIBITION OPENING OOPENINGPENING HHOURSOURS Thursday 13 September, 6pm – 8pm 3 30 Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm RSVP essential: [email protected]@unisa.edu.au AUG SEPT Saturday & Sunday 2 – 5pm SPECIAL INDIAN CULTURAL EVENT Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art Saturday 15 September, 3pm – 5pm With fl oor talk by Curator, Christine Clark, Hawke Building, City West Campus Exhibitions Manager, National Portrait Gallery 55 North Terrace, Adelaide Free admission, all welcome RSVP: [email protected]@unisa.edu.au FREE Admission Suitable: all ages

Beyond the Self: contemporary portraiture from Asia is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians; the Australia-Indonesia Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the Australian National University. Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory drawing VI (17:30) 2010 Memory drawing Raj Chitrakar: Yog (Bandung) Potret Diri di Depan Kelambu Terbuka 2009 Terbuka Diri di Depan Kelambu (Bandung) Potret Digital photograph on archival paper. Costumes by Tabasheer Zutshi Tabasheer Costumes by on archival paper. Digital photograph Shivani Gupta Photo by Mumbai courtesyImage of the artist and Chatterjee & Lal, Nikhil Chopra, Herra Pahlasari Herra Media work & New Photograph courtesyImage of the artist

28 Adelaide Festival Centre in association with The Art Gallery of South Australia present Political Art from Indonesia & China Teeth of the Rice Plant CONTEMPORARY VOICES FOR CHANGE TTeetheeth ooff tthehe rriceice pplantlant eexploresxplores The display features Indonesian Indonesia’s popular culture. Teeth of hhowow ccontemporaryontemporary aartistsrtists ffromrom street posters, hand-printed by young the rice plant also presents a unique IIndonesiandonesia aandnd CChinahina hhaveave bbeeneen activists and urging social tolerance, collection of Chinese Cultural from the reformasi era as well as Revolution posters that were ppotentotent vvoicesoices fforor eexpressingxpressing tthehe works by Eko Nugroho who satirises produced as propaganda weapons to aaspirationsspirations aandnd ffearsears ooff ssocietyociety the injustices of the contemporary destroy the ‘old order’ and glorify the iinn ttimesimes ooff ppoliticalolitical cchange.hange. world through the visual language of nation’s leader Mao Zedong. 8 2 JUN DEC Art Gallery of South Australia, Gallery 21 North Terrace, Adelaide OOPENPEN DDAILYAILY 10am – 5pm

FREE Admission Suitable: all ages

Taring Padi Collective, est. 1998, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Taring Padi Collective, est. 1998, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Senjata Tak-Selesaikan Masalah (Weapons don’t solve the problem), 1998, Bangun Nusantara Tanpa Tetes Darah (Develop the archipelago without drops Yogyakarta, ink, woodcut on paper, 45.0 x 60.0 cm (sheet); of blood), 1998, Yogyakarta, ink, woodcut on paper, 45.0 x 60.0 cm (sheet); Gift of Damon Moon through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2012, Gift of Damon Moon through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2012, FREE PUBLIC Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide PROGRAMS Russell Kelty, Curatorial Research Assistant, .30 Asian Art 6PM 9PM Asian Art speaks about 14 FRIDAY the Japanese Shibayama SEPT Cabinet GGalleryallery 2020 After Dark Art Gallery TTuesdayuesday 1188 SSeptembereptember of South Australia 112.30pm2.30pm PREPARE FOR CULTURAL IMMERSION North Terrace, Adelaide Russell Kelty speaks about the Japanese The inaugural Asian Art After JJoinoin uuss oonn tthehe Admission $35 Screen Painting oopeningpening nnightight Dark offers an exclusive opportunity to enjoy after- GGalleryallery 2020 ooff tthehe OOzAsiazAsia Art Gallery & $30 SSaturdayaturday 2299 SSeptembereptember hours access to the Art FFestivalestival aandnd GreenRoom 11pmpm Gallery’s OzAsia Festival members iindulgendulge yyourour displays, including the refi ned James Bennett, Curator ssensesenses iinn tthehe aart,rt, art of antique lacquer and of Asian Art speaks mmusicusic aandnd ffoodood ooff propaganda of the Chinese about Eko Nugroho AAsia,sia, aafterfter ddarkark aatt cultural revolution, as well SSaturdayaturday 2299 SSeptembereptember tthehe AArtrt GGalleryallery ooff as curator talks, live music, 22.30pm.30pm SSouthouth AAustralia.ustralia. great food and wine. 29 Adelaide Festival Centre in association with The Art Gallery of South Australia present Three Hundred Years of Lacquer Art The Perfect Finish ASIAN LACQUER WARE TREASURES TTreasuresreasures ooff AAsiansian The diffi cult time-consuming nature of inlaid Japanese furniture to gold- llacqueracquer wwareare ffromrom JJapan,apan, the lacquer technique has challenged decorated ritual artefacts made for CChina,hina, TThailandhailand aandnd Asian artists through the centuries Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia. to create luxurious objects of As well as presenting highlights from BBurmaurma ffeatureeature iinn tthishis extraordinary beauty and refi nement. the Art Gallery’s own Asian collection, uuniquenique eexhibition.xhibition. Works of art featured in this the display also includes works of art exhibition range from extravagantly from Australian private collections. Art Gallery of South Gallery Art Australia, Adelaide Gift of the bene Inlaid wood, lacquer, ivory, mother-of-pearl, gilt bronze cabinet Shibayama

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14–30 of ciaries Agnes M.C. Rasp 1936 SEPTEMBER (detail) c.1880, Japan Art Gallery of South Australia North Terrace, Adelaide OOPENPEN DDAILYAILY 10am – 5pm FREE Admission Suitable: all ages

Adelaide Festival Centre and Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia present Khai Liew Bruce Nuske Irrational & Idiosyncratic AN EXHIBITION OF HANDCRAFTED PIECES OF FURNITURE CCreatedreated ccollaborativelyollaboratively The results are furniture made in wood of ‘bocage‘ (as in foliated decoration) bbyy KKhaihai LLiewiew aandnd BBruceruce with ceramic components integral to in the process of the amalgamation of NNuskeuske tthesehese ppiecesieces hhaveave the whole composition, sitting in a the two mediums. Both Khai Liew and bbeeneen iinspirednspired bbyy tthehe formal arrangement in an imaginary Bruce Nuske have a deep and abiding 21st Century salon. The exhibition interest in the visual history of the 119th9th CCenturyentury EEuropeanuropean celebrates the respective materials of Aesthetic Movement and although rresponseesponse ttoo aallll tthingshings wood and clay and seeks to explore working in very different mediums stain, sgraf white oak,American oxidation Khai LIEW & Bruce NUSKE, cabinet ooriental,riental, eespeciallyspecially tthehe lloveove new boundaries in utilising them in a they share a similar aesthetic vision

fi fforor tthehe JJapaneseapanese aaesthetic.esthetic. dialogue which will touch on the notion and a compatible visual language. to decoration. Photograph by Grant Hancock, the artists courtesy

OOPENINGPENING HHOURSOURS fi red porcellaneous stoneware, slip, 3 30 Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm AUG SEPT Saturday & Sunday 2 – 5pm

Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Gallery 3 (detail), 2010 Hawke Building, City West Campus, 55 North Terrace, Adelaide

FREE Admission Suitable: all ages 30 Adelaide Festival Centre and the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) present Curated by Ranjit Hoskote The Needle on the Gauge

THE TESTIMONIAL IMAGE OF SEVEN INDIAN ARTISTS IIntroducingntroducing sseveneven Through documentary projects, between reportage, critical ethnography IIndianndian aartistsrtists wwhoho performance-based work, posters and and the photographic installation. wworkork wwithith aavatarsvatars composite media practices the artists RRyanyan LLoboobo is a photographer, urban trace India’s collective crises and affl ictions. aandnd eextensionxtension ooff researcher and blogger, who has RRaviavi AAgarwalgarwal is an environmental activist, developed extensive documentary tthehe pphotographichotographic photographer and writer, founder of Toxics projects, especially in confl ict zones in iimage:mage: Link and explorer of the embattled terrain West Asia and Africa. VVeereer MMunshiunshi is a Ravi Agarwal of the urban self. RRamam RRahmanahman is a designer, painter, video-maker and photographer writer, curator, photographer and activist who meditates on the Kashmir situation, Ram Rahman for cultural freedoms, a founder member the human and cultural costs exacted by Samar Jodha of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust. terrorism and proxy warfare. GGigiigi ScariaScaria SSamaramar JJodhaodha is a photographer, fi lm-maker is a painter, sculptor and video-maker Gauri Gill and social activist who works with street who refl ects on a variety of situations Ryan Lobo children, peasantry, the ageing, and miners of power asymmetry, including internal Veer Munshi in strife-worn north-eastern India. GGauriauri migration, and on the deep divides of myth GGillill worked as a photojournalist, and has and amnesia encrypted into our collective, Gigi Scaria developed her practice at the intersection constructed histories.

OOPENINGPENING HHOURSOURS EXHIBITION 5 21 Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm OPENING SEPT OCT Saturday & Sunday 1 – 5pm Wednesday 5 September Contemporary Art Centre of SA (CACSA) 6pm 14 Porter Street, Parkside

FREE Admission Suitable: all ages From the series 'Pandit Houses', 2007 Houses', the series 'Pandit From Veer Munshi, Veer Archival Paper on Photograph Photo courtesy the artist

World Premiere & Exclusive 31 Adelaide Festival Centre and The Confucius Institute, University of Adelaide present Public Lecture Democracy, Chinese Style PARTICIPATION versus THE MASS LINE TThehe ggenerallyenerally uunderstoodnderstood What about a concept of Professor Shaoguang Wang cconceptoncept ooff ddemocracyemocracy democracy in which the public (Ph.D. in Political Science from has a say in decision making? In Cornell University) is Chair of the aassumesssumes tthathat tthosehose wwhoho this forum, Professor Wang puts Department of Government and pparticipatearticipate iinn ddecision-makingecision-making forward that China has practiced Public Administration at the Chinese sstaytay iinsidenside tthehe ddooroor ooff ppowerower such a forform as embodied in University of Hong Kong. He taught iinn tthehe ppolicy-makingolicy-making pprocess,rocess, the term mmass-line (qunzhong at Tijiao High School in Wuhan, luluxianxian in CChinese). This concept, China from 1972 to 1977 and at wwhilehile thethe publicpublic hashas tthehe rrightight or qqunticipation,unticip advocates that Yale University in the United States ttoo ppushush oopenpen ddecision-makersecision-m must get outside from 1990 to 2000. His research tthehe ddooroor aandnd the door oof power and must seek interests include political economy, opinion “from“fr the masses”, so as comparative politics, fi scal politics, eenternter tthehe to make ddecisions that apply “to democratisation, and economic and ggame.ame. ththee massemasses”. This talk will discuss political development in former key differdifferencese between the two socialist countries and East Asian concepts aand their respective countries. He has authored and pros anandd ccons. co-authored over a dozen titles.

Space Theatre 6PM 18 TUE Duration: 1 hr 15 mins SEPT Suitable: 12+ years FREE admission Register via cconfucius.adelaide.edu.au/public-lectureonfucius.adelaide.edu.au/public-lecture

Panel Discussion Preparing Australians for the Asian Century

A ppanelanel ddiscussioniscussion ffocusedocused oonn hhowow wwee ccreatereate aann ‘‘AsiaAsia CCapable’apable’ AAustraliaustralia aacrosscross bbusiness,usiness, tthehe aartsrts aandnd iinn tthehe ccommunity.ommunity. Chaired by: 6PM 26 WED DDouglasouglas GGautierautier HHieuieu VanVan L Lee AAOO SEPT CEO & Artistic Director, Patron, OzAsia Festival Adelaide Festival Centre Lieutenant Governor, South Australia, Chairman, South Australian Multicultural Lyrics Featuring panellists: and Ethnic Affairs Commission SSenatorenator PPennyenny WWongong Duration: 1 hr Suitable: 12+ years Federal Minister for Finance SSidid MMyeryer AAMM and Deregulation Chairman of Asialink FREE admission RRegisteregister oonline:nline: CCarrilloarrillo GGantnerantner AAOO MMartynartyn EEamesames oozasiafestival.com.au/asiaforumzasiafestival.com.au/asiaforum President, Melbourne Santos Vice President Asia Pacifi c Festival Board 32 Workshops Bollywood Dance SHAKE YOUR BOOTY, BOLLYWOOD-STYLE

A ffabulousabulous BBollywoodollywood ddanceance pparty.arty. Come along dressed in your best sari or Indian outfi t or bring a colourful scarf, and learn the moves to Workshops run by Fusion Beats groove to the beats of Bollywood. Bollywood Dance School.

.30 2PM 3PM 5PM 16 SUN SUN SUN SEPT 3 – 7 8 – 1111 1122 yyearsears yyearsears yyearsears – aadultdult Banquet Room Duration: 1 hr All tickets $12

Adelaide Festival Centre in association with JamFactory presents Artist Talk Masamichi Yoshikawa PART OF THE 2012 AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS TRIENNALE: SUBVERSIVE CLAY MMasamichiasamichi iiss oonene He will speak about his work and ooff JJapan’sapan’s mmostost processes. Working in porcelain pprominentrominent aartistsrtists Masamichi creates strikingly modern re-interpretations of aandnd a ssigniignifi ccantant ancient Chinese ceramic forms, ccreativereative ppresenceresence covering them in dripping wwithinithin thethe seihakuji (blue-white) glaze. His iinternationalnternational ccraftraft work plays with surface texture, aandnd ddesignesign ssector.ector. pattern and scale, varying from Yohsikawa,Masamichi large installations to small objects.

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26 WED Kayho, 2010 SEPT JamFactory, GalleryOne 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide For ceramicists Masamichi will be holding a three day Duration: 1 hr Suitable: all ages intensive masterclass from 24 – 26 September (cost $400). FREE admission For further info contact JamFactory on 8410 0727. 33 Lyrics Enjoy casual dining and iconic views over Elder Park and the River Torrens. Lyrics features fabulous curries and O’Leary Walker wines. Open two hours prior to all evening performances in the Festival Theatre. Places to Bistro by the Food Business Meet and Eat Dine with spectacular river views while feasting on an Asian inspired a la carte menu or relax in the cocktail lounge with delectable bar snacks and cocktails. Party on to smooth grooves with DJs from 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays til late. Foyer Bars Open one hour prior to each performance and during intervals for drinks and light platters in the Festival Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse and Her Majesty’s Theatre. Savour a glass of O’Leary Walker wine and an Indian-inspired platter. Foyer Cafe Delicious casual meals conveniently located at the heart of the Festival. Coffee and light refreshments also available. Open business hours Monday to Friday with daily specials and at Festival Theatre performance times. Elder Park Cafe Alfresco or indoors, relax over lunch or a snack from the seasonal menu plus organic, Fair Trade coffee and an eclectic list of local wines and beers. 34 ANZ is proud to support the OzAsia Festival

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DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure that performance dates, times, prices Adelaide Festival Centre respects your privacy and 38 and other information contained herein are correct at time of publication. meets Government policy requirements. Wed 1122 Thu 1133 Fri 1144 Sat 1155 Sun 1166 7 pm 22 6 pm 28 6 pm 12 1 pm 8 1 pm 26 I Wish Beyond the Self Refl ect Peter Kuruvita Percussion OzAsia On Screen Exhibition Opening Exhibition Opening My Sri Lanka Workshop Opening Night Film 6 pm 29 3 pm 28 with Ben Walsh Asian Art Beyond the Self 2 pm 33 After Dark Curator Talk and Bollywood Indian Cultural Event Dance Workshop 6.30 pm 22 Headshot 4 pm 8 3.30 pm 22 Peter Kuruvita Letter to Momo 7 pm 24 My Sri Lanka Dhobi Ghat 3.30 pm 33 4 pm 23 Bollywood OzAsia Festival 7.30 pm 4 Golden Slumbers Dance Workshop Fearless Nadia 6 pm 12 5 pm 33 8.30 pm 24 An evening with Ramta Bollywood 2012 Calendar Taj Drig Collective Dance Workshop 6.30 pm 25 6 pm 22 14 - 30 SEPTEMBER 22012012 Watch Indian Circus 11 Flowers 7 pm 23 6.30 pm 25 Legend FILM P EVENT P At the Horizon Quarter No 4/11 page number page number 7.30 pm 4 8.30 pm 22 Fearless Nadia The Woman in the Septic Tank 8.30 pm 23 War of the Arrows Mon 1177 Tue 1188 Wed 1199 Thu 2200 Fri 2211 Sat 2222 Sun 2233

12.30 pm 29 11 am 5 1.30 pm 27 3 pm 8 4 pm 23 2 pm 10 Art Gallery Floor Talk Peer Gynt Tan Dun Mrs Singh The Blindfold Crouching Tigers Masterclass Jasmine Kahani 3 pm 8 11 am 8 6 pm 22 3.30 pm 22 Christine Manfi eld Christine Manfi eld 6 pm 8 6.30 pm 23 Letter to Momo I Wish Tasting India Tasting India Mrs Singh War of the Arrows Jasmine Kahani 6.30 pm 25 4 pm 6 pm 8 1.30 pm 27 16 7 pm 10 Quarter No 4/11 Tan Dun Christine Manfi eld Pathways 6 pm 26 Fire & Water Martial Arts Trilogy Tasting India The Life of a Young 8 pm 16 2 pm 8 Composer 6 pm 32 7.30 pm 5 Tan Dun 6 pm 23 Christine Manfi eld Panel Discussion Martial Arts Trilogy Confucius Institute Tasting India Peer Gynt Love in the Buff 6.30 pm Lecture 6 8 pm 10 6.30 pm 24 3 pm 27 Kodo & TaikOz 8.45 pm 23 Sandy Evans’ 6.30 pm Pathways At the Horizon Please Don’t 26 7.30 pm 5 Indian Project Beat Me, Sir! GURU Short Film 4.30 pm 27 Peer Gynt 8 pm 7 Competition Pathways 8.15 pm 24 – Screening and Judging Anh Do – The Nobel Thief 6.30 pm 6 Happiest Refugee Kodo & TaikOz Live! 8.30 pm 22 7 pm 23 11 Flowers A Simple Life Mon 2244 Tue 2255 Wed 2266 Thu 2277 Fri 2288 Sat 2299 Sun 3300

6 pm 13 6 pm 32 7 pm 14 11 am 14 1 pm 29 3.30 pm 25 Keynote Lecture Preparing Cambodia Sun Cambodia Sun Art Gallery Floor Talk Watch Indian Circus Australians for the Rising Rising Asian Century 2.30 pm 29 3 pm 6.30 pm 22 20 Panel Discussion Art Gallery Floor Talk Moon Lantern 6 pm The Woman in Festival 33 the Septic Tank 3.30 pm 25 Masamichi 6 pm 23 Yoshikawa Artist Talk Diamond Queen 7 pm 14 Golden Slumbers Cambodia Sun 6.30 pm 24 6.30 pm 24 Rising Please Don’t 6 pm 23 Dhobi Ghat 8 pm 15 Beat Me, Sir! The Blindfold Aditi Mangaldas 6.30 pm 24 8 pm 23 Nobel Thief A Simple Life 8.30 pm 23 Love in the Buff 8 pm 18 Kailash Kher 8 pm 15 Aditi Mangaldas 8.30 pm 24 Taj 8.30 pm 22 Headshot As an Australian energy company with Our energy lights a presence in seven Asia-Pacifi c countries, Santos is proud to be the major festival lanterns from Elder Park partner of the OzAsia Festival. This festival shares the richness and beauty of Asian to Vietnam. cultures with the South Australian community. Cultures we experience every day in our working life in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, India and the Kyrgyz Republic. Santos makes things happen in the community because we’re not just an energy company, we’re a company with energy.

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