It is with pleasure that the Hackett Foundation continues its Presenting Partner sponsorship of WOMADelaide this year. After the enormous success of 2016, we look forward to the 2017 festival again filling our ears, eyes and hearts with the music, arts and dance of the world. During the past year, my family and I had the opportunity There is simply no better place to bring together diverse, to attend WOMAD in the UK, a very fine event which interesting and artistic humans for a long weekend of featured many of the performers who have graced the shared music, experience and joy, nestled amongst and stages of WOMADelaide in previous years. beneath those incredible Moreton Bay Fig trees. Since 1992, WOMADelaide has evolved into a joyful It is a privilege and a pleasure for the Hackett Foundation four-day celebration that makes our city a magnet for to maintain its support for this world-class festival, and like-minded people from around our State and Australia to continue contributing to the cultural and social life and the world. The key to this success is the of our State. incomparable surrounds of Botanic Park. Simon Hackett on behalf of the Hackett Foundation Welcome Booking Your help makes to Country information a difference Ticket Prices WOMADelaide Foundation 4-Day Pass Adult Pass $369 WOMADelaide is presented by the WOMADelaide Foundation Ltd, a not Adult Pass $334 3-Day Pass for profit body that presents the festival Saturday OR Sunday Day+Night Pass and develops long term educational Adult Pass $196 activities and cultural exchange Monday Day+Night Pass through the festival program. Adult Pass $145 The Foundation relies on public Friday OR Saturday OR Sunday Night Pass donations to support such initiatives – Adult Pass $145 the most recent of which is the Spirit of India Fund, established following a Advertised ticket prices are exclusive bequest from Mohindar Dhillon which of fees and charges. For all pricing/fees, will underwrite the future presentation T&C go to womadelaide.com.au of the music, arts and dance of India’s WOMADelaide will Ticket Discounts finest classical artists. be opened by Steve The Foundation is listed on the Federal Gadlabarti Goldsmith, Concessions apply. Government’s register of cultural an Elder of the local Children 12 and under FREE with organisations (ROCO) enabling donations made to its Donations Fund Kaurna people. accompanying adult. Youth ticket: 13–17 years to be fully tax deductible. To find out more and to contribute visit: To Book womadelaide.com.au/Info/Donate Online womadelaide.com.au Phone 1300 496 623 WOMADelaide is a Get the Monday to Friday 10am–4pm SMOKE FREE event free APP Smoking is only permitted in The 2017 WOMADelaide app designated smoking zones – all allows you to explore, connect The information contained in this guide is other areas of the Park are SMOKE and streamline your festival correct at the time of printing. For up to date FREE (including E-cigarettes). experience. Download from information and frequently asked questions womadelaide.com.au please visit the FAQ section of the website Designated smoking areas will be OR sign up to our eNewsletter! clearly marked on maps. Cie Carabosse – Exodus of Forgotten Peoples FRANCE In 2012, the two companies Cie Carabosse and Teatro linea de Sombra jointly created a show based on Article 13, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to allow freedom of movement. At the time, the situation for international refugees was a humanitarian disaster. In 2016, the situation hasn’t changed – it’s unspeakable and getting worse. It’s the reason why we decided to carry on with this testimony, mixing fire and thought around this political preoccupation. It’s a work in progress, another step in our reflections, an imperative for us. During the three hours of this show, you will be immersed into fire elements and in direct touch with the wooden walker clan, on the way to somewhere maybe better … “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement Cie Carabosse and residence with the borders of each state. Everyone The presentation Cie Carabosse – Exodus of has the right to leave any country, including his own, Forgotten Peoples has been made possible through and to return to his country” the generous support of Simon Hackett through the Hackett Foundation and Adelaide City Council. – Article 13, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA For 25 years now, WOMADelaide has entranced, entertained and enriched us all. Under a canopy of fig trees, music, art, dance and discussion continues to fill our lovely Botanic Park, and the whole world, it seems, comes to celebrate and to share. Besides offering four days of inspiring and culturally I encourage all festival patrons to truly explore Adelaide diverse performances, WOMADelaide makes an during the long weekend – especially by visiting the invaluable contribution to South Australia. numerous laneway and rooftop bars in the CBD, and by sampling South Australia’s superb food and wine. In 2016, with a record 95,000 attendances – 11,000 from interstate and overseas – the festival contributed WOMADelaide has something for everyone, and I look $15 million to the State’s economy. forward to seeing you within the lush Parklands of Adelaide in March 2017. The success of that event was recently acknowledged in the Helpmann Awards, with WOMADelaide gaining the title of Australia’s Best Contemporary Music Festival. As this program details, WOMADelaide in 2017 will feature a number of wonderful shows – not least the Jay Weatherill MP masters of fire sculpture, La Compagnie Carabosse, PREMIER which will be treating us to a performance called “Exodus of Forgotten Peoples”. Timetable FRIDAY 10 MARCH Gates open 4.30pm. time artist where 4.30 Giidanyba R Legend 5.45 ‘Les Dodos’ - Cie Ekart R F Foundation Stage Kaurna Welcome F 2 Stage 2 6.00 Warsaw Village Band F 3 Stage 3 W EkosDance Z TTW Lamine Sonko TTW Z Zoo Stage ‘The Pilgrim’ - Astrid Mendes R MB Moreton Bay Stage 6.30 ‘The Horsemen’ - Les Goulus R SC6 Speakers Corner Stage 6 7.00 Ana Tijoux 2 N Novatech Stage Xylouris White 3 A Attractor Stage W The East Pointers MB Gawurra N YVR Yalumba Vine Room 7.30 Story Time K K KidZone 8.00 The Hot 8 Brass Band F R Roving The Soil Z One Show Only AIC Toni Childs SC6 Seated Performance TTW La Mambanegra TTW 8.30 Cie Carabosse (Open 8.30pm–Midnight) FP AIC Artist in Conversation 9.00 The Manganiyar Classroom 2 E Electrolounge Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro 3 PT The Planet Talks Aaron Thomas MB TTW Taste the World Montaigne N ‘The Bulb Heads’ - Sans Compagnie Fixe R W Workshop 10.00 Oumou Sangaré F ‘Attractor’ - Dancenorth & Lucy Guerin A Caiti Baker Z E Hemingstein SC6 11.00 Rich Medina N WOMADelaide reserves the right to change 11.30 AES+F “Allegoria Sacra” A the timetable without notice. All details correct at time of publishing. Timetable SATURDAY 11 MARCH Hackney Road gate open 11.00am. Frome Road gate open 9.00am to Speakers Corner only. time artist where time artist where 9.30 ABC Radio National The Music Show N 5.00 Bokanté 2 11.00 Giidanyba R Nattali Rize 3 W Yoga MB W Aziza Brahim MB Toni Childs N Noon W Dancenorth & Lucy Guerin Inc Z ‘The Pilgrim’ - Astrid Mendez R AIC Aziza Brahim SC6 5.30 TTW The Hot 8 Brass Band TTW 6.00 Sinkane F ‘The Pilgrim’ - Astrid Mendez R The East Pointers Z AIC Bebel Gilberto SC6 1.00 Oki Dub Ainu Band 2 The Soil TTW Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence 3 TTW Story Time K W BaBa ZuLa MB 9Bach N 6.15 ‘TchernOcircuS’ - Les Goulus R 1.15 ‘Les Dodos’ - Cie Ekart R 7.00 La Mambanegra 2 Dope Lemon 3 2.00 Bamba Wassoulou Groove F Inna Modja MB Hanoi Masters Z Aurelio N PT Richard Fidler in Conversation with Tim Smit SC6 8.00 The Waifs F TTW Parov Stelar TTW BaBa ZuLa Z 2.15 ‘The Horsemen’ - Les Goulus R AIC Hanoi Masters (Ian Brennan) SC6 TTW Attractor TTW 3.00 Warsaw Village Band 2 Gawarra 3 8.25 ‘The Bulb Heads’ - Sans Compagnie Fixe R MANE MB 8.30 Cie Carabosse (Open 8.30pm–Midnight) FP L-FRESH The LION N 9.30 The Manganiyar Classroom 2 3.10 [big] String YVR EkosDance ‘Cry Jailolo’ 3 Mercedes Péon MB 4.00 TAGO F Fuel Fandango N Brushy One String Z PT Human Life on Mars - 10.30 Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Carmel Johnston, Josh Richards SC6 Orchestra F TTW Ana Tijoux TTW AES+F “Allegoria Sacra” A 30/70 Z 4.15 ‘Les Dodos’ - Cie Ekart R E FLAMINGO SC6 10.45 ‘The Bulb Heads’ - Sans Compagnie Fixe R 11.30 Skratch Bastid N Timetable SUNDAY 12 MARCH Gates open 11.00am. time artist where time artist where 11.00 Giidanyba R 5.15 Ana Tijoux F 11.30 W Yoga with Toni Childs MB Sudha Ragunathan Z AIC Inna Modja SC6 Noon W Yoga N TTW Brushy One String TTW 1.00 Aurelio F ‘TchernOcircuS’ - Les Goulus R W Alma Flamenca Z 5.55 [big] String YVR PT Redefining resources and the right to repair - Kyle Wiens, 6.00 ‘Les Dodos’ - Cie Ekart R Veena Sahajwalla, Nicholas Chileshe SC6 Story Time K TTW L-FRESH The LION TTW ‘The Pilgrim’ - Astrid Mendez R 6.15 D.D Dumbo 2 Sinkane 3 2.00 Nhatty Man & Gara 2 W TAGO MB The Piyut Ensemble 3 Aziza Brahim N W La Mambanegra MB ‘The Pilgrim’ - Astrid Mendez R Hanoi Masters N ‘Les Dodos’ - Cie Ekart R 7.35 Bebel Gilberto F Oki Dub Ainu Band Z 3.00 Bokanté F AIC L-FRESH The LION SC6 W Lamine Sonko Z TTW Les Goulus TTW PT Do something - Fiona O’Brien, John Dee, Erin Rhoads, Vanessa Morrish SC6 8.30 Cie Carabosse (Open 8.30pm–Midnight) FP TTW 9Bach TTW 8.45 Philip Glass Ensemble 2 ‘The Horsemen’ - Les Goulus R Bamba Wassoulou Groove 3 4.00 The Hot 8 Brass Band 2 Williams Crighton MB Archie Roach 3 Electric Fields N Jesse Davidson MB 10.15 Parov Stelar F The Soil N ‘Attractor’ - Dancenorth & Lucy Guerin A 9Bach Z E Joy & Sparks SC6 10.30 ‘The Bulb Heads’ - Sans Compagnie Fixe R 11.15 A Guy Called Gerald N 11.45 AES+F “Allegoria Sacra” A Timetable MONDAY 13 MARCH Gates open 11.00am.