Sydney Festival 2016 Parramatta Program

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY Sydney Festival would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we meet on, and pay respect to the Burramattagal people of the Darug clan. We would like to pay our respects to Elders both past and present, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

WELCOME

Sydney Festival sydneyfestival.org.au 1300 856 876

Ticketmaster ticketmaster.com.au 1300 723 038

Riverside Theatres riversideparramatta.com.au 02 8839 3399

HOW TO BOOK Multipacks available from 9am Thursday 22 October.General tickets available from 9am Monday 26 October.

ConcessionsAvailable for full-time students, pensioners, Seniors Card holders, U16s and the unemployed.

Proof of concession must be produced at events to obtain the concession or child price. Concessions only available where indicated and may be subject to availability.

Transaction fees apply to all bookings.

P. 20 P. 21SUMMER SOUNDS SUMMER SOUNDS P. 20 P. 21SUMMER SOUNDS SUMMER SOUNDS

Multipacks available from 9am Thursday 22 October.

• 10% off when you book 3 or 4 events• 15% off when you book 5 or more events

Allocations are limited and only apply to full price A Reserve or General Admission tickets. Multipack discounts apply to all events. Look out for the Multipack symbol to identify eligible events. sydneyfestival.org.au/multipack 1300 856 876

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P. 36 P. 37ARQUITECTURA DE FERIA ARQUITECTURA DE FERIAP. 36 P. 37ARQUITECTURA DE FERIA ARQUITECTURA DE FERIAP. 36 P. 37ARQUITECTURA DE FERIA ARQUITECTURA DE FERIAP. 36 P. 37ARQUITECTURA DE FERIA ARQUITECTURA DE FERIA

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A FANTASTICAL FAIRGROUND FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

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PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE 7–24 January Tue–Thu & Sun, 2pm–8pm Fri & Sat, 2pm–10pm Closed Mondays

FREE sydneyfestival.org.au/feriaWeight and height restrictions apply to some rides.

For accessibility information, please visit sydneyfestival.org.au/access

Welcome to a fairground like no other. Adults and children play together, twirling handles and spinning pedals to operate the whimsical fairground machines – including a hand-cranked Ferris wheel fitted out with toilet seats and a bicycle-powered carousel with a whirling crocodile and a rocket ship. Recycled objects gain new life in surprising and spectacular ways, in the captivating wonderland of fun that is Arquitectura de Feria.

A European family of artisans led by Jordà Ferré and Oscar de Paz are travelling to Parramatta this summer to resurrect the life of old-style fairs, so come along and take your family on an adventure.

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P. 18 P. 19LA VERITALA VERITA

Creations Partners: Cornercard, Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Radiotelevisione Svizzera(RSI), La Place des Arts, Maison de la Culture de Nevers et de la Nièvre, Scène Nationale de Bayonne – Sud Aquitain, Città di Lugano, Canton Ticino, Pro Helvetia, Caffè Chicco d’Oro, Fidinam and Ernst Göhner Stiftung.



The internationally renowned writer and director Daniele Finzi Pasca has pulled off everything from an Olympic ceremony and a production with the English National Opera to Cirque du Soleil. Compagnia Finzi Pasca bring their mix of astonishing acts and fantastic visuals to Parramatta in La Verità, ushering in spirit and spectacle inspired by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, with one of his recently rediscovered paintings as the backdrop.

Combining circus, clowning, acrobatics, dance and music – with an extra serving of humour and heart – Compagnia Finzi Pasca let their imagination run wild in a thrilling experience that is sure to have made that illustrious moustache twitch with delight.

COMPAGNIA FINZI PASCA | SWITZERLAND | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DANIELE FINZI PASCA

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Creations Partners: Cornercard, Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Radiotelevisione Svizzera (RSI), La Place des Arts, Maison de la Culture de Nevers et de la Nièvre, Scène Nationale de Bayonne – Sud Aquitain, Città di Lugano, Canton Ticino, Pro Helvetia, Caffè Chicco d’Oro, Fidinam and Ernst Göhner Stiftung.

RIVERSIDE THEATRE Preview: 7 January at 7.30pm 8–17 January Tue–Fri at 7.30pm Sat at 2pm & 7.30pm Sun at 2pm No performance on Monday 125mins including interval Suitable for 7+

Premium $65A Reserve $55 /$50B Reserve $35 Family Ticket $180 (A Reserve, 2 Adults & 2 Children)

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399sydneyfestival.org.au/verita

Auslan interpreted performance on 16 January at 2pm. Bookings essential. For more information, please visit sydneyfestival.org.au/access

COMPAGNIA FINZI PASCA | SWITZERLAND | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

LA VERITÀ“SHEER BEAUTY AND OFFBEAT HUMOUR” LE JOURNAL DE MONTRÉAL

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P. 48 P. 49CYPHER FIRE BUCKET

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NICK POWER

Funky footwork, rocking rhythms, Cypher is a supple symphony of movement by four battle-hardened b*boys.

A raw celebration of hip-hop culture, Cypher is your chance to share the space with ultra-skilful (not to mention ultra-competitive) dancers as they thrash it out, pushing the boundaries of movement in a dazzling blur of limbs and trainers.

Australian hip-hop heavyweight and director Nick Power puts the crew through its motions while the booming beats of sound designer Jack Prest set a mean pace. If Cypher was any more in your face, it’d leave bruises.

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Riverside Theatres will present Breaking On Film, a mini-film festival centred on the theme of breakdancing, throughout January. Visit riversideparramatta.com.au/breaking-on-film for more information.

CYPHER

WITNESS THE RAW ENERGY OF HIP-HOP’S MOST IMPORTANT RITUAL.

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RIVERSIDE THEATRE19–22 January at 7.30pm23 January at 3pm & 7.30pm24 January at 3pm50mins Suitable for all ages

General Admission $35 Standing tickets only

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/cypher

Produced by Britt Guy.

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UNCLE WES MARNE | AUSTRALIA

Uncle Wes Marne is a Bidgambul man. At the age of nine, the Government walked his family off tribal lands from the Stanthorpe Hills to Deadbird Mission, Ashford. The journey took three weeks. At 93, Uncle Wes is sharing his stories – of his grandfather’s dreaming, of bitterness and love, and of his life as an Elder living in Mt Druitt.

Over the last year, his friend Alicia Talbot has been recording his stories as they visit Deadbird, retracing his extraordinary life and reconnecting the past with the present and future.

Now Uncle Wes invites you to gather with him and Alicia around the fire bucket to move backwards and forwards across time. No two nights will be the same.

BACKYARDS IN CBD, REDFERN AND PARRAMATTA 8–10, 15–17, 22–24 January at 7.30pm

General Admission $49 /$44

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 sydneyfestival.org.au/fire

For accessibility information, please visit sydneyfestival.org.au/access

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GRANVILLE TOWN HALL13–15 January at 7.30pm 16 January at 2pm & 7.30pm 17 January at 2pm

General Admission $55 /$50

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 sydneyfestival.org.au/events

BELVOIR, MALTHOUSE THEATRE AND STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

THE EVENTS

“A MIGHTY PLAY ABOUT... WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES US HUMAN” THE GUARDIAN

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BY DAVID GREIGDIRECTED BY CLARE WATSONWITH CATHERINE McCLEMENTS AND SYDNEY COMMUNITY CHOIRS SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN BY GEOFF COBHAM

The brilliant Catherine McClements is joined by local community choirs in an extraordinary fusion of theatre and music.

Claire is a minister and the director of a choir that meets regularly in the local hall, made up of all sorts: the lonely, outsiders and the privileged. She has built a community, but in the aftermath of a

terrible act of violence, this community and the ideals that formed it are blown apart.

Subtle and mesmerising, The Events reveals the incredibly human reactions to trauma, asking the question: how do we live together knowing it can all come apart in a moment?

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MAKE, THEN PLAY, CERAMIC BELLS IN A COMMUNAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCE.

1000 BELLS

INSTALLATION/FREE

LAUREN BRINCAT AND BREE VAN REYK | AUSTRALIA

1000 BELLS is a large-scale installation that embraces the diversity of Sydney’s communities through the hand-making of 1000 ceramic bells.

Artists Lauren Brincat and Bree van Reyk will host workshops to create simple pinch-pot bells with local community groups throughout Sydney. Eventually the bells and their creators will reunite in a mass performance and installation in Prince Alfred Square.

There will be callouts and open workshops throughout greater Sydney

from October to December, where you can come and make bells, for all to enjoy.

PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE 8–24 January 8 January from 6.30pmTue–Thu & Sun, 2pm–8pmFri & Sat, 2pm–10pmClosed Mondays

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To get involved yourself or with your community group, please contact [email protected]

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We’re closing off Market Street and joining Riverside Theatre and Prince Alfred Square together to create a new Festival precinct – the perfect place to relax after a busy week. Celebrate the warm evening vibes with family and friends, with free live music, food and the Arquitectura de Feria fairground. Every Friday and Saturday night you can soak up the Festival atmosphere with delicious food and drinks, or let the music keep you entertained in between your Arquitectura de Feria rides.

Refer to our website for the full schedule of free music, or better yet, just drop by and be surprised.

PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE7 January at 5.30pm–7.30pm 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 January from 5.30pm–9.30pm

FREE

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 sydneyfestival.org.au/summernights

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SUMMER NIGHTS AT PRINCE

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WARM EVENINGS AND FREE FESTIVAL FUN

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MUSIC

REYKJAVIK CALLINGFM BELFAST & HERMIGERVILL

ICELAND | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE

Iceland may have a rep for its majestic soundscapes and twee pop, but FM Belfast and Hermigervill are here to set the record straight – and the dancefloor ablaze – in Reykjavik Calling. FM Belfast offer irresistible pop hooks with crisp electro beats and a wicked sense of humour: imagine the gleeful fun of Girl Talk with the bassy drive of Diplo. Joined by one-man party-starter Hermigervill, think of this celebration as a giant, glittery piñata for your ears.

LENNOX THEATRE RIVERSIDE THEATRES 8 January at 8pm 120mins


Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/reykjavik2

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MARU TARANGMaru Tarang offer an exquisite fusion of Indian folk and Australian roots, founded in the desert lands of Rajasthan, India. Famed Australian guitarist Jeff Lang and tabla player Bobby Singh join forces with two leaders in traditional Rajasthani music, sarangi master Asin Langa, and khartal virtuoso Bhungar Manganiyar. The resulting sound is rich, twangy slide guitar snaking its way around elegant string flourishes, hypnotic rhythms and mesmerising vocals.



Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/maru

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MUSICDELTA BLUES AND RAJASTHANI FOLK MUSIC FLOW TOGETHER IN THIS UNIQUE INDIAN-AUSTRALIAN COLLABORATION.

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USA

“ A ONE-MAN WRECKING CREW OF THUMPING BEATS… AND ICED- OUT SYNTHS” ROLLING STONE



Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/damfunk2

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Are you ready for some seriously golden, breezy West Coast vibes? Enter, on a keytar-shaped sunbeam, Pasadena’s maverick funk hero, DaM-FunK, who earned his chops as a sought-after player for G-Funk hip-hop artists in the 90s before deciding to go ‘full-funk’ and plough his own, extremely cool furrow. His joyous 2015 sophomore album, Invite the Light, features such free-thinking like minds as Ariel Pink, Q-Tip and Snoop Dogg.

DAM-FUNK-( )LIVE

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“ A TRUE MUSICAL BLESSING, EXTRAORDINARY STUFF” THE 405

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Matthew E. White’s luscious country soul sound is irresistible. On record, the Virginia songman matches his velvet croon to rock’n’roll, gospel and soul stylings to swoonsome effect. Live at the Lennox, White’s incredibly tight quartet will perform his songs with hip-shaking grooves and fiery sensuality. Ecstatic crowd singalongs are a big part of the experience.


General Admission $35

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/white2

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OUT OF THIS WORLD CAMBODIAN ROCK PSYCHEDELICA.

COSMIC CAMBODIABlast off and rock out with The Cambodian Space Project in Cosmic Cambodia – a high-energy, sci-fi psych rock’n’roll take on a Phnom Penh karaoke bar.

Singer Channthy Kak and musician Julien Poulson sing back to life the lost divas and rock legends of Cambodia’s golden age of rock’n’roll. Mashing tradition with rock, groove, soul and trippy visuals, they reimagine Khmer classics alongside originals. Get down with this astonishing revival.

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General Admission $35

Sydney Festival 1300 856 876 Riverside Theatres 02 8839 3399 sydneyfestival.org.au/cambodian2

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TIX FOR NEXT TO NIX$25 Tix for Next to Nix tickets for events in Parramatta and Granville will be available from the respective venue box offices one hour prior to the performance. For details, visit sydneyfestival.org.au/nix

ACCESS & INCLUSION

FAST FESTIVAL FEASTS

We make every effort to ensure Sydney Festival events are accessible to every member of our audience, including people with disability and those with accessibility support requirements.

To book any of our access services, or for more information, please call Sydney Festival’s reception on 02 8248 6500, email [email protected] or visit sydneyfestival.org.au/accesss

Customers who are deaf or hearing impaired can call the National Relay Service.

This venue/location is or has been made wheelchair accessible. Designated wheelchair spaces (where available) will be sold at the lowest price in the house for that performance.

An induction hearing loop system or FM radio system is available at this venue.

Companion Card holders qualify for a second ticket at no cost for their companion. Please contact Sydney Festival directly to assist with your booking.

We’ve partnered with top restaurants located near our venues to satisfy your Festival appetite. Enjoy a $30 Fast Festival Feast this January. For more information, please visit sydneyfestival.org.au/fff

El-Phoenician328 Church St, Parramatta02 9633 1611

The Emporium Parramatta51 Phillip St, Parramatta 02 9687 1955

THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT

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PARRAMASALA FESTIVALPRINCE ALFRED SQUARE + HARRIS PARK 23 – 25 OCTOBER

PARRAMATTA DAYEXPERIMENT FARM COTTAGE 7 NOVEMBER

LOY KRATHONG: THAI WATER FESTIVALPARRAMATTA RIVER FORESHORE 14 NOVEMBER

PARRAMATTA CHRISTMASCENTENARY SQUARE 26 NOVEMBER

NEW YEAR’S EVEPARRAMATTA RIVER FORESHORE 31 DECEMBER

SYDNEY FESTIVAL IN PARRAMATTA PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE + RIVERSIDE THEATRES + GRANVILLE TOWN HALL 7 – 24 JANUARY

AUSTRALIA DAYPARRAMATTA PARK 26 JANUARY

LUNAR NEW YEARCENTENARY SQUARE 19 FEBRUARY

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