2019 Castlemaine State Festival Program

CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL

MARCH 2 2 – 31

Castlemaine State Festival would not be possible without the significant support of the following partners:

The Castlemaine State Festival acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the country that this festival takes place upon and recognise their continuing connection to the land, the waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

WELCOME Welcome to Castlemaine and the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival. We’ve been working tirelessly for the past two years to put this incredible program together.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

I want to begin by thanking the amazing team at the Castlemaine State Festival. These fine people have been working night and day to bring you what we hope will be our best festival yet. I would also like to give a special thank you to all our patrons and donors. Your support, as you come on this journey with us, means the world.

Over the past 18 months, people have often asked us whether the 2019 Festival will have a theme or curatorial conceit. Initially we said no, knowing the events speak for themselves, but as the program came together it became obvious that there was a constant context that informed every choice we made.

That was, of course, Castlemaine itself.

From the very early stages of planning the 2019 edition, the town, its surrounding areas and its amazing people have been our inspiration. If you are lucky enough to be a first-time visitor to the region you will soon notice that Castlemaine isn’t just any regional city. Its 7,000 odd inhabitants represent a microcosm of Australian society: its diversity, successes, beauty and contradictions are all here in this one very special place.

The communal spirit is beautifully showcased in Dialogues, our program of talks and ideas exploring the future of living regionally in an ever-changing world.

It is also present in Equinox, the opening-night dance party that will bring everyone to their feet. The elegance of the old gold-rush buildings that adorn our streets is reflected through the music of masters such as

Jordi Savall and Floraleda Sacchi. The diversity of people and the landscapes they inhabit is conveyed through works such as Adam Ford’s Dance to the Anticlinal Fold and performances by world/folk legends such as Ego Lemos and Božo Vreco. This region’s unique ability to communicate and connect globally is celebrated through multiple works from South Korea, and collaborations with artists from Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Italy, Germany and Timor-Leste.

With this edition of the Castlemaine State Festival we have made sure that visual art takes pride of place in myriad venues around town, including – most importantly – the historic Castlemaine Art Museum. Our friends and partners at the La Trobe Art Institute have curated a truly inspiring selection of more than 25 artists from Castlemaine, Australia and around the world.

This is Castlemaine, a place that is contemporary, classical and, most importantly, communal. If I don’t see you at one of the performances, concerts, talks and exhibitions in the program, I am sure I will see you after a gig at the Theatre Royal Aperol Festival Club for a spritz and a chat.

Welcome to the Festival.

GLYN ROBERTS

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

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WELCOME I am honoured to welcome you to the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival.

Over the past 44 years the Castlemaine State Festival has grown into one of Victoria’s premier arts events celebrating contemporary and classical music, theatre, literature, visual arts, education and communal events.

In 2019 Glyn Roberts delivers his inaugural festival and it promises to be an exciting and wonderful experience.

The inclusion of a wonderful classical music program with such renowned performers as Jordi Savall and Floraleda Sacchi pays homage to the passion of our founder, the late Berek Segan AM, OBE. 2019 will also see the Festival establish a permanent home in the Goods Shed Creative Industries Hub. The generous support of all levels of Government - Federal Government, State Government of Victoria, Mount Alexander Shire - the festival community and the philanthropist Peter McMullin have made this possible and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone of you.

In my first year as the Chair of the Castlemaine State Festival, I look forward to enjoying the 2019 festivities with you.

DENNIS GOLDNER

CHAIR, CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL 2

Welcome to the Castlemaine State Festival – Victoria’s longest running major arts festival – presented in one of our most culturally rich and creative towns.

The Castlemaine State Festival is such a significant event on our Shire’s calendar, presenting a wonderful variety of Australian and international performances over ten days.

For over 40 years now, this biennial multi-arts celebration has been attracting artists from across Australia and around the world while also drawing on the broad creative talent that resides in the region.

Importantly, the Festival showcases the wealth of our local artistic talent and provides opportunities for our community to connect with each other and celebrate our love for the region.

This year is no exception with another outstanding line-up of artists, events and attractions for locals and visitors to enjoy.

While you’re here enjoying the Festival, make sure you to get the most out of your stay by discovering our amazing local food, wine and art, along with our rich history, natural beauty and community spirit.

Once again this year, some of the festival’s major performances will take place in the Castlemaine Goods Shed, a venue currently being transformed into a creative industries hub with support from the Victorian Government.

ANDREW ABBOTT CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CREATIVE VICTORIA

Council has played an important role in developing and supporting the Festival from its early inception and we are so proud of this iconic event.

We congratulate everyone involved in bringing the 2019 event to life.

I take great pleasure in welcoming you to our region and hope that you enjoy all that the Festival and the Shire has to offer.

CR BRONWEN MACHIN MAYOR, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

FOUNDING PATRONS The late Berek Segan AM OBE & Marysia Segan

LIFE MEMBERS

FESTIVAL BOARD

Michael Bottomley Phee Broadway OAM Mary Harris Geoff Hocking Gary McClure Lyndal McClure Ian O’Halloran OAM Val Victor Gordon Christopher Whitehead

Chair Dennis Goldner Treasurer Sandrah Crabb Secretary Anthony Bateman Mark Anstey Melissa Cater Adrienne Conway Paula Ewing Bill Forrest Tom Gyorffy QC Lucy Mayes Jennifer Newport Christine Nixon APM

FESTIVAL TEAM Festival Director Glyn Roberts General Manager Krista Horbatiuk Creative Producer Henriette Kassay-Schuster Patrons & Donors Manager Val Victor-Gordon Marketing & PR Manager Jen Toogood Production Manager John O’Donnell Finance Coordinator Bronwyn Dawson Partnerships Coordinator Yasmine O’Sullivan Marketing Coordinator Rachel Valentyne Technical Coordinator Mel Robertson Education Coordinator Kate Stones Volunteers Coordinator Sarah Myles Box Office Manager Fionna Allan / Julia Mann Goods Shed Fundraising Coordinator Donna Cusack F&B Coordinator Lindy Ralph OHS & Risk Manager Grant Victor-Gordon Office Administration Lorrainne Callister, Mary Harris, Kerry Parker, Peter Ryan, Grace Saltmarsh, Maxine Tester, Julie Trumble, Kerrie West, Russell West, Robyn Ward Festival Identity & Program Design Design by Committee Website Design Design by Committee/Green Graphics Publicity Ali Webb Copywriter Jenny Valentish Audio Outlook Communications Lighting & Staging Greg McGeachin

CURATORS

CONTENTS WELCOME 0 1 OPENING WEEKEND 0 3 KID ROCK 0 7 PERFORMANCE 0 9 MUSIC 23 THE SALON SERIES 39 THEATRE ROYAL APEROL FESTIVAL CLUB FILM 50 DIALOGUES 53 VISUAL ARTS 71 EDUCATION 85 TICKET BOOKINGS 86 FOOD AND DRINK 87 ACCESS 87 TRANSPORT & ACCOMODATION 88 GETTING INVOLVED 89 OPEN STUDIOS 91 PATRONS 124 OUR PARTNERS 126 POCKET GUIDE

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Dialogues Lisa Dempster Visual Art La Trobe Art Institute Contemporary Music & Film Theatre Royal Castlemaine OUR THANKS The Board and staff of the Castlemaine State Festival wish to thank all of our partners, patrons, donors & supporters and the many volunteers, who are integral to the success of the Festival.

Castlemaine State Festival PO Box 230, Castlemaine Victoria 3450, Australia 61 3 5472 3733 information@castlemainefestival.com.au castlemainefestival.com.au ACN 005 488 684 ABN 68 005 488 684

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OPENING WEEKEND The instructions are as follows: 1. Dress in your elemental colours* 2. Wear your comfiest dancing shoes 3. Be prepared to move (and sweat) 4. Exorcise through exercise

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D EE P S O U LF UL SW EATS Join us at Castlemaine’s Western Reserve for Deep Soulful Sweats’ Equinox, an epic coming together of elemental power, community, past, present and future. Taking place over two evenings, Equinox is a life-affirming participatory dance extravaganza that young and old of all abilities can enjoy. Divided into star signs, you will be guided by your elemental leader on a holistic journey through movement, chanting, absurdity and fantasy.

Sign up to join your Zodiac family in movement or sit back and watch it all unfold.

This visual spectacular brings Castlemaine together, committing whole-heartedly to losing yourself in an immersive ritual. **

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Head down to the Western Reserve from 6pm to enjoy a bite to eat along with some fine tunes brought to you by the Equinox DJ. A Welcome to Country will take place at 7.00pm.

Head over to the Theatre Royal Aperol Festival Club for more opening night Festivities. See page 43 for details. *Red: Sagittarius, Aries, Leo. Blue: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. Yellow: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.

Green: Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo **The Castlemaine State Festival is not liable for any life changing epiphanies, floating or astral projection that may occur.

Equinox participants are asked to arrive at 7.00pm to check in with their elemental leader.

‘A celebration of new age and rave cultures.

The destination is enlightenment.’

— THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

OX VENUE Western Reserve ADDRESS Forest Street, Castlemaine DATE/ TIME Friday 22 March 7.30pm

(DJ's from 6pm, Welcome to Country 7pm) Saturday 23 March 7.30pm

ADMISSION Free ticketed DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages, pet free Presented by Deep Soulful Sweats and Castlemaine State Festival With special support from The Aranday Foundation and Janine Arnold & Robert Bent.

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If you’re looking for your happy space, we just might know the perfect place.

Somewhere to escape the everyday.

To catch your breath and breathe.

Your happy space isn’t far-fetched or even far away.

It’s a drive along a coastal road, flickering flames from a campfire, a deep breath of a freshly cracked wine or getting lost among the stars on a clear night.

Find the perfect place at yourhappyspace.com.au

AUSTRALIA It's the final day of the festival so gather the kids together because it’s time to rock! A full program of rockin’, dancing, and hilarious musical acts for kids of all ages will turn the Castlemaine Goods Shed into a mini-music festival site for the whole family. The entire program is FREE, with scrumptious food and drink trucks stationed nearby for all your refreshment needs.

VENUE Castlemaine Goods Shed ADDRESS 11 Kennedy Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 10am– 2pm ADMISSION Free DURATION 240 minutes ACCESS All ages

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Photographer: Bri Hammond Courtesy: Extraordinary Routines

Melinda Harper Visual Artist / Nordic Noir Fan / Makes a Mean Lemon Myrtle Cookie / Creative Victorian Melinda is an acclaimed visual artist who lives and works in Castlemaine. Check out her exhibition Memory of Things, New Textiles during the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival.

Creative Victoria proudly supports the festival and creative Victorians across the state. See how at creative.vic.gov.au

Connecting our communities V/Line is actively involved in supporting the regional Victorian communities we serve.

What’s important to your community is important to us.

Visit vline.com.au/community to find out more.

For more information visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007.

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‘One of the most entertaining, unbelievable things you will ever see’— REVIEWS HUB, UK

AUSTRALIA

C I RC A ' S

CREATED BY YARON LIFSCHITZ WITH LIBBY MCDONNELL & THE CIRCA ENSEMBLE

PEEP H W From its humble beginnings in Brisbane in the mid 80s, when it was known as Rock & Roll Circus, Circa has become assuredly sophisticated under the guidance of Artistic Director YaronLifschitz.

The company has now performed in 39 countries, with seasons at Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Barbican, Les Nuits de Fourvièreand the Chamäleon Theatre, Berlin.

Circa’s new production Peepshow is a post-cabaret fantasia with a nightclub setting. ‘It’s playful, it’s funny, it’s a bit surreal, it’s a bit sexy,’ says Lifschitz.

Themes of gender and sexuality are explored, but it’s the sheer skill in the human pyramids, acrobatics and aerial stunts that will make an indelible impression.

VENUE Castlemaine

Goods Shed North

ADDRESS 11 Kennedy Street,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Saturday 23 March 3pm and 7pm Sunday 24 March 1pm and 6pm

ADMISSION $49/$39 DURATION 105 minutes (with interval)

ACCESS All ages Circa respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands, waters and seas on which we work and live paying respects to Elders, past, present and future. Circa is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

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BO Y CONCE T REPUBLIC OF KOREA

AMB I G U O U S DA N C E CO M PA NY

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‘a one-of-a-kind performance that’s not to be missed.’— TIMEOUT

Body Concert has been metamorphosing since its

inception in 2010, when it made a splash in the bold contemporary dance scene of Seoul. It’s the work of Ambiguous Dance Company, founded by choreographer Kim Bo-ram and dancer Jang Kungmin in 2008. The South Korean company is known for feats of athleticism, pushing the boundaries of dance and flirting with different genres.

Structured like a concert, the performance is in 10 acts. There’s no plot to follow, or sense to be made – the emphasis is on letting the dancers’ bodies convey pure emotion and energy. American Theatre commented on the ‘exhilarating sense that the concert’s century-hopping soundtrack, from Mozart to Daft Punk, was ensconced within the dancers’ bodies, struggling, via flashdance footwork and syncopated shoulder convulsions, to burst free’. It’s an exciting addition to hallyu – the wave of Korean entertainment and culture that has permeated the world.

VENUE Castlemaine

Goods Shed South

ADDRESS 11 Kennedy Street,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Monday 25 March 7pm Tuesday 26 March 6pm Wednesday 27 March 7pm Thursday 28 March 6pm

ADMISSION $45/$35 DURATION 50 minutes ACCESS All ages Produced by Ambiguous Dance Company in association with Producer Group DOT. Supported by Playking Foundation Supported by Arts Council Korea Castlemaine State Festival 2019 Program Focus on Asia: Korea is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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INDONESIA

TO Y F A W N E ER A B D I K ARYA

Abdi Karya’s motto is “Don’t think. Feel.”

The performance artist, theatre-maker and cultural manager from Makassar, Indonesia, has created a truly tactile performance for the Castlemaine State Festival.

Using the sarung (or sarong) to portray shapes, styles, feelings and memories, Story of a Wanderer is inspired by a 14th-century manuscript written in the Bugis language of Sulawesi. The manuscript, La Galigo, is the story of creation, and Karya uses it to explore the questions: Who makes us who we are? Who named us?

Who labelled us? Incidentally, in 2004 the manuscript was turned into a play, I La Galigo, by experimental theatre director Robert Wilson. Karya has previously collaborated with Wilson at the Watermill Center in New York.

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VENUE Phee Broadway Theatre ADDRESS Mechanics Lane,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Monday 25 March 7.30pm Tuesday 26 March 4pm and 7.30pm Wednesday 27 March 4pm and 7.30pm

ADMISSION $35/$25 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Supported by Playking Foundation

TAIWAN/AUSTRALIA

FOO C NCE T C HUN - L I A N G LIU Food Concert is a performance that opens a space for participants to dwell on their relationships with food.

Sensorial experiences, social relations and collective actions are central in the work. If we could store and cook intangible things such as love, what ingredients would you add or omit? A feast is expected—but will you eat what you have no control over making?

Chun-Liang Liu is an interdisciplinary artist based in Taipei and the Creative Director of Long Distance Collective Theatre Company in Taiwan.

Food Concert is a work-in-progress performance.

VENUE Lot 19 ADDRESS Langslow Street

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Mon 25 March 1pm and 6pm Tues 26 March 1pm and 6pm Wed 27 March 1pm and 6pm Thurs 28 March 6pm Fri 29 March 1pm and 6pm

ADMISSION $25 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages Presented in collaboration with the Taipei Arts Festival Supported by Playking Foundation.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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AUSTRALIA

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TOUR PRODUCED BY PERFORMING LINES SUPPORTED BY ILBIJERRI THEATRE

Growing up in Rockhampton in the ’90s, Ghenoa

VENUE Castlemaine

Gela’s daily routine was school, dance practice, dinner, Bible study, dance practice, sleep – with some covert attention paid to R&B and hip-hop.

My Urrwai (which roughly translates as ‘my spirit’, or ‘my style’) explores Gela’s life, family and cultural identity as a Torres Strait Islander woman, through spoken word and dance. As you’d hope from someone who was the winner of the Deadly Funny Awards at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, her autobiographical show comes with a killer sense of humour. My Urrwai is a celebration of cultural and familial inheritance, and an unflinching commentary on race relations in Australia.

‘Ghenoa Gela is a gift.

See My Urrwai, your life will be better for it.’— TIMEOUT

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Goods Shed North

ADDRESS 11 Kennedy Street, Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Thursday 28 March 8pm Friday 29 March 7pm Saturday 30 March 1pm and 6pm

ADMISSION $45/$35 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages With special support from The Water Dragon Endowment

AUSTRALIA

DA C E T TH N T IC LI AL FOL ADA M F O R D

Dance to the Anticlinal Fold is a literary walking

tour that invites closer consideration of the told and untold stories of the land we all stand on.

The adventure starts at the Anticlinal Fold, a locally celebrated rock formation in downtown Castlemaine.

MEETING POINT Anticlinal Fold, corner of Urquhart/Lyttleton Streets, Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Saturday 23 March 5.30pm

Participants will be led by poet-guide Adam Ford on a walk around the local area, along the way they will be told stories from the Castlemaine region, ranging from the present day to prehistory.

Sunday 24 March 5.30pm

Featuring the words and stories of poet Adam Ford, historian Robyn Annear, geologist Clive Willman and Indigenous Elder Uncle Rick Nelson, this outdoor performance uses poetry, history and science to explore human interaction with – and the formation of – the landscape of the Castlemaine area.

Saturday 30 March 3.30pm

This is a walking tour. Please wear comfortable footwear, a sun hat and sunscreen.

Monday 25 March 5.30pm Tuesday 26 March 5.30pm Thursday 28 March 5.30pm

ADMISSION $25 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages Presented by Adam Ford and Castlemaine State Festival This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Victorian Government, through Creative Victoria.

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AUSTRALIA

TH C ILD E ’S A TY

ALEX WALKER ( HOUSE OF MUCHNESS ) & BEN LANDAU

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If you've ever thought kids could do a better job running this country, you’ll like The Children’s Party.

The young cast are creating Australia’s first child-led political party – with the help of their young audiences.

Asking what it means to include the voices of 6 to 12 year-olds in our political conversation, The Children’s Party lets arts and politics collide to explore what role young people want to play in shaping our world.

This genre-defying event is brought to you by Alex Walker and Ben Landau in collaboration with members of House of Muchness. For The Children’s Party Walker and Landau bring their respective backgrounds in youth theatre (Walker) and design (Landau) together to provide young people with a stage to express their ideas. It’s the School of Life meets Montessori, with a healthy dose of philosophy to boot.

VENUE St Mary’s Hall ADDRESS 31 Lyttleton St,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Sunday 24 March 1pm and 3pm

ADMISSION $15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS Ages 6-12

and their families

This project was originally commissioned and developed by Melbourne Fringe and Arts House.

‘Picasso and His Dog has a perfect cast, brilliant puppeteering, and is fun for kids and adults alike.’ – BORDER MAIL

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LEMONY S PUPPET THEATRE

ICA SO A D HI D G When does puppetry hold peak appeal? When it's puppy puppetry. Picasso and His Dog is a family show inspired by the true life story of Pablo Picasso and his sausage dog Lump. This delightful show celebrates the animals with whom we share our lives while exploring what it is to be creative and to create.

Created by Lemony S Puppet Theatre, this work is an inventive mix of live art-making on-stage, puppetry and magic realism. Picasso and His Dog is about how the animals in our lives can inspire us to be excellent humans (and artists).

VENUE Phee Broadway Theatre ADDRESS Mechanics Lane,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Saturday 30 March 11am, 2pm and 5pm Sunday 31 March 11am and 2pm

ADMISSION $15 DURATION 55 minutes ACCESS Ages 4+

and their families

Presented by Mount Alexander Shire Council and Castlemaine State Festival.

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Aviva Endean and Justin Marshall share a deep fascination of sound and interactive artworks, focusing on creating spaces for deep listening as well as the playful engagement of the audience.

Sonic Labyrinth invites you into an immersive and interactive journey. Each turn uncovers the possibility for new ways of creating unusual experiences with sound and special listening devices that enable you to hear sounds on the edge of perception. The journey will have opportunities for solitary, intimate and collective sound-making, and reflects on the age-old uses of the labyrinth for problem solving, accessing creativity, transformation and celebration.

Special thanks to Polyglot and Sue Giles.

VENUE Phee Broadway Theatre ADDRESS Mechanics Lane,

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Saturday 23 March 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm Sunday 24 March 11am, 12pm, 3pm and 4pm

ADMISSION $15 DURATION 40 minutes ACCESS Ages 9-13

adults not required to accompany Saturday 23 March11am only

Presented by Aviva Endean & Justin Marshall, Mount Alexander Shire Council and Castlemaine State Festival.

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ARENA THEATRE COMPANY

H I DEN C EAT RE ALLE Y As one of Australia’s most renowned makers of theatre for young audiences Arena Theatre Company has been engaging with young people for over 50 years.

They are powered by the twin drivers of art and audience: creating inspiring live performance and creating genuine engagement with young people.

Arena Theatre Company’s Hidden Creature Gallery invites children to create their own animated creatures and then ‘hide’ them in Victory Park, using augmented reality technology. Visitors can then search and find these creatures using their smart devices.

The workshops will take children through the creative process, helping them photograph an interesting feature of the park, then work with Arena’s artists to transform the photo into their own amazing animated creature. The children use motion capture technology to animate the character with their own voice and movement.

‘Arena uses every element of live theatre to its advantage.’

– BEAT MAGAZINE

VENUE Ray Bradfield Room ADDRESS Forest St (enter from IGA carpark) Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Sat 23 March 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm and 4pm Sun 24 March 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm and 4pm

ADMISSION Free ticketed DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS ages 8+ and their families

Presented by Arena Theatre Company

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‘takes the audience away on waves of elegiac beauty.’

— FRÄNKISCHE POST

There’s a well-established migration pattern of South Korean musicians to Germany to study classical music, and violinist Ye-Eun Choi is a shining example. Born in Seoul, Choi made her orchestral debut aged 10 with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. At 15 she moved to Munich to study with Ana Chumachenco at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater. A year later, in 2005, she was given a scholarship by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.

Choi’s appearance at the Castlemaine State Festival follows recent tours with the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hannover and with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Accompanied by pianist Berta Brozgul, she will play Bach, Prokofiev, Mozart, and Franck.

An interesting aside: Choi’s violin comes from the master-luthier Guadagnini and was made in Parma in 1765.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine DATE Friday 22 March TIME 7.00pm ADMISSION $65/$55 DURATION 120 minutes (with interval) ACCESS All ages With special support from Marysia & Marshall Segan Supported by Playking Foundation Castlemaine State Festival 2019 Program Focus on Asia: Korea is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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SPAIN

JO D I AVA LL & H ES P ÈR I O N XXI Not just a master of the viola da gamba, Jordi Savall

has a commitment to unearthing and preserving neglected historical music. In his native Spain, he’s known as one of the most versatile musical personalities of his generation; renowned as a concert performer, researcher, composer, curator and conductor.

He has released more than 230 albums, covering the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music repertories, with a special focus on the Hispanic and Mediterranean musical heritage. More than 60 of those CDs were recorded with the ensemble Hespèrion XXI, which he founded in Basel with Montserrat Figueras in 1974, to explore pre-19th century music using original instruments.

In an exclusive for the Castlemaine State Festival, he and his quartet will perform his classic 1991 soundtrack to Alain Corneau’s Tous les Matins du Monde. In the film, Gérard Depardieu plays the 17th-century viola da gamba virtuoso Marin Marais, but it’s Savall doing the baroque overdubs.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Wednesday 27 March TIME 7pm ADMISSION $105 - $55 DURATION 70 minutes ACCESS All ages Presented by Castlemaine State Festival and in association with Melbourne Recital Centre and Wanaka Festival NZ

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‘An imaginative extravaganza.’

— NEW YORK TIMES

‘...Brilliance and perfect control of the instrument from the very beginning right through to the last note.’ — NMZ

MO A A U A GERMANY

German pianist Mona Asuka, the younger sister

of classical darling Alice Sara Ott, made her orchestral debut at the age of 13 and has now played with many of the greatest philharmonic orchestras in the world, winning numerous first prizes in international competitions.

Gramophone reviewed her 2017 debut solo recording of works by Schubert and Liszt, and said of her take on Liszt’s Gondoliera: ‘Asuka obtains just the right shimmer and delicacy’. She’ll be playing that and Schubert/ Liszt selections at Castlemaine State Festival, as well as works by Mozart and Beethoven.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine DATE Friday 29 March TIME 8pm ADMISSION $65 /$55 DURATION 120 minutes (with interval) ACCESS All ages

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‘The artist of angelic voice, who heals the soul and opens the heart.’ – NEW YORK TIMES

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

ŽO V E O With his eyeliner, luxuriantly long hair, beard, tattoos and fabulous dresses, Božo Vrećo explores the masculine and feminine. His emotive tenor is just as ambiguous, bringing a delicacy to the intense melancholy of sevdalinka folk music.

Sevdalinka has found new popularity in the Balkans since war devastated the region in the 1990s.

As is tradition, Vrećo performs unaccompanied, the better to express the pathos, melancholy and yearning that the ancient genre is known for. Vrećo rose to popularity through his band Halka, but now focuses on his solo career. In 2018 he released his fifth album, Melek to global acclaim. His music has been used in documentaries, ballet and theatrical performances.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Wednesday 27 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $45/$35 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages Presented by Castlemaine State Festival in association with Ten Days on the Island

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‘One of the most hauntingly beautiful records you'll ever hear.’

— DROWNED IN SOUND on THE BLUE HOUR

‘Sophie Hutchings played a set of such beguiling atmosphere that it seemed to silence the bars and festivalgoers outside.’— THE GUARDIAN

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A DOUBLE BILL OF CONTEMPORARY MINIMALIST PIANO ITALY

F EDE IC A L ANESE Pianist Federico Albanese writes instrumental

compositions that draw on contemporary classical music, electronica and even psychedelia. There’s also a cinematic quality to his work, as five years working as a prop builder gave him an appreciation of the relationship between music and film. Clash magazine described his 2016 album, The Blue Hour, as having ‘a lyrical, rhythmic and emotive modern classical sound that enthrals to the last’. At the Castlemaine State Festival, Albanese will perform his third album, By the Deep Sea. The album creates a meditative space in which to detach from the stresses of daily life.

AUSTRALIA

O HIE H TC H I GS Sydney pianist and composer Sophie Hutchings was voted one of the top live instrumentalists in the country at the 2016 National Live Music Awards. Her fifth studio album, Yonder, released in 2017, was described by The Guardian as ‘conjuring images from the edge of the listeners’ consciousness like something half-remembered in the middle of the night’. Hutchings appears as the first half of this superb double bill.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 6.00pm ADMISSION $55/$45 DURATION 180 minutes (with interval) ACCESS All ages 31

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FLO ALE A SA C HI It's fair to say that Floraleda Sacchi lives and breathes the harp—performing classical and contemporary music, including her own compositions, on the historical single and double-action pedal harps, the electro, and the Celtic harp. Sacchi has performed at Carnegie Hall, Gewandhaus and the Auditorium della Conciliazione, and has recorded more than 20 albums, including an LP reimagining the minimalist logic of Philip Glass. For her performance at Castlemaine State Festival, Sacchi will present pieces by Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Phillip Glass and more, including her own original compositions.

Her willingness to experiment may well leave the audience thinking, ‘I didn’t know the harp could do that’.

‘The best harp playing ever heard.’

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Saturday 23 March TIME 3.00pm ADMISSION $50/$40 DURATION 80 minutes ACCESS All ages With special support from Jacqui & John Turnbull.

Harp generously provided by Mary Doumany.

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AL E SI BA & L U ILLE CH N We hope someone is watering the plants at

Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung’s New York home, because the couple clocks up serious air miles. As a concerto soloist, Bax has appeared with more than 100 prominent orchestras. Gramophone hailed him ‘among the most remarkable young pianists now before the public’.

Chung made her debut, aged 10, with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a recitalist in over 30 countries, in venues such as New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Palais des BeauxArts in Brussels. The couple met at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition and played for each other in their downtime and that was that. Now about 20 per cent of their performances are as a duo.

Their performance in Castlemaine is Italian-themed featuring Mozart, Poulenc, Stravinsky Petrushka; and their own arrangement of Piazzolla’s Two Tangos.

If you’re wondering what the Italian connection to Stravinsky is, the character Petrushka takes its roots from the Commedia dell’arte tradition. As for Piazzolla, the composer was Argentinean, but his parents were Italian.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 1.30pm ADMISSION $60/$50 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages with special support from Marysia & Marshall Segan

‘The audience hung off their every note and was left wanting for more.’

— TIMEOUT

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DAVI R WDEN & AR IA ASP POVA The Sydney Morning Herald pronounced Omega Ensemble to be ‘One of the best chamber music outfits in town’. The core members hold principal roles in some of the world’s most renowned orchestras, including Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, USA. They also release studio recordings and live recordings via their own Omega Classics label.

For the Castlemaine State Festival they will perform Brahms’ Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120; Liszt’s Tarantella; Mendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14; Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B flat; and Widor’s Introduction et Rondo.

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VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine DATE Saturday 23 March TIME 7.30pm ADMISSION $50 /$40 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages

‘a jewel in the crown of Sydney’s classical music scene’. — SYDNEYCLASSICAL.COM

O M EGA EN S EM BLE

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E IC AV R

Eric Avery is a composer, violinist and dancer

from the Ngiyampaa, Yuin, Gumbangirri and Bundjalung people of NSW. Accompanied by his father Graham on didgeridoo, Eric will perform his moving arrangements of ancient chants and songs of his people and country alongside his own original compositions. Limelight compared his original works to Michael Nyman’s compositions for filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Avery has performed at Bluesfest in Byron Bay and Night of the Tarantula in Amsterdam.

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 24 March TIME 2.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

‘The concluding performance

by Eric Avery is, to my mind, the stand out.’

— LIMELIGHT

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JA Q E L I N E O EIL & J HN O ’D N E L L Montsalvat Director Jacqueline Ogeil and internationally acclaimed performer/scholar John O’Donnell join forces to perform a rare recital of music for two harpsichords, including J. S. Bach’s great Concerto in C major (BWV1061), J. L. Krebs’ Concerto in A minor, and pieces by François Couperin, Bernardo Pasquini and G.B. Lucchinetti.

These gorgeous and entertaining works will be performed on two of Australia’s finest harpsichords, made by William Dowd and William Bright.

‘Two of Australia’s finest musicians.’— READINGS

AUSTRALIA

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 3.30pm ADMISSION $40/$30 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

TIMOR-LESTE

E O LE O Maybe your introduction to Ego Lemos was through his APRA award-winning song for the film Balibo. His soulful compositions take cues from his childhood, when his mother would play the harmonica to lament the death of her family during Timor-Leste’s civil unrest in the ’70s.

Lemos taught himself English from dictionaries and became a translator for an Australian permaculture trainer. He then founded Timor-Leste’s first permaculture NGO and a sustainable agricultural network.

In 2009, his debut album, O Hele Le, was produced

by Michael Hohnen and Craig Pilkington of Melbourne band The Killjoys and released

by Hohnen’s Skinnyfish Music.

‘a singer who represents a positive window into his own country through beautiful, simple folk songs’.

— MICHAEL HOHNEN, SKINNYFISH

VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 7.30pm ADMISSION $40/$30 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages With special support from Peter McMullin

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H AR K EN W ELL / OU T LIE R The eagle-eyed will notice that violinist Lizzy Welsh is drawing her bow across some unusual instruments in this series of hour-long concerts. For the Melbournian’s duo Harken Well, she is joined by Laura Moore on viola da gamba and Baroque cello, and uses a mellowsounding Baroque violin, strung with gut instead of steel. For her duo Outlier, in which she and violone player Chloë Smith give an experimental take to Renaissance instruments – she’ll be playing her treble viol.

Harken Well’s And the light shines through darkness features the works of 17th Century German chamber composers such as Schmelzer, Buxtehude, Erlebach and Capricornus. The duo’s other concert, Music & Murder, focuses on problematic Renaissance and Baroque composers such as Tarquinio Merula (who preyed upon his students) or Carlo Gesualdo (who killed his wife), to provoke discussion around the ethics of listening to musicians with monstrous reputations. Harken Well will also be joined by guest continuo artists for their concerts.

As Outlier, Welsh and Smith will light up the Castlemaine Town Hall with projections and maximise the acoustics using experimental techniques with music composed especially for Castlemaine State Festival.

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VENUE Castlemaine Town Hall ADDRESS 25 Lyttleton Street

Castlemaine

DATE /TIME

Outlier: Sunday 24 March 9.00pm And the light shines through darkness: Monday 25 March 5.30pm Music & Murder: Tuesday 26 March 8.30pm

ADMISSION All $35/$25 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

T HE ALO N ER IES UP CLOSE AND INTIMATE

YE-EUN CHOI Saturday 23 March 11am $75 MARIA RASPOPOVA of OMEGA ENSEMBLE Sunday 24 March 11am $75 FLORALEDA SACCHI Monday 25 March 11am $75 ERIC AVERY Tuesday 26 March 11am $70 BOŽO VRECO Thursday 28 March 11am $75 SOPHIE HUTCHINGS Friday 29 March 11am $70 MONA ASUKA Saturday 30 March 11am $75 FEDERICO ALBANESE Sunday 31 March 11am $75

Experience some of Castlemaine’s most architecturally

and historically significant houses while taking in intimate solo performances from a selection of the festival’s headline performers.

Each of these unique concerts is a very special opportunity to soak up the presence of our guest musicians in truly beautiful intimate surroundings. There are special solo performances from pianist Mona Asuka, violinist Ye-Eun Choi, harpist Floraleda Sacchi and many more.

Delicious seasonal food, and wines from Sutton Grange Winery are included in the ticket price of these lavish brunch-time concerts.

The location of each concert is top secret and will only be revealed upon purchase of your ticket.

With strictly limited numbers for each performance, we urge you to book early.

Duration of each event is 120 minutes.

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THOM P ON’S F U DRY AND HE A RT O F BRASS Castlemaine legends of brass the Thompson’s Foundry

Band are back for the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival!

Inspired by stories of deeply felt connection and belonging MC Derek Guille, band-leader Pip Avent and the Thompson’s Foundry Band take a wander through the band’s history and repertoire. Join us for an afternoon of charm, wit, nostalgic yarns and a whole lot of brass!

‘A proud history of heavy metal.’ — THE AGE

VENUE Castlemaine Goods Shed South

ADDRESS 11 Kennedy Street, Castlemaine

DATE/ TIME

Friday 29 March 5.00pm Saturday 30 March 4.00pm

ADMISSION $35 /$25 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

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C A TL E M A I ID LL Lot19 proudly presents the 7th annual Castlemaine Idyll. Featuring over 35 performers, a live band, famous judges and more fun than you’ve EVER had!

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VENUE Lot 19 ADDRESS Langslow Street

Castlemaine

DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 1pm–7pm ADMISSION $25 DURATION 360 minutes ACCESS All ages

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Enjoy Responsibly

Proud supporters of the 2019 Castlemaine State Festival

TROPICAL FUCK STORM / LAURA JEAN PUTA MADRE BROTHERS / MICK HARVEY YANA ALANA / JDFR / EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS / MILDLIFE / DAVO FILM PROGRAM + MORE

THEATRE ROYAL APEROL FESTIVAL CLUB Welcome to the club. Each evening during the festival the Theatre Royal becomes the glowing beacon we will gravitate to. Inside its double doors, the Royal team is offering a revolving lineup of bands, cabaret and contemporary music. Alongside this, a film program celebrates Australian women filmmakers as well as some very special events in which music and cinema collide.

Join us on opening weekend – we will be spilling out into the street from 6pm with DJs, roving bands and cold drinks. Don’t forget to grab a ticket to the Puta Madre Brothers who later in the night will take us into the wee hours with their magical mariachi moves.

Rock up, grab a ticket and an Aperol spritz, and dive right in.

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P TA M A R E B T HE R Our opening night gig, Puta Madre Brothers, bring their high-speed gringo-garage rhythms and almighty Spanglish might to the Festival for an unforgettable evening of mariachi-Mexi-Motown-bing-bang-groovyparty. El caliente loco!

‘a mad mixture of soul city, nitty gritty, punk power and spaghetti western tunes.’

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— ADELAIDE NOW

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 22 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $45 /$35 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS

AUSTRALIA

T O IC L F CK TO M

Tropical Fuck Storm are a force of nature, conjuring chaos at every blistering performance, with zero shits to give for corporate music hegemony. Featuring two members of Aus-music legends The Drones.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 24 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 120 minutes ACCESS Presented by Theatre Royal

‘Glorious and frightening– this is what history sounds like as it’s being written.’ — GREIL MARCUS

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LA A EA With her fifth album, Devotion, Laura Jean coolly chronicles the hopes and fears of her eccentric teenage years. The Melbourne songwriter has recorded with Paul Kelly, The Drones, Oh Mercy and Jenny Hval.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Saturday 23 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 65 minutes ACCESS

‘Memories of adolescence radiate in the dreamy, synth-pop sunshine.’ — THE SKINNY

‘Maybe the sharpest communication of the spooky all-consuming nature of feminine love I’ve ever seen.’

–LORDE

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‘Demonically talented, rudely brilliant.

It’s a shame we can only give Yana Alana five stars ’ –THE ADVERTISER

AUSTRALIA

YA A AL A A

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GREATEST TITS

BET WEEN THE CRACKS

Queen of queer cabaret and determined to never be a national treasure, Yana Alana is a multi-awardwinning punk, anti-glamour, cabaret performance anarchist. Yana Alana and her all female band The Paranas bring to you her greatest tits from her award-winning shows. Giving a finger to the idea of normality, Greatest Tits is a celebration of diversity and difference.

Wearing nothing but blue paint and accessories, Sarah Ward brings her alter-ego to the stage: the brilliantly rude, camp and delusional Yana Alana, who’s here to tackle socio-political issues and stick it to convention. Between the Cracks is a subversive and demented delving into the psyche of a pill-popping, intemperate, narcissistic neo-punk artist. She’s so politically incorrect that politicians cross the floor to see her. There is nothing Yana Alana won’t do to derail the patriarchy and discomfort the masses.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Monday 25 March TIME 8.30pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 2.00pm ADMISSION $45 /$35 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS

Presented by Theatre Royal

Presented by Theatre Royal

‘However mesmerizing the music might be, nothing is more captivating than Ákadóttir’s own voice.’

— CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

ICELAND

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Any artist that gets Björk excited ought to pique the interest. JFDR – vocally resembles her fellow Icelander, but that’s where the similarities end.

Her debut solo album, Brazil (she’s released eight others with bands), uses soft, minimal soundscapes to describe the elements and seasons.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS Presented by Castlemaine State Festival and Wanaka Festival NZ 47

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INTOXIC ATED MAN THE SONGS OF SERGE GAINSBOURG Co-founder and guitarist of Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party and The Boys Next Door, Mick Harvey brings the songs of Serge Gainsbourg to Castlemaine State Festival. Performing from his 4 albums of translated Serge Gainsbourg songs Harvey will be joined by J.P. Shilo, Dan Luscombe, Glenn Lewis, Hugo Cran, a string section + Xanthe Waite.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,Castlemaine DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 3.00pm ADMISSION $50 /$40 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS

‘A brilliant live show.’–THE AU REVIEW

Presented by Theatre Royal

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IL LI E Melbourne’s Mildlife bill themselves as ‘the cosmic funk house band for a party at the edge of the universe’. Debut LP Phrase received praise from Mojo, The Guardian and BBC6 Music.

Live, expect wild improvisation.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS

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‘... join the dots between Daft Punk and Tortoise.’–THE GUARDIAN

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EM A DO OVAN & THE PUTBACKS

Acclaimed indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The PutBacks come together to perform a concert of hard hitting and heartfelt soul. The music has a gritty uniquely Australian sound, a tour de force of funk and soul!

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 9.00pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS

‘Great soul singers are born, not made, and Emma Donovan is a charismatic soul singer for the ages.’

–BEAT MAGAZINE

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CASTLEMAINE'S GREATEST DEVO COVER BAND DAVO are this regions greatest ever DEVO cover band, cobbled together with members of Ooga Boogas, Affordable Repayments, DEAD and HR. They’ll be playing hits and misses from DEVO’s early catalogue.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 8.00pm ADMISSION $30 /$20 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS

‘Are we not men? We are Devo!

We must repeat D-E-V-O, We must repeat D-E-V-O, We must repeat D-E-V-O.’ –DEVO 49

THEATRE ROYAL APEROL FESTIVAL CLUB FILM PROGRAM

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BOLD NEW WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN CINEMA

TERROR NULLIUS

UNDERTOW

TERROR NULLIUS, a hilarious, uncomfortable reimagining of Australia’s national mythology. It is a political revenge fable which offers an unwriting of Australian national mythology. It works entirely within and against the official archive to achieve a queering and othering of Australian cinema. Part political satire, eco-horror and road movie, TERROR NULLIUS is a world in which minorities and animals conspire, and not-so-nice white guys finish last. Where idyllic beaches host race-riots, governments poll love-rights, and the perils of hypermasculinity are overshadowed only by the enduring horror of Australia’s colonising myth of terra nullius.

Miranda Nation makes her feature directorial debut with this Geelong-shot psychological thriller about grief and obsession set against the backdrop of local footy culture. Struggling to cope after losing her unborn child, photo-journalist Claire becomes increasingly obsessed with, a pregnant young woman Claire suspects of having an affair with her husband, AFL player and mentor Dan. It’s an obsession that could put both women in danger, but the deeper Claire digs, the more unsettling her discoveries become.

FEATURE FILM: 50 MINUTES DIRECTOR: SODA JERK

FEATURE FILM: 96 MINUTES DIRECTOR: MIRANDA NATION

Monday 25 March 1.30pm

TICKET PRICING INDIVIDUAL FILM

$15/12 (Also applies to Short Films session) $60/$42 (All Not Your Sheila films including Short Films session. [CENSORED] not included.

On a remote tropical island, fortymillion crabs migrate through a dense jungle and rocky shores to the freedom of the sea. Christmas Island is also a temporary home to refugees seeking passage to Australia but confined to a high security detention centre deep in the jungle. With a brilliant score, lush cinematography and keen attention to detail, this award-winning documentary focuses on the detention centre’s trauma counselor as she and her young family navigate local mythologies that surround them.

Tuesday 26 March 1.30pm

STRANGE COLOURS AFTER THE APOLOGY FEATURE FILM: 85 MINUTES DIRECTOR: ALENA LODKINA

DOCUMENTARY: 82 MINUTES DIRECTOR: LARISSA BEHRENDT

A story of family and estrangement set amid the alien landscape of Australia’s opal mines. Melina is making the 18-hour bus journey to be with her estranged, ailing father. He’s one of he lost, lonely men who hunt for black opals, deep in the Australian outback.

As Melina is drawn ever further into the community, she discovers that there’s more to these men than she first assumed and perhaps even more to herself.

After the Apology shines a light on the community members who are working tirelessly to end the Stolen Generations and includes significant groups like Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR), a community network of Indigenous grandmothers who are directly affected by child removals.

Thursday 28 March 1.30pm

DOCUMENTARY: 94 MINUTES DIRECTOR: GABRIELLE BRADY

Saturday 23 March 1.30pm

FULL PROGRAM PASS

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ISLAND OF HUNGRY GHOSTS

Friday 29 March 1.30pm

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S HO RT FILMS BLACK AS ME

TANGLES AND KNOTS

DIRECTOR: SANTILLA CHINGAIPE 3 MINS

DIRECTOR: RENÉE MARIE PETROPOULOS 17MINS

Black As Me is the stunning short documentary from Zambian-born, Melbourne-based filmmaker and journalist Santilla Chingaipe. Exploring self-awareness and identity, artist Atong Atem describes her experiences of colourism in Australian society.

BARBARA DIRECTOR: LARISSA BEHRENDT & MARIEKA WALSH 5 MINS

Since Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen generation in 2008 the number of Indigenous in out of home care in Australia has risen from 9,000 to over 16,000. Noongar woman Barbara tells of one grandmother's fight to get her granddaughter back.

BIRDIE DIR: SHELLY LAUMAN 8 MINS

A casual gesture of friendliness quickly spirals into a paralysing moment for a woman on a train.

JUDAS COLLAR DIRECTOR: ALISON JAMES 15 MINS

The tragic tale of a wild camel and the sacrifices she makes for the benefit of her kind.

FIRST DAY DIRECTOR: JULIE KALCEFF 17 MINS

An intense bond between mother and daughter is at risk of becoming undone when the events at a house party take a sinisister turn.rn.

It’s Hannah’s first day of high school.

It's also the first day she’ll wear a girl’s school uniform and go by her chosen name rather than the boy’s name she was given at birth.

FLORENCE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

SESSION TIMES

DIRECTOR: MIRRAH FOULKES 14 MINS

It’s the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying, and Florence wants out. When the facility double books two rival Elvis impersonators, Florence takes the opportunity for one last hurrah.

Saturday 23 March11.00am Monday 25 March11.00am Tuesday 26 March 11.00am Thursday 28 March11.00am Friday 29 March 11.00am

DURATION 80 minutes

THEATRE ROYAL and HEAR MY EYES present

BA AKA WITH AN ORIGINAL LIVE SCORE AND ROBOTICS BY DYLAN MARTORELL

[CENSORED]

WITH A LIVE SOUND TRACK PERFORMED BY THE END DOCUMENTARY: 63 MINUTES DIRECTOR: SARI BRAITHWAITE

Melbourne archivist and filmmaker Sari Braithwaite gained unprecedented access to Canberra’s archive of clips cut from international films screened in Australia between 1951 and 1978. She pieced together [CENSORED] from these never-before-seen snippets of visual vice. Entertaining and provocative, [CENSORED] challenges audiences with questions that defy easy answers: about how we feel about censorship, the power of cinema and complicit role of the spectator.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine DATE/TIME Tuesday 26 March 7.30pm ADMISSION $40 /$30 ACCESS

Past and present weave together in this musical experience from the internationally renowned Dylan Martorell, whose custom-built robotics will perform an original score to Ron Fricke’s visual masterpiece Baraka alongside Martorell and his band. Martorell’s projects use upcycling, DIY culture, robotics and alternative power sources to bring up ideas about transience, sustainability and community. The ideas will play out against the chaotic cities and barren wilderness of Baraka, bringing the classic 1992 film into the 21st century.

VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves

Street, Castlemaine

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Come for the festival Stay for the lifestyle

We’re passionate about our region: from the heritage streetscapes of Maldon, Australia’s first notable town, to the latest in contemporary living in the growing township of Castlemaine and on to the rolling hills and small acreages of Barkers Creek and Harcourt.

It’s a wonderful place to live and an easy commute to major centres like Bendigo and Melbourne.

With over 25 years experience our people know the local market better than anyone. Let us find you the perfect property so your time in the region doesn’t have to end with the festival.

Bringing people and property together Waller Realty Castlemaine 03 5470 5811 Waller Realty Maldon 03 5475 1055 sales@wallerrealty.com.au www.wallerrealty.com.au

I A LO G ES Dialogues is a festival within a festival: four days of presentations, panel discussions and workshops exploring regional responses to sustainability and the future of living. Speakers will be a mix of renowned literary figures and game-changers, such as environmentalist and explorer Tim Flannery and permaculture co-originator David Holmgren, alongside well-known locals working to promote sustainable living within their community. Understanding the environment in which we live – whether that be built, political or social – will form the basis of wide-ranging discussion.

With special support from Michael Kantor and Anonymous

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A S T RALIA S TO Y BRUC E PA S CO E

‘Sometimes nations have the chance to turn away from bigotry and selfishness and turn to their countrymen and women and embrace them as loved members of the human family.’

— BRUCE PASCOE

KEYNOTE

Author Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong man and member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria. His diverse life has seen him work in education, publishing, farming, fishing and Aboriginal language retrieval.

His award winning book Dark Emu challenges the claim that pre-colonial Australian Aboriginal peoples were hunter-gatherers.

Join Bruce as he discusses how he is rewriting our understanding of Australia through a lens of knowledge about Indigenous people, places and culture.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 4.15pm ADMISSION $30/$20 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages

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WORKSHOP

PANEL DISCUSSION

IN GA SIMPSON

C E AT I V E THI KERS & C LI AT E HANGE

ATU R E WR I T I G Award winning writer Inga Simpson recently completed a second PhD, exploring the history of Australian nature writers. Inga's memoir about her life with trees, Understory, was published in 2017. Join Inga for a guided workshop on nature writing.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Friday 29 March TIME 10.00am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 135 minutes ACCESS All ages

MOUNT ALEXANDER SUS TAIN ABILIT Y GROUP Public discourse around sustainability and climate change meets art and social activism.

Alison Hanly, former host of Art Swank and MASG staff member facilitates a panel discussion with visual artists who explore environmental themes as a core part of their practice. Featuring artist Forest Keegal and many more.

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VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 2.00pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS All ages

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ROBYN ANNEAR

Nothing on TV is a podcast that ransacks Trove Newspapers (the National Library of Australia’s online repository of digitalised historical newsprint) to present stories from an era when there was-literally-nothing on TV. Acclaimed writer and historican Robyn Annear (A City of Lost and Found) presents a special festival edition of her historical podcast.

TV

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 12.30pm ADMISSION $25/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

‘Annear introduces the general public to history and historical writing – something that should be applauded’— ARTS ONLINE

S U L I HT & EAWE E TIM F L A N N E RY

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Acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery investigates exciting new technologies currently being developed to address our most pressing environmental threats.

With accessible and engaging explanations of the fascinating science behind these technologies, as well as accounts of the systems already in operation around the world, Sunlight and Seaweed offers an enlightening and uplifting view of the future.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 5.30pm ADMISSION $30/$20 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages

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La Trobe University

Bendigo Campus

As one of the largest providers of higher education to regional Victoria, we’re proud of our close relationship to the communities in which we operate.

Our regional campuses support local industries, including agriculture, water and human and health services.

We offer a range of courses including leading programs in biomedical science (medical), dentistry, exercise physiology, physiotherapy, pharmacy and oral health. Our engineering, IT, creative arts, business, teaching and nursing programs provide unique opportunities to work with local industry, building students practical skills before they graduate.

Our Regional Rewards allows students to study at any of our regional campuses and receive funding for international study and guaranteed industry experience that counts towards their degree.

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DAVID H O L MG R E N

Action, Resilience & Future Visions KEYNOTE

Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren’s new

book, RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future (2018) is a bold manifesto on how to activate change that begins in the household. RetroSuburbia promotes household food growing, retrofitting and non-monetary activities of exchange and reciprocity.

In this discussion, followed by an audience Q & A session, David will advance the ideas of permaculture as a creative framework for applying vital retrofits to our homes, gardens and most fundamentally, our behaviour. Come and be part of Holmgren’s insightful, thought-provoking vision for a life-enhancing sustainable future.

VENUE The Old Castlemaine Gaol ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 2.15pm ADMISSION $30/$20 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS All ages

‘When we work with nature instead of trying to impose our will, the solution is often found within the problem.’

— DAVID HOLMGREN

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FROM MOORABBIN TO MALDON TO MUCKLEFORD

JOHN ROMERIL PANEL DISCUSSION

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BRUCE PASCOE AND DR THOMAS WILSON Authors Bruce Pascoe (Dark Emu) and Dr. Thomas Wilson (Stepping Off) will discuss the need to rethink our approach to land in Rewilding.

How do we undertake conservation aimed at restoring our core wilderness areas, and what approaches to agriculture can we learn from Aboriginal culture?

VENUE The Old

Join playwright John Romeril AM, as he takes us on a journey through his childhood in Moorabbin, his school holidays spent with cousins and siblings at the family home in Maldon and his later years when he settled down in Muckleford. John’s love affair with this environment has never ceased to nurture him.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 10.00am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Thursday 28 March TIME 10.00am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages

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BRUCE PASCOE, BELINDA SMAILL, JANE STADLER This symposium brings a twenty-first century perspective to Indigenous

and settler landscape traditions and to the way that contemporary screen cultures are engaging with environmental issues, land rights and recognition.

A screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Bruce Pascoe, editor and anthologist and award winning Indigenous author of Dark Emu, Belinda Smaill, Associate Professor at Monash University and author of The Documentary: Politics, Emotion, Culture and Regarding Life: Animals and the Documentary Moving Image, and Jane Stadler, Professor of Film and Media Studies at Swinburne University and co-author of Imagined Landscapes: Geovisualising Australian Spatial Narratives.

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VENUE Theatre Royal ADDRESS 30 Hargraves Street,

Castlemaine

DATE Wednesday 27 March TIME Screening 2pm–4pm Panel discussion 4pm–5pm

ADMISSION $25/$20 DURATION 180 minutes ACCESS All ages

PANEL DISCUSSION

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Is regional living all it’s cracked up to be? A diverse group of people share their experiences; riffing on highs and lows, musing on what makes a community vibrant and on the changes that occur when large numbers of newcomers arrive and young people leave.

Featuring Kerry Nixon, from the Centre for the Study of the Inland and planning educator and researcher Andrew Butt.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 11.30am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 105 minutes ACCESS All ages

WORKSHOP

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Have a sneak-peek at Trace’s next graphic novella set in Jaara country, ask Trace to create a cartoon on the spot, create your own cartoon strip to take home!

For all ages and abilities, materials supplied.

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Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Friday 29 March TIME 3.30pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS All ages

ROSELIN A PRESS Be guided through the essentials of writing for social change in this interactive workshop.

Connecting writing, advocacy and cognitive science, Roselina Press demonstrates how to craft compelling narratives that will engage your audience and inspire them to take action.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Friday 29 March TIME 12.45pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 135 minutes ACCESS All ages 61

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T H E B DY I A ATTL FIELD JENNY VALENTISH Join Jenny Valentish, acclaimed author of Women of Substances, to hear about the relationship between alcohol and drug use, self-harm, eating disorders and self-cyber-bullying. In this thought-provoking talk, Jenny argues that for people who have felt little ownership over their own bodies, these behaviours can be a way of seizing back control.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 4.30pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

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DAVID HOLMGREN, AUNT Y JULIE, GUNG HOE GROWERS

Permaculture guru David Holmgren, local farmers Gung Hoe Growers and artist, cultural leader and storyteller Aunty Julie will discuss how they ended up in this region, what inspires them and the events which led to their current occupations.

VENUE The Old Castlemaine Gaol ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 1.00pm ADMISSION $20/$15 DURATION 90 minutes ACCESS All ages

WORKSHOP

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MEL ANIE KNIGHT

In the world of Twitter, textspeak and emojis, many believe it’s time to revisit communication using ink and paper. Audiences are invited to an afternoon where mystery, writing and pen-pals converge. DLC is a call to restore balance to lives consumed by the little screen and express yourself through creative letter writing. Never fear: we have prompt cards for awkward moments of writer’s block!

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 2.00pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 150 minutes ACCESS 16+ years

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F ICT I N F O T O BL E D TIME HAN YUJOO

Should fiction offer comment, provide comfort or challenge our assumptions? In Han Yujoo’s novel The Impossible Fairytale, we find ourselves in the shoes of children experiencing violence and cruelty, prompting questions about language, art, and the narratives we tell ourselves. Join Korean literary star Han Yujoo for a discussion of her work and the possibilities of fiction.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Friday 29 March TIME 4.00pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages Castlemaine State Festival (CSF) 2019 Program Focus on Asia: Korea is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

TALK

TH E L A D HOUT ALICE ROBINSON

Alice Robinson’s second novel, The Glad Shout (Affirm Press), out in 2019 offers a portrait of motherhood and an investigation of the potential impacts of climate change in Victoria. Join Alice for a reading and a discussion of the book's themes: an oscillation between hope and hopelessness; and its vision of the future.

VENUE The Old Castlemaine Gaol ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 11.30am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

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HAYLEY BUTC HER, INGA SIMPSON Swapped a swanky city pad for a 'restorer's dream' in the middle of the bush? Walked away from a high paying corporate job to become an alpaca farmer?

Novelist and nature writer Inga Simpson and comedienne Hayley Butcher will discuss tree change realities, good and bad.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 1.15pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

PANEL DISCUSSION

BI D L I F

HARRY SADLER, GEOFF PARK Do humans and birds have more in common that initially meets the eye? What might the future hold for our feathered friends? Join bird enthusiast and writer Harry Saddler and Field Naturalist/photographer Geoff Park discussing their mutual passion.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 10.00am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

PANEL DISCUSSION

L A DS CA E S OF L IT E AT R E THOMAS WILSON , INGA SIMPSON , JESSIE COLE Nature Writing is the hottest trend in literature. Join expert nature writers and eco-critics Inga Simpson (Where the Trees Were), Dr. Thomas Wilson (Stepping Off: Rewilding and Belonging in the South-West) and Jessie Cole (Staying,Borderline) to discuss the changing face of nature writing.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 3pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

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CASTLEMAINE LIBRARY STORY TIME Join the Castlemaine Library Story Time crew for some fun and engaging stories, songs and rhymes for little people aged 0-5 and their carers. All welcome, no bookings required.

PANEL DISCUSSION

A K A AC T I VI T

SILENT READING PART Y

JESSIE BORELLE, LIVIA CULLEN

Ever wondered what exactly Adani is or whether hashtag activism works? Environmental campaigners Jessica Borelle and Livia Cullen will answer all your burning activism questions.

No question too small or too outrageous!

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 2.45pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

Silence is so rare these days, it’s almost radical! Castlemaine Library is throwing a Silent Reading Party treating you to Adult Story Time, a Random Reading Party game then some luxuriant silent reading time.

We’ll finish with an Open Mic reading out loud session -slam or subtle, over to you. Bring a book or borrow one, and party like only extroverted introverts can!

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE/TIME Story Time: Thursday 28th March 10.30am Silent Reading Party: Thursday 28th March 2.00pm ADMISSION Free DURATION Story Time 60 min

Silent Reading Party 105 min

ACCESS All ages

PANEL DISCUSSION TALK

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VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St,

Castlemaine

DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 4.15pm ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages Castlemaine State Festival (CSF) 2019 Program Focus on Asia: Korea is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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As children, Jessie Cole and her brother ran wild in an idyllic rainforest home. They had adoring parents and two beautiful half-sisters, who visited every holiday.

But when Jessie was on the cusp of adolescence, tragedy struck, and her loving family fell apart.

Join Jessie in conversation about Staying, her powerful memoir about family and forgiveness and finding peace in a place of pain.

VENUE The Old Castlemaine Gaol ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Saturday 30 March TIME 10.00am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 60 minutes ACCESS All ages

‘Staying is rich and complex – a meditation on what it means to be traumatised by loss, and ultimately to be healed by life.’

— SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

PANEL DISCUSSION

I D E A FO T HE W Y WE L I E

ANNIE RASER-ROWL AND, CATH SOUTH, FRED SCHULTZ,ALICE ROBINSON Ideas about community and idyllic, sustainable life styles are constantly evolving in the Goldfields.

How do you envisage your future existence? Are you a believer in old-school, low-tech ways to make ends meet or is building a tiny house more your caper?

Authors Annie Raser-Rowland and Alice Robinson, Tiny House designer and entrepreneur Fred Shultz and film maker Cath South will discuss communes, tiny houses and living frugally.

VENUE The Old

Castlemaine Gaol

ADDRESS 36-48 Bowden St, Castlemaine DATE Sunday 31 March TIME 11.30am ADMISSION $18/$15 DURATION 75 minutes ACCESS All ages

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AUSTRALIAN PRINT TRIENNIAL POSTERED CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL UNBRANDED AUTOLUMINESCENT INTERWOVEN SENSELAB: MINOR MOVEMENTS + LA TROBE ART SCHOOL SELECTIONS

14 January – 3 February 11 March – 20 April 22 – 31 March 6 May – 22 June 8 July – 24 August 9 September – 26 October 11 November – 21 December

Brendan Van Hek, Portable Horizon (aquamarine, midnight blue) (detail) (2015), 230 x 242 x 60cm, neon, steel. (c) Image courtesy of the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery

Elements of the visual arts program will run 16 March – 7 April.

Venues and public talks program details at castlemainefestival.com.au.

Look out for the printed visual arts guide available from 16 March.

VICTORIA + AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

HAYLEY MILLAR-BAKER + JAMES TYLOR

Presenting the work of both artists together provides an occasion to amplify their individual explorations into historical legacies in contemporary conditions.

Millar-Baker’s interrogations of personal and collective realities and re-imaginings combine with Tylor’s highly researched explorations of Australian cultural representations and identity to produce a uniquely intimate expression of colonisation and the complexity of overlapping histories.

VENUE Castlemaine Art Museum, 14 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

VICTORIA

CASTLEMAINE

outdoor sculpture that reflects on and celebrates the majesty of this most iconic of Australian trees. Located on the entrance forecourt of the Castlemaine Art Museum, the artist’s work sits as testament to the creative inspiration of our natural environment.

Working together as one artist since 1989, Brown and Green have built a unique vocabulary that both speaks to the aftermath of conflict but also to the contemporary condition of continuous wars across the globe. They present a new work at the Castlemaine Art Museum that is an immense visual countdown of images of turbulence, war, aftermath from1918 to 2018.

KYLIE STILLMAN LYNDELL BROWN Inaugural recipient of the Eucalypt + CHARLES GREEN Commission, Stillman presents a new

VENUE Castlemaine Art Museum, 14 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project is proudly supported by Eucalypt Australia.

VENUE Castlemaine Art Museum, 14 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ABDUL-RAHMAN ABDULL AH + ANNA LOUISE RICHARDSON

Although the lives of these married artists are entwined, constantly overlapping personally and professionally, this is the first time that they have collaborated together on a project that speaks to the core of their respective practices. Emerging from cultural and environmental perspectives, the artists explore encounters with animal mortality and the broader implications of death. Unpacking ideas of morbid curiosity, scarcity and abundance, nurture and slaughter, their work invites audiences into the intimate spectacle of death.

VENUE Newnorthern Art Hotel ADDRESS 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine This project is supported by the Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute This project is supported by Newnorthern Art Hotel

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Harnessing the randomness of natural forces, Robbins connects to notions of landscape and the broader dynamics of climate ecologies. Distilling patterns and systems from particular locations, the artist accesses energy and force to express an awareness of our place and context.

These interpretations of the dynamics and scale of the physical world suggest the complexities of the unknown.

Reflecting on sentiments of nostalgia through translation of disappearance into remembrance and fantasy, Tang employs a range of variously permanent and ephemeral materials in her work. These produce a visual representation suggestive of the contrast and contradiction between appearance and disappearance, and between ephemerality and permanence.

Her work examines the paradox of reconstructing ephemeral mental images and sensations in material forms.

C AMERON ROBBINS

VENUE Lot19 Langslow Street, Castlemaine

CYRUS TANG

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

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DALE COX

Examining alternative historical and cultural possibilities, Cox challenges notions of the Eurocentric perspective on Australia’s colonisation. Fusing diametrically opposed and disparate cultural signifiers, the artist accentuates the dislocating nature of globalisation. A revisionist history is explored with humour through a documented art hoax that takes place right in Castlemaine.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

ELIZA JANE GILCHRIST

Working with local kindergarten children and artist Ann Ferguson, Gilchrist works with notions of the built and natural environment to elicit narratives of place. A child-centric approach puts story-telling and imagination at the centre of consideration, allowing exploration and engagement with objects, forms, sound and space.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA + VICTORIA

DAMIEN SHEN + ROBERT HAGUE This collaboration sets out to scrutinise the often cruel and indifferent methodology of science in the context of race through an autobiographical lens and will be presented as a faux anthropological study reminiscent of the 19th century collection of indigenous people. A look at how science failed to describe much of what mattered. Shen and Hague are both artists, fathers, husbands and brothers but share little in their DNA or geographical and cultural backgrounds. They are about as different as you can get: one a South Australian man of Ngarrindjeri and Chinese bloodlines, the other a New Zealand migrant born from Irish and English stock.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

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CASTLEMAINE

HAYLEY WEST

A lived awareness of death and memorial is at the heart of West’s work.

Her research explores the realities of grief through personal experiences and artistic practice, focusing on the inevitability of one's own death and the impact on those remaining. Contemplative in nature, the artist works with ideas of devotion, collective memory and absence.

VICTORIA

JAMES CAREY

Working directly with site, Carey occupies and analyses spaces with creative intent.

Identifying the characteristics of objects, architecture and ephemera, the artist cleans, categorises and then collates this research into creative expressions using a variety of media appropriate to the occasion.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

JAZOO YANG

Addressing themes of loneliness, alienation and emptiness in our apparently hyperconnected world, Yang works with raw emotion and sensuality in direct way with site and the architectures inherent in specific locations. Using dynamic forms that capture her own natural and instantaneous processes, the artist researches context and puts herself into the heart of an investigative exploration of place and people.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

Castlemaine State Festival 2019 Program Focus on Asia: Korea is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

Supported by Playking Foundation

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Based in New York, MacEwan seeks out an empathetic approach to humanity’s destructive impulses. In intimate communication with the environment, the artist inserts herself within the landscape to participate in the process of constant change and exchange between culture and the natural world.

A geometric abstractionist, Andrews’work locates itself between painting, drawing, photography, and construction. Dynamic in nature and intuitive in construction, the artist considers his imagery to be compressed and stratified versions of the voluminous space that surrounds them.

Andrews produces static work that resonates with a vibratory energy of intent.

JEMIL A MacEWAN

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

JUSTIN ANDREWS

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

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VICTORIA

L A TROBE ART SCHOOL

Students from the La Trobe University Art School present work that reflects on their research and the nature of art being produced in regionally-based tertiary education centres.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

VICTORIA

KAY ABUDE

Kay Abude’s creative practice engages with themes of work and labour in relation to the factory and the studio as sites for production. The artist has worked intimately with local business Shedshaker Brewing to produce new uniforms based on research into the company’s operations and history.

VENUE The Taproom, Shedshaker Brewery, Walker Street, Castlemaine

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

CASTLEMAINE

CASTLEMAINE

MELINDA HARPER

MIC HAEL GRAEVE

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

CASTLEMAINE

NEW SOUTH WALES

Paying homage to works of modernist women artists, Harper’s embroidery art continues her investigation into abstraction.

A form of drawing and material experimentation, the artist’s new process-based work offers a reflection upon the complexities to be found in apparent simplicity and the intensity of feeling evoked by image.

MICHAEL WOLFE

Investigations of landscape drive Wolfe’s painting and photography. A recent interest in documenting the storage architectures of farming infrastructure has driven the artist’s recent research and taken him right across the state of Victoria.

VENUE The Mill Complex 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

Working across a variety of media, Graeve’s artwork reflects and echoes considerations of composition in vision and sound. The qualities that exact across the visual and the aural are materials in his work, finding form and tonality in colour and volume.

SARA MORAWETZ

Research and process are the driving forces of Morawetz’s work, which often employs durational, repetitious and participatory components – elements akin to a scientific experiment. The artist’s output is devised to test and expose the internal processes of methodology – the exhaustive, the obsessive, the poetic and the absurd – aspects that are all inherent to scientific practices.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

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SUSAN ELLIOTT + HELEN MARTIN Drawing on installation, craft, digital manufacturing and current debates in the economics of visual culture, Elliott and Martin explore the irrational urge to create.

The artists shine a light on an abiding need for a deeper connection with our objects – whether created ourselves or acquired from others.

VENUE Wide Open Road Art, cnr of Mostyn & Hargreaves St, Castlemaine This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts' Festivals Australia program.

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JAPAN

SISTERS TAICHI AKOUSMATICA NAKAMURA A collaborative and expanded radio

Taichi Nakamura is an artist based in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture, just west of Tokyo. A young artist with a prolific work ethic, he is particularly inspired by the Australian modernist painting while investigating issues of landscape management and ecology.

project of Julia Drouhin and Phillipa Stafford, Sisters Akousmatica are inspired by the radical possibilities of radio, its porosity and the embodiment of the akousmatic nature of a voice divorced from its source.

They are concerned with collective radio practices, auditory-spatial exploration and the potential of emergent art forms.

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

VENUE Roving vehicle, visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

Supported by Playking Foundation

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

VICTORIA + NORTHERN TERRITORY

AUSTRALIA

WOVEN DIALOGUE

ART FRAUD

VENUE Visit castlemainefestival.com.au for details.

VENUE/ADDRESS Castlemaine Art Museum, 14 Lyttleton St Castlemaine DATE/TIME Saturday 30 March, 2.30pm to 4pm ADMISSION $10 DURATION 90mins ACCESS All ages

Aboriginal artists from the Northern Territory and Victoria explore the synergies of common practice and common knowledge through the exploration of weaving. An ongoing project, the impetus for the work created for the Festival came via early inspiration at Castlemaine in 2017.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

PANEL DISCUSSION

In 2016 two Victorian men, art restorer Mohamed Aman Siddique, and art dealer Peter Stanley Gant, were convicted of creating and selling fake “Brett Whiteley” paintings for millions of dollars. A year later, they were sensationally acquitted, and the paintings returned to their owners.

Why? Learn about the biggest case of alleged art fraud to come before the Australian criminal justice system in this panel discussion with journalist and author of Whiteley on Trial, Gabriella Coslovich, lawyer Tom Gyorffy QC, MONA senior curator Jane Clark and contemporary artist Jud Wimhurst. Moderated by journalist Stephen Feneley.

This project is supported by La Trobe Art Institute.

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craftivism. dissident objects and subversive forms.

24 November 2018 to 17 February 2019

Craftivism presents the work of 18 contemporary Australian artists who utilise craft based materialities with a political intent.

Artists include: Catherine Bell, Karen Black, Penny Byrne, Erub Arts, Debris Facility, Starlie Geikie, Michelle Hamer, Kate Just, Deborah Kelly, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Raquel Ormella, Kate Rohde, Slow Art Collective, Tai Snaith, Hiromi Tango, James Tylor, Jemima Wyman and Paul Yore.

Curators: Anna Briers and Rebecca Coates.

A Shepparton Art Museum curated exhibition, touring nationally through NETS Victoria.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, as well as receiving development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

70 Welsford Street, Shepparton VIC 3630 p + 61 5832 9861 e art.museum@shepparton.vic.gov.au w sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

@SAM_Shepparton #SAM_Craftivism @netsvictoria Image: Jemima Wyman, Propaganda textiles – Washington, Pink Bloc protester at Gay Pride in Copacabana, 13th October 2013 (detail) 2016-17. © the artist, courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney / Singapore and Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

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16 March – 14 July 2019 British Royal Portraits. Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Tickets www.bendigoartgallery.com.au

Prince William, (later Duke of Cambridge), Prince Harry (later Duke of Sussex) By Nicola Jane (‘Nicky’) Philipps, 2009. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

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C A T LE MAI E TAT E FE TI VAL X YZ [ ED ] ED C ATI O N PROG AM The Castlemaine State Festival Education Program creates points of contact and fosters collaboration between young people in our community and local, national and international artists at the peak of their practice.

XYZ [ED] EDUCATION PROGRAM The xyz[ED] Education Program creates points of contact and collaboration between young people in our community and local, national and international practicing artists and thinkers.

This facilitates a sense of connectedness and agency, on both a local and global level.

XYZ [ED] MEDIA TEAM The xyz[ED] Media Team is a dynamic group young people who will be reporting on Festival events and artists. During the Festival, the team members will engage directly with artists, conducting interviews and documenting events.

FAMILIES AS FIRST TEACHERS This new initiative is designed to encourage families to engage with the Festival program as a family unit. Free online resources will be made available, in conjunction with special subsidised ticket packages.

Education Program presented with support from Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, La Trobe University and Frances & Harold Abbott Foundation

KINDER Local sculptor Eliza-Jane Gilchrist will deliver a specialised kinder program called ‘I wonder what goes on in there…’. The program features scope for discussion and story sharing, with a focus on language and literacy. Centred around active, sensory making and play, the program allows children to imaginatively explore the interwoven relationships that evolve in regional urban and suburban environments, whilst using environmentally sustainable recycled materials.

SCHOOLS Local schools experience the Festival with 3 days of performances and workshops exclusively for Primary Schools. Teachers can tailor their individual program to suit their specific curriculum focus. Castlemaine Secondary College students participate in the Festival opening event, Equinox by Deep Soulful Sweats, encouraging and guiding audience participation. Students will work with artist Hayley West to explore rituals and create artworks. Music students will engage with national and international artists during the Festival.

Frances and Harold Abbott Foundation

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TICKET BOOKINGS ONLINE castlemainefestival.com.au Reduce waste by choosing the ‘print at home’ option and keep tickets on your smart phone.

BY PHONE 03 5472 5123

During open hours below.

IN PERSON FESTIVAL OFFICE

Level 1, 50 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine From 8th December 2018 – Tuesday and Thursday 10am-3pm (Closed 23 December to 2 January)

CASTLEMAINE MARKET BUILDING

44 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine From 5th February 2019 – Tuesday and Thursday 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm From 5th March 2019 – Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4pm During the Festival – Daily 10am-5pm

AT THE DOOR 30 minutes before start of performance, subject to availability. Cash payments only.

BOOKING INFORMATION Concession Includes pensioners, Health Care Card holders and full-time students. Relevant identification must be presented upon purchase of concession tickets.

Seating Numbered seating applies to all performances at the Castlemaine Town Hall. All other events are general admission with a first in, first seated policy.

Refunds There are no refunds or returns on ticket purchases.

Latecomers Will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

Gift Vouchers Available for purchase and may be used for any available ticket at time of redeeming. Unredeemed vouchers will expire on the final day of the festival and are not able to be refunded.

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FOOD AND DRINK OPENING NIGHT AT WESTERN RESERVE Each year the festival’s opening night brings Castlemaine to life celebrating its unique, diverse and hungry community. What better time to tempt their tastebuds with a variety of delicious offerings at a twilight food market.

KID ROCK AT CASTLEMAINE GOODS SHED This year the Festival’s closing day entertainment will be dedicated to kids as will be the food! With an abundance of yummy tucker for those little bellies, parents will be off meal duty for the day.

THEATRE ROYAL APEROL FESTIVAL CLUB Make time this festival to hit the hot spot where every day feels like a celebration. The Theatre Royal Aperol Festival Club will have it all waiting for you with every drink imaginable and scrumptious bites to accompany.

VENUE BARS Festival bars will operate at the Castlemaine Goods Shed and Castlemaine Town Hall. These bars will be open for 1 hour before and during interval at these performances. The Old Castlemaine Gaol will also have food and drink on offer for the duration of the festival’s Dialogues Program.

AROUND TOWN Castlemaine offers some of the best regional options for drinking and dining throughout the festival. For details of local cafes, bars and restaurants, see our Drink & Dine page.

ACCESSIBILITY Castlemaine State Festival aims to make venues and events accessible to those with limited mobility, hearing and/or vision.

Wheelchair access at each venue is identified by the symbol program event pages.

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Please contact Box Office staff for further information and/or to make a request.

SUSTAINABILITY Mount Alexander Shire is working to create a community that is sustainable now and into the future. With a strong national reputation for environmental commitment, along with the community’s extensive creative artistic talents, our commitment to sustainability and innovative community building is strong.

While visiting the festival, you can also contribute to the wellbeing of our community and environment by: Enjoying the many cafes, bars and restaurants and looking out for locally produced food and beverages.

Catching a train to Castlemaine, using the bus, riding a bike or strolling between venues.

Minimising waste by using your own shopping bags or the local Boomerang Bag service, bringing your keep cups for take away coffees and recycling as much as you are able in the provided bins throughout town.

Learning more about our local community organisations and service providers.

This publication is printed on stock manufactured using sustainable forestry practices.

Printed in Australia by Rooster IMC

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TRANSPORT & ACCOMMODATION GETTING THERE

BY TRAIN

Castlemaine Railway Station is centrally located, and train travel is an easy and pleasurable 1.5 hour journey from Melbourne. V/Line trains run between Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station along the Bendigo line to Castlemaine, departing regularly from 6.00am to 11:30pm.

For more information visit vline.com.au or phone 1800 800 007.

BY AIR

Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is located 105km from Castlemaine. Bendigo Airport Service runs shuttle buses between Melbourne Airport and the Castlemaine Market Building in Mostyn Street.

For timetables and bookings, visit bendigoairportservice.com.au or phone 03 5444 3939.

BY CAR Castlemaine is approximately 120 kms north – west of Melbourne, or a 90-minute drive via the Tullamarine Freeway, following the signs to Bendigo and the Calder Freeway.

GETTING AROUND

BY FOOT

A range of walking maps, including natural and cultural heritage walks in Castlemaine and surrounding areas, are available from the Visitor Information Centre in the Castlemaine Market Building, Mostyn Street.

For downloadable walking maps, visit maldoncastlemaine.com.au or visit the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre.

BY BIKE

A fleet of bicycles, with helmets, are available for hire from $25/half-day and $35/full-day from the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre.

BY BUS There are local buses servicing Castlemaine, Chewton, Campbells Creek, Maldon and Bendigo. For service schedules visit pvt.vic.gov.au

BY TAXI

Castlemaine Taxis service all areas in the region and can be contacted on 131 008.

ACCOMMODATION The Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre offers a free accommodation service providing knowledgeable advice for your specific accommodation needs.

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CASTLEMAINE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Market Building, 44 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine Phone: 03 5471 1795 or toll free 1 800 171 888 maldoncastlemaine.com visitors@mountalexander.vic.gov.au

GETTING INVOLVED VOLUNTEER The volunteers of the Castlemaine State Festival are an integral part of our team who share their time, experience and talents to support our programs, and help us maintain a high standard of public service. In turn the festival provides support, skills development opportunities, and a wide range of volunteering experiences.

The festival relies on over 150 volunteers in both the lead up to, and delivery of the festival, and the roles are many including; administration, production support, event management, ticketing, hospitality, marketing, artist liaison, transportation and accommodation.

To register as a volunteer or for further information visit our website castlemainefestival.com.au or email volunteers@castlemainefestival.com.au

GIVING Castlemaine State Festival Ltd is a not-for-profit, limited liability company registered in Victoria with DGR and TCC status. All donations over $2 are fully tax-deductable.

Donations can be made online at castlemainefestival.com.au or by contacting the Festival Office on 03 5472 3733.

PATRONS For a donation of $200 or more you can join a very special group of people whose loyalty and commitment help to shape the festival and ensure its sustainability. As a patron you will be invited to exclusive events and enjoy priority bookings before the festival program is released to the public.

To join the Patrons Program or for further information please contact the Festival’s Patrons Manager on 03 5472 3733 or patrons@castlemainefestival.com.au.

BEQUESTS Leave a legacy by gifting a bequest to the Castlemaine State Festival and ensure the ongoing support of arts development and presentation in our region.

For a confidential discussion about bequests contact the Festival’s Patrons Manager as above.

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