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welcome

AUSTRALIA

Clare Bowditch

“...for I can sing And speak to him in many sorts of music” * This, my first Darwin Festival, has been steadily growing since my arrival in Darwin in the final weeks of the last dry. With some inspired contribution from colleagues, the wise perspectives of local artists and festival followers, as well as the odd random conversation in Darwin’s markets and streets, a program built up with the seasons. Now, a year on, the cool convections of a new dry heralds a festival that comes to life for 18 days and nights in August. This Darwin Festival guide, designed by Darwin’s Boab Design, is your map. It will aid your navigation through many possible journeys, to many destinations, some much loved and familiar and others less familiar, where moments of surprise await. ‘Be not afraid’, festivals reward the adventurer and the risk taker.

* Quotations from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

According to Beethoven ‘music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life’, and this is a festival of ‘many sorts of music’, from two of Australia’s all-time piano greats (classical master Piers Lane and jazz legend Mike Nock) to the relaxed and eclectic music lounge at ‘the Rails’, which transform into wild and unpredictable Jam Sessions until late on Saturdays. Perhaps my favourite musical journey is through love, loss and

This Darwin Festival map can take you on a journey into the submarine world of a remote Indonesian island in Cry Jailolo, inside a prison with Darwin’s own brand new musical Prison Songs or into the world of the bullies and best friends of the school playground in The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk.

 The Amphitheatre

In the 2015 Darwin Festival we have set out to cater to the many, to balance the familiar with the strange, the sublime with the frivolous and most of all to offer the true festival adventurer the possibility of that unexpected and thrilling moment.

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It is your Festival, and I am planning to see everything. So I hope to meet you there for that random festival conversation.

Clare Martin

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

Lord Mayor of Darwin

Darwin Festival Chair

The Northern Territory Government is proud to support the Darwin Festival as its Principal Partner and I look forward to attending this year’s festivities.

To open this year’s Darwin Festival, we proudly present three of Australia’s most exciting songbirds for an evening of lush vocals under a starry sky

Darwin Festival Artistic Director

Katrina Fong Lim

This year’s Festival program again presents an exciting mix of arts, culture and entertainment that will entice Territorians and visitors alike.

I couldn’t be more proud of our city and Darwin Festival. What a great way to create more positive connections with our community. My congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s Festival, and to the crowds who return year after year to this unique arts event. Enjoy our city!

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Andrew Ross

Each year, I enjoy seeing the city’s public spaces come alive with the Darwin Festival. One of my favourites is the transformation of Civic Park into its alter-ego, the vivacious and colourful Festival Park.

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...and we’ll try to please you every day.

Darwin Festival is an exciting time of the year for our community. Our city becomes filled with an abundance of arts and culture, and offers an awe-inspiring variety of entertainment choices.

SANTOS OPENING NIGHT CONCERT

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Adam Giles Darwin Festival was created four years after Cyclone Tracy to draw the community back together and to celebrate the rebuilding of Darwin. Originally known as the Bougainvillea Festival, it has grown and changed to become the much loved Territory institution that it is today, attracting more than 100,000 people a year.

Darwin Festival takes place on the land of the Larrakia people. We wish to pay our respects to the traditional owners of this Country and to their ancestors. As the Festival welcomes contemporary artists and art from around the world, we also celebrate the continuing culture of the Larrakia

redemption following Artist in Residence Topology as they embrace puppetry, political satire, film, comedy, poetry and songs of love.

Darwin. Dry season. Festival time. A smorgasbord of events is waiting, with a program packed full of diverse offerings – from cabaret to comics, puppets to prison songs, Chopin to soul, the best of Indigenous art and picnicking teddy bears.

This year’s Santos Opening Night Concert celebrates women in music with an unbelievable line-up of three of the best voices around. Bring the whole family along for a free night of magical melodies and sublime sounds. Thelma Plum’s serene vocals and lyrically forthright style have seen her challenging the biggest names in music since winning triple j’s National Indigenous Music Awards Unearthed competition aged just 17. Darwin is sure to fall in love with her bittersweet indie-pop tunes.

Thelma Plum

Emma Donovan and The Putbacks

The illustrious Clare Bowditch, with her heavenly voice and mischievous smile, is an absolute Darwin favourite. This award-winning songwriter combines a sensational sound with a true sense of fun, beguiling audiences with her whipcracking banter and open-hearted ballads. The evening closes with charismatic soul singer Emma Donovan, well-known to local audiences for her seamless blending of country, gospel and soul and her appearances with the Black Arm Band. This time around Emma takes to

the stage with her band The Putbacks for a gritty blues soaked set to get you up and dancing. Join host Caiti Baker for one night of beautiful music and the perfect start to 18 days and nights of Festival artistic adventures.

The 2015 Darwin Festival will again entice you from home to immerse yourself in 18 days of fun, food and friendships. It’s Darwin at its best.

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The Festival team has new faces this year. General Manager Mark Crees and Artistic Director Andrew Ross lead the team whose imagination and dedication has shaped this 2015 program. Thanks team.

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Also, heartfelt thanks to all those whose support makes this Festival possible – vital funds from the Northern Territory Government, our sponsors and of course you, our audience. Thank you for your enthusiastic attendance. Enjoy the 2015 Darwin Festival.

Start your 2015 Darwin Festival experience with a traditional Welcome to Country ceremony as we officially open our Festival Park hub in the heart of the city. This special ceremonial event acknowledges the ancestral spirits, traditional custodians and elders of the Larrakia or Saltwater people upon whose land the Festival takes place. FESTIVA L MULTIPACK: buy 4 or more events and save 10% darwinfestival.org.au

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PRISON SONGS

 The Lighthouse PREVIEW T HU

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Join us on a must-see musical journey through life inside a Northern Territory prison

9pm 1h 15m

Darwin based singer/songwriter Shellie Morris’ groundbreaking work inside Darwin’s Berrimah prison with composer and playwright Casey Bennetto (Keating! – the Musical) created the music for the documentary film Prison Songs, screened on SBS earlier this year. Now Darwin Festival brings you the world premiere of an inspirational new live show, Prison Songs, which offers a rare glimpse into the lives of prison inmates shared through song. This multimedia concert experience features a stellar cast led by Shellie Morris, Ernie Dingo and Kamahi Djordon King.

Full $40 Concession $36 Group (4+) & Preview $30 Transaction fees apply

This project is proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government through its FestivalsNT initiative Inspired by Prison Songs the documentary produced by Beyond West and Spearpoint Productions Funding support for this project has been provided by Janet Holmes à Court and Criminal Lawyers Association NT Supported by the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education, CDU

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For the documentary, filmmaker Kelrick Martin interviewed prisoners in the old Berrimah jail who shared their tales of abuse, drugs, desperation and hope. These life stories became the lyrics for a powerful suite of songs and now a cast of some of Australia’s best singers accompanied by a live band will take to the stage to perform hip hop, blues, country, reggae and gospel tunes that tell of life on the inside, mishaps of the past and hopes for the future. There is lighthearted irreverence in songs

such as ‘Berrimah Hilton’ or ‘I’m Talking about Alcohol’ and brutally honest lament in others like ‘What you Learn from Your Mum and Dad’. The concert also features footage shot inside Berrimah, providing an evocative backdrop for this moving musical experience. Produced by Darwin Festival, Prison Songs is an extraordinary concert event that offers a fiercely Australian, strikingly honest take on life performed live by some of the Territory and Australia's finest musicians. SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT INSPIRED THIS CONCERT EVENT ON SAT 15 AUGUST AT CDU. SEE PG 23 FOR DETAILS.

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CRY JAILOLO  Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre FR I

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A dazzling underwater world in crisis and the struggles of an island community are poignantly portrayed in this spectacular contemporary interpretation of traditional dance from North Maluku, Eastern Indonesia

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The tropical paradise of Jailolo in eastern Indonesia’s North Maluku islands is a tourist brochure dream – white sand, clear water and some of the world’s best diving. But life is changing for the tourists and the locals as the region is ravaged by environmental degradation. Internationally renowned Indonesian dancer and choreographer Eko Supriyanto has worked with local men to create a stunning new work to highlight the plight of this area.

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Cry Jailolo takes you underwater and into the lives of the local population for a moving story that gives voice to a remote community. Together Eko and his dancers spent two years of research, much of it under the sea, to beautifully capture in dance the life of a coral reef. Inspired by the traditional Legu Salai dance from the Sahu tribe and Soya-Soya dance from North Maluku, Cry Jailolo is an expression of hope and optimism brought to life in a powerful contemporary work. With striking physicality and passion, performers glide around the stage in endless patterns evoking the shimmering rhythms of schools of tropical fish and other underwater wonders. Cry Jailolo is set to enchant Darwin Festival audiences before setting off on a European tour.

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BIG COUNTRY Starring KASEY CHAMBERS with ADAM BRAND, RUBY BOOTS and DAVID GARNHAM

Indonesia - Darwin Presentation and Exchange is supported by the Commonwealth through the Australia-Indonesia Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Saddle up music lovers and join us for a massive night of top country tunes under the stars

Supported by the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia

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Big Country is set to be an almighty celebration of some of the biggest names on Australia’s country music scene. From local hero David Garnham to Australian music royalty Kasey Chambers, it’s fair to say this event is going to be sensational. Get yourself fed and watered at the onsite food stalls and enjoy an Aussie barbie as you ease on into the night with the country-tinged ballads of David Garnham and The Reasons to Live. Then witness the flame-haired Ruby Boots, aka Australia’s sparky, truth-soaked alt-country troubadour FESTIVA L MULTIPACK:

Bex Chilcott, as she makes her Darwin debut. Just like the characters in her songs, where life and love are serious matters, Ruby Boots does sorrow and redemption with whiskysoaked sincerity. Whatever gives music its heart, Adam Brand breathes plenty of life into its soul, and country music’s favourite Aussie son brings his infectious charm and multi award-winning songs to town. In true Adam Brand style, there’ll be songs of love, heartbreak and travelling tales, performed with his well-loved smouldering vocals.

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But it doesn’t stop there. Just when you thought Big Country couldn’t be any better, we present Kasey Chambers, the down-toearth goddess of Australiana. Kasey’s music seems buried in Australia’s bones and her voice rumbles with country authenticism. A true-storyteller who sings with her heart on her sleeve, Kasey will woo you with tracks from her recent album Bittersweet, as well as delivering all the faves from her award-wining decades on the road.

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AUSTRALIA

“ Australian master of roots experimentation.” THE MUSIC

 The Amphitheatre SUN

7pm* 3h 30m

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XAVIER RUDD

& The United Nations

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Uplifting, energetic, dub-reggae-party vibes celebrating diversity, culture and connection Xavier Rudd is a passionate performer whose music is as much about the message as it is about the sound. His experimentation with blues and roots and his onstage charm have seen him gain fans and critical acclaim around the world. Now he’s embarking on a new musical adventure, a ‘dream concept’ come true – moving away from his well-known one-manband set up to take on the world with a live full band show featuring a talented international ensemble. The aptly titled Xavier Rudd & The United Nations brings together musicians representing the diverse cultures of Indigenous Australia, South Africa, Samoa, Germany and Papua New Guinea for one upbeat and dynamic celebration of global sound.

Since his debut album in 2002, Xavier Rudd has been enthralling audiences with his ability to wield a wide range of instruments at once. His trademark sound has seen him playing guitars, shakers, yidakis, Weissenborn slide guitars, tongue drums, stomp boxes, djembes, harmonica and ankle bells and singing all at once, ensuring a Xavier Rudd live performance is one to remember. He brings this solo energy to this new project and the resulting live show is set to be electrifying. Join us from 5pm when The Amphitheatre gates open, and as you settle in for the evening kick back with some tunes spun by DJ MANGOHIG, before the super smooth Bobby Alu makes a welcome return to town, bringing his signature chilled out sounds.

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“ Topology are the most creative and important composers of new contemporary classics in Australia today.” ABC CLASSIC FM

TOPOLOGY: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Topology is Australia’s most surprising arts organisation. This talented band has been nominated for an ARIA award for best classical album, but its music defies classification. With a well-established reputation for original work, using a unique mix of music, theatre and multi-disciplinary collaborations, Topology creates exciting, thought-provoking experiences for audiences. This year Topology is Darwin Festival’s Artist in Residence and you’re invited to join the group on an extraordinary musical journey through the Festival program. From 8

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a soundtrack to children’s theatre to a contemporary concerto, from political satire or a musical exploration of homelessness to creating music with school children, and from love songs to TV themes, Topology’s diversity is incredible – so there’s something in its repertoire for everyone. EMBARK ON A COMPLETE FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING LOVE STORIES (PG 9), UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), TEN HANDS (PG 14), ARGUS (PG 19), TUNES FROM THE TUBE (PG 28) AND POLI-GOBBLE (PG 29).

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LOVE STORIES With TOPOLOGY and KARIN SCHAUPP Love Stories is a unique cinematic experience interweaving film, photography and live original music to share the raw, tender and intimate stories of Brisbane’s homeless. A woman saved from suicide by her pet budgie; the unexpected love of strangers in the street; a baby born on the edge of homelessness; the enduring love of music. These real life stories form the basis of this new collaboration from award-winning journalist and filmmaker Trent Dalton, director of photography David Kelly, internationally renowned guitarist Karin Schaupp, ARIA-nominated quintet Topology and Fortitude Valley’s 139 Club dropin centre for Brisbane’s homeless and at-risk. A contemporary tribute to love, Love Stories offers poignant musical insight into the humanity and inner lives of the people many of us walk past every day. COMPLETE YOUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), TEN HANDS (PG 14), ARGUS (PG 19), TUNES FROM THE TUBE (PG 28) AND POLI-GOBBLE (PG 29).

 The Lighthouse WED

7pm 1h 10m

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AUSTRALIA / RUSSIA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

ACO 2

The Best of British Featuring ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY

 Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre 7pm

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British music from the Baroque to the 20th century takes pride of place in a special performance for lovers of fine music

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The Best of British sees Australian Chamber Orchestra's acclaimed string ensemble AC O 2 return to Darwin, this time accompanied by international director and violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky. This Russian star of the classical stage has been thrilling audiences across the globe with his spellbinding technique and brilliantly fiery performances. AC O 2 is renowned for its fresh and energetic performance style and its appearances with high-calibre guests, and this concert features both. Much-loved music by Handel, Purcell, Holst and Britten is performed along with the exquisite violin concerto by Sir Andrzej Panufnik, a highly respected 20th

 Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre

century composer and conductor who escaped communist controlled Poland in the 1950s to make the UK his home. Alexander Sitkovetsky’s recording of this concerto has been voted as the Musicweb CD of the year and nominated for the International Classical Music Awards. Now Darwin audiences have the chance to hear it performed live.

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PIERS LANE

Chopin by Candlelight Join distinguished pianist Piers Lane for an exquisite evening of music and romance as he performs Frédéric Chopin’s complete Nocturnes

Photo: Keith Saunders

“ No praise could be high enough for Piers Lane whose playing throughout is of a superb musical intelligence, sensitivity, and scintillating brilliance.” GRAMOPHONE

London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane is one of the most inquisitive and engaging live performers of his generation and it is with great pleasure that Darwin Festival presents his special recital of the world’s best loved classical piano music. Five times soloist at the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, Piers Lane’s concerto repertoire exceeds 90 works and has led to engagements with many of the world’s great orchestras. He frequently performs at prestigious international festivals and at concert halls including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall and has recorded more than 50 albums of some of the finest music. In this rare treat for classical music lovers he will take

audiences on a truly magical journey through some of the most romantic and breathtaking music of all time. Chopin by Candelight features all 21 of Chopin’s Nocturnes performed by one of the world’s best interpreters of this renowned composer. Seated at the piano, atmospherically surrounded by candles, Piers will also give his own insight into the life of the composer and his work, in between the repertoire. This is sure to be the highlight of any classical music lover’s calendar.

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INDONESIA / AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

 Brown's Mart Theatre

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Jayanthi Kumaresh FRI

5.30pm

JAYANTHI KUMARESH

1h 30m

Ubiet with Topology SUN

Virtuoso Veena

5.30pm 1h 10m NZTrio

FRI

5.30pm 1h

Djakapurra Munyarryun & Veronique Serret SAT

5.30pm 1h

Series Ticket $172 Includes entry to all four concerts with tasting plate before the show Single Ticket $48 Includes tasting plate before the show Transaction fees apply

Savour a feast of musical virtuosity, gourmet food and fine wine at Between Two Oceans. This exceptional Festival music series features four intimate concert experiences that embrace contemporary music traversing a range of genres. Virtuoso musicians from India, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia invite you into their world for a series of rare performances and collaborations with local and national performers. To hear music performed at Darwin’s historic Brown’s Mart Theatre is a special treat, with the room in concert mode taking full advantage of the unique acoustic qualities and atmosphere of the 130-year-old building. Add to that gourmet tasting plates served before the show and a selection of top wines available to purchase from the bar, and the Between Two Oceans experience is complete.

The veena is India’s most ancient and revered musical instrument, considered as having the closest sound to the human voice. There is no finer exponent of this sacred instrument than virtuoso Jayanthi Kumaresh and for the first time Australian audiences can experience a live performance in our Between Two Oceans series. Jayanthi is highly sought after around the world for her innovative combination of timeless tradition and musical vision. For this performance she is accompanied by Arjunan Kumar on the mridangam (doubleheaded tuned drum) and Krishnaswamy Sankaararaman on the ghatam (clay pot used as a drum) for a mystical music experience. A Spirit of India production presented in association with the Nataraj Cultural Centre and assisted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations

UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY NZTRIO

The Food of Love

“ Truly there is in the world nothing so strange, so fathomless as love.” (Randolph Stow) Nourish the heart, mind and soul with the unforgettable musical experience The Food of Love, starring Indonesian vocalist Ubiet and a group of some of the finest Indonesian and Australian instrumentalists (including Festival Artist in Residence Topology). Ubiet and multi-instrumentalist Dian HP have composed a cycle of eight love songs (komposisi delapan cinta) based on the Indonesian love poems of Nirwan Dewanto and Sitok Srengenge and these are teamed with a cycle of songs based upon Australian poems with music by Australian composer Robert Davidson. Together these love songs lead you on an extraordinary musical adventure that is not quite jazz, pop or classical but is undeniably sensual, ecstatic and full of deep and mysterious emotion. Attention: In English and Bahasa Indonesia with translations This project is proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government through its FestivalsNT initiative

East From Here One of Australasia’s finest piano ensembles, NZTrio, brings you a diverse cross-section of Asia Pacific works in this intimate concert in our Between Two Oceans series. Sounds of memory-invoked moods from a child of China, one Aussie’s fascination with a hummingbird’s heartbeats, a flicker of Mozart by a self-proclaimed Taiwanese ‘queen of the night wannabe’, the elimination of all things by the flow of an Indonesian stream, and playfully risky New Zealand-inspired rhythms from two of NZ’s best are all part of this musical voyage of interconnecting cultural landscapes and relationships through sound.

“ Once again [NZTrio] affirmed their status as masters of the musical mix, wrapping their latest commission within two fragrant specimens of romantic chamber music.”

AUSTRALIA

Photo: Jone Vuqa

Photo: Peter Grieg

DJAKAPURRA MUNYARRYUN & VERONIQUE SERRET Resonance

Versatile violinist Veronique Serret is as comfortable performing classical repertoire as she is mixing it up with her NOISE String Quartet, wowing audiences at MONA FOMA or providing the live soundtrack for contemporary dance. Described by Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela as “totally rock and roll”, she has amazing energy on stage to go with her exceptional technique, whether she’s playing a Bach Partita or riffing off to create her own wild improvisations (both of which she’ll be doing in this Festival concert). World renowned yidaki player, traditional Yolngu songman and distinguished dancer, Djakapurra Munyarryun is a charismatic and captivating performer. For this intimate event he will perform a solo program on yidaki before joining with Veronique for a sublime sonic exploration of improvised music for violin and yidaki.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD

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AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND

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NZTrio Photo: John Crawford

TOPOLOGY

NEW ZEALAND

LIVE LIVE CINEMA

TEN HANDS  Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre SUN

7pm 1h 20m

Full $46 Concession $42 Transaction fees apply

MIKE NOCK TRIO & NZTRIO

VICISSITUDES

Experience a powerful, moving and meditative journey of original music with the always surprising Topology. Ten Hands is a single, unified, continuous one-hour piece that features strong, honed, individual parts intermingled into one sinewy whole, rich in musical thought and completely engaging. Working with director Annie Lee, Topology has created a total theatrical experience. This is no ordinary classical performance – there are no music stands and the piece is played from memory while the performers move around the stage. The music takes a very fresh approach, with the five artists working collaboratively to compose using diverse creative processes derived from chamber music, progressive rock, jazz and indie to create a musical mystery tour that takes listeners through an emotional landscape of symphonic proportions. The result is an evocative adventure in playful, enthralling and bold music that takes you inside the minds and emotions of the performers. COMPLETE YOUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING LOVE STORIES (PG 9), UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), ARGUS (PG 19), TUNES FROM THE TUBE (PG 28) & POLI-GOBBLE (PG 29).

Jazz and classical music come together when two of Australasia’s best-loved trios converge on Darwin for a special collaboration of superlative talent. Featuring Australian jazz legend Mike Nock's composition Vicissitudes, this Festival highlight event is a celebration of two musical worlds that reflects on our shared ability to overcome dire circumstances. It offers a rare opportunity to encounter six musicians at the top of their game in a program that sees each award-winning trio perform their own set before taking to the stage together.

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7pm 1h 25m Full $46 Concession $42 Transaction fees apply

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

“ A match made in musical heaven, gradually building an engulfing wave of sound culminating in a sonic tsunami.” OTAGO DAILY TIMES (NZ)

 Brown's Mart Theatre W ED

THU

12 13 AUG

5.30pm 1h

Full $35 Concession $32 Family of 4 $120

The cult classic Little Shop of Horrors gets the Live Live Cinema treatment in this incredible feat of musical and cinematic theatrics

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NZ HERALD While Roger Corman’s 1960 film plays on the big screen, on stage, four performers work at breakneck speed to re-voice multiple characters in perfect lip synch, all whilst playing a brand new score and creating live sound effects. Audrey, Seymour, Mushnik and Dentist, along with all the other characters in the film, will be leaping from piano to guitar, to bass to door bell, to that thing that makes the sound of footsteps, in this immersive audio-visual extravaganza.

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Mike Nock Trio Photo: Karen Steains

“ We clutched each other and screamed like teenagers… exhilarating.”

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Since 2011 New Zealand’s Live Live Cinema have become an international festival sensation, touring the world bringing classic movies to life with an exhilarating combination of live voiceovers, soundtracks and sound effects. Created by Leon Radojkovic, Little Shop of Horrors promises to be their most dangerous 4-D movie yet. On this wild ride you won’t know where to look!

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 Raintree Park Lunch Box Series WED

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Every Wed–Fri 12.30pm 1h Free Friday Jazz FRI

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special event

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Free Friday Jazz in the City supported by

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JUSTINE CLARKE SINGS! Darwin parents, we have three words for you and your small music lovers – Justine Clarke Sings! Yes, that’s right. Justine Clarke is heading to Darwin’s Waterfront Precinct for two huge free family shows and you have to be part of the fun. Get your youngster ready to rock their socks off at the kids’ concert event of the year. A best-selling children’s singer, accomplished children’s author, acclaimed TV and film star and seasoned stage actor, Justine Clarke is best-known by our younger Festival-goers as a much-loved, reassuring presence on daytime TV institution, Play

Treat yourself to a bite-sized sample of this year’s Festival on your lunch break in the city. Every Wednesday to Friday from 5-21 August we’ll have special guests from this year’s program giving you a taste of what to expect in their Festival performance. It’ll brighten up your day and entice you to buy a ticket at our Tatts Ticket Caravan so you can feast on more of the Festival action. And if you’re lucky, you can even win some freebies to some great Festival shows. Aren’t you tempted? FREE FRIDAY JAZZ IN THE CITY On Friday 14 August stick around town after work for a free jazz session at our Lunch Box Series stage. Free Friday Jazz in the City provides the perfect grooves to ease you into the weekend.

School. When Justine sings everyone wants to join in. Imaginations will be running wild as she shares tunes that kids know and love from her top-selling albums, including the ARIA-Award winning A Little Day Out. There’ll be plenty of singing, dancing and clapping along and plenty of excitement! Pack a picnic, bring the whole family and make a night of it. Stick around after Justine’s show to soak up the sunset with more free live music from local acts Natalie Pellegrino Trio (Saturday) and Elli Belle (Sunday) and enjoy a night of Festival magic.

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TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC

9am 3h

Every family’s favourite big day out for the little ones returns to Darwin Festival, so it’s ready, steady, teddy for a day of fun and games in the Gardens. At the People’s Choice Teddy Bears’ Picnic you never know which fabulous Festival artists will drop by for a play or what great art adventures the kids will enjoy. What is guaranteed is a good time for all. Sunday 9 August is the day the teddy bears have their picnic. Grab your teddy and join us for all the action.

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VERONIQUE SERRET & THE DSO STRING QUARTET

JABIRU DREAMING The Darwin Symphony Orchestra invites you and the family on a unique educational journey into the colourful and mysterious sound world of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. Join Veronique Serret and the DSO string quartet as they perform Jabiru Dreaming and explore this amazing piece of music inspired by the sights and sounds of Kakadu. Will you be able to hear the bird sounds or the swarms of insects? Can you hear the Indigenous chanting and rhythms? Can you catch the jabiru? Jabiru Dreaming is a fun and interactive short concert designed especially for music lovers aged 5 and over.

 Brown's Mart Theatre 9.30am 10.45am 12.30pm 1.45pm

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45m All Tickets $20 Family of 4 $72 Transaction fees apply

Attention: Suitable for ages 5+ Image: Chern'ee Sutton, contemporary Indigenous Kalkadoon artist, cherneesutton.com.au

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BARKING GECKO THEATRE COMPANY

THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK

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Bring the whole family to a theatrical work that beelines right to the centre of a child’s universe – the schoolyard – with its fickle and faithful friends, bullies and defining moments

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* 12noon performance followed by 15m Q&A ** Schools prices available. See PG 65 for details.

Attention: Suitable for ages 9+

A Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Windmill Theatre co-production with Catherine Wheels Theatre

Families have the opportunity to experience the thrill of live performance with Barking Gecko Theatre Company’s production of the internationally acclaimed work The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk. Originally devised by Scotland’s Catherine Wheels Theatre Company and directed by renowned Scottish director Gill Robertson, this is an absorbing, funny and heart-felt tale about the fragile nature of friendship that will captivate adults and children alike. Martin’s the new kid at school among a sea of unfamiliar faces. Sharon’s the class bully and she doesn’t like Martin one bit. Then Simon McGurk comes along. He’s wildly different to Martin but they become the best of buddies, until one day Martin does something that could poison their friendship forever. From the school’s most popular girl to the class bully, imaginative actor Marko Jovanovic single-handedly brings every character to life with his hilarious impersonations and magical storytelling. He runs, walks, leaps and dances in and around the audience, who are seated in a storytime formation on carpet around the action, so that everyone feels part of the show. No matter what age you are, The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is uplifting and completely unforgettable. And may just make your next brush with playground politics that bit funnier.

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Four performers, four pairs of hands, a five-piece band and one little creature – this littlest of big adventures transports the whole family into an extraordinary world of imagination

DEAD PUPPET SOCIETY

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With a score composed by TOPOLOGY'S JOHN BABBAGE and performed live by the band

12.30pm & 4pm 45m Full* $38 Concession* $34 Family of 4* $128

Step into a whimsical wonderland where table tops grow grass and water bottles become the depths of the ocean. Argus is a puppet show about a tiny creature who finds himself sent on an unexpected adventure in a timeless world of colour and whimsy. Making use of nothing but household objects and the performers’ hands, Dead Puppet Society creates Argus’ fantastical world in a low-tech style that has its roots in puppetry and its heart in old-fashioned storytelling. After enchanting audiences with The Harbinger at last year’s Festival, they are back with their finest show yet, this time set to an upbeat original score created especially for youngsters (using the composer’s own children as a sounding board) and performed live by Topology. This imaginative production will take the entire family on a journey of music, imagery, ideas and emotion.

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COMPLETE YOUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING LOVE STORIES (PG 9), UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), TEN HANDS (PG 14), TUNES FROM THE TUBE (PG 28) AND POLI-GOBBLE (PG 29)

“ Sweet and hilarious regardless of your age… a testament to the power of imagination.” AUSTRALIAN STAGE Photo: Dylan Evans

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LITTLE ONES THEATRE

“So in vogue you can almost smell Madonna.” HERALD SUN  Studio, Darwin Entertainment Centre SAT

DANGEROUS LIAISONS By CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON

 Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre F RI

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Heaving bosoms, panniered skirts, perilous hair and a little Chaka Khan on the harpsichord in this classic drama of sex, betrayal and bad behaviour

Dangerous Liaisons is famed for its sardonic wit and morally ambiguous depiction of the battle between the sexes. Following the controversial novel by Choderlos de Laclos, Christopher Hampton’s stage adaptation and the cult film Cruel Intentions, acclaimed independent company Little Ones Theatre brings its unique brand of high camp to this lethal drawing room tragi-comedy. Inspired by Charles Ludlan’s Ridiculous Theatre, Derek Jarman, high-fashion Rococo and the decadent period pieces of Peter Greenaway, this dazzling production was voted one of the best theatre experiences of 2014 by the Herald Sun. Sex, gender and power-play riotously take to the stage in an opulent salon of debauchery.

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RED STITCH ACTORS THEATRE

DEAD CENTRE By TOM HOLLOWAY From two continents and two leading playwrights comes an exhilarating double bill exploring the lives of two seemingly unconnected people

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SEA WALL By SIMON STEPHENS

In an exciting cross-continental theatrical endeavour, Melbourne’s Red Stitch Actors Theatre brings Dead Centre/Sea Wall to Darwin. Combining the talents of two established writers, Red Stitch presents Simon Stephens’ awardwinning and highly-lauded UK play Sea Wall and the world premiere season of Dead Centre by the hugely successful Australian writer Tom Holloway. Red Stitch is Australia’s premier actor’s ensemble, a company renowned for being all about the plays and its powerful actors. This gripping double bill, directed by Julian Meyrick, offers the perfect outing for theatre lovers.

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“ One of the most devastating 30 minutes that you are ever likely to experience in the theatre.” (Sea Wall) THE GUARDIAN (UK)

A man and a woman have been torn apart by a tragic loss; he lives in the UK, she lives in Australia. Bound together by their shared pain but living thousands of miles apart, Dead Centre/Sea Wall explores the lives of these two haunted and heart-broken characters in unexpected and heart-rending ways. These two beautifully written companion monologues speak to each other with vibrant colour, providing a snapshot of modern life told through the lens of love, loss and all that comes in between.

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NORTHERN TERRITORY / INDONESIA

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theatre

SATU BULAN THEATRE COMPANY

SANITY PRODUCTIONS

Exercise your mind at this year’s Words & Ideas program of conversation, film and storytelling NORTHERN TERRITORY

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4pm 2h Cycling Tour* SAT

WRITING DARWIN

 Brown's Mart Theatre

Darwin was the focus of two new books last year and in Writing Darwin we’re bringing together the authors to talk about their books and our town. Tess Lea’s book Darwin: A Social Biography explores perceptions of Darwin and delves into the fabric, colours, history, geography and lifestyles of this ‘frontier’ town with great insight and vivid descriptions. In the compulsively readable and undeniably moving Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy, Sophie Cunningham went back to the eyewitness accounts of those who lived through the devastation of our nation’s greatest natural disaster and those who faced the heartbreaking cleanup and the back-breaking rebuilding. Join Sophie and Tess in a lively discussion about living, researching and writing Darwin’s history.

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 Bldg Blue 1, CDU SAT

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STORYPROJECTS

5.30pm 1h

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1h The Age of Bones

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2pm 1h 20m

3h Bus Tour SAT

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22 23 2.30pm 3h 30m Walking Tour $10 Cycling Tour $15 Bus Tour $25 Transaction fees apply

* BYO bike & helmet Presented by Emerging Architects + Graduates Network and Darwin Festival

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TALKING THROUGH WALLS You are invited to take a privileged peek behind typically closed doors and experience the buildings of Darwin through the eyes of those who live it, imagine it and make it. An incredibly diverse range of people, stories and lifestyles inhabit Darwin at any one time. But do we, as a city, communicate this rich and diverse reality effectively to the outside world? Do the structures where we live, work and gather in Darwin represent who we are as a community? Meet us at Brown’s Mart Courtyard to start one of three architectural excursions led by local architects, commentators and residents. In week one we take to the streets by foot, in week two venture a little further on your bike and in week three a bus will take you deeper into the suburbs. After each stimulating tour and discussion you’re invited back to Brown’s Mart to share refreshments with your fellow venturers and to continue Talking Through Walls. BU Y T I C KE TS :

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SPUN @ Darwin Festival

The Age of Bones And I'm the (Jaman Belulang) Queen of Sheba

TRUE STORIES TOLD IN THE TERRITORY

By SANDRA THIBODEAUX

By KATE WYVILL

From the Territory’s backyards, paddocks, boats and campervans, comes a collection of remarkable storytellers who love to tell a good yarn. Join us for a Festival edition of SPUN featuring extraordinary stories told by ordinary people. Expect to laugh, cry, exclaim and shudder as Darwin locals reveal their personal stories of survival. Part man-vs-wild with a touch of medical miracle and a dash of tropical humour, this line-up of true stories is bound to surprise locals and visitors alike.

An Indonesian boy goes fishing one day and doesn’t return. Presuming the worst, his parents engage a legendary seafarer to look for his corpse. The seafarer finds nothing because the boy is doing time in an Australian jail… Join us for a performed reading of the latest creation from award-winning Darwin playwright Sandra Thibodeaux. Set in a magical world ‘down under’, The Age of Bones tells a story too fantastical to be true – except it is.

Alma lives somewhere in the middle of nowhere and has been there a very long time. Now she’s been told to leave. Not on your Nelly. A visitor is on his way, romance is in the air and hope is on the horizon... and I’m the Queen of Sheba. Local playwright Kate Wyvill’s new play And I’m the Queen of Sheba is currently in development. Festival audiences have the chance to see a reading directed by multi-award winning writer, Katherine Thomson (House of Hancock, Schapelle, Diving for Pearls) and performed by Sydney stage and screen actor, Jennifer Hagan (Mad Max: Fury Road, Paper Giants) alongside Territory actors.

105.7 ABC Darwin's Happy Hour in Festival Park

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 Festival Park Head to the heart of the Festival action for 105.7 ABC Darwin’s annual Happy Hour (and a bit) with Drive host Vicki Kerrigan. Tune in to 105.7 ABC Darwin for your chance to win a seat at this entertaining afternoon session of live music, performances and chats with Festival artists.

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PRISON SONGS

The Documentary

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Experience a rare glimpse into life in a contemporary Territory jail with Australia’s first ever documentary musical, Prison Songs. Screening to accompany the world premiere of the live concert show of the same name, this funny yet achingly sad musical journey portrays  Mal Nairn the real life experiences of Berrimah inmates Auditorium, CDU through to camera interview and music videostyle performance. See this heartbreaking, SAT 2pm uplifting and unique film followed by a panel discussion featuring law and justice experts 2h and members of the Prison Songs cast.

SEE THE LIVE CONCERT EVENT PRISON SONGS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE (PG 4).

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FREE* * Bookings essential

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Festival Lounge The Rails is renowned as the place to be for great music in Darwin and every Friday and Saturday night of the Festival we’re transforming this beloved music haunt into Festival Lounge.

Ainslie Wills

Fraser A Gorman

Microwave Jenny

Melbourne melodist Ainslie Wills’ brand of progressive pop has the music scene taking notice. With her arresting vocals and charismatic melodies she’s an antidote to the ordinary – a performer that’s full of charm, with a sound that’s all her own. Prepare to be utterly captivated by her stunning songs, atmospheric storytelling and simply spectacular voice.

Fraser A Gorman’s songwriting builds around his wry charm and offbeat storytelling – it’s cool-as-hell, funny, heartfelt and super-infectious. In recent years, he has taken a sly sidestep away from the country-folk of his early releases to develop a sound that is still steeped in Americana, but somewhere between Transformerera Lou Reed and the joyous romp of early Big Star.

Husband/wife duo Microwave Jenny describe their music as Pop/Folk/Love. Their 21st century, low-fi equivalent of Motown soul draws on a wide range of lounge and synthpop influences to create a delightfully melodic, smooth sound. Their simple, elegant tunes will captivate you.

Photo: Luke Kellet

Imagine a place where the song is king and musicianship is lauded, a listening room for discerning and adventurous audiences who applaud enthusiastically. Where dancing is encouraged and great conversations sparked, with hushed silences during performances. It is here that storytelling reigns supreme.  Darwin Railway Club Each eclectic session features separate performances from some of the best singer/songwriters and accomplished instrumentalists in the country, all kick-started by a local talent. Funk and soul classics rule late night Fridays, spun by the likes of DJ Tobias James (aka BIAS, who has played for Collette Dinnigan, Chanel and Vogue), sizzling duo Pots & Pans (the prawn toast of tastemakers worldwide, renowned for space boogie-woogie meets Radio National), Van jørgen (known for creating dance floor anarchy with his old school meets new school, meets soul school and pre-school) and FUNK JUNGLE (Darwinite duo Mixmaster Stan and MC Kungatron armed with soul, funk and 60s rock tunes). On Saturday nights, the Lounge’s Jam Sessions are set to become legendary as guest artists mix it up with Darwin’s best to create unpredictable musical mayhem and magic. Come early and settle in for the night or take a punt and just turn up late after a show to soak up a quintessential Festival experience.

Every Friday & Saturday during the Festival from 7pm until late All Tickets $30* Transaction fees apply

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Caitlin Park

Jordie Lane

Caitlin Park is an artist with a wild imagination. Together with her new band, the Australian Music Prize nominee will draw you into a sonic wonderland of folktronica, using complex percussion, soaring melodies and intricate sampled sounds. A favourite of both Double J and indie community radio, Caitlin Park is as unique as she is enchanting.

Born to a comedian and a clown, Jordie Lane spent his early years in his parents’ travelling circus. Not much has changed, with Jordie renowned for both his relentless international touring schedule and his witty, comedic storytelling. His songs are nostalgic and immediately affecting, his guitar playing is authentic and raw, and the rich resonance of his voice is simply otherworldly.

Mike Nock Trio & Kristin Berardi Jazz fans are in for a real treat when legendary pianist Mike Nock and his Trio are joined onstage by Kristin Berardi, one of Australia's first calls for jazz performances. Experience Mike’s mastery and Kristin’s magical presence in this unmissable intimate show.

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Broadwing CHRIS TAMWOY CAITLIN PARK Pots & Pans DJ Tobias James

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Dave Crowe MILES AND SIMONE JAM SESSION

Mark Gray AINSLIE WILLS FRASER A GORMAN Van jørgen

Mandy Garling MIKE NOCK TRIO & KRISTIN BERARDI JAM SESSION

Ali Mills MICROWAVE JENNY JORDIE LANE Funk Jungle

Katie Harder MICHAEL MAHER JAM SESSION

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Chris Tamwoy Up-and-coming musician Chris Tamwoy is a selftaught guitarist with a unique playing style and sound that is evolving from purely instrumental tracks to include vocals, traditional songs and live collaborations with the likes of musicians Jeremy Marou and Tom Thum. Check out this amazing talent before his inevitable rise to stardom. FESTIVA L MULTIPACK:

Michael Maher Michael Maher is back home after 15 years of performing in Europe and he has an incredible kitbag of musical tales to share in Busking Berlin. More than just a musical performance – Michael evokes the atmosphere of one of the world’s most vibrant cities and the experience of playing on her streets with disarming candour.

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Miles and Simone Miles O’Neil is a musician, actor and founding member of internationally renowned junkyard band The Suitcase Royale. Simone Page Jones is an opera singer, cabaret star and creator of the Darwin Festival hit The Lovebirds. Together they create laconic acoustic duets, doused in folk/ country tradition and subtly augmented by an old Elise Derwin piano, pedal steel and the plunk ofPhoto: a banjo. 25

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dining

THE PITCHFORK DUNCAN WELGEMOED POP-UP RESTAURANT

Feast your eyes and tastebuds on this: a pop-up Festival restaurant, the superstar head chef from South Australia’s hottest restaurant Africola and a culinary celebration of the best and boldest Territory fare. Over three nights you’re invited to revel in the theatre of cooking, where fresh local produce reigns and we celebrate those who grow, nurture and deliver it to your plate. Acclaimed chef Duncan Welgemoed is at the helm, promising an unforgettable feast for all the senses. With a penchant for flame-grilled creations, Duncan has worked at some of the world’s top Michelin star restaurants, appeared on MasterChef and SBS Food Safari and has set festivals alight, in the case of Tassie’s Dark Mofo, quite literally! Now he’s bringing his unique flavours, gourmet creations and rockstar flair to the Top End for an epic banquet fit for a king.

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Attention: Audience moves between three performance spaces. Uneven surfaces. Sensible footwear and sunglasses recommended.

 The Lighthouse

TRACKS DANCE

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BLAK CABARET

Photo: Andrew Gogh, Image Treatment: The Sisters Hayes

Join our new Queen and Saviour and a host of Australia’s most celebrated radicals for an outrageous night of music, dance and comedy

Last Light

Join Tracks Dance Company for a great Darwin tradition – ending the day outside, watching the sun go down. With this new work Last Light, Tracks plans to make this a sunset experience to remember. There’s the picturesque parkland setting, the exquisite view across the harbour to the Arafura Sea, the blood red sun hitting the horizon and the spellbinding moves of local dancers all set to an evocative, original soundtrack coming at you from your own personal headset. Move around the park through the twilight and into the night, surrounded by this world of music and dance.

MALTHOUSE THEATRE

Blak Cabaret is a deadly take on black– white relations, a vision of blak invasion that flips our history on its head. Darwin’s own Kamahi Djordon King channels his alter ego Constantina Bush in a variety show taking on race relations, Australian history and cultural identity. This unstoppable diva blazes onto the stage as a forgotten Queen from a distant land, giving the wayward white savages the finger and claiming this terra nullius as her own. And she’s bringing with her blak royalty – soul sisters Emma Donovan and Deline Briscoe, along with Kutcha Edwards, Nikki Ashby and Bart Willoughby.

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All Tickets $220 Includes four courses with matching wines

6pm for 6.30pm

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“ Part loud, brash and sequins and part heart, land and song.” TIME OUT MELBOURNE

Fierce and confronting, yet also laugh out loud funny, this is cabaret with a conscience – a glorious blend of biting political satire, impertinent frivolity and emotionally soulful music from some of Australia’s best Indigenous performers. Blak Cabaret holds an ironic mirror up to 200 years of white settlement for an uproarious and subversive take on sovereignty that will make you laugh, cry and sing your heart out.

Photo: Andy Nowell, Adelaide Festival

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THE KRANSKY SISTERS  The Lighthouse WED

9pm 1h 30m

Full $36 Concession $32 Transaction fees apply

“ If Wednesday Addams formed a girl band, the Kransky Sisters are what it would look like.” ADELAIDE ADVERTISER

Piece of Cake

 The Lighthouse

Watch out Darwin, The Kransky Sisters are bringing their unique brand of darkly hilarious musical comedy to town! From ABBA to Pink Floyd and Beyoncé to AC/DC, these three eccentric spinsters have cooked up a smorgasbord of well-known songs and serve them up in a truly bizarre blend of musicianship and comedy brilliance. With an eclectic mix of instruments, including musical saw, tuba, old reed keyboard, kitchen pots and toilet brush, and performed with the sisters’ deadpan expressions and droll humour, these are modern pop classics as you’ve never heard them on the wireless.

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THE KRANSKY SISTERS & TOPOLOGY

What do you get when creative composers Topology join eccentric spinster sisters The Kranskys on the couch in front of the idiot box? An entertaining evening of ingenious musical mash-ups of popular TV and movie themes to delight music and screen lovers. Experience your favourite theme songs like never before as this set of ‘topologised’ tunes from the tube are given the bizarre musical Kransky treatment.

COMPLETE YOUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING LOVE STORIES (PG 9), UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), TEN HANDS (PG 14), ARGUS (PG 19) AND POLI-GOBBLE (PG 29).

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The multi award-winning Wau Wau Sisters are naked, 'born again' and coming to Darwin. With every airport in the world conspiring against them, New York City’s bravest and bawdiest burlesque duo have arrived with only the ‘gear’ God gave 'em. Stripped of their worldly possessions – their beloved high heels, costumes and travel-sized booze bottles – they will show you what they are made of, quite literally. With nothing to wear and nothing to lose these seductive sisters will give you everything! Pull up a chair and hold on to your pants as they straddle the hilarious gap between performance art and party and make something unforgettable out of nothing at all. Don’t miss a whole evening with the sibling stars of La Soirée – the show that wowed Darwin Festival audiences in 2012 and 2013. See them as they truly are – unruly, undressed, unrepentent and uninhibited!

“ A never-ending, fast-burning surge of lusty energy and heartfelt passion that could power eternity!”

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THE WAU WAU SISTERS ARE NAKED AS THE DAY THEY WERE BORN AGAIN!

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TUNES FROM THE TUBE

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7pm 1hr 20m

Full $36 Concession $32

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MAX GILLIES & TOPOLOGY

POLI-GOBBLE Revel in two very different approaches to political satire as Max Gillies and Topology both tackle the speeches of great leaders in this entertaining and enlightening cabaret double bill. Join us for a lively show enjoyed with gourmet food, or simply sit back and marvel at the clever wit of these performers. Max Gillies is one of Australia’s greatest actors and political satirists and after half a century lampooning national and international leaders he’s asking ‘Is Australia suffering a leadership deficit?’. In Once Were Leaders he brings back some of his most revered and infamous characters – without the wigs, make up and prosthetics. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see a consummate character actor at work. Inspired by famous speeches delivered throughout Australian history, Topology’s new work Not Now, Not Ever! brings together provocative text and musical brilliance. It takes the words right out of our Prime Ministers’ mouths and marries them seamlessly to an overlay of stirring music for a revealing insight into our political culture. COMPLETE YOUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY WITH TOPOLOGY BY SEEING LOVE STORIES (PG 9), UBIET WITH TOPOLOGY (PG 13), TEN HANDS (PG 14), ARGUS (PG 19) AND TUNES FROM THE TUBE (PG 28).

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 The Lighthouse TUE

9pm 2h 25m (incl. interval)

Full $50 Concession $45 Food & Show $100 Transaction fees apply

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IRELAND

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HANNAH GADSBY

NAZEEM HUSSAIN

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Donkey

Legally Brown

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7pm 1h

You know him as the star and creator of the critically acclaimed (and Logie-nominated) TV show Legally Brown (SBS) and you’ve seen him at the Festival as one half of the award-winning political comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet. Now it’s time to see Australian comedy legend in the making Nazeem Hussain in his debut solo show. His knack for character and deft comedic touch have seen Nazeem become a familiar voice on radio and a regular on TV, but the stand-up stage is where he really shines. In Legally Brown he’s not afraid to tackle issues with biting wit and cheeky irreverence, guaranteeing plenty of laughs.

“ Hussain’s cheerful manner belies the acuity of his observation.” THE GUARDIAN (UK)

Serial award nominee Hannah Gadsby is a comedian who thinks quickly and moves slowly. Sardonic and laconic she has a knack for making even her grimmest moments riotous. With droll delivery and delightful wordplay Hannah’s heartbreakingly hilarious, self-deprecating observations have delighted audiences all over the world. Now one of Australia’s funniest comedians brings her critically acclaimed hour of stand-up about her brain and blunders to Darwin Festival.

 Playhouse, Darwin Entertainment Centre

“ The new benchmark in musical comedy.”

8pm 2h

Premium $89.90 A Reserve $79.90

HERALD SUN

JOIN ART LITE WITH HANNAH GADSBY ON SAT 15 & SUN 16 AUGUST AT SALON DES REFUSÉS. SEE PG 40 FOR DETAILS.

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THE AXIS OF AWESOME

“ Completely, riotously hilarious.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“ As sharp as barbed wire.” THE SCOTSMAN

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DYLAN MORAN

Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas

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Off the Hook

 The Lighthouse According to The Axis of Awesome they are The World’s Most Awesomest Comedy Band – and their legion of fans worldwide agree! This talented trio have had more than 100 million hits on YouTube (including for their video The Four Chords Song, one of the highest rated YouTube comedy videos of all time), recorded five studio albums and performed sell-out international tours. With quirky original songs, catchy pop-parodies and hilarious banter, this global musical comedy sensation will have you “in stitches, hooting for an encore” (The Age). 30

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Irish comic superstar and creator of ABC TV’s Black Books Dylan Moran heads to Darwin with his live stand-up show Off the Hook. Often referred to as ‘The Oscar Wilde of comedy’, Dylan is unpredictable, bizarre, elegiac, often cruel, but above all painfully funny. His legendary stand-up rants have sold out across the world, cementing this unkempt wordsmith’s reputation as one of the foremost comics of his generation. Ageing, religion, kids, relationships and the general absurdities of life are all fodder for his searing observations, delivered with his renowned shambolic, curmudgeonly charm. For any lover of comedy, this is a must-see show.

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“ Considered, tender, beautiful music… wholly captivating.”

ABBE MAY  The Lighthouse WED

9pm 1h

Enigmatic Abbe May has blended the guitar dominance and swampy blues of her previous incarnations with drum machine and synthesised experimentation. With a live performance that is charismatic, intense and sexual, this impressive multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter has a dynamic catalogue of songs about love and lust that could almost be romantic – if it weren’t for that vitriol.

Full $36 Concession $32 Transaction fees apply

“ Abbe May is a black sheep in a pop paddock groaning with nice girls.” THE AGE

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SAFIA SAFIA’s unique brand of electro-soul is as danceable as it is brooding. Since winning the triple j Unearthed competition to play Groovin’ The Moo back in 2013, this Canberra trio has been rapidly gathering fans across the globe with their outstanding run of slinky electro jams and stand-out tracks ‘You Are The One’ and ‘Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues’. With a series of sell-out headline shows nationally and two recent tours to the US, these electro wunderkinds are destined for world domination. Stick around after the show for a future bass set from Sietta Sound System.

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#1 DADS With a knack for crafting golden nuggets of slow-burning bedroom pop, Tom Iansek is one of the finest and most prolific young songwriters in the land right now. Although best-known as front man for acclaimed alt-pop band Big Scary, his solo moniker #1 Dads has had the industry talking. After two album releases, #1 Dads has taken to the stage for live performances of Tom’s relatable melodies and honest lyrics. Using sparse instrumentation and lilting vocals #1 Dads performs delicate songs that are understated yet tenderly beautiful. This Darwin Festival gig is the final stop before this side project is put to rest and one you won’t want to miss.

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One of Australia’s great contemporary rock bands, The Drones are celebrated for charismatic frontman Gareth Liddiard’s spit and shine vocals and songwriting prowess. Seventeen years after they first came together, The Drones are as ferociously potent as ever. Releasing their seventh album this year and reissuing their entire back catalogue through their new record

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FRANK YAMMA With DAVID BRIDIE

When master singer/songwriter Frank Yamma performs – whether in Pitjantjatjara or English – audiences travel with him. With an ability to cross cultural and musical boundaries and his incredible voice, rich, deep and resonant, his honest tales of alcohol abuse, cultural degradation, respect for the old law and importance of country are spine tingling. Frank has been performing his music across the globe for the past four years. For this Festival concert his mighty songs, magical guitar playing and deeply evocative voice are accompanied on keyboard by his musical mentor, producer, cowriter and friend, David Bridie for an epic and soulful evening.

“ Evocative and heart-wrenching… Yamma writes songs combining deep sadness with a remarkable beauty.” LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE

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Drop in for a delightful double bill of boy/girl duos, as we bring you the harmonious sounds of Sweet Jean and Endah N Rhesa. Armed with acoustic guitar, bass and soothing vocals, these two groups will brighten up your night. Sweet Jean is Sime Nugent and Alice Keath. Their music ranges from stark and gothic, to hazy and melodic. Since forming in late 2010, they have built a reputation for their evocative songwriting, razor-sharp harmonies and stirring live performances. As the AU Review put it, Sweet Jean “can break your heart one minute and mend it the next”. Indonesian husband and wife duo Endah N Rhesa bring their quirky mix of folk, jazz, blues and rock ballads to Darwin. These guys love nothing better than to explore music styles, bringing to them their own rich and hip harmonic sound. Let their beautiful vocals, singing stories of life, love and friendship, carry you away.

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WE TWO THIEVES Equal parts Americana, folk, gospel and soul, We Two Thieves present a musical journey that is both heartfelt and hilarious, peppered with tales of mischievous lovers, broken hearts, gentle rebels and an undaunted celebration of the treasures of life. The ultimate collaboration between two unique singer/songwriters, We Two Thieves is the combined force of Emily Lubitz (Tinpan Orange) and Mama Kin, two former Darwin Festival faves. Together they bring to the stage transcendent vocal harmonies that stroke the soul with a slew of songs that are as joyful and playful as they are deeply tender.

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Get set for a night of energetic and emotive desert reggae when the Tjupi Band hit The Lighthouse stage. Hailing from Papunya Community, 230km north-west of Alice Springs, the band grew up learning from family members of the legendary Warumpi Band. Singing in Luritja and English about loneliness for country, love lost, listening to elders, following tradition, social issues, skin pride and tribal unity, they form part of a new wave of Indigenous Australian reggae. The sound of Tjupi (meaning honeyant in Luritja) epitomises Central Australia desert reggae – sparse and upbeat with a driving kick and snare. The group’s ever-changing line-up (including up-and-coming jazz vocalist Chrystal Butcher) ensures this sound remains fresh and vibrant and of course loads of fun! FESTIVA L MULTIPACK:

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Mojo Juju is 5’3” of wise-cracking, sass-mouthing, jump-jivin’ attitude wrapped up in a zoot suit and propped up on a Cuban heel. A dynamic vocalist, entertainer and songwriter, she is constantly challenging the boundaries of genre and style. Her “vintage rock ‘n’ roll licks, howling jazz and grinding juke-joint blues” (Sydney Morning Herald) ensure she is impossible to pigeonhole. Mojo Juju sings songs that sound just like that night you can’t quite remember, in that bar you swear you weren’t at, with that girl you promise you’ve never met. It's the kind of music that could make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.  The Lighthouse SAT

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Madre Monte is an electrifying roots ensemble with its tight rhythm section dissecting AfroColombian progressions, skanking guitars infusing reggae and ska grooves, hard hitting horns and a front man recreating the ancient mythological stories of Colombia and Australia. With a sound representative of its hometown of Melbourne’s musical diversity, Madre Monte has toured nationally with fellow party starters The Cat Empire and is rapidly becoming one sought after funk-roots act. Tropical Darwin nights won’t be the same once this eclectic eight-piece unleash their unstoppable concoction of beats.

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Kick start your Festival opening weekend party at The Lighthouse with some serious moving and grooving. Barry Brown's Groovetown are back at Darwin Festival and we want you to hit the dancefloor. Nine of Darwin's finest musos, all dressed to impress, don their stagecrafted alter-egos and deliver 90 minutes of unabashed booty-shakin' funk that is guaranteed to be 100% party! With theatrical storylines tethered to ludicrous innuendo and well-crafted original songs, Barry Brown and his band deliver pure, uncut FUN with a K.

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With his tongue-in-cheek braggadocio style, boyish charm and rhythmic flow, REMI is a unique hip hop voice making waves all over the world. His award-winning 2014 album overflows with lyrical prowess and eclectic beats and his live set is electric. Performing alongside producer and beatmaster extraordinaire Sensible J, he has a knack for whipping the crowd into a frenzy and his shows are the calling card that have turned heads globally. Do not miss an evening in the hands of this truly gifted lyricist, rapper and entertainer. Stick around after the show for a 90s hip hop set from Sietta Sound System.

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VulgarGrad, that mysterious band of Russian criminals, have come to steal your hearts and wallets – and anything else that's not nailed down. Fronted by Polish-born gravelly-voiced strongman and star of stage and screen, Jacek Koman, VulgarGrad are the only band in the country that play music by, for and about Russian thieves. Think raucous drinking songs, melancholy waltzes, manic oompah and hot Soviet-era swing with a contemporary acoustic punk and ska sound. Be prepared for gunslinging, vodka-swilling, foul-mouthed disorder, and watch out for the contrabass balalaika, the biggest, most triangular instrument around. You will dance – or the trumpeter will shoot you!

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JIMBLAH With REQUIEM

With an irresistible flow and a vocal drenched in soul, Jimblah is a politically-charged, razor-sharp producer, MC and vocalist. Hailing from Larrakia country, Jimblah’s homecoming headline show will unveil the rhymes and rhythms that have ensured this rising star of hip hop remains one to watch. Requiem joins Jimblah for an all-star NT extravaganza, bringing together the talents of musicians from Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy and Darwin to perform tracks from his latest album Louvres live on stage.

SIETTA SOUND SYSTEM Local heroes Sietta are throwing a party for you this Festival. Get set for Sietta Sound System – part performance, part DJ set and all fun. Sought after producer and DJ James Mangohig will be dropping the tunes, sublime singer/songwriter Caiti Baker will be dancing and singing. You won’t be able to resist doing the same.

" [Jimblah is] one the freshest and most powerful voices in local hip hop.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

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Darwin Festival and DVAA host an experimental creative laboratory that brings together some of the region’s most intriguing sound and installation artists Photo: Jompet Kuswidananto

The Harbour International Arts Residency brings together Australia’s Dale Gorfinkel and Indonesia’s Jompet Kuswidananto to work with emerging artist Mariano Palmira Goncalves (Timor Leste) and a Northern Territory artist. Through experimentation with sound and installation these four artists will explore the intersection of culture and technology as part of Sonic Tides, the first in a series of annual residencies hosted by DVAA in partnership with Charles Darwin University and Darwin Festival. Dale Gorfinkel is a multi-instrumentalist, improvisor, instrument builder, installation artist and educator who uses common materials to create unexpectedly wondrous and immersive sonic environments, installations and new instruments. Yogyakarta-based Jompet Kuswidananto began as a musician 38

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before moving towards visual arts. He creates new media installations that combine video, sound and mechanised elements to explore culture, history and traditional practises from a contemporary perspective. Over four weeks these artists will collaborate, experiment and present newly developed works and concepts at DVAA’s artists’ studios. Keep an eye out for information about where and when you can witness impromptu performances and demonstrations by these exceptional artists.

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The Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) recognises the important contribution made by Indigenous artists from regional and urban areas throughout Australia, working in both traditional and contemporary media. This important showcase for both established and emerging artists opens with a celebration not to be missed on Friday 7 August. Enjoy an evening on the MAGNT lawns featuring entertainment by Indigenous musicians and dancers. Hear the prize winners revealed and take the opportunity to view and buy artworks from Indigenous artists across the country. A LL V IS UA L A RTS EXHIBITIONS A RE FREE

The ninth Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair is set to host more than 50 Indigenous art centres from across Australia, showcasing the eclectic work of emerging and established artists in a wide range of styles and mediums. Visitors have the opportunity to meet and learn from artists and to purchase their work, enjoy traditional dance and participate in artist workshops as part of the Fair’s vibrant public program. Jump aboard the Darwin Indigenous Art Hop On, Hop Off Bus on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 August and visit some of the exciting exhibitions that are on in Darwin. The bus leaves from the front of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory at 10am each morning. For more details visit darwinfestival.org.au.

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Paul Johnstone Gallery celebrates 10 successive years of hosting Papunya Tula Artists with an exhibition of artworks painted by the Pintupi. These exquisite paintings are not landscapes by Western definition, but rather an invocation of place executed from a position of cultural, religious and social interaction and created from an intimate knowledge of land.

Rising star Barayuwa Mununggurr, from the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Yirrkala northeast Arnhem Land, is part of the next wave of Aboriginal artists drawing on their traditional stories to both inform their artistic practice and connect with the outside world. Barayuwa is a custodian of a site in Blue Mud Bay called Yarrinya and his paintings depict images and stories from that sacred place.

In May 1995 a small revolution happened in far eastern Arnhem Land. The Yolngu artists of BukuLarrnggay Mulka rose up and ‘seized the means of production’. Remote Indigenous printmakers began working on their own press to create limited edition fine art works on paper. Thus began the Yirrkala Print Space, now one of the country’s most highly respected independent print studios. Revolution celebrates this 20th anniversary, showcasing the latest editions produced in 2015.

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Nyapilingu, etching by Baluka Maynuru, 2015

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For the third successive year Paul Johnstone Gallery and Matt Ward of Outstation present an exhibition drawing on the original French idea of exhibiting works rejected by the jury of official awards. This is Salon des Refusés Territory style – a bold exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art submitted, but not selected for, the prestigious National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA). It’s been a huge hit at the last two Festivals and this year’s Salon promises to once again complement the NATSIAA in providing art lovers the opportunity to experience the vitality and diversity of Indigenous art being created across the country. There’ll be work from well-known artists and art centres, as well as unexpected gems and hidden, offbeat artistic delights.

Armed with an art history degree SAT S UN and a keen eye for absurd detail, comedian Hannah Gadsby takes you on a whistle stop tour of her favourite art and this year’s Salon 2pm des Refusés collection. Hannah loves 1h nothing more than teaching people All tickets about art and then undermining $25* all that learny goodness with jokes Transaction fees apply and general foolery. Join her in the Salon for a lecture that is every bit as * Please note capacity is limited enlightening as it is hilarious.

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This National Museum of Australia exhibition tells the story of an intriguing collection of Indigenous artworks created by the Warlpiri people in the 1950s and beyond. Featuring drawings of country, dreamings and historical events, Warlpiri Drawings explores how drawing has been used to make sense of 80 years of monumental change, to picture life in the present and look towards the future. Join exhibition curator Dr Melinda Hinkson and Warlpiri community members for a floor talk on Thursday 6 August at 2.30pm.

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Counting Tidelines Counting Tidelines draws together seven Indigenous women artists from Tasmania, Elcho Island, Melville Island and Darwin whose work  Nan Giese Gallery involves coastal collecting. Gathered by combing the shore, the objects in this exhibition have been THU FRI carved, spliced, painted, threaded or assembled for cultural, aesthetic or commercial purposes. Curated by Amy Jackett and Sarah Pirrie, Counting Tidelines focuses on the relationships Mon–Fri 10am–2pm artists have with the littoral zone between land Sat & Sun 10am–3pm and sea.

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Aly de Groot, Baby Turtle, Bone, Heart, ghost net, fishing line and bone

The Top End is a place that both attracts and breeds artists and some of our finest practitioners have been invited to create new work examining the idea of a Tropicália Capricornia. The exhibition includes work by Franck Gohier, a Darwinian of French extraction known for his post-modern Territorian pieces and Alan Joshua Jnr of Ngukurr, whose painting is influenced by European and Australian modernists. Like bowerbirds and cannibals, the artists assimilate ancient and modern traditions and contemporary global cultural influences to create state-of-the-art works.

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Rambangi / Together as Equals Rambangi / Together as equals explores the cultural poetics and politics of the homeland  Northern Centre for movement through a collaborative installationContemporary Art based project involving three custodians of the Yarrinya site (a saltwater estate in Blue Mud Bay, SAT SAT north-east Arnhem Land) and a Sydney-based 5 conceptual artist. Barayuwa Munungurr, Bengitj SEP Ngurruwuthun, Jeffrey Ngurruwuthun and Ruark Wed–Fri 10am–4pm Lewis will converge on Darwin for the realisation of this exhibition involving a wall-based installation, Sat 9am–2pm a traditional bark shelter, film, photography, bark F R EE painting, sculpture and performance.

Barayuwa and Jeffrey at MCA, Sydney. Image courtesy of the artists and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala

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Darwin Festival is not just about what happens on the stage and in the galleries. We’re also committed to providing artists and arts lovers with opportunities to experience Art Up Close. That’s why our guest artists don’t just perform in their own shows during the Festival, they also conduct workshops and masterclasses for budding artists and work with local school children on artistic projects. Territory musicians, performers and artists are invited to become involved in our workshops program where you can hear from and work with some of our visiting artists. These professional development opportunities will be featured on our website in the lead up to the Festival.

Darwin school children are also lucky enough to have the chance to get involved in the arts, with our Artists in Schools program. Following on from the success of last year’s partnership with the Smith Family, we’re again working together to bring artists into Smith Family schools across the city. Festival Artist in Residence Topology bring their acclaimed Top Up music education program, which has them collaborating with local students to create new musical works exploring their sense of place. Top Up culminates in a performance with students sharing the stage with Topology's musicians. Visit darwinfestival.org.au during the Festival for all the details.

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Official Opening Thu 6 Aug 3pm Artist Talks Sat 8 Aug 12noon Presented by Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in association with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and Darwin Festival

Dedicated to Territory Arts The Northern Territory Government congratulates the Darwin Festival Committee and new Artistic Director Andrew Ross, on yet another great program for this year’s festival. Locals and visitors alike will delight in the varied offerings of the 2015 Festival with many performances, exhibitions using our wonderful outdoor settings at a magic time of the year.

MATINEE SESSIONS FOR SCHOOLS Bring your students to the theatre for one of our matinee sessions. For school group bookings and enquiries contact the Box Office directly on 08 8943 4222.

The Territory Government is committed to the Arts and has recently announced an $18.3 million project to redevelop the Chan Building in Darwin into a dedicated visual arts gallery. This exciting project, which includes funding from external sources, will deliver an iconic arts facility for all our community and visitors to enjoy.

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FUNDING PRESENTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PARTNERS The following organisations and productions acknowledge the support of these government bodies:

32nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, The Age of Bones, And I’m the Queen of Sheba, Artists in Schools, Brown's Mart Theatre, Cry Jailolo, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin Festival, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, DVAA artist run space, The Harbour International Artist Residency, Sweet Jean / Endah N Rhesa, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Prison Songs, Tactile Arts, Tjupi Band, Tracks Dance Company, Ubiet with Topology

Darwin Festival would like to thank the following individuals and organisations for their generous support:

Darwin Festival activates our amazing city and region, provides a platform for expression and community cohesion and celebrates Darwin’s unique sense of identity and place through a Festival of diverse arts and culture. Janet Holmes à Court

THANK YOU! ACO2, Argus, Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Malthouse Theatre, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Topology, Tracks Dance Company Additional Funding ACO2 supported by Arts NSW. The Age of Bones supported by Brown’s Mart Theatre. And I’m the Queen of Sheba produced by Sanity Productions and Brown’s Mart Theatre. Supported by Regional Arts Australia and City of Darwin. Argus was developed with Brisbane Powerhouse. Funding for the project was provided by The Jim Henson Foundation. The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk supported by Creative Scotland. Barking Gecko Theatre Company thanks Development Partner, Woodside and receives funding from the Department of Culture and the Arts WA. Cry Jailolo supported by Kantor Pemuda Olah Raga Kebudayaan Dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Halmahera Barat, Kompleks Sasadu Lamo, Acango – Jailolo Halmahera Barat, Maluku Utara – Indonesia. Dangerous Liaisons originally presented as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company Neon Festival of Independent Theatre. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair supported by the Attorney General’s Department, Ministry of the Arts (IVAIS Program), Tourism NT and Inpex. Darwin Symphony Orchestra supported by Charles Darwin University. DVAA artist run space is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory governments. Live Live Cinema’s Little Shop of Horrors produced by Jumpboard Productions and supported by Creative New Zealand. Malthouse Theatre is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. Tracks Dance Company’s Last Light supported by Darwin International Airport.

Since our humble beginnings, Darwin Festival has grown enormously in both the size of our audience and the richness of our artistic offerings. Key to our success is our innovative programming that reflects the beauty and diversity of the Territory’s unique cultural landscape.

SUPPORT DARWIN FESTIVAL: GIVE NOW!

We are committed to profiling the Northern Territory as a cultural destination through our contribution to the artistic, cultural and economic development of the region. We strive to provide professional development opportunities to increase the critical and creative capacity of the region, including investing in the professional development of NT artists and arts workers. We achieve this through quality programming, strong business partnerships, enhanced community integration and solid business and marketing strategies.

A sincere thank you to our wonderful extended Festival family of volunteers, casual staff and interns – ushers, site managers, stage managers, box office staff, technicians and bar staff. Without your time and commitment our communities wouldn’t be brought together to celebrate and our audiences wouldn’t experience the magic that is Darwin Festival. Also, a huge thank you to our partners and families who support us in a myriad of ways to enable us the privilege of doing what we love to do. And special thanks to: ACIKE (Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education), Alan James and team at Darwin Entertainment Centre, Alana and team at Force Access, Ali Donnellan at FestivalsNT, Ali Mills, Alistair Wyvill, all the staff at City of Darwin, all the staff at George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, Allora Nursery, Angela Hill and team at Arts NT, Anna Stewart and team at The Railway Club, Australian Temporary Fencing, Bilawara Lee and the Lee Family, Billy Kougios and team at One IT, Bong and Brenda at Darwin Community Arts, Bunnings, Buslink Vivo, Cardno, Christ Church Cathedral, Clinton Hoffman, Coates Hire, Darwin Blue Taxis, David Fishel and Cathy Hunt and team at Positive Solutions, David Harris, Debbie Flood, Digital Mojo, Emily Choo, Event Solutions, Express Signs, Gail Haydon and team at NT Fleet, Gillian Harrison, Hannah Brodie-Hall, Harry Bardwell, Hilton Darwin, Hugo Leschen and the Dept. of Arts and Museums, Iain Grandage, James Gough at NOOK Events, Jamie Blanchard, Jane Tonkin and team at Corrugated Iron, Janet Hanigan and the Dept. of the Chief Minister, Jenny Shepherd and team at Arts Educators of the NT, Jon Tippett, Kate Ben Tovim, Kelrick Martin, Kieren Sanderson, Jone Vuqe, Luke Tranter at Lane Print, Larrakia Nation and Larrakia Nation Night Patrol, Mark Knudsen at KIK Digital, Martin Buzacott, Mary Anne Butler, Metro Minibus, Mike Frier and team at Boab, NBC Communications, Dept. of Corporate and Information Services, NT General Stores, Oscar Waugh, outgoing Darwin Festival Chair Tom Pauling AO QC, People’s Choice Credit Union Casuarina branch, Pierre Arpin, Richard Ryan, RMI Security, Sean Pardy and team at Brown’s Mart Theatre, Simon Says TV, St John’s Paramedics and Volunteers, Susan Congreve, Tam Nguyen, the team at Public Transport Dept. of Lands and Planning, Tim Newth and David McMicken and team at Tracks Dance Company, Tourism NT, Tourism Top End, Troppo Architects, Tutt Brynt, Wayne Parslow at Danisam Ground Surveyors and Zip Print.

LEVELS OF SUPPORT Diamond $10,000+ Gold

$5,000+

Silver

$1,000+

Bronze $500+ Darwin Festival is a deductible gift recipient. All gifts over $2 are tax deductible. IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUPPORT Donations over $500 will be acknowledged by name in the Festival Program Guide, website and Annual Report. If you would like more information on our Giving Program, or on how to make a gift, please contact our Development Team on 08 8943 4208, email development@darwinfestival.org.au or give online at givenow.com.au/darwinfestival

We invite you to support this mission by making a charitable donation or gift to Darwin Festival. HOW YOUR SUPPORT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Gifts to Darwin Festival will support us to: Develop and program new performances with

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NT artists and companies, with an emphasis on Indigenous and cross-cultural performance  Stimulate sustainable employment opportunities for local artists  Develop new Indigenous talent and assist more established artists in producing presentation and tour-ready works

HOW TO BOOK BOOKING YOUR TICKETS INFORMATION

DARWIN FESTIVAL Frog Hollow Centre for the Arts, 56 McMinn Street, Darwin NT 0800 GPO Box 570, Darwin NT 0801 Tel Bookings Fax Email

08 8943 4200 08 8943 4222 08 8941 5457 contact@darwinfestival.org.au

PATRON His Honour the Honourable John Hardy OAM Administrator of the Northern Territory

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08 8943 4222

Tatts Ticket Caravan in the Smith Street Mall Until 5 August: Mon–Fri only, 8.30am–4.30pm 6–23 August: Mon-Fri 8.30am–5pm, Sat & Sun 10am–3pm

Concession tickets are available for the following:  Full time students  Pensioner Concession Card holders  Seniors Card holders  Children 12 years and under  Unemployed  Health Care Card holders Proof of concession must be produced to obtain the concession price. Concessions are only available where indicated. Entry is free for children two years and under.

Festival Park Box Office 6–23 August: 5pm until late (Closed Mon 10 & Mon 17 Aug)

PACKAGE DEALS AND DISCOUNTS GROUP BOOKINGS

Administration

The Amphitheatre Box Office Open Thu 6, Sun 9 & Sun 23 August only, one hour prior to gate open times.

Development & Communications

Casuarina Square Box Office 1–23 August: Mon–Thu 10am–5pm, Fri 10am–9pm, Sat 10am–5pm & Sun 10am–3pm

DARWIN FESTIVAL STAFF

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Clare Martin (Chair), Zoe Malone (Vice Chair), Vicky Coleman (Treasurer), Carla Venturin (Secretary), Markus Spazzapan, Ursula Raymond, Maryann Fryer

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Until 5 August: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm 6–23 August: 7 days a week, 9am–7pm

AMBASSADOR

DARWIN FESTIVAL BOARD

ONLINE

CONCESSIONS

Artistic Director General Manager Administrator Finance Manager

Development Manager Marketing & Communications Manager Publications Editor Marketing Coordinator Publicist Festival Photographer

SEEING A SHOW AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE? Then you can also buy your tickets through their Box Office – in person Mon-Sat 10am-5pm and 1 hour prior to the show, online at yourcentre.com.au or by phoning 08 8980 3333.

Programming

Senior Producer Music Program Manager / Producer Prison Songs Program Administrator Program Coordinator Producer

Operations

Ticketing & Systems Manager Ticketing Assistant Manager Ticketing Coordinator

Production

Production Manager Production Administrator Production Coordinator – Special Events Production Coordinator – Festival Park Production Coordinator – Amphitheatre Front of House & Volunteers Manager Festival Designer Design Associate Bars Manager Festival Electrician Festival Brand & Program Guide Design Program Guide Printer

Corporate Hospitality – entertainment with a difference Darwin Festival presents an opportunity to host a unique, exciting and colourful corporate hospitality occasion. We will customise an experience to reflect your business, stakeholder or personal interests. This can range from informal drinks at Festival Park to a three course meal and performance with VIP seating and can include:

• Reserved seating for your guests at nominated performances • Reserved areas for socialising or networking at Darwin Festival venues • Establishment of a private bar, drinks service or bar tabs at these functions • A range of food options, from light canapes or antipasto plates to a formal sit down dinner To make your corporate booking contact development@darwinfestival.org.au

Only applies to Cry Jailolo, ACO2’s The Best of British, Piers Lane’s Chopin by Candlelight, Vicissitudes, Argus, Dead Centre/Sea Wall, Dangerous Liaisons and Dylan Moran.

CREATE YOUR VERY OWN TIMETABLE

Groups of eight or more may book selected events at a discounted group price. See individual event pages for details.

Festival Multipacks are available for all Festival shows with the exception of Between Two Oceans (NZTrio – East from here, Jayanthi Kumaresh – Virtuoso Veena, Djakapurra Munyarryun & Veronique Serret – Resonance and Ubiet with Topology – The Food of Love), Work-in-Progress showings (And I'm the Queen of Sheeba and The Age of Bones), SPUN, Dylan Moran, Poli-Gobble, Prison Songs Preview, Sietta Sound System, Talking Through Walls, The Pitchfork dinners, Tracks Dance and schools performances.

CLASSICAL MUSIC PACKAGE Buy a ticket to both ACO2’s The Best of British and Piers Lane’s Chopin by Candlelight and take advantage of our Classical Music Package discount. Tickets to both concerts just $80 when purchased in the one transaction.

BETWEEN TWO OCEANS Experience the complete Between Two Oceans series and save on your ticket price. See all four concerts and enjoy a tasting plate before and after each show for just $172. The Fine Print FEES

SCHOOL GROUPS School prices are only available for certain events. For more information about bringing a school group to a Festival show email boxoffice@darwinfestival.org.au

FESTIVAL MULTIPACK The more you see the more you save! Buy tickets to any four different Festival events in the same transaction and save 10%. Festival Multipacks can be purchased online, through our Call Centre on 08 8943 4222 or in person at any Darwin Festival Box Office. The same number of tickets must be purchased to each event.

Additional charges apply for phone, counter and online sales and for postage. Darwin Festival adheres to The Code of Practice for the Ticketing of Live Entertainment Events in Australia. All sales are final – there are no refunds, exchanges or cancellations on completed bookings. Darwin Festival counter sales made in person and sales made over the phone incur a $2.50 Transaction Fee. Sales made via the internet incur a $2 Transaction Fee. Darwin Festival only mails out tickets via Registered Post and will charge a fee of $5.50 for this service. Darwin Festival is not responsible for tickets lost in the mail. Latecomers will only be permitted to a performance during a suitable break or as determined by Venue Management. Under some circumstances this may mean the ticketholder misses the show in its entirety. The right is reserved to not replace lost or stolen tickets where seating is general admission. Darwin Festival encourages tickets purchased to be treated like cash. Visit darwinfestival.org.au for full Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Ditch the highlighter and throw away the red pen – you can now schedule all your favourite events in one place. Visit darwinfestival.org.au to plan your Festival and make sure you don’t miss a thing.

SHOW YOUR LOVE Whatever the special occasion or whoever the special person, show your love with a Darwin Festival Gift Voucher. Purchase online and we’ll email it to your inbox. Valid for 12 months from the date of purchase. Vouchers can be redeemed at darwinfestival.org.au, or over the phone on 08 8943 4222 (during Darwin Festival). They can be used for individual shows, or the value can go towards the purchase of Darwin Festival merchandise.

Program details are correct at time of printing but are subject to change where necessary and without notice. Please check darwinfestival.org.au for updates.

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ACCESS When booking your ticket please advise our staff of any access requirements. Please check event pages in the guide and on the website for access symbols.

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Accessible Entry. If this symbol is not displayed access to the venue may be limited.

Please note: wheelchair access is limited at People’s Choice Teddy Bears’ Picnic at George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. There is only limited disabled carparking available at The Amphitheatre. For additional information regarding access please call Darwin Festival on 08 8943 4200 or visit darwinfestival.org.au/access

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 Outstation Gallery 8 Parap Place, Parap

17  Stokes Hill Wharf Stokes Hill Road

10  Darwin Waterfront Precinct & Recreation Lagoon Kitchener Drive

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16  Paul Johnstone Gallery 2/2 Harriet Place

STUART PARK

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 The Lighthouse  Brown's Mart Theatre  Bamboo Band Stand

Corner Smith Street & Harry Chan Avenue

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Beverages are available for purchase. This is a licensed venue. No BYO alcohol is permitted.

Festival Park

Darwin Entertainment Centre

Ride FREE on the Darwinbus network with a Darwin Festival event ticket for that same day, simply present your ticket to the driver. Each person travelling must be holding a valid Festival ticket or normal fares apply. For service times and nearest bus stop to venues, visit the Department of Transport’s website transport.nt.gov.au/public/bus/darwin Jump aboard the Darwin Indigenous Art Hop On, Hop Off Bus on Fri 7 & Sat 8 Aug and visit some of the exciting exhibitions that are on in Darwin. The bus leaves from the front of the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory at 10am each morning. Visit darwinfestival.org.au for more details.

Festival Lounge

Box Office opens one hour prior to The Amphitheatre gate opening times on event nights only (Thu 6, Sun 9 & Sun 23 Aug). All performances are General Admission. No seating is provided at The Amphitheatre. BYO picnic blankets and chairs. Food and beverages are available for purchase on event nights only. This is a licensed site. No BYO alcohol is permitted.

PARAP

The Amphitheatre

All performances are General Admission. Seating is limited for some performances. Beverages are available for purchase. This is a licensed venue. No BYO alcohol is permitted.

Darwin Festival is located in and around various venues throughout Darwin and the city centre, but the heart of the Festival action is Festival Park. Here, you’ll find our big top under the stars The Lighthouse, Brown’s Mart Theatre and our free live music stage the Bamboo Band Stand surrounded by long tables where you’re invited to share food, drink and a chat with fellow Festival goers. From here it’s a quick trip to many city venues, including Darwin Entertainment Centre (just a 10 minute journey by foot), or The Amphitheatre and the Darwin Railway Club (just a few minutes away by vehicle), so you can pack a lot of Festival fun into one evening!

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All Darwin Festival venues are smoke free

Darwin Railway Club

Parap Road

EXPLORE THE FESTIVAL

VENUE INFO

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Single performance Multiple performances Official opening Award presentation Special event Festival Lounge

special event music / festival lounge dance film family theatre words & ideas dining cabaret comedy

 REVOLUTION PG 41 3pm | Nomad Art Gallery

 LUNCH BOX SERIES PG 16 12.30pm | Raintree Park  SANTOS

OPENING NIGHT CONCERT PG 3 6.30pm | Amphitheatre

(PREVIEW) PG 4 7pm | Lighthouse

F R IDAY 7  DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR PG 39 10am-4pm | Darwin Convention Centre  PAPUNYA TULA ARTISTS PG 41 11am | Paul Johnstone Gallery  SALON DES REFUSÉS PG 40 3pm | Stokes Hill Wharf

 DSO STRING QUARTET - Jabiru Dreaming PG 17 9.30am | Brown's Mart Theatre

 PEOPLE'S

 ARGUS PG 19 12.30pm | DEC

 LUNCH BOX SERIES PG 16 12.30pm | Raintree Park

 DSO STRING QUARTET - Jabiru Dreaming PG 17 12.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

12.30pm | DEC

 ARGUS PG 19

4pm | DEC

 105.7 ABC

DARWIN'S HAPPY HOUR PG 22 4pm | Festival Park

 DSO STRING QUARTET - Jabiru Dreaming PG 17 1.45pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDN ES DAY

THUR S DAY

F RIDAY

 TALKING THROUGH WALLS WALKING TOUR PG 22 4pm | Brown's Mart Courtyard  BETWEEN TWO

OCEANS - Ubiet with Topology PG 13 5.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 ARGUS PG 19

4pm | DEC

 BETWEEN TWO

 TRACKS DANCE Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 PRISON SONGS PG 4 7pm | Lighthouse

 CRY JAILOLO PG 6 7pm | DEC

 XAVIER RUDD

FL BROADWING PG 24 7pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL DAVE CROWE PG 24 7pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL CHRIS TAMWOY PG 24 8.30pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL MILES AND SIMONE PG 24 8.30pm | Darwin Railway Club

 LUNCH BOX SERIES PG 16 12.30pm | Raintree Park

 TEN HANDS PG 14 5.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 FREE FRIDAY

F E ST I VA L PA R K I S H AV I N G A DAY O F F !

JAZZ IN THE CITY PG 16 4.30pm | Raintree Park

 PRISON SONGS

 TALKING

 BETWEEN TWO

 TALKING

OCEANS - NZTrio PG 13 5pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

DOCUMENTARY PG 23 2pm | CDU

THROUGH WALLS CYCLING TOUR PG 22 3pm | Brown's Mart Courtyard JUSTINE CLARKE PG 16 5.30pm | Darwin Waterfront Recreation Lagoon

 TRACKS DANCE Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 THE PITCHFORK PG 26 6pm | see darwinfestival.org.au for details

 BLAK CABARET

 TRACKS DANCE -

PG 27 7pm | Lighthouse

& THE UNITED NATIONS PG 8 7pm | Amphitheatre

PG 27 7pm | Lighthouse

 DYLAN MORAN

Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 BLAK CABARET

PG 31 8pm | DEC

PG 27 7pm | Lighthouse  WE TWO

F E ST I VA L PA R K I S H AV I N G A DAY O F F !

THIEVES PG 35 8.45pm | Lighthouse

THROUGH WALLS CYCLING TOUR PG 22 3pm | Brown's Mart Courtyard JUSTINE CLARKE PG 16 5.30pm | Darwin Waterfront Recreation Lagoon

MON DAY

WEDN ES DAY

 THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK PG 18 10am | Brown's Mart Theatre

 THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK PG 18 12noon | Brown's Mart Theatre

T H U R SDAY

F R I DAY

 THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK PG 18 12noon | Brown's Mart Theatre

 LUNCH BOX SERIES PG 16 12.30pm | Raintree Park

5.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

SAT U R DAY

SU NDAY

 LUNCH BOX SERIES PG 16 12.30pm | Raintree Park

 DEAD CENTRE/ SEA WALL PG 20 12.30pm | DEC

 THE AGE OF

 AND I'M THE

BONES PG 23 2pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 SPUN PG 23

 WRITING DARWIN PG 22 2pm | CDU

F E ST I VA L PA R K I S H AV I N G A DAY O F F !

 TALKING THROUGH WALLS BUS TOUR PG 22 2.30pm | Brown's Mart Courtyard

QUEEN OF SHEBA PG 23 2pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 TALKING THROUGH WALLS BUS TOUR PG 22 2.30pm | Brown's Mart Courtyard

TWO OCEANS - Djakapurra Munyarryun & Veronique Serret PG 13 5.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 TRACKS DANCE - Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 BLAK CABARET PG 27 7pm | Lighthouse

HANNAH GADSBY PG 31 7pm | Lighthouse

 VICISSITUDES

 DANGEROUS LIAISONS PG 21 7pm | DEC

HANNAH GADSBY PG 31 7pm | Lighthouse

FL MARK GRAY PG 24 7pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL MANDY GARLING PG 24 7pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL AINSLIE WILLS PG 24 8.30pm | Darwin Railway Club

TUES DAY

 BETWEEN

 TRACKS DANCE - Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 ACO2 - Best of British PG 26 7pm | DEC

 TUNES FROM

PG 9 7pm | Lighthouse

THE TUBE PG 28 7pm | Lighthouse

PG 14 7pm | DEC

 NATALIE PELLEGRINO TRIO PG 16 7pm | Darwin Waterfront  ELLI BELLE PG 16 Recreation Lagoon 7pm | Darwin Waterfront Recreation Lagoon

 TRACKS DANCE - Last Light PG 26 6pm | Myilly Point Park

 THE AXIS OF AWESOME PG 30 7pm | Lighthouse

 LOVE STORIES

 PIERS LANE

- Chopin by Candlelight PG 11 7pm | DEC

 THE AXIS OF AWESOME PG 30 7pm | Lighthouse

FL ALI MILLS PG 24 7pm FL MICROWAVE JENNY PG 24 8.30pm F E ST I VA L PA R K I S H AV I N G A DAY O F F !

 DEAD CENTRE/ SEA WALL PG 20 6.30pm | DEC

 LIVE LIVE CINEMA - Little Shop of Horrors PG 15 7pm | DEC

 BIG COUNTRY

 FRANK YAMMA

PG 34 7pm | Lighthouse

FL KATIE HARDER PG 24 7pm FL MICHAEL MAHER PG 24 8.30pm

PG 7 6.30pm | Amphitheatre

LIVE LIVE CINEMA - Little Shop of Horrors PG 15 7pm | DEC  NAZEEM

HUSSAIN PG 30 7pm | Lighthouse

FL MIKE NOCK TRIO & KRISTIN BERARDI PG 24 8.30pm | Darwin Railway Club  #1 DADS PG 33

PG 39 6.15pm | Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory

HANNAH GADSBY - Art Lite PG 40 2pm | Stokes Hill Wharf

 32ND TELSTRA NATSIAA

8.45pm | Lighthouse

 MOJO JUJU

 RAMBANGI ARTIST TALKS PG 42 12pm | NCCArt

FL CAITLIN PARK PG 24 10pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL JAM SESSION PG 24 10.30pm

SUN DAY 9  DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR PG 39 10am-4pm | Darwin Convention Centre

FL POTS & PANS / DJ TOBIAS JAMES PG 24 11pm | Darwin Railway Club

PG 36 11pm | Lighthouse

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For Visual Art exhibition details, including dates and gallery open hours, see individual event lisitings PG 39–42

S UN DAY

HANNAH GADSBY - Art Lite PG 40 2pm | Stokes Hill Wharf

 TROPICÁLIA CAPRICORNIA PG 42 5pm | Tactile Arts

SATUR DAY 8  DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR PG 39 10am-5pm | Darwin Convention Centre

SATURDAY

CHOICE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC PG 17 9am-12noon | George Brown Botanic Gardens

 TALKING THROUGH WALLS WALKING TOUR PG 22 4pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

OCEANS - Jayanthi Kumaresh PG 12 5.30pm | Brown's Mart Theatre

 RAMBANGI PG 42 3pm | NCCArt

SUNDAY

 ARGUS PG 19

 WELCOME TO COUNTRY PG 3 5.30pm | Festival Park

EVENING

 YARRINYA PG 41 3pm | Outstation

SATUR DAY

 DSO STRING QUARTET - Jabiru Dreaming PG 17 10.45am | Brown's Mart Theatre

 PRISON SONGS

visual arts T HUR S DAY 6  WARLPIRI FLOOR TALK PG 40 2.30pm | CDU Art Gallery

FRI DAY

MORNING

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AFTERNOON

Key

T H U R S DAY

Requiem) PG 37 9pm | Lighthouse

 BARRY BROWN'S

GROOVETOWN PG 36 11.15pm | Lighthouse

PG 35 9pm | Lighthouse

 MADRE MONTE

 PRISON SONGS PG 4 9pm | Lighthouse

 MAX GILLIES & TOPOLOGY Poli-Gobble PG 29 9pm | Lighthouse

 ABBE MAY PG 32

9pm | Lighthouse

 HOLY HOLY

PG 32 10.30pm | Lighthouse

 REMI PG 37 9pm | Lighthouse FL FRASER A GORMAN PG 24 10pm | Darwin Railway Club  SIETTA SOUND SYSTEM PG 37 10pm | Lighthouse FL VAN JØRGEN PG 24 11pm | Darwin Railway Club

FL JAM SESSION PG 24 10.30pm | Darwin Railway Club  SAFIA PG 32

10.30pm | Lighthouse

 SIETTA SOUND SYSTEM PG 37 11.30pm | Lighthouse

 SWEET JEAN /

ENDAH N RHESA PG 34 9pm | Lighthouse

 TJUPI BAND

PG 35 9pm | Lighthouse

 THE KRANSKY

SISTERS PG 28 9pm | Lighthouse

 THE DRONES

PG 33 9pm | Lighthouse

 THE WAU WAU SISTERS PG 29 9pm | Lighthouse

 THE WAU WAU SISTERS PG 29 9.15pm | Lighthouse

FL JORDIE LANE PG 24 10pm

FL JAM SESSION PG 24 10.30pm

 VULGARGRAD PG 36 11pm | Lighthouse

 VULGARGRAD PG 36 11.15pm | Lighthouse

 THE WAU WAU SISTERS PG 29 9pm | Lighthouse

FL FUNK JUNGLE PG 24 11pm

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