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Your Family Fringe + Festival Guide
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What's on!
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FE B RUARY — MARCH
15 Feb – 17 March
15 – 17 March
16 Feb – 3 March
16 Feb – 3 March
Particle B Little Theatre, RCC Fringe rccfringe.com.au
360 Allstars The Moa, Gluttony gluttony.net.au
Amelia Ryan: Simply The Breast Le Cascadeur, The Garden gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
Star Academy: Tribute to Rock Star Academy, Grote St adelaidefringe.com.au
16 Feb – 10 March
16 Feb – 11 March
16 Feb – 17 March
16 Feb – 17 March
Jelly or Jam Little Theatre, RCC Fringe rccfringe.com.au
Escape From Trash Mountain The May Wirth, Gluttony gluttony.net.au
10 March
16 Feb – 17 March
Humphrey Fringeville At Morphettville fringe.com.au
Amelia Ryan’s 80’s Baby The Factory, The Garden gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show The Box, The Garden Empire Theatre, Gluttony gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au gluttony.net.au
16 Feb – 23 March
23 Feb - 16 March
Dinosaur Time Machine Ukiyo, Gluttony gluttony.net.au
Big Fish Little Fish The Flamingo, Gluttony gluttony.net.au
26 Feb – 3 March
27 Feb – 9 March
27 Feb – 6 March
2 March
Jodie Stubbs: Woman The Bally, Gluttony gluttony.net.au
Adelaide International Youth Film Festival Preview Program Union Cinema, RCC Fringe rccfringe.com.au
Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre adelaidefestival.com.au
National Geographic: Symphony of Our World Elder Park adelaidefestival.com.au
2 March
8 – 11 March
8 – 11 March
8 – 11 March
Kids Day - Writers Week Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden adelaidefestival.com.au
Evelyn Roth’s Nylon Zoo WOMADelaide, Botanic Park womadelaide.com.au
KIDDO Silent Disco WOMADelaide, Botanic Park womadelaide.com.au
The Talking Trees - SAYarts WOMADelaide, Botanic Park womadelaide.com.au
8 – 11 March
9 – 17 March
9 - 16 March
13 – 17 March
Story Time with Peter Helliar WOMADelaide, Botanic Park womadelaide.com.au
Peter Combe Corona Theatre, The Garden gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
Brat Kids Carnival Bonython Hall, RCC Fringe rccfringe.com.au
Foehn AC Arts – Main Theatre adelaidefestival.com.au
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Your Opening Night Itinerary
Let There Be Light on Opening Night!
Opening Night Party Friday 15 Feb, 6pm to 11pm FREE Event / Family Friendly Karrawirra Parri, River Torrens (War Memorial Drive between Frome Rd Bridge & King William Rd Bridge) The summer festival season starts with a bang as Adelaide Fringe throws a fabulous party including the Adelaide Night Markets, artist performances and the switching-on of their latest light projection project, Yabarra - Gathering of Light. Live performances on the Music SA (Frusic) and the Fringe caravan stages from 6pm - 10 pm. Bar facilities available from Fringe Beverage partners. Strictly no BYO.
Tindo Utpurndee (Sunset Ceremony)
The opening night of the Adelaide Fringe will see our beloved River Torrens transform into an immersive cultural corridor to light up the faces of those both young and old. Grab your picnic rugs and mozzie repellant and flock to the riverbank for the Tindo Utpurndee: Sunset Ceremony followed by Yabarra: Gathering of Light. Yabarra: Gathering of Light will illuminate the Torrens riverbank reeds, surrounding grasslands and paths to share stories from a time long ago, bringing to life native animals and Aboriginal storytelling through mesmerising interactive installations of projection, sound and light. This display will run over 31 nights of Adelaide Fringe, creating a FREE walking adventure for all ages.
Adelaide Fringe has engaged Co-Artistic Director of YELLAKA and Senior Kaurna Custodian of Ceremony Karl Telfer as Cultural Creative Producer on the project to collaborate and create cultural content for Yabarra: Gathering of Light. Mr Telfer said, "The riverbank trail will offer interactive points to share the knowledge of the seasons through a changing sensory experience that creates ways of understanding this place – how the stars, clouds, winds, seas, burning off and waters change over the years." For more information head to:
Fri 15 Feb, 8.15pm FREE Event / Family Friendly Karrawirra Parri, River Torrens (War Memorial Drive between Frome Rd Bridge & King William Rd Bridge) Opening Night will feature the Adelaide Fringe’s traditional Tindo Utpurndee, or ‘Sunset Ceremony’ to recognise the living culture of the First Nations, pay respect to the spirit of the land and give thanks to elders past and present.
Yabarra - Gathering of Light 15 Feb - 17 Mar, 8.30pm to Midnight FREE Event / Family Friendly Karrawirra Parri, River Torrens (Adelaide University footbridge) A story for the senses, as projected light and sound guide you through an interactive cultural landscape, sharing stories of Kaurna country along Tarndaparri (the original name for the River Torrens).
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Amelia Ryan
- The Breast is yet to come!
Amelia Ryan, cabaret’s princess of parody has graced the stages of New York, London and Edinburgh, with her award-winning shows. Now the 2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival welcomes Amelia’s most creative (and demanding) role yet, motherhood! We had a chat to Amelia for some wacky woes and words of wisdom.
How do your shows help other mums who perhaps aren’t perfect either? We’re flooded with picture perfect images of motherhood on social media….I’m very honest and irreverent, from fanny farts in post-natal yoga to dripping breasts in the post office cue, I tell it like it is.
What are you most looking forward to at the Fringe? Getting back onto the stage! I’ve been in full-time Mum mode for the past 3 months, complete with greasy hair and spew-stained activewear. I can’t wait to be in my sequins, having a sing and a laugh (at my own expense).
Describe your parenting style in four words… Loving, creative, spontaneous and obsessive.
How are you coping with juggling both touring and being a new mum? When the baby goes to sleep (sorry, IF the baby goes to sleep), it’s game on. Gone are the days of mindless procrastination… now I nervously rush through the to-do list until the tiny dictator baby awakes. If the chance arose, describe what a baby free night would look like for you? Firstly, putting the baby to bed (and leaving him with my Mum), hastily driving to a nearby restaurant, over-enthusiastically downing a few glasses of wine, staring at my phone in case Mum rings, texting her halfway through the night to ‘check in’, rushing back home because I miss him (only to find him sound asleep) and then hoping I haven’t drunk too much to compromise safe breastfeeding.
If you could tell pre-baby Amelia something what would it be? It’s not as bad as you think it’ll be. Except for the poonami’s. They’re bad. What’s the funniest thing your baby has ever done? He sings! Well, tries to. Truly, whenever I sing to him, he musters up all this energy and throws all of these hilarious noises back at me…oohs, ahhhs, shrieks. It’s adorable. And occasionally, accidentally, on pitch. Are you listening to any good podcasts or reading any good books atm? HAHAHAHA, that’s hilarious. I NEED MORE TIME. Amelia has two shows at the Fringe - The Breast Is Yet To Come and Amelia Ryan's 80's Baby tickets are available at adelaidefringe.com.au
SUPER BRATS Brat Kids Carnival is coming and we don’t mean naughty children...
A high-energy super fun afternoon show for all ages in the new home of RCC, located in The University Of Adelaide campus, (conveniently located in very close proximity to the ZOO, Botanic Gardens, Art Gallery and Museum) brought to you by the finest team of circus artists and mischief makers behind international touring sensation, Briefs. Ideal for youngsters who enjoy wild circus skills, pumping music, ridiculous acts of amazement and eye-popping party tricks. A noisy, fun, silly afternoon for all ages – parents allowed! Only 2 shows so don’t miss out! 9 + 16 Mar Tickets through adelaidefringe.com.au
Roll up, roll up (and get your tickets fast). You heard it here first, there is one show you simply cannot miss; Baba Yaga is on its way to delight young and old alike with wholesome family fun for the Adelaide Festival. Coming off the back of rave reviews and a plethora of fans at the 2018 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, this Windmill Theatre production is for fun-for-all-ages and will captivate the entire family and make for a fun Adelaide Festival outing. A remake of a traditional Slavic folktale, Baba Yaga centres around the story of Vaselina, the very shy and timid concierge of Poultry Park Apartments who, to her dismay, must enforce the body corporate rules which involves investigating the weird and wacky noises coming from the newest Penthouse resident; Madam B. Yaga. An incredibly funny, thoroughly imaginative and visually captivating show, with the most wonderfully bright and vivid costumes, music and animations, Baba Yaga will have little eyes and ears peeled (we promise it’s a show mum and dad will love too). For session times and ticket info, head to adelaidefestival.com.au 27 Feb - 6 Mar Queen's Theatre - Gillies Arcade / Playhouse Lane, Adelaide
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JELLY OR JAM The team behind A Simple Space are back with their hit kids show – Jelly or Jam! Don't miss this roller coaster family show filled with real stories about being a kid and plenty of squishy, messy jelly that will inspire people, young and old, to ask the question 'what makes you, you?' Jelly or Jam is led by interviews with kids about what it takes to make a friend and will inspire little ones to acknowledge the importance of community and friendship.
From award-winning local and international circus creators, Jascha Boyce and Joren Dawson, Jelly or Jam takes you on an acrobatic adventure into the brains of young humans and even gives you a chance to play with some wobbly jelly too! 16 Feb - 10 Mar Saturday & Sunday - 2:30pm Little Theatre, RCC Fringe Tickets available from: rccfringe.com.au
PARTICLE B Get ready for the Australian premiere of this intriguing work for families of all ages all the way from Canada. Circus, Magic, Waves, Duality, Entanglement, Singularity, and a Goldfish. Take your kids on this acrobatic journey, which will give them the chance to question their universe while marveling over particle physics! Particle # B examines a young woman's relationship with reality, in an acrobatic story that takes the audience on a journey from inside the
smallest particles, expanding all the way to planetary rotation. In the Particle # B universe, you will fall into a quantum world, where time acts in curious ways and sound and light are characters of their own. Visually questioning the rules of our existence, playing on the borderline of science and magic, Particle #B inspires the curiosity and courage in audiences young and old to ask the biggest questions. 15 Feb - 17 Mar – 5:00 pm Little Theatre - RCC Fringe Tickets available from: rccfringe.com.au
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Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio – Adelaide Showgrounds
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For more than 58 years, Adelaide Festival has been delighting audiences with the very best in artistic excellence from international and local performers, musicians, artists and writers. The 2019 Adelaide Festival will be no exception, with a range of free and ticketed experiences to tickle the fancy of every family member – from theatrical triumphs, jaw-dropping physical theatre, spine-tingling music, to whimsical one-man shows; Adelaide Festival is the perfect way for families to get out and about in Mad March.
13 -17 March
Main Theatre – AC Arts
BABA YAGA 26 Feb – 6 Mar
Queen’s Theatre – Gillies Arcade
ZIZANIE 14 -17 March
Space Theatre – Adelaide Festival Centre SYMPHONY FOR OUR WORLD - ELDER PARK OPENING WEEKEND CONCERT 2 March
t o Fo e h n ! Armed only with a pun (“foehn” is a warm Mediterranean breeze), some sticky tape, fans and a pile of shopping bags - a single puppeteer/ magician will breathe life into the inanimate.
Elder Park
DON'T MISS!
B IG PEOPLE Carmen 8 -10 March
Festival Theatre – Adelaide Festival Centre
Counting and Cracking 2 - 9 March
Your jaws and those of your young charges will go slack as the little plastic dancers flit, swirl and waltz on the rising currents of air. No strings. No tricks. Just a brilliantly conceived and planned improvisation that to believe… well, you must see!
Enter online at kiddomag.com.au
Ridley Centre – Adelaide Showgrounds
ZIZANIE With evocative imagery and enchanting illusion, Australian dance icon Meryl Tankard works with Adelaide’s Restless Dance Theatre to create a whimsical world where a mesmerising tale for all the family unfolds. This exciting new work celebrates the beauty in difference and reminds us of Grayson Perry’s inimitable words that “weeds are just flowers in the wrong garden.” 14 - 17 March Space Theatre - Adelaide Festival Centre Tickets available from adelaidefestival.com.au
Mahler Chamber Orchestra 8 -10 March
Auditorium – Adelaide Town Hall
Megan Washington 15 March
The Palais – Elder Park
T i ck e t s a r e ava i l ab l e v i a adelaidefestival.com.au
Out Of Chaos… 27 Feb – 6 Mar
Scott Theatre – The University of Adelaide
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It’s the party that defines a city! Held across four weeks in February and March, Adelaide Fringe is the largest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The 2019 Adelaide Fringe will feature 1326 events and more than 7000 artists across 517 venues. Shows will pop up all over Adelaide and regional South Australia – everywhere from Port Adelaide, Gawler and Port Noarlunga to Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Murray Bridge. With so much to see and do at this year’s Adelaide Fringe, it’s time to get set for a wild ride across 31 magical days and nights!
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY FRINGE MEMBERSHIP Year-Round Join the club that gets an entire 365 days of endless entertainment benefits! Sign up at adelaidefringe.com.au to score a 25% discount on selected Fringe shows in 2019 and stacks more great deals for young families!
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LIT T LE PEOPLE BEST OF KIDS FRING E 16 Feb - 17 Mar
A F RIN GE GIFT PACK Come fully prepared for the Fringe season with this ultimate Fringe gift pack including, a vinyl bag, pin set, $20 voucher and the best part…. a Fringe Membership!
Parasol Lounge Gluttony
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAW?
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Ferguson Room – National Wine Centre
A Fringe Membership is the best way to make the most of the awesome events and entertainment happening in our Festival State all year round. Member benefits include 25% off a huge selection of shows, invites to Fringe events, member lounge access, express Fringe Tix, restaurant offers and more!
INSIDE THE WALLS, A G IANT POP-UP G HOST STORY! 9 - 17 March
Ukiyo – Gluttony
BIG PE OPLE
Enter online at kiddomag.com.au
FRING E TALK SHOW 16 & 17 Feb
YABARRA: GATHERING OF LIGHT A story for the senses as projected light and sound guide you through an interactive cultural landscape, sharing stories of Kaurna country along Tarndaparri (the original name for the River Torrens).
15 Feb - 17 Mar FREE event, 8.30pm – Midnight Karrawirra Parri/River Torrens (Adelaide University footbridge)
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The Moa – Gluttony
HANS: LIKE A G ERMAN 26 Feb - 17 Mar
The Octagon – Gluttony
JUDITH LUCY VS MEN
T i ck e t s a r e avai l a b l e v i a The Adelaide Fringe Box Office on the corner of Rundle Mall and Twin Street or call FringeTIX on 1300 621 255.
Adelaidefringe.com.au
15 Feb - 3 Mar
@ADLfringe
The Vagabond – The Garden
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The Garden of Unearthly Delights is a unique festival playground including multiple performance venues, bars, carnival rides, an array of world foods, market stalls, and the most unexpected sideshow surprises. The Garden offers a family friendly environment with plenty of shade, air conditioning in all venues and a diverse range of entertainment for the whole family. Located in the Eastern parklands, Kadlitpina, The Garden entertains locals and visitors to the city of Adelaide with a worldclass program of theatre, dance, circus, comedy, live music and family shows across 31 summer days and starry nights.
DON'T MISS!
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AMELIA RYAN’S 80’S BABY 16 Feb - 17 Mar The Factory
BUBBLEGUM CABARET 16 Feb - 3 Mar
Corona Theatre
MONSKI MOUSE BABY DANCE DISCO 16 Feb - 17 Mar
The Box
SPLASH TEST DUMMIES 15 Feb - 17 Mar
t o S p l a sh T e st Du m m i e s
The Factory & Corona Theatre
Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are back with a splish-splashing circus set to drown you in tears of laughter.
CHILDREN ARE STINKY
From the makers of the hit show, Trash Test Dummies, comes a new production of oceanic proportions!
3 Mar - 17 Mar
The Factory
BIG PE OPLE JUDITH LUCY VS MEN 15 Feb - 3 Mar
The Vagabond
THE THIN WHITE UKES 23 February
Splash Test Dummies are here, ready to roll out their beach towels and spring into a brand new hour of circus filled hilarity for the whole family. See a brilliant array of catch-your-breath stunt work, acrobatics, juggling and the sidesplitting, slapstick comedy for which the dummies are famous. Join the Dummies and come dive from bathtubs to beaches in this new aquatic adventure.
Enter online at kiddomag.com.au
Fortuna Spiegeltent
CAPTAIN CAULIFLOWER AND MARVIN THE MISCHIEVOUS MOOSE Join the invincible Captain Cauliflower and his faithful companion Marvin on an unforgettable adventure filled with extreme silliness and unquestionable danger. He flies into outer space and swims deep under the ocean saving those in peril - but can he beat his archnemesis, the evil and odorous Onion Man? Joyous physical comedy for the whole family. 2 - 17 March Corona Theatre - Garden of Unearthly Delights Tickets available from gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
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RUSSELL MORRIS 14 March
Fortuna Spiegelten
MASSAOKE MIXTAPE 15 Feb - 16 Mar
The Box
T i ck e t s a r e avai l a b l e v i a gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
LIFE - THE SHOW 15 Feb - 17 Mar
Fortuna Spiegeltent
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360 ALL STARS 15 Feb - 17 Mar
The Moa
ENCHANTMENTS
Gluttony celebrates its ninth Fringe in 2019 and boasts 160 shows that span the genres of cabaret, theatre, circus, magic, comedy, dance, music, spoken word and children’s entertainment. This season will be Gluttony’s biggest entertainment program yet and as such the boutique park space has expanded to a second site this year, Masonic Lodge on North Terrace. Gluttony’s park space is full of beautiful tent venues in Rymill Park that have world class performers, cool bars, two awesome food markets and a relaxed space for sitting and having a glass of wine before and after a show. With a village green atmosphere, it is regarded and respected as a venue that both artists and arts lovers relish.
DON'T MISS!
16 Feb - 17 Mar
Parasol Lounge
LE PETIT CIRCUS 16 Feb - 17 Mar
Ukiyo
ESCAPE FROM TRASH MOUNTAIN 16 Feb - 17 Mar
The May Wirth
BALLOONATICS 2: G ET PUMPED 16 Feb - 17 Mar
The Empire Theatre
BIG PE OPLE ANYA ANASTASIA: THE EXECUTIONERS 15 Feb – 3 Mar
Phoenix Room – Masonic Lodge
ROGUE
REBEL Rebel is a live circus rock tribute to the original rebel, David Bowie. Stage dive into the mosh pit for a night of live music, glittering glam rock, phenomenal acrobatics, breathtaking aerials and spectacular heart stopping sideshow. Live music combined with circus and comedy brings to life an incredible body of work that has spanned over 50 years, and an aesthetic that broke ground and inspired generations.
Enter online at
The Octagon
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BERNIE DIETER’S LITTLE DEATH CLUB 15 Feb - 17 Mar
Wonderland Spiegeltent
MATT TARRANT: MORE UNSOLVED 19 Feb - 17 Mar
20 February
26 Feb - 17 Mar
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A puppetry epic of trashy proportions! Follow our heroes as they fight trash bats, navigate treacherous ravines, and outwit hideous trash monsters, and maybe get a few ideas for making your very own trash puppet!
15 Feb - 17 Mar
Rebel has been inspired by the words of Bowie; "I want to tart rock up. I don't want to climb out of my fantasies in order to go up on stage - I want to take them on stage with me." Rebel is your Bowie fantasies realised a live band, breathtaking circus, spectacular rock and roll sideshow.
Tickets available from gluttony.com.au
‘ E sc a p e F r o m T r a sh Mo u n ta i n ’
The Flamingo
T i ck e t s a r e avai l a b l e v i a gluttony.com.au
HANS: LIKE A G ERMAN The Octagon
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PETE FRANKIE There’s not much that the loveable funnyman Peter Helliar hasn’t done. As one of Australia’s favourite comedians, as well as TV series creator, director and star, regular co-host of The Project, touring stand-up comic, husband of 17 years and father of three boys… he’s kind of got a lot going on! Lucky for kids and parents everywhere however, he has also managed to squeeze in authoring the hilarious, best-selling Frankie Fish series of books for children in all that spare time he has up his sleeve. We chatted with Pete about what it’s like writing for kids, his upcoming appearance at WOMAD (something he has, in fact, never done before!) and what’s next for Frankie Fish. You’re going to be a guest reader in the KidZone at WOMAD reading from your Frankie Fish books, I imagine you’ve performed to some tough crowds, but is any gig tougher than a bunch of kids? When I began writing the Frankie Fish series and we started talking about writer’s festivals and performing to kids, I didn’t think much of it. My first time actually doing it was the Perth Writer’s Festival and I thought “Oh. Actually… what am I going to talk to them about for an HOUR?” Luckily, my mum had kept a lot of the books I’d written as a kid in grade four and five, so they’ve become my secret weapon and I end up reading some of those books to the kids which is fun. I remember years ago before I was writing books, visiting my son Aidan’s prep class, they had dads coming in to talk about their jobs and I thought “I’m going to be fine, I work in television, that’s pretty exciting” and the kids could not have been more bored! One of the other dads was a policeman and another was a marine biologist, so they were way more exciting than I was. Have you been to WOMAD before? This will be my first time! I’ve been in Adelaide when it’s been on because I’ve done so many Adelaide Fringe Festivals, but I’ve never been to WOMAD, so I’m excited.
I basically said yes straight away, it was one of those things; of course I know about WOMAD, I’m often there for it, I don’t really know what to expect but I only hear good things. What has the process been like from seeing the initial Frankie Fish idea come to life, to expanding on that and creating a number of stories in the series? Will there be more coming in future? I was actually writing book five this morning, book four is out in April. There will be a longer wait for book five to hit the shelves with probably a year between them. I wanted to make sure that I was enjoying writing the books and for it not to become too much like a job, because I have enough of those! There could be more. We haven’t quite capped it, I know how the series finishes but I don’t know when it finishes. I think time travel was tougher than I thought it was going to be and I could have made this whole exercise a lot easier for myself but I chose not to. I didn’t want to patronise the kids with something that was too easy. Once I could see the characters, it became easier and there’s definitely more life in these characters so we’ll keep them going for a little while. What was your inspiration behind Frankie Fish; was there a reason behind choosing a time travel theme?
What’s next? Frankie Fish the movie maybe? Possibly! When the first book came out my son told me he could imagine it as a movie. I wouldn’t mind seeing it as a TV series, with each book being a series. The characters could lend themselves to that. We haven’t made any attempt to reach out to people in regards to that because I have enough on, and I’ve been concentrating on the books and making sure they don’t suffer. But possibly, yeah! We could explore that. Top three parenting tips? Just off the top of my head! 1. Involve yourself in as much as you can in their school and their sport. 2. L isten to them, let them talk; don’t talk at them but talk to them. 3. Always remind the tooth fairy, to make sure the tooth fairy definitely comes. You and your kiddos can join Peter Helliar at the WOMAD KidZone for Story Time on Saturday and Sunday, March 9th and 10th. Tickets: womadelaide.com.au - Kids under 12 are FREE
I’ve always said that the main two influences were Magic Faraway Tree and Back to the Future. I wanted to create a book about kids, and specifically kids who kind of got to escape to somewhere, so time travel gave me that opportunity. How important was balancing the humour aspect with a good story that kids will sink their teeth into? I concentrate on the story first and foremost, and my style is comedic. Certainly, the story is first, making sure the kids want to turn the pages and read the next chapter. That’s the key. What I usually do is write a few drafts and then I will take the idea to the publishers and they’ll give it back to me to give it one final read through where I just add in as many jokes as I can. So, it’s like a final jokes pass.
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RCC FRINGE THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE 15.02—17.03.2019
YES. WE HAVE KIDS SHOWS. YES. WE HAVE ROVING ENTERTAINMENT. BUT. MAYBE JUST BOOK A BABY SITTER.
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Amazing shows for your BRAT KIDS. Air-conditioned venues & real seats. Kids immersive entertainment. Freaking dinosaurs. Close to Museum, Art Gallery, Popeye + Paddle Boats. Elevated eats + ice cream. Did we mention the dinosaurs?
Winner of the Prix Benois de la Danse
PHYSICAL THEATRE
Out of Chaos ... Gravity & Other Myths
Carmen
Directed by Darcy Grant 27 Feb – 6 Mar / WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography by Johan Inger 8 – 10 Mar / AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
FAMILY / FRANCE
DANCE / FAMILY
Compagnie Non Nova
By Meryl Tankard Restless Dance Theatre
Foehn
DANCE / GERMANY
Dresden Semperoper Ballett
Zizanie
“Unimaginable spectacle... we couldn’t recommend it highly enough.” Culture Whisperer (UK)
Conceived and directed by Phia Ménard 13 – 17 Mar / AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“Exceptionally beautiful...” Robyn Archer 14 – 17 Mar / WORLD PREMIERE
17 DAYS | 23 AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVES | 70 EVENTS
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Creative Ambassador
WO R DS — Cassandra Kerr PHOTOS — Meaghan Coles
When you hear the name Gavin Wanganeen, you immediately think - Port Power legend. However, in addition to his many on-field accolades and legendary AFL status, Gavin is also father to 5 gorgeous children, Mia, Tex, Kitty, Lulu and Posey, husband to the very sweet Pippa and now in his second life, carving out a beautiful career as an acclaimed contemporary visual artist. His pieces are not only aesthetically appealing, but they take you to a place
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beyond the here and now, as Gavin explores links to his Aboriginal heritage and the Kokatha people through his art. He was recently announced as an Ambassador for The Fringe and we were so thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down and chat all things Arts, Adelaide and The Fringe with Gavin and his lovely wife Pippa.
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What is your favourite Fringe memory? When I first came back to Adelaide after being away in South Africa and then Melbourne for a few years, I co-hosted an online show that covered the Adelaide Fringe; Fringe TV. It was so fun to be back in Adelaide, connecting with other artists and performers (many of whom I studied with at Uni) and covering all the shows. I did a story on a beautiful show that was held at the Adelaide Gaol, and I included a little piece with my cute stepchildren; Mia and Tex. They were so young then, and I remember how magical it was seeing their eyes open up to the wonder of the Arts scene. Now, I get to continue the wonder with my three little girls, who are also great supporters of the Arts and the Adelaide Fringe.
How did you get involved with the Adelaide Fringe and what about your role are you most excited about? Now that I am being recognised as a Contemporary Indigenous Artist, it has been such an honour to be embraced by the wider Arts community, including the Adelaide Fringe Festival. I’m just so thrilled to be able to represent visual artists, but most importantly the Indigenous community, through my role as Ambassador.
What are you looking forward to seeing this year? All of it, but particularly Yabarra, Gathering Of Light! It is just the most wonderful time to be in Adelaide, and to enjoy the best of South Australia. The local and International performers bring an incredible vibe to the city, and I love going to as many shows as I can. You must be very excited that Gavin has been recognised as an Arts Ambassador for the Fringe this year, how does his art influence the family? Gavin’s transition from AFL player to Artist is such a wonderful story, and we are all so proud of him. It’s been fantastic to see him supported and embraced by the Arts community, particularly with his appointment as an Ambassador of the Adelaide Fringe (my favourite festival IN THE WORLD)! Gavin’s Art, has given our family more connection to his Aboriginal culture, and has opened up conversations about his incredible family history. His art allows us to honour and celebrate his Aboriginal heritage. Do you have a creative outlet that you can share with us? I have always been a lover of fashion, travel and the arts! They bring me great joy, and through them I am constantly inspired to create. I love styling interiors, children’s fashion, and pulling looks together for myself too. I love that platforms such as Instagram give us an opportunity to engage with each of these creative outlets, everyday. Have the kids inherited Gavin’s artistic genes? Haha I think they have inherited his sporting AND artistic genes! But, time will tell!
Adelaide really comes alive during the Fringe festival and the buzz it creates is indescribable. What is your favourite Fringe memory? When our youngest daughter Posey was only 7 days old, Pippa and I decided to take all 5 children into The Garden, for dinner and to see some shows together. It was wonderful to enjoy being together as a family, in such a vibrant and exciting space. I can’t remember what shows we saw (we were pretty sleep deprived) but I will never forget how happy we all were to be at the Adelaide Fringe with our newest tiny family member! Top show to see with kids?
When did your passion for art surface? A few years after my football career ended, my wife Pippa encouraged me to finish a painting I had begun but never finished, many years before. I finished it, and started painting more and haven’t looked back since. I love how it brings me closer to my culture, and I have learned so much about my family history during this time. What inspires you? I paint about the stars and the night sky. I imagine I am sitting up in the highest point in the universe, looking down through the stars, to Country. My Great Grandfather lived an incredible and challenging life, and his courage, grace and humility are a huge inspiration to me, and my art.
Bubble Show How does the Fringe support Indigenous culture? The Adelaide Fringe has always showcased incredible Indigenous talent and venues, through their continued support of groups like Yellaka, Djuki Mala, and a number of other Indigenous artists in various artistic fields.
"Their decision to include
me as an ambassador, is so humbling and a further example of their commitment to supporting Indigenous Culture.
I cannot wait to see the Opening Ceremony which will be a phenomenal celebration of Indigenous Culture, one you will not want to miss!
Do you create art at home with the kids? Yes! The little girls have thrown their toys, fingers and clothes into my artworks, and it all adds special character and story to the work! They have grown up watching me paint at the kitchen table, and I feel it is a great way for them to learn about their Kokatha heritage.
As Fringe aficionados through and through, their love for the arts scene and The Fringe is evident, so we trust their guidance on what shows not to miss! Gavin and Pippa share with us their top picks from this years guide. • YABARRA- GATHERING OF LIGHT
• BEN HART: THE NUTSHELL
• BY A THREAD
• SPICE RACK
• PSS PSS
You can follow the Wanganeens and their Fringe adventures on: @pippawanganeen + @gavinwanganeenart — gavinwanganeenart.com.au
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presents
The Colour of Time Artonik FRANCE
A joyous, processional kaleidoscope of dance, music and colour, Artonik returns to WOMADelaide after four years of international touring. Proudly sponsored by Bank Australia.
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KIDZONE
KidZone is WOMADelaide’s dream destination for children, packed with enough nature-play activities, stories, singing, dancing, education and adventure to keep all young WOMADelaideans and their adults happy. From arts and crafts sessions, story-telling, explorations of Kaurna culture and amazing museum discoveries to loose-parts nature play and interactive entertainment, KidZone caters for kids 12 and under in a fun and engaging family-friendly environment.
Kiddo Silent Disco
Stratco Parenting Room Sometimes parents need a retreat with their little ones. Situated next to St John’s, the Stratco Parenting Room provides baby changing facilities, a microwave, feeding chairs for nursing parents and more.
Adelaide City Libraries Book Nook Thanks to Penguin Books and Adelaide City Libraries, the Book Nook is the perfect place for some down time during WOMADelaide. Children’s books, reading sessions and music streaming through headphones make this a place to read, relax and refresh.
isco silent d
You bring the moves and we’ll bring the music…and the headphones. For the first time, kids and their adults can dance like nobody’s listening in KidZone at the Kiddo Silent Disco. Daggy dads are permitted to dance in the company of a responsible kid.
CITY LIBRARIES
FREE FRUIT!
Thanks to Adelaide Central Market all kids will be treated to delicious FREE fruit at KidZone.
SA Museum Explorers’ Tent
Evelyn Roth’s Nylon Zoo
Join the South Australian Museum to discover the Tree of Life and the wonders of our natural world. Follow the path of evolution from the first organisms to the amazingly complex variety of life we see around us today.
Story Time with Peter Helliar
A WOMADelaide favourite, Evelyn Roth’s inflatable Nylon Zoo celebrates 23 years at the festival with her latest pop-up storytheatre creation – Mama Southern Right Whale, Shamrock, and her baby, Clover. Inside the whales’ bellies, kids will discover a new world of stories, costumes, dancing and parades, conceived and designed by one of Adelaide’s most treasured living artists.
The Nature Village by Climbing Tree
As well as being one of Australia’s favourite comedians and co-host of The Project, Peter Helliar is the author of the hilarious best-selling Frankie Fish series of books for children. Join Peter on Saturday and Sunday for some laughs, Frankie Fish pranks and time travelling adventures from his latest Frankie Fish book.
Adelaide’s best nature-play playground creators, Climbing Tree, transform KidZone into an incredible nature-play oasis. Filled with kid-sized woven huts, cubby building and much more, the nature village provides children the freedom to explore, create and reconnect with nature.
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The Talking Trees – SAYarts
Uncle Stevie’s Kaurna Classroom
After years of gruelling botanical and technological research, it’s been discovered that trees CAN TALK! And Botanic Park is home to some of the chattiest trees in the country. Talking Trees is a ground-breaking event allowing kids to have a face-to-trunk chat with some WOMADelaide leafy giants. It’s as easy as falling off a log; all you have to do is talk!
The Kaurna people are the original inhabitants of the Adelaide Plains and their culture and songlines enrich everyone’s experience of place. In honour of one of Adelaide’s great Kaurna educators, the late Stevie Goldsmith, Uncle Stevie’s Kaurna Classroom is a place where kids can have fun learning about Kaurna culture and language with Kaurna educators on Kaurna country.
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WOMADELAIDE TALKS
WOMADelaide’s International Women’s Day address Hosted by Annabel Crabb and delivered by Natasha Stott Despoja at 6pm on Friday night, WOMADelaide’s International Women’s Day address will be one of the talk highlights of the festival. Left: Annabel Crabb. Right: Natasha Stott Despoja.
Supported by Indaily.
As the youngest woman ever to enter the Australian Federal Parliament at 26, Natasha Stott Despoja has had an equally inspiring post-politics career. Her unwavering work towards gender equality has seen her take on roles including Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, and founding Chair of domestic violence organisation Our Watch.
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THE PLANET TALKS Generously supported by the Paradice Family Foundation.
We don’t shy away from the big questions at WOMADelaide, and one of the biggest facing humanity today is: How do we create a sustainable relationship with the planet? Over three afternoons, The Planet Talks forums will again host some of the world’s great thinkers, activists, scientists and leaders in engaging and inspiring conversations.
Top: Brian Pickles, Monica Gagliano, Gavin McIntyre, Fran Kelly, Patricia Karvelas, Cécile Godde. Left: Matthew Evans, First Dog on the Moon, Bunna Lawrie, Angie Plummer, Jodie Rummer.
The 2019 Planet Talks line-up includes: • Brian Pickles, pioneering treecommunication ecologist from the University of Reading • Monica Gagliano, ground-breaking plant cognition researcher and evolutionary ecologist • Gavin McIntyre, founder and chief scientist of Ecovative – a New York-based advanced materials company, designing sustainable mycelium biofabricated materials • Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, Radio National broadcasters and presenters of ABC Radio National’s The Party Room podcast • Cécile Godde, award-winning Food Systems scientist at CSIRO and The University of Queensland • Matthew Evans, author, food documentary maker, farmer and host of SBS TV’s Gourmet Farmer • First Dog on the Moon, Walkley Award-winning national treasure and cartoonist for The Guardian / 38
• Bunna Lawrie, Whale Song man, Mirning Elder and founding member/ lead singer of Coloured Stone • Angie Plummer, CEO of Less Meat Less Heat • Jodie Rummer, Associate Professor, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Join them and other guests in discussions about tree communication and cognition, mycotecture, biofabrication and the magic of mushrooms; tackling global warming by changing the meat industry and meat consumption; the politics of climate change; the fight for the Bight against big oil and a special presentation of First Dog on the Moon’s Guide to Living Through the Impending Apocalypse and How to Stay Nice Doing It. Supported by City of Adelaide.
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7 Stages; 44 Countries; 65 Groups! 5AngryMen AUSTRALIA Adrian Eagle AUSTRALIA Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet POLAND/UK Amaru Tribe AUSTRALIA Amjad Ali Khan & the ASO INDIA/AUSTRALIA Angélique Kidjo BENIN Arrived SPAIN/LITHUANIA Artonik FRANCE Baloji DR CONGO/BELGIUM The Bamboos AUSTRALIA BCUC SOUTH AFRICA Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino ITALY Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir AUSTRALIA Christine and the Queens FRANCE Compagnie BiLBobaSSo FRANCE Cool Out Sun AUSTRALIA The Correspondents UK Dangerous Song & Bukhu AUSTRALIA/MONGOLIA Danny Krivit USA Digital Afrika AUSTRALIA DJ Harvey UK DJ SAMA’ PALESTINE Dona Onete BRAZIL DuOuD TUNISIA/ALGERIA Fatoumata Diawara MALI Gwenno WALES Harts AUSTRALIA Jamie Smith’s MABON WALES Janis Claxton Dance UK Jason Heerah & Otentik Groove MAURITIUS John Butler Trio AUSTRALIA Julia Jacklin AUSTRALIA Kaiit AUSTRALIA/PNG Khruangbin USA La Dame Blanche CUBA LaBrassBanda GERMANY Las Cafeteras MEXICO/USA Le Phun FRANCE Leftfield UK Liz Phair USA Lord Echo NEW ZEALAND Maalem Hamid El Kasri MOROCCO Maarja Nuut & Ruum ESTONIA The Maes AUSTRALIA Mambali AUSTRALIA María Pagés Compañía SPAIN Marrugeku AUSTRALIA Mojo Juju AUSTRALIA/PHILIPPINES My Baby NETHERLANDS/NEW ZEALAND Olivier Grossetête FRANCE Ollie English AUSTRALIA The Original Gypsies FRANCE Punctum’s Public Cooling House AUSTRALIA Rebetien GREECE The Seven Ups AUSTRALIA Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar GERMANY Sharon Shannon Band IRELAND Silkroad Ensemble VARIOUS Sona Jobarteh THE GAMBIA Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe TAIWAN Tara Tiba IRAN/AUSTRALIA TEEKS NEW ZEALAND Thando AUSTRALIA/ZIMBABWE Thelma Plum AUSTRALIA Timberwolf AUSTRALIA Tkay Maidza ZIMBABWE/AUSTRALIA Ukulele Death Squad AUSTRALIA Yohai Cohen Quintet ISRAEL/AUSTRALIA Zephyr Quartet AUSTRALIA PLUS: The Planet Talks, Artists In Conversation, Taste The World, Installations, Street Theatre, Global Village, Workshops and KidZone.
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