OzAsia

Please join us for OzAsia Festival 2009 - an annual celebration of Australia and Asian cultures offering a range of creative delights.

Visit ozasiafestival.com.au to view the full program.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

     
Journey To The West

Journey to the West
The adventures of the Monkey King
Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe of China

Featuring 60 performers and stunning sets, Journey to the West is an awe-inspiring acrobatic spectacular for the whole family.

5 & 6 October
Festival Theatre
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The Peals of Thunder
TaikOz featuring William Barton & Riley Lee

A unique blend of drum and didgeridoo, TaikOz explores the synthesis of East and West, old and new.

8 October
Her Majesty's Theatre
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The Peals of Thunder
     
bahok

bahok
Akram Khan Company
An exploration of individual cultural stories that reveal a universal truth

bahok is dance and storytelling inspired by the exploration of cultural identity in a globalised world.

Presented in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's Pivot(al) program

16 & 17 October
Festival Theatre
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Woyzeck
Sadari Movement Laboratory
An 1830s expressionist masterpiece takes a Korean physical form.

Woyzeck is a timeless exploration of human jealously and dehumanisation.

7 - 9 October
Space Theatre
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Woyzeck
     
En Trance

En Trance
Yumi Umiumare
Unearthly dance to fascinate and transport

Umiumare takes us from unsettling moments of physical extremity to magical images of reflective serenity.

13 & 14 October
Space Theatre
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Into the Fire

A musical journey rich in power, beauty and originality

Experience the unique blend of Western jazz and South Indian Carnatic tradition.

Presented in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's trans:mission program

10 October
Festival Theatre
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Into The Fire
     
Kochi

Kochi (East Wind)
A chamber music series

Join some of Australia's finest and boldly original chamber music groups in a beautiful intimate setting surrounded by the OzAsia Festival's Following Threads exhibition in the Artspace Gallery.

Jouissance: 9 Oct
Trio d'anche Suave & Gabriella Smart: 11 Oct
On the Wings of a Butterfly: 17 Oct
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Kua Etnika
Raised from the roots - breaking through borders

Drawing influence from a thousand islands as far away as Europe and New York, Indonesia's most prominent contemporary gamelan ensemble is world music at its finest. Communication through the rhythms of Gamelan.

16 & 17 October
Space Theatre
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Kua Etnika
     
Animania

Animania Festival
Giant robots, samurai, school girls with magical powers, cat-girls and more!

One of Australia's foremost popular culture events celebrating anime and manga comes to Adelaide for the first time.

Presented in association with Aurora Entertainment

10 October
Banquet Room, Lyrics & Piano Bar
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For Food Manga bookings, please click here

For OzAsia on Screen and Hong Kong on Screen bookings, please click here

For all other information, please visit ozasiafestival.com.au

     

Presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre