Tickets to Darwin Festival’s first 10 shows go on sale
Tickets to 10 of Darwin Festival’s shows have gone on sale today.
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TICKETS to 10 of Darwin Festival’s shows have gone on sale today.
The annual arts, music and culture festival in August will welcome artists from around the country for the 18-day event. Tickets available for purchase include circus act Gravity & Other Myths’ The Pulse, dance performance Jurrungu Ngan-ga, comedian Ivan Aristeguieta and an opera performance Carmen.
Darwin Festival chief executive James Gough said the small drop of acts before the full release on June 18 meant people could start planning.
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“We know that festivals and events are an important driver for interstate visitation to Darwin in August and we are well positioned to provide an exceptional experience this year,” he said.
Darwin Festival artistic director Felix Preval said this year’s program would combine homegrown talent with national acts.
“Add to that two of the biggest commissions in Darwin Festival history and it’s set to be one of our most ambitious yet,” he said.
To book, go to darwinfestival.org.au
Here are the details for the first set of shows announced for the Darwin Festival 2021:
It all kicks off with the free, family-friendly Santos Opening Night Concert, which this year sees The Amphitheatre transformed into a meeting place of dance, song and ritual for Buŋgul. Celebrate the music and culture of Gurrumul and the people of North East Arnhem Land in a live performance of Gurrumul’s final album, Djarrimirri by Yolŋu dancers and songmen and the Darwin Symphony Orchestra.
This work is one of the largest ever co-commissions in Darwin Festival history.
Presented free of charge for the only time during its national tour, the Festival is delighted to be bringing such an important cultural work to audiences in the Territory.
Reserve for your free ticket today via the Darwin Festival website.
Gravity & Other Myths’ The Pulse is an exhilarating spectacle that will leave audience mouths agape.
This epic circus production is unlike anything Darwin has ever seen before and features 30 acrobats performing heart-stopping stunts and incredible feats of strength, accompanied by the spine-tingling vocals of a live 22-person choir.
The impressive work is the second of the two incredible co-commissioned works by Darwin Festival included in the 2021 program and was developed by artists throughout 2020.
Renowned intercultural dance theatre company Marrugeku celebrates 25 years with a powerful and provocative new work that brings them back to the NT for the first time in many years. Challenging, joyful and deeply affecting, Jurrungu Ngan-ga – literally translated as ‘Straight Talk’ – confronts Australia’s shameful fixation with incarceration in a world premiere performance featuring movement, spoken word, installation and an original musical soundscape.
Theatre lovers are spoiled for choice with the release of two stunning shows.
The story of Nauru and the plight of asylum seekers who found themselves there is the subject of the compelling and unsettling theatre work We All Know What’s Happening. Performed by children, this thoroughly entertaining show is part school musical, part history lesson and part political probe.
While Ilbigerri Theatre Company’s Heart is a Wasteland combines First Peoples storytelling with live music, in a whisky-fuelled love story that takes place on the road from Darwin to Alice.
Australia’s favourite Venezuelan, Ivan Aristeguieta (Channel 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention, Best Comedy Nominee, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021), has survived lockdown and is bringing his hilarious new show (and infectious grin) to the Top End.
From the artist who delighted (and shocked) Darwin audiences as the larger-than-life Yana Alana, comes The Legend of Queen Kong a queer, comic, sci-fi rock odyssey of meteoric proportions, bursting with hilarious pop culture references, mind-blowing visual projections and unforgettable original music.
And with live Auslan and captioning, the show is fully accessible to deaf and hard of
hearing audiences.
Pitjantjatjara/Torres Strait Islander woman and superstar in waiting Miiesha. Inspired by the sounds of RnB, gospel and soul, this incredible young singer-songwriter has a voice that just has to be heard – as much for her velvety vocals as for her important message.
Dance lovers are in for a real treat as Sydney Dance Company bring their thrilling combination of modern ballet, yoga and contemporary movement to Darwin Entertainment Centre, where they are joined live on stage by the Australian String Quartet performing a score by The National’s Bryce Dessner.
And Bizet’s iconic opera, Carmen, comes to life at Darwin Entertainment Centre in a vibrant
new production with Opera Australia’s singers, a live chamber orchestra and a children’s chorus drawn from the Darwin community.
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