Choose your own adventure 4—8 SEPTEMBER 2013 LAUNCESTON
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Choose your own adventure 4—8 SEPTEMBER 2013 LAUNCESTON
Choose your own adventure 4—8 SEPTEMBER 2013 LAUNCESTON CIVIC SQUARE & CBD a INTERACTIVE/MUSIC CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Welcome to the 2013 Junction Arts Festival. Join us over five days on an adventure of curious experiences, world-class performances by local, national and international artists, and shows that have been created specifically for Launceston with you, our audience. Wander through spaces and places you’ve never been, row across the Esk River, unearth the city’s most unconventional theatre venues, be a part of making a western, witness amazing feats of dare-devil bravado, journey through the CBD on a poetry hunt or follow a wedge of swans, reveal what happens in the dark, and listen for the sounds of dogs and boats and airplanes. What adventures will you choose? See you at the Festival. Natalie De Vito Festival Director Ian Pidd Artistic Director OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS Welcome to the fantastic program of events for the 2013 Junction Arts Festival. This year’s Festival promises to once again bring the delights of contemporary art, music and performance to the heart of the city of Launceston. A key part of Junction’s success has been its ability to outreach and enable opportunities for people to actively participate in unique, sitespecific performances that place the audience at the centre of the experience. Junction creates and inspires innovative collaborations and leverages tourism and business opportunities that extend beyond the five days of the Festival. Over the past three years, Junction Arts Festival has significantly grown and established itself in Launceston, continuing its focus to present world-class performances for the people of Tasmania and its visitors. The Tasmanian Government is pleased to continue supporting Junction Arts Festival and I encourage you to participate in this outstanding event. Enjoy the show! Lara Giddings Premier, Tasmania Join us at the free Official Opening at The Junc Room at Civic Square and celebrate the launch of the 2013 Festival. The Opening kicks off at 6:30pm, and witness the first of a series of competitions of The Beep Test of Imaginary Beings. If you feel up for the challenge, get ready to run. Treat your senses to a night of spectacular live music and a few surprise performances. Get ready to party into the wee hours. Enjoy live music, performances, installations, children’s activities, artist talks, a full licensed bar, gourmet food and more at this year’s Junction Arts Festival. It all starts at Civic Square. DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 September, 6:30pm, The Junc Room, Civic Square FREE, All welcome THE ARRIVALS LOUNGE & CAFÉ Make the Arrivals Lounge your first stop at this year’s Festival. Relax and enjoy great coffee and fresh gourmet meals by Garden of Vegan and ABakery. Soak up the sun on lounge chairs, beanbags, or grab a café table and relax the afternoon and evening away with a coffee or glass of wine. It’s the perfect place to meet and mingle with friends and family, or stop by before or after a performance. DATE/TIME It has been an absolute privilege to inherit the role of Chairman and President of Junction Arts Festival after just a short time on the Board. What you’re holding in your hands is a roadmap to some of our state’s finest arts practitioners. You would be astounded with how a festival of this magnitude runs on such lean resources. It comes down to three things; dedicated and hard-working staff and leadership by Natalie De Vito our Festival Director, the amazing generosity of our wonderful festival volunteers, and the committed work of our incredibly high calibre, purely volunteer board. Yes, the Junction Arts Festival has rolled into town for 2013, and promises to be another tour de force of sight, sound and colour. Unbridled thanks must be extended to our sponsors and supporters who’s financial and in-kind contribution enables us to present such a exciting, diverse, collaborative and participatory program. Our city becomes a truly dynamic and rich environment in which to live when events like Junction, and the other wonderful sporting, musical and artistic events are held to engage and capture the imagination of the visitors to our city and those of us who live here. I hope this year’s Festival brings you joy, intrigues you, challenges you, inspires you and makes you feel something that you may not have experienced before! Steve Henty Chair, Junction Arts Festival The Launceston City Council is a very proud supporter of this event, which has grown significantly in the past three years and is now firmly established as a vibrant, creative and exciting artistic showcase for Tasmania. The council is committed to developing quality events in the region which take advantage of our dynamic cultural sector. Along with its importance as a fun event for the wider community, this event also allows our own creative and innovative people to display their talents to a large audience. It also allows those artists to meet other likeminded people, to be inspired, to learn new techniques, and new ways of thinking. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you the reader to this year’s Junction Arts Festival. I hope you’ll be inspired. Alderman Albert Van Zetten Mayor, Launceston City Council 2 WELCOME VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au Wednesday 4 September, 5pm–11pm Thursday 5 – Friday 6 September, 10am–11pm Saturday 7 September, 10am–11pm Sunday 8 September, 10am–6pm FREE, All welcome SUPPORTED BY: FESTIVAL FOOD & DRINK What could be better than enjoying a drink under the stars, or a gourmet lunch lounging at Civic Square, or tantalising snacks from roaming food vans in a park, or delicious experimental twists on traditional recipes prepared by some of the city’s most respected restaurants and chefs? Only during the Festival, savour Tasmania’s great produce at this junction of seasons and enjoy creative delights and experimental dishes by Launceston’s finest innovative food producers and culinary artists. Visit The Junc Room for our fully licenced Big Top bar, hang out at the Arrivals Lounge for gourmet lunches and snacks, follow our roaming performances to catch pop-up food vans by Wanderlust and Taco de Pancho. Take advantage of exclusive experimental cuisine dinner and show experiences at Black Cow Bistro, Fresh on Charles, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Pierre’s and Stillwater. Check the website and social media for details. BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets OPENING NIGHT / THE ARRIVALS / FOOD & DRINK 3 Image by Laura Ripoll Image by Bill Burns DOGS AND BOATS AND AIRPLANES CHILDREN’S CHOIR Bill Burns and Big Pond Small Fish (Toronto, Canada) Commissioned and produced by Junction Arts Festival Enter the world of children’s thoughts. Laugh out loud to a funny, non-verbal, outstanding choral performance. Dogs and Boats and Airplanes Children’s Choir is the world premiere of a collaborative artwork performed by a children’s choir of 100 voices. This Choir simulates non-verbal sounds of animals and the industrialised world, composed entirely of vocalisations of the sounds of dogs and boats and airplanes, playing with the traditional verbal narrative of a choral work as well as 20th century sound art, and challenging what the subject of art can be. This participatory project engages 100 local children aged 8-12 in the creation of the story, or libretto, of the choral work. Another 50 children create the background art set: visual props, floats, dramatic set and lighting design presented on stage and culminating in a live public performance entirely devised and created by them. The Choir is made up of students from Mowbray Heights Primary, Ravenswood Heights Primary, Scotch Oakburn College Junior School and St. Leonards Primary. “A DOG WALKS ALONG THE BEACH, GOES FOR A SWIM, COMES OUT OF THE WATER, SHAKES, DRINKS SOME MILK. A BARGE PASSES. LATER A GROUP OF DOGS COMES ALONG YELPING AND HOWLING. FINALLY AN F18 FLIES OVER.” Now Magazine, Toronto DATE/TIME Friday 6 September, 1:30pm School Matinée Friday 6 September, 7pm 55 minutes VENUE The Princess Theatre, 57 Brisbane Street Map 5 TICKETS Full Children (under 12) Family Pass 2 Full/3 Children School Matinée (Child) $20 $15 $45 $5 ONE DAY TWICE Mudlark Theatre (Launceston) Produced by Mudlark Theatre in association with Junction Arts Festival Defying impossibility and risking failure in exchange for the adrenalin-rush of breathtaking success, Mudlark Theatre tests the limits of creativity under an unbelievable deadline. For One Day Twice, Mudlark Theatre presents four new and distinct performances over two unstoppable and break-neck 24-hour events at two very out-of-the-ordinary venues. Mudlark challenges its artists to high-octane performances Junction-style: secret performance venues, unusual spaces, unorthodox stage design, electric performers, gob-smacked audiences, live music, and more. Playwrights write all night and hand over new scripts to the directors and actors who start rehearsal at 7am, and the production crew steps in mid-afternoon. The lights go up and the scripts go down when the audience arrives at 8pm. “OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES, SOME FUNNY, FUNNY WRITING, A COUPLE OF OUTLANDISH IDEAS, CLEVER DIRECTION… LIVE THEATRE HAS A FUTURE…” Jonathan Pedler, on One Day 7 DATE/TIME Series #1 (Play 1 & Play 2) Launch: Wednesday 4 September, 6pm Performance: Thursday 5 September, 8pm Series #2 (Play 3 & Play 4) Launch: Friday 6 September 6pm Performance: Saturday 7 September, 8pm 60 minutes VENUE Public Launches at the Junc Room. Secret performance venues are revealed at the Public Launches and at the Box Office for both performances. TICKETS Full Concession NOTES Not suitable for under 5 SUPPORTED BY Public Launches $25 $20 FREE SUPPORTED BY Launceston City Council Kings Bridge Cottage Artist in Residence Program ® This project was funded by the Community Support Levy through the Tasmanian Government 4 INTERACTIVE / MUSIC VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets THEATRE / INTERACTIVE 5 Image courtesy Richard Anderson Image courtesy Toby Farrow WATCH ME FALL Action Hero (Bristol, UK) A WESTERN Action Hero (Bristol, UK) Watch Me Fall is for the daredevils. It questions our obsession with those who attempt the impossible, the futility of their attempts and their inevitable fall from grace. It is an intimate, yet epic, performance that explores the relationship between audience and event, the nature of risk and the complicity of the audience in increasingly violent and questionable acts in the name of entertainment. “If at any point you see me on fire, don’t try and help, just stand well back and wait for my own people to be there.” - Action Hero Sit back and watch them fall - the degree of interaction is up to you, but fun is guaranteed in the Australian premiere of a thrilling, thought-provoking miniaturisation of macho American daredevilry. Action Hero’s performance draws on footage of Evel Knievel jumps, interviews with Niagara Falls daredevils, the speeches of American Presidents and transcripts from Chuck Yeager’s supersonic flights. They go over in a barrel and hit the ramp at 144 km/h. They clear 10 double-decker buses and they are not stopping until every last son-of-a-bitch in the place is cheering them on. Together with their audience, in their Australian premiere, Action Hero reclaims the chaotic halfarsed Western as our own and celebrates the failure of generic heroes, cheap whores and the all-American idol. The Hero walks into the bar and everyone stops talking. The whore begs to be loved. The Hero dies a long and drawn-out death. Action Hero is looking for an audience to make A Western together. Come and be part of a performance FOR a bar where Action Hero will locate the valley, the saloon and the empty street within the space. Join them and cheat at cards, beg the Hero to love you, and shoot them down. There is ketchup blood. They wear cowboy hats. 6 INTERACTIVE / THEATRE “VERY SMART, BRASH AND BRUTALLY ABSURD.” “SEE WHY THIS MAVERICK COMPANY, WITH ITS ENGAGING DIY AESTHETIC, IS ATTRACTING SO MUCH ATTENTION. WATCH ME FALL IS ABOUT AN OBSESSION TO GO HIGHER, FASTER AND LIVE MORE DANGEROUSLY.” The Guardian DATE/TIME Friday 6 September, 9pm Saturday 7 September, 9pm 55 minutes VENUE The Handle Bar, 33 Frederick Street Map 13 TICKETS Full Concession “ACTION HERO’S A WESTERN INFAMOUSLY SHOT DOWN ALL THOSE HOLLYWOOD MYTHS OF THE WILD WEST IN COLD BLOOD AND LOTS OF TOMATO KETCHUP.” The Guardian DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 September, 9pm Thursday 5 September, 9pm 50 minutes VENUE Lloyds Hotel, 23 George Street Map 10 TICKETS Full Concession $25 $20 NOTE Due to venue licensing requirements this show is for 18+. $25 $20 NOTE Due to venue licensing requirements this show is for 18+. Some swearing. VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets INTERACTIVE / THEATRE 7 Image courtesy Chris Crerar Image courtesy Max Milne THE STREAM / THE BOAT / THE SHORE / THE BRIDGE Dan Koop & Co. (Melbourne) Produced by Junction Arts Festival The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge is a live public artwork along and across the North Esk River. Dan Koop returns to Launceston to ask a raft of hard questions while journeying overland and voyaging in a rowboat. Inspired by “what if?” scenarios and lateral thinking puzzles, participants make their own journey around and over the North Esk River. With events and activities at each site, you contribute your thoughts, choices and actions to decide how best to cross the river and reach the city. See the site through new eyes from unexpected vantage points, to create an imaginative overlay upon a city space. You are invited to converse and reflect about how to use and share limited resources whilst enjoying a new perspective of the city from the water, an experience that will change the way you see Launceston. “THE WORK ASKS THE AUDIENCE TO GIVE AS MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO THE WORK AS THEY HOPE TO GET OUT OF IT, AND KOOP PLAYS WONDERFULLY WITH THE BALANCE OF PUSHING PAST BARRIERS WITHOUT CAUSING DISCOMFORT.” RealTime DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 – Sunday 8 September 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm 75 minutes VENUE Kings Bridge ticket booth Map 7 TICKETS Full Concession $30 $25 PERFORMANCE / INTERACTIVE Returning after sold-out performances at Junction 2012, en route is a pedestrian-based live art experience, meticulously designed to unfold a love- letter to Launceston, revealing a space where the public and the private, the imaginative and the concrete, intersect. Guided by directions and instructions made up of snippets of narrative, musings, music, dialogue and philosophy using audio, mobile phone communication, urban streetscapes, walking, passers-by and cafés, en route is a seductive solo journey through the city and often, the hearts, minds and perceptions of the participants. en route has been presented at some of the largest festivals and events in the world including the London Cultural Olympiad 2012, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010, and Adelaide Fringe Festival 2010. NOTE Suitable for 13+. This work requires you to move, engage and respond. Part of the work involves being rowed across the river by the artist. Please contact the Box Office prior to booking for more information regarding accessibility. This is an outdoor event – please dress appropriately for the weather. “…REVELATORY. I GUARANTEE YOU’LL SEE THIS CITY IN A WAY YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. EN ROUTE IS STRANGELY EMPOWERING: YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE FINALLY — FINALLY — SPENDING AN ACTUAL HOUR OR TWO IN THE SERVICE OF SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.” ★★★★ Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune DATE/TIME Monday 2 – Saturday 7 September 9:30am, 12:30pm and 3:30pm 90 minutes TICKETS All tickets $40 Very limited. Book early to avoid disappointment. VENUE Launceston CBD NOTE Suitable for 13+. Please bring a mobile phone (fully charged) per person - it is not possible to do en route without one. Dress for the weather and walking. Central Launceston starting location is revealed via text message approx. 24hrs before your en route session begins. SUPPORTED BY SUPPORTED BY 8 EN ROUTE one step at a time like this (Melbourne) Originally produced by Junction Arts Festival and one step at a time like this in association with Sawtooth ARI and Richard Jordan Productions, UK, for the 2012 Junction Arts Festival VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets INTERACTIVE / THEATRE 9 Image courtesy Chris Crerar Image courtesy Sarah Walker BLINDSCAPE Skye Gellmann with Kieran Law, Thom Browning, Gareth Hart and Dylan Sale (Melbourne/Brisbane) Our personal technologies have become an extension of ourselves and Blindscape exploits that connection to engage its audience in a visceral environment that collapses real and imagined boundaries. Using a provided iPod Touch pre-loaded with the custom-designed Blindscape App, you enter the virtual world as you enter the performance space. The Blindscape App is a 3D audio-virtual reality. Through your participation in this virtual game, the light from your iPod Touch helps you to view spectacular and elusive fragments of a circus duet in this rare performance experience. “BLINDSCAPE TAKES PLACE IN NEAR DARKNESS, IN UNDERGROUND CAVERNS, ACROSS ROOFTOPS, BESIDE WATERFALLS AND UNDER THE OCEAN. THE AUDIENCE ARE FREE TO MOVE WHEREVER THEY LIKE, BUT ARE GUIDED BY SOUND QUEUES DELIVERED BY SMARTPHONE AS THEY SEARCH FOR LIGHT TO REVEAL THE PERFORMANCE HAPPENING AROUND AND AMONG THEM.” John Ellingsworth, Sideshow magazine DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 September, 7pm Thursday 5 September, 7pm Friday 6 September, 8pm Saturday 7 September, 2pm and 7pm Sunday 8 September, 2pm (Launceston) ABC Open is back with more video workshops, screenings and photo projects to get you out and about in Launceston and meeting the community. “If I really wanted to get you talking, what would I ask you about?” Get Me Talking is a video project using mobile devices that invites participants to create simple oneminute videos that capture the fascinating people who make up our Launceston community. Asking the same five questions of their subjects, participants seek out strangers and familiar faces alike. Get behind the camera and join us at the free workshops. No videography skills required! WORKSHOPS 75 minutes VENUE Launceston College, 107–119 Paterson Street Map 4 TICKETS Full Concession ABC OPEN $25 $20 NOTE Suitable for 13+. Audience members must be comfortable using an iPod Touch (which you are shown how to do). Some limited nudity, extreme darkness. SUPPORTED BY DATE/TIME Saturday 10 and Saturday 17 August 9:30am–12:30pm 3 hours VENUE LINC, Civic Square Map 1F NOTE Bring along your smartphone, tablet or video camera! SCREENING Don’t miss the screening of the Get Me Talking videos at The Junc Room. DATE/TIME Sunday 8 September, 11am 50 minutes VENUE The Junc Room, Civic Square Map 1A SNAPPED PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT Come check out a selection of Tassie’s best contributions from the Snapped Photographic Project. Drop by and meet ABC Open Producer, Leandro and find out more about how you can take part. DATE/TIME Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 September 12pm–4pm Drop in and out VENUE ABC Open Storytelling Tent, Civic Square Map 1D TICKETS FREE SUPPORTED BY CODAS C O M P U T E R S 10 INTERACTIVE / THEATRE VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets NEW MEDIA / INTERACTIVE / VISUAL ART 11 Image courtesy Chris Crerar Launceston LINC and Migrant Resource Centre Northern Tasmania (Launceston) Produced and presented by Junction Arts Festival After its 2012 packed out debut, the Launceston LINC’s ever popular baby and toddler program Rock & Rhyme and Storytime take up residence in the magical space of The Junc Room. For 2013, Junction brings together LINC Tasmania in collaboration with the MRC Northern Tasmania to create a cross-cultural event. Rock & Rhyme and Storytime transform and celebrate songs, rhymes and stories in English incorporating diverse cultures and languages of recent refugees and new migrants to our Launceston community from Bosnia, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal and African communities including Sierra Leone, Sudan and elsewhere. The performance is an interactive session for parents and carers and their babies and pre-schoolers, and includes songs, nursery rhymes, stories, musical instruments and lots of actions. Singing, reading and repeating rhymes with babies and children helps to develop their listening, memory and vocabulary skills, supporting educational development. TEMPORARY PLAYGROUND Produced by Junction Arts Festival Temporary Playground is just that, a temporary playground for toddlers installed in Civic Square, inspired by the wonders of AstroTurf, tiny picket fences, and a handful of milk crates and soft sculptural objects from everyday life. Temporary Playground continues Junction’s commitment to developing interesting, creative, playful and insightful spaces and programs for our youngest community members and their families. DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 September 6pm–10pm Thursday 5 – Saturday 7 September, 10am–10pm Sunday 8 September, 10am–6pm Drop in and out THE PHOTO MOBSTERS VENUE Civic Square Map 1 TICKETS FREE Suitable for 5 and under DATE/TIME Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 September 10am 60 minutes VENUE The Junc Room, Civic Square Map 1A TICKETS FREE SUPPORTED BY 12 LITERARY / MUSIC / INTERACTION / INSTALLATION Image by Chris Crerar MULTI-LINGUAL ROCK & RHYME AND STORYTIME Chris Crerar (Launceston) Produced and presented by Junction Arts Festival Chris Crerar, a renowned professional photographer and photojournalist trained and mentored a team of 12 local photographers for four weeks in the lead-up to the Festival. Reinterpreting the noble craft and high-intensity of photojournalism, Junction’s Photo Mobsters capture pre-festival sneak-peeks, behind-the-scenes outtakes, Festival performances, audiences, and the places, spaces and shenanigans that make the 2013 Festival. Catch the Photo Mobsters racing around Launceston and watch out for their daily photos projected around Civic Square and The Junc Room, or follow their travels and adventures on the Junction Arts Festival Blog. Strike a pose and smile! DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 - Sunday 8 September Drop in and out VENUE Around Launceston CBD and Junction Blog www.junctionartsfestival.com.au Check our Twitter and Facebook or visit our Info Booth at Civic Square for more details about projection times and venues TICKETS FREE SUPPORTED BY VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets VISUAL ARTS / INTERACTIVE 13 Image courtesy Chris Crerar Image courtesy Chris Crerar SO YOU THINK YOU CAN INTERPRETIVE DANCE? Junction Arts Festival in association with Stompin (Launceston) Who could ever tire of the spontaneous, outrageous and increasingly bizarre spectacle of So You Think You Can Interpretative Dance? Once again, one of the biggest and most anticipated hits of Junction Arts Festival is back by popular demand. It’s a dance competition for dancers good, bad and outright terrible, and for those who have found themselves busting a move at a party and thought, “I should be on stage!” So You Think You Can Interpretative Dance? features a motley crew of signed-up competitors showing off their most fabulous dance moves to a randomly chosen selection of overplayed hits and anthems. The internationally elite and overly opinionated panel of local dance experts includes Greg Leong from Theatre North, Andrew Palmer from Palmers Dance Studio, and Emma Porteus from Stompin. Come on Grandma! DATE/TIME Thursday 5 September, 6pm Performer Registration, 4:30pm Competitors and spectators of all ages welcome. 90 minutes VENUE The Junc Room, Civic Square Map 1A TICKETS FREE NOTE Fancy yourself as an interpretive dancer? Please arrive at The Junc Room at 4:30pm for registration and performer briefing. Performer numbers are limited so be early. SUPPORTED BY 14 INTERACTIVE / DANCE LIKE HYPE 2013 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD Salamanca Arts Centre (Hobart) in association with Junction Arts Festival Give away $5,000 and a place at the 2014 Junction Arts Festival. Like HyPe 2013 Audience Choice Award channels the zeitgeist of reality TV shows like “Australia’s Got Talent” and other competitive arenas where performing artists battle on stage for fame and fortune. The Like HyPe 2013 Audience Choice Award is voted by Junction Arts Festival audiences and presented to the artist with the most popular pitch idea. The Award includes $5,000 toward the development of their performance and a place in the 2014 Junction Arts Festival. Up to ten Tasmanian finalists will present five-minute pitches of cutting-edge, hybrid performances. Audience members vote on their favourite pitch and decide which artist’s work will be funded and presented at the 2014 Festival. PITCH PERFORMANCE DATE/TIME Saturday 7 September, 4pm 90 minutes VENUE The Junc Room, Civic Square Map 1A AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT Join us at The Junc Room to celebrate the close of the 2013 Festival and announcement of the Like HyPe 2013 Audience Choice Award winner. DATE/TIME Sunday 8 September, 6pm 20 minutes VENUE The Junc Room, Civic Square Map 1A TICKETS FREE SUPPORTED BY VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets THEATRE / INTERACTIVE 15 Image courtesy Ralf Haertel Image courtesy of Bruce Moyle Image courtesy of Malcolm Whittaker SWAN FLIGHT CRAZYSPOKENWEIRD Ralf Haertel (Launceston) with members of The Tasmanian Men’s Sheds Commissioned by Junction Arts Festival The Cold Volcanoes (Launceston) Commissioned by Junction Arts Festival Swan Flight is a participatory community engagement project created in partnership with the Tasmanian Men’s Shed Association. Ralf Haertel teamed up with Men’s Sheds from across Northern Tasmania, including Launceston, Norwood and Port Sorrell over the months leading up to Junction 2013. The ubiquitous tyre swans of 1950s post war Australian suburbia are back. The iconic sculptures that decorated front yard entranceways and gardens take a turn into the public realm and pay homage to the local black swans of Tasmania. Wander around Launceston and follow the wedge of 100 tyre swans as it migrates over the course of the Festival. DATE/TIME Wednesday 4 - Sunday 8 September Drop in and out VENUES Wednesday – City Park/Willis Street Map 9 Thursday – North Esk River Embankment Map 12 Friday – Royal Park Map 3A Saturday – Royal Park Map 3B Sunday – Civic Square Map 1 TICKETS FREE INSTALLATION DATE/TIME Thursday 5 September, 4:30pm Friday 6 September, 2pm Saturday 7 September, 9:30am (Preview), 1:30pm 55 minutes, Preview 15 minutes VENUE Launceston CBD. Start location: post boxes at 109 Brisbane Street Avenue Map 6 PREVIEW VENUE Harvest Market, corner of Tamar Street and Cimitiere Street Map 15 TICKETS FREE NOTE Meet and mingle at the post boxes on the Brisbane Street Avenue. Pedestrian, wheel, and stroller friendly. Frequent pauses. All ages. SUPPORTED BY SUPPORTED BY 16 In 1961, an accident during secret state government testing released some dangerous poems into the Launceston community. These poems have never been found though many have tried valiantly, often in very dangerous circumstances. Many rumours have abounded as to where they might be hiding and now, in 2013, The Cold Volcanoes believe they may be on the cusp of solving this decades-old dilemma. CrazySpokenWeird is an experience of poetry on the move. Follow a local coalition of three wordsmiths and musicians, otherwise known as The Cold Volcanoes, as they word their way through the nooks and crannies of the city, putting poetry performance on site, and within sight. Expect projections of voice and imagery from unexpected alcoves, bridges and fittings. VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets PERFORMANCE / LITERARY 17 Produced by Junction Arts Festival Enter the world of imaginary beings. Taking inspiration from Jorge Luis Borges’ iconic ‘Book of Imaginary Beings’ which contains descriptions of over 120 mythical creatures from folklore and literature, The Beep Test of Imaginary Beings pits these imaginary beings against each other in a full-throttle, heart-pumping series of beep test competitions staged in public places around Launceston’s CBD. Audience members are invited to take on an imaginary being and run the beep test, as live witty commentary covers the thrilling ridiculousness of Gryphon versus Minotaur versus Unicorn, as these imaginary beasts attempt to complete the infamous (and mostly hated) multi-stage fitness test. Local students, and members of the Migrant Resource Centre and Northern Suburbs Community Centre’s Senior’s Club collaborate to create the costumes. Who is fit enough to join Tasmania’s police force or keep up with David Beckham and complete all 21 levels? Orange slices and awards will be presented. Start level one now... “BLENDING THE NOSTALGIA OF A DEMEANING HIGH-SCHOOL PE RITUAL WITH THE WHIMSY OF JORGE LUIS BORGES’ BOOK OF IMAGINARY BEINGS MENAGERIE, IT MADE FOR AN ENTERTAINING AND UNUSUAL SPECTACLE.” (FasterLouder) DATE/TIME/VENUE Wednesday 4 September, 6:30pm Civic Square Map 1 Thursday 5 September, 1pm Princes Square Map 14 Friday 6 September, 1pm City Park Map 9 Saturday 7 September, 1pm Junction of St John Street and Brisbane Street at Mall Entrance Map 11 Sunday 8 September, 2pm Civic Square, followed by Final Awards Ceremony Map 1 INTERACTIVE / PERFORMANCE IGNORAMUS ANONYMOUS THE JAF DOG SHOW Malcolm Whittaker (Sydney) Produced by Junction Arts Festival In playful reaction to a society intent on making and being experts, Ignoramus Anonymous was devised as the supportive space where not knowing and not understanding can be safely confessed. Without getting too serious, join artist Malcolm Whittaker to revel in what we do not know and that which we do not know that we do not know. Sit in the traditional support group circle where all those who are willing to share their limitations are welcome. Ignoramus Anonymous is the space to ask questions and receive support for all that we do not know or understand, including something from the news or current affairs, or even your recent trip to MONA. Bring YOUR dog to Royal Park and compete in Junction’s inaugural Dog Show! The Westminster Kennel Club meets a cabaret show in this playful, potentially chaotic, canine competition open to every pooch and their favourite guardian. We prize the Mutt over the Mannequin, Rover over Royce, and Personality over Pedigree. Competition categories may include: Best Trick, Best Dressed Dog and Guardian, Best Dog Disguised as Another Animal, and Least Obedient…. Sure to be fun. No cats. Sunday 8 September, 11am Sawtooth ARI Map 8 TICKETS FREE 60 minutes VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au DATE/TIME Saturday 7 September, 3pm 60 minutes DATE/TIME/VENUE Saturday 7 September, 11am Launceston LINC Map 1F 20 minutes NOTE Arrive 15 minutes before performance time to grab your costume and participate. 18 Image courtesy of The Village - Falls Image courtesy of Malcolm Whittaker BEEP TEST OF IMAGINARY BEINGS Malcolm Whittaker (Sydney) TICKETS FREE (limited spaces) BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets REGISTRATION 2:30pm VENUE Royal Park, Boardwalk side Map 3 TICKETS FREE NOTE Registrations open 30 mins before show time! All dogs must be on leash. INTERACTIVE / PERFORMANCE 19 THE JUNC ROOM Join us at our Festival Club, Launceston’s hottest annual pop-up live music venue, The Junc Room. Transforming Launceston’s Civic Square with a big, bright, Big Top Circus Tent, walk through the curtain door and enter into an imaginary world and magical era, long-passed. Bursting at the seams with performances featuring some of Tasmania’s hottest acts, and some of Australia’s soon-to-be super chargers, The Junc Room is the place to soak it all in, hear great music, meet artists and best of all, celebrate the Festival. Get up close and personal in a seat near the stage, grab a café table and sit and enjoy the show, or relax and stand at the bar and take in the night. Open daily during the Festival until late, The Junc Room features a fully licensed bar amongst a host of other delicious meals on offer at our Arrivals Lounge & Café. Come for a show with the family, or meet your friends and stay for the night. The Junc Room welcomes everyone, including families and children. DATES/TIMES At the heart of the Festival, pumping from Opening Night on Wednesday 4 September to Sunday 8 September. WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 6:30PM—7:30PM 8PM—8:45PM 5PM—6PM 11PM—1AM ASHLEY BIRD Ashley has raided his all-encompassing, eclectic vinyl collection and dragged a bunch of it down to the Club. Dance, sing, and wonder who the hell this one is! Old familiars, new versions. Immerse in Ashley’s musical session trivia style. Emerging local charm Elliot is a true folk musician who seeks personal, heartfelt stories and stitches them together with his gorgeous melodic guitar lines. Listen in and allow his dream-like acoustic narratives and soulful vocals to transport you to places and spaces you forgot you knew. Sincere lyrics to enjoy over a glass of wine. 7:30PM—8:15PM LULU AND THE PAIGE-TURNERS Come and solve the mystery. Who is Lulu? Lulu Paige-Turner’s performance has been compared to Amanda Palmer’s and her voice to Regina Spektor’s. We’re thrilled to be hosting the premiere in the North of Lulu, one of Hobart’s best secrets. Musical virtuosity, incredible vocal courage, and an invigorating theatricality that gets the joint jumping. Don’t miss it! 9PM—9:45PM TIGER CHOIR This three piece Hobart band is back from their US trip for Junction with their unique, otherworldly and ambient math tones, kinetic percussion and start-stop dynamics. Come and get your dose of feel good pop eclecticism. 9PM—9:45PM GUTHRIE Their frank and idiosyncratic electric Australian blues invoke songs of love, murder, addiction, redemption, lust, longing and loss from these southern men. Experience their incendiary live show. Pounding drums, loud guitar and a voice larger than life, Guthrie is dark and magnificent. Brace yourself! 10:15PM—11:15PM TICKETS CAPTIVES After 8:30pm, $10 at the door; under 18, FREE Tiger Choir 10:15PM—11:15PM BISCOTTI Born and raised in Melbourne, Biscotti is a unique beat producer and multiinstrumentalist. Biscotti’s lyrics paint a vivid picture of Melbourne’s seedy underground and sub-culture. Tougher than Missy Elliot, more alternative than M.I.A. and could probably beat Snoop Dogg in an arm wrestle. THE JUNC ROOM Guthrie ELLIOT COURTNAGE Before 8:30pm, FREE 20 MAX POWER See 11pm performance. Infectious hooks and punk n’ roll tunes that mash up elements of rock, funk and garage blues. John Johnson & The Johnsons is a minimalist, dirty three-piece band whose live set garners rave reviews. 7:30PM—8:15PM Wednesday 4, 6pm—12am Thursday 5, 10am—12am Friday 6, 10am—1am Saturday 7, 10am—1am Sunday 8, 10am—6pm Special Junc Room VIP Passes available through Box Office, and half-price admission ticket with the purchase of another Festival show ticket. See Box Office for details. JOHN JOHNSON & THE JOHNSONS VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au Spiralling out of control from the North-West coast of Tasmania, Captives deliver their blend of hard rock swagger. Spending most of this past year writing and recording new material, the band is all fired up and ready to release their debut single at The Junc Room for Junction, to the ears of the good citizens of planet earth - starting with you. If you like your music loud, honest and straight up rockin’, then make your way to The Big Top and check out these Captives in their native Tasmanian habitat. BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets Lulu and The Paige-Turners 8:45PM—9:30PM THE EMBERS Catch The Embers playing to a reggae beat, swaying to a folklore dirge, nodding to a hip hop track, making shapes to a dance anthem or simply stomping to a seedy blues. Insert yourselves here for a fun-filled set of dancing and good times. Back by popular demand after carving up The Junc Room last year. THE JUNC ROOM 21 9PM—9:45PM THE 88’S SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER Bursting onto The Junc Room stage come Tasmania’s favorite dirty-pop outlaws, The 88’s. Be prepared to lose your marbles and dance the mad go-go fandango as Tasmania’s ill-begotten children of surf punk, garage spaghetti, and Tarantino rock n’ roll whip you into a sexy and scary beast of boogie. 2:30PM—3:20PM UTAS WIND ENSEMBLE 3PM—3:40PM DJ CHRIS NEOBI YYAN AND MCDOUGALL See 11:30pm performance. 7:45PM—8:30PM 7TH STREET ENTRY MOJO JUJU Smooth, shiny and loaded with sin. The kind of music that could make a bishop kick a hole through a stained-glass window. Mojo Juju sings songs that sound 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. Taking influence from (but never mimicking) the sounds of Jump, Hoodoo and Early Blues, Pachuco Boogie, Rock ‘n’ Roll and a little bit of Bump & Grind, Mojo has created something undeniably her own. MRC NORTH Note: Beep Test of Imaginary Beings in Civic Square, 2–2:20pm 6PM—7:30PM 11:30PM—1AM 10PM—11PM 1PM—3PM Join us at The Junc Room for a spectacular showcase of Launceston’s cultural diversity! An array of music, dance and performance by our new migrant and refugee communities will get the afternoon started. The Wind Orchestra is the pinnacle of the five ensembles within the UTAS Community Music Program. Enjoy a relaxing Saturday afternoon to the sounds of this wonderful ensemble. They are sure to make Civic Square vibrate! Mojo Juju SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER Yyan and McDougall Warm-up time is over. Grab a drink and join the 7th Street Entry. A new outfit featuring three of Tasmania’s finest musicians - Billy Bennett on vocals and guitar, Corey Gilham on bass and Beau Thomas on drums. Reminiscent of early 70’s funk and soul, and late 90’s neo-soul, 7th Street Entry take this sound and mix it with pop sensibilities and a spontaneous musical vibe to create an ecstatically smooth groove. 10:15PM—11:15PM RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST Unstoppable sloptronic rhythm and blues juggernaut tumbles over the Bass Strait for one ultra-condensed hour of the funkiest oldtime party. You can make up your own witty description while drinking a Bloody Mary and rubbing your forehead on Sunday afternoon. “DRUNK LOUNGE MEETS B52S. OR SOMETHING. I AM PICTURING CROWD-SURFING A CONGA LINE ON AN INFLATABLE LOBSTER. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?” Steph Hughes, Triple J Highly original and contemporary folk trio, including multi-instrumentalist Yyan Ng, bassist and vocalist Andrew McDougall and ring-in Katy Humphries on violin. Feel their grasp of musical textures and compositional techniques, relayed through a range of instruments, including percussive guitar and the raw timbre of the Shakuhachi flute. 3:45—4:40PM LAUNCESTON CITY COUNCIL YOUTH OPEN MIC For the second year, Junction Arts Festival is pleased to collaborate with the Launceston City Council Open Mic Youth Concert to select up-and-coming young and talented musicians to be a part of the Festival. This year Junction is pleased to present Lauren Hawkins, Dana & Tom and Ryan Williams. 11:30PM—1AM 11PM—1AM MAX POWER Let’s get this party started. Calum ‘Max’ Power has bolstered his ever-expanding collection of customised bootlegs and remixes with a passion for reviving old classics into up-beat party-break boom-bap. Max applies his ‘no boundaries’ attitude to everyone from Fatboy Slim to Ethel Merman and back again. DJ CHRIS NEOBI 5PM—6PM Get your Saturday Night mood on. A stalwart of the dance music scene, Chris neoBi’s first foray into DJing was in 1994. With a passionate love for the music, Chris launched into a career in clubland which has seen him play alongside many of Australia’s and the world’s best DJ’s. Not afraid to push the boundaries with new and interesting sounds, Chris’ sound can be described as deep and sexy, funky and chunky, quirky and dirty. This local nine-piece funk band’s sole purpose is to create serious dance floor damage wherever they go. Inspired by The Junc Room sounds from last year’s exotic Bombay Royale’s performance, Funktional presents their take on old-skool funk standards. Join us for the last blast before we draw the curtains of the 2013 Festival. FUNKTIONAL The 88’s 22 THE JUNC ROOM VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets THE JUNC ROOM 23 d Launceston. Bring your creative talents to life. SO MUCH MORE THAN A 5-DAY FESTIVAL... otA’s Art, Music and ww.utas.edu.au/tcota COMMISSIONER AND PRODUCER We work with artists with genius ideas to commission and produce new performances and events that can take over two years to develop. We take the role of commissioner and producer seriously, dedicating time, people and resources to support the creation and development of new Tasmanian, Australian and international performances for Launceston and Tasmanian audiences. ARTIST RESIDENCIES We invite many artists from around the world and across Australia to temporarily live in Launceston for weeks to several months to collaborate with our local community, groups, schools, businesses and organisations. Together, they create unique performances and events made specifically for Launceston’s streets, businesses, private buildings, alleyways and heritage sites. TAS Trisha Dunn is a local Artist in Residence during the 2013 Festival, researching and developing ideas for a new participatory performance work. Stay tuned. A Canadian critic in child and youth studies, Dr. Krys Verrall is our Scholar in Residence for the 2013 Festival researching contemporary art projects that are realised through children’s participation. LOCAL ARTIST COORDINATOR AND PRODUCER PROGRAM This program employs and provides professional development opportunities to local artists and theatre practitioners to work alongside other Festival artists to create works, network, and challenge and expand their own practice. Generously supported by The Ian Potter Foundation, this program has expanded this year to include industry-focused workshops in project development, budgeting, media and marketing, risk management, promotion, working with communities, site-specificity, and project evaluation. INTERNSHIPS, MENTORSHIPS AND WORK PLACEMENTS Through collaborations with Launceston College, Newstead College, Launceston Polytechnic and UTAS Business School, the Festival offers handson academic internships and work placement training to Launceston’s youth interested in pursuing careers in arts and event management, theatre, visual art, education, tourism, marketing, hospitality, production and technical management, sound engineering and more. To join our program visit Get Involved on the website. CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS Partnerships with local area primary schools expand education opportunities and increased learning in arts, drama, music, storytelling, social development and more through artist workshops, student collaboration and participation in performances, school visits and more. Contact education@ junctionartsfestival.com.au if you would like more information or to get involved. USRM10250rj Junction Arts Festival works year-round behindthe-scenes to support artists’ careers, produce new performances, mentor students, provide training opportunities for local youth, expand learning outcomes for children and schools, engage our local community, and promote Launceston and our great Tasmanian and Australian artists on an international stage. If you’d like to take your creative skills to a professional level with a degree or postgraduate course, the Tasmanian College of the Arts (TCotA) will give you the perfect start. Recognised as a world-class creative and cultural institution, TCotA is dedicated to helping you achieve your dreams by providing a rich platform for inspiration and state-of-the-art facilities across Hobart and Launceston. To find out more about TCotA’s Art, Music and Theatre Programs visit www.utas.edu.au/tcota utas.edu.au | 13UTAS Your cultural revolution starts here. IN CONVERSATION LUNCH TIME LECTURE SERIES THURSDAY 5 – SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 12PM The Junc Room, Civic Square Taking inspiration from Festival performances, join us at our In Conversation Lunchtime Lecture Series that invites Festival artists alongside leading local and international thinkers, makers and doers to expand ideas presented at this year’s Festival. Visit the website for details. 24 LECTURE SERIES / PRODUCER PROGRAM VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au Launceston City Council is proud to support Junction Arts Festival via its Signature Event Sponsorship Program. BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets INTERACTIVE/MUSIC 25 ARTIST THANKS SPECIAL THANKS PARTNERSHIPS THANK YOU! Junction Arts Festival is powered by the generous contributions of individual donors, local businesses, corporate partners and government funders who have helped us create a vibrant and engaging festival in winter, and who believe in the importance of the arts and in investing in a culturally and economically vibrant Launceston and Tasmania. From the bottom of our hearts, Junction Arts Festival would like to extend a sincere thanks to the 2013 Festival artists, companies and copresenters, Launceston City Council Aldermen and Staff; Allgoods Tent City; Amanda Pilon; Amelia Espresso; Belen Yanotti; Cachet Florist; Chris Griffin; Circus Festival; Convict Cutters; Craig Perkins; David Henty; Eamonn Seddon; Faull’s Shoes; Fresh on Charles, Dave and Nina Armstrong, Andrea Dawkins; Grafik and Chris Blom, Matt Mercier and Kim Saunders; Ilana Mitchell; IPM and Andrew McGowan; James Harding; Justin Smith; Kath McCann; Kite and Fred Showell; Launceston College and Elisabeth Bennett; Launceston LINC; Lloyds Hotel, Simone Fifita and her fantastic staff; Margaret Barlow; Migrant Resource Centre Northern Tasmania and John Brown, John Ali, and Brigid Rawlings; Mike Steele; Mowbray Heights Primary School and Cindy Wright; Neil Pitt’s, Andrew Pitt, Don Pitt and all their fantastic staff; Northern Suburbs Community Centre, Denise Delphin and Kylie Lorenz; Paul Sproule; Petrach’s Bookshop; Ramnik Singh Walia; Ravenswood Heights Primary School and Tom Clark, Richard Mulvaney; Salamanca Arts Centre, Kelly Drummond Cawthon and Rosemary Miller; Satan’s Riders Club and Mick Morgan; Sawtooth ARI; Seaport Marina; Marine and Safety Authority; Scotch Oakburn Junior Campus and Lachie Wright, Ben Green, Andrew Sulzburger, Fiona Bye and Suzanne Creese; St Leonard’s Primary School and Jo Norris; Stewart Bell; Susie Aulich; TAFE Tasmania and David Herring and students and Toni McWaide; Tasmanian Men’s Shed Association; Tamar Rowing Club and Jim Guy; Tasmanian Regional Arts and Lee Cole; Theatre North and Greg Leong, Mandy Shepherd and Angela Warner; The Launceston Workers Club and Donna Andrius; Tory Ross; Tracie Leslie; Tyreright St Leonard; University of Tasmania and Jo Archer, Leanne Arnott and Ali Ward; and 3pconsulting, Kym Goodes and Michelle Strickland. JUNCTION LOVERS Thank you to our Junction Lovers, our great local Launceston businesses and supporters. Amelia Espresso Birchalls Black Cow Bistro Europcar Fresh on Charles Fuji Xerox Tasmania Launceston Chamber of Commerce Neil Pitts NYPN (Northern Young Professionals Network) Stillwater Restaurant TasPride TCCI (Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) JUNCTION CHAMPIONS Among our biggest fans and greatest supporters, thank you to our Junction Champions who have championed us, and provided sound advice, feedback and support: Jo Archer, Dave Armstrong, Nina Armstrong, Andrea Dawkins, Jill Dearing, Tammie Gardner, Chris Griffin, Greg Leong, Mary Machen, Amelia Padgett, Andrew Pitt, Liz SchibigEdgar, Eamonn Seddon, Kim Seagram, and Ramnik Singh Walia. The following artists acknowledge the support of the following ACTION HERO DAN KOOP AND CO SKYE GELLMANN Underbelly Arts Bundanon Trust MALCOLM WHITTAKER BOARD OF DIRECTORS FESTIVAL STAFF President & Chair Steve Henty Festival Director Natalie De Vito Members Lauren Bartlett Charles Bracewell Natalie De Vito Ella Dixon Fernando do Campo Angela Driver Paul Jenkins Ron Layne Wendy Newton Marie Sierra Artistic Director Ian Pidd BIG POND, SMALL FISH A SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR FANTASTIC TEAM OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND EVENT FRIENDS WHO CONTRIBUTED TIME AND ENERGY TO THE FESTIVAL AND ACTED AS OUR GREATEST AMBASSADORS. Marketing & Communications Manager Laura Ripoll-Gonzalez Corporate Partnerships Manager Rick Marton Operations & Finance Manager Lauren Ferrington Program Manager Gillian Marsden Production & Technical Manager Toni Smith DONATIONS Events & Volunteer Manager Melanie Kershaw Junction Arts Festival is a not-for-profit developmental organisation that commissions and produces the creation of new and innovative live art performances and installations, and engages with community groups year-round to create work and to increase capacity and awareness of the arts. Front of House & Ticketing Manager Sarah McCormack Junction Arts Festival is pleased to work with the Australia Cultural Fund (ACF), facilitated by Creative Partnership Australia. Through the ACF donations over $2 in preference for Junction Arts Festival are taxdeductible. Donations can be made at: creativepartnershipsaustralia.org.au – search for Junction Arts Festival. 26 SPECIAL THANKS/DONATIONS VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au Education Liaison Nora Hildebrandt Corporate Partnerships Coordinator Kallie Billing Digital Marketing & Program Assistant (Intern) Emily-Rose Wills BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets Marketing & Program Assistant (Intern) Bec Howard Publicity & Communications Coordinator (Intern) Marian Suau Marketing & Front of House Coordinator (Intern) Megan Denne Hospitality Advisor James Harding Site Manager Dan Rooke Stage Manager Bill Kelly Sound Tech Caleb Jones Fly Crew Andrew Forth Ryan Limb Graphic Design & Website Grafik iPhone App Kite ARTIST THANKS/BOARD/STAFF 27 CONNECT WITH US SHARE YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCES Share your favourite moments and event photos, videos, impressions and experiences throughout the Festival. Tweet live updates, and upload your best Instagram photos and YouTube videos. www.facebook.com/Junctionartsfestival twitter.com/#!/Junctionartsfes (#JAF13) iPHONE APP http://instagram.com/junctionartsfestival# Download the Junction Arts Festival iPhone App! Available on the App Store. www.youtube.com/Junctionartsfestival Be the first to get information and news from the Festival and share your experiences with us! Navigate easily through your personalised Festival programme and make the most of your visit to Junction. This year’s new iPhone App provides you with the full Festival programme details and information in a beautiful and accessible digital format. Search events close to you, sort by date and category, and book your tickets directly from your phone. FESTIVAL WEBSITE Visit junctionartsfestival.com.au for a complete overview of the Junction 2013 programme and general information about the Festival and how to get involved. GET INVOLVED Experience the behind-the-scenes action first hand and be a part of making Junction Arts Festival a success. For more information go to our website and check out Get Involved section. VOLUNTEER AT JUNCTION Volunteering at Junction is an exciting and enriching experience. See how a festival is programmed and organised, meet new people, develop new skills, obtain great experience for your CV, network with national and international artists and best of all, have fun. PARTICIPATE IN JUNCTION 2013 PROJECTS Ever wanted to be a photojournalist, learn how to make one-minute videos, make a tyre swan, create costumes, become an international spy, or pitch a great idea for a theatre performance? Check out Participants Needed, and learn how you can collaborate with artists to create performances at the Festival. BLOG BY PHONE Why not speak to our friends at Theatre North? Call them on 03 6323 3666. IN PERSON PRINCESS THEATRE BOOKING OFFICE Princess Theatre Booking Office 57 Brisbane Street, Launceston Monday to Friday 9am–5pm Saturday 10am–1pm DOOR SALES Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the night, subject to availability, 45 minutes prior to each show at the show venue. Junction Arts Festival accepts the following concessions: Health Care Card, Pensioner Card, Seniors Card, Full time student and Companion Card. Proof of concession must be shown at time of booking or performance entry. Child – 12 years of age and under. Booking details may vary for some events. Please see individual event pages for specific ticketing and audience information. Program details are correct at time of printing. Junction Arts Festival reserves the right to alter the schedule when and where necessary and without notice. ACCESS STATEMENT Tickets for The Junc Room can be purchased at the door from 8:30pm from Wednesday 4 to Saturday 7 September. While it is our policy to be all-inclusive, some of our venues may not be fully accessible. Please refer to our program for information. If you require special assistance please call the Festival Office at 03 6331 1309. Please note that free events may reach venue capacity and admittance will then be one-in, one-out. Photographing and videoing performances is not permitted unless specifically indicated. SPECIAL TICKET DEALS FESTIVAL PASS Very limited. Secure your access to all the ticketed shows and get your 5-day pass to the Junc Room for $180 Full and $100 Concession/ Student at a 20% discounted rate. FAMILY TICKETS FOR DOGS AND BOATS AND AIRPLANES CHILDREN’S CHOIR Bring the whole family for $45 . Includes 2 Full and 3 Concession/Student tickets. This is available only at time of show booking, to be purchased together with your performance ticket. This offer does not apply to door sales. YOU HAVE FOUND CONEY Last year, Coney presented The Loveliness Principle working with local people of Launceston. If anything were happening this year in any way connected to last year’s activities, then it’s news to us. www.youhavefoundconey.net/newstous CONNECT WITH US ONLINE junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets JUNC ROOM + SHOW This year, with any purchase of show tickets, you are entitled to a discounted $5 ticket to The Junc Room on the same night of the performance. NEWSLETTER 28 Junction is pleased to be partnering with Theatre North to offer you the best service and the easiest ways to book tickets to the Festival GENERAL INFORMATION A Princess Theatre transaction fee of $6 is applied at the end of any of your online purchases. We encourage you to choose all your Festival shows and book them online in one transaction. JUNC ROOM PASS For music lovers. Get the 4-night pass for the price of 3 nights and secure a spot in Launceston’s hottest Festival Club for $30. Follow our Festival Blog junctionartsfestival.com.au/news for behind the scenes info, interviews with artists, latest news and developments, community involvement in the different projects, guest bloggers reviews and much more. Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website junctionartsfestival.com.au and get the latest news from Junction Arts Festival year round. Stay informed, get sneak-peeks, up-to-theminute information, special offers, event discounts and much more. BUY TICKETS VISIT junctionartsfestival.com.au GROUPS 10+ at concession price, excluding The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge and en route. DINNER + SHOW Enjoy an evening of great food and performance. Visit our website to book an experimental cuisine dinner + show package from a selection of Launceston’s premier restaurants. BOOK junctionartsfestival.com.au/tickets TICKETS 29 VENUE MAP 1C St George’s Square High St TOWN HALL 1E Windmill Hill 1D PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE PAGE MAP WED 4 THUR 5 1F A Western 7 10 9pm 9pm Watch Me Fall 6 13 9pm 9pm One Day Twice 5 1A + TBA Launch 6pm 8pm Launch 6pm 8pm Blindscape 10 4 7pm 7pm 8pm 2pm & 7pm 2pm Dogs and Boats and Airplanes Children's Choir 4 5 Like Hype 2013 Audience Choice Award 15 1A 4pm 6pm CrazySpokenWeird 17 6, 15 So You Think You Can Interpretative Dance 14 1A En Route 9 6 LINC 1B TAS POLICE 1A nn Ca City Park 4:30pm 2pm PR 9:30am & 1.30pm g St 9 St ar m Ta 5 Ca lin er Esk Riv Seaport St C. INFORMATION BOOTH e an St Hom Go St B.hARRIVALS LOUNGE AND CAFÉ deric st ur th isb on rs te Pa el W SUN 8 6pm 9:30am – 3:30pm 9:30am – 3:30pm 9:30am – 3:30pm 9:30am – 3:30pm The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge 8 7 11am – 4pm 11am – 4pm 11am – 4pm 11am – 4pm 11am – 4pm Beep Test of Imaginary Beings 18 1, 9, 11, 14, 15 6:30pm 1pm 1pm 1pm 2pm ABC Open Snapped Photography Project 11 1D 12 – 4pm 12 – 4pm 12 – 4pm 12 – 4pm ABC Open Screening 11 1A Ignoramus Anonymous 19 1F, 8 11am The JAF Dog Show 19 3B 3pm Swan Flight 16 1, 3, 9, 12 Multi-lingual Rock & Rhyme and Storytime 12 1A Temporary Playground 12 1E 6pm – 10pm The Photo Mobsters 13 6 11am – 8pm In Conversation Lecture Series 24 Food Vendors @ Large 3 11am 24 hours 11am 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours 10am 10am 10am 10am 10am – 10pm 10am – 10pm 10am – 10pm 10am – 6pm 11am – 8pm 11am – 8pm 11am – 8pm 11am – 8pm 1A 12pm 12pm 12pm 12pm 3, 9, 14 1 – 2pm 1 – 2pm 2:30 – 4pm THUR 5 FRI 6 SAT 7 St Br N o rt h n o gt St St t sS le r ha 1. CIVIC SQUARE 20 St John Street A. THE JUNC ROOM ck St e er St 1 t nS C eri th iti m NAB e ad lan 5 h Jo ed be m llia Esp St 13 za 11 RediATM Fr Eli Ge 14 St 6 St Ci 10 Wi d Princes Square rk Yo t nS ro e g or 8 ANZ WESTPAC me 15 12 2 SAT 7 1:30pm & 7pm in HENTY HOUSE FRI 6 Ba St JUNC ROOM SCHEDULE MAP 1A PERFORMANCE PAGE WED 4 Ashley Bird 20 6:30pm Elliot Courtnage 20 7:30pm Tiger Choir 20 9pm Biscotti 20 10:15pm SUN 8 John Johnson & The Johnsons 21 8pm Guthrie 21 9pm Captives 21 10:15pm Max Power 22 5pm & 11pm Lulu and The Paige-Turners 21 7:30pm The Embers 21 8:45pm Mojo Juju 22 10pm UTAS Wind Ensemble 22 2:30pm DJ Chris neoBi 23 6pm & 11:30pm 7th Street Entry 22 7:45pm 9. CITY PARK The 88’s 23 9pm 10. LLOYDS HOTEL 23 George Street Richie 1250 & The Brides of Christ 23 10:15pm 11. BRISBANE STREET AVENUE At St John Street MRC North 23 1pm 12. NORTH ESK RIVER EMBANKMENT Yyan and McDougall 23 3pm 13. THE HANDLE BAR 33 Frederick Street Launceston City Council Youth Open Mic 23 3:45pm 14. PRINCES SQUARE Funktional 23 5pm D. ABC OPEN E. TEMPORARY PLAYGROUND F. LAUNCESTON LINC 2. BOX OFFICE de 3. ROYAL PARK Boardwalk e Point P 4 4. LAUNCESTON COLLEGE 117-119 Paterson Street Royal Park 3B 3A 5. THE PRINCESS THEATRE 57 Brisbane Street 6. LAUNCESTON CBD 7. KINGS BRIDGE Ticket booth - Trevallyn side 8. SAWTOOTH ARI Level 2, 160 Cimitiere Street 15. HARVEST MARKET Cimitiere & Tamar Streets Tamar River 7 OUR PARTNERS Junction Arts Festival would like to thank the following Partners for their generous contributions that have enabled the Festival to present unique artistic experiences of the highest quality for free to the people of Launceston and Tasmania. PRESENTING PARTNER FUNDING PARTNERS MAJOR PARTNERS SUPPORTING PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PROJECT PARTNERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD SPECIFIC FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS.