All posts tagged "OzAsia Festival"

OzAsia Review: Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep

Profoundly moving.

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OzAsia Review: Bridge of Dreams

Musical perfection

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OzAsia Reivew: Action Star

Presented by: PYT FairfieldReviewed: 27 October, 2022 From a career which began by making and starring in small-scale action movies in Australia (largely broadcast by public media) through to Vietnamese and Hong Kong films, coordinating screen fights for a mixed-martial arts champion, and working with Jackie Chan, Trần Vũ Hồng Phương (the artist known as […]

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Interview – Lizzy Hoo – The Special Comedy Comedy Special

The Special Comedy Comedy Special is hitting Her Majesty’s Theatre stage this Saturday night as part of the 2022 OzAsia Festival. For one night only, it is bringing together a line-up of eight of Australia’s finest and funniest comedians and performers, with live music by local street band Trio Sepia and hosted by the incomparable […]

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Interview: Joe Blanck – The Rat Catcher Of Angkor Wat

With such a rich array of things to see and do at this year’s OzAsia Festival, one standout has to be the family-friendly show, The Rat Catcher Of Angkor Wat. As an added bonus, it is a completely free show! Set in 2222, a group of futuristic overlords use robotic rats to keep citizens of […]

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OzAsia Review: The Long Walk

Presented by: Sue HealeyReviewed 23 October, 2022 Australia Council Award for Dance (2021) recipient Sue Healey choreographed and directed this performance. The background of The Long Walk is to reflect the pilgrimage of 400 kilometres that Chinese miners made to the Victorian goldfields from the ports in South Australia, back in 1850. Highly talented in […]

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OzAsia Reivew: SNAP

SNAP is sure to be an entertaining outing for the family where everyone will be delighted, but perhaps one to skip for a date night or after-work show.

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OzAsia Film Review: Hidden Letters

In a move to embrace an ancient art practiced by women for thousands of years in China, the men aren’t on board – this is about the women. Welcome to OzAsia Festival. It was fantastic to see a mob of school kids in the theatre for Hidden Letters, a documentary that doesn’t so much question […]

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OzAsia Review: Lost In Shanghai

Presented by: Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP)Reviewed: 20 October, 2022 Jane Hutcheon has told many stories throughout her career as a journalist. Working as a foreign correspondent for many years, and then hosting the ABC program One Plus One, Jane has heard, told and shared the stories of so many people from around the world. In […]

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OzAsia Review: The Demon

Presented by: OzAsia Festival and Sydney Opera HouseReviewed: 20 October, 2022 The Demon was commissioned by The OzAsia Festival and The Sydney Opera House. It is based on an idea by Chinese-Australian filmmaker Tony Ayres and the concept is realised by Rachel Swain, described as an ‘Anglo settler director of intercultural performance’ in the programme. Now […]

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See all the delicious food stalls you can sink your teeth into at this year’s Lucky Dumpling Market

The popular food event is held at Elder park as part of OzAsia Festival and has been extended from its 2021 season due to popular demands.

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Interview: Jennifer Wong – In Other Words

OzAsia Festival’s 3-day writing and ideas program returns on November 3 – 5 with a huge offering, featuring conversations between poets, novelists, journalists, playwrights, performers, and creatives from around the world. The 2022 curator of In Other Words is none other than Chinese-Australian writer and comedian, Jennifer Wong. Jennifer was the presenter for the six-part ABC […]

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Interview: 1300 – LEENALCHI And 1300 At The OzAsia Festival

The 2022 OzAsia Festival is just around the corner, and this year Korean indie pop group LEENALCHI and Australian-Korean hip-hop group 1300 are joining forces to bring you a night of the best Korean pop and rap the world has to offer. 1300, which was founded in a garage in Sydney’s west, is a group […]

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Interview: Sue Healey – The Long Walk

There is something magical about watching a performance outdoors rather than in a standard theatre setting. The innovative dance production The Long Walk does just that, bringing an important story to the 2022 OzAsia festival. Braving hostile ports upholding the Chinese Immigration Act of the 1850s, more than 16,000 Chinese miners sought landfall in South Australia over a […]

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Interview: Mohammed Ahmad – The Demon

Every year the OzAsia Festival brings great, thought provoking works to Adelaide audiences. The 2022 program will be no different. The Demon, an Adelaide premiere, is set in modern-day Sydney, where Chinese Australian street fighter Wei takes two detectives – Arab Australian Jihad and his Aboriginal Muslim partner Matthew/Muhummad – on a road trip to […]

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Interview: Maria Tran – Action Star

When you were younger, did you ever watch a film and dream about one day growing up to become the hero of the film? That certainly was the case for Maria Tran, who watched and idolized Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh in films. However, unlike most of us, Maria is now living her dream to become […]

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OzAsia Festival’s writing and idea’s program In Other Words is back and bigger than ever before

In Other Words will attract more than 60 writers from diverse backgrounds to the Adelaide Festival Centre, talking about everything from politics to pop culture.

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Moon Lantern Trail enchanting nights return to OzAsia Festival for second year

The Moon Lantern Trail will once again be an experience filled with roving puppets, glowing tigers and lion dances for four days in October.

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Massive hip hop and RnB block party hits the West end for OzAsia Fest

Step away from the Lucky Dumpling Market and immerse yourself in Asian-inspired music from Australia's most talented artists this OzAsia season.

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