1. www.undergrowth.org.uk
This program is an initiative of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory
body, and the Australia International Cultural Council, an initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
January - June 06

2. DANCE | THEATRE | FILM | NEW MEDIA | LIVE ARTS | MUSIC | VISUAL ARTS | CRAFT
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Undergrowth – Australian Arts UK, a two-year
program of Australian contemporary arts, is a
response to the expanding interest and
demand from the UK for original and intriguing
Australian arts and culture.
In 2006, Undergrowth is again
lifting the lid on the cutting edge
of Australian contemporary
arts. UK audiences will see the
latest experimental work by
leading Australian new media
and live arts practitioners.
Indigenous artists from Australia
will share their rich traditional
and contemporary culture
through dance, music, visual
arts and theatre.
And, in two new presentations,
Undergrowth 2006 will show
Australian and UK artists
working side-by-side in
innovative co-productions;
Breathing Space Australia
between Arnolfini, Bristol
and The Performance Space,
Sydney, and the ground
breaking SKID 180 between
the UK’s Contact Theatre and
Australia’s Arena Theatre
Company.
Undergrowth 2006 is a
glimpse of Australian
contemporary arts that ensures
you will want to discover more.
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3. A message from Alexander Downer,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
A message from Jennifer Bott, CEO,
Australia Council for the Arts
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I am pleased to say that the
first year of Undergrowth –
Australian Arts UK has
exceeded all our expectations
with the richness and diversity
of arts that we have been able
to offer our friends in the UK.
More than 20 highly
successful presentations –
across all art forms – have
been held in London and in
many of Britain’s regional
centres. The high points of a
very comprehensive program
have included internationally
acclaimed performances by
The Australian Ballet, the
launch of the London
Australian Film Festival and the
Australian showcase at the
London Book Fair.
The very gratifying response
that has welcomed all these
presentations in 2005 augurs
well for another successful
year in 2006, the second of
the two-year program. Again,
the program will present first
class offerings not only in the
performing arts, but also the
visual and new media arts.
From the productions of
flagship Australian arts
companies to those of middle
and smaller scale art houses,
lovers of art and culture in the
UK can expect to be able to
select from presentations of
distinction and innovation.
The Australia International
Cultural Council is committed
to building a dynamic and
distinctive image of Australian
arts internationally, and
Undergrowth is making a
major contribution to this aim
by presenting artistic practice
and output of the highest
standard. I sincerely wish that
you will enjoy all Undergrowth
has to offer and you are
inspired and enriched by the
experience.
Alexander Downer
Minister for Foreign Affairs
We are delighted to present the
Undergrowth 2006 program.
Throughout 2006, Undergrowth
– Australian Arts UK will
continue to exhilarate
audiences with showcases of
some of Australia’s finest
contemporary artists and arts
companies.
The program will include a
special focus on Indigenous
arts from Australia, with tours of
Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Bush
and Company B’s Page 8 to the
UK. And once again, diverse and
innovative projects ranging
across contemporary
performance, literature, film,
new media and visual arts will
be featured at some of the
UK’s most prestigious venues
and festivals.
The Australia Council greatly
values the support of the
Australian High Commission in
London for Undergrowth, and
we also acknowledge with
appreciation the support of the
Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade through the Australia
International Cultural Council.
We warmly thank our
presenting partners in the UK
for their commitment to
Australian arts and artists.
Jennifer Bott
Chief Executive Officer
Australia Council for the Arts

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Breathing Space Australia
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23-29 JANUARY
TRAMWAY, GLASGOW
1-5 FEBRUARY
INBETWEEN TIME FESTIVAL OF LIVE ART
AND INTRIGUE, ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL
13-19 FEBRUARY
GREENROOM, MANCHESTER
Breathing Space Australia is an
ongoing collaboration between
Arnolfini in Bristol and The
Performance Space in Sydney.
In this very special event, five
highly original Australian artists
present their contemporary
performance work alongside
their British peers. Ranging from
screen based installation works,
to solo dance with spoken text
and live sound, to durational
performance, these stimulating
works represent a small
selection of Australia’s exciting
contemporary arts practice.
John Gillies’ digital film and
installation, Divide, features four
men, 35 sheep, a Chinese
opera singer and a horse, in a
landscape with texts from the
Old Testament.
Monika Tichacek’s video
installation, The Shadowers,
portrays a chain of abstract and
surreal interactions between a
trio of characters.
Deborah Pollard’s Shapes of
Sleep is a sculptural installation
and eight-hour durational
performance based on video
footage of sleeping. The
conscious and unconscious
movements of the recorded
sleepers are presented in
miniature, while five live
performers move between
various sleeping postures.
Martin del Amo’s UNDER
ATTACK is a solo dance work
with spoken text investigating
the body as a battleground.
Set to live sound by Gail Priest,
it addresses the fragility
of the human body under
constant threat by aggressive
forces – from digitalisation to
decomposition.
TOUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARNOLFINI, THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND.
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5. Still: Waiting 2
1-12 FEBRUARY
INBETWEEN TIME FESTIVAL OF LIVE ART
AND INTRIGUE, ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL
Lynette Wallworth is an artist
whose practice spans video
installation, photography and
short film. She currently
specialises in the creation of
gently immersive installation
environments that rely on
activation by the
participant/viewer. She brings
to the Inbetween Time Festival
Still: Waiting 2, an intriguing
large-scale projection examining
the significance of a moment of
first meeting.
Filmed on high-definition video in
an eerie twilight, Still: Waiting 2
directs visitors sonically through
the installation. Projected in the
gallery space is footage of an
Australian River Gum filmed on
the edge of the Flinders
Rangers and home to a huge
number of native parrots -
Corellas. When a viewer enters
the space, sensors are
activated, causing these birds
to fly from the tree. The viewer
has unsettled the environment
by entering it and must learn to
negotiate the space for the
birds to return. You can never
know whether you have seen
all there is to see in this
intimate visual experience and
yet it is clear that your very
presence impacts on it.
Still: Waiting 2 is an engaging,
thought provoking installation
that questions whether there
may be ways to meet across
cultural distance that do not
cause rupture.
Lynette
Wallworth
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2-5 FEBRUARY
INBETWEEN TIME FESTIVAL OF
LIVE ART AND INTRIGUE, ARNOLFINI,
BRISTOL (LOVE SONG DEDICATION)
8-12 FEBRUARY
NATIONAL REVIEW OF LIVE ART,
GLASGOW (ACCESS ALL AREAS)
“a bizarre and well-executed look at the
suppression of self.” THE AGE, MELBOURNE
Access All Areas is an electrifying exploration of
claustrophobia in relation to workplace
expectations and the open plan office. Dennis
recreates a persona of vulnerable dysfunction for
each performance, using idiosyncratic
movement, spoken word and extended vocal
techniques. Interweaving third party
conversations, everyday interactions between
lovers and observed habitual relationship
patterns, Love Song Dedication is a fragile and
raw exploration of the ordinariness of love.
Rosie Dennis began her career as a writer and
director. Now primarily known as an improviser,
her practice extends across disciplines working
as a vocalist, poet and performer with musicians,
dancers, new media and visual artists. Dennis
brings to the UK two separate works, Access All
Areas and Love Song Dedication.
George Poonkhin
Khutwith Lizzie Muller & Greg Turner
Rosie Dennis
Access All Areas
Love Song Dedication
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1-5 FEBRUARY
INBETWEEN TIME FESTIVAL
OF LIVE ART AND INTRIGUE,
ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL
GEORGE POONKHIN KHUT: CONCEPT, DIRECTION AND SOUND
DESIGN (AUS) | LIZZIE MULLER: INTERACTION DESIGN, DIRECTION (UK)
| GREG TURNER: DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALISATION SYSTEMS (UK)
PHOTO: JULIA CHARLES
PRODUCED BY FORMA, COMMISSIONED BY ARNOLFINI AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF
MELBOURNE ARTS HOUSE PROGRAM.
Cardiomorphologies v.2
George Poonkhin Khut’s work for the
Inbetween Time Festival, Cardiomorphologies
v.2, is an interactive installation that enables
individual audience members to observe and
interact with aspects of their own mind-body
processes using feedback provided by Khut’s
breath and heart-rate responsive artwork.
Khut is an artist working in the area of sound
and immersive installation environments. For
the past three years he has been researching
the use of biofeedback training technologies in
the creation of interactive installation works, as
a doctoral research candidate at the University
of Western Sydney.
“Ritual and science merge
magically in Wallworth's
interactive installations.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE
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6. Australian Contemporary The London
Australian Film
Festival and Tour
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The London Australian Film Festival, held each
year at the Barbican Centre in London, will be
followed by a special film festival tour across
the UK from April to June 2006. Presenting the
best new movie releases from Australia, the
festival will feature award winning films such
as The Proposition, written by Nick Cave and
starring Guy Pearce, and Sarah Watt’s
internationally acclaimed Look Both Ways.
Documentaries and short films showcasing
the extraordinary talent of Australian
filmmakers are also part of a program that will
delight, challenge and intrigue UK audiences.
Touring dates and venues will be confirmed in
early 2006.
“The quality and ambition of many of the
new films (Little Fish, Look Both Ways,
Wolf Creek) was striking, and a sign of
the industry’s maturity. Quirky comedies
have to some extent been replaced by
hard-hitting and sometimes violent
dramas. Other films had a gentler style,
but still plenty to say. It was a good year
for our cinema.” THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL CRAFT GALLERIES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AT COLLECT, WITH NAREK GALLERIES SHOWCASING GLASS WORKS BY
MEL DOUGLAS AND BRIAN HIRST, AND RAGLAN GALLERY REPRESENTING ARTISTS SANDRA BLACK, MATTHEW CURTIS, BEN EDOLS & KATHY
ELLIOTT, VIRGINIA KAISER, WARREN LANGLEY AND JEFF MINCHAM.
TOUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE,
AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION AND THE BARBICAN.
BARE and beyond
9-13 FEBRUARY
COLLECT, VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM,
LONDON
Australian Contemporary
presents the work of Australian
contemporary craft artists and
designers to international
audiences. BARE and beyond is
a significant national survey of
contemporary craft and design
curated by one of Australia’s
most respected writers in this
area, Wendy Walker. The
exhibition features a remarkable
range of small to medium-sized
works in a variety of media,
from ceramics to metal, in an
exquisite survey reflecting the
use of minimalism and
ornamentation in current craft
and design.
In selecting works for this
exhibition Walker posed the
question: “In the first decade of
the 21st century is there
evidence of a renewed interest
- if not yet a renaissance - in
colour, illustration and pattern
within contemporary Australian
craft and design practice?”
BARE and beyond features the
work of ceramic artists Prue
Venables and Bruce Nuske,
furniture designer Khai Liew and
Julie Blyfield, an artist exploring
the crossover between
jewellery and objects. The
collection includes functional
and non-functional craft and
design pieces that either
demonstrate a minimalist
aesthetic or reveal a
preoccupation with pattern,
illustration and decoration.
There are also beautiful objects
that marry reduced form with
surface ornamentation.
2-12 MARCH
THE BARBICAN, LONDON
UK TOUR DATES TO BE CONFIRMED,
PLEASE CHECK WWW.UNDERGROWTH.ORG.UK
FOR FURTHER DETAILS
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7. 11
The Bell
Shakespeare
Company
The Comedy Of Errors
7-11 MARCH
BATH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
14-18 MARCH
GRAND THEATRE, BLACKPOOL
1-13 MAY
CONTACT THEATRE, MANCHESTER
“For this theatre company
at least, technology has
genuinely liberated
extraordinary creative
energies.” THE AGE, MELBOURNE
Arena Theatre Company
is one of Australia’s
leading theatre
companies for young
audiences, with an international
reputation for creating inspiring,
provocative and adrenaline
pumping performances.
In an exciting co-production,
Arena and Contact Theatre
present an exhilarating new
work, SKID 180. Set in the
underworld of Manchester’s
BMX scene, SKID 180 is high
energy multimedia theatre that
expertly fuses video art, sound,
poetry and live BMX action.
Mc Stone, a young man and
ward of the state, decides to
make a break from the
authorities and establish
life on the Manchester streets
where he meets a gang of BMX
riders and is exposed to a
subculture of revolutionary
wheels. In a quest to shed light
on Mc Stone's past, the gang
breaks into the City of Paper, a
mythical government building
where all official records are
kept. But the gang's motives
prove more complex than is first
revealed, triggering a startling
chain of events that leave
Mc Stone reeling.
SKID 180 is an international
collaboration bringing together
artists from Melbourne and
Manchester, young people and
BMX riders. The striking set
design is constructed of ramps
and multiple scrims against
processed BMX footage and a
stunningly recapitulated view
of Manchester and Melbourne.
A contemporary urban fairytale,
SKID 180 is a powerful work
that celebrates new voices for
the theatre in every aspect of
its creation.
PRODUCED BY ARENA THEATRE COMPANY AND CONTACT THEATRE, MANCHESTER. THIS
PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE SUPPORT OF ARTS VICTORIA, WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD,
THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
Arena Theatre Company
and Contact Theatre
SKID 180
“There have been stylish,
surreal and quasi-musical
versions of The Comedy Of
Errors in the past, but Bell
Shakespeare’s sure-footed and
entertaining production does
wonders in conjuring the
play’s magical qualities and
exotic flavour.”
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Australia's only national touring
theatre company, The Bell
Shakespeare Company,
produces uniquely Australian
productions of the works of
William Shakespeare. In this,
their first major international
tour in the UK, The Bell
Shakespeare Company
presents Shakespeare’s
The Comedy Of Errors with a
marvellous sense of farce and
fun. Directed by Artistic Director
John Bell, and featuring the
company’s acclaimed
ensemble, this version of the
Bard’s hilarious tale of mistaken
identity and mayhem will take
audiences on a magical ride.
Originally produced in 2002 and
remounted again in 2004 to
extraordinary critical acclaim,
this production features six of
Bell Shakespeare’s Associate
Artists – actors who have
worked with the company
extensively over its fifteen-year
history. The expertise of this
group of actors is a key factor
in the success of Bell
Shakespeare’s work.
Fuelled by the cunning tricks of
world-renowned illusionist Ross
Skiffington and driven by Phillip
Johnston’s crazy jazz score, The
Bell Shakespeare Company’s
The Comedy Of Errors will
amaze, as dysfunctional families
and suspicious minds caper into
a magical, riotous pandemonium
of illusion and confusion, before
a delightful, calamitous reunion.
TOUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH BATH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, THEATRE ROYAL, BATH AND GRAND THEATRE, BLACKPOOL.
BELL SHAKESPEARE’S TOUR OF THE COMEDY OF ERRORS IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY UNITED UTILITIES, QANTAS AND YALUMBA.
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8. Company B
Page 8
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WRITTEN BY LOUIS NOWRA & DAVID PAGE | BASED ON AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY DAVID PAGE
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN PAGE | SET DESIGN ROBERT COUSINS | COSTUME DESIGN JODIE FRIED
LIGHTING DESIGN MARK HOWETT | SOUND DESIGN STEVE FRANCIS
In 2004, Bangarra Dance
Theatre composer David Page
collaborated with younger
brother, Bangarra Artistic
Director Stephen Page, and
acclaimed Australian
playwright Louis Nowra to
bring his exuberant and
moving self-portrait to life.
The result was the highly
successful Page 8 which has
toured extensively throughout
Australia and now worldwide.
Page 8 is the story of how, as
the eighth child of 12 living in a
suburban Brisbane housing
commission estate, Little Davy
Page became an all-singing, all-
dancing sensation. At a tender
age he appeared on national
television – on Australia’s
answer to Top of the Pops,
Countdown and the popular
variety program The Paul Hogan
Show. His singles twice made it
to the country’s Top Ten until his
voice broke. Today, David Page
is an award-winning composer
for stage, television and film.
Page 8 is a glorious mixture of
storytelling, music, home movies
and drag from one of Australia’s
great talents.
"...a beautifully crafted
and wonderfully performed
piece of autobiographical
theatre... David Page is
extraordinary.”
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
10-13 MAY
LIBRARY THEATRE, MANCHESTER
29-31 MAY
SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY
INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
MORE DATES TO BE CONFIRMED. PLEASE
CHECK WWW.UNDERGROWTH.ORG.UK
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
PRESENTED IN MANCHESTER BY FKUK AND THE LIBRARY THEATRE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH QUEERUPNORTH AND SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ENERGEX BRISBANE FESTIVAL 2004
26 MAY
BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL,
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
27 MAY
BATH ABBEY,
BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
“The ACO is a firecracker
ensemble, explosive in its
spirit…” THE BOSTON GLOBE
The Australian Chamber
Orchestra (ACO) is celebrated
for the exuberance and vitality
of its musicians. Every year this
talented ensemble, under the
leadership of Artistic Director
Richard Tognetti, presents
exciting performances in
Australia and around the world.
The ACO’s unique artistic style
encompasses not only the
masterworks of the classical
repertoire, but also innovative
cross artform projects and a
vigorous commissioning
program. In Death and
Resurrection the ACO is joined
by the American superstar
soprano Dawn Upshaw in a
program of hauntingly beautiful
music. Works of tranquil
remembrance contrast with the
vitality of Hungarian folksongs
and the life-affirming spirit of
two exquisite Bach arias.
The concert also features
Richard Tognetti’s acclaimed
orchestral arrangement of
Schubert’s famous Death and
the Maiden quartet.
TOUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRIGHTON
FESTIVAL, BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL AND THE ACO CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL.
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Death and Resurrection
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9. Salisbury International
Arts Festival
Corroboree*: Aboriginal Cultural Showcase
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26 MAY - 11 JUNE
SALISBURY
The Salisbury International Arts
Festival focus on Aboriginal
Australian cultural expression
takes you on a journey from
the traditional to the
contemporary arts of the
world’s oldest culture.
Storytelling and performance,
visual arts, film, literature, talks
and photography will be shared
and celebrated, offering UK
audiences a taste of the rich
traditions and diversity of living
Aboriginal cultures.
* Corroboree: A gathering of
Indigenous Australians to
perform music, sing, dance
and tell stories.
PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SALISBURY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL,
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, SALISBURY DISTRICT COUNCIL AND YIRRA YAAKIN NOONGAR THEATRE
BELOW FROM LEFT: PADDY TJUMPANDJI MAGINTA, DAVID PAGE (PHOTO: ALEX CRAIG), PADDY TJAMINTJI TJILIYILI
MAKU CHILDREN (PHOTO: JON GREEN)

10. The Alister Spence Trio is one of
Australia’s finest exponents of
contemporary, cutting edge jazz
and improvised music.
The trio is Alister Spence (piano,
samples), Lloyd Swanton
(double bass) and Toby Hall
(drums).
These three extremely talented
musicians have a long history of
playing together, both in
Australia and around the world.
Originally they made up the
rhythm section of the
internationally acclaimed band,
Clarion Fracture Zone, whose
album Zones on Parade was
awarded five stars by Down
Beat magazine (USA) in 1995.
Alister Spence was co-
leader/composer with this
ground-breaking band.
Lloyd Swanton is becoming well
known to European audiences
through his band The Necks,
and Toby Hall has been a
long-time collaborator with
internationally renowned pianist
and one-time New York
resident, Mike Nock.
Performing as the Alister
Spence Trio the group is known
for its engaging, strong and
highly original compositions, and
for its energetic group dynamic.
The trio’s music covers a broad
stylistic range, while maintaining
a distinctive and unified sound.
In 2004 the Alister Spence Trio
was nominated for Jazz
Ensemble of the Year
(Australian Jazz Awards) and
their second CD, Flux was
nominated for Best Jazz Album
at the 2004 Australian Record
Industry Awards (ARIAs).
“This is the sound of the
hammer striking the nail right
on the head, sweetly, every
time.” AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Alister Spence Trio
16
9 JUNE
SALISBURY INTERNATIONAL ARTS
FESTIVAL
14 JUNE
JAZZ CENTRE AT THE LOT, EDINBURGH
17 JUNE
CHELSEA FESTIVAL, LONDON
Experimenta
Under the Radar
17
8 JUNE - 27 AUGUST
FOUNDATION FOR ART AND
TECHNOLOGY (FACT), LIVERPOOL
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
(ICA), LONDON
Under the Radar is an
exhibition of some of Australia’s
most engaging new media art
featuring unique, interactive
artworks that you can play
with, cuddle, stroke, ride on and
sing to. From a miniature
interactive playroom to a
flooding neo-gothic mansion to
furniture that purrs, Under the
Radar is art as you’ve never
experienced it.
The featured artists include
Van Sowerwine, Shaun
Gladwell, Stephen Barrass,
Craig Walsh and Alex Davies.
Experimenta is a pioneering
organisation, driving the
development of Australian
contemporary media arts. For
almost 20 years it has fostered
innovation in media arts and
film by providing a creative and
interdisciplinary context to bring
together artists and audiences
in new cultural environments.
Experimenta supports and
exhibits the work of artists
experimenting with digital media,
film, video, installation, and
performance and sound art. It
brings together interactive and
screen-based work that is
highly engaging both physically
and emotionally. Experimenta is
renowned for exhibitions
demonstrating how technology
can be combined with creativity
to produce experiences that
resonate long after the
exhibition closes.
PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION, FILM VICTORIA,
ARTS VICTORIA, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AND THE VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFT STRATEGY,
AN INITIATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN, STATE AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS.
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11. Bangarra Dance Theatre
NOVEMBER
ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE
OF MUSIC, LONDON
ELISION SOLOISTS, ROYAL NORTHERN
COLLEGE OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER
LARGE HALL, HOPE UNIVERSITY,
LIVERPOOL WITH THE LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC AS PART OF
2006 CITIES IN TRANSITION
HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC FESTIVAL
“ELISION constructs itself
not so much as a concert-
performing ensemble but as
a vehicle for the creation of
unique and thought-provoking
artistic statements.”
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
ELISION is Australia’s premier
new music ensemble, critically
acclaimed for its development
of innovative projects in
contemporary opera, site
specific installations,
improvisation and electronic
music. ELISION celebrates its
20th anniversary with a UK
tour featuring new work from
composers including Liza Lim,
Dominik Karski, Chris Dench,
Matthew Shlomowitz and
John Rodgers.
ELISION
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Bush
Bangarra Dance Theatre is one
of Australia’s most unique and
captivating dance companies.
It expertly blends traditional
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander history and culture with
international contemporary
dance to create a truly Australian
dance language. Bush is a lush
contemporary celebration of
beauty, ritual and music inspired
by the Dreamtime creation
stories from North East Arnhem
Land. Choreographed by
Bangarra Artistic Director
Stephen Page with Frances
Rings, Bush is a spellbinding
work that captures the lively soul
of this extraordinary company.
TOUR MANAGEMENT: ASKONAS HOLT,
LONDON
UK TOUR
18 SEPTEMBER – 11 OCTOBER
FOR CONFIRMED DATES AND VENUES
PLEASE VISIT
WWW.UNDERGROWTH.ORG.UK
Coming up later in 2006
For full tour details, visit www.undergrowth.org.uk>
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12. January - June 2006
Calendar of Events
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Breathing Space Australia 23 Jan - 19 Feb 4
George Poonkhin Khut Cardiomorphologies v.2 1-5 Feb 6
Rosie Dennis Access All Areas & Love Song Dedication 2-12 Feb 6
Lynette Wallworth Still: Waiting 2 1-12 Feb 7
Australian Contemporary BARE and beyond 9-13 Feb 8
The London Australian Film Festival and Tour 2-12 March* 9
The Bell Shakespeare Company The Comedy Of Errors 7-18 March 10
Arena Theatre Company and Contact Theatre SKID 180 1-13 May 11
Australian Chamber Orchestra Death and Resurrection 26 & 27 May 12
Company B Page 8 10-31 May* 13
Salisbury International Arts Festival Corroboree 26 May - 11 June 14
Alister Spence Trio 9, 14, 17 June 16
Experimenta Under the Radar 8 June - September 17
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Acknowledgments
The Undergrowth Team
AUSTRALIA
MANAGER INTERNATIONAL REBECCA MATTHEWS, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
PROJECT COORDINATORS ELLEN DWYER, JULIE GRAYLAND, SUE SPENCE,
KAREN WORSFOLD & JOSHUA WRIGHT, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIANNE LAVENDER, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
BUSINESS OPERATIONS ANNE YATES, MATTHEW GASKIN,
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
DIRECTOR, CULTURAL RELATIONS SECTION ANTHONY TAYLOR,
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
MANAGER, AICC SECRETARIAT ANNE CRAIG,
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
MARKETING CONSULTANT JACQUI BONNER MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT
GRAPHIC DESIGN MANDARIN CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
WEB DESIGN MASSIVE INTERACTIVE
UK
PROGRAMME MANAGER DEBRA KING
CULTURAL ADVISER ANNA NIEUWENHUYSEN, AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION
MANAGER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS JEREMY MITCHELL, AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION
PUBLICITY TIM McKEOUGH
Advisers to the Undergrowth Team
HIS EXCELLENCY THE HON RICHARD ALSTON, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA
JENNIFER BOTT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
KARILYN BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND MARKET
DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
THE TEAM WISHES TO THANK ALL ARTISTS, COMPANIES AND PRESENTING PARTNERS
WITHIN UNDERGROWTH – AUSTRALIAN ARTS UK FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE PROMOTING THIS TWO-YEAR AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTS PROGRAM
THROUGHOUT 2005 AND 2006.
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