The Australian premiere of SNAP by South Korea’s GRUEJARM Productions is a magical, mind-boggling mix of illusion, mime, comedy, and cabaret, wowing international audiences including on Broadway and at Edinburgh Fringe. The storyline follows three tricksters who stumble through a mysterious door and meet a variety of mystical characters.
Two works will have their world premiere in 2022 after postponements from the OzAsia Festival 2021 programme. Leading film actor and fight choreographer Maria Tran’s Action Star smashes everything from glass ceilings to gender and racial stereotypes, as she reveals her story in her theatrical debut. Choreographer Sue Healey’s The Long Walk is inspired by the pilgrimage of over 16,000 Chinese miners in the 1850s to Victoria’s goldfields. The piece will be performed on Robe’s uniquely beautiful, rugged coastline and led by Asian Australian dancers Kimball Wong and Julian Renlong Wong, and simultaneously streamed online and to AFC’s Space Theatre via real-time drone and camera recording as the dancers move spontaneously across the extraordinary landscape.
Two additional works from OzAsia Festival’s 2021 programme will now make their Adelaide premiere in 2022. Chinese Australian musician, composer, and performer Mindy Meng Wang’s When is a deeply personal tale of upheaval, family, and the global pandemic, sharing stories between her hometown of Lanzhou, Wuhan and her new home of Melbourne.
One-day events include AnimeGO! the annual celebration of pop culture that showcases everything cool and quirky about Japan through cosplay, anime, workshops, and competitions, hosted for the first time at AFC, in the Banquet Room. In its seventh year, OzAsia Festival favourite Chinese Music Day at Elder Hall and Elder Conservatorium of Music is an opportunity to experience the beauty of Chinese music and instruments.
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