❓ Ms. Evangel inquires about the Perth International Arts Festival 2015 program. The Minister responds by highlighting key events, including 'The Giants', 'Black Diggers', and contributions from WA artists, anticipating a successful festival.
AnsweredQoN 896Legislative Assembly
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PERTH
INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 PROGRAM
896. Ms E. EVANGEL to the
Minister for Culture and the Arts:
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge the
year 6s and their teacher from Mount Hawthorn Primary School in my electorate.
The summer festival season is fast approaching. Would the
minister be so kind as to update the house on the Perth International Arts
Festival 2015 program?
INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 PROGRAM
896. Ms E. EVANGEL to the
Minister for Culture and the Arts:
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge the
year 6s and their teacher from Mount Hawthorn Primary School in my electorate.
The summer festival season is fast approaching. Would the
minister be so kind as to update the house on the Perth International Arts
Festival 2015 program?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question. The Perth International
Arts Festival has been a very important part of the cultural landscape and
events in Perth and Western Australia for approximately 60 years, since it was
first established by the University of Western Australia. I was very pleased to
attend and speak at the program launch of the 2015 Perth International Arts
Festival at the Perth Concert Hall last week. It will be a very significant
program of events and performances provided by PIAF, under the direction, for
what will be his final festival, of artistic director Jonathan Holloway. I
commend Jonathan for his contribution and outstanding efforts over the last
three years and in anticipation of the 2015 festival. Certainly, what has been
produced and presented over that time has, I think, generally been regarded as
outstanding.
One of the most significant events of the 2015 festival will
be the performances of The Giants ,
which will be the largest free public art performance ever seen in Western
Australia. It is being brought to Perth and, in fact, Australia, for the first
time by the festival, with additional funding support from the state
government, and that will be an outstanding public event in the city over three
days in the middle of February next year. On a smaller scale, but no less important,
is the partnership between the Perth Theatre Trust and PIAF to present the
Queensland Theatre Company's production Black Diggers at the State Theatre Centre of WA. This performance
tells the story of the Indigenous soldiers who fought for Australia in World
War I. On a related theme, both events are significant to the 2015 program as
they form part of the festival's Anzac commemorations.
Western Australia's own artists and organisations
will also be important to the program. The Barking Gecko Theatre Company is
co-producing The Rabbits , an operatic
adaptation of the book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan; Broome's
Marrugeku Theatre Company's latest work, Cut The Sky , explores the themes of climate change; the West Australian
Ballet is presenting Zip Zap Zoom for
its popular Ballet at the Quarry performances; and a solo exhibition by
prominent Japanese visual artist Mariko Mori has been secured by the Art
Gallery of Western Australia. The Perth Writers Festival, the Lotterywest
Festival Films and the Great Southern Festival will also take place as usual.
Last year more than 370 000 people attended festival events,
and I am sure that the 2015 festival will be just as successful and significant
for Perth's cultural calendar.
Arts Festival has been a very important part of the cultural landscape and
events in Perth and Western Australia for approximately 60 years, since it was
first established by the University of Western Australia. I was very pleased to
attend and speak at the program launch of the 2015 Perth International Arts
Festival at the Perth Concert Hall last week. It will be a very significant
program of events and performances provided by PIAF, under the direction, for
what will be his final festival, of artistic director Jonathan Holloway. I
commend Jonathan for his contribution and outstanding efforts over the last
three years and in anticipation of the 2015 festival. Certainly, what has been
produced and presented over that time has, I think, generally been regarded as
outstanding.
One of the most significant events of the 2015 festival will
be the performances of The Giants ,
which will be the largest free public art performance ever seen in Western
Australia. It is being brought to Perth and, in fact, Australia, for the first
time by the festival, with additional funding support from the state
government, and that will be an outstanding public event in the city over three
days in the middle of February next year. On a smaller scale, but no less important,
is the partnership between the Perth Theatre Trust and PIAF to present the
Queensland Theatre Company's production Black Diggers at the State Theatre Centre of WA. This performance
tells the story of the Indigenous soldiers who fought for Australia in World
War I. On a related theme, both events are significant to the 2015 program as
they form part of the festival's Anzac commemorations.
Western Australia's own artists and organisations
will also be important to the program. The Barking Gecko Theatre Company is
co-producing The Rabbits , an operatic
adaptation of the book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan; Broome's
Marrugeku Theatre Company's latest work, Cut The Sky , explores the themes of climate change; the West Australian
Ballet is presenting Zip Zap Zoom for
its popular Ballet at the Quarry performances; and a solo exhibition by
prominent Japanese visual artist Mariko Mori has been secured by the Art
Gallery of Western Australia. The Perth Writers Festival, the Lotterywest
Festival Films and the Great Southern Festival will also take place as usual.
Last year more than 370 000 people attended festival events,
and I am sure that the 2015 festival will be just as successful and significant
for Perth's cultural calendar.
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