ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide joins in festival season

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will join in Adelaide's festival season with events on campus, and members of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ community putting their expertise and talent on show. Events include:

Adelaide Fringe:

  • The Lumina Vocal Ensemble will present including premieres by Sag and Pope; Sunday 17 March, 3pm in the Barr Smith Library Reading Room.
  • Law student Demi Lardner and Bryn Adams showcase their comedic talents at The Runt in the Gluttony Garden; 2-3 and 5-17 March, 8pm.
  • by students Demi Lardner James McCann and others in a parody of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n film, Wolf Creek; 5-17 March, Format, 10.30pm.
  • comedy by 2012 Law graduate Amos Gill, runner-up in the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Raw Comedy National Finals; 14 Feb - 2 March, Rhino Room beer garden, 9pm.
Adelaide Writers' Week:

  • The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice is bringing two literary figures to Adelaide for Writers' Week - Professor Kurt Heinzelman and Associate Professor Susan Heinzelman, both from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Texas. They will present seminars at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide as follows:

    • Friday 1 March: Professor Kurt Heinzelman, founding co-editor of The Poetry Miscellany and Advisory Editor of Bat City Review will present 'The Grail of Origin: Translation and Originality', 3pm, Napier 618.

    • Friday 8 March: Associate Professor Susan Heinzelman, Director, Centre for Women's and Gender Studies, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Texas, will present 'The Lear Effect: King Lear as a model of the dramatic representation of gender, terror and torture', 3pm, Napier 618.
  • A Writers' Week special event - by English historian Tom Holland, in conversation with Michael Cathcart; Sunday 3 March, Elder Hall, 6.30pm.
  • with Kevin Powers, Tatjana Soli and Madeleine Thein; Monday 4 March, Elder Hall, 7pm.
  • ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Creative Writing staff and students are taking part in (2-7 March).
Adelaide Festival:

  • : an evening of eclectic and electrifying chamber music in an Adelaide exclusive; Thursday 14 March, Elder Hall, 8pm.
Other:

  • DocWeek: An evening with Honorary Academy Award documentary maker ; Thursday 28 February, Elder Hall, 8pm.
  • Radio Adelaide: coverage throughout the Festival madness starting with a special program on Friday 15 February at 8.30pm to broadcast the Fringe Parade.
  • Lunchtime concerts: Elder Hall starts its series on Friday 1 March with Niki and Slava, 1.10 2pm.

 

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