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Dance
The Australian Ballet joins forces with Bangarra Dance Theatre to present the UK premiere of two works at Sadler’s Wells.
The two companies will collaborate to present Rites, set to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and choreographed by Bangarra’s Artistic Director Stephen Page, an electrifying meeting of indigenous Australian culture and contemporary Western dance.
The Australian Ballet will also perform Leonide Massine’s Les Présages, set to Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.
7 – 11 October
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Exhibitions
City Spaces: Urban Stories brings together the work of photographers including Darren Sylvester and Paul Knight, exploring the notion of the global landscape.
6 – 12 October
Vyner Street Gallery, 23 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG
Information: http://www.cityspacesurbanstories.co.uk/
Samantha Hobson is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang, a group of young indigenous painters from Queensland. Her first London solo show, Our life... is land... is culture, will be shown at the October Gallery.
19 September – 11 October
October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1
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Alick Tipoti is one of the leading exponents of the remarkable Torres Strait Island printmaking movement of the last decade. Drawing on the ancient board-carving traditions and the mythic tales of his people, Tipoti creates virtuoso linocuts of extraordinary complexity and power. His subject matter is the creation stories of the Torres Strait Islands, the tales of the spirit ancestors, legendary warriors and fantastical beasts who formed that world and its riches.
19 September - 11 October
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 2a Conway Street, London W1
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In the space of elsewhere presents the work of nine international contemporary artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Sean Cordeiro, Claire Healy and Sandra Selig, in a range of media including painting, installation, sculpture, architecture and photography. It explores the notion of ‘internal’ – discovering ways that locate, navigate and determine our relationship with the nature, structure, and qualities of internal space.
1 October – 22 November
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, KT1
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Paintbox Fine Art is a new gallery opening in King's Road, London, dedicated to showing contemporary Australian artists.
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Music
Martin Martini and the Bone Palace Orchestra are a rock band from Melbourne famed for their high energy cabaret shows and their charismatic front man Martin Martini. They will be performing at the Soho Theatre in London.
28 August – 13 September
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1
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Theatre
Circus Oz will be touring the UK as follows:
Cardiff, 4 September - 7 September
Northampton, 10 September - 12 September
Woking, 17 September - 20 September
Brighton, 24 September - 26 September
Circus Oz is an animal free circus which adults and children can enjoy together. Expect two hours of breathtaking agility, death-defying stunts, awe-inspiring acrobatic performances, irreverent comedy and a spectacular live band.
The Australian production of Dirty Dancing is the most successful pre-premiere sold out show in the history of London theatre, with £6million in advance ticket sales. This stage version of the 1987 film stars Josef Brown as Johnny, in the role made famous by Patrick Swayze and Nadia Coote.
Dirty Dancing London official website
Roger Michell will direct a cast led by Eileen Atkins in Joanna Murray-Smith’s latest play, The Female of the Species, at the Vaudeville Theatre.
Margot Mason is a literary giant on a deadline. When an uninvited fan arrives unexpectedly at her home, followed by her family and friends, Margot's feminist world begins to spiral hilariously out of control.
Booking until October 4
Information: http://www.vaudeville-theatre.co.uk/current-show.htm
Events
Click here for a list of Australian organisations in the UK, some of which of host events for their members and guests.
Books
Thomas Keneally's new book is a A touching love story and a gripping thriller. The Widow and Her Hero paints a powerful picture of the conflicted loyalties of war and the terrible costs faced by those who remain at home.
Grace is haunted by the death of her young husband, Captain Leo Waterhouse. A member of an elite commando group, Leo’s role in the Second World War was mysterious and dashing but also reckless.
Nearly sixty years on Grace has yet to come to terms with the doubt that surrounds his final weeks. The story of a fatal mission becomes public legend but slowly and shockingly the truth comes to light. She finds herself questioning his sacrifice and why men so willingly and fatally adopt the heroic code.
Published by Sceptre
£16.99 Hardback
Seminars and Lectures
The Menzies Centre for Australian Studies presents lectures, seminars and conferences throughout the year.
The Monash University Centre organises events throughout the year from seminars and conferences to networking functions.
Links
www.dcita.gov.au – Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
www.ozco.gov.au – Australian Council for the Arts
www.ozarts.com.au – Exporting contemporary Australian arts and culture
www.indigenous.gov.au – Links to sites on Aboriginal art and culture
www.acn.net.au – Australia's Cultural Network