InReview
SA arts and culture news in brief: Record sales and attendances for Tarnanthi Art Fair and OzAsia, $7 million boost for the state’s arts and music sectors, new laneway art in the CBD, changing of the guard at Adelaide Chamber Singers, and more.
Festivals
OzAsia 2021 has opened with its first highlight: a play that not only takes a sharp and funny swipe at the Asian cosmetics industry, it reminds us that racism comes in a disturbing variety of forms – and social media often doesn’t help.
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OzAsia Festival has released the full line-up for its new writing and ideas program In Other Words, with the pandemic prompting a change of venue and a revised hybrid format that will see speakers appear on stage and screen.
Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival has unveiled its largest line-up yet of Asian-Australian talent, with new artistic director Annette Shun Wah’s first full-scale program featuring more than 300 artists across 30 events including theatre, music, comedy, literature and film.
Theatre-maker Anchuli Felicia King’s acclaimed satire White Pearl – about the spiralling crisis faced by a start-up skincare company whose TV ad goes viral for the wrong reasons – is one of several early highlights announced for the 2021 OzAsia Festival.
Her Majesty’s Theatre hosted guests for the OzAsia Talks Live event chaired by OzAsia Festival Artistic Director Annette Shun Wah.
