The Mountain Festival presents cultural, conservation and community events inspired by the unique natural environment of Hobart and its surrounds.
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Origins
Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
8:00pm Thursday 6 March 2008 (Special Preview)
8:00pm Friday 7 March - Sunday 9 March 2008
This is storytelling and music at its very best linking Charles Darwin and Tasmanian Aboriginal culture. Origins is a magical show about the search for story and music that will leave the audience spellbound.
An intrepid group of storytellers and musicians, playing reggae guitar and bass, charango, violin, skins, stones and water, weave their way through songs and tales on a quest for the one story that unites us all.
Their search takes them on a timeless journey, on the way meeting Indigenous knowledge, Charles Darwin the great evolutionary biologist, ears always open to a new melody and a new piece of the puzzle.
An ingenious blending of musical traditions that will change the way you listen forever.
| " | In times and places of great conflict the dreamers can only survive by coming together, sharing knowledge and stories, evolving new hybrid songs that will sing of the ancestors and the land to future generations." Matthew Fargher |
The Artists
Written by Jim Everett
Directed by Dan Witton
Featuring: Lorrae Coffin, Matthew Fargher, Ruth Langford, Andry Sculthorpe, Ilias Velisaropolis
Directed by Dan Witton
Featuring: Lorrae Coffin, Matthew Fargher, Ruth Langford, Andry Sculthorpe, Ilias Velisaropolis
Cultural advisors: German Duarte and Jim Everett
Produced by Matthew Fargher
Produced by Matthew Fargher
How to Buy Tickets
Tickets $18 / $12 conc. are available from the TSO box office at The Federation Concert Hall, 1 Davey St., Hobart. Ph. 1800 001 190. Booking fees apply.
Special Preview
Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
8.00pm Thursday 6 March
Tickets $10 at the door for the special preview - limited seating so come early.
8.00pm Thursday 6 March
Tickets $10 at the door for the special preview - limited seating so come early.
Background
The original concept for Origins arose from a chance comment by a Tasmanian scientist, Peter McQuillan, during a collaborative meeting between artists and scientists. Whilst working on production of the 2004 Mountain Festival show, Invertebrate, Peter mentioned the similarities in landscape and latitude between the Chilean island of Chiloe and Tasmania and the fact that Charles Darwin had visited both places.
Understanding the similarities in musical traditions between islands, local composer, musician and director, Matthew Fargher, was intrigued and so grew the vision which is now Origins. Darwin in fact visited many islands each of which had a profound Aboriginal or Indigenous culture along with a unique flora and fauna. A long time in the making and now with the support of Ten Days on the Island the Mountain Festival is very proud to present this show.
Our Supporters
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. It enriches the lives of Australians and their communities by supporting the creation and enjoyment of the arts.The Australia Council cultivates the nation's creativity by investing in artists and arts organisations working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, community partnerships, dance, literature, music, theatre, visual arts and multi-artform practices.
The Mountain Festival is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.
Arts Tasmania
Arts Tasmania is part of the Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment and has supported the Mountain Festival Sculpture Trail through its grants program since 2004.Arts Tasmania and its business unit arts@work work with the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board to form the Government's arts and cultural agency. It works to deliver the primary Tasmania Together Goal 6 for Tasmania to have a dynamic, creative and internationally recognised arts community and culture.
The Chair of the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Saul Eslake, continues to promote the integral role that creativity plays in contributing to the social, cultural and economic development of Tasmania - and that the diverse skills, abilities and knowledge of our arts practitioners and creative thinkers will ultimately shape our future.
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Origins
Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Art Centre
An intrepid group of storytellers and musicians weave their way through songs and tales on a quest for the one story that unites us all.
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