On the Brink of a brand new period
Brink Productions inventive director Chris Drummond will step down from the position on the finish of subsequent month after nearly 20 years on the helm of the extremely regarded Adelaide theatre firm.
Drummond joined Brink in 2004 and has collaborated with different creatives to create and current works starting from one-person exhibits like this yr’s Symphonie de la Bicyclette to large-scale productions which have toured nationally and internationally.
His private highlights from greater than 20 productions embody When the Rain Stops Falling, which premiered on the 2008 Adelaide Pageant and was written by Andrew Bovell with design by visible artist Hossein Valamanesh; The Aspirations of Daisy Morrow, an adaptation of a Patrick White story; and The Hypochondriac, which featured a solid led by the late Paul Blackwell.
“I’ve been extraordinarily lucky to be the custodian of a tenacious and impressive theatre firm dedicated to telling new tales in new methods,” Drummond says.
“I’m so happy with the work we’ve made and all of the artists we’ve labored with. Nonetheless, I’m additionally extremely excited to be heading into this new section of my very own profession, with all of the wonderful alternatives that are actually opening up.”
Drummond will proceed to work with Brink half time on particular initiatives for the subsequent six to 12 months, with a recruitment course of set to start for a brand new inventive director.
Chair Trish Hansen says will probably be the beginning of a brand new period for the corporate, which was fashioned in 1996 by seven younger actors looking for to fill a niche in SA’s cultural panorama. Nonetheless, she says Brink will “proceed our legacy of telling vital tales that have interaction, encourage, enchant and shift audiences in deeply significant methods”.
Writers (and readers) needed
A Writers SA occasion at Adelaide Metropolis Library. Picture: Nat Rogers
Writers SA has launched a drive to draw new members, providing a variety of prizes for individuals who be a part of or renew their membership earlier than July 7.
The not-for-profit organisation, which is now in its thirty eighth yr of operation, describes itself because the nation’s oldest – and boldest – writers’ centre.
“In 2022, we paid over $400,000 to South Australian writers to undertake writing residencies and fellowships, ship mentorships, workshops and manuscript assessments, and current their work at festivals and occasions,” CEO Jessica Alice says in a press release on the Writers SA web site.
“On the coronary heart of all of that is our members. By this group we assist and develop one another’s work, we collect collectively in quarterly celebrations, and we make obtainable transformative artistic growth alternatives. For the non-writers and the literary-adjacent, membership is a superb method to present solidarity and keep linked with literature.”
Writers of all varieties and expertise ranges are invited to hitch, with those that join or renew earlier than July 7 going within the draw for prize packs together with e book vouchers, stationery, and Adelaide Pageant Centre and Illuminate Adelaide tickets. Particulars right here.
Launchpad for younger musicians
Musician Rob Edwards. Picture: Michelle G Hunder
5 rising artists will obtain a profession enhance after being chosen for the fourth version of a music growth and coaching program run by WOMADelaide and youth-focussed music hub Northern Sound System (NSS).
Electro-pop artist ALITA, East African singer-songwriter Nestor Once more, Ngarrindjeri lady Nimpala Rose, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Rob Edwards and Filipino singer-songwriter Sofia Menguita will participate in an expert growth program of occasions and masterclasses at NSS’s Elizabeth facility. They are going to every be mentored by high-profile Australian music trade artists, producers and managers.
The WOMADelaide x NSS Academy goals to offer “real-world pathways” for its graduates, who’ve beforehand included 2022 J Award Unearthed Artist of the Yr Elsy Wameyo, who’s at present touring with the Hilltop Hoods, and APY Lands hip-hop group DEM MOB, who carried out at WOMAD this yr.
“I’m tremendous excited to work with this yr’s artists,” says NSS artistic industries challenge officer Ben Smith. “The uncooked expertise I see in them and the potential for development by the Academy is loopy.”
Music SA shindig
Musicians, venues and others concerned within the South Australian music sector are invited to attend Music SA’s technique launch and trade catch-up this Tuesday, July 4.
The organisation says the occasion might be a possibility to fulfill the Music SA group, take a look at its new workplace at 4 Cinema Place within the East Finish, and study what it does and what it has deliberate for the remainder of 2023.
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Tickets are free however it’s worthwhile to register (right here). As a sweetener, there might be drinks obtainable from Music SA’s new neighbour The Howling Owl and “native music spun on the decks”.
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