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Yasukichi MurakamiThrough a Distant LensPERFORMANCE 4AIf photographs are moments frozen in time, thenYasukichi Murakami unlocks those moments withthe warmth of memory, family, humour and truthWhereBrown’s Mart Theatre•THEATREJapanese photographer, entrepreneur andinventor Yasukichi Murakami was the talk of thetown in the 1930s. He lived the high life withDarwin’s elite, photographing everyone andanything until the outbreak of the Second WorldWar saw he and his family, like all Japanese inAustralia, interned as enemy aliens. Murakami’sphotographs were impounded and subsequentlylost.In the new multidisciplinary performance workYasukichi Murakami, contemporary Japanese-Australian photographer and performance makerMayu Kanamori goes in search of Murakami’slost photographs. Along her journey she uncoversa fascinating story of unlikely friendships,thwarted ambition and unrequited love, andrecognises a way to address the nationalcollective amnesia about the history of theJapanese in Australia. What begins as a searchfor the past becomes a quest for immortality.Utilising photographic projections, video,narration, dramatic action, original music andsoundscape, Yasukichi Murakami is a meditationon love, truth and, in a digital age where camerasare everywhere, the nature of photography.WhenTue 19 Aug 8.15pmWed 20 Aug 6pm & 8.15pmDuration 1hr 15minsTicketsFull $36Conc & Group (8+) $30Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auPresented in association with Adelaide FestivalCentre's OzAsia FestivalSupported by the Australian Government throughthe Australia Council for the Arts, MacquarieUniversity and Japan FoundationThe Magic HourURSULA YOVICHThought you knew Grimm’s fairytales?Think again...From one of Australia’s most originalcontemporary playwrights, Vanessa Bates, comesThe Magic Hour – classic fairytales as you’venever heard them before. Sure, the BrothersGrimm originals were hardly the sugar-coatedbedtime stories we now know, but this wickedretelling is one for the grown-ups. It’s more likeLittle Red Riding Hood meets Trainspotting thananything Disney.The Magic Hour is a gutsy one-woman comedytold with dark humour and soulful song. Awardwinningperformer Ursula Yovich expertlyportrays a cast of marginalised female characters•THEATRE– the forgotten voices from your favouritefairytales, who have been updated and droppedinto the gutters and alleyways of Australian life.It’s not Cinderella who takes centre stage here,but one of her ugly sisters, along with Rapunzel’soverprotective captor and Red Riding Hood’sgrandma. And they’re all living in a caravan parksomewhere on the wrong side ofthe tracks Down Under.Join Ursula Yovich for The Magic Hour, a nightof bedtime stories for adults told with music, witand a touch of magic.PHOTO: SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY, MANIPULATION: BEVIN CREATIVEWhereBrown’s Mart TheatreWhenFri 8 Aug 11am & 8pmSat 9 Aug 8pmDuration 2hrs 10mins(inc. interval)TicketsFull $38Conc & Group (8+) $32Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auAttentionOccasional Coarse Language,Sexual & Adult ThemesRecommended for ages 14 & overProduced and toured by Performing Lines WASupported by the Australian Government throughthe Australia Council for the ArtsJourney into a world ofimagination with this exclusivepreview of a brand newproduction. Book of Shadowsis an immersive performancework incorporating liveactors, traditional Balineseand contemporary shadowpuppetry and new media.•THEATREPresented as a series ofchapters, this visuallystunning Darwin/Indonesiacollaboration tells stories thatweave together folk tales, mythand legend from differentcultures and traditions toevoke a magical perspectiveof the world.Book of Shadows: Chapter OneNT/INDONESIAWhereBrown’s Mart TheatreWhenSun 10 Aug 6pmDuration 50minsTicketsAll Tickets $20Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auSupported by the Australian Government throughthe Australia Council for the Arts and Brown’sMart ArtsBUY TICKETS darwinfestival.org.au 08 8943 422221 PHOTO: MIHO WATANABEdarwinfestival.org.au 08 8943 4222 BUY TICKETS22