LauZone

OzAsia Festival: LauZone

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Get ready for a euphony of dialects including Cantonese, Putonghua, Chiuchow, and Shanghainese as Rick Lau and Anna Lo pay tribute to LauZone, an old colloquial Cantonese term for non-Cantonese natives. Brimming with song and laughter, Lau and Lo celebrate their ancestral roots and honour the many lives and memories…
LauZone

OzAsia Festival: LauZone

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Get ready for a euphony of dialects including Cantonese, Putonghua, Chiuchow, and Shanghainese as Rick Lau and Anna Lo pay tribute to LauZone, an old colloquial Cantonese term for non-Cantonese natives. Brimming with song and laughter, Lau and Lo celebrate their ancestral roots and honour the many lives and memories…

OzAsia Festival: Badieh

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Master musicians, Mohammad Miraghazadeh (setar) and Michel Gasco (rubab) breathe new life into ancient music of a vast cultural region that spans the borders of Iran and Afghanistan. From the sweeping steppes of borderland towns to the ancient spirit of Herat and Torbat-e-Jam, Badieh’s soul-stirring sound offers a rare glimpse…
Embarking on a Drift to the Unknown

Antinomy Company: Embarking on a Drift to the Unknown

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
In 1957, a woman crossed the sea and vanished into an arranged marriage. Decades later, her granddaughter retells the story in an intimate, audio-immersive solo performance merging soundscapes, fragmented memory, archival media and carried through wireless headphones. Guided by “Zi Wei Dou Shu” (紫微斗數), a Chinese astrological system, the work…

Embarking on a Drift to the Unknown

Antinomy Company: Embarking on a Drift to the Unknown

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
In 1957, a woman crossed the sea and vanished into an arranged marriage. Decades later, her granddaughter retells the story in an intimate, audio-immersive solo performance merging soundscapes, fragmented memory, archival media and carried through wireless headphones. Guided by “Zi Wei Dou Shu” (紫微斗數), a Chinese astrological system, the work…

Nexus Arts: The Mixed-Race Tape

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
An autobiographical masterpiece from South Australian hip-hop artist Kultar Ahluwalia, returning from a sold out 2024 season for one night only. This multidisciplinary performance blends hip-hop with old recordings, family interviews, and spoken word, explores identity, masculinity, mixed marriage, and fatherhood. Kultar delves into his Punjabi heritage and upbringing, revealing…
The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)

OzAsia Festival: The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Live cello, electronics and sounds of the Bornean Forest meet storytelling and hip hop in The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio). A nameless water spirit on an endless plastic ocean searches for lost memories and ultimately, humanity. Exploring family, ecological collapse, and Southeast Asian colonial history, The Offering is a…
The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)

OzAsia Festival: The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Live cello, electronics and sounds of the Bornean Forest meet storytelling and hip hop in The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio). A nameless water spirit on an endless plastic ocean searches for lost memories and ultimately, humanity. Exploring family, ecological collapse, and Southeast Asian colonial history, The Offering is a…