Regional Arts: Big Ideas from Small Places
With a surge in hyper-local creativity, it’s time to look to the regions as we reevaluate Australian culture.
Dr Lindy Hume is Artistic Director of Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania) 2019–2023, and was Creative Director of Four Winds Festival (Barragga Bay, NSW) 2021–2022. An international opera director, writer and festival director, she lives in Tathra, NSW and Port Sorell, Tasmania.
With a surge in hyper-local creativity, it’s time to look to the regions as we reevaluate Australian culture.
The Creative Director of the Four Winds Festival tells us about her second and final program.
After directing Theodora for Pinchgut in 2016, Lindy Hume is back to tackle another Handel oratorio, this time Athalia. She writes about why this rather arcane work is another Handelian masterpiece.
Lindy Hume explains why she is excited to be co-creating a dark, erotic retelling of the Grimm fairytale.
The new artistic director of Opera Queensland reflects on respect for tradition and the allure of innovation.