ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide joins in the festivities of Mad March

Monday, 10 February 2014

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's North Terrace campus, along with talented past and present staff and students, will feature at this year's Adelaide Fringe and Adelaide Festival.

Adelaide Fringe (14 February-16 March):

  • Charmaine Jones, a jazz voice teacher with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Elder Conservatorium, is directing Gospolicious, a 75-minute music spectacular consisting of reinvented gospel music, 18-22 February, at St John's Anglican Church.

  • Ben Darsow, graduate and comedian, will perform improvised stand up, 10-16 March, at Gluttony - The Piglet.

  • The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s will be a venue for this year's Adelaide Fringe, hosting activities including:
    - a special Fringe parade program on Friday 14 February, 6.00-9.30pm
    - a live radio program, FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out, by Zoe McDonald, 5-16 March
    - show reviews, and interviews and performances by artists throughout the festival.

  • The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Elder Hall will also be a venue for the Adelaide Fringe, featuring:
    - Resonate like a bloke, presented by the Dark Knights of Song, 1 March
    - The Dark Knights of Song in Concert, presented by the Dark Knights of Song, 28 February and 1-2 March
    - pianist Sally Whitwell and soprano Marie Angle, 21-22 February.

  • The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Unibar will host a reggae concert, Urban Jungle, on Saturday 22 February and the Barr Smith Library will host A Medieval Adventure in the Reading Room, 16 and 23 February.

Adelaide Festival - Writers' Week (1-6 March):<ul<li>Professor Peter Goldsworthy AM, Professor Nick Jose and Professor Brian Castro, from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s J.M Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, are on this year's Writers' Week committee.

  • Professor Barbara Santich, School of History and Politics food scholar, will present her book, Looking for Flavour, on Thursday 8 March. She will also participate in a panel discussion on Monday 5 March.

  • Award-winning classical pianist and writer Dr Anna Goldsworthy, who is also with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, will present her memoirs on Monday 3 March.

  • Professor Jon Jureidini, from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Department of Psychological Medicine, will join Kate Richards, author of Madness: A Memoir, in a discussion about living with mental illness, Sunday 2 March.

  • The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's Elder Hall will host numerous activities during Writers' Week, including:
    - What a Wonderful World, presented by English science writer and broadcaster, Marcus Chown, 3 March
    - 1914, a session with three historians who have written masterful accounts of the First World War, 4 March
    - A History of Christianity, presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, 5 March.</ul>

    Visit the and the websites for more information about the various events and activities.

     

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