This year, Castlemaine’s grand dame – the Theatre Royal – is the location for the Festival Club, and is the venue for a range of free and ticketed events.
Bowie Bookathon is a commemoration and sharing of David Bowie’s taste in literature. To celebrate his ultimate booklist and the legendary man himself, we have set ourselves the challenge of reading as many of Bowie’s favourite reads as possible.
Acrobat is one of Australia’s leading performance ensembles. Founded in the mid-90s, with roots in the circus form, they are revered internationally for their gritty and irreverent take on theatre.
7 @ 11 will give new insight into the work of artists already featured in this year’s Castlemaine State Festival, together with our best and brightest raconteurs, thinkers and authors.
This foot-stomping, clapping, singing and dancing Balkan gypsy brass extravaganza, comes to Castlemaine all the way from the land of the long white cloud.
Curated especially for the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival, periSCOPE is a compilation of videos and moving image works from across the Philippine archipelago
Through witty rhyme, Telia Nevile embarks on a 50-minute monologue about a pretentious but isolated word-nerd who tires of the way everyone celebrates beauty over intelligence
Big Walk to Golden Mountain invites you to follow in the footsteps of thousands from Guangdong whose migratory passage from Robe in South Australia to the Victorian Goldfields.
Ulumbarra – Gather Together is a powerful and inspirational staged theatre concert dedicated to the story and song of the Dja Dja Wurrung people of central Victoria.
With Elena Kats-Chernin. Renowned Australian classical pianists Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska perform in the home of Harvey Mitchell on the famous Imperial Bosendorfer piano
Taking mining as a metaphor, artists (from places as geographically and culturally diverse as Yirrkala, Castlemaine, New Guinea and North Queensland) will explore themes implicit in the act of mineral exploration and exploitation.
This celebratory exhibition takes the viewer on a visual journey championing the creative energies of Yirrkala Print Space, at the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre, northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory
Have you ever felt concerned that your contribution to the world might be too small to make a difference? Join others in a playful virtual gardening exercise
Kaput! is the story of a clumsy ‘Mr Fixit’ who, despite his best efforts to perform the simplest of tasks, only manages to fuel the catastrophe unfolding around him.
For the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival, Leeroy is creating a temporary sculptural installation, La Puerta Del Laberinto, for the exterior of the Castlemaine Art Museum.
The Little House Project is a delightful art installation created in conjunction with ceramicist Ann Ferguson, under the Festival’s ASCEND education program.
Winner of the ‘Original New Circus’ award on its debut at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015, Perhaps Hope has been praised by critics and audiences alike for its extreme beauty and courage.
