UNCLE VANYA IN AVOCA
Uncle Vanya in Avoca is a site-specific, durational version of the play by Anton Chekhov, an early environmentalist.
OPEN STUDIOS & EXHIBITONS
Over 90 open studios, exhibitions and workshops present a rare opportunity to visit artists in their natural habitat.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS – Live Live Cinema
Live Live Cinema, a crew of actors and musicians led by musical madman Leon Radojkovic and directed by Oliver Driver, perform live on stage as the film screens above them.
5@5 – Julien Poulson and Channthy Thy
5 Conversations over 5 days, in 5 locations at 5pm
5@5 – John Romeril and Jack Charles
5 Conversations over 5 days, in 5 locations at 5pm
5@5 – Mark Penzac and Eliza Gilchrist
5 Conversations over 5 days, in 5 locations at 5pm
5@5 – Youngh-Oh Won (Theatre Nottle) and Tony Yap (TYC)
5 Conversations over 5 days, in 5 locations at 5pm
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME
The Distance Between You and Me is a self-navigated walking tour through the historical township of Vaughan.
FUTURE HINDSIGHT > RESPOND TO THIS
Lot19 Group Show created especially for the Castlemaine State Festival.
UNSETTLED
Set in the grounds of the historic Pennyweight Flat Children’s Cemetery, Unsettled is a site-specific sound and light installation
SOLAR MINING
Solar Mining is an ecological installation that draws on the unique cultural heritage of the ‘Castlemaine Diggings’
SALOOP
A large-scale installation that references nature and our ever-changing environment
MOUNT RENOUF – A Truly Unbelievable History
Mount Renouf is a trans-media mock museum exhibition, presenting the fanciful and comedic history of a quintessential small Australian country town
MAIA TAKES FLIGHT: A STORY ABOUT FINDING COURAGE IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
CROSSHATCHED
Monohar Lal, Jugdish Prajapat, Sandra Bowkett, Ann Ferguson
AT THE EDGES OF MEANING
Pioneering avant-garde filmmakers Arthur and Corinne Cantrill consider their 50 years of filmmaking collaboration, including their influences, the various film genres they explored, and the meanings behind their work.
1nspirED TECH: exhibitions of visual and performing arts, hospitality and horticulture
In 2015, Castlemaine Continuing Education celebrates 40 years of providing accredited and general interest courses for residents of Castlemaine and surrounds. There will be displays from keynote courses and special activities during the Festival
THE MUSEUM OF HOLES
Conjuring up a surprising range of meanings, from the cave to the grave, wishing wells and open-cut mines, portals and punctures, burrows and beehives...
TERRAINS OF MEMORY
A half-day visual arts symposium
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM
Provocative, playful and probing, the 2015 Castlemaine State Festival’s Visual Arts Program (VAP) features new work by local, national and international artists who have responded boldly to the Festival theme, ‘Before and Beyond’.
ANONYMOUS
Jessica Ledwich
RKM
Helen Bodycomb, Ulrike Barbara von Radichevich, Jilli Rose, Davide Michielin
#WANDERINGCLOUD
a captivating multi-artform performance that pays homage to those affected by flood in Central Victoria.
GOING THROUGH: A COMIC ROAD-MOVIE OF A PLAY ON THE TOPIC OF INCARCERATION
George Fairfax New Theatre Award Presentation
KEKKAI : BEYOND FIXED BOUNDARIES
Kekkai delves into the spaces between and delivers us from sublime meditation to richly textural sight and sound, nestled within the historic former Castlemaine Woolen Mills.
IN PLAN – MICHELLE HEAVEN
An investigation into above, below and beyond with a portal through time and place, an escapee and a cunning plan
DEMENTIA 13 – Live Live Cinema
Live Live Cinema, a crew of actors and musicians led by musical madman Leon Radojkovic and directed by Oliver Driver, perform live on stage as the film screens above them
THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT
From the shadows of Angkor comes The Cambodian Space Project – a psychedelic, cross-culture, Phnom Penh-based rock ’n’ roll band
DALL’ITALIA ALL’AUSTRALIA
Kavisha Mazzella, Irini Vela, David De Santi and Mark Holder-Keeping
PASAJE (Passage)
Pasaje (Passage) is an extraordinarily evocative bi-lingual journey into Cuban cultural history told through music, story, dance and film with a live performance by Cuban band El Son Entero.
EL SON ENTERO
One of Cuba's finest traditional bands, El Son Entero, has planned a night to encapsulate the full spirit of Cuban dance music
MARU TARANG
Sseminal blues by Robert Johnson enriched by Indian flavours; soulful expressions through deep, original and fiery improvisations and compositions
QUEEN CANNIBALI AND THE SKULL ISLAND ORCHESTRA
TOM THUM AND JAMIE MACDOWELL
International beatboxing sensation Tom Thum makes his way to Castlemaine with longstanding Tom Tom Crew comrade Jamie MacDowell.
SALON WITH SIMON TEDESCHI
In the true spirit of a salon, where conversation and conviviality complement the musical performance, you are invited to enjoy a special post-concert reception
GURRONG — NEW TREASURES IN AN OLD LAND
Castlemaine Millennium Chorus and Band, with special feature artists
2015 DOMINIQUE SEGAN EMERGING ARTIST MENTORSHIP CONCERT
Castlemaine Secondary College Orchestra & Cuban artists El Son Entero
SULLE ALI DI CANZONI (ON WINGS OF SONG) : A NIGHT OF FOOD, SONG AND FRIENDSHIP
To celebrate its rich Italian roots, the Castlemaine State Festival brings together three exceptional Italian artists and artisans
DEBORAH CHEETHAM AO
Til the Black Lady Sings
THE IMPOSSIBLE ORCHESTRA
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Castlemaine State Festival we honour Berek Segan, the Festival’s Founding Patron
GARDEN PARTY
On the final day of the Festival celebrate with abandon amongst one of Central Victoria's most precious jewels, the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens.
16 GIRLS
St Martins Youth Arts
CARNIVAL OF COMMUNITY
Carnival of Community is nestled within the leafy surrounds of Castlemaine’s Victory Park and will celebrate and highlight a dazzling smorgasbord of locally produced performance and spectacle.
BIG BANG
Happy Boom Day. We're turning 40! Dig out your party mask, don your hoopla hat, pile up a plate to share and gather up your festive friends for our Festival blast off which begins with a Big Bang.
IN THE DARK
A group of people gathers in an auditorium to listen, in the dark.
5@5 – Massimo Scattolin and Stefano De Pieri
5 Conversations over 5 days, in 5 locations at 5pm
LOOMÛSICA
Festival’s School Mentorship Program
THE GIFT
Primary Schools Program
THE LISTIES MAKE YOU LOL! COMEDY FOR KIDS (AND THEIR ADULTS)
One of Australia’s most sought-after kids’ comedic outfits are here to make you Laugh Out Loud!
ERTH’S DINOSAUR ZOO
The widely acclaimed Erth's Dinosaur Zoo takes audiences into a new dimension of theatre.
RAIN: FOR BABIES AND THEIR CARERS
Rain is a space and a place that welcomes babies to the world of the theatre; a performance that honours and celebrates new lives...
FLAK: TRUE STORIES FROM THE MEN WHO FLEW IN WORLD WAR II
This vivid solo performance brings to life extraordinary stories of combat in the air in the war of 1939–45.
BILARNI
When storyteller-musician Jan Wositzky first heard Bill Harney on the radio, it was a voice that set a new path in his life.
THE FREDA EXPERIENCE
An evocative journey following in the footsteps of Freda Du Faur; a young and adventurous early 20th century Australian mountaineer who smashed the glass ceiling of convention.
PURGATORIO
From the pen of renowned author Ariel Dorfman (Death and The Maiden), comes Purgatorio, an intimate duet.
THE VERANDAH
Songs of Casey Bennetto
NEW ZEALAND CHAMBER SOLOISTS
New Zealand Chamber Soloists are bringing the luminescent colours, sights and sounds of Aotearoa to Castlemaine through the intimate setting that is chamber music.
THE ART AND BEAUTY OF DEEP LISTENING
Steve Sedergreen, Ron Murray and Michael Jordan
LOS HERMANOS DEL ARPA (Brothers of the Harp)
Los Hermanos del Arpa (Brothers of the Harp) showcases the national instrument of Paraguay, the diatonic (seven pitches) Paraguayan harp
BRODERICK SMITH
Broderick Smith is one of Australia’s most admired and respected singer-songwriters, and just happens to be a long-time Castlemaine local. From 70s bbq beach hits through to more recent soulful songs, all accompanied by eminent soul, blues, swing and funk keyboardist Richard Tankard.
TRIO AVIUM – BIRDSONG
This concert brings together the sounds of local box ironbark birds together with European birdsongs from Couperin to William Williams, from the troubadour Ventadorn to Monteclair.
SIMON TEDESCHI – GERSHWIN & ME
Simon Tedeschi is one of Australia’s most renowned and sought-after pianists.
