Project Summary
- Sector: Arts and Culture
- Country location: Australia
- Grantee: OzAsia Festival
Project description
OzAsia Festival presents the Australian premiere season of 'While I was Waiting', a major theatre work from Syria along with a series of audience Q&As and community engagement around Australian-Arab relations. The celebrated Syrian team of playwright Mohammed Al Attar and director Omar Abusaada masterfully humanise a political situation, offering a gripping portrait of ordinary characters facing ordinary problems in a world turned strange and cruel – and in doing so, powerfully connecting Syrian people with the rest of the world. This year marks the 12th edition of OzAsia Festival – Australia's leading international arts festival engaging with Asia. The 2018 festival program is the largest to date, and includes a turn towards the Middle East with this unforgettable theatre production.
Key dates
- Public launch for OzAsia Festival program: Adelaide Festival Centre 14 Aug 2018
- OzAsia Festival: Adelaide Festival Centre 25 Oct – 11 Nov 2018
- Opening night of 'While I was Waiting': 30 Oct 2018
- Artist Q&A Session 'While I was Waiting': Dunstan Playhouse 30 Oct 2018
- Full Australian premiere season of 'While I was Waiting': 30 – 31 Oct 2018
Social media
- www.facebook.com/ozasiafestival, @ozasiafestival
- www.instagram.com/ozasiafestival/, #ozasia;
- twitter.com/ozasiafestival, @OzAsiaFestival, #ozasia
- Council for Australian-Arab Relations grant offer: $15,000
- Total project value: $178,578