Four days of events, seminars, concerts, films and exhibitions, all inspired by Patrick White's iconic novel VOSS (1956).
Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 2009
SUNDAY 17 MAY
Forum: The Voss Big Book Club Brunch
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10.00am-12.00pm $20, including brunch |
The VOSS Book Club, with special guests including David
Malouf, in discussion of the novel.
Family event: The Voss Journey Expedition
11.00am-2.00pm Free admission Various sites – Acton Peninsula
http://www.nma.gov.au/index.html
A (mis)guided street-theatre/music “expedition” around various
locations from the National Museum of Australia, through ANU
bushland to the NFSA with characters from the Fool Factory, camel
rides and much more!
Film 3: Voss
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Dir: Jim Sharman, Aust, 1986-7, 125mins, DVD |
Introduced by Moffatt Oxenbould, former Artistic Director,
Opera Australia
An opera in two acts by Richard Meale to a libretto by David
Malouf. Based on the novel by Patrick White. The Australian Opera
Production, 1986-7.
Opening at the Adelaide Festival in March 1986, this production
of The Australian Opera subsequently appeared in Melbourne
and Sydney. With baritone Geoffrey Chard and soprano Marilyn
Richardson, Sharman’s stage production appears on the cinema
screen for the very first time.
SUNDAY 17 MAY |
