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Macro: Opening Night Event

Gravity & Other Myths and Djuki Mala

Australia & Scotland

Homegrown circus favourites Gravity & Other Myths team up with a huge choir, expert musicians, thrilling projections and sensational dancers Djuki Mala for this opening night spectacular.

This is a free event, but tickets ARE required for entry.

Our favourite homegrown “contemporary circus powerhouse”, Gravity & Other Myths (GOM), will team up critically acclaimed Indigenous Australian dance-theatre sensation Djuki Mala to ring in the 2022 Adelaide Festival with this free opening night event!

Those of you who saw The Pulse in 2021 will know what to expect when the full 30-strong troupe team up with a mass choir. Now add dancers, Scottish musicians and a large-scale projection and lighting display, and you have our world premiere opening night spectacular – MACRO.

Co-commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival, MACRO will feature Djuki Mala (formerly known as the Chooky Dancers) with their unique fusion of traditional dance, pop culture and storytelling. Joining GOM and Djuki Mala on stage will be Adelaide’s acclaimed youth vocal ensemble Aurora, and a trio of Scotland’s most revered contemporary folk artists, Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle), Kathleen MacInnes (vocals) and Bridghe Chaimbeul (pipes).

We don’t have a castle, but GOM’s inspirational towers and turrets of fit young bodies are equally breathtaking.

This will be a fun, beautifully produced event for families and friends to marvel at. A heart-in-mouth display of skill and co-ordination. But it will be more than that. From their humble DIY origins, every show mounted by this company is founded by a deep unspoken principle: to show what humans can do when they trust each other, support each other and urge each other to go further. Whether here on the grass, or 16,000 kilometres away on the cobblestones, we need to be reminded of those simple things.

Join this awesome community of performers in a celebration like no other and stay for the fireworks display that will follow this performance.

More information is available on our Macro FAQs page - click the button below!

Macro Faqs here

Livestreaming

Country Arts SA will stream Macro to regional venues, including Renmark, Whyalla, Port Pirie, Mount Gambier, Naracoorte, Victor Harbor, Andamooka, Ceduna, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and Kadina. Find out more and book via Country Arts SA here.

The Advertiser will stream Macro from 8pm for subscribers. For more information, please go to theadvertiser.com.au

Credits

Key Creative Team
Director Darcy Grant (Gravity & other Myths)
Associate Director Josh Bond (Djuki Mala)
Designer Geoff Cobham
Designer/Production Manager Matthew Adey
Co-Composer & Musical Director Ekrem Phoenix
Co-Composer Aidan O’Rourke (UK)

Performers
Gravity & Other Myths
Djuki Mala
Aurora (Young Adelaide Voices)

Fiddle Aidan O’Rourke (Scotland)
Vocals Kathleen MacInnes (Scotland)
Pipes Brighde Chaimbeul (Scotland)

MACRO has been co-commissioned by Adelaide Festival and Edinburgh International Festival.

Partners

British Council & Aus Gov Season 2021-22

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WHEN

Sat 05 Mar, 8:00pm

Gates open from 6.30pm.

WHERE

Village Green, Adelaide Oval
War Memorial Drive, Adelaide

TICKETS

FREE

DURATION

1hr 15mins, no interval

NOTE

All patrons attending must hold a valid ticket for entry. Tickets can be booked through the Buy Tickets link on this page.

Event proceeds rain or shine. In the case of extreme weather, refer to this website at 3pm on the day of the performance for final weather arrangements.

COVID-19 information
Adelaide Oval is a double COVID-19 vaccination-only venue as of 23 November 2021. As hirers of the Adelaide Oval, the Festival’s Macro opening weekend event will fall under the Oval’s COVID Management Plan and Conditions of Entry. Under the Conditions of Entry, all ticket holders aged 12+ will be required to display their COVID-19 Digital Certificate via their smart phone prior to entry. Where this is not possible, a printed immunisation statement along with proof of identification will be accepted. Those with an official medical exemption will need to show their certificate of exemption and provide a recent negative PCR test result no older than 72 hours along with proof of identification. This requirement will be enforced, with individuals who are not able to provide proof of double COVID-19 vaccination, or a valid exemption, denied entry.

Patrons aged 12+ are required to wear a mask at all times except when eating and drinking. Patrons must be seated while eating and drinking.

For more information, please visit the Adelaide Oval Conditions of Entry and COVIDSafe Measures web pages.

Frequently Asked Questions
More information is available on our Macro FAQs page - click the button below!

Macro Faqs here

WARNINGS

Pyrotechnics, strobe lighting and haze effects

ACCESS

Wheelchair accessible
For access info for this event, please speak to our ticketing team on 1300 393 404.

Macro: Opening Night Event

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Homegrown circus favourites Gravity & Other Myths team up with a huge choir, expert musicians, thrilling projections and sensational dancers Djuki Mala for this opening night spectacular.