OzAsia Festival’s diverse program has a range of genres, including theatre, dance, music, comedy, free event and more!

Explore these highlights from this year’s program.

Milestone

William Yang with Elena Kats-Chernin and Ensemble Lumen

Friday, 31 October at 7:30pm
Adelaide Town Hall

Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneering artist, William Yang, reflects on his extraordinary life in Milestone. Through personal stories, he explores themes of family, sexuality, and culture with his signature humour and candour.

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Hiromi: The Piano Quintet
feat. PUBLIQuartet

Tuesday, 28 October at 7:30pm
Adelaide Town Hall

In The Piano Quintet, Hiromi expands on her impressive emotional range, joining forces with multi-GRAMMY-nominated string quartet, PUBLIQuartet (USA), to present a breathtaking blend of jazz and classical composition.

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Opera for the Dead 祭歌
Monica Lim & Mindy Meng Wang

Wednesday, 5 November at 7:00pm
Thursday, 6 November at 6:00pm & 8:00pm
The Odeon Theatre, Norwood

Inspired by Chinese mourning rituals, Opera for the Dead 祭歌 is an immersive, multi-artform performance combining live musicians and singers with electronic processing, mobile stages, ambisonic sound, and 3D animation.

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The Special Comedy Comedy Special: Greatest DebateThe new Australian dream is never moving out

Saturday, 8 November at 8:00pm
Her Majesty's Theatre

The new Australian dream is never moving out. Join the debate with your favourite Asian Australian comedians for a night of real estate, rice cookers and repressed emotions. Only one team can get the spare room – you decide!

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Searching Blue
The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company

Thursday, 23 October – Saturday, 25 October at 6:00pm
Festival Plaza, Adelaide

Walk alongside Singapore’s T.H.E Dance Company in a gentle, profound outdoor performance conceived and created by Founding Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, tracing shifting relationships between people, places and passers-by.

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Embarking on a Drift to the UnknownAntinomy Company

Friday, 31 October at 6:00pm
Saturday, 1 November at 7:00pm
Nexus Arts Venue, Adelaide

Decades later, her granddaughter retells the story in an intimate, audio-immersive solo performance merging soundscapes, fragmented memory, archival media and carried through wireless headphones.

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