The very first thing I want to do in my final blog is to congratulate my fabulous successor Marnie Karmelita on her well-deserved appointment. I’ve known Marnie for many years, we worked together at Perth Festival, and we’ve crossed paths many times since, in her roles at Brisbane Powerhouse and New Zealand Festival, and I […]
With mapali Sunset Gathering as our Festival Finale in Devonport, the sun literally set on Ten Days on the Island 2023. Before we look ahead, let’s enjoy some of the amazing memories of this festival just gone, starting with the perfect night we had for mapali! As the wind died away, the crowd’s anticipation was […]
COMMUNION: the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings; the feeling of being part of something. After the buzz of our Hobart launch last Thursday, we launched for a second time on Sunday at COMMUNION, Burnie’s welcoming and stylish new brewery, operated by Andrew Turner, a great supporter of Ten Days on the Island […]
The three shows we’re announcing this week are all pretty special. Individually they capture a characteristic of the 2023 festival, and together they speak to the diversity of the program to come. It’s always a thrilling moment for a festival when the first shows go on sale – it’s like sending up a bright flare […]
Optimism is our instinct to inhale while suffocating. Our need to declare what “needs to be” in the face of what is. Optimism is not uncool; it is rebellious and daring and vital. Musing on themes floating in the zeitgeist as we begin designing the 2023 Festival, the above quote from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro […]
Here at Ten Days on the Island we celebrate the inspiration, creativity, innate strength and unique voices of women artists and makers who contribute to the cultural vibrancy of our Tasmanian community. We celebrate those ‘belligerent optimists’ (as RBG called herself) who see, and strive for, the possibility of changing our troubled world for the […]
Ten Days on the Island is seeking an experienced Executive Producer to join the team. The Executive Producer works with the Artistic Director to collaborate with artists, arts companies, producers, presenters and venues to select, commission and curate a program of creative projects which align with the vision and objectives of the Festival. Reporting to the Artistic […]
Craig Perkins, Chair, has announced the appointment of Vernon Guest as the new CEO of Ten Days on the Island. “Following an extensive international recruitment process, the Board of Ten Days on the Island is delighted that Vernon, who has acquitted himself so admirably over the past four years as Executive Producer, is ready to […]
Ten Days on the Island notes with sadness the passing of Annie Greig, a generous creative spirit. The contribution of Tasdance to our festivals has been immense and we acknowledge Annie’s leadership for this partnership over many years and, more recently, her support as a donor. We send our deep sympathy and warm love to […]
Remembering a festival is recreating a collage of seemingly unrelated moments – moments of connection, moments of revelation, of sheer beauty or raw potential, moments of eloquence, unexpected moments of insight or beauty. While the collage of moments forms a very different picture this time, I wrote these thoughts after the 2019 Festival, and they […]
Over the last year, for all of Australia’s international arts festivals, the challenge of creating engaging programs for our communities was made more complex and difficult by the constraints of border closures and travel restrictions, audience capacity limitations, the instant impacts of random COVID-19 cluster flare-ups and an underlying sense of uncertainty about, well, everything. […]
A LETTER FROM LINDY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND For most of the year, making a festival is an exploratory journey across a landscape that takes in an expansive horizon, criss-crossed with roads that twist and turn and a few that lead nowhere. Then, as we near our destination, three mountain-peaks loom: program […]