Our excitement has been building these past few weeks as we’ve packed up our lives in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, and prepared for our journey to Lutruwita/Tasmania. We have since flown into Melbourne with our large German Wirehaired Pointer Charles and stopped over to catch up with family and friends. All three of us are […]
I’m thrilled to share an exciting update with all of you. Just recently, our team returned from an action-packed trip to Melbourne, where we dove headfirst into a maelstrom of events, including the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), RISING (a vibrant festival celebrating music, food, art, and culture under moonlight) and the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals (CAIAF) development site (yes, […]
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 […]
A major coup for Lutruwita/Tasmania, Ten Days on the Island appoints highly acclaimed new Artistic Director. Acclaimed festival director Marnie Karmelita will become the next Artistic Director of the biennial statewide arts festival, Ten Days on the Island. Chair of Ten Days on the Island, Mr Craig Perkins said that the organisation is thrilled to […]
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 […]
One of the world’s most celebrated and influential string quartets is heading to lutruwita Tasmania in a major musical coup for Ten Days on the Island 2023. Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet will perform in nipaluna Hobart during the Ten Days Festival in March, as part of their Five Decades Tour to celebrate the group’s 50th […]
Ten Days on the Island is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join the team. Reporting to the CEO the Finance Manager is responsible for the financial operations of Tasmania’s statewide biennial arts festival, including financial modelling, planning, reporting and general business management and, with the CEO ensuring legislative compliance, government and Board reporting. Based in pataway/Burnie on the […]
The Program Manager will play a key role in producing and managing the delivery of the Ten Days on the Island program for 2023, as determined by the Artistic Director, Executive Producer and Head of Programming Operations. The Program Manager will support the Head of Programming Operations to develop and manage relationships with artists, venues, […]
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 […]