Carriageworks, Eveleigh’s home of the creative and performing arts in Sydney, has announced the full details of its expansive 2016 program.
Director Lisa Havilah and NSW Minister for the Arts Troy Grant were on hand to launch a diverse schedule that seeks to take risks and reflect the cultural diversity of the nation.
The year will kick-start with the new-look FBi SMACs, now transformed into a full-blown music festival on Sunday January 10 ahead of the awards ceremony on Tuesday January 12. Its lineup of local performers includesCosmo’s Midnight, Tuka and Dustin Tebbutt. It’s one of the Sydney Festival events taking over Carriageworks alongsideO Mensch!, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Stephanie Lake.
Other highlights on the 2016 Carriageworks program, which features 54 different projects, include the return of US artist Nick Cave withHeard, a performance that stretches across Sydney, Korean boy band K-Pop doing a set for Chinese New Year, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s new workCrossing The Threshold.
Elsewhere, Sydney Chamber Opera will collaborate with Carriageworks onO Mensch!, and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will take over the precinct with a massive party,Day For Night, on Saturday February 20.
There will also be a bevy of visual and installation art from the likes ofKatthy Cavalerie andFrancesco Clemente; dance fromAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker,Stephanie Lake, andForce Majeure with Dance Integrated Australia; and experimental music fromChristian Fennesz.
Carriageworks’ 2016 program and ticketing details are available at the official website.
