Be Bold Festival 2021 Program

Festival9 & 10 2021 APRIL Bowery Theatre & St Albans Community Centre Festival Program Celebrating Brimbank’s Bold and Creative Arts Community All Ages / All Welcome / No Charge

About Festival Be Bold Festival returns with a Located in the cultural arts hub of dynamic program of arts, culture, St Albans, we welcome you to a jam- music and performance by and for packed two-day all ages festival. our community in Melbourne’s west. 9 & 10 April 2021 Be Bold Festival is a COVID safe, accessible, smoke-free and Location: Bowery Theatre and St Albans alcohol-free event Community Centre and surrounding areas. 33 Princess Street, St Albans Presented by Creative Brimbank and creativebrimbank.com.au/bbf Brimbank City Council No charge to attend Program details are correct at the time of printing, but are subject to change where necessary and without notice. Please check our website for updates.

Children's Art Space 1 Be Bold Stage ChSilpdarceen2's Art Entrance Markets Toilets Be Bold Stage Bowery Theatre & Carpark STACC building Dance Zone Errington Aunty Joyce & Uncle Boots Reserve Children's Art Mural Spaces

Friday 9 April / Be Bold Blakout We present Be Bold Blakout - a dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program. MC and Curator – Lisa Maza Aunty Be Bold Outside Bowery Joyce and Stage STACC Theatre Uncle 6.30-6.45pm Art Be Bold Boots Djarmbi Dance Installation Residency Mural Fibonacci by 7-7.30pm 6.45-7pm Dave Murphy Ipu Ti 6-7pm Kalyani Welcome to Mumtaz 6.30pm Film preview Country Blakout Market and artist talk 7.15-7.40pm Stalls presented by Brimbank Pirritu Fipe Preuss and Mayor’s Address Koorie Homework Irihipeti Waretini * Cr Ranka Rasic 7.45-8.15pm Club - Growing Shauntai Batzke Plants For Country Unveil Mural and artist talk with 8.15-8.30pm Aunty Jeanie Mason Mike Maka aka Young Blak & Art Stall Makatron, Deadly Design Lee-Anne Clarke Competition Winner Food by and Mandi Barton Announced MABU MABU 8.30-9pm +more! The Merindas Acknowledgement to Country Brimbank City Council respectfully acknowledges and recognises the Kulin Nation including the Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Boon Wurrung Peoples as the Traditional Owners of this land and waterways and pays respect to their Elders past, present and future.

Saturday 10 April / Arts & Culture A full day of community Arts and Culture programs for all ages. Bowery Be Bold Outside Inside Theatre Stage STACC STACC 11am–12noon 10-10.30am Children’s Exhibition and 3-4pm Lion Dance and Activity All day Tahlilah Drumming by Yuan All day Duets with a (Arabic Lullabies) Tong Monastery Child Nation – Shapeshifter by by Aseel Tayah Lion Troupe Digital Art Play by James Welsby Jessica Wilson Children's 10.30-11am Exhibition ArtSpace 1 Snuff Puppets Art Tours* All day Giant Puppets of 11am–12noon Window Art 12.30-1.30pm a Hundred Eggs and Tadpoles Looking Tadpoles looking performance 1.30-2.30pm for Mama by for Mama Visit artwork and Dan Wei Workshop 11.15-11.45am murals in by Dan Wei Lavinia Tosev St Albans Recent Mural Design Display Children's 12-12.30pm 10.30am-1pm by Baby Guerilla Art Space 2 Ajak Kwai Roving Children’s Entertainment - Flexi Space 2 10am-2pm 12.30-12.45pm Roving Emu and 10am–12pm Family Art Kontiki Fashion Princess Bubbles Children’s Short Workshop Show on Stilts Films presented with Jo Mott and by Sunshine Short Aida Azin 12.45-1pm Makers Markets Film Festival Dance Performance and Food with Dagogo All day 12noon-2pm Land MARKS Artist 1.15-1.30 Dance Films by Kontiki Fashion Zone Rachel Main and Show Sam Elkin 11-11.15am 1.30-2pm and 2-4pm KVNYL 11.45am- Western Edge 12noon Youth Arts Films 2-4pm L2R Panda Squad LAB Youth Special - Kids Dance Meeting Room 1 Program Workshop 12-2pm Our Kitchen Stories 2-2.30pm 2-2.15pm - Food Art with Breakdance Battle Dance workshop Jen Tran with Dagogo 2.30-4pm Levz Vava'u Brothers Mercii Makepeace Supported by DJ Julz DJ Spell

Featured Events and Artists Photo: Justyn Koh Photo: Shane Delonix The Merindas Tahlilah Tadpoles Looking (Pop / Dance) (Arabic Lullabies) for Mama 小蝌蚪找 by Aseel Tayah* 妈妈 by Dan Wei Melbourne’s favourite pop-dance duo will Inspired by Arabic and Weaving together a deliver a fusion of First Nations lullabies, whimsical Chinese art Indigenous, electro-tribal be part of a beautiful, and the retelling of Dan's pop sounds the stage. participatory live-art own personal story of themerindasmusic.com activity in a twilight childhood loss, enjoy an inspired space. For all-ages art workshop Friday 9 April children aged 6 months and window installations to 6 years and their by Dan Wei. Photo: Irihipeti Waretini grown-ups. Saturday 10 April Saturday 10 April Ipu Ti by Photo: Hormuze Khodaiji Photo: Rachael Vowes Fipe Preuss and Irihipeti Waretini* Pirritu KVNYL (Folk / Roots) (Hip-hop / Electronic) Weaving of contemporary and classical performance Ngiyampaa man and First (Pronounced Kuh-Vinyl) art with traditional Pacific/ Nations singer-songwriter embodies all elements Maori storytelling, we Pirritu aka Brett Lee brings of the new wave of present a preview film his signature mix of indie, Australian electronic, screening of the work and pop and roots. Hip-Hop artists on the rise. artist talk. pirritu.com facebook.com/kvnyl Friday 9 April Friday 9 April Saturday 10 April *Bookings required

Art Tours* Photo: Carla Gottgens Photo: Daniell Flood Discover public art Kids Dance Workshops Giant Puppets of in St Albans with an by L2R Dance A Hundred Eggs informative walking tour of the precinct and see Saturday 10 April Enjoy a very special art being created and performance by meet the artists. Melbourne's renowned puppet masters Photo: Rachel Main Snuff Puppets. LAB Youth Special snuffpuppets.com Program Saturday 10 April Featuring Levz, Vava'u Brothers, Mercii t Makepeace. Supported by DJ Julz and DJ Spell Artists in Photo: Rachel Main *Bookings required Residence Saturday 10 April Dance performance and Supported through the workshop by Dagogo Obogo Photo: Nick Harrison State Government’s Working for Victoria Films by Rachel Main and Ajak Kwai initiative Sam Elkin (Soul / Funk) Food art and connection to community by Exhibition and film by Enjoy soul, infused Jennifer Tran James Welsby aka Valerie Hex with funky afro-beats representing the depth Murals and artist talk by Murals by and richness of Ajak Kwai's Mike Maka Katherine Gailer South Sudanese roots. ajakkwai.com Recent Mural Design Display by Baby Guerilla Saturday 10 April Learn more about our artists: creativebrimbank.com.au /landmarks Digital art play for For all information about our primary school aged artists, program and bookings children by Jessica Wilson visit creativebrimbank.com.au/ bbf This is a COVID safe, accessible, smoke-free and alcohol-free event

General Information Access Getting there The Bowery Theatre and St Albans By Car: Enter Princess Street, from St Albans Community Centre (STACC) building Road. is fully wheelchair accessible, with accessible and ambulant bathrooms By train: 3-minute walk from St Albans Station and a lift servicing both levels. on the Sunbury/Watergardens line. Exit via Princess Street. By Bus: Take route 408 or 419, Stop 34 or 48 (Errington Reserve) on Main Road East. Gender neutral bathrooms on ground level. Cycle: Bike racks available at STACC. Auslan interpreting available upon request. Parking: Limited and restricted parking around Please contact us two weeks prior to the event. the venue. Four hour parking is available in nearby Percy Street with unrestricted parking at Audio loop/sound amplification is available the St Albans Railway Station. in the Bowery Theatre and the Dance Studio. Portable sound amplification devices are also COVID Safety available. For COVID Safety information, visit Translation is available through Brimbank’s creativebrimbank.com.au/covid-safety translation service, call: For Ticketing Terms and Conditions, visit creativebrimbank.com.au/terms-and- 131 450 conditions Local costs apply Main Road West St Albans Main Road East 3B4uasnSdto4p8s St Albans Woolworths Percy St Station Princess St For more information St Albans Road Big Sams and updates visit Market creativebrimbank.com.au or call us on 9249 4600 33 Princess Street, St Albans