Your guide to middle week of Darwin Festival
It’s a huge program this week – here are our tips for shows you don’t want to miss each night of the week:
Monday night: It’s movie night on Monday with the NT premiere of Kneecap at Deckchair Cinema – the real-life story of the anarchic Belfast rap group on a mission to save their mother tongue.
Tuesday night: Catch Amy Hetherington in her brand new show Territory Proud before she heads off overseas for her comedy debut at the Edinburgh Fringe – she really does make us Territory Proud!
Wednesday night: Call in the babysitters for a mid-week super fun gig with wacky Brisbane juggernaut Custard, returning to the NT for the first time in 30 years, singing all your faves – Apartment, Girls Like That (Don’t Go for Guys Like Us) and new music.
Thursday night: Fourteen is the big theatre show you don’t want to miss this week – equal parts heart-warming and heart-breaking, this show takes you back to being a teenager in this critically acclaimed adaptation of journalist Shannon Malloy’s coming of age story.
Friday night: Friday night is your night to come to Festival Park with a musical celebration of the incredible diversity of Darwin’s music scene – with South East Asian music from Pulse on the Darwin Port Bandstand and the unique blend of international sounds of Darwin World Mix on the INPEX Sunset Stage.
Saturday afternoon: It’s National Science Week, and to celebrate we’ve partnered with MAGNT to present A Whale’s Tale – an environmental story full of fun, silliness, and a nine-metre whale puppet that can swallow you whole!
Saturday night: Palmerston Laugh Out Loud features a line-up of comedy all-stars with Merrick Watts as our host and headliners Dilruk Jayasinha and Nikki Britton, plus Kelly Gulliver and music by The Neo – what’s not to love about that?!
Sunday afternoon: Keep an eye on your chips on Stokes Hill Wharf as the giant seagulls, created by Snuff Puppets, cause mischief and mayhem!
Sunday night: To close this huge week, beloved showgirl Carlotta, in her 80th year, brings out the feathers and the sequins in this very special Darwin farewell in The Party is Over.
This week there are a number of shows that are Auslan interpreted (Amy Hetherington, Queer Powerpoint, Cirque Bon Bon, Palmerston Laugh Out Loud) and special sensory friendly performances (The Whales Tale).
