ARTISTS

The Activa Vita character in the 14th century allegorical poem Piers Plowman appears to number farting among the abilities desirable in a good entertainer, saying: "As for me, I can neither drum nor trumpet, nor tell jokes, nor fart amusingly at parties, nor play the harp."

Farty Bard Singers

Friday 6pm Il Festino - 7pm Tavern Choir
Farty Bard Singers is a vocal ensemble specially created for the Festival. Opera graduate Alex joins Riana and Graham, both developing their careers through the prestigious Adelaide Chamber Singers program, with Burra based touring folk singers Emlyn and Jodie O’Regan.

Jodie O'Regan
Riana Chakravarti
Emlyn O'Regan
Alex Fowler
Graham Yuile

Lyrebyrd Consort
Saturday 11am Medieval Music Jam - 1.30pm A Medieval & Renaissance Musical Showcae
Lyrebyrd Consort performs rare and evocative Medieval and Renaissance music on over 40 period instruments. Alongside an ongoing concert program, Lyrebyrd performs in schools and historic gardens and homes, transporting audiences to a bygone age, with weird and wonderful instruments and sounds.

Lyrebyrd Consort 1
Lyrebyrd Consort 2

Actors’ Studio Players

Saturday 3pm Performing Shakespeare - 6pm Love, Flatulence & Other Problems
Founded in 2021 by Peta Shannon, Actors’ Studio Adelaide offers classes focusing on developing advanced techniques. The troupe visiting Farty Bard are a mix of professional actors and undergraduate drama students, working and learning together.

Tony Knight
Peta Shannon
Francesca Zagajewska
Bianca D’Angelo
Ariel Dzino
Sharon Malujlo
James Harvy
Ella McKinnon

Riverland Youth Theatre

Saturday 8pm Bard Games - Sunday 10am Virtual Reality - 12pm Stage Magic
Riverland Youth Theatre makes art with and for our community, empowering children and young people as artists, learners and doers. If it is local, if it is joyful, if it is creative, if it empowers our community and makes the world less lonely and more accessible, we will make it happen.

Fleur Kilpatrick
Jay Green
Mel Donkin

Butterfly Theatre

Sunday 3pm - Shakespeare In The North
Butterfly Theatre was created in 2013 to give opportunities for professional artists to perform immersive theatre in unusual spaces. They have performed in parks, lawns, festivals, pubs and heritage buildings throughout Adelaide and regional South Australia. In 2020 their touring Shakespeare show was nominated for Best Ensemble by the Theatre Association of SA.