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10 Days on the Island10 Days on the Island is a biennial cultural festival held in the island state of Tasmania, Australia. HistoryThe first was held in 2001, initially organised and co-ordinated by Robyn Archer.[citation needed] In 2004 the event was reviewed for the Tasmanian Government, and various recommendations were made.[citation needed] In 2007, the fourth edition of the festival included new commissions, with world and Australian premieres staged in 50 locations across Tasmania.[1] DescriptionThe event has established a significant place in the Australian arts calendar; it is Tasmania's premier cultural event, and presents exhibitions, performances and community events in 50 locations around the island.[citation needed] Notable performancesIn 2017, the festival included the Tasmanian premiere of the Jane Cafarella play e-baby,[2] a two-hander play about "matters of infertility, adoption and motherhood"[3] in the context of gestational surrogacy which had been performed in Melbourne in 2015[3][4] and Sydney in 2016.[5][6] In March 2023 a production of Euripides' play Women of Troy, directed by Ben Winspear and starring his wife actor-producer Marta Dusseldorp was staged at the festival. Poetry by Iranian-Kurdish refugee Behrouz Boochani, who was for many years detained by the Australian Government in Manus Island detention centre, was set to music composed by Katie Noonan and performed by a chorus of Tasmanian women and girls, interspersed with the text of the play.[7] References
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