Far and Away Productions founded by Lee-Anne Donnolley is an independent arts producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. The company creates and produces new work, and also tours outstanding Australian and international artists from theatre, dance and music.
From the outset, Far and Away has had a strong emphasis on international collaborations, bringing forward a diverse Australian producing voice through partnerships, co-commissions and portfolios of investments to create the work.
Far and Away has produced a series of successful projects in association with Adelaide-based Brink Productions. Paul Kelly and Camille O’Sullivan’s Ancient Rain (Australia/Ireland), The Aspirations of Daise Morrow, an in-the-round adaptation of Patrick White’s short story ‘Down at the Dump’ featuring a live soundtrack performed by Zephyr Quartet, and the highly acclaimed Memorial by Alice Oswald (Australia/UK).
Memorial introduced Brink to new audiences in Australia and internationally, and showcased Brink as a small to medium company creating large-scale epic performance.
Lee-Anne also produced and toured The Spinners by Lina Limosani in collaboration with Scottish director Al Seed, which explores the Fates from Greek mythology.
Far and Away’s work with Ghost Gamelan by Susheela Raman, Sam Mills (Australia/UK) and Gondrong Gunarto (Indonesia) connected with Australian/Indonesian community networks in Adelaide and Melbourne as did Ontosoroh by Peni Candra Rini (Indonesia) and Ade Suharto (Australia) in from 2014.
Prior to starting Far and Away, Lee-Anne worked with a wide range of companies and artists in theatre and dance, from Nimrod and Belvoir to Lighthouse, Australian Dance Theatre to the Australian National Playwrights’ Centre, in festivals and events, and Australian and international touring.
When she was Executive Touring Manager for Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) from 2002-2006 and again 2014-15, ADT became known as the Ambassador of Australian Dance, touring internationally more frequently and extensively than any other Australian company.
For seven years until the end of 2013 she was Executive Producer for Arts Projects Australia responsible for a wide range of international touring projects as well as the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and The World Youth Arts Congress and Festival (ASSITEJ) 2008.