Past Shows

Embark on a thrilling Odyssey with the
2017 Alliance Française French Film Festival

CANBERRA:     9 March – 4 April     Palace Electric Cinema

Replete with dramas, thrillers, romantic comedies and haunting stories of bygone years, the 2017 Alliance Française French Film Festival will celebrate multiple Première screenings and fabulous special events that will be revealed today when the Festival’s website goes live at: http://www.affrenchfilmfestival.org
Returning to Palace Cinemas from March until mid-April, this exuberant event is held by the Alliance Française in association with the Embassy of France in Australia and the support of esteemed, Principal Sponsor, Renault Australia.

For the Festival’s 28th season, Artistic Director, Philippe Platel, who is celebrating his first year at the helm, has sourced a bewitching selection of 45 features and documentaries that celebrates the ‘crème de la crème’ of contemporary French cinema by blending the work of established filmmakers with that of France’s cinematic stars of tomorrow.

Courtesy of Madman Entertainment, The Odyssey (L’odyssée), a fascinating biopic that tells the tempestuous story of celebrity oceanographer and filmmaker, Jacques Cousteau, will open the 2017 Festival. Directed by Jérôme Salle and starring Lambert Wilson and Audrey Tautou this dazzling epic, with stunning cinematography, will transport audiences to the underwater realm that Cousteau dedicated his life to exploring.

And Closing Night Festival devotees will be entranced by the deft romantic comedy, A Bun in the Oven (Le petit locataire) from first-time director Nadège Loiseau, starring the radiant Karin Viard as Nicole, a wife, daughter and mother, on the brink of menopause, who suddenly finds herself pregnant.

Additional highlights of the 2017 line-up include:

150 MILLIGRAMS  (La fille de Brest)
Director:  Emmanuelle Bercot
Cast:  Sidse Babett Knudsen, Benoît Magimel, Charlotte Laemmel
Irène a lung specialist and her colleague, Antoine, embark upon a path fraught with shady cover-ups and high-level corruption, when they suspect a link between recent patient deaths and a medication called Mediator.

A BAG OF MARBLES (Un sac de billes)
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Dorian Le Clech, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein
Based on the acclaimed memoirs of Joseph Joffo, this story follows two young Jewish boys who, armed with nothing but a map and scant money, embark on a dangerous quest to escape Nazi-occupied Paris during WWII.

A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA (Voyage à travers le cinéma Français)
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
From revered filmmaker, Bertrand Tavernier comes an epic journey through French cinema, incorporating hundreds of clips and rare behind-the-scenes insights that are eye-opening, scandalous and funny.

A WOMAN’S LIFE (Une vie)
Director: Stéphane Brizé
Cast: Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau
Based on Guy de Maupassant’s first novel, this is the story of Jeanne, a young noblewoman, who embraces the path of adulthood, only to experience the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the 19th century.

THE COUNTRY DOCTOR (Médecin de campagne)
Director:  Thomas Lilti
Cast: François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt
A dedicated country doctor, whose role often extends beyond the mere physical wellbeing of his patients, is forced by ill health to step aside, but struggles to relinquish responsibility to his young, female replacement.

DAGUERROTYPE (La secret de la chambre noire)
Director:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Constance Rousseau, Tahar Rahim, Mathieu Amalric
A haunting Gothic tale, where Jean, who works as the assistant to a famed, yet obsessive photographer, falls in love with his master’s daughter and muse, who in turn, longs to escape the pervasive gloom of her father’s house.

THE DANCER (La Danseuse)
Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto
Cast: Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp
With her revolutionary “Serpentine” dance, Loïe Fuller was the toast of the Belle Époque cabarets. But it was her meeting with Isadora Duncan, an ambitious and beautiful young prodigy that threatened her stature, her confidence and her sanity.

ETERNITY (Éternité)
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Bérénice Bejo, Mélanie Laurent
Commencing at the end of the 19th century and sweeping across three generations, this is the story of the women and relationships that define one family.

FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (Mal de pierres)
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemüh
The passionate story of Gabrielle, a spirited and willful woman suffocated by an arranged marriage, who yearns for what she believes to be the wild excitement and heady emotion of true love.

IN BED WITH VICTORIA (Victoria)
Director: Justine Triet
Cast: Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud
In this rom-com, a cynical, thirty-something, lawyer struggles to raise two young daughters whilst grappling with a new love interest and a bizarre assault trial involving a chimpanzee and a Dalmatian as character witnesses.

THE INNOCENTS (Les innocentes)
Director: Anne Fontaine
Cast:  Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza
In Poland at the end of World War II, a young doctor, responds to a plea from a Benedictine convent, where she is shocked to find several nuns in various stages of pregnancy, leading her on a complex quest for the truth.

IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD (Juste la fin du monde)
Director: Xavier Dolan
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Léa Seydoux
After a 12-year absence, an acclaimed dramatist returns home to tell his estranged family that he is terminally ill.  However, simmering resentments and long-suppressed tensions threaten to prevent him from breaking his news.

KALINKA (Au nom de ma fille)
Director: Vincent Garenq
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Sébastian Koch, Marie-Josée Croze
Based on a true story spanning 27 years, which rocked the headlines in both France and Germany, this is the tale of a father’s relentless quest to bring justice to his daughter Kalinka, who died in suspicious circumstances.

THE MIDWIFE (Sage femme)
Director: Martin Provost
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet
A gifted and experienced midwife, struggling to adapt to the efficiency–driven methods of modern hospitals, reconnects with her father’s extravagant mistress after an estrangement of three decades.

MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT (Chocolat)
Director: Roschdy Zem
Cast: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Noémie Lvovsky
The fascinating story of Chocolat, the first popular Afro-Cuban artist of the French stage.  Catapulted to stardom in Paris’ Nouveau Cirque, Chocolat’s satisfaction with success soon starts to diminish when his desire for equality begins to take hold.

PLANETARIUM (Planetarium)
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Cast: Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuelle Salinger, Louis Garrel
Searching for their big break, two American sisters, who earn their living through clairvoyance, arrive in 1930s Paris, where they beguile a movie-producer intent on shooting their séances as part of an ambitious new film.

POLINA (Polina, danser sa vie)
D: Angelin Preljocaj & Valérie Müller-Preljocaj
Cast: Anastasia Shevtsova, Niels Schneider, Juliette Binoche
A young girl working-class girl from Moscow realises her dream to join the Bolshoi Ballet, where she falls in love with a fellow-dancer who awakens her desire to explore the passion of modern dance.

SAINT AMOUR (Saint Amour)
Directors: Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde
Set on helping his offspring to appreciate France’s rural traditions, a father takes his disillusioned son on a chaotic journey through the wine-growing regions of France with a young Parisian taxi-driver as their chauffeur.

SLACK BAY (Ma loute)
Director: Bruno Dumont
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
In this gleefully slapstick detective story set in 1910, bourgeois holidaymakers mysteriously disappear from a coastal town, whilst the incompetent Inspector Machin and his shrewd assistant Malfoy search for the culprits.

SOUVENIR (Souvenir)
Director: Bavo Defurne
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen
A factory worker’s dreary life changes when she is recognised as a finalist of a once famed singing competition.  Encouraged to return to the spotlight, it’s not long before old ghosts and bad habits from her bitter past resurface.

THE STOPOVER (Voir du pays)
Directors: Muriel & Delphine Coulin
Cast: Soko, Ariane Labed, Ginger Romàn
This hard-hitting and absorbing character study follows two female soldiers dealing with the traumas of war during a hedonistic three-day leave in Cyprus after finishing their tour of duty in Afghanistan.

THINGS TO COME
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Édith Scob, Roman Kolinka
A middle-aged philosophy teacher is forced to reinvent her life when her husband suddenly leaves her for another woman, thereby sparking a chain of events that unravel her world.

TOMORROW (Demain)
Directors: Mélanie Laurent & Cyril Dion 
Renowned actor/filmmaker Mélanie Laurent teams with ecological rights advocate Cyril Dion to address the world’s environmental problems, and to explore how local communities across the globe are creating solutions.

THE UNKNOWN GIRL (La fille inconnue)
Directors: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Cast: Adèle Haenel, Olivia Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier
A doctor, wracked with guilt, attempts to uncover the identity of a patient who died after she refused her treatment, and in doing so embarks upon a journey fraught with danger.

WÙLU (Wùlu)
Director: Daouda Coulibaly
Cast: Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, Ibrahim Koma
Sick of his dead-end job as a bus driver, a young man begins trafficking drugs and quickly ‘moves up the ranks’.  But with responsibility comes greater risk and little chance of escaping the world of brutality surrounding him.

DANIEL O’DONNELL
Royal Theatre Canberra

Monday 20th  MARCH 2017 – 7pm

Ireland’s most popular “easy listening” entertainer returns to Australia and New Zealand once again, in 2017

Messenger of the Music …
Ron Vincent sings Cat Stevens

SUNDAY 26th MARCH – 5PM
$70, $60, $50 (depending where seated)

Price includes 1 glass house wine or beer and a selection of Canapés during interval.

For one show only, Ron Vincent brings his world class Cat Stevens show to Canberra.

Ron Vincent delivers his amazing acoustic and vocal talents to take you through a journey of Cat Stevens wonderful songs.

Ron bears an uncanny natural resemblance to Cat Stevens and has been a life-long fan. A talented singer, songwriter, musician, Vincent commands the stage and draws you into a total experience, a textured journey through Cat Stevens repertoire of incredible timeless songs.

Enjoy this intimate world class show, soaking up Vincent’s beautiful melodic voice as he weaves the songs and melodies in celebration of one of the greatest artists of our time

Director – Cate Clelland
Musical Director – Nicholas Griffin
Conductor – Ian McLean
Choreography/Movement – Michelle Heine

A BUNCH OF “WOULD BE” THESPIANS –
9 AUSTRALIANS AND 1 BRIT – ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO HAVE BEEN CAST IN THE WEST END COMEDY FLOP HIT –
“THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG”

DARCY BROWN   FRANCINE CAIN   ADAM DUNN   LUKE JOSLIN
GEORGE KEMP   JAMES MARLOWE   JORDAN PROSSER
BROOKE SATCHWELL   NICK SIMPSON-DEEKS   TAMMY WELLER

Venue    Canberra Theatre, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra
Dates     From 25 April 2017
Times    Tue 6.30pm, Wed – Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2pm & 7.30pm, Sun 1pm & 5pm
Prices    Tickets from $89.90
Bookings    Canberratheatrecentre.com.au

Website:        www.theplaythatgoeswrong.com.au
Facebook:         @playgoeswrongAU
Twitter:        @playgoeswrongAU
Instagram:        @playgoeswrongAU
Canberra Theatre from 25 April
With a host of awards for Best New Comedy to its credit, The Play That Goes Wrong actually appears to be doing something right for West End audiences, and now audiences here will get their chance to witness theatrical disaster on stages across Australia when this hilarious masterpiece stumbles into town.  Described as Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off, The Play That Goes Wrong will play in Canberra from 25 April.
Awarded the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and 2014 Whatsonstage.com Best New Comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong continues to thrive on the West End and will open on Broadway this year.

UK Director Mark Bell visited Australia recently to undertake casting and was delighted with the array of comic talent on offer.  The Producers are proud to announce that they have found a new and doubly incompetent bunch of ‘would be’ thespians ready to take to the Australian stage.
The cast includes BROOKE SATCHWELL, who started her TV career in Neighbours, winning a Logie Award in 1998 for Best Newcomer, and has most recently appeared in Black Comedy, Wonderland and Dirty Laundry Live.  Joining her are DARCY BROWN, a Green Room Award-winning actor with varied and impressive theatre credits including a recent acclaimed solo performance in MTC’s Peddling; FRANCINE CAIN, who was nominated for a Helpmann Award for her performance in Rock of Ages, and has recently played Frenchy in the national tour of Grease and Calliope in the Hayes Theatre Co season of the roller-skating musical Xanadu; Actor/Writer ADAM DUNN; music theatre performer LUKE JOSLIN; GEORGE KEMP, who appeared in Bull for The Old Fitz (Sydney Arts Guide Winner of Best Independent Drama) and Sport for Jove’s multi award-winning The Taming of the Shrew; and JORDAN PROSSER, a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, who works as an actor, writer and director across both stage and screen.
NICK SIMPSON-DEEKS, a NIDA graduate, a three-time Green Room Award nominee and a Mike Walsh Fellow; and TAMMY WELLER, a graduate from the University of Southern Queensland, who is also a writer and whose play Single Admissions was nominated for six Matilda Awards.  Current Mischief Theatre actor, JAMES MARLOWE, who is an original cast member from the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong and has also performed in Peter Pan Goes Wrong on UK tour, will join the Australian cast.

The Play That Goes Wrong introduces ‘The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’ who are attempting to put on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong…does, as the accident-prone thespians battle on against all the odds to get to their final curtain call.

Co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Mark Bell, The Play That Goes Wrong is a highly physical comedy packed with finely-tuned farce and Buster Keaton inspired slapstick delivered with split-second timing and ambitious daring.  The Play That Goes Wrong, which started its life at a London fringe venue with only four paying customers at the first performance, is now enjoying its third catastrophic year on the West End and has gone on to play to an audience of over a quarter of a million.

Mischief Theatre was founded in 2008 by a group of graduates of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began as an improvised comedy group.  The company perform across the UK and internationally with improvised and original scripted work. This is Mischief’s first Australian Tour and they look forward to Going Wrong, upside down, on the other side of the world.

The star of Dirty Dancing returns with his brand new solo cabaret

FRIDAY 19th and SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST
Dinner and Show from 7pm – $90, $80, $70
Show only 8.30pm – $50, $40, $30
Prices decided on seating – BOOKINGS 62572718

2015 was an excellent year for actor Kurt Phelan. After conjuring his inner Patrick Swayze in a national tour of Dirty Dancing he has been touring his brand new cabaret, Phelan Groovy – a hilarious, access all areas romp into his mind both on and off stage. The production is part biographical, part behind-the-scenes voyeurism and all entertainment.

Kurt Phelan is no stranger to the stage. He has performed major roles in some of the biggest musicals in Australia over the past decade, including Singin’ In The Rain, Priscilla, Queen of The Desert and his star turn in Dirty Dancing. This year he is going rogue and taking off the mask, showing his true passion for storytelling, song and good old fashioned fun.

“While I love this industry that has supported me so well, I wanted to create something in my own voice, something that is honest, cheeky, entertaining and deeply personal,” says Phelan. “Also I just really wanted to have a yarn and sing some e**ffing great songs!”

Phelan Groovy is an hour of unabashed laughter and music that doesn’t take itself too seriously and asks its audience to do the same. It is refreshingly honest and disarmingly joyous, which ensures that it’s moments of dark poignancy come as a genuine surprise. The music traverses everything from Farnham to Lorde to music theatre and back again. And who could deny a song or two with the word “Feelin’” in it, as well. There are songs from the womb, a pitch for Prime Minister and a singalong to boot.

INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE – Coralie Wood Publicty 0418 249 658

THE Q – QUEANBEYAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
Thursday 11th Friday 12th February at 8pm
Saturday 13th February at 2pm and8pm
Prices: Adults $49.00 Concessions $44.00
Bookings: 62856290

Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Winner of the 2012 Obie Award for Best New American Play
Named Time Magazine’s #1 Play or Musical of 2012

Cast: Ailleen Huynh, Diana McLean, Stephen Multari and Eloise Snape

21-year-old Leo rocks up unannounced at the Manhattan apartment of his 91-year-old Jewish grandmother Vera.  Having broken up with his girlfriend and cycled across the country, he needs a place to crash for the night, no questions asked. But Vera – prickly, stubborn and sharp as a tack – isn’t about to let him off that easily.

As an overnight couch-surf turns into an extended stay, 4000 Miles unearths a surprising parallel between these two generations in this emotionally compelling drama. With disarming frankness and surprising candour, the two negotiate social potholes and trace emotional fault lines that link them to a painful family history.

From one of America’s brightest playwrights, this compassionate and unsentimental play explores the funny, frustrating, and ultimately life-changing relationship between a grandson learning to face his life, and a grandmother who is starting to forget hers.

The Q Theatre
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
January 2016
Tuesday 19th at 10.30am, Wednesday 20th at 10.30am
Thursday 21st at 10.30am  Friday 22nd at 10.30am
Saturday 23rd at 1030am Sunday 24th at 10.30am
Tickets: $20.00  Children $15.00  or family (4)  $60.00
Bookings: The Q Theatre – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre

Directed by JORDAN BEST
A Musical Theatre Show for Children by Peter Best
Audience Advice: Suitable for children up to 8 years
Once upon a time there were 3 bears and they sang, and they danced:
“Because we’re bears, not hippopotums, we’ve got bear feet and we’ve got bear bottoms
We’ve got bear heads and bear noses, bear feet and bear toeses,
It doesn’t really matter what clothes we wear, ‘cos every little bit of us is bear.”
A naughty little girl comes into their house uninvited, eats some porridge, breaks a chair and goes to sleep in their bed.
In some versions of this classic tale Goldilocks is eaten by the bears, but not this Goldilocks and not these bears.
Though they don’t entirely discount the thought………..
“Shall we shake her? Shall we bake her?
Make her quiver? Make her shiver?
Should we forgive her?”
Peter Best has written the music for films “Crocodile Dundee” & “Muriel’s Wedding”, television series “Grass Roots” & “Wildside”, much-loved jingles “Uh-Oh Razzamatazz, “Slip Slop Slap” & “Care for Kids”. He has won a truckload of awards however it’s in his capacity as father and grandfather that he wrote this musical for little kids. A raging success for Free Rain Theatre in Canberra and Tamarama Rock Surfers at the Bondi Pavilion, this play is pitched perfectly at discerning children aged up to 8. Parents will enjoy it too, but be warned: it doesn’t Panda to grown-ups.

Director: Jordan Best. Musician: Matthew Webster. Lighting: Kelly McGannon.
Cast: Jim Adamik, Amy Dunham, Tim Sekuless, Kikki Skoutzos.

LUXURY COACH TO ALLPHONES ARENA
SYDNEY – SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2016 – 2pm mat

Depart 7am from Jolimont Centre return approx. 9pm
Depart 8am MacDonalds South Goulburn

Tickets $264.00 each
(inclusive of coach, A Reserve ticket and surprises on board)

To Book, call 0418 249 658 (have your credit card ready)

Mrs. Brown’s Boys will return in the hilarious play Good Mourning Mrs. Brown. It’s the second play in the Mrs. Brown five part trilogy! Good Mourning Mrs. Brown features the original cast, with Brendan O’Carroll as Mrs. Brown and will re-live many of audiences’ favourite moments from the hit Channel 7 TV series with new scenes live on stage.

“Australia was feckin’ amazing. We loved the experience of being Down Under and can’t wait to get back.”, said Brendan O’Carroll from his home town of Dublin.

In Good Mourning Mrs. Brown, we see Mrs. Brown and the whole family tackle the wake and funeral of Granddad Brown. There is just one problem, Granddad Brown is not dead! It’s the usual unmissable side-splitting mayhem of Mrs. Brown’s Boys live on stage!

A TRIBUTE TO MARNI NIXON
The Voice of Hollywood
Starring Melody Beck
FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2016
Dinner and Show from 6.30pm
$70 – $80 – $90
(Depending which area you are seated)
Bookings: 62572718

A biopic cabaret tribute, Unseen: The Voice of Hollywood! Takes audiences on a stroll down memory lane, exploring the incredible life and career of singer and actress MARNI NIXON

Having dubbed the singing voice of luminaries including Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno and Deborah Kerr, Nixon became one of the most remembered but unknown voices of the golden age of movies.

Featuring songs from hit films including West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The King and I and many more, Nixon’s dulcet tones memorialize some of the greatest music theatre tunes of our time.

“It’s a safe bet that this young talent won’t remain unseen, or unheard of, for very long.”
– THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER

Melody is a Sydney based singer, actor, musician and writer who has been performing on and off the stage since she was 8 years old. Since graduating from UNSW with degrees in both music performance and theatre studies and winning the Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest, Melody spent 2014 touring her critically acclaimed show UNSEEN: A Tribute to Marni Nixon to New York and to all the major cabaret festivals in Australia. She was fortunate enough to receive one-­‐on-­‐one coaching from the great Marni Nixon herself, who also attended the show in New York.

Melody has been involved in numerous productions around Sydney both on and off the stage, more notably Packemin’s 2014 production of Annie as ‘Grace Farrell’ and more recently appearing as Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years for JMusic Productions in December of 2014 at NIDA Theatres. She has played ‘Beth’ in Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along at Riverside Theatres, and is currently writing a new work with musician Bernard Lagana based on the careers of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine

2015 CAT AWARDS
(Canberra Area Theatre Awards)
The 21st Year – An achievement to celebrate

The Gala Evening at
THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, LLEWELLYN HALL
William Herbert Place, Canberra ACT 2601
SATURDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2016
With Celebrity Hosts
Logie Award Winner
John Wood,
and
Canberra Theatre Musical Director
Ian McLean AM, CSC
And special guests
Normie Rowe, Simon Gallaher, John Barilaro MP, Mary Porter MLA

5.00pm Showtime
Followed by the 21st Birthday Party of the year
Dress: Black Tie and Sparkles!

CANBERRA THEATRE
Friday 8 April – Preview – 7pm,   Saturday 9 April – Preview – 1pm.
Saturday 9 April – Opening – 7.30pm, Sunday 10 April – 5pm
Tuesday 12 April – 3pm,   Wednesday 13 April – 11am   Wednesday 13 April – 6pm
Thursday 14 April – 6pm  Friday 15 April – 6pm  Saturday 16 April – 11am  Saturday 16 April – 6pm  Sunday 17 April – 1pm

Tickets: From Premium $75.00 – A Reserve $65.00 – B Reserve $55.00 – C Reserve $45.00

Bookings: 62752700

Based on one of Hans Christian Anderson’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, this fishy fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs including Under the Sea, Kiss the Girl, and Part of Your World.

Ariel, (Mikayla Williams)  King Triton’s (Steve Galinec) youngest daughter wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric (Tim Dal Cortivo) in the world above and bargains with the evil sea witch,
Ursula( Louiza Blomfield) to trade her tail for legs.

But the bargain is not what it seems and Ariel needs the help of her colourful friends Flounder the fish,(Jake Willis)
Scuttle the seagull,(Tony Falla) and Sebastian the crab (Fraser Findlay) to restore order in the ocean’s depths.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid offers a fantastic creative opportunity for rich costumes and sets, and the chance to perform some of the best-known songs from the past 30 years.

THE Q – QUEANBEYAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

Thursday 31st March, Friday 1st April at 8pm
Saturday 2nd April at 2pm and 8pm
Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th, Friday 8th March at 8pm
Saturday 9th March at 2pm and 8pm

Tickets: Adults $47.00
Concessions $42.00

Bookings: 62856290
PLAYHOUSE CREATURES
By April DeAngelis    Directed by Jordan Best

In 1660 the throne was restored to Charles II and he returned from France in triumph. He brought with him an addiction to the theatre, as it had been done by the French. Boys will be boys, the saying goes, but boys would be girls too in England’s theatre companies until Charles’s artistic sensibility put an end to the stage being no place for a woman. He decreed that women  would – for the first time – be allowed to perform on the English stage. They turned up in their droves – including the King – to see the spectacle of women performing.

Playhouse Creatures is set in the earlier part of the Restoration period, just before it starts to become a more respectable means of employment for a woman. This is the story of 5 of the most famous actresses of this time, their triumphs, their trials, and their struggle to be taken seriously as legitimate actors.These actresses are pioneers fighting for their careers. Seeking a genuine status as artists equal with the male actors who have already achieved that distinction. It is, undeniably, a feminist piece, although de Angelis is far too intelligent a writer to be merely ideological. And, above all, her play is marvellously entertaining and linguistically rich. In summary one of those evenings when theatre is more alive than life.

Cast: Liz Bradley, Amy Dunham, Jenna Roberts, Emma Wood, Karen Vickery

Cabaret Siren Amelia Ryan set to take Canberra by Storm!

Cabaret star Amelia Ryan to raise the roof with her hilarious multi-award winning show.

SATURDAY 14TH MAY 2016
Dinner and Show from 6.30pm
Prices: Dinner and Show, $70, $80, $90 (depending on where you sit)

Bookings 62572718

She’s played to sold-out houses and rave reviews across Australia, New York and Edinburgh- now Kiama born cabaret queen Amelia Ryan makes her Canberra debut with the sassy, side-splittingly hilarious and ruthlessly self-deprecating: AMELIA RYAN IS A STORM IN A D CUP; a dazzling tale of disaster with dysfunction at every turn.

A fabulously funny and endlessly entertaining autobiographical excursion into cabaret, A Storm in a D Cup mixes storytelling with retouched versions of well-known songs, as Ryan guides you on a sashay down memory lane.  Her topics of choice from an incredible life story include the challenges of growing up in coastal Australia (Bombo, to be precise!) with a gay father and transgender stepmother, a brief stint as an exotic dancer to help pay her way through drama school and a string of disastrous forays into car ownership. But when life gives you lemons, you make cabaret.

Joined by the incomparable John Martin on the piano, she has witty takes on hit songs by artists such as 4 Non Blondes, Rogers & Hammerstein, and Belinda Carlisle. With her winning formula of intelligent humour and heart-warming honesty, A STORM IN A D CUP is a riotous, risqué, real look at the trials and tribulations we all face in life.

Ryan comes to Canberra fresh from award-winning and sell-out runs in Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Edinburgh and New York City and is set to take Vivaldi’s by A Storm in a D Cup with this devastatingly funny and effortlessly charming hour of cabaret from an outstanding talent.

Dramatic Productions present
The Musical

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

GUNGAHLIN THEATRE

Friday 27th May 8:00pm  Saturday 28th May 8:00pm  Sunday 29th May 2:00pm
Wednesday 1st June 8:00pm (US) Thursday 2nd June 8:00pm Friday 3rd June 8:00pm
Saturday 4th June 2:00pm (US) Saturday 4th June 8:00pm Sunday 5th June 2:00pm
Wednesday 8th June 8:00pm  Thursday 9th June 8:00pm Friday 10th June 8:00pm
Saturday 11th June 2:00pm Saturday 11th June 8:00pm
Tickets – Adult $49.50 Concession $43.50Group (8+) $41.50  Child (under 16) $36.50

BOOKINGS
02 6253 1454 between Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm.   http://www.stagecenta.com

Traces the real life story of a charming imaginative and utter rogue who was always one step ahead of the FBI until he was caught forging millions of dollars of cheques, and posing as a pilot, doctor and lawyer

Based on the hit film
with ALEX CLUBB as Frank
and GERARD NINNES as Carl Hanratty
Directed By RICHARD BLOCK

LOVE SONGS
MICHAEL CORMICK
WITH JAMES COURT ON THE PIANO  

SATURDAY 7TH MAY 2016
DINNER AND SHOW from 6.30pm  – SHOW ONLY 8.30pm
Prices: Dinner and Show, $70, $80, $90 (depending on where you sit)
Show only, $40, $50, $60 (depending on where you sit)

MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON SUNDAY 8TH MAY
Luncheon and show 12.30pm – SHOW ONLY 2pm
Prices: Luncheon and Show  $60, $70, $80 (depending on where you sit)
Show only, $30, $40, $50 (depending on where you sit)
Bookings: 62572718

The star of Phantom of the Opera is returning to Canberra to present a cabaret of musical highlights from shows including, Phantom, Les Mise, Annie, Love Never Dies and many more theatrical delights.

Accompanied by James Court well known for his musical attributes and originally from Canberra
Michael Cormick is an accomplished actor and singer of international standing; he most recently played the role
of  The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera and Daddy Warbucks in Annie The Musical – Australia.
Earlier this year Michael finished filming the role of David on the new series Reef Doctors. Other television
credits include Don Andrews in Sea Patrol, Preston Walker in City Homicide and Paul Kruger in Bluebird.

In 2011, Michael released his first solo album to coincide with his starring role in the Australasian tour of The
Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber. In 2009 – 2010 Michael completed a national sellout tour of Mamma Mia in the lead male role and was invited to perform at the prestigious Carols By Candlelight at The Myer Music Bowl on Nine Network
Michael’s local theatre lead credits include: The RockyHorror Show, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, Grease, Falsettos, Eureka, Sunset Boulevard and the lead role in Beauty and the Beast, for which he
received a MO Award.

His international roles include the lead in The Phantom of the Opera, Calamity Jane, Romeo & Juliet, Chess,and Evita

The Q –   QUEANBEYAN PERORMING ARTS CENTRE

Tues 10, Wed 11, Thurs 12, Fri 13 MAY at 8pm
Sat 14 MAY at 2pm and 8pm
Wed 18, Thurs 19, Fri 20 MAY at 8pm
Sat 21 MAY at 2pm and 8pm

Adults $48.00, Concessions and Groups (8) $43.00
All matinees $41.00

BOOKINGS  62856301

The hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script.

Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show,
Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal, and the final act is the actual performance in which anything that can go wrong does.

When the author decides to give a speech on the state of the modern theatre during the curtain calls, the audience is treated to a madcap climax to a thoroughly hilarious romp.

Anyone connected with theatre knows exactly what can happen

Even the sound effects reap their share of laughter.

Local Canberra actors include TONY TURNER and  LIZ BRADLEY

The Q – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
DIRECTED BY JOE McGRAIL BATEUP

The Q- Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre – Booking: 62856290

Friday  10th and Saturday 11th,  Friday 17th  and Saturday 18th JUNE at 8pm
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th JUNE at 2pm
Wed 22nd Thurs 23rd Friday 24th Saturday 25th JUNE at 8pm
Saturday 25th JUNE at 2pm

Adults $45.00 Concessions $40.00 Children $25.00 Groups (6Plus) $35.00

There’s trouble in River City!

When smooth-talking con man Harold Hill (Gordon Nicholson) arrives in a small, tight-knit town in Iowa, he expects to dupe its residents with his elaborate moneymaking scheme:

Despite his complete lack of musical literacy, he will convince everyone that he is a brilliant bandleader and recruit all the boys in town to form a band, pocketing the cash for instruments and uniforms.

The problem? Some of the town members, especially the stern librarian, Marian Paroo (Deanna Gibbs), don’t quite buy Harold’s story. As Harold struggles to keep his scheme afloat, he also finds himself increasingly attached to the townspeople, who have all experienced a positive change since Harold came to town. Complicating matters even more, Harold is also falling head-over-heels for the beautiful Marian.

As All-American as apple pie and as charming as can be, The Music Man is a crowd-pleasing show with some great tunes and interesting characters.

Veterans Film Festival returns to Australian War Memorial

13, 14 and 15 October, 2016

The 2nd annual Veterans Film Festival (VFF), in partnership with the  RSL National, returns to Canberra with a three-day program

Tickets available on line: www.veteransfilmfestival.com

The Festival commences with Afghan war epic Hyena Road a Canadian drama written, directed  by and starring Paul Gross, also Rossif Sutherland (son of legendary actor Donald
Sutherland).

A Canadian sniper team stands at the intersection of three complex tales of modern warfare.
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The screenings include dramas, comedy, animation and science fiction, in feature-length,
short film and documentary form. Submissions are selected from both independent and
emerging filmmakers, featuring talent from thirteen countries (including Australia, Serbia,
UK, Germany and Iran).

Festival director Tom Papas says Canberra is the perfect city for this festival.
The iconic Australian War Memorial is a world-class venue. The festival is a unique opportunity to promote understanding of veteran’s lives and their families, as well as commenting on society’s attitude to war.

Some of the entertaining short films include Australian offering

The Ravens starring Sarah Snook and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
in which director Jennifer Perrot tells the story of a veteran struggling with the aftermath of battle, and trying to reconnect with his wife and daughter.

Ozone is a sc-fi film set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by global nuclear war, in which Dastagir, one of the few survivors, fights to regain his lost love and rediscover his humanity.
Also screening is

Red Line an Iranian animation comedy, in which a turtle and a lizard are unwillingly involved in a war between two powers. How will the turtle solve the problem?

The Red Poppy Awards in 2016 represent the high point of our festival program. Hand
blown glass trophies will be awarded to 4 film categories: Best Australian Feature Film, Best
International Feature Film, Best Australian Short Film and Best International Short Film.

For further information visit: www.veteransfilmfestival.com

Directed by Tony Turner

Thursday 10th, Friday 11th, Saturday 12th NOVEMBER 2016
Dinner and Show – 6.30pm
$90, $80, $70 (depending where seated)
Show only – 7.45pm for 8.00pm
$50, $40, $30 (depending where seated)
Bookings:62572718

Box and Cox is a fast-paced 19th-century comedy about the unconventional living arrangement of two bachelors,
John Box (Graham Robertson) and James Cox (Jim Adamik).
Their landlady, Mrs. Bouncer (Elaine Noon)
makes this arrangement work for her pocketbook until the inevitable moment when the two men each discover the truth about their room-mate.
Mr. Box who is a hatter,
uses his room at night

Mr. Cox who is a printer works during the night and uses his room during the day

When Mr. Box is given an unexpected day off he arrives home  to discover Mr. Cox in his room

THEY HAVE BEEN RENTING THE SAME ROOM AND THE COMIC POSSIBILITIES AND COINCIDENCES BEGIN.

The comedy written in 1847 has survived the test of time and it became a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta

QUEANBEYAN PLAYERS present
The Merry Widow From  Bluegum Creek

Music by Franz Lehar Book and Lyrics by Stephen Gray
New Book snd Lyrics by Frank Hatherley
Directed by PETER SMITH

THE Q THEATRE – QUEANBEYAN
Friday 4th NOVEMBER at 8pm
Saturday 5th NOVEMBER at 2pm
Frid 11th, Sat 12th Thurs 17th Frid 18th Sat 19th NOVEMBER at 8pm
Sats 12th 19th NOVEMBER at 2pm
Sunday 13th NOVEMBER at 2pm
Adults $45.00 Concs $40.00 Child& Groups(6+) $35.00
Bookings: 62856290

The Merry Widow is unchallenged the most popular Operetta of the 20th Century . Now the soaring pulsy sexy music has been lifted by a magnificent, hilarious new libretto.

Franz Lehar’s music created a world-wide waltz craze. Its famous songs include “The Merry Widow Waltz”, “Vela”,  “Maxim’s”, “Girls, Girls, Girls” “Grisettes Song“. This new version is meticulous in its faithfulness to this brilliant music. What’s different is a new libretto with an Australian twist, the Widow is from rural Australia, Bluegum Creek, the relict of a wool baron.

This new work is so good it has been endorsed by the estate of Franz Lehar.
FRANK HATHERLEY, writer and BBC TV producer, has completely re-written the Merry Widow. Instead of it being the Pontevedrinian Embassy in Paris, it is the newly installed Australian Embassy, in Paris the first from the new Commonwealth in 1901.
It is very very funny. The Embassy is told if the Merry Widow (Louisa Keast) ,a young Blond bombshell the widow of a Wool Baron,(Charles Hudson) does not marry an Aussie, the new Commonwealth of Oz will go broke.

PLEASE NOTE NO MUSIC IS CHANGED. WE CAN’T IMPROVE ON THIS. It’s also the same basic plot, but with a twist. It’s full of great jokes, for instance the new Embassy has a flag design competition for Australia with hilarious consequences.

INTERVIEWS – PLEASE CONTACT CORALIE WOOD PUBLICITY – 0418 249 658

RUSSIAN RESURRECTION FILM FESTIVAL 2016 ANNOUNCES FIRST FILMS – A THRILLING JOURNEY THROUGH ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXHILARATING FILM CULTURES

The 16th annual Russian Resurrection Film Festival – to be held around the country between October 27 and November 16 – has announced the first films to screen.

From contemporary comedies and psychological thrillers to love stories set in the picturesque mountains of Armenia and against the backdrop of the Tsar’s last days, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival will take audiences on a thrilling journey through one of the world’s most diverse and exhilarating film cultures.

Website:  russian-resurrection-film-festival

THE FESTIVAL SCREENING DATES ARE:

Canberra – 01 November to 06 November
Canberra – Capitol Cinemas Mana, 6 Franklin Street, Manuka

THE Q THEATRE – QUEANBEYAN
25th – 28th AUGUST 2015

Tuesday 25th August at 1pm and 6pm
Wednesday 26th August at 11am and 6pm
Thursday 27th August at 11 am and 1pm
Friday 28th August at 11am and 1pm
Prices:
Adult $25, Children $15, Family $60 (x 4)
BOOKINGS: The Q Theatre Phone: 62856290 or www.theq.net.au

Well what are you waiting for? Come on up! THEY’RE BACK!
Yes, that’s right.  Andy and Terry had such a ball with their crash-landing entry into the world of theatre with the 13-Storey Treehouse, they’re back for more.13 storeys more in fact.

You know what 13 more storeys means? More INVENTIONS – like the 78 flavour ice-cream dispensing robot and the brain bamboozling Maze of Doom (not to mention the self-inflating underpants) and more things to go WRONG – not least of which is the very real possibility that the entire show is a complete and utter disaster.  Will Andy and Terry push their friend Jill to her absolute limits? And who is this shady Hector Houtkop, with a really bad pirate accent?
And what about ALL THOSE PIRATES?

Adapted by award-winning playwright and author Richard Tulloch (The Book of Everything, Bananas in Pyjamas), The 26-Storey Treehouse is brough to you by the same cracker team that delivered the smash-hit stage version of The 13-Storey Treehouse.
Audience advice: Recommended for ages 6 – 12 and their adults.

Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. Andy is best known for The Treehouse series, the JUST! books and The Day My Bum Went Psycho.
Over the last 20 years Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, adapted for the stage and television and won more than 50 Australian children’s choice awards. Andy, a passionate advocate for literacy, is an ambassador for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and The Pyjama Foundation.

THE Q THEATRE – QUEANBEYAN

4TH and 5th SEPTEMBER 2015
4th September at 8pm, 5th September at 2pm and 8pm
EARLY BIRD PRICES UNTIL 7TH AUGUST
Adults $42.00 Concs $37.00 Groups $34.00
Then
Adults $47.00 Concs $42.00 Groups $39.00
Bookings 62856290

A Comedy About Life, Love….and the AFL and NRL. Our great game viewed by an unlikely pair in the reserved section
of a major football stadium.

This action packed play features real-life husband and wife team David Ross Paterson (Frost/Nixon, Benjamin Button, Chopper) as a loud, burly football fan,
and
Cecelia Specht (Criminal Minds, Castle, Neighbours) as a recently divorced football widow, who has claimed her ex-husband’s tickets as part of a messy divorce settlement.

As a footy “conscientious objector” she is blissfully immune to the attraction of the game and instantly locks horns with her ex-husband’s footy-mate who becomes her reluctant companion over four eventful quarters. They make a seriously mismatched couple with little to offer each other. Or do they?

Reserved Seating Only brings the colour and controversy of football to the stage, along with a witty insight into the battle of the sexes set in the context of our
national obsession with sport.

SEPTEMBER 2015 – Bookings 62856290
Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16.  Thursday 17, Friday 18 at 8.00pm
Saturday 19,at 2.00pm & 8.00pm , Sunday 20 at 5.00pm
Tuesday 22  Wednesday 23 ,Thursday 24, Friday 25 September, at 8.00pm
Saturday 26 at, 2.00pm & 8.00pm Sunday 27 September, at  5.00pm

Adults: $56.00, Conc: $51.00, Groups 8 + $48.00
Early Bird until 18th August
Adults:$51.00  Conc:$46.00  Groups 8+ $43.00

Cast – Kate: Amity Dry; Bec: Nikki Aitken; Jessie: Rachel McCall; Lily: Susan Ferguson

Written by and starring AMITY DRY well known from Channel Nine’s hit TV show The Block as well as her top 10 Gold album The Lighthouse, this musical is truly a home grown success story. 

With triumphant seasons in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney it has played to thousands and had audience members coming back to see it again and again.  The ultimate ‘Girls Night Out’ this funny, poignant and endearing show will make you laugh, cry and leave feeling like your complicated life is completely normal!

What if women told the truth a little more, to ourselves and each other?  What if we admitted marriage can be tough, motherhood is a challenge and doing it all can be exhausting?  What if, instead of the Hollywood version of marriage and motherhood, we saw a depiction of how it really is – relentless, exhilarating, infuriating, hilarious, complicated.

Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life is the new hit Australian musical that’s wowing audiences and critics alike.  Chosen for the New York Musical Theatre Festival it has received rave reviews and full house standing ovations both here and abroad.Recently staged in New York at the United Nations for the Commission for the Status of Women Conference, there is also a Norwegian production premiering in 2015.

‘A poignant and funny musical.’  Natasha Stott Despoja

THE Q THEATRE – QUEANBEYAN

Wednesday 30th September at 10am and 12 noon
Thursday 1st October at 10am and 12 noon
Friday 2nd October at 10am and 12 noon
Saturday 3rd October at 10am, 12 noon and 3pm
Sunday 4th October at 10am and 12 noon
Prices:
All tickets $28, Family $84 (x 4)

BOOKINGS: The Q Theatre Phone: 62856290 or www.theq.net.au

SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN’S PERFORMANCE – FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER AT 3PM – Tickets $20

One of the most-read and famous children’s books of all time, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ emerges off the page in a masterful theatrical experience for the whole family.

Journey though Eric Carle’s incredible stories as they come to life on stage in this enchanting show.  Featuring some other delightful characters from three of Eric Carle’s bestselling classics tales including ‘Mr. Seahorse’, ‘The Very Lonely Firefly’ and ‘The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse’.

This brand new Australian made show will excite, educate and entertain new readers and first time theatre goers.  Those who grew up with these stories will delight in experiencing, for the first time on the Australian stage, one of the most popular children’s books ever written.

Created by Jonathan Worsley, directed by Naomi Edwards and with 75 magical puppets created by New York’s Puppet Kitchen.  Story time doesn’t get much more magical than this.

Running time: 50 minutes with no interval
Audience Advice:  Recommended for ages 10 and under

Dates: Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th July 2015
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar
Cost: $385
Age: Teens +

Logie winner and House Husband star, Gyton Grantley coming to Canberra.

MONOLOGUES & SCREEN TESTS
START YOUR ACTING CAREER NOW!
Join, Olivia Simone and Gyton Grantley, for an intensive acting workshop. They are both NIDA graduates and have appeared in many tv shows including: Underbelly, House Husbands, Winners and Losers, Dance Academy and All Saints.

They will direct you in a MONOLOGUE throughout the 3 days that you will perform in front of an audience on the final day.
Monologues are an essential tool for drama and theatre auditions.

You will be taught to act in front of a camera using tv scripts and commercials. Additionally, you will work on a tv or film scene that will be professionally filmed. At the conclusion of the workshop you will receive a high quality showreel to take home.

They will share practical tips on how to start your acting career. You will also have the opportunity to partake in a question and answer session.
Get ready for an amazing 3 days wiht Olivia and Gyton!!!

A NIGHT OF CHILDREN’S VOICES
BOHOL RISING MUSICAL
THE LOBOC CHILDREN’S CHOIR
TUESDAY  30TH JUNE 2015 at 1.30pm
Embassy of the PHILLIPINES
1 Moonah Place Yarralumla

From their humble beginnings at the Loboc Central Elementary School, 30 children aged 10 to 13 have stepped onto the world stages of the major cities in Asia, Europe and the USA and have attained international recognition…Now they are coming to CANBERRA!

With their young, angelic voices and synchronized choreographed routines, they have endeared audiences around the globe singing of a proud heritage, of faith, goodwill and hope. Ever so versatile, their fabulous repertoire ranges from classical, folk, Broadway, jazz, contemporary to the traditional Filipino classics, and reaping award after award along the way.   Behind the children, a battery of talented musicians and conductors all of whom have given their time to mentor them.  At the helm, is Alma Fernando-Taldo, an elementary school teacher who took the reins as musical director and conductor.

The Loboc Children’s Choir is a three times winner of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists in the Philippines.  They clinched top honours at the European Folksongs Festival in Barcelona, Spain in 1993 and  3635581995 and took home the Gold medal in the children’s choir category in 2001.  In 2011, they came third in the “Certamen Choral de Tolosa,“ Tolosa Spain and came home last year with the silver from the China International Chorus Festival in Beijing, China. They have made their bows before the world’s top dignitaries including the late Pope John Paul II and a command performance for Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain during a cultural exchange visit to the Philippines.

As young cultural ambassadors of the country, they have helped promote the province of Bohol as a Heritage destination and have lent their voices to raise funds for the reconstruction of the earthquake ravaged churches and the rehabilitation of the region

All monies raised from these concerts will go directly to the the rebuilding of Bohol.
This concert will make you quiver and the children will no doubt, touch your hearts.
THE LOBOC CHILDREN’S CHOIR and THE WODEN VALLEY YOUTH CHOIR WILL BE APPEARING

SATURDAY 14th MARCH 2015

Dinner and Show from 6.30pm
Show and Dinner – $80, $70, $60 – Show only $50, $40,$30
(Prices dictate where you are seated)
BOOKINGS: 62572718

George Gordon Noel, the 6th Lord Byron, was one of the greatest British poets and a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. He was an eccentric who was described by Lady Carolyn Lamb (one of his many lovers) As “Mad Bad and Dangerous to know”

It was an apt description for a character who regularly re-invented himself and created the template for what was to become, In a later age – The rock star

The Lord Byron 5 is a band of distinguished musicians dedicated to performing selected poetical works of Byron in an original and compelling musical and theatrical act. The brain child of award-winning musician, composer and songwriter CRAIG DAWSON, the show has been described as “gothic steampunk folk-rock”. Dark, funny, sexy and energetic, the characterisations reflect aspects of, and people from Byron’s short but turbulent and scandal-ridden life as the music varies from the sweet lyrical “LINES ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY”  through the black, brutally romantic “THE GIAOUR” and all stops between!

THE LORD BYRON 5
CRAIG DAWSON, SIMONE DAWSON, NICK POWELL,
RITA WOOLHOUSE, PAUL DUGDALE, FRED PILCHER
We know that’s 6 people  – but this is poetry – not maths.

SATURDAY 11th APRIL 2015
Dinner and Show from 6.30pm
Show and Dinner – $90, $80, $70 – Show only $50, $40,$30
(Prices dictate where you are seated)
BOOKINGS: 62572718

Tony King and Kris Ralph (AKA Nina Vox) are two of Australia’s finest Singer/Songwriters producing a beautiful blend of Soulful Acoustic Jazz, Folk and Blues.

Beautifully Mad recall the beauty of James Taylor, some honey from Melody Gardot mixed with KD Lang torch, the spice of Cohen washed down with some Waits like humour.

A musical flame that licks at the heels of folk and Jazz.

WHAT’S THE BUZZ!
The spectacular musical Jesus Christ Superstar will rock its way into the AIS BRUCE STADIUM 2 – 7 June 2015.
Presented by Pee Wee Productions

STARRING LUKE KENNEDY (As JESUS) and MICHAEL FALZON (As JUDAS)
With JENNA ROBERTS as Mary

Director Stephen Pike – Musical Director Ian McLean
With Lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar debuted on Broadway in 1971 and has delighted millions of musical lovers worldwide. It has endured the decades and remains one of the biggest draw cards from the Lloyd Webber/Rice collaboration of musicals.

The Arena Tour and numerous Australia wide community productions have enjoyed huge box office success in recent times.

CURTIN HOSTS: CORALIE WOOD, JOHN KALOKERINOS, MALCOLM FARR
CELEBRATING CURTIN’S 50TH BIRTHDAY
In 1964 people first moved into the new suburb of Curtin. Many of the early settlers in Curtin liked the rustic surrounds – sheep grazing over the back fence, a real creek in which to find yabbies on the northern side of what would become the overpass to Hughes. There was a handy tip at the end of Carruthers behind where the Telstra Deakin offices now are on Kent St. Scavenging was popular.

The suburb grew very quickly – within 2 years it had 3 primary schools, North and South Curtin and Holy Trinity, and so many pre-schoolers that some had to attend pre-school out-of-suburb.

Curtin has come a long way since those early years, and to celebrate our 50th year, the Curtin community is putting on a series of events, the highlight of which will be a party at the Curtin shops from 2-7pm on Friday 17 October 2014.

Past and present residents of Curtin are invited to join the celebration on Friday 17 October.
A full program of entertainment will include music in the square by musicians from the Curtin Primary
School Band and Holy Trinity Primary School Choir, the 4 Bridges, the Rugby Choir, Random Notes and many other musicians including regular performers at Beyond Q. Music will go on until 8pm.  At other stalls you will find information about community activities and Curtin’s local history, items to sample (including wine and olive oil) and activities for children.

Special guests will participate in a cake cutting ceremony to mark our 50th year.
Local designers gatbi have created a unique souvenir tea towel to celebrate Curtin’s 50th year, which you’ll be able to pick up on the day, along with a range of other craft and market items.

And food! Local retailers will have stalls selling pizza, Nepalese, Vietnamese and seafood. A sausage sizzle will raise money for local community services L’Arche and Outreach House

FESTIVAL DETAILS:
CANBERRA
Greater Union Manuka
28th Oct – 5th Nov

PRESTIGIOUS RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL RESURRECTS FOR ITS 11TH YEAR IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Russian Resurrection, the largest and most distinguished film festival outside of Russia, will launch its 2014 season around the country on October 30, and for the first time in New Zealand. Already in its 11th year, the festival showcases the best of Russia’s film industry and pays homage to the finest in Russian film culture.  This year the festival will celebrate the 90th anniversary of Mosfilm – Russia’s inaugural film studio – with an exhibition of 6 retrospective films and 14 brand new films.
Amongst the vast selection of esteemed films that will feature at Russian Resurrection are Test, winner of 2014’s Kinotavr Film Festival’s Best Film; Stalingrad, a compelling film on the epic battle between Russian and German forces during WWII; and Dersu Uzala winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In an atmosphere of excitement, festivity and Russian hospitality, Russian Resurrection enhances and invigorates the relationships between Russia, Australia, and now New Zealand. It is this jubilant atmosphere, mixed with the rich culture attached to the brilliant Russian film industry that makes attendance to this event a must.
“I am proud and honoured to show the world what the Russian film industry has to offer.  With over 65,000 people having attended the event since we started in 2003, it seems Australians really do appreciate what the Russian film industry has to offer.  I can’t wait for them to see what we have in store for them this year,” said Russian Resurrection Film Festival’s Managing Director, Nicholas Maksymow.
Russian Resurrection was first established in 2003 to support the growing Russian Film Industry, and to showcase the talent of Russian filmmakers and actors on a global scale. Since its inception, Russian Resurrection has had more than 65,000 people attend the festival, and will now showcase, for the first time, in New Zealand.

Presented by SUPA PRODUCTIONS

Originally the film THE BIRDCAGE starring Robin Williams

The Tony Award winning original Broadway Production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Is widely known for its powerful anthem I AM WHAT I AM.
Georges (JARRAD WEST) and Albin ( BEN O’REILLY) have lived happily together for 20 years above their nightclub in St Tropez. Georges is the owner and MC and Albin its star drag performer, Zaza.

It’s the imminent engagement of Georges’ son to the daughter of a bigoted, right-wing politician that creates the comedy and the heart-warming drama of this award winning musical.

PLAYING AT ANU ARTS CENTRE 7TH – 22ND November:
Adults: $45.00 – Conc & Groups $39.00 – (book at Theatre 3)
Dinner/Show $75.00 – (book at Vivaldis)
Special Ooh La La Show and interval drinks & canapés $57.00 (book at Vivaldis)
Tickets on sale now – Theatre 3 – 6247 4442

Voice in the Forest at the National Arboretum

SUNDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2014
NATIONAL ARBORETUM CANBERRA
Gates open 1.30pm – Concert commences 4.45pm – Concert finishes 8.30pm

Is a spectacular outdoor gala concert held in the natural amphitheatre at the National Arboretum Canberra. A magnificent musical showcase featuring
Latvian Soprano INESSA GALANTE and  Heldentenor SIMON O’NEILL
With star of the English and Australian operatic worlds
PETER COLEMAN-WRIGHT.
Including love songs from TIM DAL CORTIVO and CHRISTINA WILSON
With VOICES IN THE FOREST ORCHESTRA
Directed by ROLAND PEELMAN

SPECIAL GROUP BOOKING TICKETS – Coralie Wood Publicity
0418249 658

THE CANBERRA THEATRE

12 – 29 March 2015
Bookings: Canberra Theatre 62752700
Prices: $105.00 to $55.00

The company that brought you The Phantom of The Opera in 2013 is delighted to be returning to Canberra Theatre Centre with the Free-Rain production of Disney’s & Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins.

Director Stephen Colyer, Musical Director Ian McLean and Choreographer Jacqui Richards are just the team to bring to life this timeless and heart-warming tale that will be sure to charm and delight audiences of all ages come March 2015.

London banker George Banks advertises for a nanny in the Times to handle their troublesome children, Jane and Michael. The children have their own ideas and also write an advertisement, but Mr Banks throws it into the fireplace. The next morning Mary Poppins glides down from the sky on her umbrella and is interviewed by Mr Banks, and decides to give the family a trial period. Then the adventures begin as Mary charms the children, the entire household and finally Mr Banks who finally realises what is really important in life. His family, having a little fun and flying kites.

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Originally Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher for Disney

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY)

This production features the best of local talent.

LET YOUR SENSES BE SEDUCED…at the
2013/2014 PALACE OPERA BALLET SEASON

For its 4th annual season, Palace Cinemas invite you to experience the world’s most sumptuous opera and ballet productions direct from The Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet, and Opéra National de Paris.
Captured ‘live’ from these renowned venues and screened via state-of-the-art digital projection with digitally recorded surround sound, the 2013/14 Opera/Ballet season will showcase 17 passionate works from legendary composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bellini and Mozart, at a fraction of the original ticket price, guaranteeing the ‘best’ seat in the house every time!

Presented in extravagant detail direct from London and Paris, the 2013/14 Palace Opera/Ballet season will screen at 13 locations nationally, commencing on 4 October and concluding mid-July 2014.

WILDFLOWER FILMS AND RALF FILMS PRESENTS
In association with Screen Australia & Screen NSW
THE LAST IMPRESARIO
ECCENTRIC  |  DARING  |  UNSTOPPABLE
A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE MAN WHO CHANGED BRITISH CULTURE, ONE SHOW AT A TIME.
Gracie’s Otto’s vibrant bio-doc of Michael White – playboy, bon vivant and the man who transformed Britain’s cultural scene in the 1970s

Michael White might just be the most famous person you’ve never heard of.

The London theatre and film impresario, produced over 200 shows and movies over the last 50 years. Bringing to the stage the risqué productions of Oh! Calcutta!, The Rocky Horror Show and to the screen Monty Python’s The Holy Grail, as well as introducing Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch and Yoko Ono to London audiences, he irrevocably shaped the cultural scene of the 1970s London. Fondly known as ‘Chalky’ by his friends, he is now in his late seventies and still enjoys partying like there’s no tomorrow. In this intimate documentary, filmmaker Gracie Otto introduces us to this larger-than-life phenomenon.

Featuring interviews with 50 of his closest friends including Anna Wintour, Kate Moss, John Cleese, Yoko Ono, Naomi Watt, John Waters and Barry Humphries and, of course, the man himselfOtto pays a vibrant tribute to a fascinating entertainer, creative nurturer, collaborator, and his career.
Coming to Australian cinemas on 26 June 2014

OPENING PALACE ELECTRIC CANBERRA
26TH JUNE 2014

WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE 2014

Show only $55, $45, $35 (depends where you are sitting)

Tapas and drinks available from bar – Doors open 7pm,showtime 8.30pm

BOOKINGS Teatro Vivaldi  62572718 – Canberra Ticketing 62752700 (fees may apply)

Two renowned duos.  Two gifted sisters.

Two extraordinary guitarists.  A multi-faceted, unique quartet…

Two of the most important names in Irish music.  Legendary guitarist Arty McGlynn and virtuoso fiddler Nollaig Casey – who between them have played with every major Irish artist of the last thirty years – are joined for this special project by Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (Scotland on Sunday), and Britain’s finest flatpicking guitarist Chris Newman.

Presented by Free Rain Theatre Company
ANU ARTS CENTRE
4TH – 27TH JULY 2014

Elle Woods can handle anything. So when her boyfriend, Warner, dumps her for someone ‘serious’ she decides to follow him to Harvard Law School and win him back. With some help from new-found friends Paulette, Emmett and her Chihuahua Bruiser, she learns that it’s so much better to be smart.
Winner of 7 major awards including the coveted Best New Musical 2011 (Olivier Awards®)

DINNER and SHOW from 6.30pm – 8th and 9th AUGUST 2014

Bookings: 62572718
Dinner and Show $60, $85, $95 –  Show only  $40, $50, $60
Prices depending on where you are seated

AMANDA’S LIFE HAS HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS AND SHE ADMITS SHE HAS GOT HERSELF IN MANY RIDICULOUS SITUATIONS, AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!
Amanda was born in Stepney, London and emigrated to Australia in 1974. Her most famous television role is perhaps that of Chrissie Latham in the Australian soap opera Prisoner. Other roles include Connie Ryan in Richmond Hill, and guest roles in television series including A Country Practice and Cop Shop, and a role in miniseries Sara Dane.

Muggleton has appeared with all the State and commercial theatre companies and her commercial credits include HMS Pinafore, Hello Dolly, The Book Club, Master Class, Annie the original Steaming, Eureka! She  has won several very significant awards, for Shirley Valentine, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Norman Kessell Award), for Miss Hannigan in Annie (Colleen Clifford Award), Maria Callas in Master Class (a Green Room Award and a Robert Helpmann Award for best actress), and a second Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role as Mercedes Cortez in the Australian Musical, Eureka! In 2003, Muggleton had completed a highly successful national tour of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, playing the White Witch with Dennis Olsen as The Professor. Muggleton and Dennis Olsen also devised and co-produced Marvellous Party!, a production that celebrates the words and music of Noël Coward, and which had two sell-out shows at the Concert Hall in the Victorian Arts Centre, a highly successful Victorian tour and has been seen at Capers, Melbourne (2003 and 2004), Friends Restaurant (Hyatt) Perth, Edwards Waterfront Mandurah WA (2004) and Canberra’s Teatro Vivaldi (2004).

Amanda appeared in different theatre productions for most of 2013. Her first role was ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ for Gaiety Theatre Presents, Darlinghurst Theatre in Sydney. She then took to the road for a six-month tour of ‘The Book Club’ which visited Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.

The premiere of this original Australian musical comedy which is about your typical (or not so typical) Aussie family trying to find acceptance, respect and ultimately love. One of the  characters desperately wants only to travel in a Jayco (hence the Jayco Tango written for the show) even though the others want to reach the heights of stardom.

PLAYING AT THE Q THEATRE – QUEANBEYAN –
BOOKINGS 62856290

8th, 9th, 10th MAY at 8pm – 10th MAY at 2pm –
11th MAY (Mothers Day) at 3pm
15th, 16th, 17th MAY at 8pm – 17th MAY at 2pm

PRICES: Adult $47.00 Concessions $40.00 Groups $35.00 ALL MATINEES $40.00

DAME KIRI TE KANAWA
70TH BIRTHDAY NATIONAL RECITAL TOUR

Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall

Saturday 10th May at 7.30pm, Sunday 11th May at 4pm

Tickets: www.melbournerecitalcentre.com.au
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au

Phone: 132849

Perth Concert Hall

Tuesday 13th May at 7.30pm

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au
Phone: 132849

Canberra, Llewellyn Hall, School of Music

Friday 16th May at 7.30pm

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au

Adelaide Festival Theatre

Sunday 18th May at 5.30pm

Tickets: www.bass.net.au
Phone: 131246

Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre

Tuesday 20th May at 7.30pm

Tickets: www.sydneyoperahouse.com
Phone: 02 92507777
or
Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au
Phone: 132849

Experience the lyrical beauty and sublime artistry of one of the world’s great and beloved voices as
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs her own personal selection of operatic favourites, accompanied by renowned New Zealand pianist Terence Dennis.

This evening will be a memorable opportunity to hear why Dame Kiri is regarded as one of the world’s outstanding operatic singers, applauded by all. With a front- rank career spanning over 40 years,
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has become one of the most famous and most honoured sopranos of all time, including honours by the Queen, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, a lifetime achievement award from the British Recording Industry and as New Zealander of the year.

30 and 31 May, 2014
Dinner and Show

Lisa Chappell’s new cabaret!!

Starring Lisa Chappell (McLeod’s Daughters, Fred) | Marissa Dikkenberg (Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore)
Director Scott Witt | Musical Director Daryl Wallis

Two-time Logie Award winner and darling of the 2013 Sydney Fringe Festival, Lisa Chappell is bringing her latest show, “ON/OFF”, to Canberra!

Best known for her role as Clair McLeod on Channel 9’s McLeod’s Daughters, Lisa Chappell is proving herself to be a major talent as a writer and performer for the stage as well.  Her one-woman show, Fred, wowed audiences and thrilled critics – touted as one of the gems of last year’s Sydney Fringe Festival.

Meet the odd couple – Maddy Jacobson and Sara Sommerville, two small-time cabaret singers with big-time dreams.  Maddy is a broke rebel with anger issues, Sara is a relentlessly optimistic trophy wife who’s onto her umpteenth round of IVF.  Just before the curtain goes up, their pianist quits, Sara gets dumped and Maddy realises that she’s pregnant – SHOWTIME!

Jazz standards such as “Get Happy” and “The Man I Love” take on a whole new connotation as we watch the performers’ masks go on, then slowly slip off as they struggle to get through their tumultuous show.  ON/OFF is a dark, hilarious look at the world of cabaret, and includes hit songs from Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Peggy Lee, and many more.“

THE Q THEATRE
7TH – 22ND March 2014
Bookings: 62856290

Created and Written by Gerard Alessandrini

Directed by Anne Somes, Musical Director – Nicholas Griffin
Choreography – Jacquelyn Richards,Vocal Coach – Sarah Darnley-Stuart

CAST
Halimah Kyrgios, Tim Dal Cortivo
Georgia Pike, David Spence
Nicola Hall, Linda Gledhill
Sian Harrington Jordan Kelly
Chris Byrne, David Santolin
Amy Campbell,Calen Robinson

Synopsis
Forbidden Broadway is an Off-Broadway revue parodying musical theatre, particularly Broadway musicals. It was conceived, written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini. The original version of the revue opened on January 15, 1982 at Palsson’s Supper Club in New York City and ran for 2,332 performances. Alessandrini has rewritten the show over a dozen times over the years to include parodies of newer shows. In the original iteration of the show, Alessandrini was one of the original actors. Michael Chapman directed and produced.
The show, in its various editions, has received over 9,000 performances and been seen in more than 200 U.S. cities as well as playing in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.
In this long-running Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters. Sendups of Broadway shows such as Chicago, Annie, Into the Woods, Hello Dolly, West Side Story, Wicked, Les Mis, Mamma Mia, Rent, Spamalot, CATS, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray and A Chorus Line

MAJURA PARK – CANBERRA AIRPORT

12TH – 28TH APRIL 2013

FRIDAY 12TH – 7.30PM, SATURDAY 13TH – 1.00PM, 4.00PM, 7.30PM
SUNDAY 14TH – 12NOON, 3.00PM
TUESDAY 16th – 2.00PM
WEDNESDAY 17TH – 2.00PM, 7.30PM
THURSDAY 18th – 2.00PM
FRIDAY 19th – 2.00PM, 7.30PM,
SATURDAY 20th – 1.00PM, 4.00PM, 7.30PM
SUNDAY 21st – 12 NOON, 3.00PM
TUESDAY 23rd– 2.00PM
WEDNESDAY 24TH – 2.00PM, 7.30PM
THURSDAY 25th – 2.00PM
FRIDAY 26th– 2.00PM, 7.30PM,
SATURDAY 27th – 1.00PM, 4.00PM, 7.30PM
SUNDAY 21st – 12 NOON

Book Now on 0429 MOSCOW (667269)
VIP RINGSIDE: Adult $60.00, Child $42.00
RINGSIDE: Adult $50, Child 32.00
A Reserve: Adult $44.00 Child $29.00 Family (2A,2C) $125.00
B Reserve: Limited Seats available 1 hour prior to Showtime
Adults $25.00 Child $16.00

Last here three years ago, the MOSCOW CIRCUS is returning with a totally new show. Presenting an exhilarating exhibition of Circus at its very best!

Michael Edgley as many people in Australia will recall is now approaching an amazing 50 years in the business, in itself a truly incredible achievement.

The GREAT MOSCOW CIRCUS tour began all those years ago and still lives on today.

Gone are the traditional Circus animals with just a posse of very clever miniature horses, handled by an amazing 11 year old

Totally madness and insane – the Globe of Death- presents for the first time 5 highly tuned motorbikes whizzing around at breakneck speed in excess of 80 kph and then miraculously splits in 2 making the unique act even scarier than before!

20 sensational acts from Russia and Guest performers from around the world packed in over 2 hours of top quality entertainment

LLEWELLYN HALL

Tuesday 23 April & Wednesday 24 April at 7.30pm,
Premium reserve $165.00
A reserve: $145
B reserve: $49
BOOKINGS  TICKETEK 1300 795 012 or ticketek.com.au

One of Russia’s best opera companies – Moscow Novaya Opera is proud to present OPERAMANIA.
With a wonderful selection of music by the world’s most celebrated composers including Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Mozart, and Johann Strauss, Novaya Opera will take you on a journey highlighting some of the most loved operas of all time including The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville, Carmen and many more in a seamless theatrical presentation.

Featuring dynamic soloists in full costume, ensembles, ballet and a brilliant symphony orchestra direct from Moscow, OPERAMANIA will delight the most seasoned music lovers as well as first time opera-goers

Jane Rutter –  ‘French Kiss’
A musical journey deep into the beauty, sensuality and passion of France
TEATRO VIVALDI RESTAURANT
SATURDAY 11TH MAY
Where you sit determines prices
$70, $80, $90
Dinner from 6.30pm Showtime 8.30pm
Bookings: 62572718

When Jane Rutter plays to an audience, not only is it beautiful flute playing, but also every person in the auditorium feels truly embraced.

Her flute declares itself in a sensual, passionate statement; her musical instrument becomes a fully expressive voice. And now, Australia’s foremost flautist and instrumental artist Jane Rutter, has captured the depth of sensuality on her new album French Kiss, French Kiss is Jane’s most exciting and important to date, and she is looking forward to sharing with the Australian public just how much she has learnt from the French way of life.

MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON OR AFTERNOON TEA
TEATRO VIVALDI RESTAURANT
SUNDAY 12TH MAY
Where you sit determines prices
LUNCHEON 12.00 noon $50. $60. $70
AFTERNOON TEA 1.30pm $30, $40, $50
SHOW FROM 2.00 pm
Bookings: 62572718

A fun filled 70 minute delight. Jami Way’s voice equals every opera singer you have ever known
but aso has the comedic expertise to make you sing along and laugh.
A great Mother’s Day treat

The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre

May 22nd 23rd, 24th at 8pm
May 25th at 2pm and 8pm
Premium reserve $99.00 concessions $89.00
A Reserve $89.00 concession $79.00
B Reserve $7900 concessions $69.00
Book at canberratheatrecentre.com.au or call (02) 6275 2700

Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange was one of the most important works of fiction of the 20th Century with prophetic sentiments that are increasingly relevant in the world today. It is a warning of an encroaching state and the dangers of having our independence robbed. It is also an optimistic view on humanity and suggests that, if given the chance, we humans have the choice to divert to goodness and a path of redemption.

Cutting edge theatre company Action to the Word was formed in 2008 to create exciting theatre for a wide audience. Artistic Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones says “In the wake of the London riots, A Clockwork Orange has a new power of its own, asking once again, ‘Is it better to be forced to be good or better to choose to be bad?’”

SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW STORMS INTO
CANBERRA THEATRE – JULY 2013
Wed 3rd at 7.30pm, Thurs 4th at 1.00pm and 7.30pm
Fri 5th at 7.30pm, Sat 6th at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 7th at 1pm and 6pm
Premium: $99.00
A Reserve: $79.00 Concessions: $69.00
Bookings 62752700

Slava ’s Snowshow is a fusion of traditional and contemporary theatrical clowning arts, and a beautifully crafted visual spectacle.

The show brilliantly creates a world of wonderment and fantasy that transports the audience to a joyous dream-like place, where a bed becomes a boat in a storm-tossed sea; a woman is wrapped in cellophane and becomes flowers in a vase; a child walks in amazement inside a bubble; Slava boards a train and then becomes the train, his chimney-pot hat billowing smoke; and a web of unspun cotton envelopes the audience.

The stunning finale sees a letter turn into snowflakes, and the flakes turn into a snowstorm,
which whirls around the auditorium, leaving the audience ankle-deep in snow.

Slava’s Snowshow is a visual masterpiece loved by children & adults alike.

CANBERRA THEATRE

Preview Friday 9 August – 8.00pm Preview Saturday 10 August – 2.00pm
Opening Night Saturday 10 August – 8.00pm
Tuesday 13 August – 8.00pm Wednesday 14 August – 8.00pm
Thursday 15 August – 8.00pm Friday 16 August – 8.00pm
Saturday 17 August – 2.00pm Saturday 17 August – 8.00pm
Sunday 18 August – 2.00pm
Ticket Prices – Canberra Ticketing – 02 62752700
Previews: A Reserve – $58.50 Previews: B Reserve – $47.50
Main Shows: Premium – $81.75 A Reserve – $71.75 B Reserve – $61.50
Special Prices
Group of 6 plus save $5/tix on advertised price
Pensioners – save $5/tix on advertised price
Free Rain Theatre Company’s production

Starring Michael Cormick as the Phantom and Julie Lea Goodwin as Christine O’Dae.
Michael played the role of Raoul on the West End for 2 ½ years and Julie played Christine on the Australasian tour for 200 performances opposite Anthony Warlow. We have the cream of Canberra and the region’s talent who will take on understudy roles, featured roles, ensemble and ballet corps.

Israeli Film Festival 2013
10TH ANNIVERSARY
Festival hits Canberra screens for the first time
at Palace Electric Cinema, Canberra
20 – 27 AUGUST

Last year the festival experienced dramatic growth, screening for the first time across 3 new cities – Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth – with over 9,800 admissions nationally (approx. 4,500 in 2011). The exceptional line-up of 20 Israeli films screened over 149 sessions nationally (39 in 2011).
This year’s festival will be bigger and better again, expanding to 3 new locations, including 2 new cities: the brand new Palace Electric in Canberra, the newly refurbished Palace Byron Bay in Byron Bay, along with the addition of Kino Cinemas in Melbourne. Audiences can expect another outstanding programme of the finest contemporary Israeli cinema, including a showcase of award winning dramas, comedies and documentaries from the past year,selected from film festivals around the world. Canberra will also enjoy a host of special events throughout the festival to celebrate the 10th birthday and Israeli cinema in Australia. Further details will be release over the coming months.

CANBERRA THEATRE
SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 3rd Wednesday 4th Thursday 5th Friday 6th at 7.30pm
Saturday 7th at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sunday 8th at 1pm and 6pm
Premium $109.00
A reserve: $89.00 concessions $79.00
B reserve: $79.00
Bookings: 62752700

Producer James Cundall, CEO of Lunchbox Theatrical Productions says “STOMP has to be one of my favourite shows. It is a unique and supremely clever idea, to create music from everyday objects and combine it with side-splitting comedy and intricate choreography to produce a polished theatrical performance, the likes of which you’ve never seen before.”

Presents

AN EVENING WITH MEGAN CORSON

DINNER AND SHOW from 6.30pm – SHOW ONLY from 8.30pm

THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2013
Prices: Dinner and Show, $70, $80, $90 (depending on where you sit)
Show only, $40, $50, $60 (depending on where you sit)
Meg Corson, although heavily grounded in jazz, has a singing and performance background that spans most genres of music.

Her repertoire is undoubtedly Jazz but her diverse experience always allows her to let the mood guide where her songs go! The gift of a beautiful voice is a great thing, but when complimented with the ability to communicate the heart and soul of a song you have a musical experience that is set apart from the rest. Let yourself be seduced by the velvety smooth voice and soulful styling’s of MEG CORSON

Presents

AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL CORMICK

WITH

LEISA KEEN ON THE PIANO

DINNER AND SHOW from 6.30pm – SHOW ONLY from 8.30pm
FRIDAY 8th and SATURDAY 9th NOVEMBER 2013
Prices: Dinner and Show, $70, $80, $90 (depending on where you sit)
Show only, $40, $50, $60 (depending on where you sit)

The star of Phantom of the Opera is returning to Canberra to present a cabaret of musical highlights from shows including, Phantom, Les Mise, Annie, Love Never Dies and many more theatrical delights.

Accompanied by Leisa Keen well known for her musical attributes this show will be a treat both for the fabulous meal and cabaret

Bookings: 62572718

Voice in the Forest at the National Arboretum

VOICES IN THE FOREST at THE NATIONAL ARBORETUM
Saturday 23rd November
Is a spectacular outdoor gala concert held in the natural amphitheatre at the National Arboretum Canberra. A magnificent musical showcase featuring renowned YVONNE KENNY and Opera Australia’s EMMA MATTHEWS and ROSARIO LA SPINA.
Gates open at 1.30pm
Concert commences 4.45pm, finishes 8.30pm
Reserved seating A Reserve $120, B Reserve $105.00 C Reserve $90.00
Bookings Canberra Ticketing 62752700

LET YOUR SENSES BE SEDUCED…at the
2013/2014 PALACE OPERA BALLET SEASON

UPDATES WILL BE ADDED MONTHLY
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2013 as below

For its 4th annual season, Palace Cinemas invite you to experience the world’s most sumptuous opera and ballet productions direct from The Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet, and Opéra National de Paris.
Captured ‘live’ from these renowned venues and screened via state-of-the-art digital projection with digitally recorded surround sound, the 2013/14 Opera/Ballet season will showcase 17 passionate works from legendary composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bellini and Mozart, at a fraction of the original ticket price, guaranteeing the ‘best’ seat in the house every time!

Presented in extravagant detail direct from London and Paris, the 2013/14 Palace Opera/Ballet season will screen at 13 locations nationally, commencing on 4 October and concluding mid-July 2014. Opening with

The Royal Opera
Puccini’s TURANDOT (Oct 4, 5, 6, & 9)
Andrei Serban’s staging of Puccini’s final opera is a glorious pageant of rich colour, dance and drama.

The Royal Ballet
DON QUIXOTE (Nov 8, 9, 10, & 13)
Carlos Acosta, Royal Ballet Principal Guest Artist and one of the finest dancers of his generation, presents a new production of this tale of friendship, love and loyalty.

VENUE:
CANBERRA: Palace Electric

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For full synopses, session times and ticket sales, please keep visiting:
www.palaceoperaandballet.com.au

ACTEWAGL CANBERRA AREA THEATRE AWARDS

GALA EVENING SATURDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2014

Llewellyn Hall School of Music Canberra.

ROCK , POP and MUSIC

Cliff Richard, Elton John, Dire Straits, Roy Orbison, The Shadows John Denver, Leo Sayer, Foster and Allen, Peter Allen, Louden Wainwright 111, The Chieftains, Finbar Furey, The Fureys, Kenny Rogers, Whitney Houston, Paco Pena, Clannad, Luka Bloom, Roxette, Tom Jones, Gene Pitney, Harry Secombe, Jon English, Simon Gallaher, Dr Hook, Clannad, The Seekers, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Burlinson Swing, Daniel O’Donnell, Spike Milligan, Vienna Boys Choir, John Farnham, Toni Lamond, Yothu Yindi, Robert Cray band

MUSICALS and DANCE

Pirates of Penzance, Canberra Pops Orchestra, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Producers, Menopause The Musical, Oh What a Night, Fiddler on the Roof, Cats the Musical, My Fair Lady, Tap Dogs, Shout, Stomp, Nutcracker on Ice, Swan Lake on Ice, Peking Opera, Torvill and Dean,

PLAYS, VARIETY and OTHER PROMOTIONS

Yes, Prime Minister, Busting Out, Barry Humphries, Derek Jacobi, Independent Scholars Association, The Alpaca Show, The Canberra Area Theatre Awards, Are You Being Served. The Great Moscow Circus, Reg Livermore, Teatro Vivaldi Restaurant, Carols in the Park at Norwood Park Crematorium,

FILMS

Phar Lap, Coolangatta Gold, Russian Film Festival, Italian Film Festival