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information about upcoming events at the centre.
For group booking or
more information please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900
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9,10
and 11 July at 7.30pm Adults
- $15.00 Six Degrees is an original work written by St Brendan-Shaw College teachers, Michael Allen and Lara Watchman for the 2009 college production. The story centres on the lives of the band members of Six Degrees, from the roots of their musical beginnings to the pinnacle of rock success. Intertwined in this tale of contemporary music, relationships and social interactions is the underlying core theme of six degrees of separation. The show explores the elements of human nature in response to success, both negative and positive and the lengths to which some individuals will go for personal gain. It is a moral tale, a life lesson work, but its core is a rock show with heart and a very real message. |
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Wednesday 22 July at 8pm Adults
- $25.90 For Member Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 Thursday’s
Child is Tin, born on a Thursday and, like the old nursery rhyme,
‘has far to go.’ A strange and lonely child who digs,
his wanderings take him underneath the earth into the subterranean
tunnels that he’s Told by Tin’s sister, Harper Flute, it is a story of a family’s struggle on their desolate farm during the great depression. There is death, crop failure, neighbourhood and family disputes. Tin is an ever present but mystical essence in their lives. Harper watches with a child’s clear eyes her family’s struggle to survive on the hot and impoverished land. As life on the surface grows harsher, her little brother escapes ever deeper into a dark, subterranean world. The play explores the spirit of hard struggle with change, cruel misfortune and the idea that life is a pre-determined fall from a great height. Thursday’s Child is a poignant and intriguing story, ending in great hope.
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23 - 26 July Devonport Jazz is an annual music festival in the City of Devonport on Tasmania’s Northwest coast. Featuring artists from interstate as well as Tasmania’s leading jazz musicians, Devonport Jazz is a celebration of all jazz genres - both old and new. Devonport Jazz breaks the mould by incorporating elements of education, food, visual art, dance and film into the traditional jazz festival program. Visit www.devonportjazz.com for more information about all 2009 events. |
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Wednesday 29 July at 8pm Adults
- $25.90 For Member Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 A Mudlark
Theatre production Join Regi and Erica as they take the road trip of their lifetime. Regina is a talented photographer travelling the vast Australian continent taking pictures of an array of roadside shrines for her art exhibition. Her wayward and way-out sister Erica is along for the ride, bringing along her puppet “friends”, outlandish taste in music and buckets of attitude. By delving into the poignant stories of strangers on the edge of the road, the sisters uncover secrets and rediscover the beauty within their own lives. Cross is a magical piece of theatre filled with surprises, heartbreak and joy - a truly beautiful experience.
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Thursday
13 August at 7pm Adults
- $40.00 Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, regarded as Australia's finest classical guitar duo perform an eclectic repertoire from Latin to jazz through to classical and contemporary music. Fuelling this diversity is the brothers' joy of improvisation, which, when combined with their technical virtuosity creates a new dimension to their critically acclaimed performances world-wide. The program for this concert includes classical and traditional pieces as well as tracks from their latest release 'Distance' (Which Way Music) featuring originals, commissions and works by Australian and international composers including Nigel Westlake, Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel, their father Edward Grigoryan, William Lovelady and more. It is this capacity to step outside the norm whilst never compromising their musical integrity, nor the integrity of the music, which has earned them a large and devoted following. |
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Friday 4th September at 7.30pm Adults
- $34.90 For
Group Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 If you think you’ve heard it on the wireless, you’ve never heard it like this! Fresh off the ship in their packed up Morris, after sell-out seasons in the U.K, and New Zealand, The Kransky Sisters are unloading their baggage and bringing to you, their hit show, "Heard It On The Wireless". Venturing far from the dusty curtained private world of their old family home in Esk, rural Queensland, Mourne, Eve, and their oddly reclusive, almost forgotten sibling, Dawn Kransky, bring you their darkly funny stories from across the countryside, and uniquely homespun versions of popular tunes heard on the old wireless. The combination of their strange behaviour, blinkered outlooks, superbly droll comic dialogue, and alluring downright hilarious brand of tune make for a night of sheer delight.
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Monday 14 September at 2pm Adults
- $20.00 For Member Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 The Jungle Book tells the story of a young human baby, Mowgli, found in the wilderness by a family of wolves and raised as one of their own. He learns over time the rules or ‘Laws’ of the jungle, instructed by his animal mentors including the wise black panther, Bagheera, and Baloo the sleepy bear. Both of these friendly beasts contribute to the child’s education. HIT Productions will bring to life The Jungle Book – A Musical Tale, with Mowgli now in his early twenties, returning to the jungle to see Baloo and Bagheera. Narrated by Baloo, the songs reflect Mowgli’s time growing up in the jungle. This show is a bright, colourful and entertaining experience aimed for children 4-10 but can be appreciated by the entire family. |
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Monday 28th September at 8.00pm Adults
- $64.90 For Member or Group Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 Please note this is a General Admission event seats will not be allocated. Following the highly-successful and critically acclaimed SELL OUT AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2007, Ireland's most celebrated show, THE RHYTHMS OF IRELAND, return their awe-inspiring and ALL NEW innovative production back to Australia. The Rhythms of Ireland if an Irish Dance show which has been seen by over two-million worldwide amassing an unsurpassed reputation for their "stunningly executed performances". The incomparable quality and pure unadulterated spectacle of their work perfectly blends the ancient traditions of Irish dance and music with the innovative and flawlessly choreographed production values of contemporary Irish excellence. Experience the fastest Taps in the world in the most popular show of the present. The Rhythms of Ireland the real Culture - The Real Passion. |
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Friday 9 October at 6pm Adults
- $20.00 For Member Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 Helena and the Journey of the Hello is a kid’s picture book tale in a crossed line conversation with contemporary times. The old world charm of the illustrated story is given a theatrical twist as unexpected parts of the set and costumes open like pages in a book. The audience sit inside the fantasy world of Helena Bugosi. And what a world this is! Helena’s mum is always on the phone – because she lives in it. Helena’s father went into the forest and befriended the foxes, before getting into a small boat and going out to sea, leaving Helena to sing songs by the side of the road. Children and adults are amazed at what is possible with a mobile phone, a coat and an old iron bed as they are taken on the Journey of the Hello.
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Thursday 5 November at 7.30pm Adults
- $25.00 For Member or Friends of Tasdance Bookings please contact the Box Office on 03 6420 2900 What makes us unique, gives us our particular identity? Tasdance presents another fascinating evening with the work of two very different artists: one indigenous and one from a European background. These two works reflect each artist’s perception of their unique Australian cultural identity. Choreographer Frances Rings, having earned a reputation as a leading indigenous choreographer with her two award winning works Walkabout and Unaipon for Bangarra, is now creating within a broader contemporary dance context. Dancer and choreographer Anton worked with Australian Dance Theatre and has forged a strong reputation for his highly energised dance works which tap into Generation Y and popular culture.
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