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TILT is here!
The Arts Centre is pleased to present the first sweaty,
fleshy and unpredictable season of TILT in the Fairfax
Studio from 19 April - 14 May. First two cabs off the
rank are Moira Finucane's Cabaret
Bizarre Gotharama and Angus Cerini's
'brutal ballet'
Saving Henry Version 5. Come and be challenged.
Africa! explodes in a blur of colour, sound, tribal
rhythms, movement and invigorating hip-hop at the Arts
Centre in April; the first in our series of music concerts
from around the globe. The foyers of Hamer Hall will come
alive with food, music, colour, dance, story-telling and
African performances with artists from across the continent.
The musical feast continues with highlights from the
East Coast Blues Festival. Featured artists include
India.Arie with Amadou and Mariam, Jackson Browne
appearing with slide guitar virtuso David Lindley,
Juan De Marcos Gonzalez Afro Cuban All Stars with
gospel legends the Blind Boys of Alabama, and the
extraordinary Buddy Guy with The Robert Cray
Band. |
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TILT
at the Arts Centre presents
GOTHARAMA
GEORGE FAIRFAX STUDIO | Opening
Night - 19 April 7pm | 20, 29 April 6, 9, 12 May
7pm | $23- $28
From the creative team that brought you The Burlesque
Hour and The Saucy Cantina comes Gotharama - a
non-stop slippery slide through a Gothic maelstrom
of perverse passions, damned dames, nasty nightmares
and wicked ways.
Strap in. Hold on. Let Moira Finucane, internationally
acclaimed Queen of Cabaret Bizarre, take you on
a thrill ride into the plush, pungent world of
Gotharama. |
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TILT
at the Arts Centre presents
SAVING
HENRY VERSION 5
GEORGE FAIRFAX STUDIO | 7pm
22, 23, 30 April 7, 14 May 5pm, 8, 13 May 7pm
| $23 -$28
Preview- 21 April, Opening Night- 22 April
What happens when you become worse than what you
set out to destroy? Confronted by demons Henry
escapes to dream but faces mighty forces, predatory
and rank. Calling on the spirits of those he loves
to protect him, he returns to waking, armed to
defeat the terror he faces.
An allegorical tale told through a brutal but
poetic text and high energy physical theatre.
Brutal ballet. |
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Adrian
Bohm presents
DYLAN
MORAN
HAMER
HALL | 25 April | 8pm | $39
When it comes to personal details, Dylan Moran
is a bit of a man of mystery. He's Irish; has
dark hair and is very, very funny. In 1993 he
won Channel 4s 'So You Think You're Funny' award
and three years later he won the Perrier Award
for Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
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Green
Room Awards Association presents
VICTORIAN
GREEN ROOM ASSOCIATION AWARDS
FAIRFAX STUDIO | 9 April
| 1pm | $15 includes programme
The Victorian Green Room Awards play a vital role
in Melbourne, seeking out excellence on the professional
stage. The annual awards ceremony allows peers
and public to come together, celebrate and applaud
what has become the most significant accolade
an artist performing in Melbourne can receive..
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1pm Music Theatre/Dance/Cabaret
4pm Drama/Opera/Fringe, Association Awards and
Lifetime Acheivement Award |
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Parramatta
City Council presents
THE
AUNTY JACK SHOW… AND TELL
HAMER HALL | 12 April 7pm
| $57 - $69
The Aunty Jack Show burst onto Australian television
screens in 1971. Grahame Bond's outrageous character,
the bikie and self proclaimed 'Queen of Wollongong',
was the antithesis of television presenters-a
moustached hostess who threatened to jump out
of viewer's television sets and 'Rip their bloody
arms off.'
Now The Aunty Jack Show is back with a live
stage show and the answers to those nagging
questions. Grahame and Rory are going to tell
it all, the naked truth, with their clothes
on.
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Opera
Australia presents
THE
RAKE'S PROGRESS
STATE THEATRE | 11, 13, 28
April 7.30pm, 9 May 7.30pm, 6 May 1pm | $37 -
$200
MARCONI OPERA TALKS: 28 April & 9 May,45 mins.
prior to performance
It's an age-old story - a deal with the devil,
aka Nick Shadow, who finds country boy Tom Rakewell
in a moment of aimlessness and offers him more
excitement than he can imagine. There's a price,
of course. After a year of filthy lucre and seamy
delights Nick Shadow is back to claim his dues
and all rests on the turn of a card.
Will Tom's gamble pay off? Will he find Anne Trulove
again? Or will it all go horribly wrong? Find
out as director John Cox and conductor Richard
Hickox bring Glyndebourne Festival Opera's world
famous production to the Australian stage for
the first time. |
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Opera
Australia presents
LA
TRAVIATA
STATE THEATRE | 20, 22, 26
April 7.30pm 4, 6, 11, 13, 16 May 7.30pm 29 April
1pm | $37 - $200
MARCONI OPERA TALKS: 26, 29 April & 13 May,
45 mins. prior to performance
If you feel like you're falling in love the moment
the curtain goes up on this magnificent opera,
you're not alone. Everyone is intoxicated by the
beguiling Violetta, and it's not just the champagne.
The glitter of gay Paris, the opulent costumes
and above all, Verdi's gorgeous music will take
your heart and probably break it too. This is
one of the most accessible of all operas, set
in 19th century Paris, with powerfully drawn characters
and unforgettable music. The sumptuous setting
and elegant costumes set the atmosphere for the
worldly life of the fallen woman living in luxury
yet empty within. |
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Opera
Australia presents
LAKMÉ
STATE THEATRE 27, 29 April
7.30pm, 2, 5, 10, 17 May 7.30pm, 13 May 1pm |
$37 - $200
MARCONI OPERA TALKS: 13 & 17 May, 45 mins.
prior to performance
Cultures collide, generations are at war and lovers
fall irresistibly, helplessly and hopelessly in
love. Feel the heady love and crushing despair
in this passionate opera and relish some of opera's
greatest show-stoppers including Lakmé's
transcendent 'Bell Song' and the heart-warming
'Flower Duet'.
You can almost smell the jasmine in this lush
vision of Southern India, peopled by mystical
princesses, peasants and Brahmins, well-meaning
officers of the British Army and even a few gods.
Drawing on diverse stylistic influences including
classical Indian religious calendar art, photographs
and paintings from the British Raj and even Bollywood,
this new production is a riot of colour and exotic
seduction. |
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Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra presents
BEHOLD, THE SEA!
HAMER HALL | 30 March - 1 April
8pm | $26 - $105
PRE-CONCERT TALK | 30 March - 1 April 7pm
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat, K.450
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony
Edo de Waart, principal conductor of the Hong Kong
Philharmonic, conducts the MSO for the first time
in a programme that includes Australian pianist
Andrea Lam. |
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Chugg
Entertainment and Jack Utsick present
JUDY COLLINS
HAMER HALL | 7 April 7.30pm | $86 - $108.20
Renowned singer songwriter, painter and author Judy
Collins has recorded more than 40 albums over her
45-year career as well as having several top-ten
hits. She brings her unique folk stylings to Australia
in support of her 2005 album Portrait of an American
Girl. |
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Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra presents
UNFINISHED
MASTERPIECE
HAMER HALL | 8 April 2pm & 10 April 8pm | $26
- $105
PRE-CONCERT TALK | 8 April 1pm & 10 April 7pm
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 K.467 Elvira Madigan
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9
'The Ninth will be my masterpiece,' the ailing Bruckner
told a visitor during his final days. 'I just ask
God that he'll let me live until it's done.' The
work's unfinished state has not prevented it becoming
one of the great spiritual odysseys in the world
of orchestral music.
In serene contrast, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
appears as soloist in one of Mozart's most beloved
concertos. Eckehard Stier, an outstanding figure
in the newest generation of young conductors, makes
his Australian debut with these performances.
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the
Arts Centre presents
MORNING MELODIES: Melbourne
City Opera
HAMER HALL | 10 April 11am & 1.30pm | $17.50
By popular demand, a showcase of your favourite
songs from well known operas and operettas!
Tiffany Speight, Marco Cinque and Francesco Fabris
will fill Hamer Hall with the glorious sounds of
their soprano, tenor and baritone voices, accompanied
by the acclaimed 35-piece Melbourne City Opera orchestra.
These three talented opera stars will perform songs
from Carmen, Oklahoma, Pirates of Penzance, My Fair
Lady and Die Fledermaus. |
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East
Coast Blues Festival presents
JACKSON
BROWNE AND DAVID LINDLEY
HAMER HALL | 13 April 8pm | $128.10
Over the course of more than three decades, Jackson
Browne, appearing with slide guitar virtuso David
Lindley, has written and performed some of the most
literate and moving songs in popular music. He has
defined a genre of songwriting that is charged with
honesty, emotion and personal politics. Along the
way, he has touched the hearts and minds of countless
fans worldwide.. |
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East
Coast Blues Festival presents
INDIA.ARIE
WITH AMADOU + MARIAM
HAMER HALL | 16 April 8pm | $73.55
Grammy Award winner India.Arie is an Atlanta born
folksy soul singer who made being daggy cool again.
Armed with just an acoustic guitar she has managed
to change the hearts of millions.
Amadou + Mariam have been making music together
since they first met and fell in love at the Institute
for Young Blind People in Bamako in the mid-1970s.
While their music is based in a Malian-style blues,
it has evolved to include a diversity of styles:
French folk, Cuban song, reggae and hip-hop, among
others. |
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East
Coast Blues Festival presents
JUAN DE MARCOS AFRO CUBAN
ALL STARS WITH THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
HAMER HALL | 19 April 8pm | $96.10
Much loved by Australian audiences, The Blind Boys
of Alabama have spread the spirit and energy of
pure soul gospel music for over 60 years. They aim
to expand the audience for traditional soul-gospel
singing while incorporating contemporary songs and
innovative arrangements into their hallowed style.
Directed by ex-Sierra Maestra trumpeter Juan De
Marcos Gonzalez, the Afro Cuban All Stars have been
essential to the growing worldwide popularity of
Afro Cuban music. A multi-generational big band,
with members ranging in age from 13 to 81, the Afro
Cuban All Stars incorporate the full spectrum of
Latin dance music. |
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East
Coast Blues Festival presents
BUDDY
GUY & BAND WITH THE ROBERT CRAY BAND
HAMER HALL | 20 April 8pm | | $101.10 - $128.10
Blues legend and 5-times Grammy Award winner, Buddy
Guy has a colossal musical resume and many hard
earned accolades. High-energy guitar histrionics
and boundless on-stage energy have always been Guy
trademarks, along with a tortured vocal style that's
nearly as distinctive as his incendiary rapid-fire
fretwork. On stage with Buddy Guy in Australia is
The Robert Cray Band, considered to be one of the
most expressive vocalists and impressive guitarists
on the contemporary rhythm and blues scene. |
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Australian
Pops Orchestra presents
THIS IS THE MOMENT
HAMER HALL | 21 April 8pm | 22 April 2pm & 8pm
| $40 - $88
Starring four of Australia's leading Music Theatre
Performers; Michael Cormick, Silvie Paladino, Melissa
Langton and John O'May together with The Ashton
Smith Singers of Australia. Expect to hear songs
from the Lloyd Webber musicals, Cats, Phantom of
the Opera, Evita, along with Les Miserables, Chess,
A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and many others. |
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the
Arts Centre presents
AFRICA!
HAMER HALL | 23 April 5pm | $35 - $55
Prepare to have your notions of African music seriously
challenged by local and international artists. Rap,
reggae, soul and Cuban music will be layered with
traditional African rhythms to speak out on rebellion,
suffering and triumph. Programmed by Systa bb from
Planetary Chaos on PBS FM, this is one live show
you don't want to miss.Dancing is essential!
Free activities!
EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND TASTES OF AFRICA!
23 April | 12noon -5pm | the Arts Centre, Hamer
Hall foyers
Before the show there’ll be free music, dance, story-telling
and performances, and food for purchase with the
foyers of Hamer Hall transformed into a thriving
African market-place. There'll be free activities
by the African community with food, music, dance,
story-telling and performances. |
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Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra presents
BRAVO MARCUS!
HAMER HALL | 27 - 29 April 8pm | $26 - $105
R. STRAUSS Don Juan, \ADÈS Asyla, SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2
Everyone who loves the MSO will want to experience
this special concert, which sees the return of Markus
Stenz, the Orchestra's Chief Conductor and Artistic
Director between 1998 and 2004.
PRE-CONCERT TALK | 27 - 29 April 7pm
Join the MSO musicians after the concert over a
glass of wine in the stalls foyer of Hamer Hall.
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Melbourne
Theatre Company presents
DOUBT
PLAYHOUSE | 5 April - 13 May | $26 - $69.60
The most acclaimed new American play of the year,
Doubt is set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964,
where a strong-minded woman wrestles with conscience
and uncertainty as she is faced with concerns about
one of her male colleagues. Has neighbourhood priest
and teacher Father Flynn fostered a casual approachability
with students for evil intent? The watchful and
stubborn principal, Sister Aloysius, suspects Flynn
of abuse but Sister James believes the best of everyone. |
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Melbourne
Theatre Company presents
RAYS
TEMPEST
FAIRFAX STUDIO | 24 February
- 15 April | $26 - $69.60
Meet Ray Brink, estranged from his family, one friend
in the world, about to lose his job, and with six
months to live. In a desperate attempt to make amends
for the mistakes of his past, Ray embarks on a bizarre
and extraordinary journey that has always eluded
him. |
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the Arts Centre
presents
DANCELINES
GEORGE ADAMS GALLERY | Until
2 April | Open daily til late | Free
Six indigenous artists; Vernon Ah Kee, Julie Dowling,
Leah King-Smith, Clinton Nain, Christian Thompson
and Judy Watson explore the intersection between
the visual and performing arts through a collaborative
project with Bangarra Dance Theatre. |
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the Arts Centre
presents
BRAVO!
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF OPERA AUSTRALIA
GEORGE ADAMS GALLERY & SMORGON FAMILY PLAZA
| 7 April - 2 July | Open Daily until late | Free
Experience the passion and splendour of opera as
we celebrate 50 years of Opera Australia. Drawing
from the Arts Centre's Performing Arts Collection
and Opera Australia's archives, Bravo! takes a close-up
look at productions that have shaped Australia's
national opera company. Immerse yourself in the
spectacle of opera through a display of costumes,
set models, props, photographs and music. |
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the Arts Centre
presents
ART
OF THE OPERATIC: Artists inspired by Opera Australia
ST. KILDA ROAD FOYER | 11 April - 2 July | Open
Daily until late | Free
Accompanying Bravo! is an exhibition of paintings,
drawings and prints by artists that have been inspired
by opera. Works by Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, John
Brack, John Olsen and Fred Williams can be seen
alongside drawn studies by Wendy Sharpe of Opera
Australia in performance. |
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the Arts Centre
presents
BREATH
ST. KILDA ROAD FOYER | Until 2 April | Open daily
until late | | Free
Breath is a collection of photographic portraits
by Lisa Tomasetti of dancers from The Australian
Ballet. They include intimate black and white studio
portraits of the dancers in repose, as well as informal
behind the scenes shots taken during The Australian
Ballet's 'Swan Lake' tour of the United Kingdom
in 2005. The inspiration behind Breath was to represent
the dancers in a way not normally seen by the public;
to show the strength and beauty in their stillness,
and also the playfulness of posing them with London's
famous landmarks. |
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