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RISINGlaunches epic 2024 program of new music, art and erformances set to ignite Melbourne this June. Featuring 105 events, more than 480 artists, 23 new commissions, 6 world premiers, and 8 Australian premeires, set to take the city as a stage as winter begins from June 1 - 16. 2024 |
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| TRANSFORMING THE cITYl In 2024 /Rising invites audiences to see Melbourne in a new light and experience he city's transformed kandmarks and hidden gems, fromn its labryinthine laneways to its iconic gathering spaces. Presented in partnershi[ woth MAPCO, and curated by Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta) (Shacow spirit, 2023 ) and Kate Buren (Taungurung). Federation Square will transform into a vibrqnt forum of First Peopes' 'art politics and cosmic connections with The Black Infinite - an expansive free exhibition and public program at the heart of the festival. Anchoring The Black Infinite is Richard Bell's installation Embassy - inspired by the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy, pitched on the grounds of Canberra's Parliment House in 1972. Bells piece continues the politically driven work of First People, Featuring daily film screenings and a program of talks with activists, writers and artists every Saturday of the festival. Immersive nighttime projections share stories of Sky Country and the cosmos - lit up each evening in the square transporting you to celestial knowledge. The big screen features speculative fiction from First People with Ellen Van Neerven. White Wadawurrung artist Kait James, uses collage to subvert the loaded visual ;anguage of souvenirs. Along the Birrarung, First Nations soprano and compser Ceborah Cheetham AO and audio artists Byron Scullin and Thomas Suple's monumental work The Rivers Sing returns to RISING. It offers a nightly pauseat dusk that belnds field recordings with human voices, echoing waterway singing traditions. Projected by powerful long-range speakers across a @km radius in the heart of Naarm the work is a celebration of nature's voice and a reminder of the river's enduring song. |
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What's OnShows for all ages and free workshopsthe whole family can have fun exploring a world of wonder these winter school holidays, as Arts Centre Melbourne presents its mega Winter Families and Children program - with a variety of family-friendly experiences runing right through the holidaus from June 24 to July 9.
New Arts Centre MelbourneConstruction has begun on early works for the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation a $1.7 billion investent by the Victorian government in Australia's largest cultural infrastructure project. Arts Centre Malbourne's Theatres Building, renowned for its sparkling Spire, will commence its most significent refurbishment since opening on 1984.
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Kinky BootsBased on a true story, the msical follows a struggling shoe factory owner who forms an unlikley partnership with a glamorous drag-queen to save his business by producing high heeled boots. |
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LuziaVenue: Flemington Racecourse. |
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The Odd CoupleFull cast announced for Neil Simon's Tony Award winning comedy The Odd Couple. Joining Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney, who play Oscar and Felix, will be stage and screen stars Lucy Durack and Penny McNamee as Cecily Pigeon and Gwendolyn Pigeon, the giggly pair of English sisters who live upstairs from Oscar. Lucy and Penny played alongside each other in the original Australian cast of the Broadway bloskbustter musicalWicked. |
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OverflowThe story of Rosie, a young trans woman who is cornered into a flodding toilet cubicle. Determined not to be rescued again, Rosie distracts herself with memories if bathroom encounters, drunken heart-to-hearts bydirt that sinks and friendships forged in front of crowded mirrors.
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Gasworks Circus ShowcaseIs an unparalleled professional development opportunity for circus and ohysical theatre artists. Adored by audiences since 2012, this display of immense skill is made possible by the daring and talent of independent of Austalian artists.
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t Neil Gairman and Four Play String QuartetBest-selling British author Neil Gaiman and Australia's electric string qartet Four Play will perform their debut album Signs of Life as wella a selection of unreleased material. tet |
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La Mama HQ - 205 Farady St. CarltonThe /world According to Cinosauras (VCE)The ocean is rising, a meteor might hit...buut more importantly your macchiato is too hot Little Brother, Big SisterDrawn from the writer;s lived experience of schizophrena, this powerful play explores the relationship beetween siblings who grapple to manage this condition. Frankenstein (VCE)She;s coming for you, ready or not. La Mama Explorations
La Mama Cabaretica
La Mama 4 KidsMusical Jam\
La Mama MusicaMusica
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Riverdance 75Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is Riverdance as you've never seen it before. A powerful and stirring reincvention of this beloved favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy-Award winning dcore and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and internationa; dance. Composer Bill Whelan ahas rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack, while producer Moya Doherty and dorector John Colgan have completely reimagined the record- breaking show with iinnovative and spectacular lighting, video, stage and costume designs. |
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2023 Performance DatesAlienation - by Jake SilvestroJourney to a place where IT skill]s and business degrees won't help you in Jake Silvestro and Romain Hassanin's Alienation. Unsing circus, dance, and roller skates, this absurd, surreal and dynamic show fouses on our relationships with nature and wach other - and what might happen if we don't remedy both. Head Count - Comany 23A transfixing cabaret by Australia;s emerging contemporary circus artists. Head Count features gravity-defying ohysical feats brought to you by Company 23 and the National Institute of Circus Arts. Apricity - by Casus Creations.An awe-inspiring contemporary circus show performed by Jesse Scott, Lachlan McAuley, Mayu Muto, Amy Stuart & Harlow Carey, Apricity is a symphony of aerial apparatuses, acrobats and graceful movement. Mr Three - by Formosa Circus Art (FOCA)From Taiwan;s FOCA Mr three, a juggling music, and acrobatic adventure about ditching the suit and lie and reclaiming joy. The Detectives in Cirque Noir.Set in a bygone era of cheap dames and dirty dicks, this noit mystery features a snmooth blend of "awe inspiring acrobats", shaken with "Charlie Chaplan-wsque slapstick gold" a dash of bulesue and some high flying areial. Season: October 18 - 21. 2023 Times 8.30pm Duration 70 minutes To book, click on all white book now. \
3rd year showcase November 28. - December 2. 2023. International Director - NICA is thrilled to announce thet the first performance of the year will be directed by acclaimed international director and choreograoher, Edgar Zendajas. The production will be brought to you by the same student group that blew ausiences away in two sdolf-out shows of Coronoclasm last year. | ||
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Regent Theatre Update
\One of Melboune's most iconic landmarks, the Regent Theatre, will re-open its doors to the public in January 2020 , revealing a major refurbishment of the much-loved auditorium, foyers and amenities.. Some ofthe works underaken included:
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DriftwoodYou are invited to join the company to ecperience an epic stoy of love, courage, survival....and foldable mberllas. click here to see a 3-minute preview |
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Riverdance 75Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is Riverdance as you've never seen it before. A powerful and stirring reincvention of this beloved favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy-Award winning dcore and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and internationa; dance. Composer Bill Whelan ahas rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack, while producer Moya Doherty and dorector John Colgan have completely reimagined the record- breaking show with iinnovative and spectacular lighting, video, stage and costume designs.
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Do You Hear the People Sing?An extraordinary and rare clebration of one of the world's most successful musical theatre collaborations. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schõnberg will travel to Australia together in September for the first time in 25 years for the Australian premiere of the concert spectacular Do You Hear the People Sing? which celebrates their iconic musicals including Les Miserables and Miss saigon. Presented at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne and in the transformed Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. It will feature a 24 piece orchestra, 12 person choir and the world's greatest musical theatre stars performing hit songs from the duo's record-braking musicala including Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, and their shows Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen and La Revolutuoon Francaise. |
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The Odd CoupleFull cast announced for Neil Simon's Tony Award winning comedy The Odd Couple. Joining Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney, who play Oscar and Felix, will be stage and screen stars Lucy Durack and Penny McNamee as Cecily Pigeon and Gwendolyn Pigeon, the giggly pair of English sisters who live upstairs from Oscar. Lucy and Penny played alongside each other in the original Australian cast of the Broadway bloskbustter musicalWicked.
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is gearing up for a wave of tremendous talent across music, theatre, street perofomances, circus, cabaret, and comedy as the festival's 60th buirthday celebrations in its big=ggest program to date!
From August 26 through to September 4. 2022 the streets and venuies if Cairns will be heaving with free and ticketed events, taking full advantage of the balmy, tropical climate and the city's party atmosphere. |
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Trojan Qarfrom A Slghtly Isolated Dog Like a dress up party, this show combines theatre magic, twisted pop songs and explosive wit. The mpost charming perormers you can hope to meet play a revolving repertoire of outrageous chracters.
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The Listies - ROFL\ SwansongSWANSONG click here Set in the 1960s, Swansong tells the story of Austin 'Occi' Byrne, the illegitimate child of a single motherin the Catholic west of Ieland. Shunned by church, state and family, Occi and his beloved Mammy are oputcast and ostracised. Thia is EdenTHIS IS EDEN click here 'Be transported back to 1839, to Tasmania's infamous Cascades Female Factory, wherein a solitary cell on the edge of survival, Mary Ford awaits alone in the darkness. Amy's TattooAMY'S TATTOO click here is a gritty tale of attraction, love, friendship and family. It challenges social taboos, questions the paradox of nature and is unafraid of the pace between the dark places. Children's TheatreThe Listies - R.O.F.L.Rplling on the floor laughing. R.O.F.L. The Listies tackle the most terrifyngly tortuous family situstion of all BEDTIME. |
The Ship That Never WasTasmanina's longest running play The Ship That Never Was based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement at Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Poet Arthur but was hijacked by 10 convict shipwrights.
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Friends - the Musical ParodyThe hilarious New York and Las Vegas hit Friends! the Musical Parody is finally tpuring Ausrtalia in 2022.Join yourr six favourite friends at their favourite café for a night of unstoppable laughs with a new musical that lovingly lampoons the beloved NBC sitcom, Friends! the Musical Parody celebrates the misadventures of our favourite group of 20-something pals as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in 1990s Manhatten. |It's a seemingly typical day in New York coffee shop, Central Park, until an unexpected runaway bride enters the picture and kicks the whole gang out of second gear. Season: May 20 - 21. 2022. |
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CrystalThe first acrobatic performance on ice. In a daring and unexpected performance that promises its share of thrills, Cirque du Sliel CRYSTAL offers you a whole new kind of experiencem created by /cirque du Soleil. Watch world-class acrobats and skaters gracefully take to the ice to perform gravity-defying feats.
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he Mousetrap by Agatha ChristieThe Mousetrap had its world premiere on October6, 1952 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. After a brief tour, it opened in London's West End on November 25, 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre, where it ran until March 23, 1974. It immediately transferred to the larger St Martin's Theatre next door, where it continues torun to thiis day. After a local woan is muredered, the gusts andstaff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becmes clear that the killer is amongst them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police officer. arriving on skis, intottogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house, a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be chef; a retired Army major; a little man who claimes his car hasoverturned in a ditch; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. The record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant finish from the foremost mystery writer of all time. Fro 70 years, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from every corner of the gloe on the edge of their seats. It is the genre-defining murder mystery from the est-selling novelist of all time...case closed! Can yu solve thia world-famous mysery for yurself Season: AQpril 8 - 16. 2023
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he Tap PackPicking up where the Rat Pack left off, The Tap Pack cpnjures up a modern twist to the crooners and artists from the 50s through to the noughties! Featurung songs from Frank Sunata, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr to Ed Sheeran, Michael bublé, and Beyonce.
The Mousetrap by Agatha ChristieThe Mousetrap had its world premiere on October6, 1952 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. After a brief tour, it opened in London's West End on November 25, 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre, where it ran until March 23, 1974. It immediately transferred to the larger St Martin's Theatre next door, where it continues torun to thiis day. After a local woan is muredered, the gusts andstaff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becmes clear that the killer is amongst them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police officer. arriving on skis, intottogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house, a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be chef; a retired Army major; a little man who claimes his car hasoverturned in a ditch; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. The record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant finish from the foremost mystery writer of all time. Fro 70 years, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from every corner of the gloe on the edge of their seats. It is the genre-defining murder mystery from the est-selling novelist of all time...case closed! Can yu solve thia world-famous mysery for yurself. Season: May 11 - 21. 2023. .
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