Season 2012

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Belvoir

Midsummer { a play with songs }

Traverse Theatre Company

Macbeth

Bell Shakespeare

The Land of Yes & The Land of No

Don Giovanni

Sydney Dance Company Opera Australia’s Oz Opera

Ngapartji Ngapartji { one }

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COLLECTED WORKS 2012 Australia Day

Sydney Theatre Company & Melbourne Theatre Company

Terrain

The School for Wives

Bangarra Dance Theatre Bell Shakespeare

The Pirates of Penzance

Arts Projects Australia

The Wharf Revue 2012

Sydney Theatre Company

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Andrew Kay & Associates

Private Lives

Belvoir

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COLLECTED WORKS 2012 COLLECTION Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ..................................................... 2 Midsummer {a play with songs} ....................................................... 4 Macbeth ............................................................................................................ 6 The Land of Yes & The Land of No .............................................. 8 Don Giovanni ............................................................................................. 10 Ngapartji Ngapartji {one} .................................................................... 12 Australia Day................................................................................................ 14 Terrain ............................................................................................................. 16 The School for Wives ............................................................................ 18 The Pirates of Penzance ...................................................................... 20 The Wharf Revue 2012 ...................................................................... 22 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo .................................. 24 Private Lives ................................................................................................ 26 SEASON 2012 INFORMATION Venue credits ................................................................................................. iv Diary ................................................................................................................. 28 Season ticket holder benefits ............................................................ 32 Access information .................................................................................. 33 Booking checklist ..................................................................................... 34 Seating plans ................................................................................................ 35 Booking forms ................................................................. Centre spread Prices ...................................................................................... Centre spread Sponsors ...................................................................................... back cover

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VENUE CREDITS Canberra Theatre Centre Part of the Cultural Facilities Corporation, which is an agency of the ACT Government Address Phone Fax Email Internet

PO Box 226, Civic Square, Canberra ACT 2608 02 6243 5711 02 6243 5721 admin@canberratheatrecentre.com.au canberratheatrecentre.com.au

Programming & Operations

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Director Programming Manager Operations Manager House Manager PA to the Director Venue Bookings Coordinator Venue Hire Assistant Technical Director Head Electrician Electrician Head Mechanist Mechanist Head Audio Technician Stage Door Manager Building Services Manager Finance Manager

Bruce Carmichael Gill Hugonnet Hannah Ley Alan Foulkes Elysia Fisher Janelle Morgan Wendy Batchelor Rohan Cutler Andrew Tweedie Roni Wilkinson David Tongs Loki Clarke Gregor Murray Bob Reid Neil McRitchie Hong Tsai

Marketing Marketing Manager Asst Marketing Manager/Publicist Online Marketing Manager Hirers Marketer Marketing Coordinator

Ricky Bryan Melanie Goss Stephen Ellis Louiza Blomfield Claire de Luca

Canberra Ticketing Manager Asst Manager Box Office Coordinator Phone Fax Email

Spiros Hristias Stephen Olah Jed Ebejer 02 6275 2700 02 6230 1098 season@canberratheatrecentre.com.au

Cultural Facilities Corporation Board Chair Board Deputy Chair Chief Executive Officer Chief Finance Officer Board Members

Emeritus Professor Don Aitkin AO Ms Glenys Roper Ms Harriet Elvin Mr Ian Tidy Mr Crispin Hull, Ms Pamille Berg AO and Ms Sandra Lambert

SIX REASONS TO BOOK YOUR SEAT. SELECT FOUR OR MORE SHOWS AND‌

Get the best seats Season 2011 ticket holders have priority access to the best seats in the

house until Friday 21 October. New season ticket holders will be processed from Monday 24 October. All seats are held exclusively for season ticket holders until Monday 16 January, when single tickets go on sale to the general public.

New for 2012 is the A-Reserve seat option – we have put aside the absolute best seats in the house so you can put yourself right in the heart of the action.

Save money Every season ticket is discounted. The more you see, the more you save.

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Swap dates within a season free of charge Things happen, plans change. Swap your tickets free of charge for another performance (of the same production), if seats are available. Conditions apply, see page 34 for details.

Mingle with the stars Season ticket holders who book into opening nights are automatically invited to the post-show gala opening night event, where you can mingle with the cast and crew with a drink and some food. Another way to get closer to the performance is via the advertised pre-show forums and post show Q&As. Check out the dates and times on pages 28 to 31.

Become a VIP

Show your keyring for great pre-show dining offers and discounts at other cultural venues around town (see page 32 for details). Jump the bar queue at interval with discounted drink vouchers used to pre-order your drinks before the show. Take advantage of special offers on other selected performances at Canberra Theatre Centre throughout the year.

Split the bill

You can choose to pay half up front now and have the remainder deducted from your credit card in May 2012. Conditions apply, see page 34 for details.

SUBSCRIBE ONLINE: CANBERRATHEATRECENTRE.COM.AU/SEASON2012

Steve Le Marquand & Helen Thomson Photo: Marcel Aucar

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“Lawler has written a play so superbly true to the Australian experience. We know their faces, their voices – we share their dreams, we understand their failures.” The Argus 1955

A BELVOIR PRODUCTION

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

BY RAY LAWLER

The iconic play re-imagined by an iconic director.

14-17 MARCH The Playhouse

Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, is quite simply the moment when Australian theatre found its voice.

DIRECTOR Neil Armfield

Every summer, Barney and Roo come back from the Queensland cane fields to the Carlton house they share with Nancy and Olive for their annual season of leisure. This year though, Nancy’s gone and got married, and Pearl’s taking her place…

After 17 years as artistic director at Belvoir, the legendary Neil Armfield (Keating!) directs the play about how, after 17 years, all good things must come to an end. Timeless since its debut in 1955, The Doll is about regeneration; about sloughing off the shell of habit and delusion, and finding life anew.

Every Australian deserves the chance to experience a great version of The Doll, and with Armfield directing a stellar cast headed up by Robyn Nevin, this is yours.

SET DESIGNER Ralph Myers COSTUME DESIGNER Dale Ferguson LIGHTING DESIGNER Damien Cooper COMPOSER Alan John SOUND DESIGNER Paul Charlier ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Susanna Dowling CAST INCLUDES Steve Le Marquand Robyn Nevin and Helen Thomson RUNNING TIME 165 minutes, including interval

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THE TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION OF

Midsummer { a play with songs }

BY DAVID GREIG & GORDON MCINTYRE AUSTRALIAN TOUR PRODUCED BY MERRIGONG THEATRE CO. AND RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS

Two people walk into a bar...

It’s a midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh.

It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a bar waiting for something to turn up.

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He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever.

Which is why they do.

Midsummer { a play with songs} is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self-loathing misery.

Direct from Edinburgh’s acclaimed Traverse Theatre Company, and featuring the award winning overseas cast, Midsummer { a play with songs} is by one of the UK’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Scottish singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre. Originally premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this quirky, charming, rom-com with songs has become a phenomenon, playing to rapturous sold-out crowds around the world, from London to Washington to Vancouver, and now Australia.

28-31 MARCH The Playhouse WRITER AND DIRECTOR David Greig DESIGNER Georgia McGuinness SONGWRITER Gordon McIntyre LIGHTING DESIGNER Claire Elliot DRAMATURG Katherine Mendelsohn CAST Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon RUNNING TIME 105 mInutes, no interval WARNINGS Some coarse language and sexual themes

Cora Bissett & Matthew Pidgeon Photo: Euan Myles

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“Exhilarating…you float out laughing as if you’ve just swallowed sunshine on a spoon...★★★★” The Guardian {UK}

Kate Mulvany & Dan Spielman Photo: Chris Ireland

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“My collaboration with Dan Spielman is long overdue and to work with him on this role while continuing my work with Kate Mulvany, I couldn’t be happier.” Peter Evans, director

BELL SHAKESPEARE

Macbeth

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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“Things without all remedy.

Should be without regard; what’s done is done.” Lady Macbeth The Macbeths are the picture of privileged nobility – happy, successful, going places. Then Macbeth happens upon three witches who predict he will soon be King – a prophecy he distrusts but which his wife becomes utterly seduced by.

Bell Shakespeare’s associate director, Peter Evans fulfills a long awaited collaboration with Dan Spielman in the title role and Kate Mulvany who plays his highly erotic wife. This season’s Macbeth reveals what the lure of power can do to a man, and the devastation it can wreak on a marriage and a nation.

18 MAY-2 JUNE The Playhouse DIRECTOR Peter Evans CAST INCLUDES Kate Mulvany Dan Spielman RUNNING TIME Approximately 140 minutes, including interval

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY

The Land of Yes & The Land of No Exquisite movement and irresistable intensity...

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Beautifully wrought from the world of signs and symbols in our everyday lives, artistic director Rafael Bonachela’s production, The Land of Yes & The Land of No, premiered at the Ludwigsburg Festival, Germany in 2009 and has toured the world since then, garnering critical and audience acclaim.

Instantly recognised by audiences and critics as “a giant leap... imaginatively, musically and choreographically”, Canberra audiences now get to see this sensuous award-winning work.

Every exquisite movement leaps out with the irresistible intensity of Ezio Bosso’s score, as the Company’s magnificent dancers perform on a set of neon tubes and rich, constantly changing colours.

Designed by leading British team Alan MacDonald (production), Guy Hoare (lighting) and Theo Clinkard (costumes), this is a production which delivers all the physical precision and enthralling dance that has dazzled the Company’s audiences from Shanghai to Venice.

28-30 JUNE Canberra Theatre CHOREOGRAPHY Rafael Bonachela COMPOSER Ezio Bosso PRODUCTION DESIGNER Alan MacDonald LIGHTING DESIGNER Guy Hoare COSTUME DESIGNER Theo Clinkard RUNNING TIME 70 minutes, no interval WARNING Fog and haze effects

Photo: Jez Smith

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“...exhilarating viewing...★★★★” The Guardian (U K)

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“...widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed... a brilliant combination of stark human tragedy and touching comedy, set to music of limitless genius.�The Guardian {UK}

OPERA AUSTRALIA’S OZ OPERA PRESENTS MOZART’S

Don Giovanni LOVE. BETRAYAL. PASSION. REVENGE. He’s stolen kisses and broken hearts, but has opera’s great Casanova gone a step too far?

Find out in this exciting new production of Mozart’s classic masterpiece, directed by Michael Gow (Away).

The Don spends his days in the company of gorgeous women, fine food and the best champagne, and he’s ready to add more women to his catalogue of conquests but this time his dalliances are not going entirely to plan. The abandoned Elvira is trying to track him down, Donna Anna wants to avenge the death of her father (which Giovanni may have had something to do with), and Zerlina just wants to get married without the Don’s amorous interference... or does she?

But something more sinister is waiting just around the corner. Is opera’s favourite bad boy about to meet his match?

Be swept up in the stylishly sexy decadence straight out of La Dolce Vita in Oz Opera’s new production of Mozart’s classic opera.

Our smouldering Don is about to seduce audiences all around Australia—watch out ladies!

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12-14 JULY Canberra Theatre DIRECTOR Michael Gow CONDUCTOR Brett Weymark DESIGNER Robert Kemp LIGHTING DESIGNER Matt Scott ORCHESTRAL REDUCTION Andrew Greene ENGLISH TRANSLATION Tony Legge Sung in English, performed by a chamber orchestra RUNNING TIME To be advised

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Trevor Jamieson Photo: Heidrun Lohr

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“A rare, compelling and essential gift indeed.� Sydney Morning Herald

Geoff Morrell Photo: Earl Carter

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“It’d cut down (the council’s) paper footprint.”

“What’s our paper footprint?” “It’s the same as our carbon footprint except you can wrap up bullshit in it.” Excerpt from Australia Day

SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY

Australia Day

BY JONATHAN BIGGINS

Sizzling drama, overcooked local politics and sausages!

Australia Day: a day off work, an excuse to fire up the barbie, an opportunity to drink copious amounts of beer and, most importantly, a celebration of our national identity‌ whatever that is.

For the members of the Australia Day committee in the small country town of Coriole, the issue of cultural identity is prickly to say the least. If they could agree on what kind of Australia they are celebrating, they might be able to tackle the really big questions: is a sausage sizzle too monocultural? And should the special needs kids be forced to perform their dance routine on the national day?

Suffice to say that with a committee comprising of an ambitious Liberal Mayor, a Greens Councillor, a bigoted builder, an Australian born Vietnamese school teacher and a member of the CWA, rolling out the Australia Day celebrations will be as complex and controversial as carbon pricing.

This wickedly funny new play from the stalwart of political satire, Jonathan Biggins, was inspired by his own experiences as an Australia Day Ambassador. Comic genius and director, Richard Cottrell, and an all star cast complete this satirical delight.

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29 AUGUST -1 SEPTEMBER The Playhouse DIRECTOR Richard Cottrell SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER Richard Roberts CAST INCLUDES Valerie Bader David James Geoff Morrell and Alison Whyte RUNNING TIME 120 minutes, including interval WARNING Contains strong language

BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE

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An acclaimed talent returns with an amazing new work.

Terrain, is a new story told through music, theatre and dance by acclaimed choreographer and longtime member of the Bangarra family, Frances Rings.

Inspired by the landscape of one of our greatest natural wonders, this work explores the metamorphosis and timeless beauty of Lake Eyre. Tracing through the erosions of time we face the challenges of man in a struggle for survival amongst the delicate ecology and the search for the rare phenomenon that is Australia’s inland sea. Beyond the ancient vastness we travel through drought and deluge to witness this ephemeral transformation of place.

Described by choreographer Frances Rings as a “Hymn to Country” this powerful, evocative new work transports us to the scorching arid desert plains where nature delivers in abundance and promises all, but guarantees nothing.

13-15 SEPTEMBER Canberra Theatre ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Stephen Page CHOREOGRAPHER Frances Rings MUSIC COMPOSER David Page SET DESIGNER Jacob Nash RUNNING TIME To be advised WARNING Fog and haze effects

Deborah Brown Photo: Jeff Busby

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“Time and again, Frances Rings creates individual and collective shapes that transfix the attention and spark the imagination.� Sydney Morning Herald

Photos: Chris Ireland

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“Molière changed the nature of comedy in France with The School for Wives.” Lee Lewis, director

BELL SHAKESPEAR E

The School for Wives

BY MOLIÈRE TRANSLATED BY JUSTIN FLEMING

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“They always arrive lik e a welcome tonic.... a thoroughly entertaini ng serve of priceless satire... ★★ ★★.” The Sunday Telegraph

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ANDREW KAY & ASSOCIATES PRESENTS

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo The original and the best – direct from New York.

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The fabulous, award-winning Trocks make their triumphant return to Australia.

Founded in 1974 in New York by a group of dancers aspiring to present a playful, entertaining view of classical ballet in parody form, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo first performed in the latelate shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts and are now treasured all around the world.

“A joy to watch.”

Evening Standard, (UK)

Affectionately known as The Trocks, this company of professional male dancers presents an inspired blend of their loving knowledge of classical ballet, a brilliant comic approach, and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces!

“A hoot. The Trocks aren’t simply a bunch of guys with pins to burst the ballet bubble. They are also serious dancers.” The Guardian, (UK)

Dancing a fine line between high art and high camp and always with a wicked sense of fun and mastery of technique, these darlings of the ballet world will appeal to dance aficionados and complete novices alike.

6-7 NOVEMBER Canberra Theatre RUNNING TIME Approximately 120 minutes, including interval

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“...the funniest night you’ll ever have at the ballet.” Sunday Times, {UK}

Toby Schmitz Photo: Michael Corridore

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“This play, is probably Coward’s greatest single claim to theatrical immortality.” Sheridan Morley, Noël Coward biographer

“Very few people are normal really, deep down in their private lives.” Excerpt from Private Lives

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Having delighted us in Much Ado About Nothing, the highly engaging Toby Schmitz .. stars in Noe l Coward’s comedy classic about love and marriage.

A divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, and their new spouses, Victor and Sybil, meet by chance while on honeymoon at the same hotel.

Old passions begin to simmer and Amanda and Elyot rediscover why they fell in love in the first place... and then what drove them apart.

What ensues is the unstitching and stitching up of marriages, proving that... we never really choose who we fall in love with.

The censors did their best to ban the play when Coward wrote it in 1930 (as a vehicle for himself) and it has been refusing to behave for 80 years now. Its wit is definitive, its plotting almost perfect, and its critique of modernity dazzling. The great theatrical adventurer Ralph Myers finally gives himself a directing gig and his task is almost ridiculously pleasurable: to direct Toby Schmitz in Private Lives.

21-24 NOVEMBER The Playhouse DIRECTOR AND SET DESIGNER Ralph Myers LIGHTING DESIGNER Damien Cooper COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER Stefan Gregory CAST INCLUDES Toby Schmitz and Eloise Mignon RUNNING TIME To be advised

2012 SEASON DIARY Summer of the Seventeenth Doll VENUE THE PLAYHOUSE DATE 14-17 MARCH TIMES WED-FRI 8:00PM SAT 2:00PM & 8:00PM GALA OPENING WED 14 MARCH 8:00PM

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SEASON TICKET HOLDER

BENEFITS FLASH YOUR KEYRING AND SAVE! GREAT FOOD, MOVIES AND ART. YOUR CANBERRA THEATRE SEASON 2012 KEYRING OPENS THE DOORS TO ALL THESE GREAT OFFERS:

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ARDECHE French, North African cuisine Present your keyring to receive a 10% discount for you and a guest off the total food bill. Bookings essential.

222 City Walk, Canberra City To book, phone 02 6230 4800

HERMITAGE RESTAURANT AND WINE BAR Multi-award winning restaurant Present your keyring to receive a 10% discount for you and a guest off the total food bill for any pre-booked lunch or dinner.

London Circuit, Civic Square, Canberra City To book, phone 02 6230 0857

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA Season 2012 ticket holders receive a $10 discount on any new membership with the NGA*.

NGA membership benefits include discounts on exhibition tickets, at the bookshop and café, a subscription to artonview magazine, access to the members lounge and more.

NGA membership enquiries phone 02 6240 6528 or email memberships@nga.gov.au *Offer open to first-time NGA members only and not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

TOSOLINI’S Italian, casual yet sophisticated dining

DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA Present your keyring to receive the concession price for you and a guest to any movie session any day.* North Quarter, Bunda Street, Canberra City Visit dendy.com.au

Present your keyring and receive a 10% discount for you and a guest off your total food bill for any pre-booked lunch or dinner.

Cnr London Circuit & East Row, Canberra City To book, phone 02 6247 4317

*Excludes previews and special events.

JOEY’S KITCHEN DIGRESS RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

Specialising in modern Mediterranean cuisine

Indian Italian fusion cuisine

Present your key ring to receive a 10% discount on food, up to $100 for tables of four or more. Bookings essential, please mention this offer when booking.

Pre-show dinner offer: show your keyring and a valid ticket for the night and receive a 25% discount off your total food bill up to a maximum of $30.

Bookings essential.

Tapas Offer: show your keyring and a valid ticket for the night and receive one complimentary nibble and a glass of imported house wine alongside any three tapas purchased.

11 Akuna Street, Canberra City To book, phone 6248 6183

Watson Shops, Windeyer Street, Watson To book phone 02 6255 6965 joeyskitchen.com.au

ALL OFFERS ARE VALID UNTIL 30 NOV 2012.

ACCESS INFORMATION CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE OFFERS A RANGE OF SERVICES TO ENSURE OUR VENUES AND SHOWS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. PLEASE NOTE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU MARK THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE BOX AT STEP 3 OF YOUR BOOKING FORM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS ANY OF THE SERVICES BELOW.

FOR THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED LIVE CAPTIONS Selected performances in Season 2012 will be live captioned. All dialogue and sound effects are described in real time on screens in the theatre (or, if preferred, on a discreet handheld device*). *Limited numbers

FM RADIO-ASSISTED HEARING SYSTEM An FM radio-assisted hearing system is available for all performances in the Canberra Theatre and The Playhouse.

This system amplifies the sound through the use of a supplied headset or the patron’s own neck loop.

Our services for the deaf and hearing impaired are provided with the assistance of Better Hearing Australia, ACT Deafness Resource Centre and The Captioning Studio.

NEED HELP WITH YOUR BOOKING FORM? Our box office staff are happy to help you subscribe. For general enquiries, or to make an appointment to sit down with a staff member, call 02 6290 9302.

Please see the diary on pages 28 to 31 for the dates of dedicated access performances.

FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED AUDIO DESCRIPTION Selected performances in Season 2012 will be audio described by trained volunteers from our access partner, Vision Australia. Audio description provides minimal narration, between dialogue, of the visual elements of live theatre, transmitted through a small receiver and earpiece for patrons with low or no vision.

TACTILE TOUR Selected performances in Season 2012 may offer a pre-show guided touch tour of the set for patrons with low or no vision.

For a large print version of this brochure please call Vision Australia’s Canberra office on 02 6247 1000.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS AND MOBILITY ASSISTANCE Wheelchair spaces are available in all theatres and we can assist with other mobility issues.

COMPANION CARD A carer is entitled to a free ticket when accompanying a paid Companion Card holder to the theatre. Please indicate on your subscription form if you are a Companion Card holder.

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booking checklist Dates to remember Friday 21 October 2011 Priority booking period for returning subscribers ends.

Monday 24 October 2011 New subscribers processed from this date.

FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2011 Booking forms must be received before close of business in order to have your tickets by Christmas.

MOnday 16 january 2012 Individual tickets on sale.

BOOK ONLINE It’s quick and easy to submit your form online. Go to canberratheatrecentre.com.au/ season2012

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CONTACT DETAILS Please include your email address.

Show updates such as forums and bar opening times, new show announcements and special offers may be sent via email.

PROOF OF CONCESSION Please provide a photocopy of your pension or student card with your booking form.

A photocopied driver’s licence is preferable for Under 27.

A concession price is available to unemployed, pensioners and full-time students.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you’d like to access wheelchair seating, our audio description or captioning services, don’t forget to indicate the type of assistance you require on the booking form at Step 3.

NEED HELP WITH YOUR booking FORM? Our box office staff are happy to help you subscribe.

For general subscription enquiries call Canberra Ticketing on 6275 2700 or season@canberratheatrecentre.com.au.

To make an appointment to sit down with a staff member for assistance with filling out the form call 6290 9302.

SEASON TICKETS FOR GROUPS If you are subscribing with others please ensure that all booking forms are returned in the same envelope at the same time otherwise you will NOT be seated together.

Please include the contact details of all additional season ticket holders.

PACKAGE SIZE The minimum package size for a season ticket is four shows per person.

YOUR SEASON 2012 PREFERENCES Please choose your preferred dates and times for each performance with an alternative date and include any seating preference.

SEATING Guarantee the very best seats in the house by purchasing in the A-Reserve area (as shown on Maps opposite). Seating in The Playhouse is available on three levels: stalls, first and second balcony (please note: there is no lift access to the second balcony). The Playhouse balcony sides are held off sale until production sightlines have been established. Canberra Theatre seating is one raked tier. Wheelchair spaces in the A-Reserve section of the theatre are sold at the B-reserve rate. For some productions the orchestra pit seats will be held off sale.

TICKET EXCHANGES You can swap your tickets free of charge for another performance (of the same production), if seats are available. Conditions apply. No refund is available unless a performance is cancelled. In order to exchange, original tickets must be returned in person to Canberra Ticketing at least 24 hours in advance of the original performance. The first exchange per production is free of charges, subsequent exchanges are charged at $2.20.

DRINK VOUCHERS Please indicate on the booking form if you wish to pre-purchase drinks (limit of two drink vouchers per ticket, per show). To pre-order your interval drinks on the night simply present your drink vouchers to the bar staff prior to the show. Vouchers will be sent with your show tickets. Lost drink vouchers are unable to be replaced. split the bill Please note that a $10 fee applies to the deferred payment option. The second installment will be deducted in May 2012. Please indicate on the booking form if you would like to take advantage of this service.

PRIVACY POLICY

The Cultural Facilities Corporation, trading as Canberra Ticketing, collects personal information as an agent for the promoter, for the purposes of cancellation notification, accounting and marketing of future events. The collected information will be disclosed to Canberra Ticketing by the promoter for these purposes. The collected information will be dealt with by Canberra Ticketing and the promoter in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and other laws. You are not obliged to provide information, but a failure to do so may mean you cannot purchase tickets.

The promoter’s contact details are available upon request from Canberra Ticketing. You may seek access to information about you held by the promoter or Canberra Ticketing. Our privacy statement is available on our website.

seating plans Canberra Theatre

Legend A-reserve B-Reserve Currently not on sale Wheelchair spaces Orchestra pit seats

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The Playhouse

CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING

2012 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS Canberra Theatre Centre is administered by the Cultural Facilities Corporation, which is an agency of the ACT Government and receives funding through the ACT Minister for the Arts.

COMMUNITY SPONSOR The Canberra Labor Club has supported CTC for the last eight years and we thank them for their continuing support and assistance with CTC’s community programming.

ACCOMMODATION PARTNER We thank our accommodation partner Medina Apartment Hotels for their ongoing support.

MEDIA PARTNER We thank WIN TV for their support with the 2012 Season.

OPENING NIGHT PARTNER We acknowledge the support of Tosolini’s Food to Go Catering as our opening night partner.

ACCESS PARTNER We thank Vision Australia and their volunteers for their crucial support of our Access program.

All information contained within this brochure was correct at time of publishing.

Concept, design and production: Some Cowboy + Giraffe.