WHAT’S ON
SPRING SEPTEMBER — DECEMBER 2014
SHOWS COMEDY • MUSIC • DANCE • DRAMA
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FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS Presented in partnership with the Conservatorium Mid North Coast. Every Friday you can enjoy an hour of music, and all for free with musicians ranging from 9 to 90, every week is different! Experience vocalists, pianists, instrumentalists, choirs and bands performing everything from classical to rock. All live and all local. Support our local artists and enjoy yourself.
Every Friday, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
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SHOW REECE MASTIN: WOLF IN THE WOODS TOUR Thursday 25 September, 8pm Australia’s young rock ‘n roll heartthrob, Reece Mastin, has packed up his bags and taken the band back out on the road. Reece Mastin burst into the Australian consciousness in late 2011 after winning The X-Factor. His debut album went double platinum and hit #1 as well as three consecutive singles that all worked their way into the Top 5 of the ARIA charts. What stands Reece apart from many of his contemporaries is that he is a genuinely talented musician — he’s been writing songs and playing the guitar since he was 12 and is heavily involved in the direction of his music. “If you’ve never come to a show before, this is the one you’ve been waiting for”
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$59.90
KITTY FLANAGAN — SERIOUSLY? Friday 26 September, 8pm In this brand new show, Kitty gives you the inside scoop on gravediggers, cops, cubans and spaghetti soss. There’s advice on how to speak to doctors, some funny music from Sister Penny plus a serious attempt to quantify one of life’s biggest mysteries: “How much do old people love salt?”
Tickets*
Adult
Conc/Group 10+/Youth 15+
$44.90
$39.90
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CRIMSON SKY
FEATURING SATSUKI ODAMURA (BASS KOTO)
TAIKOZ Wednesday 8 October, 8pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
A TaikOz performance crackles with high energy. Performers demonstrate intense discipline, synchronisation and ceremony throughout their very physical performance.
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Since 1997 TaikOz has developed a reputation for dramatic performances that couple explosive energy and extreme dynamism with refinement and grace. TaikOz explores a dynamic synthesis of East and West, old and new – fusing traditional Japanese influences with contemporary compositions. The Crimson Sky stage will feature an eclectic array of instruments, reminiscent of a Japanese temple or shrine, complete with a huge taiko drum – rarely seen in Australia. “Thunderous, visceral, ritualistic, dynamic, vibrant, reverent and downright sexy.” Arts Hub, April 2012. Tickets*
Adult
Conc/U21/Student
Members
$45.90
$41.90
Non Members
$49.90
$45.90
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MARINA PRIOR: SONGBIRD Saturday 11 October, 8pm Marina Prior is renowned for thrilling audiences across the country and is highly regarded as Australia’s leading lady of the theatre stage. The Songbird tour will offer fans a collection of the most loved songs from across Marina’s illustrious career in an intimate performance accompanied by multitalented pianist David Cameron. Marina Prior is an award-winning artist, having won Mo Awards, Green Room Awards and the Advance Australia Award for her contribution to the performing arts. Inducted into Australia’s 100 Entertainers Of The Century and having performed over twenty leading roles in her career so far, Marina has released seven albums including, Both Sides Now (2012), Encore (2013), Marina Prior Live (2013) and more recently Candlelight Christmas (2013). “Prior’s voice is both distinctive and timeless” Adelaide Advertiser Tickets*
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Adult
Conc/Group 8+
$70
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THE FAIRIES — JUMP JUMP STAR Sunday 12 October, 11am “Every band in the world has one song they have to play everywhere they go... The Fairies has Jump Jump Star!”
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
This fan-fairy-tastic concert has been raved about from Cairns to Adelaide and towns and cities in between – now it’s your turn!
Jump Jump Star is the enchanting, brand new live show from The Fairies — best friends Harmony and Rhapsody laugh, dance and sing with Barnaby, Elf and Wizzy, and explore what it takes to become a real, true fairy!
Tickets*
Adult & Child (18 months+)
Members
$25
Non Members
$27.50
Premium (incl. meet & greet and fairy gift)
Family (2 adult, 2 child)
Group 10+
$50
$100
$23
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HENRY V by William Shakespeare DIRECTOR DAMIEN RYAN
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Tuesday 14 October, 11am & 8pm In an incredibly exciting new Bell Shakespeare production of Henry V, Damien Ryan directs a contemporary version of this play inspired by a true story – for 71 consecutive nights during the 1941 Blitz, a group of boys trapped in a bunker rehearsed plays, including the works of Shakespeare, and would perform them for others in the shelter. Damien Ryan’s unflinching production will explore war, the eloquence of leaders and the brotherhood of soldiers from every angle. Is King Henry V a courageous leader, a cowardly manipulator or simply a little boy lost? “see this marvellous production and fall in love with Shakespeare for the first time... all over again” Stage Whispers Tickets*
Adult
Conc/U21/Student
Members
$45.90
$41.90
Non Members
$49.90
$45.90
*transaction fees may apply This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
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JAMES REYNE: ACOUSTIC ANTHOLOGY TOUR Friday 17 October, 8pm A salute to an artist who has long earned the respect of music critics and the admiration of fans for his unique lyrics, trademark vocal, and authenticity and honesty. James’ distinctive vocal has always attracted attention. Legendary producer Mark Opitz says: “No one else sings like James Reyne. He is unique, and you don’t want to lose that.” While journalist Ed Nimmervoll says it’s a voice “as familiar to us as the taste of Vegemite, as essentially Australian”. Given James’s remarkable success as a solo artist — with multiplatinum sales and three top ten ARIA albums — The Anthology is a long overdue collection of some of the finest Australian recordings of the last three decades.
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$55
RUSSIAN NATIONAL DANCE KOSTROMA
presented by Grand International Concert Pty
Tuesday 21 October, 7.30pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
Russian National Dance show Kostroma captures the imagination, the passion, the humour and magic of Russian and Cossack dance. This dazzling masterpiece featuring 45 elite dancers, masterly techniques, 600 lavish costumes and over 15 scenes. Kostroma takes the audience on a bewitching journey from the Arctic north to the southern Steppes, the peaks of the Caucasus to the depths of Siberia. The company lives and breathes the traditions of their land.
Tickets*
Adult
Members
$80
Non Members
$90
Conc/Group6+
Child U13
$80
$70
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DIESEL - LIT UP Friday 31 October, 8pm After 25 years of music making, Diesel leaves his front door again to bring you Diesel Lit Up - The Singles Tour ‘89 - ’14. A tour to “look back at the sparks and smell the roses” of all the accumulated singles that have etched their way into our musical landscape. With over 30 singles and 13 albums, Diesel has the fortunate problem of having to try and sit all of this into a performance, a performance that is littered with milestones, with familar songs taking on a new life in the uncluttered solo environment.
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$55
ANH DO: THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE LIVE!! Saturday 1 November, 8pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
Anh’s new stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story. Anh Do’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by Russell Crowe as “the most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years.” When one of Australia’s most talented comedians delves deep into his own life’s joys and sorrows, the result is an unforgettable night at the theatre that leaves an audience uplifted and quite simply experiencing... happiness. “irrepressible good humour, infectious energy and bright optimism” The Sydney Morning Herald
Tickets*
Adult
Conc/Group 10+
Members
$46.90
$46.90
Non Members
$49.90
$46.90
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SEVENTH WONDER – THE FLEETWOOD MAC EXPERIENCE Saturday 8 November, 8pm Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the classic Fleetwood Mac line-up of Fleetwood / McVie / Nicks / McVie / Buckingham. For Mac fans across the country this is a production that will recreate, and allow them to experience, the sound and the feel that was Fleetwood Mac in their prime. The show will take you on a two-hour live concert journey through their timeless classic songs that span four decades including their worldwide hits Rhiannon, Don’t Stop, Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Tusk, Sara, Gypsy, The Chain, Landslide, Big Love and Little Lies. This show delivers exactly what the tour name says – a real Fleetwood Mac Experience!
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Adult
Group 10+
$60
$50
Revolution One Presents
THE BEATLES 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR STARRING
THE FABULOUS BEATLE BOYS
Saturday 22 November, 8pm Now it’s Port Macquarie’s turn to experience Beatlemania After a sell-out tour of Australia & New Zealand, the world’s premier ‘Beatles’ band, The Fabulous Beatle Boys, are taking this history making tour to the rest of the country, to Australian cities and towns that missed out the first time around. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience an unforgettable piece of Australian music history, twice if you were there in 64. “ ‘Something’ was nothing short of magnificent” Life Music Media
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Adult
Conc
$60
$55 15
GRUMPY OLD WOMEN — FIFTY SHADES OF BEIGE Sunday 23 November, 8pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
Come and bask in an orgy of fury and big laughs in this glorious live version of the hit TV show.
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This hilarious show includes all of the most Grumpy topics... learning the art of ‘Grumpy Grooming’, the joy of large pants, a free nagging master class (how to get your own way without him even noticing), beards for women, which style will suit you? Inspired by the ratings-busting BBC Two series and best-selling Grumpy old Women handbook, Grumpy Old Women Live, is a celebration of the pre-, peri- and post-menopausal female condition. Three live and rather furious females take to the stage for an orgy of middle aged mayhem, with not a thong in sight. Don’t forget your bifocals. “The show is simply uproarious. It is big, brash and colourful, riding on a wave of warmth and empathy.” The Stage Tickets*
Adult
Members
$65
Non Members
$60
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Group 10+ $55
ABSTRACT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS DIRECT FROM THE USA THE BIRTH OF ROCK ‘N ROLL IN THE 1950’S LIVE IN CONCERT
THE SUN RECORD ALL-STARS
Wednesday 3 December, 8pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
The Sun Record All-Stars musicians were originals who were true to themselves. They had authenticity and they weren’t contrived — they were real artists... This show is a celebration of the birth of rock ‘n roll in the 1950s, from its humble roots in Memphis to its dramatic peak as a worldwide musical and cultural phenomenon. Sun Records was launched by legendary producer Sam Phillips and became the launching pad for rock ‘n roll greats, most notably Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. This show captures the music and the magic of the Sun Records’ phenomenon with authenticity — a truly enjoyable entertainment experience. Tickets*
Adult
Conc/Group 10+/Child
Members
$55
$32.50
Non Members
$65
$55
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SWAN LAKE
presented by Wauchope & Port Macquarie Performing Arts
Saturday 6 December, 2pm & 7pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
The students of Wauchope & Port Macquarie Performing Arts (WPMPA) present a full length production of Swan Lake.
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This production is based on the original Petipa choreography with the traditional Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky score and will excite lovers of ballet and dance of all ages. It is being staged by WPMPA teachers, some of whom have danced in Swan Lake productions with the London Festival Ballet, the Australian Ballet, Oper am Rhein in Germany and the Royal New Zealand Ballet to name a few.
Swan Lake, first danced in 1877, is one of the most popular traditional ballets. So join WPMPA students to celebrate this great ballet and support them as they perform this challenging and beautiful repertoire. For more information see wpmpa.co Tickets*
Adult
Members
$30
Non Members
$35
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Conc
Child/youth:
WPMPA Family Member:
$30
$25
$25
THE MORRISON BROTHERS BIG BAND Thursday 11 December, 8pm
GLASSHOUSE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP 2014
Australian jazz legend, James Morrison, performs in everything from orchestras to duos each year - but it is the big band sound that he loves the most. If you’ve heard Morrison with a small group and liked what you heard – just imagine it with twice the trumpets, twice the trombones, and three times the saxophones and James blowing away over the top of it all. James formed the first 16-piece The Morrison Brothers Big Band with his brother John over 30 years ago, inspired by the old time big bands like those of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. James Morrison’s debut performance at the Glasshouse with his drumming brother John, special guest vocalist Jacki Cooper and the full Morrison Brothers Big Band will be a very special occasion. Tickets*
Adult
Conc/Child/Student
Members
$60
$60
Non Members
$65
$60
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ADA CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Australian Dental Association
4 — 6 September Over 200 dentists will be visiting the Glasshouse and Port Macquarie for their annual two-day convention, this year’s theme being ‘Passionate, Productive, Profitable’ Over the two days they will use the Glasshouse and its state-of-the-art facilities for key-note presentations, lunch-and-learn sessions and plenary forum events. In conjunction with the conference, members of the public will be able to view an exhibition of photographic works taken by dentists – from animal portraiture to landscape. This exhibition will be located in the Top Floor of the Gallery, on the 5 & 6 September and entry is free to the public.
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GALLERY OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Friday: 10am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 4pm Public Holidays: 10am – 4pm
FREE ENTRY Welcome to the Glasshouse Regional Gallery’s spring and summer program. We have jam packed program of exciting visual arts, design and architecture exhibitions to inspire you! The program kicks off with CUSP: Designing into the next decade an exhibition that gives an electrifying glimpse into the future of design. October is bursting with colour and vibrancy as we present the ever popular ARTEXPRESS, an exhibition of new abstract paintings by Trevelyan Clay and the Annette Bezor Survey. December brings four new tantalising exhibitions for an inspiring summer of world-class art and architecture with Australian Iconic Houses and Cardboard Cubbies: Shelly Evans, Guan Wei, and Ken & Julia Yonetani: The Last Supper. 22
FUN ‘STUFF’ FOR KIDS! The Gallery is a kid-friendly space, so bring them in for some artistic fun! The Gallery always has some free kids’ art activities available – providing you with some time to browse the artworks while the kids are busy colouring in, drawing or completing Gallery ‘worksheets’. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
THANK YOU Thank you to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, our sponsors, suppliers, Glasshouse Members and Friends, Seat Endowment patrons, our invaluable team of volunteers and last – but not least – every single person who has come through the doors and enjoyed a Glasshouse experience.
GOVERNMENT SPONSORS
A facility of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
The Glasshouse is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW
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CUSP DESIGNING INTO
THE NEXT DECADE
12 September — 12 October An Object: Australian Design Centre National Touring Program
CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade is a creative program that explores design as a human-centred approach that can enrich the experience of life for individuals, organisations and communities. Designers look deeply at human problems, asking questions, immersing themselves in the environment, devising creative solutions, making prototypes, trialling, testing, and identifying the things that work, discarding those that don’t and starting over – this is the way a designer works.
Chris Bosse, CUSP Vision, 2012. Image: Courtesy of LAVA Productions. 24
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1. Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller, Hanging off a bar, 2010, computer game, projector, weight sensitive platform. Photo: Wouter Walmink.
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2. Stephen Mushin. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. 3. Leah Heiss, Diabetes neckpiece, 2007, material. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. 4. MaterialByProduct, Bleed Project, 2012. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
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TREVELYAN CLAY 17 October - 30 November 2014 This exhibition takes the tradition of hard-edged abstraction as its starting point, presenting a series of paintings that arrange colour into rows stacked in pictorial space. The works have a play on a light source which reveals a certain sense of depth by the fall of the shadow, while the shadows themselves in some cases are wrong and allude to some fakery or bad coding on a video game or CGI. A Glasshouse Regional Gallery exhibition. The Glasshouse Regional Gallery would like to acknowledge Neon Parc for their support with this exhibition Trevelyan Clay, Soft Thru, 2013, acrylic on canvas (detail). Courtesy of the artist Courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne.
ANNETTE BEZOR SURVEY 17 October - 30 November 2014 Annette Bezor is one of Australia’s most respected and successful artists. Her painting addresses female sexuality, the politics of gender. In her current work, she takes images of women from classical painting, contemporary decorative art and popular culture and recreates them as stylised icons to reveal and subvert the power and impact of the originals. A Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery touring exhibition
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Annette Bezor, Tension 2, 2002, oil on canvas, 165 x 165cm. Private collection
ARTEXPRESS 17 October 7 December 2014 ARTEXPRESS is an exhibition of outstanding works by 2013 Higher School Certificate Visual Arts Students from schools in NSW. This year’s exhibitions reflect students’ many interests and concerns, including the exploration of culture, personal identity and family relations. The bigger issues of world politics and the human impact on the environment were also addressed. The excellent standard of artworks in ARTEXPRESS is attributable to the rigor of the NSW Visual Arts curriculum and the quality teaching and learning occurring in New South Wales schools. This exhibition is a joint initiative of the NSW Department of Education & Communities and the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards, NSW in association with the Glasshouse. Sharni Wilson, Breeding the Black Out and “Lost Connection”, acrylic on board, Westport High School.
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CARDBOARD CUBBIES: SHELLY EVANS 5 December 2014 — 1 February 2015 Come and rediscover you inner child. The world of the miniature comes easy to artist Shelly Evans who has created a suburban reflection series made from everyday materials. Her cardboard creations explores the playful construction of the Australian suburban home. From red brick to weatherboard, these miniatures connect to the inner childhood memory of belonging and sense of place. A Glasshouse Regional Gallery exhibition. Shelly Evans, Untitled, 2014, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist (detail).
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AUSTRALIAN ICONIC HOUSES 5 December 2014 — 15 February 2015 Iconic Australian Houses, curated by Karen McCartney and presented in partnership with Architecture Foundation Australia is a behind-the-scenes exploration of 30 of the most important Australian homes of the past 60 years. The exhibition explores the design and building of these houses, as well as the experiences of those who live in them, and illustrates the emergence of a distinctively Australian approach to home design. Vivid photography, rich illustrations, 3D models and filmed interviews look beyond the physical structures to tell the story of how good design can enrich lifestyle. The exhibition includes a sneak peek at one of the award-winning Australian houses featured in Karen McCartney’s forthcoming book, Superhouse: architecture & interiors beyond the everyday, which looks at stand-out contemporary architecture from across the world. Sydney Living Museums Buhrich House II, architect Hugh Buhrich. Photograph © Michael Wee.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
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GUAN WEI 12 December 2014 – 1 February 2015 Guan Wei’s art is inspired by themes such as exploration, immigration, the plight of refugees, secret histories and crosscultural understanding born of his experience of the contrasting realities of his former home, China and his new home, Australia. A Glasshouse Regional Gallery exhibition. The Glasshouse Regional Gallery would like to acknowledge Martin Browne Contemporary for their support with this exhibition. Guan Wei, Twinkling Galaxies 9, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 162cm (triptych). Courtesy of the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney.
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KEN + JULIA YONETANI: THE LAST SUPPER 12 December 2014 – 1 February 2015 The Last Supper, a new sculptural installation by Ken + Julia Yonetani, addresses themes of food production, concerns arising from the level of salinity in Australia and related environmental impacts. “Here salt is a metaphor for the death of the land, sacrificed in the production and consumption of what has become The Last Supper”, said the artists. The husband and wife team are known for their use of unusual materials such as salt, sugar and even uranium glass. Their recent body of work: Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nuclear Nations, featured 31 chandeliers constructed from uranium glass beads and antique chandelier frames. They were a key attraction at the Singapore Biennale. The Australian artists produced this work in response to the Fukushima Nuclear reactor disaster of 2011. A Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre commissioned project toured by Museums & Galleries NSW Ken + Julia Yonetani, The Last Supper (detail), 2014. Commissioned by Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. Photography by Silversalt. Image courtesy of the artists and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre.
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