APRIL – JUNE 2018
The Horsham Town Hall acknowledges the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk people and their continued relationship to work together as custodians of culture, country, heritage, lore and language, and pay our respect for these lands and waters of traditional owners past and present.
Welcome to our latest edition of the Horsham Town Hall and Regional Art Gallery quarterly calendar. As the cooler months approach, we are pleased to present a unique and diverse range of entertainment for you to enjoy in our hall, theatre and galleries. The Horsham Regional Art Gallery is thrilled to present the work of internationally renowned artists to the Wimmera. I encourage you to take advantage of our amazing gallery and the world class installations that it has to showcase to the region, in both touring and permanent exhibits. March, April and May, step into the world of German artist Andrea Grützner’s exhibition of large scale photographs in “Erbgericht”. May and June, New Zealand’s most significant artist working today Michael Parekowhai will present his 3.5m high inflatable bunny “Cosmo” alongside New York’s pioneer video artist Tony Oursler and his 1994 work “Vision Tracey Doll”, which fuses video with sculpture. The venue partners with many international, regional and community organisations to present a diverse calendar of performances. The dulcet tones of The Celtic Tenors will enthral lovers of Gaelic music, and devotees of world renowned André Rieu will need no introduction to his Australian prodigy Mirusia, appearing for one night only.
In April and May, laughter abounds with internationally acclaimed comic duo The Umbilical Brothers and the car load of comedians coming from this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. New and classic Australian dramas Personal, Hotel Sorrento and The Quiet Faith take centre stage exploring family dynamics, personal beliefs and acceptance. Our community is rich in local talent, with no better examples than Horsham Arts Council’s newest production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat” and the annual Art is… Festival. Combined, their goal to deliver exceptional performances and foster emerging talent ensures our region remains strong and connected. Our venue will support the annual Art is… Festival through various exhibitions, performances and visual art installations such as the “Festoon” project and Inaugural Annual Dance Affair. I encourage you to make your mark, enjoy, participate and have fun at the Horsham Town Hall and Regional Art Gallery. Cr Pam Clarke Mayor
Contents Become a Horsham Town Hall Member
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Andrea Grützner: Erbgericht
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Das Studio
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Hoda Afshar: Behold
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Dave Jones: Story Maker
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Easter School Holiday Program
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Celtic Tenors
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Billy Joel Tribute Show
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Umbilical Bros Speedmouse
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That’s Not a Daffodil
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Model Citizens
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Hoda Afshar
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Inaugural Annual Dance Affair
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Street Gallery
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Festoon
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Art Play Sunday
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Art After Dark
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Art Fair
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Benny Walker + Alice Skye
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Personal
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Mirusia
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Dancers Zone
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Denise Drysdale
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School Holiday Program
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FoRT
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Hotel Sorrento
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Balance
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Coppélia
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The Mann Collection of Wildlife Art
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The Quiet Faith
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Find Us
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Venue Information
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Upcoming Events
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Soft Core
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
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Victoria Welsh Choir
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Art is… a footprint – making your mark
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Cover image: Michael Parekowhai, Cosmo McMurtry, 2006, woven nylon substrate, pigment, electrical components, 330 x 180 x 280cm. Courtsey the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland. Graphic design: Adelle Rohrsheim | argraphicdesign.com.au
MEMBERSHIPS
Become a Horsham Town Hall Member In 2018 we launch the Horsham Town Hall Membership program. This program will ensure members receive a hard copy of our yearly and quarterly publications, giving you advance knowledge of all of our performances, workshops, exhibitions and events. The benefits of being a member will include: discounted tickets to performances, workshops and special events; priority and pre-sale ticketing opportunities; invitations to exhibition openings and priority bar lanes for performances.
Priority HTH Bar Lanes
Save yourself the wait in long queues for drinks or snacks before shows or during intervals. As a member, you can enjoy priority queuing lanes. Just show your valid membership card, and you’ll also receive 10% off drinks and snacks! Quarterly + Yearly Venue Publications
Your membership will illustrate your support for cultural activity in our city.
All members will receive the venue publications via Australia Post. From early 2018 the venue will not be distributing the calendar by post, unless patrons have become a member.
Season 2018 Members’ Ticket Booking Service
Member access to the Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Throughout the year come and speak to our friendly and knowledgeable team. They will help you choose the best seats for you, whatever your requirements, and allow you to access the membership ticket pricing. You can receive the same service over the phone.
Horsham Town Hall Members will receive invitations to events within the Horsham Regional Art Gallery. Experience the exhibition openings, and meet the Artist/Curator talks. Membership will see discounts on workshop prices and allow access to member benefits such as express members queuing at the NGV and NGA blockbuster exhibitions. Members will also receive a 10% discount at the HRAG shop.
Presale + Exclusive Members discounts
Throughout the year you will receive exclusive pre-sale offers and discounted ticket offers from promoters and venue presented shows.
To establish your membership please contact the Box Office 03 5382 9555 or visit the venue during business hours. Terms and conditions available on our website.
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Are you a Member? Cost $25 Student | $50 Single | $90 Double | Family $130 (2 adults & 2 children)
EXHIBITION
Andrea Grützner: Erbgericht Step into the photography of Berlin based artist Andrea Grützner, the 2017 ING Unseen Talent Prize winner. Through the projection of light and the use of film the guesthouse called Erbgericht, the cultural heart of a village in rural Saxony Germany, becomes a series of stage sets or backdrops for memories. Andrea’s photography transforms the interior walls, corners and passageways of this historic building into a series of striking and complex compositions. The house is - as the cultural center of the village - a projection screen for generations of memories and emotions. As a guest with both familiarity with the area, and yet a feeling of alienation from it, I enter into a visual dialogue with this special building which has cast a spell over me for years. Andrea Grützner Visit Andrea Grützner: Erbgericht and explore the history of abstract art and colour theory through a selection of photographs, prints and paintings from the Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection, on the walls of Das Studio. A Horsham Regional Art Gallery partnership exhibition with the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
9 March – 13 May 6
HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY Andrea Grützner Untitled 5 2014, courtesy the artist and Julie Saul Gallery, New York; Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin.
EXHIBITION
Das Studio Get creative this autumn in Das Studio. Inspired by the artist’s photography of staircases and windows, doors and hallways in the exhibition Andrea Grßtzner: Erbgericht, enter the gallery interior to make, draw and construct. This dedicated art play space is designed for kids and those young at heart to independently explore colour, architecture and place throughout March and April. Das Studio will also come to life with Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection artworks by Janina Green, Eliza Hutchison, Stephen Haley and Sue McDonald which have inspired the making activities. Inspired by these artworks, meet the challenge of constructing a house with balancing coloured blocks, enter the world of your own imagination to create a story in a gold guild frame or make a flower, and find a special spot in the huge vase to cover all the surface with brilliant colours. A Horsham Regional Art Gallery partnership.
2015-2 Orange Vase, from the series Ikea 1990, silver gelatin print on fibre based paper, hand tinted with orange photo dye 84.1cm x 69.1cm, Horsham Regional Art Gallery collection.
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EXHIBITION
Hoda Afshar: Behold The public bathhouse is the site for Iranian born; Melbourne based Hoda Afshar’s poignant series of photographs that delve into the hidden lives of men. Alluding to the public realm, Afshar’s images reflect issues of representation, displacement, gender, and identity politics. Her photographs open up discussion in a world both homogenized by the global economy and unsettled by mass migration. ‘I was travelling in a city that I sometimes return to, and I got to know a group of gay men. There, where they live, these men (and many others like them) are mostly left to be. But only on the condition that they lead one part of their lives in secret... Only here, in this bathhouse, where their desire to be seen and embraced by others is played out the partial openness of these four closed walls.’ Hoda Afshar studied Fine Art–Photography, Azad University, Tehran. Since moving to Australia Hoda has become a PhD candidate at Curtin University, and also lecturers at the Photography Studies College, Melbourne. In 2015 Hoda won the Australian National Photographic Portrait Prize. A Horsham Regional Art Gallery partnership exhibition with the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. Hoda AFSHAR Untitled #5 from the series Behold 2015, 120 x 95 cm, Courtesy the artist.
9 March - 13 May 8
HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY
Dave Jones: Story Maker
EXHIBITION
Enter the world of the story maker; puppeteer, technology manipulator, filmmaker, and Natimuk based community artist Dave Jones. A 2013–14 Australia Council Fellow and internationally acclaimed short filmmaker and artist Dave Jones, loves to tell a story. In recent years, Jones’ practice has grown to explore interactive video work and has evolved into real-time experiential installation, where participants can make decisions that influence the outcome and shape the story. We showcase four key projects that trace the experimentation he has untaken since 2015. Through photographic and video documentation we present two major projects Balance 2015 and Swelter 2017, which focus on environmental sustainability. We explore his collaborative practice through Chamber Made Theatre’s commission for Captives of the City 2015. Finally we bring elements of Jones’ interactive technology into the gallery space with Jones’ latest installation FaceOff. Sitting at the cutting edge of digital media, Jones encourages participation from the unsuspecting child in us all. We enter into a world where the rule book has been set aside. Combining his ongoing focus on interactivity with his passion for the natural environment, Jones’ innovative projects remind us that the individual can be an agent for change.
9 March – 13 May Documentation: FaceOff at Kaleidoscope 2017, photographed by Michelle McFarlane; Balance at Nati Frinj Festival 2015, photographed by Michelle McFarlane; Swelter at Nati Frinj Festival 2017, photographed by Dave Jones; Chamber Made Opera’s Captives of the City 2015, photographed by Dave Jones.
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WORKSHOPS
Easter School Holiday Program Looking for something creative to do during April in the school holidays? Be inspired, challenged and get creative at our workshops for children aged 5 – 12. Popular workshops will be back and we have developed some new ones based on our current exhibitions. Painting and Collage: reimagine and rearrange
everyday material into an original artwork.
Fantastic Beasts: Make your fantastical beast drawing
come to life as a 3D sculpture using an armature and modelling clay.
Bugs World: Construct a bug and its environment in this workshop. Upcycle This! Construct a sculpture using recycled materials inspired the shapes and forms found in the current exhibition.
These school holidays we are also offering the family friendly performance “That’s not a Daffodil”. Inspired by the popular picture book of the same name , this charming child sized drama for kids 3 - 6 is a fantastic family outing, or the perfect opportunity for grandparents to share the wonder of theatre with the next generation, see page 15 for full information about this show.
3 – 12 April
HANDBURY EDUCATION CENTRE Morning: 10.30am–12pm Afternoon: 2–3.30pm
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Cost: $12/$10 members Bookings: horshammtownhall.com
Bookings are essential, each workshop has limited capacity. Check out our website to book online for both the workshops and That’s not a Daffodil. Children under 7 years must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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PERFORMANCE
Celtic Tenors When you put together three brilliant Tenor voices with natural Irish brogue, singing spine-tingling Classical, Folk, Irish, Gaelic and Pop favourites in stacked three-part harmonies, then mix them up with quick witted banter, you have the Celtic Tenors. Three unique solo voices, but when called upon – one tenor sound! The Celtic Tenors will perform The Irish Songbook on their Australian tour with such classics as Finnegan’s Wake, In The Gloaming, Song For Ireland, Danny Boy, You Raise Me Up and many more favourites. The charismatic, globe-trotting trio are the most successful classical crossover artists ever to have come out of Ireland. They sing songs they love and most certainly don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s all about the music, the harmonies and the fun.
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HTH THEATRE $59 Member Full $55 Member Concession $69 Adult $65 Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
PERFORMANCE
KTC Entertainment
Billy Joel Tribute Show It’s been 45 years since the release of Billy Joel’s signature song Piano Man, and in 2018 Anthony Mara returns to centre stage with his world class band to pay tribute to the man and his music in Piano Man. From the humble beginnings of playing for tips in piano bars through to performing for millions of fans at stadiums, arenas and world class venues, this Billy Joel Tribute Concert takes you on a journey of the singer/song writer’s remarkable recording career in an outstanding concert performance. The full live band consists of the finest musicians around, who will transport you into the world of Billy Joel with hits such as: “Piano Man”, “New York State Of Mind”, “Honesty”, “Uptown Girl”, plus many more.
7 April – 8pm
HTH THEATRE
$59 Adult $56 Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
A List Entertainment
Umbilical Bros Speedmouse It’s legendary and it’s live. After smashing countless countries and slaying endless audiences, the Umbies’ most beloved show is back. The Sydney Morning Herald described it as “Marcel Marceau on really good drugs”. The awarding winning Umbilical Brothers are an international comedy phenomenon and have performed in 37 countries with five different shows. Now they return home with one of their most beloved one, Speedmouse! Full of the stuff you love best, Speedmouse is a live action, fast paced, rewind, slow motion, frame-by-frame adventure where two men create the impossible out of a microphone and a unique physical ability that has no equal. Join them in celebrating the 15 year anniversary of Speedmouse with a limited live theatrical run. If you haven’t seen this show live, you really should!
8 April – 8pm
HTH THEATRE $49.90 Adults $44.90 Concession $44.90 Groups 10+ Recommended for 15+
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Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
Jump Lead Productions
PERFORMANCE
That’s Not a Daffodil
A story of friendship, planting and playfulness that unites young and old. This charming child-sized drama for kids 3-6 and family audiences, is the story of friendship between a solitary little boy and his elderly Turkish neighbour who grow a daffodil together. Inspired by a popular picture book of the same name, it’s a nimble 2-hander performed with captivating music, quirky dance and simple puppetry and animation. Its themes of growth, transformation, tuning into nature, and caring for other people across age and cultural difference are timely and universal. “Light-hearted, funny, and wonderfully creative; pitch-perfect for little kids and their grown-ups.” Alison Lester, Australian Children’s Laureate
12 April – 10.30am and 1.30pm
HTH THEATRE
$15 Member Full $N/A Member Concession $20 Adult $15 Concession $60 Family (2 Adults + 2 Child under 12) Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Circus Oz
Model Citizens Circus Oz explodes back on Horsham’s stage after a sellout show in 2016. Circus Oz audaciously unpacks the myths of modern Australia in their latest high-octane circus show Model Citizens. This performance will entrance and enthral the entire family. In Model Citizens, over-sized, everyday objects are used as unexpected circus equipment that create an intriguing new playground for the all-human ensemble.
Acrobats will back-flip off a giant vertical clothes peg, become tangled in an oversized cotton reel, balance on a house of oversized collapsing cards and fly high in an enormous pair of aerial undies! Stunningly lit and driven by a sensational live music soundtrack, Model Citizens unfolds within a cleverly designed model-kit world that challenges perspective, scale and concepts of normality.
21 April – 2pm and 8pm
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HTH THEATRE $50 Member Full $45 Member Concession $60 Adult $55 Concession
$40 Students $30 Child under 12 $150 Family
(2 Adults + 2 Child under 12)
Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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MASTERCLASS
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Hoda Afshar Hoda Afshar was born in Tehran, Iran, and is now based in Melbourne, Australia. Through her art practice which moves seamlessly between the documentary, the artistic, and the constructed imbued with a good dose of humour, Hoda reflects on issues related to the politics of representation, gender and displacement. Her work aims to open lines of communication in a world both homogenized by global economy and unsettled by mass migration. In 2015 Hoda won Australia’s National Photographic Portrait Prize with her work Portrait of Ali, which documents a young boy in a mountainous village of northern Iran. Hoda is also a member of ‘Eleven’, a new collective of contemporary Muslim Australian artists, curators and writers whose aim is to disrupt the current politics of representation and hegemonic discourses.
MASTERCLASS
Masterclass: New Documentary Photography
In this workshop, Hoda Afshar will draw on her experience as both a documentary and art photographer, as well as a researcher and teacher to explore questions about the nature and possibilities of documentary image-making today. Reflecting on her own concerns with the communicative and world-making power of art and photographs, Hoda will guide participants through her process of constructing narrative-based work that is both conceptually focused and personal, and which intersects the usual lines between ‘staged’ and documentary photography. Meet the Artist: Hoda Afshar
Join us as we hear from Behold artist Hoda Asfhar as she discusses the development of her photographic series that delves into the hidden lives of men. Her life as an Iranian/Australian photographer and how living between these two worlds influences her understanding of both and her photographic practice. Hoda AFSHAR Untitled #9 (detail) from the series Behold 2015, 120 x 95 cm, Courtesy the artist.
28 April
HANDBURY EDUCATION CENTRE
Masterclass: New Documentary Photography
Meet the Artist: Hoda Afshar
Saturday 28 April 1–2.30pm Venue: Handbury Education Centre Cost: $40, $35 HTH Members Bookings: 5382 9575 | hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Saturday 28 April 3–4.30pm Venue: Horsham Regional Art Gallery Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 | hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
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Horsham Arts Council
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat In this retelling of the Biblical story, Joseph is a handsome young man who is his father’s favourite child, able to interpret dreams, and the bearer of an amazing coloured coat. Joseph’s eleven brothers become insatiably jealous resulting in them selling Joseph into slavery to some passing Ishmaelites. After refusing the advances of his owner’s wife, Joseph is sent to jail. Once in jail, he quickly becomes popular due to his ability to interpret dreams. The Pharaoh soon hears of Joseph’s ability and appoints him to the post of Number Two man in Egypt.
Years later, Joseph’s now starving brothers arrive in Egypt and ask Joseph, whom they do not recognize, for assistance. Joseph, in turn, gives his brothers a scare, but eventually grants them all they desire, reveals his identity, and reunites the family. This popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is set to entertain and delight in a kaleidoscope of colours, music and talent with a children’s ensemble to suit. ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ will appeal to all ages and will be a great family night out.
4–19 May
HTH THEATRE
Friday 4 May, 8pm
$35 Adult
Saturday 5 May, 8pm
$28 Concession
Sunday 6 May, 2pm
$28 Groups 8+
Thursday 10 May, 8pm Friday 11 May, 8pm
Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
Saturday 12 May, 8pm Sunday 13 May, 2pm Thursday 17 May, 8pm Friday 18 May, 8pm Saturday 19 May, 8pm
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PERFORMANCE
Balance by Transience Enter the world of the story maker Dave Jones in the family theatre production Balance. Internationally acclaimed short filmmaker and local artist Dave Jones, has been listening to and working with children and community groups for more than a decade. Combining his ongoing focus on interactivity with his passion for the natural environment he brings us the problem solving creative production Balance. Part game, part play, Balance is an exciting blend of shadow puppetry, electronics, animation and live theatre. Balance offers a whimsical but compelling tale
6 May – 3pm
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of how we live and our impact on the environment. Presenting the audience with a miniature world-in-peril that can only be saved with your the ideas, teamwork and sweat, you become the decision makers. Balance explores issues of sustainability, recycling and alternative power generation in a fun interactive theatre atmosphere. The whole family is invited to influence the outcome and shape the story! This performance is a Horsham Town Hall presentation in support and collaboration of the Dave Jones ‘Story Maker’ exhibition. Performance stills of Balance at Nati frinj festival 2015, photographer Michelle McFarlane
HTH HALL $12 Adult $10 Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
EXHIBITION
A Horsham Regional Art Gallery Exhibition
The Mann Collection of Wildlife Art Steve Morvell, Brett Jarrett, Michael Munday, Nicholas Pike, Robert Mancini, Janet Flinn, Robert Ulmann, Annette Taylor, Pete Marshall As collectors of wildlife art for over twenty years, the late Bill and Maureen Mann built up an exquisite collection that revealed their deep appreciation for Australia’s and Africa’s unique fauna. They developed relationships with key Australian wildlife artists that would grow to admiration, for their ability could convey the character of any bird or animal.
From this collection, we celebrate the abundance of bird life and animals unique to our region and across this broad continent. The fragility of the environment, as an underlying concern of wildlife artists, is revealed in the artwork of Michael Munday, Robert Mancini, Janet Flinn, Robert Ulmann, and Annette Taylor. This exhibition presents the complexity of visual styles and illustrates the remarkable use of mediums and methods by these artists to convey their experience of wildlife and the environment. Steve MORVELL, Tammar wallaby 1991, ink on paper, Gift of Bill and Maureen Mann, 1999, Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection A Horsham Regional Art Gallery partnership
19 May – 12 August
HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY
Meet the Exhibition
Friday 25 May 10–11.30am Venue: Horsham Regional Art Gallery Cost: Free All Welcome Bookings: 5382 9575 | hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
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EXHIBITION
Soft Core Soft Core presents artistic practices that explore the many facets of ‘softness’ - from large-scale inflatables to forms made from soft materials to materials that simply look soft. These artists are making works that demand attention - forms that are not simply bumped into while looking at paintings. In the 20th Century, artists began to disassemble the notion of traditional sculpture by adding and subtracting constructions, incorporating found objects and designating everyday items as art. These adaptive and divergent methods of form making continue today in a generation of artists who define sculpture in the negative condition: not bronze, not stone, not the macho force of the blast furnace. The materials in this exhibition encompass air, inflatable nylon, unfired clay and plastics bags – materials that have been co-opted for their versatility and their mutability between function and emotion. Some of the works require activation – such as electricity or inflation to become whole while others inhabit their softness quietly.
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Soft Core investigates these practices by presenting existing works and newly commissioned works from 12 Australian and International artists who question the fluctuating meaning of what it means to be soft. Tully Arnot, Mikala Dwyer, Tully Moore, Tony Oursler, Michael Parekowhai, Patricia Piccinini, Todd Robinson, Koji Ryui, Kathy Temin, Louise Weaver, Simon Yates and Paul Yore. An exhibition curated by Micheal Do, in conjunction with Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. Patricia Piccinini, Foundling, 2008, silicone, human hair, polyester, nylon, wool, glass, plastic, 37 x 66 x 41 cm. Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY
Meet the Exhibition: Soft Core
Cost: Free All Welcome
Friday 25 May 10–11.30am
Bookings: 5382 9575 | hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au
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PERFORMANCE
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Australia’s largest comedy festival is packing up and ready to roll! Join the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow as it journeys around Australia, home-delivering hot and tasty comic treats to audiences near and far. Featuring fantastic funnymakers from Australia and beyond, the Roadshow has it all. It’s stand-up, sketch, satire, silliness and song – all in one sidesplitting show! There’s nowhere our exceptional entertainers fear to tread. You won’t want to miss it when this bounty of belly laughs roll into town. Come on Horsham pack your laughing gear and get on board for the return of the Roadshow for 2018! Full line up of Comedians will be announced early April, visit the website for further information. Age Recommendation 15+ course language warning.
26 May – 8pm $45 Adult $40 Concession $40 2018 Member $35 2018 Member Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Victoria Welsh Choir The much travelled and celebrated Victoria Welsh Choir is returning to Horsham ten years after their last visit. This ensemble sing in the distinctive sparkling four-part harmony of the traditional Welsh male choir, and are renowned for the quality of their singing, relaxed informal style, and good humour style of concerts.
popular songs, opera choruses, Broadway melodies and Afro-American spirituals. The choir has toured the UK five times receiving many standing ovations, and regularly tour throughout Victoria and interstate. Musical Director, Faleiry Koczkar OAM, is an awardwinning conductor who has been honoured by both Wales, and her adopted homeland, Australia.
Their diverse repertoire includes Welsh, Celtic and
With a guarantee that you’ll leave the concert with ‘a smile on your face and a glow in your heart’.
27 May – 3pm
HTH THEATRE
$35 Adult $30 Concession $30 Groups 8+ $15 Children U12
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Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
Art is… Festival
Art is… a footprint – making your mark In 1995, members of the Horsham arts community posed the question, what is art, what role does art play in our lives and how can the arts shape and change our community? After 23 successful years, the Art is… festival celebrates the rich tapestry of arts, culture and community over a ten day period and is now our premier winter festival. Participate, celebrate, and create new memories with a program that is rich and diverse and has something for everyone. Horsham Town Hall will be transformed with Festoon a new visual arts installation by three local artists Mary French, Alison Eggleton, Nichola Clarke and Helen Blandford. The old world of dance hall days will be recreated with the largest community dance event in the Inaugural Dance Affair. Art play Sunday offers an afternoon of children’s activity to engage and enthral. Make your own mark this June when you enjoy the various performances, exhibitions, panel discussions, markets, food and drink that celebrate our community.
The full program will be launched in late April. Visit artiswimmera.com for further news and details.
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Art is… Festival and Horsham Town Hall
Inaugural Annual Dance Affair Ladies and gentlemen, take to the floor for the ultimate night at the historic Town Hall. You will be amazed at the transformation in the hall as we revisit the dances from the past to the present. Part ‘Theatre Performance’ / Part ‘Get up and Dance’, this is an all ages performance event that transforms local dance groups into the performers, in an evening of old time and new time dance floor magic. From the two-step to the twerk, tango to a cheeky cha cha, a waltz to funky free-styling grooves, The “Inaugural Annual Dance Affair” go-go’s its way through a celebration of decades of dance.
Featuring a heart stopping musical mash up by a cracking live band, a charming MC, light footed guest stars and heartwarming real stories from local community legends, this is a funny, exhilarating and energising performance. By the end of the show your dance card will be full and you will be armed with the ultimate tool kit of essential dancing moves. As part of evening activities share in the traditional light supper, as part of your ticket price.
1 and 2 June – 7.30pm $25 Adult $20 Concession $15 Child U16
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Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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ART IS... 2018
Street Gallery This winter Horsham Regional Art Gallery presents Street Gallery, a series of art interventions on the retail streets of Horsham. Through collaborations between retailers and artists, see the creation of dynamic installations of artwork within shop windows. On other shop facades and in laneways, discover artwork by a multitude of artists in a series of large paste-up prints. Witness how the diversity of creative making enlivens the streets of Horsham. This year artists respond to Art is a Footprint Festival theme, making your mark. Tour the streets to see how artists have explored different ways to make
their mark, to communicate through the body, to explore expression and chance, to explore the mastery of hands, body and feet in action. On Saturday 2 June journey along Pynsent Street, Roberts Ave and Firebrace streets to discover the depth and vibrancy of local art practice that is embedded in the living culture of the Wimmera at the Street Gallery Walking Tour Presented by Horsham Regional Art Gallery as part of the Art is a Footprint Festival 2018. A Horsham Regional Art Gallery partnership
6 May – 12 June Street Gallery Walking Tour
Cost: Free All Welcome
Saturday 2nd June 10–11.30am HTH Pynsent Street
Bookings: 5382 9575
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ART IS... 2018
Art of the Festoon Art of the Festoon celebrates the traditions of the ‘social dance’ in which the ‘hall and foyer’ was transformed through visual art installations. Central to the art of festooning were floral arrangements and sways of fabric. Drawing on these traditions, Festoon brings the 1930’s into today, through a series of large scale sculptural installations in Horsham Town Hall’s own dance hall. The architecture of the old and new foyer will come alive with the ‘art of festooning’ through digital light and shadow projections and sculptural installations to echo decorative elements of the social dance. Art of the Festoon will be made by artists of this community. Local artists Mary French and Alison Eggleton, Nichola Clarke and Helen Blandford will work with diverse community groups including Laharum’s Australian Wildflowers, and deliver workshops to participants including adult groups at Horsham’s Centre for Participation and the students of Dimboola and Laharum Primary schools. Presented as part of Horsham’s Art is a footprint Festival, Art of the Festoon is inspired by the Inaugural Dance Affair dance event in the Horsham Town Hall this June. The Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund is provided through Regional Arts Australia, administered in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria.
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HTH HALL Detail 2004-9 Jeff Thomson, Bouquet IV 2004, screen printed corrugated steel, corrugated iron, 122cm x 75cm x 11cm, Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection
Art is… Festival presents
Join us at the Horsham Town Hall and Regional Art Gallery for an afternoon filled with fun for the whole family! We have some questions for you… Are you aged between four and thirteen? Do you like being creative and making things? Do you like to dance and do acrobats? Do you like to be entertained?
3 June – 1–4pm
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If you answered YES to any of these questions then Art Play Sunday the place to be for you and your family. Horsham’s biggest kid’s zone will be created with jam pack fun with the day concluding with a new children’s production “Chris Again” in the theatre. “Chris Again” is theatre at its most engaging – fun, physical and interactive. You and your child’s imagination will be challenged, provoked and expanded, whilst laugh out loud behaviour is celebrated in this new theatre piece developed for the Art is… festival.
FULL VENUE EVENT
$10 Children $5 Parents Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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Art After Dark Are you hard or are you soft? Enter the Gallery after dark to find out. Soft Core brings to Horsham leading artists from around Australia, New Zealand’s number one artist and one import from New York City. They are all investigating what it means to be hard and all things that are soft. Hear from participating artists as they talk about their own work and those of their peers within the exhibition. To get to the bottom of the question and to ensure all your senses are engaged enjoy a range of food that is inspired by the artworks on display. Are you willing to take a bite out of that?
6 June
What sort of memorial to a pet would you build? Can a sculpture be made out of air? Enjoy the Horsham Regional Art Gallery out of hours and with disco tunes. Louise Weaver; no small wonder 2005 (detail)Hand crocheted lambswool and embroidered cotton thread over high density foam, walnut tree, Japanese rice wine vessels (gourds), ceramic, chromed abs plastic, (‘Tangle’ designed by Richard X. Zawitz 1981), lurex thread, nylon thread, cotton thread, Japanese silk, felt, Swarovski crystals, mirrored perspex, steel, plastic, fibreglass, granite, starfish. ‘Fruit Light’, designed by Geoffrey Mance. Nylon carpet, light, sound. Courtsey of the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney.
HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY Wednesday 6 June, 7.30–9.30pm Cost: $20/$18 members Bookings: horshammtownhall.com
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EXHIBITION
Rotary Club of Horsham East
Art Fair
Experience the varied talents and art practices that can be found in the Wimmera and beyond. Our regions artists are brought together in one place, exhibiting two works or a whole exhibition, see how our artists see our environments. With artworks and objects for sale this is a great opportunity to purchase that special object that can transform your home and that reflects the place we live.
8 – 10 June Friday 8 June, 7pm Saturday 9 June 10am–4pm Sunday 10 June 10am–3pm Cost: $30 Opening Night Gala
$5 entry fee Saturday + Sunday
Join the Rotary Club of Horsham East for the opening night celebrations including canapés, refreshments and entertainment, see the work of our regions artists and support fundraising for the Wimmera Cancer Centre. The fair continues over the weekend so you can catch up with the artist exhibiting and think about which artwork you’d like to take home.
HTH HALL Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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ART IS... 2018
Art is… Festival
Benny Walker + Alice Skye The song lines of Benny Walker and Alice Skye will crossover in this very special concert event as part of the June long weekend for the Art is… Festival.
to Alice Skye is country Victoria. Growing up aside the Grampians and no shortage of inspiration – music was unavoidable. It’s just her and her piano.
Hailing from Echuca, Benny Walker a Yorta Yorta man, has been described lyrically ‘his music is the real deal’! His love songs and epic tales are mixed with passion for people, the land, summer vibes and deep grooves that reach the soul. Capturing hearts with darker tracks reflecting the shadowy side of us, this talented musician has many accolades and awards for his music style. Alice is a singer-songwriter, Wergaia woman and universal little sister. Now living in Melbourne, home
Alice songs sparkle with a sensitivity and maturity well beyond her years, accompanied by the gentle and hauntingly sparse melodies of a piano score. Very like young British singer-songwriter Birdy, Alice’s voice is a combination of hopeful and haunting, naturally sweet and slow and dreamlike. Her stripped back piano melodies elevate the gentle moodiness of her songwriting, transforming her once bedroom scribblings into well-crafted and articulated lyrics on love, loss and life.
9 June – 8pm
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$35 Adult $30 Concession $30 Groups 6+ Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
PERFORMANCE
Personal Jodee Mundy discovered that all of her family were deaf, when she was five years old in Kmart. As the only hearing person in a deaf family, this solo performance aims to unpack the concept of disability within our society through the eyes of a child. Auslan is her first language, and English is her second.
virtual interpreter and creative captioning. Using video projection mapping, super eight footage from her childhood and excerpts of interviews with her family members, Jodee will take the audience through her personal story. Some strong language
Image credit: Theresa Harrison
Through this work the position of the CODA (Child of Deaf adult); as interpreter, authority, and conduit; becomes the central image and the experience of her duality of living in two worlds. Personal is uniquely presented in English and Auslan through the use of a
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HTH THEATRE $20 Members Full $15 Members Concession $30 Adult $25 Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Mirusia Celebrated as the ‘Angel of André Rieu’, the Australian-Dutch soprano Mirusia is in full swing forging her own career as a solo artist. Mirusia studied at the Queensland Conservatorium and at the age of 21 was announced as the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award. Her career blossomed when she toured the world for 10 years as a featured soloist with the Johann Strauss Orchestra. This much loved orchestra is based in Maastricht, Netherlands and is led by the acclaimed violinist, André Rieu. The stadium-size concerts have forwarded Mirusia a wonderful opportunity of singing before country leaders, royalty and millions of fans and all nationalities have marvelled at the clarity, dexterity and the exquisite sound of her voice. “I’m proud to have been there from the start and to see her career take off. After having worked with this incredibly talented young lady I can only wish her all the best in her solo career“. André Rieu
16 June – 8pm
HTH THEATRE $59 Members Full $55 Members Concession $69 Adult $65 Concession Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Dancers Zone The mid-year Dancers Zone concert is promising to be a presentation of great choreography and dance moves, with a touch of sass! Bring the family along to a presentation of jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop and musical theatre with some of the Wimmera’s finest talent. Students and teachers from preschool to adult, have been working hard to light up the stage with pizazz and invite you to join them to celebrate what will be a truly inspirational celebration of dance!
24 June – 11am and 2.30pm
HTH THEATRE $21 Adult $15 Concession
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$ 7 Child/Infant (18 months +) Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
Denise Drysdale
PERFORMANCE
Gold Logie award winner Denise Drysdale has one of the most recognisable names and faces in Australian entertainment…and for good reason. Whether it’s singing, performing or cracking jokes, Denise is a dynamic performer without peer, endearing herself to millions of Australians. A star of stage and screen, Denise Drysdale is a legend of Australian show business and is rated one of the best entertainers in Australia. With a career that spans across decades, Denise has brought light and laughter to many and has a life worthy of a memoir. She was Melbourne’s first go-go dancer after all! Affectionately called Ding Dong on national television, Denise has lasted decades in an industry that is notoriously cut throat. Forever the professional show woman, Denise will bring her best stories, songs and comedy to the stage! An entertainment phenomenon not to be missed.
3 July – 10.30am
HTH THEATRE $20 Members $25 Adult Bookings: 5382 9555 | horshamtownhall.com.au
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WORKSHOPS
July School Holiday Program The Horsham Town Hall will be again staging an engaging hands-on art making program over the July School Holidays. So if you are looking for something creative to do our programs will be offered weekdays between 3rd and 13th July 2018. Be inspired, challenged and get creative for teens and children aged 5 – 12.
3 – 13 July
These workshops will cover a number of art making disciplines in a fun and relaxed environment for your child or group of children you are looking after. Our creative programs are instructed by artists or arts educators and take place within the Handbury Education Centre. All materials are supplied and if your mini Picasso is over 7 you can sign them in and return for pick up at the end of a session. Participants younger than 7 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
HANDBURY EDUCATION CENTRE Winter School Holiday Program Information:
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Check out our website horshamtownhall.com.au or our Facebook page for details closer to the date.
PERFORMANCE
Asking for Trouble
FoRT
Welcome to a place where the art of play and creation of worlds is formed from everyday objects! FoRT is full of ridiculous clowning, spectacular acrobatics, and poetic visual imagery which celebrates the kind of creative genius that has been known to turn lounge rooms into volcanoes, trees into castles and cardboard boxes into racing cars.
Two strange characters appear hunting for whispers of adventure. In a series of vignettes, a couch, table, cushions, sheets and broomsticks transform into rockets, trampolines, cliffs and tents… places to explore! Multi-award winning theatre company, Asking for Trouble makes theatre for young people and their families that challenges audiences to be brave, playful and generous whilst inspiring them to laugh, ask questions and put themselves at the centre of their creation. Have you ever made a…Fort?
4 July – 10.30am and 2.30pm $15 Members Full N/A Members Concession $20 Adult $15 Concession
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$60 Family (2 Adults + 2 Kids) Bookings: 5382 9555 horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Hannie Rayson’s
Hotel Sorrento The award winning play Hotel Sorrento by Australian playwright Hannie Rayson, which inspired the film of the same name, tells the story of three sisters who grew up together in the seaside town Sorrento. Hilary lives in the family home in Sorrento with her father and 16 year-old son. Pippa, a business woman, is visiting from New York and Meg, a successful writer, returns from England. When the three sisters are reunited after 10 years apart they again feel the constraints of family life.
7 July – 8pm
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A semi-autobiographical book written by middle sister and expat Meg, triggers the familial tensions and dramas that eventuate. The play is about family in a literal and metaphorical sense and the importance of blood ties and collective memory, true or false.
HTH THEATRE $30 Members Full $25 Members Concession $40 Adult $35 Concession
Bookings: 5382 9555 horshamtownhall.com.au
EXHIBITION
The Australian Ballet
Coppélia
Ballet’s most charming comedy, live on stage: The Australian Ballet’s Regional Tour presents Coppélia. Swanilda and Franz are in love … until a beautiful stranger, the daughter of the magician Dr Coppelius, appears in town. But she is not what she seems, and Swanilda must rescue Franz from the magician’s sinister workshop – with the help of some fancy footwork! This sparkling tale of magic and mischief, with its irresistible melodies and ‘living dolls’, is amusing fun for the whole family. Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s stories, Coppélia features exquisite costumes by master designer Kristian Fredrikson. Laughter and love, lively dancing and vivid colour – treat the family to Coppélia.
18 July – 7.30pm $57 Members Full $48 Members Concession $65 Adult $52 Concession
HTH THEATRE
$39 Youth under 24 $29 Child under 16 Bookings: 5382 9555 horshamtownhall.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
The Quiet Faith Forget the big statements and gestures by national Christian leaders. Quiet Faith is an intimate and intriguing production by playwright David Williams which gives voice to Australian Christians and raises important questions simmering beneath the surface. What is the place of the church in public debate? How should individual Christians play a part? How does faith express itself in life? Quiet Faith is an immersive theatre experience limited to 75 people and is held in the round where guests will sit on benches laid out in concentric circles, with
24, 25 and 26 July – 8pm
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candles dotted sporadically and a halo of neon light suspended above their heads. “Of perhaps a hundred shows across the country watched by this critic this year, a standout would have to be David Williams’s Quiet Faith” Van Badham, The Guardian Immersive theatre experience. Limited to only 75 patrons. Strong themes + language warning. Image credit: Heidrun Lohr. Quiet Faith was co-commissioned by Vitalstatistix and HotHouse Theatre and has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
HTH THEATRE $30 Member Full $25 Member Concession $40 Adult $35 Concession
Bookings: 5382 9555 horshamtownhall.com.au
FIND US
All Day Parking
Disabled Parking
The closest all day parking for patrons is located at the rear of Horsham Plaza (access via Park Drive); Forty Winks car park on Darlot Street (ticketed); or in Park Drive near the Skate Park.
There are disabled parking bays on Wilson Street in front of the Horsham Town Hall. Alternatively there is a disabled park located on Pynsent St in front of the Horsham Newsagency.
Short Term Parking
Passenger Drop off & Pick Up
There is a range of one hour and two hour short term metered and unmetered parking on streets in the vicinity of the Horsham Town Hall and in off street car parks in Wilson Street, Ward Street and Darlot Street. The venue recommends that you avoid parking in the short-term car park in the Horsham Plaza Car Park (Darlot Street) if you’re planning on extended periods in the venue. Please check the parking signs for information on the exact times that apply to particular bays.
A passenger drop off and pick up zone is located in front of the Horsham Town Hall on Wilson Street. Alternatively easy access for patrons via Door 4 East Carpark via Pynsent Street is available one hour prior to a scheduled performance or event.
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VENUE INFORMATION
Venue Horsham Regional Art Gallery 80 Wilson Street, Horsham Tuesday – Friday 10am–5pm Saturday 11am–4.30pm Sunday 1pm–4.30pm Phone: 03 5382 9575
Horsham Town Hall Box Office 71 Pynsent Street, Horsham Monday – Friday 10am–5pm (Also open one hour before scheduled performances) Phone: 03 5382 9555
Wesley PAC Corner Roberts Avenue & Urquhart Streets, Horsham (Open one hour before scheduled performances only)
Concessions & Students
Accessibility & Assisted Listening Device
Concession rates apply to Government issued Pension or Health Card Holders. Concession rates do not apply to Senior Card holders.
We aim to make our events and venues accessible to all. To discuss your access requirements please contact the Horsham Town Hall on 03 5382 9555 or email boxoffice@hrcc.vic.gov.au
Student rates apply to all pre-school, school and university students who must provide proof of eligibility when purchasing tickets.
Should you require assistance the venue can provide listening devices for use in the Theatre. The venue welcomes Companion Cards.
Ticket purchase terms and conditions can be viewed at horshamtownhall.com.au
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Upcoming Events July – September 2018 3 July
Denise Drysdale
6-7 July
Wimmera Rockers
7 July
Hotel Sorrento
HTH Theatre
15-18 July
Australia Ballet Coppélia
HTH Theatre
24-26 July
The Quiet Faith
HTH Theatre
2 August
Opera Australia – Madam Butterfly
HTH Theatre
3 August
Cash Live Harbour
HTH Theatre
6-11 August
St Brigids College present The Little Mermaid
HTH Theatre
13-19 August
Horsham College present Happy Days
HTH Theatre
18 August – 7 October
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose
4 September
Charmaine Wilson
HTH Theatre
8 September
Hell Ship Remembering Ticonderoga
HTH Theatre
12 September
Horsham College Showcase
HTH Theatre
26 September
Crash Test Dummies
HTH Theatre
HTH Theatre HTH Hall
HRAG
The creative program for the Horsham Town Hall has been supported by Venue acknowledges the following organisations and individuals who have made major financial support to the venue
The Geoff & Helen Handbury Foundation
Horsham Town Hall acknowledges the support of our sponsors Jennifer Smith, in memory of Gwendda J Smith
Media Partners
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