The Arts Centre Gold Coast — 2016 Season

2016 SEASON The Arts Centre Gold Coast

at the Cultural Precinct

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emerge.

Cover Image: Il Ritorno Photo: Damien Bredberg

Welcome.

We’re thrilled to bring you the 2016 Season.

This year we’ve chosen the theme, ‘emerge’, meaning ‘to become visible, apparent or prominent’. This simple word reflects so much — not only do ideas and opinions emerge from artistic provocation, but in another sense, it describes the way our city is culturally growing up.

Some of Australia’s finest musicians, dancers, actors, singers and acrobats will grace our stage in 2016. This sophisticated programming makes high-end artistic experiences accessible for local audiences, while enabling the Gold Coast to emerge as a significant player on the national cultural map.

The artistic life of the Gold Coast is in full acceleration mode. As the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct building works begin, we look forward to a fresh new stage as the cultural hub of our city.

We hope you are uplifted, awakened, challenged and inspired by this year’s performances. Take journeys, travel to new worlds and walk in someone else’s shoes. Emerge from the theatre with new views, new perspectives and new takes on the experience of life.

Destry Puia General Manager

Board of Directors Chairman Kerry Watson Deputy Chair Richard Munro Directors Patrick Corrigan AM Cr Jan Grew Tomas Johnsson Christine Lohman Dr Patrick Mitchell Steve Romer 3

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MAIN STAGE Our handpicked selection of the finest theatre, music, opera, circus and dance experiences

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Image: David Kelly

Quartet

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22 — 23 March

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents A Queensland Theatre Company production

Quartet

Theatre

Mainstage

DATE Tue 22 Mar, 7.30pm and Wed 23 Mar, 2.00pm DURATION 2 hours (including a 20 minute interval)

by Ronald Hardwood

After wowing the world, retired opera singers Reggie, Cissy and Wilf have been put out to pasture in a country retirement home. Their chief concerns are scatty Cissy’s wandering memory, flirty Wilf’s obsession with dirty talk, and gentleman Reggie’s ongoing battle to get bloody marmalade with breakfast.

What keeps the trio raging against the dying of the light is headlining the annual gala concert marking composer Verdi’s birthday.

The serenity of their rehearsal room is shattered by the arrival of Jean: diva, celebrated soprano, fourth member of their quartet and Reggie’s ex-wife. Not that he’s thought about their horribly dysfunctional marriage in years, of course. Can these four put aside old grudges and re-team for one more show-stopping finale?

Quartet, also adapted as an acclaimed 2012 film, is a devilishly funny journey into old age told with tenderness, grace, hope – and above all, no self-pity.

VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Theatre (Comedy / Drama) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $47.60, 10+ shows $44.80, 15+ shows $42.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $56.00, Concession $48.00, Group 6+ $45.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $32.00

Cast Christine Amor, Andrew McFarlane, Trevor Stuart, Kate Wilson Director Andrea Moor Designer Bruce McKinven Lighting Designer David Walters Warning Infrequent, very low level coarse language and sexual references

Queensland Theatre Company’s Quartet 2016 Queensland Regional Tour is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

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Mainstage

Music and Dance

2 April

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Sankofa Asanti Dance Theatre

DURATION 60 minutes (no interval)

Experience African music, dance and culture with a contemporary edge.

VENUE Arts Theatre

Featuring incredible international guest artists from Asanti’s sister company in Ghana, combined with some of Australia’s most exciting afrocontemporary dancers and musicians, you will be blown away by the energy, connection to culture and extraordinary talent that these artists present.

ART FORM Music and Dance

With undulating torsos, raw energy, exhilarating dance moves and phenomenal acrobatics fused with a combination of live and pre-recorded sound, Sankofa beautifully explores traditional and contemporary themes.

SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $26.00

Sankofa debuted at the Malthouse Theatre in 2012 to standing ovations, followed by seasons at the Drum Theatre (Dandenong) and Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Follow one man’s journey through the centuries and into the unknown, all the time under the watchful eye of the ancient Adrinkra symbol Sankofa.

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DATE Sat 2 Apr, 7.30pm

COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+ shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00

Image: Damien William Vincenzi

Sankofa

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MOTHER LAND

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6 — 7 May

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Motherland

by Katherine Lyall-Watson An Ellen Belloo and Critical Stages Production

Motherland intertwines the sweeping true stories of three very different women from different times, united in the heartache of exile from their homelands. This is passionate, gripping, contemporary theatre, weaving multiple stories of home, belonging, love and loss that span decades, continents and revolutions.

This is a play about three remarkable women.

Brisbane socialite, Nelle Tritton, married the Russian Prime Minister and helped him escape from the Nazis during World War II. Feisty writer and academic Nina Berberova quit her native Russia for Paris, but returned in her twilight years. Single mother Alyona is a Russian museum curator whisked away to Brisbane by an Australian businessman, in search of a brighter future that may just collapse before her eyes.

Theatre

Mainstage

DATE Fri 6 May and Sat 7 May, 7.30pm DURATION 90 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Theatre (Drama) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+ shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student $26.00

Recommended 15+ Contains some loud noises, strong language and adult themes.

Brisbane playwright Katherine Lyall-Watson has penned an intricately researched historical drama about how world-changing events can ripple out and take a toll on everyday lives.

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Mainstage

Comedy

13 May

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow The travelling band of intrepid comedians is taking over Australia one town at a time, with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow!

Join a line-up of the finest local and international comedy talents for an evening of entertainment like no other, handpicked to bring the biggest and best belly laughs to the Gold Coast.

For nearly twenty years, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow has home-delivered the best of the Festival to towns and cities across Australia.

Experience Australia’s largest comedy festival with five comedic acts performing in the one show - it’s silly, it’s satirical, it’s side-splitting. It’s Australia’s ultimate comedy roadtrip.

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DATE Fri 13 May, 8.00pm DURATION 2 hours and 15 minutes (including 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Comedy COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $47.60, 10+ shows $44.80, 15+ shows $42.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $56.00, Concession $48.00, Group 6+ $45.00, Student $32.00

Recommended 15+ Performances may contain coarse language, sexual references and material that may offend.

COMEDY

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Mainstage

Musical Theatre

Major Partner

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17 — 25 June

Support partner

The Arts Centre Gold Coast and Paradise Point Community Bank® Branch Bendigo Bank present

The Arts Centre Gold Coast’s production of

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellowes New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY)

The much-loved Disney film comes to life on stage in a musical for the whole family. When the children at Number 17, Cherry Tree Lane are misbehaving, the ‘practically perfect’ magical nanny Mary Poppins is hired to sort them out.

With unforgettable songs like A Spoonful of Sugar, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Chim Chim Cher-ee, Step in Time and Let’s Go Fly a Kite, this is a heart-warming magical musical adventure not to be missed.

Featuring the finest local talent, this production will be fully produced by The Arts Centre Gold Coast. Take a magical journey with Mary Poppins.

DATES Fri 17 Jun, 7.30pm, Sat 18 Jun, 1.00pm and 7.30pm, Sun 19 Jun, 3.00pm, Thu 23 Jun, 6.00pm, Fri 24 Jun, 7.30pm, Sat 25 Jun, 1.00pm and 7.30pm.

DURATION 2 hours and 30 minutes (including a 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Musical Theatre COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $55.25, 10+shows $52.00, 15+ shows $48.75 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $65.00, Concession $59.00, Group 6+ $54.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $42.00

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Counter Move

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15 — 16 July

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents A Sydney Dance Company production

CounterMove Sydney Dance Company’s CounterMove explores luminescence and life in a double bill that will enchant, compel and amuse with exhilarating physical dance by some of Australia’s finest dancers.

From one of the world’s most exciting choreographers comes a laugh-out-loud funny and affectionate tribute and parody of modern art: Cacti.

Swedish Alexander Ekman’s witty and energetic piece, performed by the full Company and a string quartet, will take you in with a knowing wink, then surprise you with its bracing physicality.

The Australian proclaimed Cacti ‘… a delight: witty, effervescent, playful, surreal and joyously physical’, Time Out Sydney lauded its ‘infectious playful energy and absolutely incisive wit’. Crikey.com called it ‘blindingly brilliant’ and the Daily Telegraph noted the audience’s laughter was ‘impossible to suppress’.

Dance

Mainstage

DATE Fri 15 Jul and Sat 16 Jul, 7.30pm DURATION 75 minutes (including 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Dance COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $47.60, 10+ shows $44.80, 15+ shows $42.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $56.00, Concession $48.00, Group 6+ $45.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $32.00

Rafael Bonachela’s world premiere, Lux Tenebris, provides the perfect contrast: light and darkness emerging from a dusky sonic landscape by composer Nick Wales (long-term collaborator of Sarah Blasko).

Movement follows deep, unexpected, visceral beats, and sharp, sudden twists to discover a dark place where there is space for beauty and light.

Bonachela’s work, as always, is deeply emotional.

CounterMove will intrigue, move and entertain you.

Don’t miss out.

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Mainstage

Musical Theatre

23 July

The Arts Centre Gold Coast and HIT Productions present

Always... Patsy Cline

By Ted Swindley

Based on the true story of legendary country singer Patsy Cline’s friendship with a fan, this musical play includes 27 of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight.

Louise Seger befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961, and continued the correspondence until Patsy’s tragic death in 1963.

The show’s title was inspired by Patsy’s letters to Louise, which were consistently signed ‘Love Always… Patsy Cline’.

Always… Patsy Cline has enjoyed great success all over the United States, including a successful run off-Broadway. It has been one of the mostproduced musicals in America according to American Theatre Magazine.

This new production directed by AFI award winning Denny Lawrence stars award-winning Australian country music singing sensation Courtney Conway as Patsy Cline and popular stage star Mandi Lodge (Menopause: The Musical, Just The Ticket) as Louise Seger.

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DATE Sat 23 Jul, 2.00pm and 7.30pm DURATION 2 hours (including a 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Musical Theatre COST EVENING PERFORMANCE SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+ shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $26.00 MATINEE PERFORMANCE SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $25.05, 10+ shows $23.60, 15+ shows $22.10 SINGLE TICKETS All $29.50

COMPLETE YOUR DAY (Matinee Only) Add a delicious hot lunch ($13.50), or a high tea ($13.50).

Bookings essential.

Remember to pop into the Gallery to view our latest exhibitions.

ALWAYS...

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THE BARBER OF Seville 20

29 — 30 July

The Arts Centre Gold Coast and Opera Queensland present Gioacchino Rossini

The Barber of Seville Il barbiere di Siviglia

2016 is the 200th anniversary of the first performance of The Barber of Seville and this delicious dose of comedy and effervescent music, is the perfect way to say – Happy Birthday Figaro!

Dashing Count Almaviva has lost his heart to the sassy young maiden Rosina. But Rosina’s guardian is determined to marry her himself until Figaro – king of charisma and silken style – leads the charge to unite the young lovers through a series of hilarious, ‘fool proof’ schemes. Will it all add up to a Spanish mission impossible?

Get ready for a rollicking fiesta of sunny Spanish madness as Rossini’s celebrated, razor-sharp, musical wit is brought to life by director Lindy Hume and a fabulous cast of Queensland artists including former OperaQ Young Artist Brett Carter and audience favourites Andrew Collis, Virgilio Marino, Jaewoo Kim, Shaun Brown and Emily Burke, supported by musicians from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. The role of Rosina will be shared by two bright OperaQ rising stars, Monique Latemore and Katie Stenzel.

Opera

Mainstage

DATE Fri 29 Jul, 7.30pm and Sat 30 Jul, 2.00pm DURATION 3 hours (including a 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Opera COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $55.25, 10+shows $52.00, 15+ shows $48.75 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $65.00, Concession $59.00, Group 6+ $54.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $42.00

Sung in Italian with projected English translations.

Conductor Roland Peelman Director Lindy Hume Set and Costume Designer Tracy Grant Lord Lighting Designer Matthew Marshall The Opera Queensland Gold Coast Community Chorus Queensland Symphony Orchestra Ensemble

The Barber of Seville is a co-production of Opera Queensland, Seattle Opera and New Zealand Opera.

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Mainstage

Circus

26 — 27 August

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

IL RITORNO

By Circa Created by Yaron Lifschitz with Quincy Grant and the Circa Ensemble

The stage is awash with bodies tumbling, lifting and clutching. Then, out of the darkness and gnawed by nostalgia, the Greek hero Ulysses appears after twenty long years of war and wanderings.

Will he reach his faithful wife Penelope before she succumbs to her suitors?

Il Ritorno is a ground-breaking new work fusing Circa’s world-renowned stripped-back acrobatics with baroque opera. Over 80 taut minutes, it retells Claudio Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno D’Ulisse in Patria, intermingling it with folk song and new compositions.

DATE Fri 26 Aug and Sat 27 Aug, 7.30pm DURATION 80 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Circus COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $26.00

At the core of Il Ritorno is the hunger to return home – saturated with loss and war, powered by longing and haunted by the past. Il Ritorno is created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz in collaboration with composer and arranger Quincy Grant and is performed by an outstanding cast of singers and accompanists.

Since 2006, Circa has toured to 33 countries across six continents. Circa’s work has been rapturously received by audiences, presenters and critics around the world.

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Il Ritorno is co-comissioned by Brisbane Festival, The Barbican, Les Nuits de Fourvière/ Département du Rhône, CACCV Espace Jean LegendreCompiegne, Dusseldorf Festival and Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg and was first presented at Brisbane Festival. Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Circa received funds from Creative Partnerships Australia and Danielle and Daniel Besen Foundation towards the creation of Il Ritorno.

Image: Damien Bredberg

IL RITORNO

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Image: Peter Greig

Dirtsong

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16 September

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Dirtsong Inspired by the words of Alexis Wright, winner of Australia’s prestigious Miles Franklin Award, Dirtsong takes audiences on a powerful musical journey through Australia’s cultural heartland. This is a performance that will move the heart and lift the spirit.

Set against a backdrop of stunning moving images and text, Dirtsong features unforgettable songs performed in 11 different Aboriginal languages by some of Australia’s most extraordinary performers, backed by an exciting ensemble of the country’s finest musicians.

In exploring the connections between people, language and land, Dirtsong draws a map of Australia in music – a map that charts the cultural and linguistic diversity of the country. Dirtsong does not simply reinforce or affirm cultures and traditions; it also actively creates them. Many of the songs featured in Dirtsong are new commissions.

Music

Mainstage

DATE Fri 16 Sep, 7.30pm DURATION 80 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Music COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+ shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $26.00

Dirtsong features the talents of Black Arm Band, a collective of renowned Indigenous singers, musicians, performers and actors from across Australia, and is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the very best of contemporary Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, culture, experience and identity.

This event is part of our Indigenous Program, proudly presented by Bond University.

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Mainstage

Theatre

11 October

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Othello A Bell Shakespeare production

A violent exploration of the thin line that separates love and jealousy, Othello is a relentless journey of vicious passion.

A warrior on the fields of war, felled by the sharpness of whispered words, Othello is a man swept up in desire, quickly turned to murderous rage when he is betrayed by his military brotherin-arms, the cynically destructive Iago.

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous and passionate tragedies, Othello will be directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Artistic Director Peter Evans, in a gripping production that will touch audiences to their core, as envy is a weapon wielded with brazen savagery, and the complex contradictory nature of humanity is tested.

Starring Ray Chong Nee (Bell Shakespeare’s The Dream and MTC’s I Call My Brothers) as Othello and Yalin Ozucelik (Bell Shakespeare’s Henry IV and STC’s Cyrano de Bergerac) as Iago in one of Shakespeare’s most captivating and devastating pairings, this astonishing epic tragedy will rage with jealousy on stages across Australia.

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DATE Tue 11 Oct, 11.00am and 7.30pm DURATION 2 hours and 40 minutes (including a 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Theatre (drama) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $47.60, 10+ shows $44.80, 15+ shows $42.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $56.00, Concession $48.00, Group 6+ $45.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $32.00

Director Peter Evans Designer Michael Hankin Lighting Designer Paul Jackson Assistant Director and Fight Director Nigel Poulton With Ray Chong Nee, Joanna Downing, Alice Keohavong, James Lugton, Huw McKinnon, Elizabeth Nabben, Yalin Ozucelik, Michael Wahr, Edmund Lembke-Hogan.

Image: Pierre Toussaint

OTHELLO

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Mainstage

Music

28 October

QSo The Arts Centre Gold Coast and Queensland Symphony Orchestra present

QSO Plays The Firebird Dynamic orchestration, captivating rhythm and a smoldering finale; Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird is his most fantastic creation; it is no wonder that this is one of the most loved and popular ballet scores to make its way to the concert hall stage.

Included on the program is Prokofiev’s divine Classical Symphony, renowned for its petite, intimate melodies and one of Haydn’s best known works, his Symphony No.88. In an exciting display of local talent, the concert will also feature some of the Gold Coast’s finest young musicians, performing on stage with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

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DATE Fri 28 Oct, 7.30pm DURATION 2 hours (including 20 minute interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Music (classical) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $47.60, 10+shows $44.80, 15+ shows $42.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $56.00, Concession $48.00, Group 6+ $45.00, Student / Child (U15yrs) $32.00

THE SPACE Intimate and evocative contemporary theatre

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The Space

Theatre

29 — 30 April

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Sugarland

By Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) Tour produced by Performing Lines

DATE Fri 29 Apr, 7.30pm.

Sat 30 Apr, 1.00pm and 7.30pm DURATION 80 minutes (no interval) VENUE The Space

Nina is 16 years old, good at school, has a job at the cinema and one of the best singing voices around.

But none of that is important. She needs a place to live. Living with her Aunty in an overcrowded house, things aren’t going well, and it’s getting complicated.

ART FORM Theatre (drama)

Erica is 16 and the new girl in town. Her Dad’s in the RAAF and the family’s just moved to Katherine. She’s lived all over Australia. Erica is so used to being an outsider, she’s stopped trying to fit in.

SINGLE TICKETS Adult $48.00, Concession $42.00, Group 6+ $42.00, Student $26.00

The only thing Nina and Erica have in common is the music they listen to. Sometimes that’s enough.

COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $40.80, 10+shows $38.40, 15+ shows $36.00

Recommended 15+ Coarse language, drug use, simulated self-harm.

This event is part of our Indigenous Program, proudly presented by Bond University.

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14 — 23 July

The Arts Centre Gold Coast in collaboration with Mercury’s Wings Theatre Company present

Waiting for Godot

By Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot is one of the most influential and revered plays of the 20th century. Its themes and ideas have had a lasting effect on theatre, and it is still performed and studied all over the world.

Set in an apocalyptic landscape, the play covers themes of life and death, meaning and uncertainty.

What at first seems a play about nihilism, becomes an epic journey of life affirming optimism.

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play in which two characters wait endlessly for the arrival of someone named Godot. Godot’s absence has led to many interpretations. Experience this theatrical classic and draw your own conclusions.

Theatre

The Space

DATE Thu 14 Jul, Fri 15 Jul and Sat 16 Jul, 7.30pm. Thu 21 Jul, Fri 22 Jul and Sat 23 Jul, 7.30pm DURATION 2 hours and 15 minutes (including 20 minute interval) VENUE The Space ART FORM Theatre (drama) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $27.20, 10+shows $25.60, 15+ shows $24.00 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $32.00, Concession $28.00, Group 6+ $28.00, Student $17.50 Recommended 15+ Adult Themes

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The Space

Theatre

1 — 10 September

The Arts Centre Gold Coast in collaboration with Shock Therapy Productions present

Viral What would you do if you overheard a racially motivated argument breaking out on your way home from work? Would you continue to sit quietly? Would you speak up and risk becoming the victim or would you take out your phone and start filming the event?

Viral is a new work written and devised by Shock Therapy Productions and was developed through a series of community consultation workshops aimed at gathering true accounts of acts of discrimination.

It explores the role of social media and technology and how it impacts the way we record, communicate and think about events of racism, abuse, violence and sexual assault in the community.

Viral is a powerful, thought provoking, dynamic and entertaining piece that incorporates a range of performance styles and influences.

City of Gold Coast is a major sponsor of Shock Therapy Productions

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DATE Thu 1 Sep, Fri 2 Sep and Sat 3 Sep, 7.30pm. Thu 8 Sep, Fri 9 Sep and Sat 10 Sep, 7.30pm DURATION 90 minutes (no interval) VENUE The Space ART FORM Theatre (drama) COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $22.95, 10+shows $21.60, 15+ shows $20.25 SINGLE TICKETS Adult $27.00, Concession $24.00, Group 6+ $24.00, Student $15.00

Recommended 15+ Coarse language, mature content, simulated violence.

Family Series

Heart warming and artistic theatre for children and their grown-ups

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Family Series

Theatre

20 — 21 January

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Trash Test Dummies The Trash Test Dummies are as full of laughs as their bins are full of surprises. Three dexterous dummies deliver a dump truck full of hilarity in their award winning sell-out show.

These world-class circus performers and their household wheelie bins take fun to new heights with riotous stunts and an astonishing display of balance, acrobatics, slapstick and juggling.

Jamie Bretman, Jack Coleman, and Simon Wright are passionate about creating innovative circus and physical theatre works that demonstrates the highest jaw dropping circus skills and takes audiences on a journey into their playful imagination, where they explore the infinite uses of everyday objects in the most profound and hilarious ways.

This event is part of our 2016 Family Series, proudly supported by McGrath Estate Agents.

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3 — 12 years and families

DATE Wed 20 Jan and Thu 21 Jan, 10.30am and 2.00pm.

DURATION 60 minutes (no interval) VENUE Paradise Showroom ART FORM Theatre COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $19.10, 10+ shows $18.00, 15+ shows $16.85 SINGLE TICKETS Adult / Child / Concession $22.50, Family (2A+2C) $69.00

2 — 7 years and families

20 — 21 May

Theatre

Family Series

DATE Fri 20 May, 10.00am, 11.45am and 1.15pm Sat 21 May, 10.30am and 2.00pm

The Arts Centre Gold Coast with JWR Productions Australia and Michael Sieders presents

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

DURATION 50 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre

Based on Eric Carle’s books

One of the most-read and famous children’s books of all time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, emerges off the page in a masterful theatrical experience.

Journey through Eric Carle’s incredible stories as they come to life on stage in this enchanting show. Featuring some other delightful characters from three of Eric Carle’s bestselling classics tales including, The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse, Mr. Seahorse and The Very Lonely Firefly.

ART FORM Theatre COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $21.25, 10+ shows $20.00, 15+ shows $18.75 SINGLE TICKETS Adult / Child / Concession $25.00, Family (2A+2C) $69.00

This Australian-made show will excite, educate and entertain new readers and first-time theatre-goers.

This event is part of our 2016 Family Series, proudly supported by McGrath Estate Agents.

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Theatre

4 — 5 July

6 — 12 years and families

Illustration: Anne Spudvilas

Family Series

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents A Monkey Baa Theatre Company Production

The Peasant Prince Based on the book by Li Cunxin Adapted by Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge and Tim McGarry

Li Cunxin’s iconic autobiography Mao’s Last Dancer was first published as a children’s picture book, The Peasant Prince.

Li, a 10-year old peasant boy, is plucked from his village in rural China and sent to a ballet academy in the big city. He leaves everything and everyone he knows, including his beloved parents. Over years of gruelling training and determination, this boy transforms from an impoverished peasant to a giant of the international dance scene.

Li’s courage, resilience and unwavering hope for a better life makes The Peasant Prince a story to ignite our own aspirations.

DATE Mon 4 Jul, 6.00pm Tue 5 Jul, 10.30am and 2.00pm DURATION 55 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Theatre COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $19.10, 10+ shows $18.00, 15+ shows $16.85 SINGLE TICKETS Adult / Child / Concession $22.50, Family (2A+2C) $69.00

Warning this performance features smoke and fog effects.

This event is part of our 2016 Family Series, proudly supported by McGrath Estate Agents.

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3 — 8 years and families

7 — 8 July

Theatre

Family Series Image: Tony Lewis

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

The Moon’s a Balloon

DATE Thu 7 Jul, 6.00pm Fri 8 Jul, 10.00am and 2.00pm

by Patch Theatre Company

DURATION 45 minutes (no interval)

Is the moon a balloon? It can be. A balloon can be whatever you want it to be...

VENUE Arts Theatre

The Moon’s a Balloon is a moving and eloquent story that explores childhood play, invention, friendship and connection in a highly visual performance that is beautifully complemented by magical lighting, digital imagery and a stunning soundscape.

ART FORM Theatre

Exploration, play and invention are at the heart of the way children make friends. The Moon’s a Balloon celebrates balloons, play and friendship in a visualtheatre-fest of music, image, light and story that will delight and inspire the hearts and minds of 3 - 8 year olds and their carers.

SINGLE TICKETS Adult / Child / Concession $22.50, Family (2A+2C) $69.00

COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $19.10, 10+ shows $18.00, 15+ shows $16.85

This event is part of our 2016 Family Series, proudly supported by McGrath Estate Agents.

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Family Series

Theatre

25 — 26 July

5 — 10 years and families

DATE Mon 25 Jul, 11.30am and 1.30pm Tue 26 Jul, 10.30am, 12.45pm, and 6.00pm

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents A CDP production

Snugglepot & Cuddlepie In association with Monkey Baa Theatre Company Adapted by Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge and Tim McGarry from a series of books by May Gibbs by arrangement with The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance

DURATION 55 minutes (no interval)

The Gumnut babies are on a mission to see a human – but only in the distance! On their journey to the big city they meet friends and foes including Professor Kookaburra, Mrs Fantail, Mr Lizard, Mr Frog, Mrs Snake, Mr Possum and Little Ragged Blossom.

Theatre

Can Snugglepot lead the way? Can Cuddlepie hold his nerve? Can they avoid falling victim to the Big Bad Banksia Man? These much-loved characters come to life on stage as this funny and charming new production introduces today’s children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.

SINGLE TICKETS Adult / Child / Concession $22.50, Family (2A+2C) $69.00

VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $19.10, 10+ shows $18.00, 15+ shows $16.85

This event is part of our 2016 Family Series, proudly supported by McGrath Estate Agents.

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Daytime Program The best of daytime entertainment

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The 7 Sopranos 40

17 Febuary

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

The 7 Sopranos Valentine’s Tour Prepare to be taken on a musical journey through classic songs and moving operatic melodies.

Seven beautiful soprano voices serenade fans with popular opera arias from La Traviata, Carmen, La Boheme, Phantom of the Opera as well as Nessun Dorma.

The 7 Sopranos showcase voices of genuine beauty and virtuosity. They are a heady fusion of operatic divas from another era and showgirls of today, with a pinch of nostalgic Hollywood glamour.

Music

Daytime

DATE Wed 17 Feb, 11.00am DURATION 1 hour and 40 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Music COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $25.05, 10+ shows $23.60, 15+ shows $22.10 SINGLE TICKETS All $29.50

All tickets include a complimentary light morning tea and lucky door prizes.

Love daytime performances?

These Season shows all have matinee options— Quartet (p.6), Mary Poppins (p.14), Always… Patsy Cline (p.18) The Barber of Seville (p.20) and Othello (p.26).

Keep an eye on our website through the year for more daytime performances.

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Daytime

Music

14 December

The Arts Centre Gold Coast presents

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Celebrate the festive season with Christmas carols sung by some of your favourite local talent in this fabulous variety show. With voices ranging from triumphant tenor to sweet songbird, you’ll enjoy magical harmonies to lift and inspire your spirit at this special time of year. This is a perfect end-of-year celebration for your club, group or friends.

All tickets include a complimentary light morning tea and lucky door prizes.

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DATE Wed 14 Dec, 11.00am DURATION 75 minutes (no interval) VENUE Arts Theatre ART FORM Music COST SEASON PACKAGE 5+ shows $25.05, 10+ shows $23.60, 15+ shows $22.10 SINGLE TICKETS All $29.50

Priority Bar Service Become a Season Package Holder and wear your 2016 Season Pin to receive priority bar service at any show at the Arts Bar.

Give the gift of theatre!

Purchase an experience voucher from our Box Office and give the gift of entertainment!

Guaranteed to impress for any occasion.

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Your chance to win!

Purchase your Season Package before Friday 8 January, 2016 and go into the draw to win fantastic prizes!

First prize A four-night holiday for two people to Port Douglas, staying at QT Port Douglas!

Prize includes: • Four nights at QT Port Douglas • Return flights from your nearest Australian city • Breakfast each morning • Airport transfer • Quicksilver Cruises Great Barrier Reef day trip for two Second prize A $300 shopping voucher from Pacific Fair Shopping Centre Third prize Annual movie pass Terms and Conditions apply. Prizes not transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. Hotel, flights and day cruise booking must be made and enjoyed before 30 September 2016. Voucher is subject to availability and not transferrable. Block out dates include Easter 2016 and National school holidays 2016.

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Season Packages Season Packages are the best way to get discounted tickets, priority seating, payment options and other bonuses. Plus it’s a great way to lock in your entertainment for the year so you don’t have to think about it again!

Why should I buy a Season Package?

Discounted tickets Save up to 25% on general admission ticket prices.

Payment options The option to Pay by the Month (buy now, pay later). Spread the cost of your Season Package in equal installments, charged to your credit card each month between January and June 2016, making it affordable to enjoy the entertainment on offer.* Best seats Secure the best seats before the performances are open to the public.

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Star treatment Receive preferred treatment before, during and after Mainstage performances with the Express Lane available at the bar. Wear your Arts Centre Gold Coast 2016 Season Pin to take advantage of this exclusive service.

Ticket exchanges Exchange tickets for another Season performance if you’re unable to attend.* Discounted tickets for family and friends When you book your Season Package you can purchase additional tickets at the discounted price to bring along family and friends, or give tickets as gifts.

Additional tickets must be purchased at the same time as your Season Package.

*Terms and Conditions apply. See ‘The Small Print’ on page 47 for further details.

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How to book a Season Package The simplest way to book your Season Package is online, where all the adding up is done for you! Alternatively, you can complete the booking form.

SELECT Select 5+, 10+ or 15+ performances from all the shows on offer to create your own Season Package. Remember, the more you choose the more you save!

ADD Add on additional single tickets at this time.

CALCULATE Calculate the total amount payable including shows and additional single tickets. You may also add a tax deductible donation to The Arts Centre Gold Coast at this time if you wish.

COMPLETE Complete your personal details and let us know if you would like to receive our fortnightly E-News.

PAYMENT Finally, please tell us how you would like to pay. Tick the Pay by the Month box to spread the cost of your package into equal monthly instalments between January and June 2016 (conditions apply, see ‘The Small Print’ on page 47 for details). Don’t forget to let us know if you have any special seating requirements or requests and we will do our best to fulfil them.

SUBMIT Online www.theartscentregc.com.au In person The Arts Centre Gold Coast Box Office, 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, 4217.

Mon-Sat 9.00am-9.00pm or Sun 10.00am-8.00pm.

By post The Arts Centre Gold Coast 2016 Season Reply Paid 6615, Gold Coast MC QLD 9726 Phone (07) 5588 4000 email Scan the completed form and email to seasonpackage@theartscentregc.com.au.

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The Small Print In addition to the general terms and conditions of sale, the following procedures apply to all tickets sold as part of Season Packages: • Season Package sales open Thursday 11 November, 2015.

• Minimum Season Package is five performances per person.

• Additional single tickets can be purchased at the appropriate discount price.

• All new bookings are processed in order of receipt.

• Payment by cheque, money order or credit card must accompany your application.

• Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday 4 January, 2016.

• Season Packages are available to purchase until Saturday 10 September, 2016.

• Seat allocation is subject to availability, allocated on a first in best dressed basis.

PAY BY THE MONTH Season Package holders who select the Pay by the Month option will have the total cost of their package divided into equal monthly instalments, and charged to their credit card each month between January and June 2016. Once committed to paying by instalments, the full amount of the Season Package must be paid this way and at no stage can your Season Package be cancelled. Please note fees may apply to any declined transaction due to insufficient funds, incorrect card number or expired cards. Please make sure you inform The Arts Centre Gold Coast Box Office staff of any changes regarding your credit card throughout 2016. Pay by the Month is only available when purchasing via credit card. Additional single ticket payment (tickets purchased to performances in addition to your Season Package) can also be included in this deferred payment option.

TICKET EXCHANGES Season Package tickets may be exchanged for tickets to an alternative 2016 Season performance, of equal or greater value, by returning tickets to the Box Office at least two working days before the original ticketed performance date.

Ticket exchanges are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. Season Package holders will be required to pay any difference in ticket prices at the time of exchange.

For full Terms and Conditions of Sale, visit www.theartscentregc.com.au.

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‘The Arts Centre is my love and second home. I love the entertainment, movies, people, staff – they’re all beautiful.

I buy a Season Package so I can pick ‘my’ seat, I want to put my name on it.’

DON ROBERTSON 2015 Season Package Holder

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Booking Form Contact Details Title / First name Last Name Postal address Suburb

State

Postcode

Email Address Would you like to receive The Arts Centre Gold Coast’s fortnightly eNews. Yes / No Phone

Mobile

Payment Options Please charge my credit card using pay by the month (deferred payment).

I understand the total cost of my tickets will be divided into equal monthly instalments, and charged to my credit card each month between January and June 2016. I understand I am liable for any fees or charges associate with my credit card being declined due to insufficient funds or change of details.

Please charge total amount due to my credit card.

Please find cheque enclosed.

Please find money order enclosed.

Credit Card Details Master Card

Visa

Card Number Card Holders Name Expiry Date

CVC

Signature

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10+ Shows

15+ Shows

$47.60

$44.80

$42.00

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

$47.60

$44.80

$42.00

Mary Poppins

$55.25

$52.00

$48.75

CounterMove

$47.60

$44.80

$42.00

$25.05

$23.60

$22.10

Performance

Day & Date

Time

# of 5+ Tickets Shows

Total Price

Main Stage — Please write your choice of date and time if space is blank.

Quartet Sankofa

Sat 2 Apr

7.30pm

Motherland Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Always… Patsy Cline (Matinee)

□ Add Lunch $13.50 Always… Patsy Cline (Evening)

Fri 13 May

Sat 23 Jul

8.00pm

2.00pm

□ Add High tea $13.50 (Valid Always... Patsy Cline matinee only) Sat 23 Jul

7.30pm

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

The Barber of Seville

$55.25

$52.00

$48.75

Il Ritorno

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

$47.60

$44.80

$42.00

$47.60

$44.80

$42.00

# of 5+ Tickets Shows

10+ Shows

15+ Shows

Dirtsong

Fri 16 Sep

Othello

Tue 11 Oct

QSO Plays The Firebird

Fri 28 Oct

7.30pm

Day & Date

Time

Performance

7.30pm

THE SPACE— Please write your choice of date and time if space is blank.

Sugarland

$40.80

$38.40

$36.00

Waiting for Godot

$27.20

$25.60

$24.00

Viral

$22.95

$21.60

$20.25

Total Price

Booking Form Performance

Day & Date

Time

# of 5+ Tickets Shows

10+ Shows

15+ Shows

Total Price

FAMILY SERIES— Please write your choice of date and time if space is blank.

Trash Test Dummies

$19.10

$18.00

$16.85

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

$21.25

$20.00

$18.75

The Peasant Prince

$19.10

$18.00

$16.85

The Moon’s a Balloon

$19.10

$18.00

$16.85

Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

$19.10

$18.00

$16.85

# of 5+ Tickets Shows

10+ Shows

15+ Shows

Performance

Day & Date

Time

Total Price

DAYTIME PROGRAM — Please write your choice of date and time if space is blank.

The 7 Sopranos’ Valentine’s Tour

□ Add Lunch $13.50 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

□ Add Lunch $13.50

Wed 17 Feb

11.00am

$25.05

$23.60

$22.10

$25.05

$23.60

$22.10

□ Add High tea $13.50 Wed 14 Dec

11.00am

□ Add High tea $13.50

Sub total

$

Would you like to become a Friend of The Arts Centre Gold Coast?

Add a six month membership: single $17.50, Double $35.00 (Valid to 30 June, 2016)

$

Would you like to add a tax deductible donation to help us enrich the cultural life of the Gold Coast?

$

Total owing

$

Do you have any seating requirements (disability / wheelchair access)

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*If you are purchasing 5+, 10+ or 15+ shows, you may purchase additional single tickets for friends or family at the relevant discount price.

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‘Season Packages offer a variety of high quality shows and a great value for money. We love contemporary dance, ballet and live theatre in general. We love the whole experience.’ Glenda and Leonard Neilsen 2015 Season Package holder

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Our Benefactors The Board and Management of The Arts Centre Gold Coast would like to acknowledge and thank our donors for their continued support.

It is only through the generosity and support of these individuals and corporations that the sustained development and enhancement of the arts will become a reality for the future generations of the Gold Coast.

Life Benefactors • Patrick Corrigan AM & Barbara Corrigan • Win Schubert AO on behalf of The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts Perpetual Benefactors The following donors have made significant and sustained contributions of artwork to the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection: • Adam Knight • Dr Colin & Elizabeth Laverty • Tom & Sylvia Lowenstein • Evan Lowenstein • Adam Micmacher • Ken McGregor • Denis Savill Diamond Benefactors • Jock McIlwain OAM & Beverly McIlwain Platinum Benefactors • Barry & Maureen Stevenson Gold Benefactors • Philip Bacon • John & Susan Barr • Prof. Emeritus Ray Byron & Carole Byron • Pauline Ewers • Richard & Ann Glenister • Hecand PAF • Ray & Jill James • Tomas & Fiona Johnsson • Christine Lohman • Morgans Financial Limited • NAB Private Wealth • Paradise Point Community Bank Branch, Bendigo Bank • The Pemberton Family • Kathy Martin Sullivan AM • Arthur Waring

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Silver Benefactors • Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society, Gold Coast Inc. • Lucy Cole Prestige Properties • Kerry & Lena Crawford • Dr Norman & Mrs Margot Davies • The Follent Family • John & Alison Kearney • Anna-Lisa Klettenberg • Peter & Moira Lockhart • Alan & Barbara Midwood • Peter & Annette Minck • Leonard & Glenda Neilsen • Pamela Railey-Mitchell • Maxine Semple • Dr Roger Welch • Betty Wheeler Bronze Benefactors • Penelope Jane Anderssen • John & Bonnie Bauld • Kylie, David & Ryan Corrigan • Kevin & Jane Doogan • E.C.Pohl & Co • Paul & Maureen Fitzgerald • Gold Coast Eisteddfod • Jacqueline Green • Jackie Hughes • André & Eva Jaku • Bruce & Bennie Johnston • Lyn & Gerry Keogh • Roger & Jenny Mayfield • Rhona McKay • Graeme & Patsy Meyer • Richard & Rosemary Munro • Mark & Elizabeth Niall • Michael & Jennifer Pinter • Barry & Karen Plant • Destry & Poppy Puia • John Punch OAM & Dr Renée Punch • Christene Pye • Don Robertson • John & Julie Romanin • Steve Romer • Peter & Wendy Spencer • Kerry Watson

Special Acknowledgement • Friends of The Arts Centre Gold Coast • The Late Roma Blair • The Late Elaine Bermingham Plus1 Project The Arts Centre Gold Coast gratefully received funds in 2015 from Creative Partnerships Australia and the following Plus1 Project supporters: Founding Partner • Mclaughlins Lawyers Leading Advocates • Richard & Ann Glenister • Ray & Jill James • Tomas & Fiona Johnsson • Christine Lohman • Morgans Financial Limited • The Follent Family • Steve Romer • Kerry Watson • Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS)

Partners Proudly supported by

INDIGENOUS PROGRAM PRESENTING PARTNER

Presenting PARTNER

MARY POPPINS MAJOR PARTNER

VENUE PARTNERS

SUPPORT PARTNERs

ACCOMMODATION PARTNER

Bruce Lynton

CULTURAL PARTNERS

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Centre Information GETTING HERE Bus To plan your journey, please visit www.translink.com.au.

Taxi A designated set-down and pick-up area is located out the front of The Arts Centre Gold Coast. To book a taxi, phone 131 008 or visit www.gccabs.com.au.

Car Patron parking, including wheelchair accessible parking, is located out the front of The Arts Centre building. We recommend you arrive one hour before a performance as parking is limited.

PATRONS WITH INDIVIDUAL NEEDS The Arts Centre Gold Coast is committed to providing access to the performing arts for visitors with special needs. If you require any mobility assistance, please call the Box Office on (07) 5588 4000 to book your tickets, and notify the staff at this time. We will then arrange for Front of House staff to assist you when you arrive at the theatre.

The Arts Theatre and Arts Cinema are both wheelchair accessible. If you require wheelchair access and seating at the Arts Theatre, please notify Box Office when you book your tickets. We don’t require advance notice for wheelchair access to the Arts Cinema.

BOOKINGS Visit www.theartscentregc.com.au or phone (07) 5588 4000.

Transaction fees apply to phone and online bookings. eNEWS Find out what’s on by subscribing to our fortnightly eNews.

Visit www.theartscentregc.com.au to subscribe.

OPENING HOURS Box Office Mon – Sat 9.00am-9.00pm, Sun 10.00am – 8.00pm Gallery Mon – Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sun 11.00am – 5.00pm The information in this brochure is correct at October 2015.

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