IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ARTS & CULTURE JULY TO DECEMBER 2021
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THE SPOOKY MEN’S CHORALE
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COMEDY @ THE JOAN
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THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE
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THE MELL-O-TONES
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DADS
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KANGAROO
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BEEP
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REMEMBER THE DAYS OF CAT STEVENS
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PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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AMPHIBIAN
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ORIGINATE: OUR HOUSE
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PETE THE SHEEP
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PENRITH REGIONAL GALLERY
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MORNING MELODIES
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MUSIC & ART TALKS
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TALKS & IDEAS
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LEARN & PLAY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ATTENDING THE JOAN
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EASY WAYS TO BOOK
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MUSIC | COMEDY | Q THEATRE
Y LE K O A O R P O S H E H T N’ S C ME
JULY
Friday 2 July 7.30pm
It takes a rare skill to be very silly, thoughtful, and sing in perfect harmony, but the Spooky Men’s Chorale manage to achieve just that. Robin Denselow, Guardian live review
Saturday 3 July 2pm
TICKETS
Standard $60
Concession $55 Seniors matinee $40 PAL 10% discount $54 / $49.50
Audience info. Duration 105 minutes including a 20-minute interval.
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ADVENTUROUS
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rmed only with their voices, a sly collection of hats and facial hair, and a twinkle in the eye, The Spooky Men’s Chorale commentates on the absurdity and grandeur of the modern male. Sometimes silly and humorous, sometimes blissfully tender-hearted, the Spooky Men strike a deeply human chord. Find out why the group has won over audiences internationally with its blend of beautiful ballads, Georgian table songs and tongue-incheek anthems like Don’t Stand Between a Man and His Tool. 2
COMEDY | Q THEATRE
Y D N E A M E JO O C TH @
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Friday 9 July 7.30pm
Friday 20 August 7.30pm Friday 24 September 7.30pm Friday 29 October 7.30pm Friday 19 November 7.30pm Friday 17 December 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $35
Concession $30 PAL 10% discount $31.50 / $27
Audience info. Duration 70 minutes. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash.
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our host, Frida Deguise, brings together a cracking line-up featuring six comics in quick succession over a side-splitting 70 minutes, every month in the Q Theatre. Check the website and social channels for artist details ahead of each gig.
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FILM | MUSIC | TALKS | Q THEATRE
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JULY
Friday 16 July 10.30am* Friday 16 July 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $45
Concession $40 PAL 10% discount $40.50 / $36 School Groups $20 per student and additional teachers (1 free teacher per 10 students) *
Seniors $25
Audience info. This performance is open to school groups and general public audiences. It will be followed by a 30-minute interval and then a 45-minute symposium at 1pm including Award-winning Australian director Bruce Beresford. Photo: © 2020 NFSA
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ADVENTUROUS
SPECIAL EVENT Following 10.30am show. Symposium featuring acclaimed Director Bruce Beresford (Ladies in Black)
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on’t miss your opportunity to experience the remastered version of this early, iconic Australian silent film, with live piano accompaniment.
The Sentimental Bloke was adapted from C.J. Dennis’ 1915 verse novel, by Australian film industry power couple: legendary director Raymond Longford, and superstar Lottie Lyell. A huge box office hit with audiences in 1919 and 1920, The Sentimental Bloke is one of few silent-era Australian films to have survived in its entirety. The Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a wayward Aussie bloke, and his love interest Doreen. The film was shot on locations including Manly Beach and the then rough streets of Woolloomooloo, offering a rare glimpse of Sydney 100 years ago. Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive’s digital restoration program – NFSA Restores – reviving our cinema icons. 6
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MUSIC | Q THEATRE
JULY
Saturday 24 July 2pm Saturday 24 July 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $60
Concession $55
Outstanding stuff. The Mell-O-Tones have done an astonishing job recreating the sound of the swing era. Sydney Star Observer
Seniors matinee $40 PAL 10% discount $54 / $49.50
Audience info. Duration: matinee 90 minutes, evening 120 minutes.
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CLASSIC
ADVENTUROUS
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ydney’s finest jazz and swing musicians come together to bring you the toe-tapping sounds of the swing era; music from the Golden Age of Broadway and Hollywood, Latin-American evergreens; and big band versions of the great songs associated with legends like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire.
The 15 piece big band, led by conductor and vocalist Phillip Sametz (a name ABC Classic FM listeners will recognise), is a fixture in the Sydney arts and entertainment scene, performing everywhere from glittering opening night parties, to the Opera House New Year’s Eve celebrations, the Archibald Prize Preview and in annual concert seasons at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne. Their ABC Classics album Non-Stop Flight was nominated for an ARIA award for Best Jazz Album.
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DANCE | COMEDY | Q THEATRE
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KER MA E C IVE AN A D LLEC T TION CO ODUC R n PR TO E C Whee R I a D and Mir
JULY
Friday 30 July 7.30pm Saturday 31 July 2pm Saturday 31 July 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $45
Concession $40 PAL 10% discount $40.50 / $36
Audience info. Duration 60 minutes. Photo Dominic O’Donnell.
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iscover a secret underworld of Dad dancing, inspired by the experts – the Dads.
Interviewing and dancing with their Dads, the creative team revealed secret headphone and tambourine routines, African Dance lovers, 1960s garage party dancing and so much more. The team have taken inspiration from their family histories, memories of dance, and their own experience of being professional dancers. It’s not all daggy dad dance moves, although there’s a few, but a beautiful foray into the layman’s perspective on art.
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O O R A G N A K
DRAMA | Q THEATRE
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AUGUST
Friday 13 August 7.30pm Saturday 14 August 2pm Saturday 14 August 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $45
Concession $40 PAL 10% discount $40.50 / $36
Audience info. Ages 14+. Adult themes. Coarse language. Duration approximately 65 minutes. This work is presented by Local Stages at BMEC in association with Lingua Franca. It has been supported by ROUTES – a regional partnership between Lingua Franca, Local Stages and Q Theatre.
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n a small town, three strangers become intricately entwined by the events of one fateful night.
Melissa, a mother at 18, is escaping a home life with an abusive father only to realise that history is repeating. Mick tends the sewage facility and collects the town’s garbage. Once a bright child, betrayal by a trusted adult forms his home-grown philosophy about life’s disposability. Barbara is a former university lecturer in art settling into country life. Her academic understanding of death is confronted by the cycle of life.
Kangaroo is a rich 60 minutes of debut theatre from playwright Miranda Gott (Bathurst). The play reveals a dark and poetic world of solitude, strength, survival and death.
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KIDS & FAMILIES | Q THEATRE
P E E B N L M I L O M PA D C IN A WE AT R E T I O N C H T ODU PR
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slightly sideways tale from the makers of Grug. A story about unexpected friendship, finding where you fit and learning to mix it up a little. In Mort’s Village everything has its place, every day is the same and everyone likes it that way. Until one morning, crash, boom, bang… down comes Beep. What is this annoying interruption to Mort’s breakfast molly melon, who is this noisy robot girl, and how will she find her home? With Windmill’s trademark design, gentle storytelling, music and puppetry, Beep tells the story of what happens when someone new comes to town.
AUGUST
Thursday 26 August 12pm Thursday 26 August 6pm Friday 27 August 10am Friday 27 August 12pm
TICKETS
Standard $25
Family of Four $90 School Groups $20 per student and additional teachers (1 free teacher per 10 students)
Audience info. Ages 2–7 years. Duration 35 minutes. There is a 15-minute Q&A following the 12pm & 6pm performances. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Image by Shane Reid. Design by Carnival Studios.
KIDS & FAMILIES
If you’ve never taken the family to the theatre before then Beep is definitely the show to start them on their love for theatre, opening their imagination and wonder to a whole new world of entertainment. Kids in Adelaide
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MUSIC | Q THEATRE
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emember the days of Cat Stevens? The name brings back a thousand memories – dark eyes, a winning voice and songs the whole world sang along. Moonshadow, Wild World, Peace Train, Where Do the Children Play?, Father and Son, Morning Has Broken, they have become bookmarks in our lives, deeply personal, as if they were written especially for us. Relive the voice of a generation, in a celebration of one of the most inspiring and prolific singer-songwriters of our time, sung with remarkable authenticity by one of Australia’s most exciting artists, Darren Coggan. Get on board the Peace Train and Remember The Days of Cat Stevens as Darren Coggan traces the path of a man who never stopped wondering about how to make the world a better place.
Coggan has found a quality of voice which is so close to the original that you would think it is Cat Stevens himself. Canberra Times
AUGUST
Friday 6 August 8pm
TICKETS
Standard $65
Concession $60 Groups (8+) $60 per ticket
Audience info. Duration 120 minutes.
MUSIC | CONCERT HALL
PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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e are thrilled to present the second part of our 2021 Season, with programs celebrating great classics and exciting young talent. This much anticipated return to the concert hall of the full orchestra culminates in a concert performance of Puccini’s La bohème.
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Saturday 31 July 7.30pm | Symphonic Series
Saturday 30 October 7.30pm | Opera
PROKOFIEV & TCHAIKOVSKY
PUCCINI | LA BOHEME
PIANO Adella Li 1
CONDUCTOR Paul Terracini
In a program of mirth and melancholy, Prokofiev’s most popular piano concerto shines bright, alongside Tchaikovsky’s grand yet poignant fifth symphony. Saturday 11 September 7.30pm | Symphonic Series
BALAKIREV BRAHMS & TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN Alicia Poon 2
CONDUCTOR Paul Terracini
The grand Romanticism of one of the great violin concertos, alongside Brahms’ joyous third symphony. Setting the scene for these two masterpieces, Balikirev’s evocative and atmospheric overture opens the concert.
MIMI Imogen Faith Malfitano 3 RODOLFO Rocco Speranza 4
CONDUCTOR Paul Terracini
Simple feelings and powerful drama; PSO brings a Puccini masterpiece to the concert hall stage. La bohème is a tale of love, envy, loss and heartbreak, all set to the composers soaring and evocative score. Featuring an exciting and talented young cast, this is an event not to be missed. Sunday 5 December 3pm | Special Event
HANDEL | MESSIAH A timeless classic and Christmas favourite, Handel’s Messiah returns in 2021 in this co-production with Penrith City Choir.
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YOUNG ADULTS DRAMA | Q THEATRE
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hloe and Hassan are under suspicion for stealing money while feeding the class Axolotl. Sent outside to work out who’s responsible, the unlikely pair find they have something in common. Each of them has been forced by their parents to leave their respective homes and face life as the new kid at school.
As their personal histories are revealed, Chloe hears the incredible first-hand account of an Afghan boy who’s travelled alone, thousands of kilometres across land and sea, for a better life. Is the discovery of Hassan’s back story enough to save him from Chloe’s desire to protect her position in her new-found friendship group?
SEPTEMBER
Amphibian is an epic story of displacement, loss, and adapting to different worlds. This compelling production is a must-see for teenagers and adults.
Friday 10 September 10am Friday 10 September 12pm
Saturday 11 September 10am Saturday 11 September 12pm
TICKETS
Standard $25
Family of Four $90 School Groups $20 per student and additional teachers (1 free teacher per 10 students)
Audience info. Ages 12+. Contains coarse language, adult themes and smoke effects. Duration 55 minutes. Includes a 15-minute Q&A following the 12pm performance on Friday and a 10-minute Q&A following the 10am performance on Saturday. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Photo by Sia Duff
KIDS & FAMILIES
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: E T A E N I S G U I O OR R H U O
YOUNG ADULTS | ALL AN MULLINS STUDIO
BY ED BLE T A M E CR ENSE GING ERS AN EMER M AK O F E AT R E BY TH T E Dl y C E l D I R hi e Ke p o S
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday 22 September 7.30pm (preview) Thursday 23 September 7.30pm Friday 24 September 7.30pm Saturday 25 September 7.30pm
TICKETS
Standard $25
Concession $20 Preview $15
Photo by Cindy Tang on Unsplash.
YOUNG ADULTS
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’ll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.
Director Sophie Kelly guides a team of emerging theatre makers born well after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young first sung about their very, very, very fine house to create a new performance about what it means to make a home in 2021. Q Theatre’s annual Originate project continues to be a gathering ground for the next generation of leading theatre makers. This new performance, presented over four nights in the Allan Mullins Studio, is a chance to hear about what’s beyond the horizon… and rest your head for just five minutes. This performance is about home, family and finding sanctuary.
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KIDS & FAMILIES | Q THEATRE
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OCTOBER
Friday 8 October 10am
Friday 8 October 12.30pm Saturday 9 October 10am (Relaxed Performance) Saturday 9 October 2pm
TICKETS
Standard $25
Family of four $90 School Groups $20 per student and additional teachers (1 free teacher per 10 students)
Audience info. Ages 4–9 years. Duration 50 minutes. Illustration by Bruce Whatley.
KIDS & FAMILIES
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haun isn’t like the other Shearers in Shaggy Gully…he’d rather be styling than shearing and instead of ‘sheep-dog’, he has a ‘sheepsheep’ named Pete.
After being rejected by the shearers and their dogs, Shaun and Pete set up their own Shearing Salon in town and before long word is out and they are inundated with woolly clients and maybe a Ringer or two! This hilarious show, imaginatively told by four performers playing shearers, dogs and sheep explores the challenges and rewards of being an individual and is a lasting tribute to honouring your own spirit and strength, whilst working with the flock. Herd your flock together and book now!
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ART | 86 RIVER ROAD, EMU PL AINS
PENRITH REGIONAL Now until 22 August, Lewers House
BIRD PETYARRE & MIDDLEBROOK
Ada Bird Petyarre, Body Painting for Ceremony, 1998, 120 x 200cm ©estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd.
Ada Bird Petyarre and David Middlebrook, two artists from very different backgrounds met by chance, and spent time together at Alice Springs and Mulga Bore Utopia, forging a collaborative friendship. “I am earth” Ada Bird Petyarre said, meaning that there was no separation between her, the mountains, deserts, trees and animals. Ada taught David the difference between ‘looking at and being landscape’. 17 July – 17 October, Main Gallery
BARBARA CLEVELAND THINKING BUSINESS Thinking Business explores forms of female friendship, collaboration and artistic labour. The project takes its title from Hannah Arendt’s description of her friendship with Mary McCarthy. As Arendt wrote, “it’s not that we think so much alike, but that we do this thinking-business for and with each other.” This idea of an intellectual and creative connection between women is at the centre of this project, which focuses on the 15-year-long working relationship between the members of Barbara Cleveland. A Goulburn Regional Art Gallery exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Barbara Cleveland, Performance Art (15 Actions for the Face) (still), 2009, dual channel video, 15:35 minutes. Image courtesy the artists and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney.
GALLERY July – December, Ancher House
FROM THE COLLECTION
Ian Milliss, Shifting Dirt (2017), installation view, artist in residence project, Ancher House. Courtesy the artist and Silversalt.
A series of commissioned residencies and exhibitions developed in the spirit of Margo Lewers and her wish that her home and collection of artworks be gifted to the people of Penrith. Throughout 2021, local artists, musicians, curators and other creatives have been invited into the Collection, to view and select work for display, and to contribute their own insight into this significant cultural asset. 4 September – 19 December, Lewers House
LINE WORK
Artist Phaptawan Suwannakdut in the studio.
Since 2019, artists Sue Pedley and Phaptawan Suwannakdut have been developing layered drawings using a variety of materials and media. In this exhibition, Pedley and Suwannakudt have developed drawings and sculptural installations that respond to the unique ecological and historical context of the Penrith Regional Gallery garden, situated on the banks of the Nepean River. 29 October 2021 – 9 January 2022, Main Gallery
ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2020 REGIONAL TOUR Don’t miss your opportunity to experience an exhibition of the finalists of Australia’s foremost portraiture prize. An open competition, the Archibald Prize has been held since 1921, and is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Archibald Prize 2020 finalist Angus McDonald – Behrouz Boochani (detail), oil on canvas, 160 x 230 cm © the artist Photo: AGNSW, Mim Stirling Sitter: Behrouz Boochani – author, journalist, artist, academic.
An Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition with presenting partner ANZ.
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MUSIC | CONCERT HALL
MORNING MELODIES Wednesday 28 July 11am
GET THE PARTY STARTED STARRING Nathan Foley, Lisa Crouch, Chris Gable and the Greg Hooper Quartet
Three of Australia’s top award-winning cabaret acts will take the stage and blow you away with their high powered performances.
Wednesday 25 August 11am
THE SONG CATCHERS STARRING Monique Montez, Donna Campbell, Sharon Calabro and the Greg Hooper Quartet
A tribute to iconic recording artists and household names – Shirley Bassey, Dolly Parton and Karen Carpenter.
Wednesday 22 September 11am
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY BAND STARRING Royal Australian Navy Band
Be prepared for a big, celebratory, ceremonial sound, with plenty of familiar favourites.
TICKETS
Pre-purchase $22
Purchase on the day $25
FUN
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ADVENTUROUS
Wednesday 27 October 11am
STRING ALONG WITH THE HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS STARRING Vov Dylan, Glenn Amer, Jennifer Gray and the Palace Orchestra String
Celebrating the greatest classics from Hollywood.
Wednesday 24 November 11am
DUETS STARRING Tony Mazell, Guy Taylor, Shilo Khader, Sara Mazell and the Greg Hooper Quartet
A showcase of worldwide hit duets from the 40s to today.
Wednesday 15 December 11am
DECK THE HALLS STARRING Karen Beckett, Daniel Tambasco, Keith Scott and the Gregh Hooper Trio
This Christmas, we’ll bring you a feast of unique talents performing favourites like Oh Holy Night and I Dreamed A Dream.
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or more than 30 years, Morning Melodies has entertained a loyal community of followers who have become a vital and ongoing part of The Joan’s history. Come and join us for another series of concerts filled with marvellous music!
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TALKS | ALL AN MULLINS STUDIO
MUSIC & ART TALKS Wednesday 14 July 11am
THE SECRETS TO LEARNING, PRACTISING AND PLAYING PIANO MUSIC SIMON TEDESCHI International Pianist
Australia’s favourite pianist, Simon Tedeschi, has performed worldwide for global leaders, royalty and audiences young and old, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall. Join Simon as he shares some of his secrets to learning piano music and the different ways he practises for the different kinds of performances, and in particular, how he prepares and performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue – a work he has arguably performed more than any other musician on earth. Wednesday 11 August 11am
GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH, AUSTRALIA’S FIRST POSTIMPRESSIONIST PAINTER Learn more about the iconic Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting. ‘Grace Cossington Smith (1892 to 1984) is one of Australia’s most important artists; a brilliant colourist, she was one of this country’s first Post-Impressionists. She is renowned for her iconic urban images and radiant interiors.’ – National Gallery of Australia. Photo: Grace Cossington Smith, in her garden at Cossington in Turramurra, 1915, by unknown photographer
TICKETS
$15 per session
TALKS
Wednesday 15 September 11am
THE PIANO, THE COMPOSER AND THE PERFORMER ANDY BROMBERGER Musician and Lecturer of Classical Music
The piano was invented about 300 years ago. There were keyboard instruments before this time but none gave the composer both the ability to play dynamics and a sound loud enough for a concert performance. Then the piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700. Its impact on the musical has been likened to the invention of the steam engine in the industrial world.
Wednesday 13 October 11am
INSPIRING WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE LORRAINE K YPIOTIS Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator, National Art School
There were great women artists in the Renaissance, though we have rarely heard of them. During this time art played a critical role in society, especially in disseminating the fame of the artist. In this respect, portraiture, a new and burgeoning genre, was of great importance in defining the role of the Renaissance virtuosa.
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TALKS | Q THEATRE & ST MARYS MEMORIAL HALL
TALKS & IDEAS
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alks & Ideas is a series of FREE events that take on big questions with a healthy dose of humour, a glass of wine and a friendly face. It’s a chance to get out of the house, make a date with a friend you haven’t seen in a while and hear from leading artists, thinkers, scientists, agitators and local heroes. Wrapped up as a tight 60-minute experience each Talks & Ideas event includes a keynote introduction, a panel discussion and a chance to ask questions. Thursday 19 August 6.30pm Q Theatre, The Joan
BIG GREEN From Tench Reserve, to Hunter Fields, to bush walks around Lennox Bridge as well as Jamison and Wainwright Park, we’re looking at the changing landscapes of Penrith and beyond. What makes our city liveable and the sort of place where people can survive and thrive? This talk is about green spaces that were, are and could be.
Thursday 28 October 6.30pm Q Theatre, The Joan
WILL YOU MARRY ME ALEXA? In 2017, Amazon’s Alexa received over 1,000,000 marriage proposals. In 2018, there were more than 300,000 active bots on Facebook Messenger with 8 billion messages being exchanged every month. With the explosion of conversational assistants, automated check outs and ancestry.com, how close is too close when it comes to our digital doubles? This talk is about technology, identity and the space in between.
TICKETS
All tickets free Bookings essential
TALKS
Thursday 16 September 6.30pm Q Theatre, The Joan
BINGE Would you like to continue watching in 5… 4… 3… 2 *clicks play*. Fresh out of lockdown and with an appetite for dropping deep into our favourite long running TV series, this is a chance to talk about what binge culture means for how we connect with art, stories and entertainment. This talk is about TV, health and culture.
Thursday 18 November 6.30pm St Marys Memorial Hall
GOOD NEIGHBOURS Where are people gathering? Online? Inner city wine bars? Community halls? What will the future of suburbs look like and what does that mean for a sense of belonging and connection? This special event hosted at St Marys Memorial Hall will focus on what it means to be a Good Neighbour. This talk is about community, connection and local heroes.
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EDUCATION | VARIOUS VENUES
LEARN & PLAY
PERFECTING YOUR CRAFT? CREATIVELY CURIOUS? DEVELOPING NEW WORK? STUDYING THE ARTS? LOOKING FOR FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS? READY TO FINALLY TRY AN INSTRUMENT? KEEN TO SING WITH A GROUP FOR FUN? WANT TO GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS, MAYBE DRAW, PAINT OR LEARN SOMETHING NEW? Photo: Katrina James.
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he choice is yours and our doors are open. Programs are constantly evolving as our audiences change. You can choose from:
• Studio Q Drama training for ages from 5 – 18 and adults living with disability. • Agile Not Fragile dance classes for seniors at The Joan. • Penrith Con’s free and inclusive Inspire Choir, no experience necessary! • Penrith Regional Gallery Learning Programs, including School Holiday Workshops, Term-based programs in drawing and mixed media, Gallery and Garden tours, art workshops for adults and teens, bubs club and more. • Music courses at Penrith Conservatorium for all ages, from private lessons to group classes, ensemble programs, choirs and orchestral programs. 32
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PENRITH PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS LTD
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Nick Croft, Piano Tuner | Red Cross Australia | Nugan Estate
PENRITH ARTS LOVER FOUNDING PARTNERS
COMEDY @ THE JOAN
THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE
THE MELL-O-TONES
DADS Dance Makers Collective
KANGAROO
BEEP
PENRITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AMPHIBIAN
ORIGINATE: OUR HOUSE
PETE THE SHEEP BARBARA CLEVELAND THINKING BUSINESS TALKS & IDEAS
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ATTENDING THE JOAN The Joan is a registered COVID Safe venue and we operate under strict new guidelines. Your health and safety is our priority. In accordance with NSW Health regulations, The Joan is operating at 100% capacity. There will be no vacant seats between bookings in seated indoor venues for all events at The Joan from 29 March 2021. We strongly recommend all staff and visitors (12 years and older) wear masks inside The Joan. All staff and visitors must register their attendance on site using the QR Codes located near the entry points. Staff are available for assistance, and a manual option is available for those unable to register online. For more information on how you can keep our community safe, please visit thejoan.com.au/covid-safety INFANTS ATTENDING PERFORMANCES Infants aged under two years do not require a paid ticket to attend performances at The Joan provided they can sit on a parent’s lap, however for capacity purposes their attendance will need to be registered with our Box Office or Front of House staff. The Joan has baby change facilities and a lift available. STORAGE FOR PRAMS AND STROLLERS For all Kids & Families performances in the Q Theatre, you can store prams and strollers in the holding room. Other performances in the Concert Hall, please store them via the side stage.
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KEEPING IN TOUCH Stay in the loop with our latest news, stories and special offers by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and head to our websites to sign up for our regular newsletters. ACCESS INFORMATION The Joan is committed to ensuring access for all people. Our Box Office and Front-of-House staff will be happy to assist with any needs. • Wheelchair spaces • Accessible seating • Companion card accepted • Hearing loops in the Q Theatre • Audio-described performances • Lifts from ground floor GETTING TO THE JOAN You can find us at 597 High Street, close to the Penrith City Council building and Westfield Penrith. We’re a short walk through Westfield Penrith from Penrith train station, and if you’re coming by car we’re just off Mulgoa Road, past the roundabout on High Street. There are several parking options nearby. Our Box Office is on the ground floor, at the Westfield Penrith end, near the bar and the lift. Penrith Regional Gallery is at 86 River Road, Emu Plains and is best accessed by car. There is street parking available and accessible parking onsite. 86 RIVER RD EMU PLAINS
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VISIT THE JOAN BOX OFFICE 2pm – 4.30pm, Monday and Tuesday 9am – 4.30pm, Wednesday to Friday One hour before performances. Please note our regular Box Office phone hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 4.30pm. PENRITH ARTS LOVER Become a PAL of the arts and local business! For a $40 annual fee members receive benefits including 10% off tickets to many Joan performances and offers at a range of local businesses. For more information see: thejoan.com.au/penrith-arts-lover
BOOKING FEE A $5 booking fee applies to all transactions (regardless of the number of tickets bought or payment type). CONCESSIONS We love our audiences young and old(er). Concession pricing is available for any type of pensioners, Australian Government Health Care Card and Seniors Card holders as well as full time tertiary, TAFE and school students. For more detailed information including ticketing terms and conditions, ticket exchanges and our privacy statement please visit our website. Please Note. Details are correct at time of printing. We reserve the right to alter without notice program, performers, dates, times and/or prices as may become necessary.
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre 597 High Street, Penrith NSW 2750 thejoan.com.au
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