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SEASONTHEATRE FILMWritten and Directed by Nick Garner, Iain Knight Executive Producer Desmond Murphy Editor Angelica Von Helle Original Score Joseph Littlefield, Inês Vaz De Sousa Director of Photography Mark Revello Producers Merilyn Alt, Sean Murphy Keith Looby, Resurrection 1964 10
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 6.30pm, Friday 11 March 2022 VENUE C2 RUN TIME 1 hour, 20 minutes RATING 15+ PRICING Free screeningcomplimentary
Archibald Prize winner Keith Looby won major prizes at home and abroad. Today his name and works are rarely seen. Perhaps a habit of drawing colonialism, painting non-conformists and speaking up made Looby persona non grata? With sumptuous cinematography, candid interviews and a striking original score, LOOBY uncovers the life and work of an artist we need to remember. Born in Sydney, Keith Looby entered the National Art School as a 15-year-old and graduated with an unmistakeable style that went on to win Australian painting’s highest plaudits including the Sulman, Blake and Archibald prizes.
Looby’s insistence on painting controversial figures – from communist Rupert Lockwood to feminist Anne Summers– won him few friends in power. Likewise, his illustrations on the horrors of colonialism – Black and White History of Australia – remain confronting today. LOOBY’s original score complements the mercurial moods of the man, while calm cinematography invites viewers to luxuriate in the striking figures and expansive scale of his work. LOOBY lets us all appreciate what establishment tastemakers no longer can.
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Wednesday 16 March 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 30 minutes RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
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Pianist/comedian David Scheel has made a speciality out of making fun of music, both classical and not-so-classical. This is another wonderful blend of piano and comedy, full of lots of new material, including theme and variations on a popular cell phone ring tone, a cutting edge, thought provoking and very funny look at Boris Johnson, Brexit, Donald Trump, & Sco-Mo and a brand new tips on ‘How Not to Go Mad’ in a pandemic, plus perennial favourites such as David’s classic “translation” of the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda, all delivered in an amazing range of comic voices and accents. Plus, of course, beautiful piano music revealing David’s skills as a serious concert pianist. In this new show David also offers up brilliant arrangements of Broadway hits and his wonderful medley of the most popular tunes from the two world wars has already attracted much critical acclaim.
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Wednesday 6 April 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 30 minutes RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
33 1/3 North Queensland’s favourite Celtic folk band, 33 1/3 are ready to delight audiences with a rousing performance of both traditional and contemporary songs and tunes. Based in Townsville, 33 1/3 are famous for their driving tempo, skillful playing, and a strong stage presence. They are especially popular at St Patrick’s Day events, and are often found at the centre of late-night singing sessions. Be sure to pack your singing voice for this one. Kilts optional. AT THE CIVIC,OF CELTIC MUSIC MELODIESMORNING
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Strap yourself in Australia! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is hitting the highways to home-deliver the freshest and funniest from the 2022 Festival to neighbourhoods across the nation. For 24 years the Roadshow has presented an all killer, no filler line-up of Australian stars and talented newcomers to comedy fans far and wide. Buckle up for a night of stand-up, sketch, satire, silliness and song in this rip-roaring road trip designed to satisfy all your comedy cravings! Book now for that much-needed live comedy fix.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 7.30pm, Saturday 30 April 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 2 hours, Including15minsinterval RATING 15+ PRICING Adult Concession$35 $30 Student $30 Group $30 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES Friday 6 – Sunday 8 May 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME Various RATING Various PRICING Adult Concession$20 $15 Student $12.50 Group $15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
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Short plays will take centre stage as the North Queensland Festival of One-Act Plays makes its return in 2022. A long-term partnership between Townsville City Council and the Friends of the Theatre, the festival will be held in the Townsville Civic Theatre this year. The festival gives both groups and individual amateur thespians the opportunity to perform on stage and be critiqued on their work by an industry professional. The festival plays a role in the development of theatrical talent in the region and gives exposure to unknown local writers. FOOAP is back after four years bursting at the seams with everything from comedy and drama to satire, the experimental and the truly absurd.
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You’re at the theatre. Five hilarious performers meet you at the door. They bring you in, they get you a drink, they flirt with you. Maybe they fall a little bit in love with you. Then they tell the story of Don Juan - with you. Don Juan is a theatre experience with a twist. Five mad-cap performers tell the hilarious story of Don Juan, who has a reputation as the world’s greatest lover. He lives big, loves big and doesn’t give a toss about the consequences. A story of how we often fail to be the person we want to be, despite our best Withefforts.an audacious cast, ridiculous accents, twisted pop songs and brilliant physical comedy, Don Juan is the most fun you’ve had at the theatre in ages. At its core, the show is all about coming together as a group of people to laugh at the exploits of Don Juan and to laugh with great warmth at our own silliness. At how ridiculous we are when we fall head over heels in love and decide to take on the world.
Director Leo Gene Peters Performer/Creators Susie Berry, Jack Buchanan, Andrew Paterson, Jonathan Price, Comfrey Sanders Set & Costume Design Meg Rollandi Sound Design & Show Operation Matthew Eller Producer Angela Green
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 7pm, Tuesday 17 May 2022 VENUE C2 RUN TIME 60 minutes RATING 15+ PRICING Adult Concession$35 $32 Student $20 Group $30 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY A SLIGHTLY ISOLATED DOG
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Comedy. Thrills. Chaos. Delight. Meet the most delightfully evil man alive – Mr Hyde, a man so evil he drop-kicks a quokka and yells ‘shark’ at the beach. This mad-cap rendition of Jekyll & Hyde celebrates the darkness within us all. A completely reworked version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, into a terrifyingly hilarious theatre-comedy adventure for the 21st century. Jekyll is the man who washes and separates his recycling before putting it out. Meanwhile, Hyde is the man who uses the last of the toilet roll and doesn’t replace it before leaving the bathroom. Who does that? Who is this mad man?!
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 1pm & Wednesday7pm,18 May 2022 VENUE C2 RUN TIME 60 minutes RATING 15+ PRICING Adult Concession$35 $32 Student $20 Group $30 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
Director Leo Gene Peters Featuring Susie Berry, Jack Buchanan, Andrew Paterson, Jonathan Price, Comfrey Sanders
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Saturday 21 May 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 35 minutes RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
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Morning Melodies' Friends of the Theatre's Concert this year will be in the traditional style of a true variety show featuring the very best of local singers, dancers and musicians. It's a show you won't want to miss. CONCERTVARIETYFOTT
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The Dancin Man celebrates the quintessential song and dance men that graced us on the stage and screen such as Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald O'Connor, The Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jnr.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this high energy show, while Luke sings and dances his way through high class entertainment, charisma, charm, slick, vaudeville and comedy.
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Luke Alleva as THE DANCIN MAN. All singing all dancing one man show... Up close and personal high energy entertainment... This show takes you through the classic ages when music and dance had style and grace.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Wednesday 15 June 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 20 minutes RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
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INDELABILITYARTS LTD Wilbur the Optical Whale is a 'tale' about friendship, acceptance and celebrating difference. Wilbur and Cecil are BFFs. They're inseparable... or are they? One day while playing hide and seaweed, Wilbur and Cecil are set upon by the Starfish Meanie Gang! How do they get out of this one? Join Wilbur and Cecil to help them in their quest. Set in an exquisitely crafted underwater world, the show is full of fun, stunning circus tricks, digital and visual imagery, music, and interactive play. indelabilityarts is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council Creative Sparks, Department of Social Services and Flipside Circus.
Composer, Sound Designer Phil Hagstrom Dramaturg Elise Greig Physical PerformanceTheatre Clint Bolster Performers Karen Lee Roberts, Jack Rebbeck, Rebecca Alexander, Davy Sampford, Kelsey Adams, Alexandra Ellen, David Waldie, Michel Labosse, Joel Lago, Cienda McNamara.
Writer Karen Lee Roberts Director Catarina Hebbard Set & Costume Design Chancie Jessop, Jessica Bennett AV Design Lee Evans
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 10am & Thursday6pm,16June 2022 VENUE C2 RUN TIME 45 minutes RATING Relaxed3+ Performance PRICING Adult Concession$20 $15 Student $15 Group $15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY All shows feature integrated Auslan interpreting. Headphones are available for audience members to engage on their own terms. A quiet space as part of relaxed performance mode is available for those who require it.
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 10am & Wednesday7pm,27 July 2022 VENUE C2 RUN TIME 1 Nohourinterval RATING 13+ PRICING Adult Concession$20 $15 Student $15 Group $15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
around a high school community, the show follows three central characters, Jesse, Connor and Phil, as they each struggle to cope with the pressures of life while trying to manage relationships with the people close to them. Funny, moving, poignant and dynamic, Undertow is a two-actor tour de force of storytelling. Shock Therapy draws on a range of film conventions and physical theatre techniques to push their signature style in a new direction, blurring the line between different realities. The result is theatre that is fluid and inventive, sweeping you up as the story pulls you deeper. Presented by Shock Therapy Productions Devised and written by Sam Foster and Hayden Jones
Award winning theatre makers Shock Therapy Productions proudly present Undertow, an honest and powerful look at the hidden forces beneath the surface that move us and determine the choices we make and the actions we Centeringtake.
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Wednesday 10 August 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 30 minutes RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY COGNOSCENTI ENTERTAINMENT
Darren Coggan is one of Australia’s most exciting and diverse artists, a masterful storyteller with a knack of weaving fascinating and perceptive tales through his songs.
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In an intimate performance, Darren introduces songs from his award-winning albums and celebrates the artists he has remarkably recreated throughout his career, including, Glen Campbell, James Taylor, John Denver and of course his hugely successful and critically acclaimed portrait of Cat Stevens, 'Peace Train - The Cat Stevens Story'.
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Darren welcomes us to his campfire, articulating moments of laughter and reflection through timeless tunes that the whole world sang along with.
Settle in for a sing a long around Darren Coggan's Campfire.
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Angela, initially one of his victims, pairs up and assists him in his deception. She loves the con but not the ladies and when jealousy sets in, she persuades Jack to kill his victims. One murders for love, one for money. Will they get away with it, or will the honeymoon finally be Basedover?on the true crime story of the 1940s American serial killer couple the Honeymoon
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 7.30pm, Tuesday 25 & Wednesday 26 October 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 70mins RATING 15+ PRICING Adult Concession$40 $35 Student $30 Group $35 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY Published by G. Schirmer, Australia. By kind permission of the Wise Music Group. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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A darkly funny chamber opera by Graeme Koehne with libretto by Louis Nowra.
Killers, Love Burns takes the premise and gives it a distinctly Aussie treatment.
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Love Burns delivers mischievous comedy with masterful musicality. Jack is a gigolo, a con and a ladies’ man, feigning love to steal money from lonely widows.
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Witness one of the most iconic pieces of English literature retold in a faithful yet fiercely original new stage adaptation from the nationally-renowned shake & stir theatre co (Animal Farm, Dracula). Following a childhood spent suffering at the hands of her cruel Aunt, Jane finds employment at Thornfield Hall – the impressive yet mysterious home of Edward Rochester. As Jane and Rochester become inexplicably drawn to each other, the dark secrets locked within the walls of Thornfield start to unravel forcing Jane on a heart-wrenching journey toward truth and Thisfreedom.stunning
BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 10.30am & 7pm, Wednesday 2 November 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 2 hours, 20 minutes Including interval RATING 12+ PRICING Adult Concession$35 $32 Student $25 Group $30 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
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Brontë’s gothic tale of a spirited orphan in search of love, family and a sense of belonging, blazes the country in 2022.
new production, featuring original music, written by multi ARIA Award winner Sarah McLeod, will set a fire blazing in your soul.
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Co-Adaptors Nelle Lee and Nick Skubij Director Michael Futcher Designer Josh McIntosh Composer Sarah McLeod Lighting Designer Jason Glenwright Additional Music and Sound Designer Guy Webster
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An 80s Mixed Tape Musical Meet Tammy Tooth who’s on the brink of a most epic existential midlife crisis. An unexpected quirk of fate sends her back in time to come face to face with her 15 year old self in her teenage
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 8pm, Saturday 5 November VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour 10 mins RATING G PRICING Adult Concession$40 $35 Student $25 Group $30 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
Sound Design by Mick Allen Production Manager Sam Gibb Featuring Roz Pappalardo, Rachel Terry and Scarlett Terry Live Band Tnee Dyer, Thomas Lever, Cameron Nicholls and Mike Turner Co-starring community dancers - The Hot Boxes.
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Thisbedroom.gives her the chance to ask the big questions, remind her what made her tick and reclaim her passion for life. Join Tammy in the front seat of the Delorean, crank up the radio and take on a few life lessons from your favourite radio presenter, DJ Neon. Dig out your Choose Life shirt, your double cassette player and press record on the banging live band rocking the soundtrack of our youth. Solve the problems of your world; one 80s song at a time.
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There’s no better way to herald in the Christmas season than sharing part of your day with the fabulous Gina Hogan. Returning to perform at the Townsville Civic Theatre, sit back and enjoy as Gina captures the true essence of Christmas, singing some of the most loved and well known carols, along with a few of her favourite Christmas songs that are sure to be show stoppers. So come along and embrace the spirit of Christmas. Don't forget to pack your Christmas hat and singing voice!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DATES 11am, Wednesday 16 November 2022 VENUE Townsville Civic Theatre RUN TIME 1 hour, 10 minutes No interval RATING G PRICING Adult GroupStudentConcession$17.50$17.50$15$15 TICKETSHOP MEMBER DISCOUNTS APPLY
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