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2018 Theatre Season B ROU GH T TO YOU BY TOWNSV IL L E C IT Y COU NC IL
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2018 marks her 40th birthday, and to celebrate, OPERATING HOURS INTRODUCING THE 2018 THEATRE VIP MEMBER PROGRAM
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Civic Theatre Townsville City Council invites you to become a member and
the work will be compliance-based, our audiences Monday – Friday 9am-5pm enjoy fantastic VIP benefits and exclusive member offers. iphone 4727 9797
and hirers will see some fantastic changes to our Saturday 9am-1pm Membership costs just $10 for one year. M Townsville TicketShop
venue including more accessibility to the stage, a Sunday One hour prior to a performance
new fly system, dressing room refurbishments as
For performances from Monday to Saturday the Civic Theatre will ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES:
well as a few changes in the foyer and auditorium.
be open from 9am to 15 mins after the performance start time. 10% off council-presented performances
While this work is going on, we are making use Riverway Arts Centre Receive special offers via email throughout the year.
of our other spaces including the Riverway Arts Monday CLOSED
Centre and C2. Invitations to attend special exclusive events
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FAMILY SESSIONS
INTRODUCING ANTLive
3-5 MAY
Townsville City Council is proud to bring you the 11 MAY 27 JUL
Australian National Theatre Live experience in 2018.
Australian National Theatre Live has found a new and innovative way to give audiences a new
‘event’ cinema experience at an affordable price. They produce filmed versions of the best
Australian theatrical productions for distribution to cinemas, digital theatres and arts centres
across Australia and the world.
Filming with up to 9 cameras, fine performances are captured up close. Patrons are given the real
sensation of being in the front row, watching great Australian stories staged by Australia’s most
21 FEBRUARY well-known theatres, written by well-known playwrights, directors and designers and beautifully
1 RAR Band
performed by the very best actors in the country. ANTLive productions entertain everyone. 13-14 AUG 13-14 NOV
14 MARCH 23-24 FEB 12 MAY
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Kevin Wright
14 SEP
16 MAY
Songs of the Silver Screen Rumpelstiltskin
13 JUNE 17 MAR 16 JUN THEATRE SEASON
Practically Perfect 14-15 JUL 15 AUG 3 OCT
Death by Soprano
24 OCTOBER The Dapto
Rachel Cairns Emerald City Chaser 12 OCT
28 NOVEMBER 21 APR 3 NOV
Just a Couple of Song
and Dance Men
Liberty Equality Madame The Orchid
Fraternity Away Butterfly and the Crow Happily Ever After
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1 RAR Band
Band of the 1st Battalion, DATES
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Royal Australian Regiment
10.30am & 1.30pm
The Band of the First Battalion, Royal
Australian Regiment, is made up of a group VENUE
of exceptional professional musicians Riverway Arts Centre
who are based in Townsville’s Lavarack
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Barracks. They contribute substantially to
75mins
the local community by providing support
to charitable and philanthropic events and RATING
school music education programs, as well as G
supporting defence events such as parades,
dinners and functions. In concert, the band PRICING
performs their own contemporary versions Adult $14; Group 10+ $12ea;
of classic hits; from the stylings of the Basie 2018 TicketShop Member $12.60
and Daly-Wilson big bands to something
more along the lines of McCartney and
Lennon and everything in between. With
fresh twists on beloved tunes covering a
wide range of musical tastes, the
1 RAR Band is guaranteed to entertain.
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 5
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WINDMILL THEATRE AND SA STATE THEATRE COMPANY
Presents a film of a live theatrical performance ANT LIVE
With an uproarious standing
ovation ... this stunning
and highly original family Rumpelstiltskin
A ROLLICKING AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
production is set to take on
the world stage... By Rosemary Myers and Julianne O’Brien DATES
Friday 23 February 2018
One of folklore’s great villains in a deliciously wicked spin on a dark and 12.30pm & 6.30pm
GLAM ADELAIDE devilish tale from the creators of the SA Theatre and Windmill Theatre
production of Pinocchio. Saturday 24 February 2018
12.30pm
Spinning straw into gold is a party trick that will take you far. It can buy
you a big house full of beautiful things, a wardrobe of designer clothes VENUE
and a life of total luxury. But money, as they say, can’t buy you everything. Riverway Arts Centre
This is the story of the ultimate price of greed, two people, once best RUN TIME
friends, torn apart by desire for the things they cannot have. 137mins (with interval)
The exquisitely mercurial Paul Capsis stars as a shape-shifting goblin
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whose thirst for vengeance may well bring him undone.
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Full of twists and turns, it’s a whole new musical spin on a heart of gold for
ages 8–108.The performances are terrific. In the lead, Paul Capsis… sings PRICING
like Peggy Lee, cackles like the cast of Wicked and galvanises the show. Adult $17; Concession $15; School St./Child $12;
Family (2ad+2ch) $50; Group 10+ $14ea;
2018 TicketShop Member Adult $15.30;
2018 TicketShop Member Concession $13.50;
2018 TicketShop Member Child $10.80
From Windmill Theatre Co and State Theatre
Company of South Australia. Directed and created
by Rosemary Myers and writer Julianne O’Brien.
Designer Jonathon Oxlade. Cast Paul Capsis;
Ashton Malcolm; Michaela Burger; Matt Crook;
Alirio Zavarce; Elena Carapetis; Ezra Juanta.
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 7
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Kevin Wright
Join Kevin Wright, Townsville’s DATES
own award winning musical Wednesday 14 March 2018
theatre veteran, for a sashay 10.30am & 1.30pm
down memory lane. Bringing
back old world charm with VENUE
his own cheeky brand of Riverway Arts Centre
QUEENS GARDENS | STRAND PARK | JEZZINE BARRACKS humour, Kevin will delight you
with a very personal playlist,
overflowing with songs that
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90mins
4 - 15 April 2018
you’ll know and love. RATING
PG
PRICING
Adult $14; Group 10+ $12ea;
2018 TicketShop Member $12.60
www.townsville.qld.gov.au 2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 9
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
Present a film of a live theatrical performance ANT LIVE
“Emerald City
sparkles like David Williamson’s
Sydney Harbour
on a sunny day.” Emerald City
TIMEOUT SYDNEY
Welcome to the glittering jewel of that other Oz. Fading DATES
screenwriter Colin is not long in Sydney before he’s seduced Saturday 17 March 2018
by its obsession with success. Teaming up with well-connected 2.30pm & 6.30pm
hack writer Mike, Colin finds himself in a tug of war between
artistic ambition and big bucks. Fame and fortune – not to VENUE
mention Mike’s criminally hot girlfriend – are up for grabs. C2
Part love letter, part hate mail to the harbour city, Emerald City RUN TIME
is one of the best works by Australian theatre’s most beloved 123mins
craftsman and commentator, David Williamson. Three decades
after it was written, it still captures the ballsy spirit of the ’80s RATING
and retains its skewering sharpness – a panoramic view of the 15+
city that’s always prized beauty over brains.
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A fast-moving, wisecracking commentary on contemporary Adult $17; Concession $15;
urban mores and morals, and the rivalries and passions to be School St./Child $12; Family
encountered on the road to success. Colin, a screenwriter, and (2ad+2ch) $50; Group 10+
his wife Kate, a publisher, move to the ‘Emerald City’, where $14ea; 2018 TicketShop Member
fame and fortune are there for the taking, but surprises are in Adult $15.30; 2018 TicketShop
store for them both. Member Concession $13.50; 2018
Cast Lucy Bell, Mitchell Butel, Jennifer Hagan, TicketShop Member Child $10.80
Sharp-edged, satirical and accusatory, Emerald City lays into
Kelly Paterniti, Ben Winspear and Gareth Yuen
the materialism of the 1980s with a razor wit. Within four
Director Lee Lewis Designer Ken Done Costume
months of its premiere, five separate productions had opened
Designer and Associate Set Designer Sophie
Fletcher Lighting Designer Luiz Pampolha around Australia.
Composer Kelly Ryal Writer David Williamson
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 11
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FAMILY SEASON
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
THEATRE SEASON
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Present a film of a live theatrical performance ANT LIVE
“Hooray for
funny, literate,
Australian drama
Liberty Equality
with something Fraternity
important on its DATES
mind.”
Directed by Shannon Murphy and written by Geoffrey Atherden.
Saturday 21 April 2018
It’s a laugh out loud parody that tests our complacency about 2.30pm & 6.30pm
intelligence gathering, personal privacy and the government’s
STAGE WHISPERS ‘Right to Know’. VENUE
C2
“What Geoffrey does so cleverly is put Australian politics and
culture under the microscope—but of course he does this in a RUN TIME
very comedic way. It’s the kind of show that’s going to leave 90mins
people buzzing in the foyer, talking about all the different
issues in the play for a long time afterwards.” Shannon RATING
Murphy, Director 15+
Liberty Equality Fraternity, features Geoffrey’s gift for PRICING
characterisation, and his excellent cast Caroline Brazier, star of Adult $17; Concession $15;
ABC’s Rake, Andrew Ryan (Underbelly – Squizzy Taylor) and School St./Child $12; Family
Helmut Bakaitis (The Matrix) play it with style and humour. (2ad+2ch) $50; Group 10+
$14ea; 2018 TicketShop Member
starstarstarstarstar Adult $15.30; 2018 TicketShop
The dialogue sizzles with lots of laugh-aloud moments. Member Concession $13.50; 2018
- The Daily Telegraph TicketShop Member Child $10.80
Cast Caroline Brazier, Andrew Ryan and
Helmut Bakaitis Playwright Geoffrey
Atherden Director Shannon Murphy
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 13
LIVE COMEDY
Melbourne
International Comedy
Festival Roadshow
Australia’s largest comedy festival is packing up and ready DATES
to roll! Join the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Thursday 3 May 2018, 7.30pm
Roadshow as it journeys around Australia, home-delivering Friday 4 May, 7.30pm
hot and tasty comic treats to audiences near and far. Saturday 5 May, 6.00pm
Saturday 5 May, 9.00pm
Featuring fantastic funnymakers from Australia and beyond,
the Roadshow has it all. It’s stand-up, sketch, satire, silliness VENUE
and song – all in one side-splitting show! Riverway Arts Centre
For nearly 20 years this roving tour-de-comedy has visited RUN TIME
towns and cities around Australia, from Mildura to Mt Isa and 135mins (incl. interval)
everywhere in between. There’s nowhere our exceptional
entertainers fear to tread, so we’re bound to be heading RATING
your way. M15+
You won’t want to miss it when this bounty of belly laughs PRICING
rolls into town. Come on Australia - pack your laughing gear Adult $45; Concession $40;
and get on board the Roadshow! School St. (15+) $25; 2018
TicketShop Member Adult
$40.50; 2018 TicketShop
Member Concession $36
Photo: MICF/Nick Robertson
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 15
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TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL
THEATRE SEASON
Presents ANT LIVE
“The small cast have a delightful
chemistry, with both each other
and the audience, quickly drawing
Yo Diddle Diddle
the kids into the story with their By Patch Theatre DATES
Friday 11 May 2018
humorous and interesting antics.” What if your dream was one jump away?
The Story…
12.30pm & 6.30pm
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What if your dream was only one jump away? Cat tells us Riverway Arts Centre
THEATRE GUIDE REVIEW
the story of Cow & her dream to jump the moon, and the
night the famous nursery rhyme was created. RUN TIME
45mins
Cow tries and tries again, encouraged by the wise and
resourceful Cat, and musical and inventive Houston. Her RATING
friends band together to help Cow to keep trying while Cow G (4-8 year olds)
discovers what it takes to achieve your dreams.
PRICING
Exploring the theme of resilience, Yo Diddle Diddle is the Adult $15; School St./Child $15;
first work by Patch Theatre’s new Artistic Director Naomi 2018 TicketShop Member $13.50;
Edwards. Group 10+ $12ea; School Groups
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government please call TicketShop to book
through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding
Based on the book and advisory body.
THE COW TRIPPED OVER THE MOON
Written by Tony Wilson, illustrated by Laura Wood
Text copyright © Tony Wilson 2015
Illustrations copyright © Laura Wood 2015
First published by Scholastic Press a division of
Scholastic Australia Pty Limited in 2015.
This production produced under licence from
Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd.
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 17MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
THEATRE SEASON
“What’s so brilliant… is how
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
Presents a film of a live theatrical performance ANT LIVE
the material constantly falls
between sharp, incisive satire
and deliriously cheap gags.”
THE DAILY REVIEW
Celebrating 15 years DATES
Saturday 12 May 2018
Over 15 years and 21 shows, they’ve mercilessly 2.30pm & 6.30pm
mocked all the usual suspects. We’ve watched Howard
Tampa with refugees, Rudd give pennies from Kevin, VENUE
Gillard refuse to be lectured by “that man”, “that man” C2
scrap the carbon tax, stop the boats and – um – get
the budget back into surplus… But no one has been RUN TIME
able to outplay, outwit or outlast The Wharf Revue. 110mins
So, we’re throwing a party and everyone’s invited. For RATING
the 15th anniversary, The Wharf Revue was a parade 15+
of past and present indignitaries – a who’s who of
21st century embarrassments, from the politicians to PRICING
the celebrities – all skewered on the stake of seriously Adult $17; Concession $15;
side-splitting satirical silliness and musical mayhem. School St./Child $12; Family
(2ad+2ch) $50; Group 10+ $14ea;
2018 TicketShop Member Adult
$15.30; 2018 TicketShop Member
Written and created by Jonathan Biggins, Concession $13.50
Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott Cast Amanda
Bishop, Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and
Phillip Scott Musical Director Phillip Scott
Production Designer Barry Searle Lighting
Designer Matthew Marshall Sound & Video
Designer David Bergman Stage Manager
Nicole Robinson Costumes Scott Fisher,
Leone Grace Video Artist Todd Decker
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 19MORNING MELODIES
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TENACIOUS C PRESENTS
Practically Perfect
Songs of the
Silver Screen Presented by JTM Productions
For generations she has graced the stage and
screen, and is fondly remembered for being
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Wednesday 13 June 2018
10.30am & 1.30pm
Maria in The Sound of Music and of course, VENUE
DATES the wonderful nanny in Mary Poppins. Riverway Arts Centre
Starring Catherine Alcorn
Wednesday 16 May 2018 Now in one glorious stage production, RUN TIME
Join one of Australia’s favourite performers, 10.30am & 1.30pm Practically Perfect celebrates the life and 90mins
Catherine Alcorn for a delightful morning music of the legendary Dame Julie Andrews.
relieving those magic movie moments and VENUE
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the songs that made them. Riverway Arts Centre Featuring some of her best known songs from
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shows such as Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady,
We all remember those famous scenes. RUN TIME The Sound of Music, Victor Victoria and more,
When Holly had Breakfast at Tiffany’s. When PRICING
90mins interwoven with stories of her life both on
Bogie saw Bergman. When Harry Met Sally. Adult $14; Group 10+ $12ea;
and off the stage, be taken on an all singing, 2018 TicketShop Member
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Spend the morning reminiscing the romance all dancing journey from the West End to $12.60
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and glamour of the silver screen, and the Broadway and onto Hollywood.
unforgettable songs that made them, PRICING Practically Perfect includes some of the most
as Catherine and her trio perform your Adult $14; Group 10+ $12ea; memorable music ever written and sung, and
favourites including Moon River, The Way 2018 TicketShop Member $12.60 is a fantastic musical tribute to a living legend.
We Were, When You Wish Upon A Star and
As Time Goes By. ‘Another wonderful production brought to
you by the team behind the blockbuster show
Created by Catherine Alcorn and Jeremy
Brennan A Fine Romance: The Magic of Fred Astaire.’
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 21MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
THEATRE SEASON
“Humour glows from every
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH APOCALYPSE THEATRE COMPANY
AND GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT ANT LIVE
twist in sympathetic look at a Presents a film of a live theatrical performance
sporting subculture”
SMH
The Dapto Chaser
For the Sinclair family, the cut-throat world of greyhound racing DATES
is a religion. And their beloved dog , Boy Named Sue, is more Saturday 16 June 2018
than a greyhound, he’s their heart and soul on four legs. With a 2.30pm & 6.30pm
crucial race, the Winnebago Classic on the horizon, Cess Sinclair,
has one shot at reversing his family’s fortunes for good. VENUE
C2
Against all the odds, he’s betting on a miracle.
RUN TIME
The Dapto Chaser is warts-and-all Australian comedy that
180mins
gets its hands dirty with the adrenaline, sweat and guts of the
dog racing sub-culture. The Sinclairs are a family trapped in RATING
the pressure cooker of gambling addiction and when things 15+
don’t go to plan, they are forced to gamble the most important
commodity of all – their relationship to each other. PRICING
Adult $17; Concession $15; School St./
Playwright Mary Rachel Brown wrote The Dapto Chaser perched
Child $12; Family (2ad+2school st)
in the bleachers track-side, while director Glynn Nicholas will be
$50; Group 10+ $14ea; 2018 TicketShop
going on an all-schnitzel diet to get it over the line.
Member Adult $15.30; 2018 TicketShop
Member Concession $13.50
Playwright Mary Rachel Brown Director
Glynn Nicholas Starring Danny Adcock, Noel
Hadda, Jamie Oxenbould, Richard Sydenham
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 23MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
MELBOURNE CITY BALLET
THEATRE SEASON
Presents ANT LIVE
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly follows a young Japanese girl called Cho-Cho DATES
(nicknamed “Butterfly) as she marries US Naval Officer Pinkerton Saturday 14 July 2018
only to have him depart for the Americas. As the years pass Butterfly 7.30pm
awaits his return with hope, refusing any new suitor but her Pinkerton.
Sunday 15 July 2018
It is only upon Pinkerton’s return that Butterfly realise their union was
2.00pm
not as she thought, ending in one of opera’s most infamous tragedies.
Redeveloped into a newly choreographed three-act ballet, Melbourne VENUE
City Ballet’s production will capture the story’s essence through the Riverway Arts Centre
fusion of traditional Japanese and classical ballet movement. The
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production showcasing the company’s exquisite choreography and
90mins (plus interval)
versatility, whilst featuring impressive new scenery, beautiful oriental
costumes and of course Puccini’s evocative score. RATING
Melbourne City Ballet have worked closely with many from the G
Japanese community to ensure the production respectfully pays
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homage in an accurate but delicate manner.
Adult $45; Concession $40;
Audiences are rarely given the opportunity to see Madame Butterfly School St./Child $25;
performed as a full length ballet and this certainly is a production not 2018 TicketShop Member
to be missed. Adult $40.50; 2018 TicketShop
Member Concession $36; 2018
TicketShop Member Child $22.50
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 25MORNING MELODIES
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JWR PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA & MICHAEL SIEDERS
THEATRE SEASON
Presents ANT LIVE
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar Show
Based on Eric Carle’s books DATES
Friday 27 July 2018
“and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry 10.30am, 12.30pm & 6.30pm
caterpillar.”
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One of the most-read and famous children’s books of all
Riverway Arts Centre
time, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ emerges off the page in
a masterful theatrical experience for the whole family. RUN TIME
Journey through Eric Carle’s incredible stories as they 50mins
come to life on stage in this enchanting show. Featuring
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some other delightful characters from three of Eric Carle’s
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bestselling classics tales including, ‘The Artist Who Painted
A Blue Horse’, ‘Mr. Seahorse’ and ‘The Very Lonely Firefly’. PRICING
This Australian made show will excite, educate and entertain Adult $15; School St./Child $15;
new readers and first-time theatre-goers, while for those 2018 TicketShop Member $13.50;
who grew up with these books will delight in experiencing Group 10+ $12ea; School Groups
one of the most popular children’s books ever written. please call TicketShop to book
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller Director Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, directed by Naomi
Naomi Edwards Producer Michael Sieders Edwards and with 75 magical puppets created by New
Set Designer James Browne Puppets York’s Puppet Kitchen.
created by Puppet Kitchen Costume
Designer Andrea Espinoza Lighting This is a timeless classic for all generations.
Designer Nicholas Rayment Composer
/ Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Composer Steven Baker
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 27MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
MONKEY BAA THEATRE COMPANY
THEATRE SEASON
Presents ANT LIVE
Josephine Wants To Dance
Based on the book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley DATES
Monday 13 August 2018
A story about dreams, believing in yourself ... and a dancing kangaroo. 6.30pm
Josephine is a kangaroo – who loves to dance. Her little brother, Tuesday 14 August 2018
Joey, tells her that kangaroos don’t dance, they hop – but Josephine 10.30am & 12.30pm
continues to point her toes and leap through the air.
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When a ballet troupe comes to the sleepy town of Shaggy Gully
Riverway Arts Centre
Josephine learns that there is another way to dance – ballet. As the
ballet company prepares to perform, Josephine sneaks into town to RUN TIME
peer through the window as the dancers rehearse, watching for hours 45mins
and hours as they perfect their routine. Then Josephine goes home and
practices all night, all alone, until she knows the dance by heart. She RATING
spun, she swirled and pirouetted dreams… and at the end she always G
curtsied. She desperately wanted to dance like the ballerinas in pink
tutus and silk ballet shoes! PRICING
Adult $15; School St./Child $15;
Perfect for young audiences from 4 to 9 years and their families, and 2018 TicketShop Member $13.50;
brought to you by the team that created the award-winning Pete the Group 10+ $12ea; School Groups
Sheep, this hilarious new work by Monkey Baa brings to life a tale about please call TicketShop to book
a bush Kangaroo you’ll never forget!
Adapted by Eva Di Cesare, Sandra
Eldridge and Tim McGarry Director
Jonathan Biggins Composer Philip Scott
Choreographer Tim Harbour (courtesy
of the Australian Ballet) Designer James
Browne Lighting designer Emma Lockhart-
Wilson Sound designer David Bergman
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 29MORNING MELODIES
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Lindy Hume’s critically acclaimed production of Gilbert DATES
& Sullivan’s Ruddigore or The Witch’s Curse, is coming Wednesday 15 August 2018
to Townsville Civic in August 2018, giving audiences the 7.30pm
opportunity to jump into the weird and wonderful world of
Victoriana. This irreverent romp through marriage, madness VENUE
and mayhem had Brisbane audiences and reviewers laughing Civic Theatre
out loud and its colourful bunch of comic characters is sure
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to resonate with audiences across the state.
150mins
Shy and law-abiding, gentleman farmer Robin Oakapple is
working up the courage to ask the beautiful Rose Maybud RATING
to marry him but he has a dark secret. He is heir to a terrible G
curse befalling all Baronets of Ruddigore – he must commit
PRICING
a dastardly deed every day or face a tortuous death!
Adult $45; Concession $40;
Jam packed with musical gems such as the ‘Matter’ trio and School St./Child $25; 2018
Rose’s ‘Etiquette’ song, Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse will TicketShop Member Adult
tour with an all-star cast including Bryan Probets, Christine $40.50; 2018 TicketShop Member
Johnston, Kanen Breen, Jason Barry-Smith, Roxane Hislop Concession $36; 2018 TicketShop
and Natalie Christie Peluso as Rose Maybud. Member Child $22.50
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 31MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
ISABEL HERTAEG & CRITICAL STAGES
THEATRE SEASON
“Interested in Opera but not sure Presents ANT LIVE
you could sit through several
hours of a foreign language? Then
this is the show for you! 4 Stars.” Death by Soprano
ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE
Death By Soprano satirically catalogues operatic death DATES
scenes in an A-Z, cabaret romp through Operatic Friday 14 September 2018
Occupational Hazards. This is a cabaret work with a great 7.30pm
love of opera, that also embraces a loving irreverence for
opera’s occasionally over-inflated ego. VENUE
Riverway Arts Centre
Its high art with a fun sensibility that doesn’t take itself
too seriously. Utilising slapstick, absurdism, dark-clowning RUN TIME
and a healthy dose of prop-humour, Death By Soprano 75mins (no interval)
portrays the final moments in the lives of operatic
heroines. The show is created specifically for ‘non-opera’ RATING
demographics, particularly comedy, cabaret and festival 15+
audiences but also caters for lovers of classical music.
PRICING
Adult $55; 2018 TicketShop
Member $49.50
2018 THEATRE SEASON TOWNSVILLE | 33MORNING MELODIES
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FAMILY SEASON
SALVADOR DINOSAUR AND CRITICAL STAGES
THEATRE SEASON
Present ANT LIVE
The Orchid
and the Crow
A comedy about an atheist surviving cancer by finding DATES
God in Lance Armstrong. Wednesday 3 October 2018
7.30pm
Reflecting on Daniel’s real life (and almost death)
experiences, The Orchid and the Crow is a solo VENUE
performance that is part story-telling, part-theatre Riverway Arts Centre
featuring original songs from the award-winning writers
of Otto & Astrid (Die Roten Punkte). RUN TIME
70mins (no interval)
Created by the artists behind the hugely successful
Otto and Astrid, this is a unique, brilliantly clever and RATING
ultimately moving story that audiences have described 15+
as ‘life-changing’. The play deals with rarely discussed
themes in an entertaining, theatrical, accessible and PRICING
comical form. Adult $45; Concession $40;
School St./Child $25; 2018 TicketShop
Member Adult $40.50; 2018
TicketShop Member Concession $36;
Created and Performed By Daniel
2018 TicketShop Member Child $22.50
Tobias Composed By Daniel Tobias and
Clare Bartholomew with John Thorn,
Casey Bennetto and Jherek Bischoff
Directed By Christian Leavesley
Lighting Design Lisa Mibus Script
Consultant David Quirk Produced by
Critical Stages & Salvador Dinosaur
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LITTLE MATCH PRODUCTIONS
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Presents ANT LIVE
Babushka in
Happily Ever After
Three unlikely princess want to tell you a very grown-up DATES
bedtime story. Friday 12 October 2018
7.30pm
Having performed to rapturous applause at Queensland
Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival and the Adelaide VENUE
Fringe Festival, the three princesses of Babushka want to tell Riverway Arts Centre
you some brand new fairytales.
RUN TIME
After hit tours of Doll and I Can Keep A Secret, Babushka is
100mins (with interval)
back with Happily Ever After to turn your best-loved children’s
stories inside out. Be entertained by this wickedly funny cabaret RATING
that features the raucous music of Kurt Weill and modern muses 15+
from Rihanna to Violent Femmes to Tom Waits.
PRICING
Babushka are ready to give Rapunzel a sharp new haircut, put
Adult $55; 2018 TicketShop
Goldilocks in charge of the three bears and give a whole new
Member $49.50
meaning to Puss in Boots. These Princesses who didn’t quite
make the Disney cut, but still demand to live happily ever after.
Creative Director Alicia Cush Designer
Penelope Challen Performers Alicia Cush,
Bethan Ellsmore & Judy Hainsworth
Musical Director/Accompanist Luke Volker
Hero images by Joel Devereux, styled by
Penelope Challen
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ANT LIVE
Rachel Cairns
whatson.townsville.qld.gov.au After a sensational start to last years
Morning Melodies, we are delighted
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Wednesday 24 October 2018
to welcome back Rachel Cairns for 10.30am & 1.30pm
another concert in 2018.
VENUE
>> major events >> workshops Join Rachel as she presents Act 2 Civic Theatre
of her hugely successful ‘A Few of
>> free events >> talks and tours My Favourite Things’ - a journey RUN TIME
through more hits from well-known
>> theatre and shows >> markets and festivals musicals as well as some new and
75mins
>> exhibitions >> benefits and fundraisers exciting repertoire from more recent RATING
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Broadway shows.
>> music and film >> sport and recreation
PRICING
>> family and kids >> ceremonies Adult $14; Group 10+ $12ea;
2018 TicketShop Member $12.60
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
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“theatre at its best – cast and
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
AND MALTHOUSE THEATRE ANT LIVE
creatives alike are brilliant. Present a film of a live theatrical performance
This is a Must See.”
STAGE NOISE
Away
It is summer, 1967, and three families head for the coast to DATES
get away, to move on, to change. Set against the backdrop Saturday 3 November 2018
of an Australia recovering from the Vietnam War, and 2.30pm & 6.30pm
wrestling with social upheaval, this production of one of
Australia’s greatest classics pits the internal conflict of family VENUE
life against the struggle of a country shaping its future. C2
A triptych of glorious mothers—one recovering from the RUN TIME
loss of a child, one who fears the same for her own, and one 180mins
learning to let go—are each determined to take this holiday
as a restful time of rejuvenation. RATING
15+
Taking up playwright Michael Gow’s challenge to break
apart the rules of theatre, Matthew Lutton’s production of PRICING
Away unleashes the full theatricality of the text; intimacy Adult $17; Concession $15; School
gives way to the epic, and suburbia is replaced with the dark St./Child $12; Family (2ad+2school
spectacle of a tempest. As the pressures of family secrets st) $50; Group 10+ $14ea; 2018
swell and gather into a storm, each mother and each family TicketShop Member Adult $15.30; 2018
feels their way towards new, more hopeful ground. TicketShop Member Concession $13.50
Playwright Michael Gow Director Matthew
Lutton Set & Costume Design Dale Ferguson
Lighting Design Paul Jackson Sound Design
J. David Franzke Starring Marco Chiappi,
Image © Pia Johnson
Julia Davis, Wadih Dona, Glenn Hazeldine,
Natasha Herbert, Heather Mitchell, Liam
Nunan, Naomi Rukavina.
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CDP PRESENTS TALL STORIES
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production of ANT LIVE
The Gruffalo
A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood ... DATES
Tuesday 13 November 2018
After sell-out seasons across the world, including
12.30pm & 6.30pm
London’s West End & Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to
Australia Wednesday 14 November 2018
10.30am & 12.30pm
Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep,
dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the VENUE
classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Riverway Arts Centre
Scheffler.
RUN TIME
Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox,
55mins
the eccentric old Owl and the party mad Snake. Will the
story of the terrifying Gruffalo save Mouse from ending RATING
up as dinner for these hungry woodland creatures? G
After all, there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo – is there?
PRICING
Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+ and
Adult $15; School St./Child $15;
their grown-ups…
2018 TicketShop Member $13.50;
Adaptation by Tall Stories Theatre Company The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Group 10+ $12ea; School Groups
Artistic Directors Olivia Jacobs & Toby Mitchell Children’s Books please call TicketShop to book
Produced in Australia and New Zealand by CDP
Kids Original Direction Olivia Jacobs Creative
producer Toby Mitchell Musical Director Jon
Fiber Music and lyrics Jon Fiber, Robin Price,
Olivia Jacobs, Andy Shaw Music production Jon
Fiber and Andy Shaw for Shock Productions
Choreography Morag Cross Associate Director
(Aust / NZ) Liesel Badorrek Designer Isla Shaw
Original Lighting Design James Whiteside
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Just a Couple of
Song and Dance Men
Let’s turn back the clock and celebrate the wonderful era of the DATES
Hollywood movie musicals and the song and dance men that made it so Wednesday 28 November 2018
magical. 10.30am & 1.30pm
In this sensational new show, Just a Couple of Song and Dance Men VENUE
brings together the exciting dance routines and fabulous songs of Civic Theatre
legendary performers like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby,
Donald O’Connor, Frank Sinatra and many more in one glorious stage RUN TIME
production, especially designed for your enjoyment. 90mins
Who could forget Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor’s dance in Singin in RATING
the Rain, or Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra in High Society or even Bing G
and Donald in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, and of course not to mention
the extraordinary Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies. PRICING
Prices: Adult $14; Group
Take a trip down memory lane with some of the most memorable music
10+ $12ea; 2018 TicketShop
ever written including:
Member $12.60
The Way You Look Tonight, Pennies From Heaven, Be A Clown,
Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Blue Skies, Well Did You Evah, That’s
Entertainment, You’re the Top, Make Em Laugh and many more.
With plenty of toe-tapping tunes and great show-stopping dancing, Just
a Couple of Song and Dance Men gives you a sneak peek into the lives,
the songs and the dance routines of the best song and dance men of
all time, leaving you with a smile on your face, a spring in your step and
humming a little tune.
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