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Welcome to our Theatre Season for 2017. 2016 has seen us have our
first full and exciting year in Ulumbarra and what an exciting year it was.
2017 is certainly not going to disappoint.
We start the season this year with a bang! The very exciting Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander company, Bangarra Dance Theatre bring their
dynamic, new production Terrain to Ulumbarra in February. We are very
pleased to bring Bangarra back for the first time in many years.
This is one of two iconic contemporary dance companies that we will
be presenting in 2017, the other being Sydney Dance Company who are
returning with a double bill entitled Frame of Mind featuring works from
acclaimed choreographers Gabrielle Nankivell and, of course artistic
director of Sydney Dance, Rafael Bonachela.
We are incredibly excited to welcome back, with their first main house
production in Bendigo for more than a decade, MTC and what a production
to welcome them back with; What Rhymes with Cars and Girls written by
the prodigious Aidan Fennessy and inspired by the iconic solo album by
Tim Rogers. Works from this album are performed by a live band, led by
Tim throughout the play.
Once again we welcome Bell Shakespeare to Bendigo. In 2017 they
present Merchant of Venice and as always we will observe this classic tale
of love and greed through the contemporary lens of this iconic company.
We are very proud to present three very different and important
indigenous works. As previously mentioned we start the season
with Terrain from Bangarra Dance.
In addition we will present Coranderrk, a co-production from Ilbijerri
Theatre and Belvoir.
This is a very Victorian story of the struggle for self-determination of
the people of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve in the 1880s. She Said
Theatre will present the multi award-winning Hart a one man verbatim
theatre piece exploring the stories of stolen generation survivors.
In conjunction with the Melbourne Recital Centre we are also proud to
launch a brand new fine music program called the Parlour Sessions.
Staged in the relaxed setting of the Bendigo Bank Theatre this small
season of some of the best ensembles and soloists in Australia
will be an intimate and beautiful experience.
We are also very proud to announce our new partnership with
CreateAbility as they grow their mixed abilities theatre ensemble.
Resident at The Engine Room and The Capital, this ensemble will perform
their new work No Hands as part of our season immediately after its
debut at the Castlemaine State festival.
The launch of our season this year coincides with the launch of the
Ulumbarra Foundation. This is a very exciting development for us.
The purpose of this Foundation is to raise funds to benefit the
performing arts in the Bendigo region. I congratulate its chair,
Gordon McKern OAM and the rest of the board for the work they
have done to date and hope it has a long and successful life. We also
hope you consider giving generously to support them (and us!)
Once again thank you all for your support and interest in what
we do. We hope you enjoy the season offerings as much as we enjoy
bringing them to you.
David Lloyd
Manager, Capital Venues & Events
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Bangarra Dance Theatre
Terrain
A hymn to country through
contemporary dance
Wednesday
15 February 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra
Theatre
Adult $45
Concession $40
Subscriber $38
Student $16
Terrain transports us to Lake Eyre, the place of
Australia’s inland sea: one of the few untouched
natural waterways in the world.
After its world premiere season in 2012, Terrain went
on to win two Helpmann Awards for Best Ballet/Dance
Work and Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical
Theatre Work for dancer Deborah Brown.
In 2016, Terrain was remounted and opened to 5 star
reviews, toured regional Western Australia and South
Australia, and continues in Victoria and Tasmania in
2017. Terrain explores the relationship of Indigenous
people to country and how landscape becomes a
second skin, inspired by the timeless beauty of Lake
Eyre in South Australia.
Bangarra is one of Australia’s leading performing arts
organisations with a unique dance technique forged from
over 40,000 years of culture, infused with contemporary
movement. Witness the power of its dance ensemble in
this spectacular and meaningful work.
Breathtaking… even mindblowing.
- The Australian.
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65 minutes, no interval
Contains haze, smoke effects and strobe lighting.
SEASON 2017 5
Soul Food
London Klezmer
Quartet
London Klezmer Quartet’s old and new melodies on fiddle,
clarinet, accordion and double bass, and colourful stories
about musicians’ lives and times, take you on a journey from
the Baltic to the Black Sea and beyond, delving deep into the
celebratory and soulful music of Jewish eastern Europe. Their
acoustic sound, choice of repertoire, and combination of
technical ability and musicianship give them appeal across the
musical spectrum, with bookings not only for folk and world
music venues, but also jazz clubs, museums, art galleries, and
classical music societies. Their new CD, To the Tavern is their fourth, and tells a daylong story that they recreate in performance, combining the
subtleties of the original tradition with a kick-the-chairsover ability to party. As well as bringing fresh life to an almostlost instrumental folk tradition through a huge repertoire of
dance tunes and lyrical melodies - some self-composed - LKQ
features the irresistibly sonorous vocals of Indra Buraczewska
in traditional laments, a Warsaw Yiddish theatre hit with a hint
of jazz (Goodbye New York) and even a song about beetroot
soup. Prepare to be engaged in foot-tapping and backing vocals
– if not all-out dancing! – as you join the LKQ party.
With artistry like this, the music doesn’t have to be reinvented.
- Evening Standard.
Thursday
23 February 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
8 SEASON 2017
Astral Weeks and Moondance
Van Morrison’s
Masterpieces
presented by Vince Jones
This performance is proudly and locally supported by
FRIDAY
10 March 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Please note: The date of this
performance has changed since the
printing of the Season 2017 guide.
Australia’s foremost jazz vocalist Vince Jones leads a celebration of one
of rock music’s greatest performers, Van Morrison. Joined by eight of
Australia’s finest jazz and rock musicians to form The Astral Orchestra
and guest vocalist Gian Slater, Jones brings to life two of Morrison’s
most legendary albums. When the Beatles moved to psychedelic rock
and Dylan went electric, Van Morrison hired New York’s finest jazz
musicians and recorded two of the classic albums of that golden era
- Astral Weeks and Moondance. Both albums had enormous impact on
aspiring musicians and singers around the world. Vince Jones was one
of them. Vince Jones is one of the finest musicians in Australia today.
Jones is a rare and remarkable interpreter and composer who defies
genre to create music without borders.
Adult $69
Concession $64
Subscriber $59
Student $59
SEASON 2017 9
Parlour SESSIONS
Inventi Ensemble
Repertoire:
Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K.285
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Bach Art of Fugue (selectíons
arranged by Inventi Ensemble)
Saturday
1 April 2017
5pm
The Capital’s
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Adult $25
Concession $22
Subscriber $20
Student $16
parlour pass $54*
Inventi Ensemble are masters of classical repertoire,
re-inventors of past works, and performers of the
new. This dynamic new chamber ensemble run by
artistic directors Ben Opie (oboe) and Melissa Doecke
(flute), collaborates with Australia’s finest soloists and
chamber musicians. Inventi musicians have performed
at BBC Proms, London’s Southbank, at music festivals
globally, pop-up venues and community spaces.
Passionate about regularly performing Australian
music, Inventi Ensemble have commissioned many
new works making them an exciting new voice in
Australian music. After Inventi Ensemble’s success
in arranging both J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations
and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, the Ensemble
now arranges J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue. Inventi’s
arrangements not only stay as true to the original as
possible, but also highlight new voices that keyboard,
organ or even string ensembles are unable to achieve
because of the unique combination of winds and
strings together. Selections of Inventi’s truly original
and enlightening Art of Fugue arrangement will be
paired with Britten’s vivid Phantasy Quartet and
Mozart’s spritely Flute Quartet in D.
10 SEASON 2017
Createability present
No Hands
Wednesday
5 April 2017
8pm
Thursday
6 April 2017
8pm
ulumbarra (on stage)
No Hands takes the tale The Diver
written by Isak Dinesen, that is
set in an Islamic culture in the
timeless past, as the basis for
this poetic reimagining. No Hands
uses physical theatre, sound and
video projection in an exploration
of our obsession with imagined
ideals and the possibility of
flying, falling and floating
towards something else entirely.
CreateAbility, a mixed ability
company based in Bendigo, has
presented work at the previous
two Castlemaine State Festivals
in 2013 and 2015.
The work we do draws on the life experiences of all
of us. We work together to create vibrant, strong,
curious, brave, heartfelt and wondrous performances.
Adult $25
Concession $22
Subscriber $20
Student $16
IMAGE: Elizabeth Kinnaird
Premiere performance at
Castlemaine State Festival 2017.
SEASON 2017 11
In Tails
A comedian and an opera
singer’s worlds collide.
Saturday
8 April 2017
8pm
Sunday
9 April 2017
2pm
Capital Theatre
This is a clean, classy comedy that
wilL keep you smiling.
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- Glam Adelaide. (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
So funny, I cried.
- The Age.
David Hobson and Colin Lane
have been friends for 25
years. From vastly different
backgrounds, they have
observed one another’s worlds
and always thought, “Gee,
wouldn’t it be nice to have
a go at what that other guy
does?” So here’s their chance
to see whether the grass is
a little greener.
They sing. They dance.
They sing and dance.
They sing and dance at the
same time. Perhaps they’ll
even sing and dance together.
A unique and hilarious
experiment that promises
to enthral and entertain.
Adult $50
Concession $45
Subscriber $42
Student $42
12 SEASON 2017
Ilbijerri Theatre Company & Belvoir present
Coranderrk
A definitive story from our neglected Indigenous history
What ILBIJERRI is able to take from this painful
history is a story of resistance and of strength.
- The Age.
Tuesday
2 May 2017
8PM
Coranderrk is about what might have been. At a Victorian
Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk
Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection
Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed
to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had
pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them.
Coranderrk recreates the inquiry. This is both great theatre and great
history. It revives the voices of all those, black and white, who fought
for a better pact between the country’s oldest and newest inhabitants.
This special production pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability
of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating
the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and
clear. Coranderrk is a collaboration between leading Indigenous and
non-Indigenous artists, researchers, education experts and community
members. The production aims to encourage a shared understanding
of the past between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Ulumbarra TheatrE
Adult $45
Concession $40
Subscriber$38
Student $16
70 minutes, no interval.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
audiences are warned that this production
contains images of deceased persons.
IMAGE: Tyson Mowarin
SEASON 2017 13
shake & stir theatre co and QPAC present
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. created and adapted by shake & stir theatre co.
Another bloody classic.
This performance is proudly and locally supported by
ArtsHub
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shake & stir theatre co’s latest triumph.
- The Courier Mail.
The gothic horror story swoops the country in a
gripping, critically-acclaimed production created by
shake & stir. When young lawyer Jonathan Harker
visits Castle Dracula deep within the Carpathian
mountains, he’s not expecting the strange hospitality
he receives from his mysterious host. Alone and
trapped within the castle walls, Jonathan discovers
that Dracula wants more than his presence at the
dinner table - he might also be the main course.
Leaving Jonathan for dead and his castle behind,
Dracula travels to London on a quest for seduction,
true love and above all - blood. From the company
behind the multi-award winning, national touring
productions of 1984 and Animal Farm comes this
new adaptation of Stoker’s twisted tale.
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Tuesday
9 May 2017
8PM
Ulumbarra Theatre
Adult $45
Concession $40
Subscriber$38
Student $16
100 minutes, no interval.
Includes simulated violence, sexual and
supernatural themes, haze and strobe lighting.
Suitable 15+
IMAGE: Dylan Evans
14 SEASON 2017
parlour sessions
Mauricio
Carrasco
Bach Suites
Chilean/Australian guitarist Mauricio Carrasco will
present the integral cycle of Suites for Lute transcribed
for guitar by J.S.Bach (BWV 996, 997, 995, 1006a) cycle.
Mauricio attended the Catholic University in Santiago
where he graduated with a degree in classical guitar.
Continuing his studies at the Haute Ecole de Musique
de Genève under the guidance of Maria Livia São Marcos,
he was awarded high distinctions for two Masters
degrees: a soloist diploma, and a postgraduate diploma
in contemporary chamber music under the supervision
of Jean-Jacques Balet. Currently a PhD candidate at the
University of Melbourne, Mauricio is researching a thesis
on Monodrama and Contemporary Music Theatre under
the principal supervision of Dr. Michael Christoforidis.
Mauricio is widely recognised for the nearly one hundred
premiere interpretations of works by composers, most
of which have been written specifically for, and often
dedicated to him. He works as a soloist, in consort with
electronics and within chamber music settings, and has
been a core member of Ensemble Vortex, Geneva, since
its creation in 2005. Mauricio is an Artistic Associate
and Guest Curator of the Bendigo International Festival
of Exploratory Music, as well as a core member of its
ensemble Argonaut.
Wednesday
24 May 2017
7.30pm
The Capital’s
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Continually exciting and
virtuoso, passionate as
well as precise – that is
a rare combination.
- NRC Journal, Netherlands.
Adult $25
Concession $22
Subscriber $20
Student $16
parlour pass $54*
1 hour plus interval
IMAGE: Jason Tavener
16 SEASON 2017
Downunder promotions present
Sinatra at the Sands
Tom Burlinson
Featuring his All Star Big Band
This performance is proudly and locally supported by
Saturday
3 June 2017
8pm
Adult $59
Concession $54
Subscribers $49
student $54
Ulumbarra Theatre
Tom sings all the wonderful songs from this sensational recording of
Sinatra in his prime. Come Fly With Me, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, One
For My Baby, You Make Me Feel So Young and many more. The original
musical arrangements by Quincy Jones for the magnificent Count Basie
Orchestra will be faithfully recreated by Tom’s big band and some of the
best musicians in the country. In 1991 Tom was chosen by Tina Sinatra to
sing the voice of her father in the Golden Globe award winning mini-series
Sinatra. Tom Burlinson has proven that he is one of the best in the world
at Sinatra-inspired singing. He is renowned for his smooth style and
astonishing performance skills.
2 hours including interval
the next best
thing to Sinatra.
- The Courier Mail.
SEASON 2017 17
HART
She Said Theatre
HART is a one-man verbatim theatre
piece about the lived experiences of
Stolen Generation survivors and
the ongoing effects expeRienced by
Indigenous Australia.
Friday
16 June 2017
1pm & 8pm
THE ENGINE ROOM
A brave and quietly devastating performance…
Moving theatre that handles some emotionally
harrowing material with dignity and grace.
- Cameron Woodhead, The Age.
Adult $25
Concession $22
bonuS for Subscribers $20*
Student $16
“I was always like, like a magnet
with my Dad, like everywhere he
went I was right next to him…
He never got rid of me…”.
Throughout Australia’s history,
an unknown number of
Indigenous children have been
forcibly removed from their
families. Parents driven mad,
grandparents heartbroken,
siblings torn apart, language
lost, and culture stripped away.
Using testimonials from the
Stolen Generations, Noongar
man Ian Michael invites you to
listen in on the silenced stories
of this country.
Winner of the Best Emerging Artist
(Adelaide Fringe 2016)
Winner of the Best Emerging Artist
(Melbourne Fringe 2015)
Winner of SA Tour Ready Award
(Melbourne Fringe 2015)
Winner of Tiki Tour Ready Award
(Melbourne Fringe 2015)
* This price only available after purchase of 4 or more
subscription shows. Not available as part of a subscription.
50 minutes, no interval
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
audiences are warned that this production
contains images of deceased persons.
IMAGE: Gabi Brigs
18 SEASON 2017
Soul Food
Death
& The
Maiden
presented by the Australian
Chamber Orchestra and starring
Swedish violinist Malin Broman
and ACO Collective
Saturday
17 June 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
if you’re looking for the finest young string players in this country
and, most probably, well beyond, this is where you’ll find them.
- Australian Stage Online on ACO collective.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra presents Death & The Maiden. Join
multifaceted Swedish violinist Malin Broman and ACO Collective for
a delightfully inventive evening of music. Crying – whether tears of
happiness or grief – forms the central theme of this concert, inspired
by one of the pillars of chamber music, Schubert’s Death & The Maiden.
2017 marks the 10th anniversary of ACO Collective, the critically acclaimed
ensemble that combines musicians of the ACO with Australia’s most
talented young professional musicians at the outset of their careers,
creating an orchestra with a fresh, energetic performance style.
PROGRAM
SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major
DOWLAND Lachrimæ Antiquæ from Lachrimæ, or Seven Teares
BRITTEN Lachrymæ
SCHUBERT (arr. strings) Death and the Maiden
SCHUBERT (arr. strings) String Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden
ARTISTS
Malin Broman Guest Director, Violin & Viola
ACO Collective
1 hour and 40 minutes including 20 minute interval
IMAGE: Ken Leanfore
SEASON 2017 19
Australian Global Entertainment presents
An Afternoon
at the PromS
Adult $75
Concession $69
Subscriber $66
Student $69
A Musical Spectacular
Presenting a lavish new program in 2017
Sunday
18 June 2017
2pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Good musicians playing superb
music… a delight. …Tango,
gypsy and classical strains,
all executed with great flair…
genuine beauty.
- Sydney Morning Herald.
Australia’s most acclaimed international violinist Ian Cooper is joined
by opera stars, prima ballerinas, Australia’s current champion Pipe
Band with the Blue Danube Orchestra to evoke the sheer exuberance
of An Afternoon At The Proms.
This stunning spectacular brings history’s most beloved music to life.
Hear Rule Britannia, Land of Hope & Glory and The Can-Can plus selections
from Bizet’s Carmen, The Sound of Music, The Merry Widow, My Fair Lady
and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. A salute to the Royal Edinburgh Military
Tattoo and the romance of the Hungarian Gypsy Orchestras.
20 SEASON 2017
Hit Productions presents
Always
...PatSy
Cline
Created and originally
directed by Ted Swindley
– based on a true story
WEDNESDAY
21 June 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Adult $54
Concession $49
Subscriber $45
Student $45
2 hours including interval
Always…Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to the
legendary country singer who died tragically at
age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The show is
based on a true story about Cline’s friendship
with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who
befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in l961,
and continued a correspondence with Cline until
her death. The musical play, complete with down
home country humour, true emotion and even
some audience participation, includes 27 of Patsy’s
unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces,
Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight. The
show’s title was inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger,
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
most produced musicals in America according to
American Theatre Magazine. Always…Patsy Cline has
also been enjoyed internationally by audiences in
Canada, the UK and Australia. 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.
Courtney Conway was WOW! An angel to look at, a dream to
listen to. Delightful, heart-warming – pure entertainment!
- Stage Whispers.
SEASON 2017 21
Sydney Dance Company present
Frame
of Mind
Don’t miss this gripping evening of dance
in its limited Australian season.
Sydney Dance Company’s Frame of Mind is a wildly
powerful double bill featuring the smash hit
Wildebeest by Australia’s own Gabrielle Nankivell and
the multi award-winning Frame of Mind from Rafael
Bonachela. Bonachela’s Frame of Mind features a
dramatic contemporary-classical soundtrack by Bryce
Dessner (from American hit rock band The National),
recorded by San Francisco’s virtuosic Kronos Quartet.
Winner of all four categories for the 2015 Helpmann
Awards including ‘Best Choreography’, ‘Best Dance
Work’, ‘Best Male Dancer’, and ‘Best Female Dancer’
for its critically acclaimed premiere season. Having
premiered as part of Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural
New Breed season, choreographic prodigy Gabrielle
Nankivell’s eloquent Wildebeest showcases the power
of dancers as individuals and strength en masse.
Moody and animalistic, it’s backed by a stormy and
industrial score by Luke Smiles.
Wednesday
12 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre

…a potent blend of
technique, daring
and playfulness.
- Sydney Morning Herald.
Adult $45
Concession $40
Subscriber $38
Student $16
Approxiately 1 hour 15 minutes including interval.
Please note duration is subject to change
IMAGE: Pedro Greig
24 SEASON 2017
Hello,
Goodbye
and
Happy
Birthday
by Roslyn Oades & Collaborators
Toured by Performing Lines
Winner of a Green Room
Award for Outstanding
Writing, and nominated
for five Green Rooms,
an Australian Writers’
Guild Award and the
NSW Premier’s Award
Tuesday
18 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
One of the most charming
shows of the year.
- ABC Arts.
The work is utterly
heart-warming, and
often hilarious, and in
its depiction of a man
whose wife has slid into
dementia — captured with
exceptional sensitivity and
skill by Matthew Connell
— it harbours the kind
of heart-rending depth
that’s hard to find on any
Melbourne mainstage.
- Concrete Playground.
A Performing Lines tour for Road Work. This tour was supported by the
Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts
funding and advisory body; and the Victorian Government through Creative
Victoria. Originally produced by Malthouse Theatre & Melbourne Festival.
IMAGE: Sarah Walker
Roslyn Oades went to an 18th and
an 80th birthday party in close
succession. Her Malthouse Theatre
and Melbourne Festival hit Hello,
Goodbye & Happy Birthday celebrates
these two milestone birthdays;
major transition points in adult life.
One represents untold potential and
opportunity; the other a lifetime of
experiences, aspirations, fears and
memories. Scripted from intimate reallife conversations with people either
side of these milestones, Hello, Goodbye
& Happy Birthday is a beautifully warm
and human new show from Roslyn
Oades & Collaborators.
Playful and affecting in equal measure,
this show sees Oades continue her
ground-breaking ‘headphone verbatim’
documentary theatre technique, to
create extraordinarily immediate and
vivid performances.
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
SEASON 2017 25
Orchestra Victoria presents
Beauty and
Tragedy
Magisterial
magic and tender
undulating currents
from a top quality
Orchestra Victoria.
- Herald Sun.
Saturday
22 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Experience Orchestra Victoria in surround sound like you’ve
never felt music before! The Orchestra Victoria Bendigo
Festival is a week-long musical feast culminating with a
grand finale concert at Ulumbarra Theatre. This grand concert
will feature the magnificent Orchestra Victoria performing
beauteous Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn by
Johannes Brahms and Tchaikovsky’s stunning 6 th Symphony.
Hear the passion as Orchestra Victoria performs what
Tchaikovsky proclaimed as “the best thing I ever composed or
shall compose”. Orchestra Victoria is the proud performance
partner of The Australian Ballet, Opera Australia and Victorian
Opera and is Australia’s most versatile orchestra.
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
IMAGE: Bill Conroy
26 SEASON 2017
Soul Food
Andrey
Gugnin
Winner of the Sydney
International Piano
Competition
Friday
18 August 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
90 minutes including interval
Andrey graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State
Conservatory in 2010, where he studied under Professor
Vera Gornostaeva; since 2016 he has been studying at
the International Piano Academy, Lake Como with Stanislav
Ioudenitch and William Nabore. Andrey is the winner of the
Ernest Hutcheson First Prize of the 2016 Sydney International
Piano Competition. He is also the winner of the Eileen Joyce
Best Overall Concerto Prize, the Miriam Hyde Best 19th or
20th Century Concerto Prize, the Hephzibah Menuhin Best
Violin and Piano Sonata Prize and the Roger Smalley Best
Preliminaries Round 1 Recital Prize.
Andrey has toured as a recitalist, a chamber music partner
and as a concerto soloist, performing at Carnegie Hall in New
York, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, at the Eastman School of
Music, the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, the
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the Moscow International
House of Music, the Louvre, Teatro Verdi in Trieste and in
Vienna’s Musikverein. He has collaborated with the State
Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the St. Petersburg
Cappella Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony
Orchestra and the Asko Schonberg Ensemble, among others.
He has been a guest artist at the Ruhr Piano Festival,
Mariinsky International Piano Festival, Ohrid Summer Festival,
Zagreb Summer Evenings Festival and the Bermuda Islands
Performing Arts Festival, among others.
SEASON 2017 27
Victorian State Ballet
Cinderella
A full length classical ballet
production of the traditional
fairytale story – Cinderella.
Sunday
20 August 2017
2pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
student $16
2 hours
IMAGE: Michael Lean Photography
Featuring internationally recognised artists in a rich display of
outstanding skill, this much loved story is retold through excellent
staging, simple and direct mime, superb classical ballet technique and
choreography. Cinderalla honours the spirit of this great classical work an inspiring, entertaining and memorable experience for the whole family.
The Victorian State Ballet’s Cinderella features a superb cast of classical
ballet artists from across Australia and abroad. The choreography is rich with virtue, sensibility, grace, intrigue and
outstanding skill, matching the hauntingly beautiful traditional musical
score by Prokofiev. VSB’s Cinderella endeavours to immerse the audience
in the fairytale classic in a profound experience that is exhilarating,
impacting and visually inspiring.
Don’t miss out on exhilarating solos and pas de deuxs from the
stunning leading couple and their very moving and ultimate happily
ever after final scene. This is classical ballet at its finest. Come and
experience this amazing production.
I adored every second and was completely overwhelmed.
- Dance Informa.
30 SEASON 2017
Bell Shakespeare
The
Merchant
of Venice
By William Shakespeare
Director Anne-Louise Sarks
All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told.
Act 2 Scene 7
Tuesday
29 August 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Adult $45
Concession $40
Subscriber $38
Student $16
Approximately 2 hours 35 minutes
including interval
IMAGE: Pierre Toussaint
Bell Shakespeare’s latest offering is sure to be
the crowd pleaser that audiences have come to
expect from the trail blazing theatre company.
- Arts Hub.
Money makes the world go around. Portia has it.
Bassanio wants it. Shylock lends it. Antonio owes
the value of it. Love also plays a part. Portia offers it.
Bassanio wants it. And Antonio may lose a pound of
flesh for it. This uncompromising and dark production
explores the tense relationship and prejudices
between those that have, and those that don’t.
Dark in its humour and bawdy in its romantic hijinks,
The Merchant Of Venice takes audiences on a journey
of love, mercy and justice. Featuring 3 time Helpmann
Award winner, Mitchell Butel (Janet King and Rake)
as the defiant Shylock, and Jessica Tovey (Wolf Creek
and Wonderland) as Portia, the production will be
directed by Anne-Louise Sarks (Belvoir’s Jasper Jones
and Medea), this masterfully envisioned production
tackles the prejudices and preconceived notions
of one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays.
This project has been assisted by the
Australian Government through the Australia
Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Bell Shakespeare is supported
by the NSW Government
through Arts NSW.
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The
Exotic
Lives
of Lola
Montez
Finucane & Smith
Saturday
9 September 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
60 minutes, no interval
IMAGE: Jodie Hutchinson
Created from a thousand stories true and false,
The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez is a richly textured
dreamscape, a wild web of storytelling, dance, myths,
legends and truths as complicated and seductive as
Lola herself.
Lola Montez was forbidden from performing in Geelong,
showered with gold nuggets in Ballarat, so popular
in Sydney tickets were sold at an auction and her
performance was described by the Sydney Morning
Herald in 1855 as “the most libertinish and indelicate
performance that could be given on a public stage”.
Lola Montez was the wildest showgirl of the nineteenth
century, and her 1855 Australian tour put Mick Jagger
to shame. Risqué, rabble rousing and skirt raising, she
horsewhipped her critics (including The Editor of the
Ballarat Times), swung down mineshafts on a single
rope with champagne in hand, created the infamous
erotic spider dance (allegedly with no underwear),
escaped arrest dressed only in her jewels, showered
with gold nuggets and insults, Lola Montez swept
through Australia and its goldfields leaving a wake of
scandal, outraged citizens and lovesick miners. With a
heady scent of freedom and true lies, Lola is a history
that has never been forgotten.
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Evocative, witty and heartfelt.
- The Age.
Breathes new life into a tired boy-meets-girl clichés.
Packs a considerable emotional punch.
- ArtsHub.
You Am I frontman, Tim Rogers’ iconic solo album is brought to
life in this feel-good musical love story, which was premiered
by Melbourne Theatre Company to standing ovations and rave
reviews. Performed with a live band led by Rogers, What Rhymes
with Cars and Girls is an intimate musical jewel that sees two
lovers brought together by a conjunction of the stars and a pizza
delivery gone weird. It’s a raw and complex urban romance – a
balm for the hardest of hearts, and solace for anyone who has
ever been in love. Playwright Aidan Fennessy (National Interest)
has threaded these beautiful songs across the class divide to
create a stunning new tale of contemporary love in Australia.
A Melbourne Theatre Company
production
What
Rhymes
with
Cars and
Girls
by Aidan Fennessy,
music and lyrics by Tim Rogers
This performance is proudly
and locally supported by
Friday 29
& Saturday 30
September 2017
8pm
AduLt $50
Concession $45
Subscriber $42
Student $16
Ulumbarra Theatre
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Music by Tim Rogers performed by special arrangement with ABC Music/Mushroom Music.
The Songs They Played As I Drove Away was co-written by Tim Rogers and Jenine Anderson
90 minutes, no interval
Contains coarse language
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Victorian Opera presents
Heroes & Villians
Devilish Villains, Beloved Heroes, Thrilling Opera
Saturday
14 October 2017
7.30pm
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
Capital Theatre
Victorian Opera returns to Bendigo for an unforgettable evening with
the most recognisable, loved and loathed characters from across opera’s
stages. From the villainous Don Giovanni to the fearless Tamino and
devilishly cunning Barber of Seville, hear Rossini, Verdi and Mozart with
beloved and well-known music from operas such as The Magic Flute,
Rigoletto, Turandot and Carmen. Starring a cast of Australia’s most
exciting operatic talent, be mesmerised by beautiful voices performing
opera’s most passionate arias, duets and ensembles alongside a live
orchestra. An unmissable night with opera’s favourite Heroes and Villains!
1 hour 50 minutes, including 20 minute interval
IMAGE: Charlie Kinross
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Lovely
Lady
Lump
A theatrical romp
through one comic’s
Breast Cancer adventure.
Wednesday
18 October 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
presented in
partnership
with the otis
foundation
75 minutes, no interval
Gutsy and Gleeful.
- Theatreview, NZ.
Let me start by telling you, I am OK.
I’m just in a small situation involving
a pesky cancer tumour in my left
nork, but I’m not dying and I am the
luckiest person in the entire world.
In 2014, Lana was disagnosed
with breast cancer. In an unmissably
vibrant mix of storytelling, rounded
character work, stand-up, silly
dances, ridiculous puppetry, and
animated projections of her real
imaging, she has made a show that
is touching, real, raw and hilarious,
skilfully making mutated cells
the butt of the joke. Cos cancer
seriously deserves to be laughed
out of town.
Adult $35
Concession $30
Subscriber $28
Student $16
Capital Venues and Events
is proud to partner with
the Otis Foundation in the
presentation Lovely Lady
Lump.
$10 from every ticket will
go to support the OTIS
Foundation to provide
retreat accommodation at
no cost to those dealing
with the challenges of
breast cancer.
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Parlour sessions
Sutherland Trio
icarian
Saturday
4 November 2017
5pm
The Capital’s
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Adult $25
Concession $22
Subscriber $20
Student $16
parlour pass $54
Icarian brings a spirit of daring and
vision to a chamber music program
that combines the sparkling lightness
of Beethoven’s early chamber music
with the soaring melodies of Brahms
and Piazzolla’s toe-tapping tango.
Mary Finsterer’s Icarian is an
atmospheric new work that soars
the heights of achievements beyond
ordinary human capacity, to transcend
limits of human endeavour whilst
knowing the fragility of life itself.
Beethoven
Piano Trio No.8 in B-flat, WoO39
Josef Suk Elegy
Mary Finsterer Icarian
Brahms Piano Trio No.1 in B, Op.8
Astor Piazzolla Otono Porteño
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Soul Food presents
MELBOURNE
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Saturday
2 December 2017
7pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Please note: The time of this
performance has changed since the
printing of the Season 2017 guide.
Beethoven Spring Sonata
Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite
Piazzolla The Four Seasons of
Buenos Aires
Eoin Andersen violin/director
Stefan Cassomenos piano
Adult $60
Concession $55
Subscriber $50
Student $35
MSO Concertmaster Eoin
Andersen invites you to
enjoy some of his favourite
works celebrating the return
of spring.
Beethoven’s Spring Sonata,
bursting with lyricism and
pastoral themes will see
Eoin Andersen together
with Melbourne’s own
Stefan Cassomenos, who
in 2013 was a laureate of
the International Telekom
Beethoven Competition in
Bonn.
The second work on the
programme, Copland’s
powerful evocation of the life
of American pioneers in the
Appalachian Mountains, will be
played in the original version
for 13 instruments, lead from
the first violin by Andersen.
In the second half we go to
the southern hemisphere,
where Astor Piazzolla mixes
the fire of the tango with
Vivaldi-flourishes in his highly
original take on Four Seasons
in Buenos Aires for violin and
string orchestra.
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Wednesday 15 February 2017 8pm
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Thursday 23 February 2017
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Ulumbarra Theatre
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Creatability present No Hands
Wednesday 5 April 2017
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Ulumbarra Theatre
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Creatability present No Hands
Thursday 6 April 2017
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Ulumbarra Theatre
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In Tails
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Capital Theatre
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In Tails
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Ilbijerri Theatre Company & Belvoir present Coranderrk
Tuesday 2 May 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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shake & stir theatre co and QPAC present Dracula
Tuesday 9 May 2017
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Ulumbarra Theatre
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Sinatra at the Sands - Tom Burlinson
Saturday 3 June 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Death & The Maiden
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Saturday 17 June 2017
8pm
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An Afternoon at the Proms
Sunday 18 June 2017
2pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Always Patsy Cline
Wednesday 21 June 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Sydney Dance Company present Frame of Mind
Wednesday 12 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday
Tuesday 18 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Orchestra Victoria presents Beauty and Tragedy
Saturday 22 July 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Andrey Gugnin
Friday 18 August 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
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Victorian State Ballet present Cinderella
Sunday 20 August 2017
2pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Bell Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
Tuesday 29 August 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$40
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The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez
Saturday 9 September 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
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$30
$16
$28
MTC What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
Friday 29 September 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
$50
$45
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$42
MTC What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
Saturday 30 September 2017
8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$45
$16
$42
Victorian Opera presents Heroes & Villians
Saturday 14 October 2017
7.30pm
Capital Theatre
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Lovely Lady Lump
Wednesday 18 October 2017
8pm
Capital Theatre
$35
$30
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 2 December 2017
7pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Saturday 1 April 2017
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Wednesday 24 May 2017
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Sutherland Trio
Saturday 4 November 2017
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HART She Said Theatre
Friday 16 June 2017
1pm
The Engine Room
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Emily Loves To Bounce
Tuesday 23 May 2017
10am
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$16
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Emily Loves To Bounce
Tuesday 23 May 2017
12.30pm Ulumbarra Theatre
$16
$16
$16
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Tuesday 27 June 2017
10am
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$16
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Tuesday 27 June 2017
1pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$16
$16
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Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
Tuesday 25 July 2017
6.30pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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$16
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Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
Wednesday 26 Jully 2017
10am
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
Wednesday 26 Jully 2017
1.30pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
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The Arrival Based On The Book By Shaun Tan
Saturday 12 August 2017
10am
Ulumbarra Theatre
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Grug And The Rainbow
Tuesday 10 October 2017
10.30am Capital Theatre
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Grug And The Rainbow
Tuesday 10 October 2017
12.30pm Capital Theatre
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