Melbourne International Tuesday 31st May Comedy Festival

We’re VERY excited about our line up of live entertainment for 2016! Get ready to laugh
until you cry with our great comedy acts, dance the night away to some fantastic live
music, experience truly moving opera and inspiring dance performances, and bring the
kids along to be entertained AND educated with our programme of children’s shows.
See you at the Civic Centre!
Melbourne International
Comedy Festival Roadshow
Tuesday 31st May
Join a cast of the finest local and international comedy
talents for an evening of comedy like no other, hand-picked
to bring the biggest and best belly laughs.
For nearly twenty years the Melbourne International Comedy
Festival Roadshow has home delivered the best of the
Festival to towns and cities across Australia. For three
months of touring comedy madness, the Roadshow crew
travels to over 80 regional destinations, bringing laughs to
all corners of the great brown land!
It’s silly, it’s satirical, it’s side-splitting. It’s Australia’s ultimate comedy roadtrip!
8pm, Camel Lane Theatre
Available now at the Civic Centre, by clicking ‘Purchase
Tickets Online’ on the homepage, or calling 9941 4200
Adults: $35
Concessions $28
CCC VIPs: $25
Carnarvon Civic Centre
Camel Lane
PO Box 459
Carnarvon, WA 6701
9941 4200
Carnarvon Civic Centre Camel Lane PO Box 459 Carnarvon WA 6701 9941 4200 [email protected]
Monday 20th June
Trash Test Dummies
The Trash Test Dummies are as full of laughs as their bins
are full of surprises in this family friendly circus comedy
show like no other.Their award winning, sidesplitting slapstick comedy routine takes the household wheelie bin to
new heights, and delivers a dump truck full of hilarity!
Jamie Bretman, Jack Coleman and Simon Wright are highly
skilled circus performers that can trash talk with the best of
them, showcasing a stunning array of the highest jaw dropping acrobatics, juggling and stunt work. These dexterous
dummies take the audience on a journey into their playful imagination, where they invite them to take a fresh look at the
humble household wheelie bin.
Adults $15
Audiences of all ages— be prepared for a great time!
1pm,, Camel Lane Theatre
Concessions $12
Children $10
Available now at the Civic Centre, by clicking ‘Purchase
Tickets Online’ on the homepage, or calling 9941 4200
Saturday 16th July
Return of the Stedi
Steady Eddy’s 25th Anniversary Tour
A night of foot-stompin’ live music and rib-tickling
comedy! Stunning lap-steel blues with blues master
Lightening Jack, followed by Tamworth Country Music
Festival favourite Lance Friend—hailed Australia’s
answer to Bruce Springsteen!
Then sit back and get ready to laugh your socks off with
Australian funnyman Steady Eddy, who’s celebrating an
amazing 25 year career in the comedy industry. A true
inspiration—Eddy shows us that no matter what, anyone
can have a go.
All three acts combine to finish the night off with a few
songs and some more laughter!
8pm, Camel Lane Theatre
Available now at the Civic Centre, by clicking ‘Purchase
Tickets Online’ on the homepage, or calling 9941 4200
Adults: $30
Concessions: $28
CCC VIPs: $25
Carnarvon Civic Centre
Camel Lane
PO Box 459
Carnarvon, WA 6701
Carnarvon Civic Centre Camel Lane PO Box 459 Carnarvon WA 6701 9941 4200 [email protected]
9941 4200
The Peasant Prince
Tuesday 9th August
“You have your secret dreams. Follow them. Make them come
true.”
Li, a 10-year old boy peasant boy, is plucked from his
village in rural China and sent to a ballet academy in the big
city. He leaves everything and everyone he loves,
including his family.
Over years of grueling training, he transforms from an
impoverished peasant to a giant of international dance. Li’s
courage, resilience and unwavering hope for a better life for
himself and his family make The Peasant Prince a story to
ignite our own aspirations to be the best person we can be.
Audiences will be captivated by this 20th century fairytale.
Time TBC, Camel Lane Theatre
Adults: $15
Concessions: $13
Children: $12
Available now at the Civic Centre, by clicking ‘Purchase
Tickets Online’ on the homepage, or calling 9941 4200
Djuki Mala
(Chooky
Chooky Dancers)
Thursday 18th August
Experience this high energy, unique and stunning fusion of
traditional Indigenous culture, contemporary dance and
storytelling.
In 2007 Djuki Mala choreographed a dance routine of Zorba
the Greek. It now stands at over 2,400,000 YouTube hits,
and since then they have gone on to create stunning shows
that combine reinterpretations of pop culture and traditional dances with narrative, offering a rare and insightful view
into Aboriginal Australia.
For the first time, Djuki Mala
are telling their story, inviting the audience to share some
of the more intimate turning points that have shaped them
as they are today, and creating as work that is a marvel of
timing, comedy and clowning, warming both the heart and
soul.
Ticket Prices
TBC
Time TBC, Camel Lane Theatre
Available now at the Civic Centre, by clicking ‘Purchase
Tickets Online’ on the homepage, or calling 9941 4200
Carnarvon Civic Centre
Camel Lane
PO Box 459
Carnarvon, WA 6701
Carnarvon9941
Civic4200
Centre Camel Lane PO Box 459 Carnarvon WA 6701 9941 4200 [email protected]
Tuesday 13th September
Aboriginal Comedy
Allstars
From the oldest culture on earth comes the freshest and
funniest stand-up comedy around. It’s the all-original
Aboriginal Comedy Allstars showcase - featuring four of
the brightest comedy stars under the Southern Cross. It
doesn’t get more Aussie than this!
Featuring Kevin Kropinyeri (SA/VIC), Shiralee Hood (VIC),
Matt Ford (QLD) and Andrew Saunders (NSW).
Aboriginal Comedy Allstars is for fans of stand-up from
genuinely, home grown new talent, with some fresh and
fascinating new perspectives on contemporary
Australian life.
Time TBC, Camel Lane Theatre
Ticket Prices
TBC
Snugglepot & Cuddlepie
Monday 31st October
This exquisite new stage adaptation will spark the imagination and sense of adventure in 5-10 year olds and their
families as they experience the timeless charm of
Snugglepot & Cuddlepie.
The Gumnut babies are on a mission to see a human –
but only in the distance! On their journey to the big city
they meet friends and foes including Professor Kookaburra, Mrs Fantail, Mr Lizard, Mr Frog, Mrs Snake, Mr Possum and, of course, Little Ragged
Blossom.
These much loved characters come to life on stage as
this funny and charming new production introduces
today's children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.
Adults: $15
Concessions: $13
Time TBC, Camel Lane Theatre
Children $12
Carnarvon Civic Centre
Camel Lane
PO Box 459
Carnarvon, WA 6701
Carnarvon Civic
Camel Lane PO Box 459 Carnarvon WA 6701 9941 4200 [email protected]
9941 Centre
4200