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Happy Me

LIVE Tas — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:34:05 +0000

Happy me

“An imaginative musical that explores that elusive beast we call happiness” Marcus Bower The Examiner

You want it, but you can’t get it.
You get it, but you don’t know it.
You know it, but you can’t keep it
You keep it … and then it just walks away.

It’s the best thing in the world and you can never have enough … although sometimes maybe you can have too much
HAPPINESS.

Rich in tunes and memorable characters, Happy Me is funny (of course!), sad, hopeful and inspirational.

Four Tasmanians face crucial moments in their lives. A young woman at the beginning of her career, too busy to fall in love, and an office worker facing retirement, knowing that happiness is only days away. A worker who doesn’t even realise he may have already lost what happiness he had, and a politician
juggling career, baby, and partner … who has time to be happy?!

Event Details

Touring Dates

QUEENSTOWN
Tues 2 Sept at 7.30pm
Queenstown Memorial Hall
Tickets $20 Adult / $15 Concession
Tickets available at your local Post Office

STANLEY
Thurs 4 Sept at 7.30pm
Stanley Town Hall
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession
Tickets available from Smithton Lizzie’s This ‘n That - Phone: 6452 1393 and Stanley Post Office - Phone: 6458 1109

BURNIE
Fri 5 Sept at 7.30pm
Burnie Civic Centre
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession
Tickets available from The Burnie Civic Centre Wilmot Street Phone: 6430 5850

DELORAINE
Sat 6 Sept at 7.30pm
Little Theatre
Tickets $20 Adult / $15 Concession
Tickets available from Artifakt Gallery on Emu Bay Rd - Phone: 6362 2088 Annie Robinson - Phone: 63681151 Diana Tulejah - Phone: 63695126

DEVONPORT
Tues 9 Sept at 7.30pm
Devonport Entertainment Centre
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession
For tickets Phone: 6420 2900 or visit: www.decc.net.au

OUSE
Thurs 11 Sept at 7.00pm
Ouse Hall
Tickets $23 Adult / $15 Concession
Phone Mary, Tracey or Lana at Regional Health Service on 6287 2001 to find out where you can buy tickets in your town

PONTVILLE
Fri 12 Sept at 7.00pm
Pontville Hall
Tickets $15 Adult / $10 Concession
Tickets available from Brighton Council and Bridgewater/Brighton Online Centre on Greenpoint Road

FRANKLIN
Sat 13 Sept at 7.30pm
Palais Theatre
Tickets $20 Adult / $15 Concession
Tickets available at The Franklin Post Office Phone: 6266 3151

SWANSEA
Tues 16 Sept at 7.30pm
Swansea Town Hall
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession
Tickets available from Bear Cottage Crafts on Franklin St - Phone: 6257 8091

SCOTTSDALE
Fri 19 Sept 7.30pm
Scottsdale High School
Performing Arts Centre
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession / $10 Student up to Year 10
Tickets available from Rose’s Newsagents on King St

GEORGE TOWN
Sat 20 Sept at 7.30pm
George Town Memorial Hall
Tickets $23 Adult / $18 Concession
/ $10 Students and TRA members
Tickets available at George Town Dry Cleaners, 93 Macquarie St - Phone: 6382 1268

ST MARY’S
Wed 17 Sept at 7.00pm
St Mary’s Hall

ST HELENS
Thurs 18 Sept at 7.00pm
Portland Hall

Tickets $24 Adult / $18 Concession
St Mary’s Tickets: Purple Possum Wholefoods at 5 Storey St - Phone: 6372 2655 St Helens Tickets: Visitor and Information Centre at 61 Cecilia St - opposite the Post Office, entry from car park

Bombshells

LIVE Tas — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:33:26 +0000

Bombshells

Every now and then, a show comes along that is so packed with wit and humour that the one-liners tumble over one another until the theatre is buzzing with laughter and excitement.

Wickedly entertaining, Bombshells showcases six dynamic women, each facing crossroads in their lives.

From a backtracking bride-to-be caught on the threshold, to a quirky cactus lover as prickly as her plants, Bombshells opens a window into the lives of fascinating, curious and often hilarious women.

From the mind of award winning australian playwright Joanna Murray-smith, Bombshells has enjoyed sell out productions on the West end, Broadway and all around australia.

Finally, Tasmanian audiences can enjoy this exceptional show. Featuring an exceptionally talented cast of Tasmanian actors guided by renowned director Robert Jarman, Bombshells is not to be missed and will sell quickly. Secure you tickets today and see the Bombshells act, sing and dance their way through life’s little trials. And some of the big ones too…

The Hobart season of Bombshells features the talents of Noreen Le Mottee, Fiona Stewart, Carmen Falk, Byrony Geeves, Jane Longhurst and Melissa King with support from musician Craig Wood.

Bombshells plays for 12 shows only in Hobart before touring to Stanley, Devonport, St Helen’s, Ouse and Pontville.

Event Details

Date & Time:

June 19 to 28, 8pm

Venue:

The Backspace Theatre, Hobart

Tickets:

$20 - $39

Bookings:

Theatre Royal Box Office
(03) 6233 2299, or
Book Online

Touring Tasmania:

Download flyer for details

Links:

www.tastheatre.com
TTC Launch, May 2008

Care for a ReelDance?

LIVE Tas — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:59:44 +0000

Care for a ReelDance?

Salamanca Arts Centre proudly presents ReelDance, the International Dance on Screen Festival touring nationally throughout 2008. This year is the fifth biennial festival since 2000 and celebrates the point where dance and film meet, showcasing the best of recent work from around the world and across the country.

ReelDance 2008 focuses on dance and movement in everyday life, with dancefilms featuring ballroom and mambo, hip hop and burlesque. ReelDance kicks off with the infectious rhythms of local Hobart swing band, The Red Hot Roosters, playing live in Salamanca Square accompanied by local swing dancers and projected vintage swing footage from the National Film and Sound Archive.

Be sure to drop by the Peacock Theatre from 8pm for the ReelDance Awards featuring the best of Australian and New Zealand dance on film.

Saturday 24 May has a remarkable line up of national and international screen sessions while on Sunday 25 May kids aged from 3 - 11 year are invited to join us for free with their parents ($10 for adults) when ReelDance presents an extraordinary showcase of international short films featuring children dancing in diverse cultural settings.

ReelDance Media and Related Articles

View the ReelDance Program

Watery winner amid films of more earthy themes - Sydney Morning Herald, May 21, 2008

Movers and Shakers - The Australia, May 3, 2008

All the Right Moves - The Age, May 2, 2008

Viva Vivaldi

LIVE Tas — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:38:48 +0000

Viva Vivaldi

The Tasmanian Chorale, under the direction of Stephanie Abercromby present Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria accompanied by The Fahan School Strings amd Michael Curtain. Soloists are Gina Bashford, Tamsin Hilliard, Maree-Rose Jones and Andrew Bainbridge.

Event Details

Date & Time:

Sunday, May 18th, 2:30pm

Venue:

St George’s Church, Battery Point

Tickets:

$25.00 or $20.00 concession

Bookings:

Centertainment
Ph: 6234 5998

St. John’s Anglican Church Choral Concert

LIVE Tas — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:45:57 +0000

St. John’s Anglican Church Choral Concert

A Selection of the most beautiful classical choral music of all time.
Featuring choral groups ‘Forte’ Fied’ and ‘Can Belto’ this concert will be conducted by John Allason.

Afternoon tea to follow.

Event Details

Date & Time:

Sunday 4th May at 2:30

Venue:

St John’s Anglican Church
St John’s Avenue, New Town

Tickets:

By donation upon entry.

Stepping Out

LIVE Tas — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:12:29 +0000

Stepping Out

The next theatrical offering from Hobart Rep is the award-winning comedy Stepping Out, written by Richard Harris and directed by Allan Jeffrey. In this highly entertaining play 7 woman and 1 man, all larger than life and wildly different characters, come together to learn to tap dance in preparation for a charity concert performance. Not only do they have to come to terms with their clumsy feet but with each other, both with hilarious results.

Will they succeed?….. Can they put on a dance concert to end all dance concerts?

The cast includes Dawn Lewis, Fransina Barnes, Belinda Schroter, Kerri-Louise Hooper, Richard Sparnon, Chelle Burtt, Pip Tyrrell, Sophie Tyrrell, Shae Thomas, and Emily Newton.

Released in 1991 as a feature film starring Lisa Minnelli and Shelly Winters, the play has universally been described as pure escapism and is a great night out for anyone who has ever taken up a class where talent was definitely not a criterion for joining!!!

Event Details

Date & Time:

April 18 to May 3 at 8.00pm
Matinee: Saturday April 26 at 2.00pm

Venue:

Playhouse Theatre
106 Bathurst Street,
Hobart

Tickets:

$17 - $23

Bookings:

Centertainment
(03) 6234 5998

BOOK TICKETS ONLINE

Tania Bosak in Concert - Moods in Mambo

LIVE Tas — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:43:31 +0000

Tania Bosak in Concert - Moods in Mambo

An eclectic evening of jazz & world moods and grooves. A quiz, Korean dance - drum. A mystery phone call, funny bits, balkan bits, sequined bits…and introducing Brown as never seen before.

Tania Bosak returns to Hobart in an all new theatre event, where music, story, comedy, costume changes, a mystery phone call and a not so difficult quiz come together in a lively spontaneous and entertaining evening.

Featuring hair raising original works and an exciting 10 piece Melbourne and Tassie line up. With Phil Bywater, Karl Willebrant, Randal Muir, Dan Magnus and more…

VISIT bosak.com.au to find out more
LISTEN to some tracks from Tania and her band

Event Details

Date & Time:

Saturday June 21st, 8pm

Venue:

Theatre Royal
29 Campbell St
Hobart

Tickets:

$38 - $42

Bookings:

Theatre Royal Box Office
(03) 6233 2299

BOOK TICKETS ONLINE

One Life to Live: Songs by Kurt Weill

LIVE Tas — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:14:43 +0000

One Life to Live: Songs by Kurt Weill

Eccentric, provocative and witty, Kurt Weill was one of the most versatile and influential theatre composers of the twentieth century. Soprano Charlotte McKercher and pianist Angela Brinkhoff present a selection of his greatest songs from the theatres of Berlin and Paris to the stages of Broadway and Hollywood.

Event Details

Date & Time:

18th April, 7:30pm
(60min performance)

Venue:

Moonah Arts Centre
65 Hopkins Street, Moonah

Tickets:

Gold Coin Donation

Comedy Roadshow 2008

LIVE Tas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:22:10 +0000

Comedy Roadshow 2008

Prepare yourself for an outrageously funny night with Australian and International comedians. From the Big Prawn to the Big Merino and the Big Banana, the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow has toured all the wonders of Australia and drawn one conclusion: big is definitely better. In an effort to keep this great nation doubled over with laughter, the Roadshow just gets bigger and, you guessed it, better. In 2008, a consortium of top line local comedians and international guests will be firing some mammoth jokes your way in Launceston in April with punch lines that will blow you out the back of the room.

A feast of in-your-face laughter. Style Magazine

The Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow has such chalk-and-cheese personalities delivering such a wide assortment of gags, it has everyones humour covered. Sunday Times (WA)

Something this good is sure to sell fast, so make sure you book your Roadshow tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Event Details

Date & Time:

22nd - 25th April, 8pm

Venue:

22nd & 23rd
Princess Theatre - Launceston
24th & 25th
Theatre Royal - Hobart

Tickets:

From $32
(Check with the venue)

Bookings:

For Princess Theatre
Phone: (03) 6323 3270
or Book Online

For Theatre Royal
Phone: (03) 6233 2299
or Book Online

By Word of Mouse

LIVE Tas — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:49:54 +0000

By Word of Mouse

Comedy theatre spectacular! Witness Comedian and theatrical powerhouse Mick Lowenstein battle over control and technology in this brand new show that blends premium stand up comedy with edgey theatrics and hi-tech wizardy!

Date & Time:

3rd to 5th April

Venue:

Peacock Theatre

Tickets:

$15

Bookings:

Tickets at the door