Tara Moss is famous for her kickass crime-fighting creations. First came model turned forensic psychologist Mak Vanderwall – and her latest is the supernaturally gifted Pandora English, a fashion assistant who moonlights to battle sinister forces. Sexy, smart and always in control, these heroines – and their feisty feminist creator – have lured legions of readers.
The Murray Conservatorium Choir will present music for all ages in its Songs Of The Sea program.
Highlights include selections from Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMAS Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance, 'Under The Sea' from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Vaughan Williams’ 'Dark Eyed Sailor' and 'I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside', and Stephen Leek’s Island Songs.
Musical director: Beth Ylvisaker
Pianist: Robyn Krowicky
Duration: Approximately 90 min utes(includes interval)
Recommended for all ages.
A series of films will be screened inside The Cube Wodonga during winter.
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in The Hunger Games (rated M - 142 minutes), a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the 12 Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
Foster & Allen – Ireland’s most famous and successful duo return to Australia in 2013.
Mick Foster and Tony Allen have been performing together for more than 30 years. They first toured Australia in 1983 and this will be their 18th trip down under.
These charismatic singers have been performing their unique blend of easy listening and folk music and their popularity is proven with their record sales. Between them they have sold 18 million records, making them one of Ireland's biggest entertainment exports, in the same league as U2, Enya, Boyzone and The Corrs.
Their 23 albums have included the immensely popular The Rambles of Spring, A Bunch of Thyme, Maggie and After All These Years.
Formed in 1975, this most famous ever singing duo in Irish music history began working on the local music circuits of Ireland and England. Soon with their own special brand of music the duo became hugely popular. In the first year, Foster & Allen recorded their first single, The Rambles of Spring which was a massive hit on both sides of the Irish Sea.
After 30 years, their popularity continues to flourish and fans often travel long distances to catch their shows as they tour around the country.
Presented by Byte Sized Productions, Disney’s Aladdin Junior brings the famous movie to life again on stage.
Three shows will be held at The Cube Wodonga during two days in June.
In Agrabah, City of Enchantment, every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! Aladdin, a kind but wily street urchin, falls in love with beautiful Princess Jasmine. It just so happens that the Sultan has declared that Princess Jasmine must choose a husband within the next day. After she turns down the offers from various wealthy suitors, Aladdin and the evil Jafar duke it out for Jasmine’s love. With a little help from a wacky genie, Aladdin manages to win Jasmine’s hand in marriage.
Roman Rudnytsky is an American concert pianist of Ukrainian background. Having performed in more than 95 countries he has been a prizewinner in the International Leventritt Competition in New York and the JS Bach International Competition in Washington, as well as Laureate of the ‘F Busoni’ and the ‘A Casagrande’ international piano competitions in Italy.
Two-hour performance (includes interval).
A series of films will be screened inside The Cube Wodonga during winter.
Argo (rated M - 120 minutes) stars Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman.
In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage.
The CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country and with few options, ex-filtration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan; to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew
Disco: The Vinyl Solutionis a biting, stand-up/physical comedy show with a serious core. Performed by Melbourne comedian, satirist, broadcaster and DJ Fiona Scott–Norman, Disco is hilarious, informed, scathing and is basically the An Inconvenient Truth of electronic dance music. Taking in hip-hop, disco and partner dancing, clubbing, white supremacy and drunken street violence, Disco elegantly and articulately concludes that the world’s been going to hell in a hand basket since everyone stopped touching each other on the dance floor. Disco explores the big issues in contemporary society - is street violence caused by electronic dance music? Is it coincidence that aggression’s been on the rise since partner dancing went the way of good manners? And how come songs used to be written about the moon, and now it’s all ‘hos’ and ‘bitches’? Disco is directed by Tim Ferguson (ex-Doug Anthony Allstars and Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush). As you’d expect, the show is fearless and funny.
Age and warning: Appeals particularly to a 30-plus crowd, or anyone who suspects that modern music is “crap”, but doesn’t want to say it out loud for fear of sounding old. Uses words of more than two syllables.
Show duration is 70 minutes with no interval.
Following their hugely successful tour earlier this year, two of Australia's most loved female artists – songstress Katie Noonan and classical guitarist Karin Schaupp – are teaming up once again, this time exploring music close to home and very close to their hearts.
Songs Of The Southern Skies features some of Australia and New Zealand's best classical, folk, jazz and pop songs.
The songs are performed with the intimate combination of Noonan's angelic and versatile voice and Schaupp's lyrical and fiery guitar.
Noonan is best known for being the frontwoman of indie band, George.
Happy As Larry is a dynamic, playful and beautifully layered new dance work which investigates the elusive nature of human happiness. Created by award-winning choreographer Shaun Parker, this powerful performance combines an intoxicating, free-flowing mix of ballet, break-dance, acrobatics and highly physical contemporary dance. The cast of characters is developed from the Enneagram, a psychological system that maps nine personality types: The perfectionist; the giver; the performer; the tragic romantic; the observer; the devil’s advocate; the optimist; the boss; and the mediator – all rich inspiration for Shaun Parker’s insightful creativity. Set to a vibrant electro/acoustic score by Nick Wales and Bree van Reyk, the performers bring fun and danger to the fore in this innovative and moving dance work.
Age: Eight years plus
Warning: Fog and smoke effects
Director and chorographer: Shaun Parker
Composers: Nick Wales and Bree van Reyk
This project has been made possible by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW.
Show duration is 75 minutes with no interval.
The Murray Conservatorium orchestra and chamber orchestra perform orchestral repertoire by Mozart. Book now for a delightful evening of classical music.
One-hour show (includes interval).
A rare workshop opportunity with Jonathon Welch.
Founder of the Choir of Hope and Inspiration (formerly the Choir of Hard Knocks).
Created specifically for people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage, the choir has been highly acclaimed and awarded for their hard work, talent and commitment since inception.
The Choir of Hope and Inspiration (formerly the Choir of Hard Knocks) began rehearsing in September, 2006 under the leadership of Founding Music Director, Dr Jonathon Welch AM.
Created specifically for people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage, the choir has been highly acclaimed and awarded for their hard work, talent and commitment since inception and will be in full song at The Cube Wodonga with a meet and greet after the concert.
It’s the ultimate man-shed. Two acres of timber, tools and trellises, guaranteed to make your man-ovaries ache. It’s a fantasy supermarket where dreams and wobbly bookshelves are made. Harley Breen has two brothers, they’re both carpenters. He likes going to Bunnings to look at things he could make if they were around to fix them. Perhaps this is Bunnings’ great, dark secret: no-one there knows what the hell they’re doing. It is the perfect place to wander around and feel like you’ve got the skills and materials to nail your s*#t together.
Warning: Some mild coarse language.
Show duration is 60 minutes with no interval.
Wodonga’s yearly event showcasing the region’s talented young musicians. Prizes are awarded and one winner is given the opportunity to represent Wodonga at regional and state levels. To participate in Battle 2013, please contact the FReeZA crew at facebook.com/freeza.wodonga or speak with Wodonga Council's youth services team on (02) 6022 9300.
Ages: Nine years and over
This is a drug, alcohol and smoke free event. No passouts and fully supervised. All bags will be searched prior to entry.
A series of films will be screened inside The Cube Wodonga during winter including Life Of Pi (rated PG - 127 minutes).
In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold.
They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Rickard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive.
With a career spanning 25 years (35 singles, 13 albums, 6 ARIA awards) and record sales edging one million, DIESEL the journeyman of music is on his way to some very special venues, in select regional areas with The Velvet Curtain Tour.
Alongside the hits and rarities people have grown to expect from an artist of longevity, DIESEL blends his influences by also playing tracks from Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Neil Young (to name a few…) combined with the unique ‘theatre’ environment, it makes for an all encompassing musical experience.
The Velvet Curtain Tour will make its way to The Cube Wodonga from South Australia and New South Wales.
When an eccentric misfit meets a strange world of contraptions, everything turns into a challenging and surprising discovery. Did you ever wonder how a vacuum cleaner and ironing board can help a man with his hat? Or how a broom finds itself making up part of a band? Or how eggs can walk or records play without a record player? These and other world mysteries are revealed in a quirky and heart-warming story of a search for finding one’s place. Squaring The Wheel brings together circus skills, puppetry, magic, wacky mechanisms, unexpected music and audience participation in a set full of delightfully impractical contraptions. Squaring The Wheel is a theatrical stage extravaganza with a comical and physical language.
Age: Families and schools
Company and producer Jens Altheimer
Show duration is 90 minutes with no interval.
Turn off the main road and follow the gravel road up the hill. Nancy Browne is having a garage sale. There will be treasure like you can’t imagine. Like you really can’t imagine. Eccentric and reclusive, Nancy Browne has lived in the same house, the same Tasmanian valley all her life, but now the valley is changing — farms are being sold and city people are moving in bringing with them new ideas and new ways. And now the farm has been sold. A developer has bought it and is going to create a suburb on it, Perfect Ponds. The wider world has encroached and Nancy has to make sense of it. She also has to move house. Directed by three-time Barry Award nominee Damian Callinan and performed by Rachel Leary, Everything Must Go is a comedic and poignant portrayal of a misfit finding her way. Set in Tasmania’s Huon Valley the show explores the mixing of subcultures that occurs as city folk move into rural areas. It centres around one character, Nancy Browne, whose family has been living on the same farm for years, but now, they (she) must go. Charming and odd, Nancy draws out family stories from the items she is selling in her garage sale, as well as highlighting her own take on the world. She tells stories of the valley where she lives, her neighbours and the changes that are taking place. Hilarious, ridiculous and very touching, this is a fabulously unique Australian character.
Age: Not suitable for children under seven
Written and performed by Rachel Leary
Directed by Damian Callinan
Free workshop
Friday, September 13
3pm - Character writing and devising
Explore how to create and develop character.
Bookings required by phoning the box office (only) on (02) 6022 9311.
Fresh from their very successful 2012 national tour, Johnny Cash the Concert is back to celebrate all things Cash bringing to life an incredible new concert experience.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of one of Cash’s biggest hits and best loved songs, 'Ring Of Fire', Australia’s own 'Man In Black', Daniel Thompson, returns with an award-winning ensemble featuring Golden Guitar Winner (Alternate Country Album of the Year - 2013 Golden Guitar Awards) and Australian Guitar Legend, Stuie French.
Joining the tour is multi-award sinning singer/songwriter Tamara Stewart.
Tamara won a Golden Guitar for Vocal Collaboration for her self-penned hit, 'Women In Song', celebrating the long heritage of women in Australian country music.
Come and see the show at The Cube Wodonga.
The Sydney Comedy Festival is hitting the road with a stellar line-up of the hottest international and local comedians from the 2013 Festival. They hand-pick the funniest and freshest acts of Sydney’s biggest annual comedy event and squeeze them into one hilarious night of world-class comedy, and the best news is we deliver it straight to your doorstep. With a cluster of comedians that will tempt everyone’s taste buds, this is the best value ticket in town, so don’t miss out!
Ages: MA15+ (may contain adult themes)
Annie Byron brings all her charm and humour to Connie, a woman of a certain age who wants to believe that finding a romantic love is not the impossible dream. Bravely she enters the online dating jungle and soon discovers that what you see is probably not what you get, there is no such thing as a free cup of coffee and that having John Clarke as your romantic ideal may be setting the bar just a little too high. Based on Andee Jones’ bestselling book Kissing Frogs, it brings a humorous twist to those pressing questions about love such as, why is it so hard to find and even harder to keep? Is romantic love the impossible dream and how do you know Mr Right even when you find him? Directed by Wayne Harrison who brought the hit shows Codgers and Biddies to the stage, this heartwarming and funny show explores the heart hazards of social network dating in a laughfilled show, perfect for a fun night out.
Presented by Riverside Productions and True West Theatre.
Age: 15 years and over
Cast:
Starring Annie Byron
Playwright Annie Byron
Director Wayne Harrison
Lighting and projection designer Nicholas Higgins
Sound designer Jeremy Silver
Producer Camilla Rountree
By Annie Byron
Based on Kissing Frogs by Andee Jones
Image: Glenda Pontes Depose
This project has been made possible by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW.
Show duration is 70 minutes with no interval.
An evening of fresh, dynamic works performed by the exhilarating dancers from PROJECTion Dance. Two world premieres and a PROJECTion Dance premiere promise a look at the bold, new directions in the world of contemporary dance. Using film and animation, the audience will be taken on an exploration in to the future of theatre and dance.
Show duration is 90 minutes (includes interval).
Free workshop
Saturday, October 12
11am - Open workshop series
Bookings are required for the workshop by phoning the box office (only) on (02) 6022 9311.
A performance will follow at 1pm by Fortune II featuring dancers from the Dis/assemble Project and tickets must be purchased for this show.
Meet Albert. He’s a walking, talking, never-ending dessert, and a typical Australian larrikin. His companions are a penguin (Sam Sawnoff), a sailor (Bill Barnacle) and a koala (Bunyip Bluegum) and his enemies are the pudding thieves – Wombat and Possum. Described as being somewhere between Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll, The Magic Pudding has captured the imagination of readers for almost 100 years. In 2013, Victorian Opera gives Norman Lindsay’s much-loved Australian classic The Magic Pudding a unique voice in an opera for children. This brand new commission by composer Calvin Bowman and librettist Anna Goldsworthy will bring together the witty and absurd world of The Magic Pudding with the soaring voices of local young singers and emerging talent.
Age: Suitable for children aged six and up
Show duration is 60 minutes with no interval.
The Magic Pudding - the opera is presented with kind permission of the copyright holders: HC and A Glad. Image: © HC and A Glad, 1918, from The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia.
Debra’s reputation as an outstanding vocalist has long been admired through her roles in many hit musicals including Mary Poppins, Cats, Les Miserables, Jerry’s Girls and Sunset Boulevard.
All her live performances are legendary – theatre, stage, casino and clubs alike, and they leave audiences in awe of her outstanding talents.
Ripe is Debra’s showcase of a diverse and extensive career. Join her in this superb show celebrating the career of one of Australia’s most cherished artists.
Two of Australia’s most recognised rock star legends are back. From Ol’55 to Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, In Melbourne Tonight, Underbelly and a host of music, stage and television hits between the two, Frankie J Holden and Wilbur Wilde will play all the old favourites and have a few stories intertwined to keep you laughing and dancing in your seat.
Show duration is 60 minutes. Free morning tea from 9.30am.
The Murray Conservatorium orchestra and all comers ensemble present an evening of popular classics depicting heroes and villains. Book now for a delightful evening of some of the most captivating music from the movies and beyond.
One hour and 15 minutes (includes interval).
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