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Snugglepot And Cuddlepie
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Event Date: 22/11/2016, 10:00 am

The colourful world of May Gibbs’ Snugglepot and Cuddlepie springs to life on stage for children.
The colourful world of May Gibbs’ Snugglepot and Cuddlepie springs to life on stage for children aged 5-10 (and their adults) when this new action-packed Australian adaptation plays at The Concourse, Chatswood on Tuesday 22 November and The Seymour Centre from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 November as part of a national tour following its 2015 Sydney Opera House premiere.

Join your favourite Gumnuts as they set out 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. Can Snugglepot lead the way? Can Cuddlepie hold his nerve? Can they avoid falling victim to the Big Bad Banksia Man?

These much loved characters come to life on stage as this funny & charming new production introduces today’s children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.

Critics and audiences alike raved about the production:
“This charming new stage adaptation of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie looks set to be a hit…stylish, inventive and cleverly designed…it exudes charm” Sunday Telegraph
“an engaging romp, bringing the magical bush tale to life for another generation…skilfully done…imaginative” Sydney Morning Herald

Whether it’s a first meeting for young audiences, or a trip down memory lane for grownups, this new contemporary adaptation will surprise and delight audiences of all ages.
2016 marks the 100 year anniversary of May Gibbs’ classic and much-loved book Gumnut Babies. The classic book about Australian bush fairies was first published in 1916 and was an instant success paving the way for May Gibbs to become one of Australia’s best loved classic children’s book illustrators and authors.
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The Concourse, Victoria Avenue,
Chatswood New South Wales,2067
Location:
The Concourse, Victoria Avenue,
Chatswood New South Wales,2067
The Screwtape - Sydney
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The Screwtape - Sydney

Event Date: 22/11/2016, 07:30 pm

C.S. Lewis’ wildly comic yet deadly serious masterpiece – The Screwtape Letters - is coming
After a sell-out preview season last year, Clock & Spiel Productions are bringing The Screwtape Letters back
to Sydney (from Nov 22-10 Dec), Melbourne (13-17 Dec) and Canberra (from 19-23 Dec).

One of the most popular works of C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy), this brilliantly funny literary masterpiece – in a special new adaptation for the stage - provides a humorously accurate insight into the frailties of human nature.

The Screwtape Letters follows the correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood – whose task it is to secure the damnation of a young man known as “The Patient”.

CS Lewis was a friend and colleague of JRR Tolkien – both taught in the English Department of Oxford University – and he was, like the author of Lord of the Rings, deeply immersed in his Christian faith.
The Screwtape Letters has universal contemporary appeal as a satirical exploration of evil and temptation.

Directed and adapted by Hailey McQueen, The Screwtape Letters is masterfully performed by Yannick Lawry (Australia: The Story of Us) as Screwtape, while George Zhao (The Family Law) injects a physical comedy element like no other, in his portrayal of Screwtape’s assistant – Toadpipe.
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Location:
Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre, City Road,
Chippendale New South Wales,2008
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Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre, City Road,
Chippendale New South Wales,2008
The Jungle Book
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The Jungle Book

Event Date: 18/11/2016, 07:30 pm

IRRESISTIBLE CLASSIC TALE COMES TO LIFE AS MUSICAL The Jungle Book with youth cast
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling’s enthralling tale of the child raised by animals
– comes to Sydney’s North in irresistible musical form from November 18.

Following up its earlier 2016 season hits, Away and The Last Five Years, Lane Cove Theatre Company presents
Kipling's unforgettable tale that has enthralled and delighted young audiences for generations.

Mowgli, the 'wolf-cub child’ and friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Kaa the python,
transport us to the jungle in a story that has remained a favourite amongst adults and children alike..

Can Mowgli discover the secret of man's red flower? Can he fight off the terrifying tiger, Shere Khan as he awaits his chance to pounce?
Will he be able to overcome the many dangers of the jungle and live there happily?
Or will he leave his wild friends and join the humans in the village?

Faithful to Rudyard Kipling's original beloved story, this beautiful stage adaptation will enchant adults and children alike.
The production evokes the mystery and majesty of the jungle while awakening the wisdom and magic of Kipling's powerful and enchanting tale.

Directed by 18-year-old Bedelia Lowrencev, The Jungle Book features a cast of brilliantly talented – mostly young -
performers (all but four of the 22-strong cast are under the age of 18!) including wonderful newcomer Charlotte Pugh as Mowgli,
Madeleine Biddle as Bagheera, Daniel Timmins as Kaa and Holly Boswell as Shere Khan
as well as seasoned actors Rod Stewart as Baloo, Jeremy Lowrencev as Akela and Jocelyn Chalmers as Raksha.

Lowrencev says The Jungle Book is a real crowd pleaser and ‘the very definition of family fun’!
“You’ll laugh and cry with Mowgli and her friends as they explore the trials and tribulations of growing up, l
earning about the importance of friends, standing up to bullies; really the bare necessities of life!”
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Location:
St Aidan’s Performance Space,
Longueville New South Wales,2066
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St Aidan’s Performance Space,
Longueville New South Wales,2066
Springfest - Quick Tix Last Day
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Event Date: 13/11/2016, 10:00 am

Join us for our annual celebration of Spring at Breenhold!
The annual Breenhold Gardens SpringFest is back in 2016, bigger and better than ever. Join us for a day of sun, spring, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Led by the inimitable Roger Benedict, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows will host two, intimate, one-hour concerts, deftly capturing the sounds of spring in their performances. Biber, Brahms, Mozart, and even Lennon and McCartney will provide the perfect “sound-track” for taking in the breathtaking setting that is Breenhold Gardens.

Founded in the mid-1960s by the late Sydney ballet and theatre critic and political journalist-turned-businessman, Thomas Essington Breen Snr, and his wife Charlotte ‘Bill’ Breen,

Breenhold Gardens comprises thousands of exotic and indigenous trees and flowering shrubs. This one-of-a-kind landscape, which more recently provided the backdrop for Baz Luhrmann’s movie, The Great Gatsby, is the perfect union of a Northern Hemisphere-style garden estate and the untamed Australian bush.

There’s plenty to enjoy at Breenhold Gardens SpringFest – whether you’re a classical music aficionado, a green thumb, or a young family, SpringFest is the ultimate Sunday adventure. Relax to the music in the shade of a weatherproof marquee or bask in the warm spring sunshine with a picnic lunch and fresh brewed coffee from our coffee cart. For active,
young adventurers the Kid’s Scavenger Hunt runs all day and provides little hands with the perfect opportunity to get up close to nature.
Time: Gates open 10am-4pm

Garden Tours 10.15 & 3pm

Live Concert 11.30am and 2pm

Kid’s Scavenger Hunt running all day

Location: Breenhold Gardens, 29 The Avenue, Mount Wilson

Tickets: Include one Live Concert, Garden Tour and Kid’s Scavenger Hunt

$49 Adults; $12 Students; Children under 5 years – free

NOTE: we have giving away one family pass (2A + 2C)
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Location:
Breenhold Gardens, 29 The Avenue,
Mount Wilson New South Wales,2786
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Breenhold Gardens, 29 The Avenue,
Mount Wilson New South Wales,2786
Let's Talk About You
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Let's Talk About You

Event Date: 16/11/2016, 08:00 pm

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU by Rivka Hartman
Two of Australia’s favourite veteran actors, ANNE TENNEY and ELAINE HUDSON, embody one high-powered character, the two-faced Ernestine, in AFI and GOLD AWGIE award winner Rivka Hartman’s new play LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU, a black comic love story about and between women. A character piece with a fast-moving storyline, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU takes a witty and penetrating look at love and friendship – what makes it work, and what makes it fall ridiculously apart. Sexually charged, emotionally raw, the play sparkles with humour and insight.

16 - 26 November 2016 - 8pm Wed-Sat, 5pm Sun
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The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd,
Marrickville New South Wales,2204
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The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd,
Marrickville New South Wales,2204
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Phone Number: 0477 252 515

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Event Date: 16/11/2016, 08:00 pm

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU by Rivka Hartman
Two of Australia’s favourite veteran actors, ANNE TENNEY and ELAINE HUDSON, embody one high-powered character, the two-faced Ernestine, in AFI and GOLD AWGIE award winner Rivka Hartman’s new play LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU, a black comic love story about and between women. A character piece with a fast-moving storyline, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU takes a witty and penetrating look at love and friendship – what makes it work, and what makes it fall ridiculously apart. Sexually charged, emotionally raw, the play sparkles with humour and insight.

16 - 26 November 2016 - 8pm Wed-Sat, 5pm Sun
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The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd,
Marrickville New South Wales,2204
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The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd,
Marrickville New South Wales,2204
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Phone Number: 0477 252 515
Summer Rain
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Summer Rain

Event Date: 16/11/2016, 07:30 pm

A light-hearted yet bittersweet story.
Christmas Eve, 1945. Harold Slocum, proprietor of Slocum’s Travelling Family Tent Show, has a love of the horses, an intimate relationship with bookies and no money to pay his troupe.

After the performers walk out, the Slocum family finds itself in the drought-blighted NSW outback town of Turnaround Creek. Deciding to put on a show, they muster the enthusiasm of the townsfolk, despite the hostility shown by local publican Barry Doyle, who remembers the last time Harold was in town, 16 years previously.

Then the drought breaks and the Slocums are stranded. Over nine days of rain, dormant memories of an illicit affair resurface and emotions run high, new life is breathed into the town, love blossoms and a feeling of rejuvenation and optimism for the future after the long years of war, beings to take hold.

Nick Enright and Terence Clarke’s charming musical celebrates the vaudeville troupes which travelled outback Australia in the 1930s and 40s and the tight-knit rural communities they entertained.

A light-hearted yet bittersweet story, delightful songs and lively dance numbers makes Summer Rain is the perfect way to end the year.
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Location:
New Theatre, King Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
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New Theatre, King Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
Jackie Loeb & Gretel Killeen - We Don't Like Young People Last Day
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Jackie Loeb & Gretel Killeen - We Don't Like...

Event Date: 11/11/2016, 07:00 pm

Young people should be seen and not heard until they’re at least forty.
Young people should be seen and not heard until they’re at least forty. We don’t like young people, in particular we don’t like good looking, confident young people who are in love. So, we’re starting a revolution! We’ve had enough of their clear-skinned selfie smiles and deluded optimism. It’s time to set the record straight with our inspiring tales of the futility of life, the agony of love and the joys of being broke, old and sexless. Yay! Join bitterly hilarious life warriors, Jackie Loeb and Gretel Killeen for a night that you will never forget… but they very well might.

“Sharp comic storytelling” Sydney Morning Herald

“ Must See!” LA Weekly

“Non Stop Funny” The LA Examiner

“ The Highlight…” The Sydney Morning Herald
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Location:
The Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter,
Moore Park New South Wales,2021
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The Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter,
Moore Park New South Wales,2021
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Phone Number: 9550 3666
The Inspired
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The Inspired

Event Date: 12/11/2016, 08:00 pm

The final Met Concert for 2016
In the final Met Concert for 2016, The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams will leave audiences enthused and ecstatic in a concert filled with the inspiration of its composers. Mendelssohn was inspired by Shakespeare, Kats-Chernin was inspired by Mozart and Beethoven inspired the world.

Written for William Shakespeare’s play, Mendelssohn’s evocative A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture was composed at the tender age of 17. A work filled with twists and turns, ebbs and flows, it ends as it begins with the sound of a gentle breeze blowing through the trees. In the Ornamental Air for Basset Clarinet for Orchestra, Kats-Chernin sets out to accent the flexibility and colours of this unusual instrument, while giving it a natural home in the context of the orchestra. The wide range of the basset clarinet is accentuated during this virtuosic work. TMO’s principal clarinet Andrew Doyle is the soloist with a brand new instrument built for this very performance.

Met Concert 5 and TMO’s eighth performance season will reach its inspiring climax with Beethoven’s magnificent Symphony no 7. Many lovers of classical music consider the second movement of this fabulous work to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. The joyful, energetic and celebratory symphony driven by dance rhythms will complete a magical evening, and magical season from The Metropolitan Orchestra.
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
KATS-CHERNIN Ornamental Air for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony no 7
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Location:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, 700 Harris Street,
Ultimo New South Wales,2000
Location:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, 700 Harris Street,
Ultimo New South Wales,2000
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Phone Number: (02) 8004-3472

Flood
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Event Date: 09/11/2016, 08:15 pm

WHITE YOUTHS’ RACIAL CONFRONTATION IN NEW AUSTRALIAN PLAY
A powerful new Australian play coming to Sydney’s Old 505 Theatre is set to expose the implicit racial bias that pervades Australian culture - through the eyes of a naïve and ignorant younger generation.

FLOOD, by Chris Isaacs, places white Australian youths in the centre of racial confrontation when they find themselves out of their comfort zone and – quite literally – out of their depth.

Six non-indigenous ‘twenty-somethings’ head off on a camping trip into outback Australia on an end-of-year rite of passage to reconnect as old friends. However, their journey into the unknown takes a violent turn after they set up camp near an isolated creek.

Treating it as a swimming hole, they encounter an enraged member of the local indigenous community
and the encounter escalates with disturbing and tragic consequences.
The series of events that follow will forever change their understanding of the land, Aboriginal culture and its place within the society in which they live.
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Location:
Old 505 Theatre, 5 Eliza Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
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Old 505 Theatre, 5 Eliza Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
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