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Mansfield Park
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Mansfield Park

Event Date: 20/04/2016, 07:30 pm

Operantics is excited to present the Australian Premiere of MANSFIELD PARK.
Following its popular and critical hits Cosi Fan Tutte (2015) and its January 2016 Double Bill of The Telephone and Gentlemen's Island, Operantics is excited to present the Australian Premiere of MANSFIELD PARK.

Jonathan Dove's operatic adaptation captures the heart of Jane Austen's timeless novel in a beautiful chamber opera set to Alasdair Middleton's libretto. The short season plays at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney on Wed 20, Sat 23 April 7.30pm and Sun 24 April at 2.30pm.

Fanny Price is the poor, overlooked niece of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, raised in the midst of privilege at Mansfield Park alongside her wealthy cousins. Quietly in love with her clueless cousin, Edmund, Fanny is neglected by nearly everyone, and often treated unkindly by her Aunt Norris.
With the sudden arrival of the charismatic Henry Crawford and his charming sister, Mary,
Fanny watches from the sidelines as seductions, intrigues, and indiscretions threaten the peace of the family.

Directed by Joseph Restubog, with musical direction by Keiren Brandt-Sawdy, Mansfield Park stars
Sonya Holowell as Fanny Price, Samanta Lestavel as Mary Crawford, Jermaine Chau as Lady Bertram,
Jessica Harper as Aunt Norris, Ian Warwick as Sir Thomas, Daniel Folesi as Henry Crawford,
Spencer Darby as Mr Rushworth and Amy Balales as Julia Bertram, as well as Operantics company founders artistic director Katie Miller-Crispe as Maria Bertram and artistic adviser Tristram Entwistle as Edmund Bertram.
Nathaniel Kong is piano accompanist, Emily Stuart-Jones production assistant with sumptuous costumes by Victoria Parsons.
Restubog said it was an exciting challenge to premiere a work from celebrated composer Jonathan Dove and working with such recognisable material from the legendary Jane Austen.

Everyone in the team is looking forward to presenting a unique, emotional, and truthful take to the story and the opera.
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Location:
The Independent Theatre 269 Miller St,
North Sydney New South Wales,2060
Location:
The Independent Theatre 269 Miller St,
North Sydney New South Wales,2060
A Man Walks Into A Bar
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A Man Walks Into A Bar

Event Date: 21/04/2016, 07:30 pm

A Man Walks Into A Bar
An absurdist comedy featuring the kind of people you find in a bar. Man and Woman stumble on an open mic night. They have a broken relationship in their past and battle it out onstage.

Their weapons? Jokes based on the classic form, "A man walks into a bar...". They duel and drink, breaking out to tell their stories and the stories of many others who have spent time in bars. The dialogue is fast-paced and action gets wilder as the play goes on, this show is the Perfect Tipple.

This production is the Australian Premiere of David Geary's 'A Man Walks Into A Bar'. Andrew Beban, Creative Director of Off The Avenue Productions is making his directorial debut and has written original music for this production.

Anyone who has ever spent a bit of time in a bar will be able to relate to this absurdist comedy. Critically acclaimed Australian Alt Country and Folk Musician Sam Newton, fresh from his Violet Road tour will be playing a set 30 minutes before each show starts. Come down early, grab a drink and get the best seat - you won't want to miss it!
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Location:
Blood Moon Theatre, The World Bar, 24 Bayswater Road,
Kings Cross New South Wales,2011
Location:
Blood Moon Theatre, The World Bar, 24 Bayswater Road,
Kings Cross New South Wales,2011
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Phone Number: 0410 708 200

Short And Sweet Voices Gala Final
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Short And Sweet Voices Gala Final

Event Date: 15/04/2016, 07:30 pm

Dr Jonathon Welch (AM), will be special guest tutor and judge for Short+Sweet Voices
The mass a cappella choral music festival - which was such a hit last year - returns with district and regional heats 4-8 April,climaxing at the 15 April Gala Final Chatswood’s elegant Concourse performing arts centre.

Heats in Petersham, Hornsby, Cranebrook and Kirrawee are a feature of this year's even bigger, bolder festival.
Short+Sweet Voices is an exciting new development in the Short+Sweet world, welcoming vocal performers,
choirs and conductors to showcase their musical prowess – unaccompanied - in the 10-minute format.
With its debut season in March 2015, Short+Sweet Voices brought the skill and creativity of choral performance to The Concourse stage.

In 2016 it is returning bigger and better, with new festival director Ben Oxley at the helm.
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Location:
The Concource @ Chatswood,
Chatswood New South Wales,2067
Location:
The Concource @ Chatswood,
Chatswood New South Wales,2067
The Dectectives Handbook
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The Dectectives Handbook

Event Date: 21/04/2016, 07:30 pm

Set in Chicago, 1950 and follows Frank Thompson, police detective, as he is called into the station
New Musicals Australia in association with Hayes Theatre Co are thrilled to be able to announce the cast for THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK which will play Hayes Theatre Co from 21 April until 7 May 2016.

“The Detective’s Handbook is an especially exciting show for us to be presenting at Hayes Theatre Co,” said Hayes Theatre Co Chair Neil Gooding. “Firstly, it is a new, totally original Australian musical, which is fairly rare in itself. Secondly, it is the first fully staged production of a show that has been guided through our New Musicals Australia program. The Detectives Handbook is smart, funny and has a distinctive voice, with music by Olga Solar and book and lyrics by Ian Ferrington.”

Director Jonathan Biggins has assembled a spectacular cast for the production, that pays homage to the golden age of detective novels, with a witty and intriguing script, in a Maltese Falcon meets Get Smart style spoof. Joining the cast are Justin Smith (Billy Elliott The Musical, RENT-original Australian cast), Sheridan Harbridge (Songs for the Fallen, An Officer and a Gentleman), Rob Johnson (Man of La Mancha, Triassic Parq), Tony Cogin (Moonshadow, Doctor Zhivago), Lara Mulcahy (Les Misérables, Mamma Mia) and Christopher Horsey (The Tap Pack, Hot Shoe shuffle).

The creative team also includes Michael Tyack as Musical Director, James Browne as Set and Costume Designer and Sian James-Holland as Lighting Designer.

The musical is set in Chicago, 1950 and follows Frank Thompson, police detective, as he is called into the station on Sunday morning to investigate the murder of two policemen in a disreputable neighbourhood. The Police Chief assigns him a new partner, Jimmy Hartman, a recently promoted Detective The ensuing investigation leads them into a world of seedy bars and femme fatales, in a hilarious clash of the old guard and the new recruit, determined to do it 'by the book'.
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Location:
Hayes Theatre Company, 19 Greenknowe Avenue,
Potts Point New South Wales,2011
Location:
Hayes Theatre Company, 19 Greenknowe Avenue,
Potts Point New South Wales,2011
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Phone Number: 02 8065 7337

Australia Premiere Of Stephen Hough's Third Piano Sonata
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Australia Premiere Of Stephen Hough's Third...

Event Date: 18/04/2016, 07:00 pm

Stephen Hough is returning to Australian for his fourth Musica Viva Tour
Hough will bring a wonderful recital program offering a listening experience of great emotion and breathtaking virtuosity.

Over the course of his career, Stephen Hough has distinguished himself as a true polymath, not only securing a reputation as a uniquely insightful concert pianist, but also as a writer and composer. His artistic activities extend to painting, and he is a noted connoisseur of fine tea, perfume and hats.
Hough’s upcoming recital program lightly references some of these extra-musical things.

Hough will open his Australian program with one of Schubert’s late sonatas, a ‘sonata of sighs’, thought to have been written just after the diagnosis of what was to be his final illness.

“In the Schubert there almost isn’t any light at all,” says Hough. “Even when it goes into the major, it’s more heartbreaking than it is in the minor – that’s of course something that Schubert does really well.”

Hough describes the whole of the first half as a big progression from darkness to light and continues, “In the Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue there is this incredible, deep-suffering piece that, at the end, has this amazing opening-out. So you really do come out of the darkness.”

Following the Schubert and Franck is Hough’s latest piano work, the Sonata No. 3, ‘Trinitas’, which will make its Australian premiere on this tour.

In the new sonata, commissioned jointly by the Catholic magazine The Tablet and the Barbician Centre, Hough – whose Catholic faith is a driving force in his creativity – has been inspired by the symbolism of the number three and what he sees as the parallel dogmas of the Trinity in the church and of 12-tone serialism in music.

NOTE : winning tickets can be collected from the venue on the day of their performance, from the Guest Ticket Desk in the entry foyer of City Recital Hall, from one hour prior to the performance.
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Location:
City Recital Hall, Angel Place,
Sydney New South Wales,2000
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City Recital Hall, Angel Place,
Sydney New South Wales,2000
Mongrel Mouth's The Bee And The Tree
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Mongrel Mouth's The Bee And The Tree

Event Date: 14/04/2016, 11:30 am

Critically acclaimed theatre company, Mongrel Mouth, takes children’s theatre to a new level.
Critically acclaimed theatre company, Mongrel Mouth, takes children’s theatre to a new level this April school holidays with the premiere
of fun and thrilling THE BEE AND THE TREE – an interactive, immersive theatre experience with an uplifting environmental theme.

The show plays twice a day Thursday to Sunday 14-24 April at Leichhardt Town Hall.

Within a magical world of play, the stellar cast of 10 performers immerse the audience in a story where the rules are riddles,
trees can talk and the sun sings. Exhilarated young viewers become part of the action to help Bette the Bee
and her friends save the last tree from the exterminator and bring flowers back to the world.

This new and exciting creative learning experience is full of original songs, music, games & stunning costumes.
It’s a chance to play, laugh and problem-solve in a show where audience members
don’t have to sit down and be quiet (unless they want to!).

Mongrel Mouth is a young, inner city-based independent theatre company proudly boasting a gender-equal,
culturally diverse group of creative artists who reflect the makeup of their audiences and offer them agency in the stories that are told.
Previous hits include The Age of Entitlement (2014), The Silence Came (2014) and Like Me (2015)
– all of which delighted a new generation of theatre-goers!

“I was blown out of the water by Mongrel Mouth.” - Weekend Notes Sydney
“Theatrical marvel” - Emily Richardson, Absolute Theatre

See why this exciting theatre troupe’s shows are selling out and the critics are raving about its unique form of theatre.
The Bee and The Tree is an experience not to be missed!

The Bee and the Tree
Ages: infant to 10 years
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Location:
Leichhardt Town Hall, 107 Norton Street,
Leichhardt New South Wales,2040
Location:
Leichhardt Town Hall, 107 Norton Street,
Leichhardt New South Wales,2040
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Shut Up And Drive
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Shut Up And Drive

Event Date: 09/04/2016, 08:00 pm

Shut Up and Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile
From the power of the driver’s seat, through the pleasures of the back seat, to the eternal pull of the open road, Shut Up and Drive is the ultimate ride.

Fast-paced and fun-fueled, Shut Up and Drive traverses the highways and back roads of the Australian psyche to discover the place of the car in our lives.

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Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
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Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
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Phone Number: 0403 762 212

Shut Up And Drive Quick Tix Last Day
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Event Date: 09/04/2016, 08:00 pm

Shut Up and Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile
From the power of the driver’s seat, through the pleasures of the back seat, to the eternal pull of the open road, Shut Up and Drive is the ultimate ride.

Fast-paced and fun-fueled, Shut Up and Drive traverses the highways and back roads of the Australian psyche to discover the place of the car in our lives.

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Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
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Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
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Phone Number: 0403 762 212
Shut Up And Drive
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Shut Up And Drive

Event Date: 10/04/2016, 05:00 pm

Shut Up and Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile
From the power of the driver’s seat, through the pleasures of the back seat, to the eternal pull of the open road, Shut Up and Drive is the ultimate ride.

Fast-paced and fun-fueled, Shut Up and Drive traverses the highways and back roads of the Australian psyche to discover the place of the car in our lives.

Are we there yet?
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Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
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Phone Number: 0403 762 212

Shut Up And Drive Quick Tix Last Day
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Event Date: 10/04/2016, 05:00 pm

Shut Up and Drive; or Sex, Liberty and the Automobile
From the power of the driver’s seat, through the pleasures of the back seat, to the eternal pull of the open road, Shut Up and Drive is the ultimate ride.

Fast-paced and fun-fueled, Shut Up and Drive traverses the highways and back roads of the Australian psyche to discover the place of the car in our lives.

Are we there yet?
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Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
Location:
Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel,
Kings Cross New South Wales,1340
Contact Information:
Phone Number: 0403 762 212
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