STORYTELLING ACROSS CULTURES – BERNDT MUSEUM FAMILY DAY
UWA Cultural Precinct
The universal art of storytelling takes on many forms across different cultures. Come and explore various kinds of storytelling with an afternoon of talks, performances and activities hosted by the Berndt Museum in association with their current exhibition Little Paintings, Big Stories: Gossip Songs of Western Arnhem Land. LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY, UWA 6 JUL | 1PM FREE lwag@uwa.edu.au | 08 6488 3707
PERTH CITY MAGIC
NAIDOC WEEK
NAIDOC PERTH OPENING CEREMONY
NAIDOC Perth
National NAIDOC Week (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) runs annually in the first full week in July - a cultural festival consisting of various events celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and achievements. The festival stems from the Aboriginal activism of the 1920s, with the first NAIDOC Committee convened in 1957. VARIOUS VENUES 7–14 JULY WWW.NAIDOC.ORG.AU WWW.NAIDOCPERTH.ORG
NAIDOC Perth
NAIDOC Week begins in Perth with a Welcome to Country leading a dance and music extravaganza featuring headline act Shane Howard. Highlighting a continued connectedness to the land through song and dance and the idea of Aboriginal corroboree, the day includes rides for the kids, food to enjoy, Aboriginal artists in residence and community and information stalls. WELLINGTON SQUARE, EAST PERTH 7 JUL | 12-4PM | WWW.NAIDOC.ORG.AU WWW.NAIDOCPERTH.ORG
KIDS CUSHION CONCERTS
MADE ON THE LEFT WINTER MARKET
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Made on the Left Side of Australia
Enter the Magical Rabbit petting zoo on your way inside the Hocus Pocus tent where award-winning Best Children’s Magician The Amazing Mr Jim awaits. With laser beams, illusion, doves, bunnies, contortionists, song and dance performances, and a little help from you the audience, this magical school holiday show brings lots of laughs and tonnes of fun.
Introduce kids to the fun of classical music through 50 minutes of storytelling, song and dance. Toot, whistle, plonk, boom, shake, rattle and roll with WASO’s Education Chamber Orchestra (EChO), a high-energy 15 piece ensemble featuring one of each instrument of the orchestra – which you can play on after the show!
With winter settling in, you can count on another Made on the Left winter market to brighten Perth’s grey skies. This not for profit organisation is proud to be presenting, for the sixth year, the best independently created art, design, fashion and home wares made on the left side of Australia.
WARDLE ROOM, PERTH CONCERT HALL 12 & 13 JUL | 9:45AM & 11:15AM TICKETS $12* WWW.WASO.COM.AU | 08 9326 0000
STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA 28 JUL | 11AM-5PM
HOCUS POCUS TENT, FORREST PLACE 8–20 JUL | 10:30AM, 11:30AM, 1PM & 2PM TIX AVAIL FROM MURRAY ST MALL FREE MARQUEE ON SHOW DAY
PETER & THE WOLF LIVE
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
This classic story comes to life in a multimedia family event like no other. See BreakThru Films’ Oscar®-winning stop-motion animation with Prokofiev’s timeless score performed live by WASO. Also featuring Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. PERTH CONCERT HALL 28 JULY | 1PM & 3PM $20* WWW.TICKETEK.COM.AU | 1300 795 012
ROOM ON THE BROOM – LIVE ON STAGE!
FAMILY
City of Perth
FREE
CIRCUS OZ: FROM THE GROUND UP
Circus Oz
CDP presents Tall Stories
This magical musical adaptation is based on the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Children’s books. Physical theatre, music and beautiful puppetry bring to life this much loved story about friendship, cooperation and sharing for children aged 3-8… and their fun-loving adults! STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA 8-11 AUG | VARIOUS TIMES | $26* WWW.TICKETEK.COM.AU | 1300 795 012
With bold, courageous spirit, Circus Oz brings you daring, dynamic, quirky circus, leaving you on the edge of your seat, steamed up and howling for more! Powerful acrobatics contest gravity while graceful aerial artists win your heart, knockabout comedy bowls you over and the musicians save the day with the last beat. HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE 29–31 AUG | 7:30PM PLUS 1:30PM SAT MATINEE $35-$75* WWW.TICKETEK.COM.AU | 1300 795 012
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