SUMMER
2018
Phone:
43 821 777
Welcome to
Summer Moments, filled with fun and laughter; good times celebrated together. Welcome to wonderful Summer Moments at Avoca Beach Picture Theatre.
Unique moments, never to be repeated. Specialty evenings with wine and song, film and food, from around the world – Spanish, Italian, French, Greek and Bollywood. New this summer, live music on the lawn every weekend – lazy afternoons with carefully chosen buskers providing the perfect way to slip into another wonderful summer evening. Saturday evenings are dedicated to our Starlight Cinema – movies under the stars! Take in the wide open sea of stars as you are refreshed by the ocean breeze and entertained with a great selection of films.
Sit back and relax with a fine wine or a craft beer, our wide range of teas or the best locally roasted coffee in Avoca’s recognised responsible café.
Incredible live music with internationally loved musicians on our stage giving an intimate concert of their very best.
Homegrown surf movies and the very best in high octane adventure sport films. Films for the discerning, the edgy, the chilled and the connoisseur - we look after YOU!
Our heart is to give you the best! With our curated film selection, we guarantee our movies – love it or your money back! Enjoy the moment. The Summer Moment.
Norman & Beth Hunter and all the team at
“It’s a pleasure to perform at the greatest picture theatre in the world!” damian wright - flamenco guitarist
“what a great joy it is to be in this great theatre” david helfgott - international concert pianist
“what a tremendous theatre this is. Keep on bringing culture into people’s lives!”
simon tedeschi - international concert pianist
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The perfect gift for anyone, anytime.
Our range of Gift Cards can be used in so many ways! Take in a movie, come to a concert, enjoy a glass of bubbly, buy a beautiful soap, candle or clothing for yourself! Or perhaps a combination of them all! Ranging from $11 to $75, our beautiful Gift Cards are available at Avoca Theatre, at Beth’s Emporium at Bateau Bay or online through our website. You can even call us on 43 821 777 and we will post it to you or your happy recipient! Enjoy the good times!
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doctor who
christmas special
Two Doctors stranded in a forbidding snowscape, refusing to face regeneration. TWICE UPON A TIME is the magical last chapter in PETER CAPALDI epic adventure. He must face his past to decide his future.
BO
NUS!
The 12th Doctor must discover hope in his darkest frozen moment. It’s the end of an era. But the Doctor’s journey is only just beginning.
Receive either a TARDIS NECKLACE OR A GALLIFREYAN KEY RING, designed by the Whovians at AvocaTheatre! While stocks last.
tuesday 26th dec at12pm tickets only $20
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italian night Amongst our most popular events is our ITALIAN NIGHT! Enjoy Italian antipasto and wine before live entertainment & a screwball comedy. MAJAZZTER, an Italian vocal and guitar duo with over 2 decades of recording, enticingly present the contrast of the effervescent voice of Minie Minarelli & the fascinating finesse of Ermanno Brignola on classical guitar authentically sprouting from fertile Italian soil.
Winner of the 2017 Italian Golden Globe for Best Comedy and film festival audience favorite, LET YOURSELF GO! is an hilarious new laugh out loud comedy starring the phenomenal Toni Servillo as an uptight, rather self-centred, psychoanalyst who clearly delights in this light-hearted caper. Instructed to lose some weight, he befriends his new personal trainer, a vivacious, single mother (the stunning Verónica Echegui) with an unhinged criminal ex-boyfriend.
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Live tonight! - Majazzter
As she drags him around Rome, a series of mishaps ensue, breathing new energy into his tired and predictable life. If you want to laugh…. LET YOURSELF GO!
friday 29th dec at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
EMOCEAN surf film
EMOCEAN is an epic surf trip and a love letter to the ocean weaving together personal stories and experiences captured at beaches around the world. Filmmaker Tony “Harro” Harrington explains, “There is a power within the waves and below the water’s surface that draws us all in, fuels us and nurtures us. This film is about how time in the water makes people feel, about respect for the marine environment and its creatures”. Filmed across South Australia, NW Australia, Hawaii, California and Tahiti. SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE NIGHT
tuesday 2nd jan at 8pm adult: $20, Child: $15 Book Online
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greek night Our first Greek night ever begins with Greek finger food and wine before Greek music, expressing the very real feelings of everyday Greek life. EMILY-ROSE SARKOVA’S TRIO brings accordian, resonator, base and voice to open to us the world of much loved traditional Greek folk music.
In the times of the Ottoman Empire, there was no Greece, no Turkey; it was just the Ottoman Empire. When it collapsed, Greek’s living in Turkey and Turks living in Greece were removed from their homes – swapped back, some would say. This is where we find Roza and Ishmael, a modern day Romeo and Juliet story, in the Greek Box Office smash hit ROZA OF SMYRNA. The enigmatic old woman Roza from Izmir and the powerful Ishmael live for decades with the weight of a well-kept secret. When avid collector Dimitris stumbles upon an old wedding dress in an antique store in Smyrna, it sets off a chain reaction.
Live tonight! - Emily-Rose Sarkova’s Trio
The discovery of an old photo and letter heighten the mystery. What will Roza and Ishmael do? Greeks love life, love, people and music! A perfect combination for a vibrant night of Greece!
friday 5th jan at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
FRIDAY 9TH MARCH 2018
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Busking afternoons Lazy, late afternoons filled with
friends, wine & song!
Kick back in the magic of our garden by the sea and take in the featured artist busking each Saturday & Sunday for eclectic and entertaining music. Sit under our umbrellas and bask in the refreshing sea breeze. Enjoy a cool beer, a hot coffee or a fine wine whilst listening to talented, creative musicians. We welcome the life and colour buskers bring and look forward to sharing this relaxing yet stimulating experience with you. Everyone welcome – just for fun! Check our website for more details. *NO BYO Laughing Bird Arts Association
Fairylights, friends & fantastic festival films! Balmy ocean breeze. Sky full of stars, and the big screen in the garden! Saturday night is STARLIGHT CINEMA at Avoca Beach Picture Theatre! Relax. Take a deep breath and enjoy! Bring a picnic or try Avoca Beach’s award winning fish and chips, set off perfectly with a drink from our café - a bubbly, fine wine or craft beer. Then settle in for a magical night of movies under the stars. Each night a Film Festival with a specially curated selection of short films – Laugh Out Loud, Blue 2 Blue and Short & Sharp Surf Film Festival! Each night distinctively different and always a whole lot of fun! Unique summer evening enjoyment! Check out the details for each night on our website – just another way to make magical memories at Avoca Theatre! Laughing Bird Arts Association
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EXCLUSIVE AUSTRALIAN CINEMA PREMIERE OF TAKE THAT’S BIG WONDERLAND CONCERT! Take That are one of the UK’s most successful acts with an incredible 56 #1 hits and 35 #1 albums & setting the record for the fastest selling tour of all time in UK history!
Having just completed their Australian tour to huge arenas of people, we’re excited to be exclusively premiering this concert mixing their greatest hits with music from their new album, WONDERLAND.
Celebrate Take That’s sensational 2017 concert up close & personal, from the best seats in the house. Held at London’s O2 arena with spectacular light displays, a water show, circus-style acrobatics & a carousel of dancers with the band members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Ow suspended from the air! Get ready to have a good time with an exciting, surprising concert filled with the very best of TAKE THAT!
wednesday 10th jan at 8pm tickets only $20
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it’s Avoca Theatre’s famous SHOWTIME LUNCHEON, on the third Wednesday of every month! Starting with Fish and Chips before coffee & cake under the umbrellas in our garden, then it’s into the old world charm of the Theatre for quality live entertainment before the audience favourite film for the month.
Always a very popular day out and always great fun! Join us - we’d love to see you!
The Place For Fish & Chips
Beach Front Alfresco Dine In or Take Away 43 810 600
JAN
WEDNESDAY 17TH JAN AT 11:30AM WITH THE FILM:
‘THE GREATEST SHOWMAN’ & LIVE OPERA
For movies & future dates check our website www.avocatheatre.com.au
GROUPS LOVE SHOWTIME LUNCHEON!
An inexpensive, fun day out! Simply call Beth or Luke on 43 821 777 Book Online
BYO Always Welcome Open Until 8pm 7 Days a Week 1/85 Avoca Dr, Avoca Beach
french night A beautiful night of everything French! French wine & Canapés before world class performers MIMOSA DUO bring us treasured French songs. Guitar & Violin perfectly harmonised with vocal for classic French and Gypsy Jazz favourites, bringing tears of joy! ONE MAN & HIS COW is funny, authentic & touching. Like all of France, you will come to love Fatah, who only has eyes for Jacqueline. Jacqueline is his pride and joy – his cow! He dreams to take her to the Agricultural Show in Paris and arriving on French soil begins his odd couple walking road trip, cow in hand!
Hilarious misunderstandings & priceless comedic moments will have you laughing til the cows come home! The culturally-charged humour is fabulously witty, whilst enlarging the empathy we feel for this good man Fatah (Franco-Algerian comic Fatsah Bouyahmed), in this tender and enlightening tale.
Fine French Food by the sea 1 Ena St, Terrigal Reservations: 4382 8600 lisledefranceterrigal.com.au Trip Advisor Cert of Excellence 2015, 2016 & 2017
Live tonight! - Mimosa Duo
Making great friends on his path Lambert Wilson and Jamel Debbouze – Fatah discovers what he really wants.
Thank you to our friends L’Isle de France for providing the prize of dinner for two L’Isle de France, Fine French Food at its best!
friday 12th jan at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
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JOSÉ CARBÓ JOHN MARTIN The exquisite harmonisation of fine music & exceptional voice. Extraordinary pianist JOHN MARTIN partners with Opera Australia Baritone JOSÉ CARBÓ with music spanning the centuries from Gluck’s immortal O Del Mio Dolce Ardor to Peter Dawson’s Clancy of the Overflow.
Well known to lovers of ABC’s Classic radio, featured artist John Martin is outstanding! As a solo pianist he partners with many of Australia’s best known Classical singers & instrumentalists - Peter Cousens, David Hobson, Marina Prior & Teddy Tahu Rhodes to name a few. Opera Australia’s master baritone José Carbó headlines at the very best opera houses - Rome, Madrid, Milan, Seattle, Los Angeles & is a Principal Artist at the New York Met Opera! Lauded as the world’s greatest Barber of Seville, José’s beautiful rich voice will have you swooning. His charismatic on-stage presence coupled with his masterful baritone & easy top notes, leaves audiences gasping for more! Together José Carbó & John Martin take us on an emotional musical journey with beautiful songs in Italian, Spanish, French and English, wrapping you in a blanket of heart-warming happiness.
friday 19th jan at 7:30pm
tickets only $35 | group bookings 10+ $29.50 Book Online
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family fun day! Calling all Kids, Mums & Dads, Nans & Pops! It’s FAMILY FUN DAY! Meet mad scientist JACOB STRICKLING, as seen on Channel 9 & the youtube chanel ‘Make Science Fun.’ He will widen eyes of both kids & adults with his crazy experiments! Whacky, inventive, in-sync with kids, and loving to challenge thinking, JACOB STRICKLING will be a long remembered part of this great day out!
‘With the right words, you can change the world’ says a wise, grey spider to a little pig. So begins the miraculous friendship of Wilbur & Charlotte in E.B. White’s beautiful children’s classic CHARLOTTE’S WEB. This touching, insightful & very pleasurable live-action adaptation has an all-star voice cast with Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Robert Redford & more. It really is …. A FAMILY FUN DAY!
wed 24th jan at 11am
tickets only $12.50 | family of 4 $40 Book Online
spanish night Sultry summer evenings, tapas & chilled sangria in the garden – a delightful beginning to a sizzling Spanish Night. Passionate songstress LANA NESNAS is well known from her stunning musical stage tours with Dirty Dancing & South Pacific. Her sultry voice sets off the work of one of our outstanding guitar masters, GUY STRAZZ, bringing the heart of Spain alive in music and song. Our Spanish thriller THE INVISIBLE GUEST has twists & turns you won’t see coming! An intricate web masterfully woven showcasing shifting truths and points of view.
At the top of his game, both professionally & personally, Adrian finds his life thrown into chaos when he awakens to find his lover murdered. To complicate matters, his hotel room is locked from the inside! He turns to Spain’s best defense lawyer, who lets no secret stay
Live tonight! - Guy Strazz & Lana Nesnas
buried, & ‘Against time’ that is ‘CONTRATIEMPO’, the Spanish film title, comes into play, as a new witness threatens the outcome. Our SPANISH NIGHTS are always highly anticipated and a sensation of a night out.
saturday 27th jan at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
National Theatre Live 2018 Season
Screening 9:30am Saturday 17th & 11:30am & 7pm Monday 19th Feb
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bollywood night A balmy evening, exotic spices, vibrant colour, a nation full of life. Extraordinary, enticing India! Indian nibbles & drinks then into the Theatre for an authentic, live Indian show.
Get ready to have your heart stolen by Munni, a little Pakistani girl who is mute and lost in India in BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN. When she’s discovered by Pawan (SALMON KHAN in possibly his best role ever), he overcomes inter-racial history – and border control – to return her to her family. A heart warming, uplifting story of selfless
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The perfect place to kick back & unwind is Avoca Theatre’s Cafe & Wine Bar. Soak in the ambience & relax. Shady umbrellas, ocean breeze, chilled wine, good friends. A peaceful haven on the beach. A great selection of wine, beers & bubbly. Fine coffee, wholesome biscuits, luscious slices – and gluten free too! Chill in our garden or bring your drink into the Theatre to enjoy with the show.
actions and the difference they can make to the wider community. Great deep, witty one-liners!
BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN became the second highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time! Come find out why!
friday 9th feb at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
judith nijland Celebrated Dutch Jazz singer Judith Nijland has an Australian tour with her incredible ensemble– and she is coming to Avoca Theatre! Always exploring new themes, her mind turned to the vast repertoire of Abba, transforming their songs with fresh vision into Jazz and Swing.
Waterloo, Dancing Queen and The Winner Takes It All played as Jazz ballads and Money, Money, Money in Swing – the songs remain intact, but the Jazz takes over with a creative musical outburst! Songs we know and love with a fresh new Jazz take.
Judith brings to the stage her long term collaborators, the much loved pianist MARNIX VAN BRUGGEN & PIETER ALTHUIS on double bass. “ABBA songs turned into jazz. Listening to it, you will be swayed back and forth between recognition and surprise. And ABBA will never sound quite the same again.” A thrilling re-invention that will leave you smiling!
friday 16th feb at 7:30pm
tickets only $29.50 bookings 10+ $25.50 Book Online
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spanish night Tasty tapas & chilled sangria before duelling flamenco guitars & a Spanish film that will become a favourite. Acclaimed Spanish guitarist PACO LARA & ARIA nominated flamenco guitarist DAMIAN WRIGHT give an authentic, rich and dramatic musical tour of Spain that will transport, delight & inspire. The Spanish comedy roadtrip THE OLIVE TREE is a thrilling, emotional journey into the essence of the Spanish heart. Hugely enjoyable, The Olive Tree burrows into the grandparent/child
Live tonight - Paco Lara & Damian Wright relationship, families, friends and what is really important. Its emotional truth will ring true and it’s star – the 1000 year old olive tree, will long stay with you.
friday 23rd feb at 7:30pm tickets only $29.50 Book Online
2018 Finalists Screening & Awards Night Friday 6th April at 7 pm tickets $25.00
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FUNDRAISERS fun easy & successful
We love to partner with people to raise funds for charities, great causes, schools and clubs. & it’s never been easier! Avoca Beach Picture Theatre is the perfect venue for charity events. Tailor a movie night to suit – perhaps with nibbles in the garden, a glass of wine or a light lunch before a wonderful movie. Our aim is to make it fun, easy & financially successful for you. We can help you choose a film that ties in strongly with your cause or organisation, targeted to your friends and guest’s tastes or advise on new films your audience will want to see. Talk to Beth or Luke on 43 821 777 - We’d love to help!
glenn miller
Celebrating the great Glenn Miller with a live concert with the dynamic CON ARTISTS – the leading Jazz musicians on the Coast! This exciting 10pc ensemble swings like a clock with the very best of Glenn Miller & the big band era of the 1940s. Then settle in for a good time with BATHING BEAUTY with great Big Band music! Roll with laughter over Red Skelton’s antics, be mesmerized by Esther Williams synchronized swimming! Add baritone Carlos Julio Ramírez, Xavier Cugat, Harry James & Ethel Smith!
friday 2nd mar at 7:30pm
tickets only $28.50 bookings 10+ $24.50 Book Online
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doris day
Turning 95 & still turning heads! Doris Day captures the purity of the ‘50’s symbolising everything good of the era. To celebrate we have Doris Day songs sung with the pure silky voice of SANCHA PROWSE with RODRIC WHITE & dbl bass. Then A YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN starring Doris, Kirk Douglas & Lauren Bacall with wonderful GEORGE GERSHWIN songs. Together let’s relive the moments that DORIS DAY has etched into our hearts.
friday 16th mar at 7:30pm
tickets only $28.50 bookings 10+ $24.50 Book Online
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jazz at the movies international jazz day
Many of the great jazz favourites were written for movies that went on to win Oscars. This International Jazz Day DORIAN MODE and his swinging band present JAZZ AT THE MOVIES, with classics like Charade, Days of Wine & Roses, The Shadow of Your Smile & many, many more! Highly entertaining, peppered with fascinating anecdotes and loads of laughs! A great night out to celebrate Jazz at The Movies!
friday 4th may at 7:30pm
tickets only $28.50 bookings 10+ $24.50 Book Online
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MARK ISAACS international concert pianist friday 18th may at 7:30pm tickets only $35
bookings 10+ $29.50
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SIMON TEDESCHI & KEVIN HUNT international concert pianists friday 15th jun at 7:30pm tickets only $35
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Making Happy Memories for
y1948ears - 2018
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre began in 1948 in the front gardens of brothers Mervyn and Norman Hunter to raise funds to build the Avoca Beach rock pool and continued as a very welcome part of community life. Projecting through a hole made in Norman’s garage wall onto a homemade screen, people brought cushions to soften the wooden benches. The candybar was under Mervyn’s home and when it rained, everyone tumbled onto the verandah for shelter to continue watching the film!
The brothers decided that a multi-purpose permanent structure was needed, and the Theatre was built. It included the 500 seat cinema, a Commonwealth Bank and a real estate office. The Theatre operated on Saturdays and during the school holidays, never being open on a Sunday as it was used to hold both Catholic and Presbyterian Church services. The Theatre adapted as times required, with the inclusion of a Souvenir and Gift Shop from the 60’s, Alfresco Screenings on the lawn, a Café from the early ‘80’s and a Wine Bar, all of which continue to this day.
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre is still owned and run by the same family who arrived in Avoca in 1932. Under the care of Norman and Beth Hunter and their family, the Theatre continues to be a much loved cultural and community hub.