From the TheatreDirector

Yaama and welcome to Season 2024 presented by Woodleys Motors. There’s something for everyone in 2024. In fact, 2024 is bursting at the seams! It’s a year to celebrate our wonderful local creative community as well as some of our nation’s leading performing arts companies. With a fresh foyer upgrade and with us now running the Capitol Bar we are really looking forward to increasing the experience of attending the theatre. Art & Culture have always played a major part in nourishing and enriching our community’s soul and we are excited to be able to continue to bring joy to people’s lives. I encourage you to join us in 2024 to experience the thrill of live entertainment.

41 events, made up of local and touring productions, are on offer across the Capitol Theatre, Tamworth Town Hall and TRECC. There are two great ways to get involved: as a Subscriber or a Member. See page 92 for more information.

We are delighted to welcome back Woodleys Motors as our Season Partner for 2024. They have been a family business for over 100 years in Tamworth and here at the Capitol we share their loyalty and commitment to customer service and their strong contribution back to community.

In 2024 there are great benefits to becoming a subscriber or member; savings of up to $10 a ticket, a free ticket to, Highway of Lost Hearts, a free ticket to the Season 2025 Launch, 10% off at the Capitol Bar and a chance to go in the draw for a Stay and Play Package courtesy of CH Boutique Hotel.

We are thrilled to offer a season that supports both the wonderful work of Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music, Tamworth Dramatic Society, Tamworth Musical Society, Tamworth City Dance Academy, the 2340 Big Band, The Studio – Classical and Performing Arts, O’Grady Drama, Tamworth Clarinet Choir and You’ll Miss The Tide Productions as well as bringing a range of respected artists and companies including, Jonathan Biggins, Lior, Nigel Westlake, Grigoryan Brothers, The Listies, CDP Theatre Producers, Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Erth Visual & Physical Inc, Merrigong Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Opera Australia, Sydney Dance Company, Moogahlin Performing Arts, Sydney Theatre Company and internationally acclaimed, Bangarra Dance Theatre.

At Entertainment Venues, a business unit of Tamworth Regional Council, we aim to deliver a consistent level of service across the four venues we manage and to ultimately enrich the lives of our community through the performing arts and live entertainment. We are proud that what we do contributes to our city’s soul.

Thank you to all our partners and Tamworth Regional Council for its commitment to the performing arts. Finally, thank you to you, our audience for your support of the theatre by just buying a ticket and attending a live show.

a night of uproarious laughter and cheeky hilarity by (the) stunningly talented Wharf Revue -

CANBERRA TIMES

Presented by

Performed by

Co-Directors

Jonathan Biggins

Drew Forsythe

Musical Director

Andrew Worboys

Lighting Designer

Matt Cox

Video Designer

Todd Decker

Sound and Video Systems Designer

Cameron Smith

Costume Designers

Hazel and Scott Fisher

The Wharf Revue is back for another year of sensational value! Satirical content is up by 7%, the average laughter quotient is indexed at 8.3% over the forward estimates but the Wharf Revue defies the cost-of-living pressure by keeping the ticket price at the same level as last year! Take that, Philip Lowe!

Yes, that’s right: today’s comedy at yesterday’s prices! NO deposit, NO interest! *

With over twenty-three years experience in the political satire space, Australia’s most trusted revue-based practitioners continue the tradition with this year’s hilarious offering: Pride in Prejudice TM

With no jokes written by ChatGPT and no sketches outsourced to PWC. Completely gluten-free, suitable for the lactose intolerant and no animals were harmed during the production process.* *

* “Yesterday” and “Today” do not necessarily reflect temporal reality - see instore for details.

** Disclaimer: Reputations may be questioned, political careers damaged and some sacred cows slaughtered. Due to public demand, full-frontal nudity will not be included. Any similarity to public figures living or dead is entirely intentional.

Warning: May contain strong language and adult themes. Recommended ages: 13+

Friday 9 February | 7:30pm Saturday 10 February | 7:30pm

Capitol Theatre Tamworth

1 hour 30 minutes | No Interval

DIRECTOR

Toby Mitchell

SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

Barney George

MUSIC & LYRICS

Jon Fiber & Andy Shaw for Jollygoodtunes

PUPPET DESIGNER

Peter Harrison

CHOREOGRAPHER

Julia Cave

COSTUME SUPERVISOR

Martin Rodges

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Nick May

COLLABORATOR

Zhaolin Zhou

R&D CO-DIRECTOR

Olivia Jacobs

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (Australia)

Nicole Pingon

A CDP with Tall Stories’ production of

Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book

On a far-off planet, Smeds and Smoos can’t be friends. So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love and zoom off into space together, how will their families get them back?

Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from the team that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom live on stage.

Fun for the whole family, this stellar new show, based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is also a TV animation on ABC Kids. Don’t miss The Smeds and The Smoos ‘live on stage’ when it comes to Tamworth.

For ages 3+ and their families

Tuesday 20 February | 6pm

Wednesday 21 February | 10:30am & 12:30pm

Presented

TRIPLE BILL

I Am-ness

by Rafael Bonachela

The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird

by Marina Mascarell

Forever & Ever

by Anthony Hamilton

Ascent is an inspired triple bill featuring the reprise of Antony Hamilton‘s Helpmann Award-winning Forever & Ever and two new works – I Am-ness by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela and The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird by renowned international choreographer Marina Mascarell.

Brimming with physicality, Ascent tempers contemporary classical with futuristic experimentation. I Am-ness calls for the convergence of the moving body and creative mind, as four dancers canvass the nature of existence with euphoric tenderness. Mascarell’s ethereal new work, The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird, poses many questions as the dancers move through a constantly transforming space. To conclude the triple bill, Forever & Ever fuses dance, techno, high fashion and vivid lighting to hypnotic effect.

Brought to life by Sydney Dance Company's superb ensemble, this is a creative union at once forceful, sumptuous and dizzying. We are thrilled to welcome back Sydney Dance Company to Tamworth!

Saturday 24 February | 7:30pm

1 hour 45 minutes | Includes Interval