Fraser Coast Scene - May 2024

MAY 2024 A GUIDE TO THEATRE • ARTS • HERITAGE • CULTURE

WHAT’S ON | MAY 2024 5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060 Box Office Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm

The Tap Pack Thu 2 May | 7.30PM Following sold-out shows and rave reviews around the world, Australia’s hottest tap dance sensation, The Tap Pack, is coming to Maryborough.

BJORN AGAIN - Waterloo Anniversary Tour

Thu 30 May | 8.00PM Get ready for a spectacular night of Magic and Grand Illusion with one of Australia’s leading Illusionists, Anthony Street.

Roméo Et Juliette Metropolitan Opera

NT Live - The Motive and the Cue.

Fri 3 May | 1.00PM Gounod’s operatic adaptation, directed by Bartlett Sher, traces the universally known tragic story of two starcrossed lovers from feuding families.

Sun 12 May | 3.00PM Two ages of theatre collide in this fierce and funny new play - Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor.

The Joe Cocker Experience

The Underdogs Show Unmuzzled

Fri 31 May | 7.30PM “The forecast is in…Leave your hats on and dress for a great night of Feelin’ Alright!’’

Sat 1 Jun | 7.30pM Get ready for a pawsitively unforgettable night of music, laughter, and tail-wagging fun!

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COVER IMAGE: Heritage objects on display at the Bond Store in Maryborough.

Photo: Amanda Kratzmann.

Ross Noble - Jibber Jabber Jamboree Tue 28 May | 8.00PM Jibber Jabber Jamboree marks Ross Noble’s 21st solo stand-up tour.

NT Live - Nye Sun 2 Jun | 2.00PM Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.

FOURTEEN shake & stir theatre co Wed 17 Jul | 11AM & 7.30PM The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret.

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166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206 Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY

EXHIBITIONS

Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT

11 May - 14 Jul Featuring works that have appeared in the Triennial since the 1990s, and across media from painting and sculpture to video, performance and works on paper, this touring exhibition from QAGOMA showcases art from across the Asia Pacific region.

Image: Tomoko Kashiki, I am a rock, 2012. Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2013 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.

EVENTS AND PROGRAMS The Castle of Tarragindi on Tour

7 May - 30 Jun Free interactive activities for children and families to explore the decorative artform of the ‘grotesque’.

Matilda Davis: The White Man’s Web

11 May - 30 June Utilising waste found discarded on Badjala/Batjala beaches, bushland and waters, The White Man’s Web asks for us to consider not just the immediate impacts of environmental exploitation on Country, but the impacts on Indigenous communities; stories, totemic connections, and ability to practice culture.

Image: Matilda Davis, The White Man’s Web, 2023, digital photograph.

WHAT’S ON | MAY 2024 311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818 Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY

EXHIBITIONS: UNTIL SUN 9 JUN

Radiant Objects

Wide Bay Region Artists A showcase of the region’s most outstanding emerging and established three-dimensional artists.

Selfsameness

High Schools of Maryborough A collaborative art exhibition that brings together the creative talents of the four Maryborough high schools.

WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES

CREATIVE SPACE Thinking of Place II

Touring Printmaking Exhibition 12 Apr - 5 May

Ruth Cho Printmaking Print Studio Weekly Wed & Sat | 10AM-2PM

Reconciliation activities Thu 30 May | 10AM-2PM

Artist in Residency / Printmaking Exhibition 10 May - 23 Jun Images (above, left to right): Nora Hanasy, Wa-STAG-e; N Clark, The Stars Between us.

4123 7221 Kent & Richmond Sts, Maryborough Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm.

Weekends 9.30am - 2pm.

Tea with Mary Enjoy a fascinating tour guided by your very own Mary Poppins inspired character. By Appointment

Let’s Go Fly A Kite!

Kite Making Workshop Sun 26 May | 9.30AM

in the birthplace of her author PL Travers Explore the heritage listed former bank as you interact with displays featuring the life of P.L. Travers and her enchanting stories of the practically perfect nanny. Featuring two levels of interactive displays, pocket park and retail shop.

Fraser Coast Scene is distributed free as a marketing and engagement initiative of Fraser Coast Regional Council.

It’s about promoting Council’s programs and services by sharing stories of our arts and cultural community and their connection to Council’s spaces.

STAY INSPIRED! This guide shares a taste of Council’s arts, culture and heritage program and was correct at time of printing. To keep up to date with the latest information visit our website.

We welcome contributions from our creative community. For more information email ArtsCulture@frasercoast.qld.gov.au

4190 5722 Wharf Street, Maryborough Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm.

Weekends 9.30am - 2pm.

Curator in Conversation

Every Thursday | 10AM Senior Museums Coordinator Angela Isnor shares the trials and transformations of the Bond Store since the devastating 2022 floods.

Tastings & Treasures

Tue & Thu until 18 May Enjoy a selection of premium quality liqueurs as one of our storytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.

One Object, Four Ways

Daily from 14 May Four community members from different backgrounds reflect on how artefacts from our collection resonate with them.

A taste of the past Explore the Bond Store and let this beautiful, heritage-listed building share its stories as you wander through the space.

Add to your experience with tantalizing tales and fantastic flavours. Enjoy a selection of premium quality ports and liqueurs as our storytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.

Take home a taste of the region with delicious delicacies or curious keepsakes.

Fraser Coast Regional Council acknowledges to the east, the Butchulla (Badtjala) and to the west, the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) People, their connection to Country (land, sea and sky) and recognise the many places of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance in the community. We pay respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge other First Nation Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people, who reside in the Fraser Coast region.

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ART AND ADVOCATING FOR COUNTRY ARTIST PROFILE: MATILDA DAVIS Story & Photo: Llewellyn Millhouse

A lifelong resident of Maryborough, proud Badjala/Batjala descendant Matilda Davis is passionate about protecting Country. At 23 years of age Davis is a trailblazing community advocate, producing powerful paintings, photography, poetry and song in addition to her day job. Davis’ passion for Country and Indigenous cultural custodianship is informed by local Elders, community and the first Badjala/Batjala Lore - what is good for Country comes first. As Davis explains, “The way my Aboriginal ancestors communicate to me through their Country, my experiences on Country and my obligation to care for Country inspires my art”.

With her first art exhibition opening at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery on the 11th of May, Davis is excited to be taking her creative

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pursuits to the next level with a spectacular and ambitious installation project. Titled The White Man’s Web, Davis has re-created a slice of the intertidal mangrove ecosystem that characterises our coastal rivers, estuaries and bays. Rather than constructing an idyllic homage to the Country which Davis loves, The White Man’s Web represents the tragic reality that Country endures. Collected over a period of 6 months from her travels across beautiful Badjala/Batjala Djaa (Country), the man-made waste that Davis has accumulated will be woven amongst natural materials in the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery to create a powerful visual statement.

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