CELEBRATING FRANK THE OFFICIAL 100TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT ATA AllStar Artists proudly presents the ultimate concert event of the year, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the legendary Frank Sinatra.
Direct from the USA, the concert stars The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, appearing for the first time ever in Australia...the band that made Frank Sinatra a star!
singers from the Frank Sinatra Songbook, Bryan Anthony along with 20 musicians, singers and dancers performing all The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra’s Hits and more....a sentimental journey down memory lane.
The concert under Music Director Terry Myers features one of America’s finest
Wednesday 7th October, 2015 - FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE Bookings: (03) 9784 1060
centennial concert events.
2015 marks a special year as the most loved entertainer of all time Frank Sinatra will be celebrated worldwide with a series of commemorative
Doomed duo: Romeo (Zachary Thomas) and Juliet (Gretel Sharp) seal their love for each other with a kiss as Dionysus Theatre’s storytellers Sam (Madeline Rintoul) and Greg (Mitchell Sholer) watch from afar, feeling they have to do something about the lovers’ fate in Shakespeare’s play. Picture: Rebecca Benson
LOVE IS ALL AROUND ‘IN THE ROUND’ FICTION’S two most famous star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are coming to Frankston next month thanks to a Dionysus Theatre production of Shakespeare’s passionate and tense tragedy. Romeo & Juliet will be staged at the McClelland College Performing Arts Centre in early October and director Emma Sproule is looking forward to bringing the tale of the two lovers caught between the feuding Capulet and Montague families to life. Those who already know the story of Romeo & Juliet will still find the Dionysus Theatre take on the Shakespeare play unique. “Ours is an interpretation that focuses on the power of the story and how timeless it continues to be as we introduce two storytellers, Sam and Greg, who weave in and out of the story in order to heighten our appreciation and understanding of its effect on us, even though we know from the very beginning exactly how it has to end,” Ms Sproule said.
In a post-modern twist, Sam and Greg become players in the story and try to save the doomed titular lovers. For centuries, Romeo & Juliet has been the love story by which all others are measured, and even though so many of its elements are outdated, extreme and unrealistic, it is as relevant today as it was more than 400 years ago. Dionysus’ twist to this tale shows that it still today remains the greatest love story ever told and it continues to be told because that is the power of a great story – the power that we never tire of sharing and living them; even when we know how they will end. Romeo & Juliet will be performed ‘in the round’ at McClelland College Performing Arts Centre, 26 Alexander Crescent, Karingal, 2-10 October, 8pm. Tickets $30, $25 concession, group booking discounts. See dionysustheatre.com.au for full dates and booking information.
SALON DES REFUSÉS Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery THE exhibition described as the “irreverent and playful rabble-rouser of the Archibald’s” the Salon des Refusés” is coming to Victoria – and Mornington – for the first time.
Talking point: Paul Trefry’s Homeless still human work is of silicone, fiberglass, polyester resin and horse hair. It was a Wynne Prize entry.
The exhibition showcases what’s described as “the ones that got away” – meaning those artworks that were not granted a showing in the famous Archibald Prize. They include a prized selection of the “humorous, innovative, mad, bad and dangerous entries that were too fabulous to resist”, say Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery organisers, who take delight in hosting the only showing in Victoria. The works, torn from obscurity, include portraits of Robert Forster, Catherine Martin and Carlotta, sculpture of a homeless man by Paul Trefry that was shown in the Wynne landscape prize, portrait of Greek Consul-General Dr Starvos Kyrimis, as well as Christopher Pyett’s sensitive portrait of Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty. The Salon des Refusés was begun by the S.H. Ervin Gallery, in Sydney, in 1992, in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald and
10 october – 29 november 2015 7H9>?87B: FH?P; (&'+ ÉH;@;9JIÊ ^c i]Z I7BED :;I H;<KIxI 6 CVi^dcVa Igjhi CHL! H#=# :gk^c <VaaZgn igVkZaa^c\ Zm]^W^i^dc
Wynne prizes not selected for hanging in the official exhibition. Each year a panel is invited to go behind the scenes to select the best from the many works entered, but not chosen, for the official awards. The criteria for those selected in the Salon are quality, diversity, humour and innovation. The S.H. Ervin’s Salon des Refusés exhibition has established a reputation that rivals the selections of the “official” prize exhibitions and is often cited as a “more lively
and discerning” selection, the gallery says. It will run 10 October-29 November at the gallery in Civic Reserve, 350 Dunns Rd (corner Mornington-Tyabb and Dunns Rd), Mornington. Tickets are adults $7, with Mornington gallery and other Victorian gallery members, concession and National Trust Members $4 and children under five free. There is free entry for seniors during the Victorian Seniors Festival, Tuesdays 13, 20 and 27 October.
The official VaiZgcVi^kZ selection to the Archibald and Wynne Prizes 2015, for the first time in Victoria exclusively at MPRG =7H:;D;HIÊ :;B?=>J0 7D ;7HJ>O F7D;B 9EDL;HI7J?ED Thursday 8 October, 4.30pm–6.30pm, Members $25 Guests $30 8dhiV <Zdg\^VY^h! 8a^kZ 7aVoZn! <dgYdc Bdgg^hdc VcY I^b :cil^haZ Y^hXjhh Vgi VcY \VgYZc^c\#
visit www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
8^k^X GZhZgkZ! 9jcch GdVY Bdgc^c\idc K>8 (.(& DeZc IjZhÄHjc &%VbÄ*eb E]dcZ/ %( *.,* )(.*
7Zc_Vb^c ?d]VchZc! Monday morning ?VX`^Z ;gZcX]! Vji]dg YZiV^a ! VXgna^X dc XVckVh
Mornington News 6 October 2015
PAGE 61