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Brisbane’s much-loved cabaret event is on its way to RPAC for the first time!
Jenny Wynter
From humble beginnings in the Sitting Duck Café in West End in the early ‘90s, Women in Voice has grown to be a don’t-miss event on the Brisbane performing arts calendar. A blend of superb singing and delicious harmonies, backed by a great band and all served up with a generous dose of laughs. This will be an exceptional night of music not to be missed! Hannah Johnstone Hannah Grondin Hann
Bellani Smith
Leah Cotterell Menaka Thomas Men
SUN 20 JUNE, 4PM
Tickets: $35-$45 via 3829 8131 or www.rpac.com.au
Booking fees: $4.50 by phone and $5.20 online per transaction
Redland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall PERFORMANCES spanning contemporary music, dance, drama, family theatre, classical music and cabaret are among the highlights coming up at Redland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC).
The new Season 2021: Act 2 program guide is now available with more than 30 different shows on offer at RPAC until the end of August, with something to appeal to all tastes and interests.
RPAC’s reputation as one of the best performance venues in the south-east Queensland continues to attract major touring productions, with Opera Queensland and Queensland Ballet gracing the stage this season.
Be quick to secure a seat at Queensland Ballet’s Tutus on Tour on July 24.
RPAC will also celebrate legendary artists Elvis, Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks, Aretha Franklin and the Bee Gees in a series of tribute concerts this season.
A treat for the grandchildren is The Owl and The Pussycat on June 11 and 12, based on Edward Lear’s poem.
Along with leading national and regional touring productions, the best of Redlands Coast will be celebrated with Stage Sessions making a welcome return to showcase the talent of local performers in a series of 10 intimate cabaret concerts on the RPAC stage from July 1-4.
The Act 2 program is available at the box office or a Redland City Council Customer Service Centre or library.
Many shows later in the year have early bird prices for a limited time only.
For the full list and to book tickets, visit rpac.com.au
HISTORY IN ENOGGERA
THE Enoggera And District Historical Society is holding an open day on July 17, at the Memorial Hall in Trundle St, Enoggera. There will be displays from other historical and community organisations as well as from the Enoggera group.
On August 28, the Enoggera State School, South Pine Rd, Enoggera will celebrate 150 years of education. There will be a fete as well as a reunion of pupils and static displays.
Redland Performing Arts Centre presents
A production by Belloo Creative & Critical Stages Touring
By Katherine Lyall-Watson with Barbara Lowing and Roxanne McDonald Directed by Caroline Dunphy
‘This is theatre at its best’
Australian Stage
Australia’s fi nest actors. Rovers is a delightful and modern comedy-drama that has audiences laughing, crying and celebrating the imagination and heart of Australia’s trailblazing women.
THUR 8 JULY, 7.30PM Redland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall
Tickets: $25-$35 via 3829 8131 or www.rpac.com.au
Photo: Kate Holmes
THE romance of Christmas in winter is captured in the Queensland Pops Orchestra’s Christmas In July.
Imagine snowy nights around a fireplace with family and friends, the smell of pines and the sound of carols.
There may not be snow but it won’t be hot and humid and Patrick Pickett has put together a concert full of music from
BRISBANE’S much-loved cabaret, Women in Voice, is on its way to Redland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC).
Women in Voice (WiV) was started by Annie Peterson in the early 1990s to give female singers an opportunity to share the music they hadn’t had a chance to perform. From humble beginnings in the Sitting Duck Café in West End, WiV has become a “don’t miss” on the Brisbane performing arts calendar.
Heading east for the RPAC show will be audience favourite Leah Cotterell, joined by extraordinary Indian fusion AN entertaining and heartfelt adventure with two of Australia’s finest actors will have audiences laughing, crying and celebrating the imagination and heart of Australia’s trailblazing women.
Rovers is a modern comedy-drama woven from true stories and wild machinations. If you’ve ever faced a seemingly insurmountable obstacle, had to keep a family secret or said yes to a crazy dare, then this funny, heartwarming and crackling ode to Australia, and the daring women she breeds, will be just your cup of tea.
Rovers writer Katherine Lyall-Watson
around the world celebrating the best of the Christmas season.
The Three Tenors will sing traditional and popular Christmas songs
Nathan Kneen, Adam Lopez and Gregory Moore have a collective wealth of stagecraft and vocal artistry under their belts – all three have been members of the internationally successful The Ten Tenors, and each has notched up an impressive resume of solo and musical theatre performances in Australia and internationally.
Soprano Emma Kavanagh is also back.
Join Patrick Pickett and the Queensland Pops Orchestra for a Yuletide knees-up with all the trimmings. QPAC Concert Hall Saturday, July 24, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Tickets: qtix.com.au or call 136 246.
WOMEN IN VOICE ON TOUR
artist Menaka Thomas; sublime new singer/songwriter Bellani Smith; and Hannah Grondin, who wowed audiences with her electrifying performances of Janis Joplin songs in 2019.
Local artist Hannah Johnstone (Radioceans) will join the cast for one exceptional show.
The Brisbane Powerhouse performances are already sold out. RPAC, Sunday, June 20, 4pm. Tickets $25-$35. Bookings RPAC box office 3829 8131 or visiting rpac.com.au Saturday, July 24, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Tickets: qtix.com.au or call 136 246.
ORCHIDS ON SHOW
AN extravaganza of hybrid species and native orchids will be on show at the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium next month when the John Oxley District Orchid Society presents its annual winter show. There will be potting demonstrations and cultural advice, and orchids and growing accessories for sale. It’s a perfect opportunity to add to your collection or to growing orchids.
Saturday, July 24, 8.30am-4pm, Sunday 25, 9am-3pm. Admission $4. LOGAN and District Orchid Society’s annual orchid show is in August at Springwood Road State School. There will be displays of orchids, bromeliads, foliage and floral art with plants on sale at reasonable prices, as well as potting demonstrations and cultural advice. Bus trips and groups welcome. Refreshments available.
Saturday August 28, 8.30am-4pm and Sunday 29, 8.30am-2pm. Admission $4. says the show showcases the exceptional talents of Barbara Lowing and Rox¬anne McDonald.
Some sections are taken verbatim from interviews with the actors, some have been written from imagination, and some are created from research into Australia’s bushranging women.
Don’t miss Lowing and Quandamooka woman McDonald when they journey through the heart-lines of their lives. Redland Performing Arts Centre Thursday, July 8. Tickets $25-$35 Bookings RPAC Box Office, call 3829 8131 or visit rpac.com.au
REDLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
FREE 2021 SEASON: ACT 2 PROGRAM OUT NOW
Some of the great performances coming to RPAC between June and August are below, with something for everyone.
MUSIC // Opera Queensland Women in Voice On Tour Karin Schaupp and Orava Quartet Redland Sinfonia – Stormy Weather Elvis – If I Can Dream A Night of Feeling Groovy on the Peace Train RESPECT – The Aretha Franklin Story Remember the Days of Cat Stevens The Celebration of Swing DANCE & MUSICAL THEATRE// Queensland Ballet – Tutus on Tour The Tap Pack The World of Musicals FAMILIES // The Owl and the Pussycat Wilbur the Optical Whale Flipside Circus – School Holiday Workshops
ACT 2: MAY-AUG 2021
BEST OF OUR REDLANDS COAST // Redlands Coast Art Fair Stage Sessions 2.0 Artist Symposium COMEDY & DRAMA // Rovers Ross Noble CABARET // Weathering Well – Starring Jenny Woodward AND SO MUCH MORE …
HURRY! EARLY BIRD SAVINGS ON MANY SHOWS CALL 3829 8131 OR VISIT WWW.RPAC.COM.AU
Image credits: Karin Schaupp, photo Jack Dillon; Queensland Ballet, Creative Direction Design front Photography Jez Smith; Wilbur the Optical Whale, photo Nick Morrissey
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SAT 26 JUN 3PM & 7.30PM, CONCERT HALL QPAC
Barton Apii Thatini Mu Murtu (To sing and carry a coolamon on country together)
World Premiere, commissioned for Queensland Symphony Orchestra by Justice Anthe Philippides. Sibelius Symphony No.5 in E flat
