Spotlight July-August 2014

Spotlight Event Guide July 2014 - August 2014

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ROCKHAMPTON VENUES AND EVENTS

How to buy tickets Pilbeam Theatre Box Office Dial’n’Charge 4927 4111 www.seeitlive.com.au Transaction fees may apply

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GENERAL INFORMATION Theatre programs start promptly at the advertised start time and latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. Smoking is not allowed in any part of the Pilbeam Theatre or other Council venues. The use of cameras and recording devices during performances is illegal and penalties for infringement of copyright in this way are severe. Please ensure all mobile phones are switched off before entering the auditorium. Crying or fidgety children can be a distraction to other theatregoers and performers, so if you bring your small child to the theatre, please book an aisle seat in case you need to exit the auditorium.

TICKETING ABBREVIATIONS A = Adult S = Student U = Unemployed Y = Youth FoT = Friend of Theatre P = Pensioner J = Junior * G10 = Group of 10 or more SC = Senior’s Card C = Concession RP = Reward Pensioner RA = Reward Adult CSC – Commonwealth Senior Card F = Family (2 adults & 2 children unless otherwise stated)

*Preschool and school age, 3 yrs to 17 yrs. May have additional age restrictions.

Please check with the Box Office to ensure you are eligible for a particular price category.

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Spotlight Event Guide July 2014 - August 2014

July

Twilight Movies: Madagascar 3 Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style. Twilight Movies are a Rockhampton Regional Council event.

RIVERSIDE PARK ROCKHAMPTON FRIDAY 4 JULY AT 7PM FREE ENTRY. REFRESHMENTS ON SALE.

Buy tickets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.seeitlive.com.au.

The Wizard of Oz Show Following over 3800 performances internationally, Youngstars2. com’s The Wizard of Oz Show celebrates the 75th jubilee of the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz with a Yellow Brick Road Tour around Queensland during the July school holidays. Click your heels together and get ready to follow a yellow brick road full of fun, adventure and wacky characters. Kids can rap with the Tinman, roar like a Lion, wake up sleepy Shakey the Scarecrow and dance with Dorothy in this interactive, new adaptation of America’s best loved fairy tale.

The Wizard of Oz Show is about more than giving kids a good time. It spreads a message of hope and self-esteem to the young. Do bring along a toy or book for the show’s Children’s Hospital Toy Appeal.

Suitable for 2-8 year olds and their families.

PILBEAM THEATRE SATURDAY 5 JULY AT 4PM A RESERVE (FIRST 6 ROWS) $22 EACH B RESERVE (ALL OTHER TICKETS) $18 EACH EVERYONE ABOVE 12 MONTHS MUST HAVE A TICKET.

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Full Tilt Film Festival The Full Tilt Film Festival showcases local stories from across the region in three unique events. Indigenous Stories 6 July at 6pm Riverside Park, Immigration Stories at the Cultural Festival 10 August and Stories from Home at the Walter Reid Cultural Centre Street Party, 27 September. Full tilt is included in your entry fee for the Cultural Festival. Riverside Park and Walter Reid Cultural Centre screenings are free. A Creative Capricorn Project.

Buy tickets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.seeitlive.com.au.

Cirque Mother Africa Direct from a sell out Broadway season, Mother Africa is coming to Rockhampton.

The heartbeat of Africa pulsates throughout this jaw-dropping show as the musicians and artistes articulate their passion and love for their homeland including Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Benin, Zimbabwe, and Guinea. This entertainment extravaganza combines the talents from nine African countries to provide the wonder, suspense and joy of Mother Africa.

The show seen by more than 2 million people worldwide is a delight for the senses with items spun through the air, bodies contorted into mind-boggling shapes, astonishing acrobatics and performers balance on other performers, percussionists beat up a storm of sound and traditional dancers tell their own stories. The audience will be overwhelmed by the complexity and versatility of these world-class acts.

PILBEAM THEATRE WEDNESDAY 9 JULY AT 8PM A $74.90, PSU 69.90, J 3-15 YEARS $49.90, G10+ A $69.90, AFOT $69.90

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July

Graeme Connors – NORTH, 25 Years On Australia’s greatest storyteller, Graeme Connors live on stage with his legendary band, in a special two act performance, celebrating 25 years since the release of his landmark album North. North was voted Number 3 Best Australian Country Album of all Time. Graeme will perform North live in its entirety, followed by a mix of hits and your favourites from his 17 albums. Since his first album produced by Kris Kristofferson in 1975, this multi award winning, Gold & Platinum artist, has recorded 17 albums and cemented himself a place in the Australian music story.

On Sale Now - A must see show!

PILBEAM THEATRE SATURDAY 12 JULY AT 7.30PM PLATINUM RESERVE: $69, GOLD RESERVE: $59, SILVER RESERVE: $49

See it Live Theatre Season See top quality theatre in 2014 and save money with the See It Live Theatre Season. Choose a subscription pack with your selection of 4, 6 or 8 shows from the Season and get ready for a whole year of theatre! See It Live Theatre Season brochures are available from the Pilbeam Theatre Box Office (phone 4927 4111) and online at www.seeitlive.com.au 2 One Another (Sydney Dance Company)

Saturday 19 July

The Afro Sound of the Seychelles (Grace Barbé) Saturday 6 September But Wait...There’s More (Circus Oz) Henry V (Bell Shakespeare) Cinderella (Queensland Ballet) Kinship (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

Wednesday 24 September Tuesday 7 October Saturday 11 October Thursday 6 November

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2 One Another From the internationally acclaimed Sydney Dance Company comes an exuberant, high-octane fusion of dance, language, sound and light from Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela. With their awardwinning work, 2 One Another, Sydney Dance Company weaves a vivid, exultant and sensual study of human interaction – charting the myriad actions and reactions, gestures and relationships, connections and disconnections that make up a life. Set against a pulsing, pixelated backdrop, the piece thrums with a driving, baroque-meetselectronica soundtrack, penned by the able hand of composer Nick Wales. Shot through with the exquisite poetry fragments of Samuel Webster, this is dance at its most engaging and multi-dimensional.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council. Part of the 2014 See It Live Theatre Season.

PILBEAM THEATRE SATURDAY 19 JULY AT 7.30PM A $56, P $52, AFOT $52, PFOT $49, RA $52, RP $49, G10+A (OVER 35 YEARS) $52, TEACHER GROUP (OVER 35 YEARS) $40 TO CELEBRATE THE PILBEAM THEATRE’S 35TH BIRTHDAY, ANYONE 35 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER PAYS JUST $1 FOR EVERY YEAR OF YOUR AGE. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE 21 YEARS OLD, YOU PAY $21 FOR A TICKET. CONDITIONS APPLY.

Rockhampton Kennel Club Dog Show

Come and enjoy a day out with hundreds of different breeds of dogs all vying to be the best in Show! These pets are well groomed, trained and obedient it is an absolute credit to their owners. You will be amazed at the outstanding ability of these dogs and the variety of dog breeds that we have.

KENNEL CLUB, ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS ENTRY VIA GATE 7 OFF LION CREEK ROAD SATURDAY 19 AND SUNDAY 20 JULY 2014

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July

12 Angry Men In the play, Twelve Angry Men, a jury must decide whether or not to reach a guilty verdict and sentence the 19 year old defendant to death. After 6 days listening to evidence in court, eleven jurors vote “guilty.” Only one man, Juror #8, believes that the young man might be innocent.

He must convince the others that “reasonable doubt” exists. One by one, the jury is persuaded to agree with Juror #8. Featuring a talented cast of local actors, Rockhampton Little Theatre’s production of 12 Angry Men will keep you engaged from the opening scene to the closing moments and will leave you pondering the meaning of the term “reasonable doubt”. Featuring Tony Doak, Jude Porter, David Sinnamon, Con Galvin, Brent Evans, Liam Galvin, Dean Netherwood, Christos Aristidou, Joe Hannan, Travis Hock, Zach Maher and Josh Langdon.

WALTER REID CULTURAL CENTRE SATURDAY 19 JULY AT 7.30PM SUNDAY 20 JULY AT 2PM FRIDAY 25 JULY AT 7.30PM SATURDAY 26 JULY AT 7.30PM A$22, P (AGED) $18, J $10, GROUP 10+ A $20 EACH

Into the Woods

Emmaus College will perform Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.

Into the Woods combines the well-known fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood with the story of the baker and his wife who desperately want a child. Unfortunately, the baker and his wife have been cursed with childlessness by a witch and must perform various missions involving the characters in the other fairy tales to break the spell.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 25 JULY AT 7PM SATURDAY 26 JULY AT 7PM SUNDAY 27 JULY AT 2PM A $31, C $19.50

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Rocky Swap 2014 The North Rockhampton Rotary Club will again partner with the All Classic Motor Club to run the 18th Rocky Swap on 2nd August 2014.

This annual event is on again for all people interested in a good deal at cheap prices. With over 1100 stalls, there is a huge range of items on sale - come and browse and grab a bargain. The event raises funds for various charities and Rotary programmes.

ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS SATURDAY 2 AUGUST 6AM – 5PM ADMISSION ADULT $6, CHILDREN $1.

Free Arts Workshops Creative Capricorn runs arts workshops at the Walter Reid Cultural Centre and the Botanic Gardens every Saturday from 1 to 3pm. A children’s program operates at the Walter Reid Cultural Centre and a program open to all ages operates at the Botanic Gardens. The workshops are FREE and no bookings are required and no experience is needed. Some conditions may apply. Look for details on www.creativecapricorn.com.au

The Wiggles: Apples and Bananas The Wiggles are heading back to Rockhampton as part of their nationwide tour with their new show, Apples and Bananas. The show will feature songs from their new Apples and Bananas CD and DVD which is a new collection of nursery Rhymes such as This Old Man and The Wheels on the Bus given The Wiggles magical music touch. Don’t miss your chance to see the most successful children’s group of all time. Get your tickets to The Wiggles Apples and Bananas tour as they’ll sell like .... hot potatoes! Tickets from Pilbeam Theatre Box Office.

ROBERT SCHWARTEN PAVILION, ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS THURSDAY 7 AUGUST 10AM

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August

The Addams Family – A New Musical

The Rockhampton Grammar School presents The Addams Family - a new musical, based on the characters created by Charles Addams. Morticia and Gomez Addams want to continue living amongst death, pain and suffering, the way they always have. But then there is a change in the plans. Their eldest child, Wednesday, has fallen in love with a strange boy, Lucas Beinike. To the Addams, strange is normal, happy is sad. To Morticia and Gomez’s own complexity, they invite the new boyfriend’s family to dinner. Many strange things happen the night that the Beinekes come to visit.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 8 AUGUST AT 7.30PM, SATURDAY 9 AUGUST AT 1.30PM AND 7.30PM SUNDAY 10 AUGUST AT 1.30PM. A $27, P / SC $23, S $21, U $21, J (3-17 YEARS) $21, F (2 A AND 2 J) $85

Cultural Festival The Cultural Festival is the opportunity for everyone to celebrate our multicultural society and experience first hand the diverse cultures and customs that make up Rockhampton Region today. Activities including foods, workshops and performances.

Tempt your tastebuds or learn a new skill with workshops on a variety of subjects or be entertained by the exotic sounds and movement of far away cultures. There will be variety of activities just for children. The Cultural Festival will also include Creative Capricorn’s Full Tilt Film Festival, screening Immigration Stories throughout the day.

ROCKHAMPTON HERITAGE VILLAGE SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 10AM TO 4PM ENTRY $2

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Treasure Island North Rocky High presents Treasure Island, a thrilling tale of pirates, treasure maps, mutiny on the high seas and “pieces of eight”! Follow the adventures of young Jim Hawkins who sails the seas with Long John Silver and his band of swashbuckling pirates in a quest to find the buried treasure.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 15 AUGUST AT 7PM SATURDAY 16 AUGUST 1.30PM SATURDAY 16 AUGUST AT 7PM A $30, P $22, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS $18, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS $27, J $12, F (2 ADULTS, 2 CHILDREN) $75.

Handmade Expo Browse the many markets stalls displaying and selling all original handmade products.

WALTER PIERCE PAVILION ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS SATURDAY 16 AUGUST, 9AM TO 2PM

Morning Melodies: Simon Gallaher Simon Gallaher, our very own superstar, returns to the concert stage in 2014 for a new performance packed with song and good humour. Simon returns with favourite musical director Kevin Hocking at the piano with melodies that have all endured the test of time. Don’t miss this very special musical treat.Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council and Morning Tea Bolsover Radiology.

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PILBEAM THEATRE MONDAY 18 AUGUST AT 11AM A $19, P $17, AFOT$18, PFOT$16, G10+A $17.50, G10+P $16, RA $18, RP $16

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August

Take Me Home

Take Me Home – The Music & Life of John Denver takes you on a musical journey of one of the world’s most captivating and celebrated men. Through the exclusive film footage, his love for life, and concerns for the environment are poignantly portrayed in this stage presentation. John’s love for life, concerns for the environment, through to his premature death are all included within the presentation. The motivation for many of his hit songs are explained, including visiting Jacques Cousteau on Calypso, which was the inspiration for his worldwide mega-hit ‘Calypso’. Singer Bevan Gardiner, accompanied by international musicians perform all the John Denver songs with such accuracy and feeling that if you close your eyes you will be effortlessly transported to the era of John Denver.

PILBEAM THEATRE WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST AT 8PM A $69, P $59, SC $59, S $59, U $59, J (0 TO 15 YEARS) $49, FOT$59, RA $59.

Photo exhibition Known to the Arabs as al-Maghreb al-Aqsa, meaning the “farthest land of the setting sun,” Morocco boasts stunning natural beauty and an extraordinarily rich and varied cultural heritage. Three Local Photographers, Mike Schurmann, Aileen Hubbard, and Tracy Hardy travelled around Morocco from the Sahara desert to the snow capped Atlas Mountains and along the Atlantic coast. Stunning photographs of this unique destination will be on display at the Walter Reid Art gallery.

WALTER REID CULTURAL CENTRE OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY 22 AUGUST AT 5.30PM EXHIBITION CONTINUES TO MIDDAY SATURDAY 30 AUGUST. FREE ADMISSION.

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Rockhampton Home Show The 2014 Rockhampton Home Show and Caravan, Camping, 4x4 and Fishing Expo is the largest event of its kind in the Rockhampton Region. Over 250 exhibitor sites and 160 businesses on display.

This event has everything for our homes, our lifestyles and for getting away and outdoors.

ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS FRIDAY 22 TO SUNDAY 24 AUGUST A $10, SC $8, J FREE

Buy tickets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.seeitlive.com.au.

Puccini’s La bohème Performed by Opera Queensland, this most romantic opera of all time, La bohème appeals to devotees and newcomers alike.

Mimì’s love affair with the poet Rodolfo begins on a snowy Christmas Eve in Paris on the cusp of 1914, a year that changes the world forever. Award winning theatre director and former Rockhampton resident Craig Ilott and designer Penny Challen have chosen that last optimistic winter – exactly one hundred years ago - as an electric moment to set Puccini’s beloved story of bohemian life. This intimate and revealing new production stars some of Queensland’s most exciting young singers as a group of rent-dodging flatmates living and loving precariously on the edge of society.

Sung in Italian with projected English translations. Featuring a chorus of local performers. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council and Opera Queensland.

PILBEAM THEATRE SATURDAY 23 AUGUST AT 7.30PM A$56, P $52, CSC $52, J $29,AFOT $52,PFOT $49, RA $52, RP $49, G10+A $52

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August

Looking Through A Glass Onion Starring John Waters with Stewart D’ Arrietta. Looking Through a Glass Onion is a homage to the music, mystery and memory of John Lennon. Looking Through a Glass Onion is not a cut-and-paste biography of Lennon or an emulation of the original recordings. On stage, Waters becomes synonymous with Lennon. He shies away from imitating the artist, but so emotive is his performance, it lulls the audience into believing anything is possible. It’s part concert and part biography, though it doesn’t seek to tell the full story of Lennon’s life.

With 31 songs performed including to name a few, ‘A Day in the Life’, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, ‘Revolution’, ‘Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds’, ‘Woman’, ‘Jealous Guy’, ‘Imagine’ and more, this is a show for all ages.

PILBEAM THEATRE SUNDAY 24 AUGUST AT 8PM A $55, P $50, SC $50, S $50, JUNIOR (0 TO 15 YEARS) $50, G 8+ A $50

Wombat Stew The simple story of a dingo who catches a wombat and decides to make wombat stew, has been cleverly developed by Garry Ginivan Attractions (creators of Possum Magic The Musical) into a “trueblue-dinky-di-big-aussie-musical” - complete with blobs of mud, very fine feathers, creepy crawlies, flies, gum-nuts and a big bubbling billy can! With a cast of 6 multi-talented performers, Wombat Stew is a “mouth-watering” combination of story-telling, mime, music, dance and puppetry, which is bound to be the highlight of children’s theatre for 2014 and well into the future.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council. Duration: 55 minutes (no interval). Suitable for children aged 3 to 8 years and their families.

PILBEAM THEATRE TUESDAY 26 AUGUST AT 6.30PM A $19.50, P/CSC $14.50, J $14.50, F (2A AND 2J) $58

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Elvis to the max He was one of the most important figures of the 20th century pop culture. A cultural icon, widely known by the single name Elvis, who is often referred to as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ or simply ‘The King’. Now the memory and legend lives on in a very special concert event entitled The Orchestral Sessions featuring a 18 piece orchestra starring one of the world’s first and most-successful Elvis impersonators Max Pellicano, whose uncanny resemblance and equally chilling performance has mesmerised Australians over the last two decades. There are lots of Elvis impersonators around, but Max Pellicano is considered as the best. In addition, the costumes worn

by Max Pellicano are exact replicas made by Elvis’ personal tailor Bill Bellow.

Elvis To The Max will re-create for one special night the The Orchestral Sessions, proudly presented in Australia by Abstract Entertainment.

PILBEAM THEATRE WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST AT 8PM A $65.50, P/U/SC $59.50, S $59.50, G10+A $59.50 EACH, F (2 A + 2 J) $182

Swan Lake Simulcast Experience American Ballet Theatre perform arguably the world’s most beloved ballet, Swan Lake in a live simulcast at the Pilbeam Theatre.

On Friday 29 August, regional Queenslanders are invited to become part of a state wide audience for one of the world’s finest ballet companies, American Ballet Theatre, as they perform the quintessential ballet, Swan Lake. Simulcast live from the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane and presented on the big screen at the Pilbeam Theatre. Experience the splendour and grace of one of the world’s finest companies in their Australian debut season.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 29 AUGUST AT 7.30PM PRE-PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES FROM 7PM FREE (BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. BOOKING FEES MAY APPLY)

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August

Grace Barbé The Afro Sound of the Seychelles Grace’s Barbe soulful music reflects and celebrates the diverse cultural influences of her Indian Ocean heritage (African, Asian and European). A colourful and energetic fusion of tropical island rhythms with African percussion, reggae, pop, rock and latin flavours, Grace’s “Afro-Kreol” sound is original, fresh and funky. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Part of the 2014 See It Live Theatre Season.

PILBEAM THEATRE SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER AT 7.30PM A $48, P $44, AFOT$45, PFOT$40, RA $45, RP $40, G10+A (OVER 35 YEARS) $45, TEACHER GROUP (OVER 35 YEARS) $40.

35 YEARS AND UNDER PAY $1 PER YEAR OF AGE.

Circus Oz: But Wait There’s More Following a Sydney Big Top season, and a smash-hit international tour across America to Montreal, Circus Oz rockets into Rockhampton with their brand spanking new show But Wait…There’s More. But Wait…

There’s More will be a punchy, exciting and funny vaudeville-inspired show for humans of all ages. Audiences can expect an astonishing mix of stunt-jumping acrobatics, cutting-edge juggling, virtuosic unicycling, elegant trapeze flying, the exciting Rou Cyr rim, cheeky impersonations, ridiculous knockabout and multi-skilled human physical exuberance, all accompanied by an original, rocking eclectic live band. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council. Part of the 2014 See It Live Theatre Season.

PILBEAM THEATRE WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER AT 1.30PM AND 7.30PM A $56, P $52, AFOT $52, PFOT $49, RA $52, RP $49, G10+A (OVER 35 YEARS) $52, TEACHER GROUP (OVER 35 YEARS) $40.

35 YEARS AND UNDER PAY $1 PER YEAR OF AGE.

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Events CALENDAR JULY 4 Twilight Movie: Madagascar 3 5 Wizard of Oz Show 6 Full Tilt Film Festival 7-11 NAIDOC Week Exhibition 9 Cirque Mother Africa 12 Graeme Connors 19 2 One Another 19-20 Kennel Club Dog Show

RSP PT RSP WRCC PT PT PT RSG

19-26 12 Angry Men

WRCC

25-27 Into the Woods

PT

AUGUST 2 Rocky Swap

RSG

7 The Wiggles

RSG

8-10 The Addams Family

PT

10 Cultural Festival

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10 Full Tilt Film Festival 15-16 Treasure Island

HVs PT

16 Handmade Expo

PT

18 Morning Melodies

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20 Take Me Home 22-30 Photo Exhibition 22-24 Home Show 23 La boheme 24 Looking Through A Glass Onion 26-27 Wombat Stew

PT WRCC RSG PT PT PT

27 Elvis to the Max

PT

29 Swan Lake Simulcast

PT

Contact details

PT = Pilbeam Theatre RSP = Riverside Park O = Other Venue RSG=Rockhampton Showgrounds HV = Heritage Village

Rockhampton Venues and Events is a business unit of Rockhampton Regional Council.

Administration Office Pilbeam Theatre, 2 Cambridge Street.

PO Box 1860 Rockhampton 4700.

Ticketing Ph 4927 4111 Administration Ph 4924 5600 Fax 4924 5633

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