Spotlight - March April 2011

Spotlight Event Guide March - April 2011

ROCKHAMPTON VENUES AND EVENTS

Welcome Welcome to Spotlight, the newsletter of Rockhampton Venues and Events. Inside, you’ll find a variety of events at the Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton Showgrounds and other venues. Tickets for events listed here are on sale through the Pilbeam Theare Box Office, Dial’n’ Charge on 4927 4111 or on line at www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au For showgrounds events contact the organizations listed with the event. Spotlight is also available online.

FRIENDS OF THE THEATRE If you enjoy the theatre, why not become a Friend of the Theatre?

Friends of the Theatre, whether they volunteer to work or are ‘supporting’ Friends, receive discounts to many of the shows listed in SPOTLIGHT. Friends also receive this newsletter mailed direct to them. For ‘working’ Friends, unlimited seats are available in exchange for Performance Work Vouchers on events in Spotlight bearing the above symbol. For other events, voucher seats are limited to a total of six seats per performance. Further details as well as membership forms are available from the Box Office.

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.

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

CSC – Commonwealth Senior Card C = Concession F = Family (2 adults & 2 children unless otherwise stated) *Preschool & school age, 3yrs & over. 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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March

Twilight Movies: Monsters Inc In Monstropolis, monsters generate power by scaring children, but monsters themselves are scared of being contaminated by contact with children. Champion scarer James P “Sulley” Sullivan and his friend Mike Wozowski find themselves in deep trouble when a little human girl wanders in to the monster room one night. Produced

by Pixar studios. A Rockhampton Regional Council event. Rated G.

MAIN BEACH, YEPPOON FRIDAY 4 MARCH AT 7PM

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

Lisa Williams – Messages from Beyond Ever wonder what happens when you die? Do you yearn to hear from someone who recently passed? Join TV’s top medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams as she describes the transition into the spirit world. Returning to Australia after a sold out national tour in 2009. Sharing her gift of communication with spirits from the ‘other side’, Lisa will reveal her knowledge about the ways we connect with and understand the messages our loved ones are trying to convey to us.

No flash photography or video recording permitted.

PILBEAM THEATRE MONDAY 7 MARCH AT 7.30PM ALL TICKETS $89.90

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Beatlemania Showtime invites you ‘across the universe’ on a ‘magical mystery tour’ exploring the Beatle’s ‘revolution’ in popular music and culture!

Employing authentic Beatle instruments, amplifiers, and costumes, coupled with faithful renditions of your favorite Beatle classics The Beatles Experience recreates the spirit of the Fab Four in ways that have audiences raving about them Eight days a week Join the specialist Australian cast as they take you on a two-hour journey recapturing an era of music that still has magic all of its own!

Close your eyes, could it really be them? Quality stage outfits range from the early Cavern days through to Beatlemania.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 11 MARCH AT 8PM A $49, J $29, AFOT $44, G 6+ A $44

Project X It’s hot! It’s explosive! It’s non –stop thrills! Hang on tight for a night of high-energy dance, sweaty bodies and thumping music. Raw Dance Company’s Project X is funk tap, hip-hop, acrobatics, live music, percussion and beat boxing all rolled into one. Project X has wowed audiences wherever it has gone – Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Dubai and Romania.

RAW Dance Company infuses tap dance with other genres, and an urban style that’s sexy, exciting and full of surprises. It is all set to fabulous live music from funk to techno to Latin, a symphony of pots, pans, bins and kettles and the amazing sounds of beat-boxer Dr Rhythm. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council.

PILBEAM THEATRE TUESDAY 15 MARCH AT 7.30PM A $35, P, $32, CSC $32, S $29, J $23, G10+A $32, F $100, AFOT $32, PFOT $29.

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The Boy From Oz From Tenterfield to Tinseltown, Peter Allen became one of Australia’s greatest showmen, and The Boy From Oz is his story.

Featuring more than a dozen Peter Allen hits, such as Tenterfield Saddler, I Go to Rio, I Still Call Australia Home, Quiet Please There is a Lady on the Stage and Don’t Cry Out Loud, The Boy From Oz is the most successful Australian musical ever – and the only one to make it to Broadway. It tells the story of Peter Allen – his life, his loves, but most of all, his music.

Allen wrote and performed a string of hits that have become worldwide classics and lived a flamboyant lifestyle, rubbing shoulders with the cream of showbusiness society in the USA. Karen Crone (Cabaret, Miss Saigon) returns to Rockhampton to direct this production, with Musical Direction by Bob Heppell.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council, by arrangement with David Spicer Productions. Music and Lyrics By Peter Allen.

Book by Nick Enright. Original Production by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox.

PILBEAM THEATRE FRIDAY 25 MARCH AT 7.30PM SATURDAY 26 MARCH AT 7.30PM SUNDAY 27 MARCH AT 3PM FRIDAY 1 APRIL AT 7.30PM SATURDAY 2 APRIL AT 7.30PM A $45, P $40, Y $40, J $32, F $135, G10+A$42, AFOT $42, PFOT $39, G10+S $29.

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

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Rockhampton Showgrounds March – April Events SPEEDWAY SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2011 SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2011 SATURDAY 2 APRIL 2011 SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2011 TRIVIA NIGHT MISS SHOWGIRL 2011 FUNDRAISER JAMES LAWRENCE PAVILION SATURDAY 19 MARCH AFTERNOON TEA MISS SHOWGIRL 2011 FUNDRAISER JAMES LAWRENCE PAVILION SATURDAY 16 APRIL DOG SHOWS 5-6 MARCH 30 APRIL TO 1 MAY For venue information and enquiries, please contact the Rockhampton Showgournds Phone: 49212510

Fax: 49212501

Exhibition Road, Wandal Q 4700 The Rockhampton Showgrounds is part of Rockhampton Venues and Events, a business unit of the Rockhampton Regional Council.

Jimeoin: Something Smells Funny There is a hilarious aroma in the air...it’s Jimeoin’s new show ‘Something Smells Funny’. Join him as he effortlessly makes you breathe in his witty brand of charming humour...you will leave with the unforgettable stench of happiness.

PILBEAM THEATRE THURSDAY 31 MARCH AT 7.30PM A $39.90, C $34.90, S $34.90, G10+A $34.90, AFOT $34.90

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Twilight Movies: Catch That Kid With her father in desperate need of life saving surgery but unable to pay for it, teenager Maddy and her friends break into a hi-tech bank vault. Starring Kirsten Stewart and Corbin Bleu.

A Rockhampton Regional Council event. Refreshments on sale.

Rated PG.

CONAGHAN PARK, GRACEMERE FRIDAY 1 APRIL AT 7PM

Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey are two of the most recognised names in Australian country music and together are as much a comedy act as a musical one! Now the hilarious duo are presenting a show aptly named ‘The Rematch’. After touring together in 2006 to rapturous applause, belly laughs coupled with audience and critical acclaim, they’re back once again sharing the stage to challenge each other.

PILBEAM THEATRE THURSDAY 7 APRIL AT 8PM A $42, P $39, SC $39, J $15, F $100, G10+A $39

Pull the other one Albert Perkins is blessed with a loving wife, Muriel, and cursed with a fearsome mother-in-law, Boadicea. When his good friend Hilary Armitage writes to him reminiscing about the good times they used to have, the trouble for Albert starts. Pull the other one is a broad Northern comedy written by English actor Norman Robbins, performed

by Rockhampton Little Theatre

WALTER REID CULTURAL CENTRE FRIDAY 8 & SATURDAY 9 APRIL AT 7.30PM SUNDAY 10 APRIL AT 2.00PM FRIDAY 15 & SATURDAY 16 APRIL AT 7.30PM A $22, PSU $18, J $12, G10+A $20 EACH. BAR OPERATING FROM 7PM FOR EVENING PERFORMANCES.

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wilight Movies: Night at the Museum 2: Battle for the Smithsonian Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), former security guard from Night at the Museum 1, returns to the Museum of Natural History only to find that it is closed for renovations, and exhibits have been packed up and sent off to storage at the Smithsonian in Washington. But now the exhibits at the Smithsonian seem to be coming to life! A Rockhampton Regional Council event. Refreshments on sale.

Rated PG.

THE BIG DAM, MT MORGAN FRIDAY 8 APRIL AT 7PM

Rockfest 2011 Get ready to rock with Rockfest 2011! Featuring a big name headline act and local bands as support, Rockfest has become a must-see event in the Central Queensland calendar, and is the highlight of the local celebrations for National Youth Week.

ROCKHAMPTON MUSIC BOWL SATURDAY 9 APRIL GATES OPEN 4.30PM, MUSIC FROM 5.30PM. CONCLUDES APPROX 9PM ENTRY BY DONATION TO THIS YEAR’S CHARITY.

Stage Stunners Don’t miss Stage Stunners, an afternoon of choir and brass band favourites featuring The Rockhampton Musical Union Choir, The Capricornia Silver Band and The Rockhampton Musical Union Youth Choir.

PILBEAM THEATRE SUNDAY 10 APRIL AT 2.30PM A $26, P/S $21, J $12, F $64, G10+A $24

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SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE The 2011 See It live Theatre Season has something for everyone. It’s a whole year of theatre, with the added bonus of a saving of up to $12 per ticket. There’s dance, drama, circus and music. Take your pick and start saving now.

Make your choice between 4-Pack, 6-Pack and 8-Pack. There is even a Youth 4-Pack.

Contact the Pilbeam Theatre Box Office on 4927 4111 for a copy of the booklet. You can also download or read rea a copy online at our website, www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au com.au

THE BOY FROM OZ FRIDAY 25 MARCH TO 2 APRIL BREAST WISHES FRIDAY 8, SATURDAY 9 JULY RAINBOW’S END (Riverside Productions) SATURDAY 16 JULY LA TRAVIATA (Oz Opera) THURSDAY 11 AUGUST ACO2 TUESDAY 16 AUGUST CIRCUS OZ FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER SHORTER+SWEETER DANCE SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER JULIUS CAESAR (Bell Shakespeare) TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER MATHINNA (Bangarra Dance Theatre) SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER

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Morning Melodies – Starring Jackie Love Jackie Love’s new show, The Look of Love, is a wonderful trip down memory lane with Australia’s international leading lady of TV, Musical Theatre and Stage, Jackie Love.

With a song in her heart, Jackie remembers the songs that filled our days and shaped our lives through the years, and provided the musical canvas to our life of love. Sing a long and remember how love looked with songs such as We’ll Meet again, Sentimental Journey, As Time Goes By, It’s Now Or Never.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council and Bolsover Radiology.

PILBEAM THEATRE MONDAY 18 APRIL AT 11AM A $17, P $15, AFOT $16, PFOT $14, G10+ A $15.50, G10+P $13.50

Morning Tea Supplied by

Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow The comedians have left the building…for the ultimate comedy road trip. Now in its 13th big year the Roadshow shares the Melbourne International Comedy Festival vibe with punters outside the Melbourne area code. A cast of big local names, newcomers and overseas guests prove there’s nowhere a comedian fears to tread.

PILBEAM THEATRE WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL AT 7.30PM A $34.90, G10+ A $31.90, P $31.90, S $31.90, CSC $31.90, AFOT $31.90

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Eisteddfod The 76th Rockhampton Eisteddfod will be performed in April-May at the Pilbeam Theatre. Come and see some of the best talent our region has to offer in dance, speech vocal and instrumental sections.

The Eisteddfod concludes on Saturday 28 May with The Eisteddfod Gala Concert.

PILBEAM THEATRE 30 APRIL TO 28 MAY

Twilight Movie: Babe The delightful story of Babe, the runt piglet who, with a group of farm animal friends, tries to realize his dream of becoming the best sheep-herding pig of all time. A Rockhampton Regional Council event.

Refreshments on sale.

Rated G.

BELL PARK, EMU PARK FRIDAY 6 MAY AT 7PM

GIVE THE GIFT OF LIVE THEATRE If you’re stuck for an idea for a gift, then why not try a Pilbeam Theatre Gift Voucher? You can buy gift vouchers for any amount and they are redeemable for tickets to events which are on sale through the Pilbeam Theatre Box Office (provided tickets are available).

Contact the Box Office on 4927 4111 for more details.

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Events CALENDAR MARCH 4 5-6 7 11 12 15 19 25 26 26 27 31 APRIL 1 1 2 2 7 8 8-10 9 10 16 15-16 18 24 27 30 to 1 May 30 to May

Twilight Movie: Monsters Inc Dog Show Lisa Williams Messages from Beyond Beatlemania – the Beatles Experience Speedway Project X Trivia Night Showgirl Fundraiser The Boy From Oz The Boy From Oz Speedway The Boy From Oz Jimeoin Twilight Movie: Catch that Kid The Boy From Oz The Boy From Oz Speedway Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey Twilight Movie: Night at the Museum 2 Pull the Other One Rockfest 2011.

Stage Stunners.

Afternoon Tea Showgirl Fundraiser Pull the Other One Morning Melodies: The Look Of Love Speedway Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow Dog Show Rockhampton Eisteddfod

O RSG PT PT RSG PT RSG PT PT RSG PT PT O PT PT RSG PT O WRCC MB PT RSG WRCC PT RSG PT RSG PT

PT = Pilbeam Theatre MB = Music Bowl RSP = Riverside Park O = Other Venue RSG=Rockhampton Showgrounds

Contact details 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 4922 3033

www.venuesandevents.com.au