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WELCOME TO SPIEGELTENT CANBERRA Canberra, the party is back! Your favourite pop-up festival is returning this March and April with a program of world-class entertainment that is set to delight and enthral. Step inside the utterly unique world of The Spiegeltent and catch some of the very best names in circus, comedy, cabaret and music. Appearing in Civic Square for just three thrilling weeks, you’ll need to book soon to avoid disappointment. This is an experience you can’t afford to miss and tickets are selling fast!
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A spectacular new Spiegeltent corruption from the people who brought you BLANC de BLANC and LIMBO UNHINGED. A joyous cocktail of entertainment and enlightenment, let this cast of international prodigies and deviants lead you on an adventure of hedonistic theatrical anarchy.
SAT 30 MAR - SUN 21 APR TUE - SAT • 8:30PM SUN • 3:00PM + 6:00PM (EXCL 31 MAR)
Starring international clowning royalty Goos Meeuwsen and Helena Bittencourt (Cirque du Soleil), jazz vocalist sensation Lee Taylor, Blaise Garza (Violent Femmes), Rechelle Mansour (Velvet), Tim Kriegler (La Clique) and Brooklyn's drumming powerhouse Attis Clopton.
FRI/SAT • PREM: $89 GA: ADULT $75 / CONC $65 SUN/TUE/WED/THU • PREM: $82 GA: ADULT $69 / CONC $59
A word of warning - this show contains drug references, full frontal nudity, attempted pyrokinesis, and adult concepts.
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DURATION
110 MINS
SUITABILITY
18+
03
04
COMEDY
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AN INTELLIGENT, GENUINELY FUNNY HOUR OF COMEDY. ★★★★ THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
HELLIAR’S A REAL PRO. ★★★★ HERALD SUN
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PETER HELLIAR BIG BOY PANTS
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must put on his big boy pants and get on with it, and getting a vasectomy is a pretty good place to start. Don’t miss this chance to see Peter Helliar’s best show yet!
Big Boy Pants. Come for the boy. Stay for the pants.
HUMOUR, QUICK WIT AND SELF-DEPRECIATING COMIC STYLE HAS THE AUDIENCE IN STITCHES. ★★★★ ½ THE ADVERTISER
DATES
SAT 20 APR • 6:30PM
TICKETS
$40/$45
DURATION
60 MINS
SUITABILITY
M16+
MUSIC
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WINNER APRA Awards - Ted Albert Award 2017
WINNER Dreamtime Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
ARCHIE ROACH RETURNS TO CANBERRA WITH A NEW LIVE ALBUM!
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ARCHIE ROACH Australian singer-songwriter Archie Roach emerged in the early ‘90s when his ARIA-winning debut album, Charcoal Lane, was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 50 albums of 1992. It centred around Archie’s heart-breaking masterpiece, Took the Children Away: a deeply affecting ballad about his own experience as one of the Stolen Generations of First Nations children. The song went on to receive a Human Rights Achievement Award; the first time such an honour had been bestowed upon a songwriter. Archie’s career has since spanned three decades. His work has been recognised locally and internationally. He has shared the stage with some of the world’s most iconic artists, including the late Leonard Cohen, Rodriguez, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Billy Bragg, Paul Simon, Joan Armatrading, Suzanne Vega and Patti Smith. At The Spiegeltent, Archie will be performing songs from his new 3 CD box set of recent live shows, Into the Bloodstream 2012; Let Love Rule 2016 and Dancing With My Spirit 2018, marking the first time Archie has released recordings of his live concerts.
DATES
SAT 6 APR • 3:00PM
TICKETS
$42/$47
DURATION
60 MINS
SUITABILITY
G
05
06 STORYTELLING
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OSHER GÜNSBERG
BACK, AFTER THE BREAK – LIVE! Join Osher Günsberg for an intimate evening packed full of raw honesty, genuine emotion and plenty of laughs as he unveils the stories within his highly anticipated memoir Back, After the Break. A natural storyteller, for one night only Osher will delve into the memories of growing up in suburban Australia, dealing with bullying, and his childhood forays into the wonderful world of psychiatry. Hear about what was really going on during his early days of radio, and behind the scenes of Channel [v] and Australian Idol. Whilst Osher was establishing himself as one of Australia’s most recognisable media personalities he was also coping with living with mental illness, and alcohol addiction. Learn how Osher pulled himself out of the depths of psychosis to meet his wife, and to live each day working at getting better.
DATES
SUN 14 APR• 8:30PM
TICKETS
$39/$44
DURATION
70 MINS
SUITABILITY
M16+
DANCE
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... AN HOUR OF INFECTIOUS JOY
WINNER Best Dance Adelaide Fringe 2015
★★★★★
BROADWAYBABY
JOY ENHANCING, INSPIRING, THRILLING, INTOXICATING
WINNER Best Dance & Physical Theatre Perth FRINGE WORLD 2017
★★★★★ UPSIDE NEWS
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DJUKI MALA Indigenous dance sensations and landmark dance/theatre company that took the world by storm present their internationally acclaimed smash hit production. Unique, infectious, high-energy... like a confetti cannon point blank to the heart. Djuki Mala wow audiences with a spectacular fusion of traditional dance, popculture and storytelling that is a marvel of timing, comedy and clowning with a hefty dose of heart and soul!
Djuki Mala performer Baykali Ganambarr says: “Our show tells the genesis of Djuki Mala, in a way that challenges the western anthropological view of First Nations culture. We do this with our humor, our dance, our story and our culture. It’s alive, it’s living, breathing, ever changing and evolving. Rooted in over 75,000 years of ancestral knowledge. We take our culture out of the museum and place it very firmly in the 21st century - with a bit of circus and bling!”
DATES
FRI 12 APR • 6:30PM SAT 13 APR • 2:00PM + 6:00PM
TICKETS
$45
DURATION
70 MINS
SUITABILITY
G
07
08
MUSIC
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“AS WITH ANY HARVEY PROJECT, THE MUSICIANSHIP IS OF THE HIGHEST, YET UNDERSTATED, ORDER” CLASH MUSIC
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MICK HARVEY
INTOXICATED MAN – THE SONGS OF SERGE GAINSBOURG Co-founder and guitarist of Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party and The Boys Next Door, long time producer and band member for P.J Harvey and soundtrack composer, award winning multi instrumentalist Mick Harvey brings the songs of Serge Gainsbourg to The Spiegeltent. Performing from his 4 albums of translated Serge Gainsbourg songs Harvey will be joined by J.P. Shilo, Dan Luscombe, Glenn Lewis, Hugo Cran, a string section, and Xanthe Waite. The show was performed at Mona Foma, Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival and the Melbourne Recital Centre. It enjoys its welcome return for the 2019 Spiegeltent series.
DATES
WED 3 APR • 6:30PM
TICKETS
$45/$50
DURATION
70 MINS
SUITABILITY
M16+
MUSIC
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COMEDY
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EMMA PASK
PAUL MCDERMOTT & STEVEN GATES
Award winning Australian vocalist Emma Pask has firmly established herself as one of this country’s favourite voices in Jazz. Her effortless, honest stage presence combined with her powerful vocal ability, leaves audiences spellbound and inspired. Emma is sure to delight as she interweaves storytelling through timeless swinging jazz standards, upbeat Latin rhythms, tender ballads and of course some raucous blues. By request Emma performed at the wedding of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban and she had the honour of singing for Diana, the late Princess of Wales. She has sung in London at The Queen Elizabeth Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has toured her band throughout Europe. Well known for spending the last 20 years by the side of jazz virtuoso James Morrison, he says of Emma “Whilst it’s fashionable to be a jazz singer these days, she is the real thing!”
DATES
SAT 6 APR • 6:30PM DURATION
70 MINS
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Wake, oh sleeper, awake from your demented dreams. Leave the everyday world behind and join two of Australia’s most beloved creatures as they sing, saunter, cavort, haggle and harmonize. Presenting a suite of newly minted instant classics and dark musings on the current state of everything. Paul and Gatesy are foaming at the groin with a desire to impress and present their nightmare of wonder for your entertainment. Witness them sacrifice all for your enjoyment!
$43
WED 10 APR • 6:30PM
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TICKETS
SUITABILITY
DURATION
SUITABILITY
G
70 MINS
$39/$44 PG
09
10
CABARET
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“ S HE IS STILL A FORCE OF NATURE… RUDE, CRUDE AND FABULOUS” ★★★★ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
“ WATCHING CARLOTTA IS ATTENDING AN AUDIENCE WITH A LIVING LEGEND” STAGE WHISPERS
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CARLOTTA
QUEEN OF THE CROSS Australian icon, political activist, showbiz royalty, living legend: Carlotta has led an extraordinary life. Outrageously funny and brutally honest, the inspiration for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert takes you on another whirlwind ride with songs and stories from 50 years on and off the stage. Accompanied by Helpmann Award winner Michael Griffiths on piano, she sings the classics by Berlin, Rogers & Hart, Sondheim and her dear friend, Peter Allen.
DATES
THU 4 APR • 6:30PM
TICKETS
$37/$42
DURATION
60 MINS
SUITABILITY
PG
MUSIC
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WINNER J Awards: Australian Music Video of the Year
WINNER National Live Music Awards: R&B Artist of the Year
WINNER Dreamtime Awards: Female Artist of the Year
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MOJO JUJU NATIVE TONGUE
Native Tongue is a fitting title for the third studio album from Mojo Juju and it is her very essence laid bare. It is raw, honest, emotional and intrinsically political. It is also brutal and relentlessly real. Since cutting her teeth and making a name for herself on the Australian touring circuit in the late 2000s, Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga, a.k.a Mojo Juju, has been many things to many people. She’s been a troubadour, a soothsayer, a shapeshifter and a darn good songwriter. Now, she has decided to just be the story. Native Tongue is exactly that; through the telling of family history and her own personal experiences, Juju explores her relationships with Elders and Ancestry and how that informs her own identity.
DATES
FRI 5 APR • 6:30PM
TICKETS
$30/$35
DURATION
60 MINS
SUITABILITY
PG
11
12
COMEDY
COMEDY
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R IOTOUS! ★★★★★ HERALD SUN
F UNNY AS HELL! SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
FINALIST
FINALIST
The Phoenix Artist Club Cabaret Awards
Max Turner Prize 2018
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SÉAYONCÉ
CRAIG HILL
Do you believe in love... afterlife?” ~ Ghost of Cher
This show is soooooo not about fit-baws! Jockstrap yourself in for a “balls-out” funny night of no-holdsbarred comedy – It’s all gonna kick off! He has sold out the past 20 consecutive years at the Edinburgh Fringe and performed at the London Palladium; hot on the heels of his latest sell-out tour, our very favourite Kilted Comedian shoots back to The Spiegeltent and scores with a night full of fun! Book early!
Presenting the late great ghost whisperer... SÉAYONCÉ! Join this dragtastic seance; for those lonely souls in desperate need of the camp ecstasy of cabaret & character-comedy. Prepare yourself as Séayoncé summons tales of their sordid past and your bleak future and conjures celebs from the spirit world. As the only clairvoyant in the room with a microphone Séayoncé holds all the cards (mainly tarot). So it’s time to open your third eye... and your legs, as the baddest bitch in history lubes up to MYSTIC it to you!
“QUEER, OVERBOARD AND FULL OF VICE”
FLAT-OUT HILARIOUS... I’VE NOT HEARD A ROOM LAUGH SO LONG AND HARD… THERE ISN’T ANYONE BETTER AT WORKING A CROWD… THE AUDIENCE WAS IN ABSOLUTE PAROXYSMS OF LAUGHTER… GENUINELY FUNNY.
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★★★★★ MIRROR (UK)
“SÉAYONCÉ SLAYS”
WICKEDLY SUBVERSIVE… FUNNY, CHARMING, CHARISMATIC.
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DATES
TUE 2 APR • 6:30PM DURATION
60 MINS
TICKETS
$30
SUN 7 APR • 8:30PM
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TICKETS
SUITABILITY
DURATION
SUITABILITY
M16+
60 MINS
$39/$44 M16+
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STRUT & FRET IN ASSOCIATION WITH KIN MUSIC, SUM MANAGEMENT AND THE HARBOUR AGENCY PRESENTS
ELIXIR FEAT KATIE NOONAN GRATITUTE AND GRIEF
Multi-Platinum selling and five-time ARIA Award-winning singer and songwriter Katie Noonan returns her ARIA Award-winning jazz trio Elixir featuring Zac Hurren – for a magical evening of music and poetry. Elixir has enjoyed much success and great commendation along the way including: an ARIA Award, 13 weeks at #1 on the ARIA Jazz Chart, TV & Festival appearances. Elixir seeks to explore the relationship between text and sound and celebrate great Australian poetry. With some of Elixir’s previous catalogue and a few of their favourite songs by other artists, this promises to be a truly special evening.
DATES
SUN 31 MAR • 4:00PM
TICKETS
$49
DURATION
70 MINS
SUITABILITY
G
13
14
BOOKINGS
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BOOKING INFO BOOK YOUR TICKETS ONLINE WWW.SPIEGELTENTCANBERRA.COM The quickest & easiest way to book your Spiegeltent tickets is online. Simply choose the event you’d like to attend and click the ‘BUY TICKETS’ button. Tickets can be posted to you or held at the Box Office for collection.
IN PERSON Tickets can be purchased from Canberra Theatre Centre Box Office. Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601
TICKET TYPES Adult • Full price tickets Concession • Government issued concession card, seniors, full time student cards* Premium • Selected premium seating areas close to the stage with priority access to the venue Booths • Booths fit up to 8 guests and will be reserved under your name on a first in, best dressed basis. Private booths are available for LIFE The Show only. Companion Card • Spiegeltent Canberra proudly supports the Companion Card program. Companion Card tickets are available over the phone or in person * *Proof of eligibility required and must be presented when collecting pre-purchased tickets or when otherwise requested.
REFUNDS/EXCHANGES Please check your booking carefully at the time of purchase. Spiegeltent Canberra has a no refund or exchange policy on completed bookings.
PROGRAM DETAILS Program details are correct at the time of printing, but are subject to change where necessary and without notice. Check www.spiegeltentcanberra.com for updates.
PLEASE NOTE In consideration of performers and other patrons, the use of mobile phones, paging devices, cameras or recording equipment is not permitted. Latecomers may only be admitted at the discretion of the management at a convenient break in the program. Some performances will have lockouts. Please check start times carefully.
ACCESSIBILITY Spiegeltent Canberra makes every effort to ensure our site and events are accessible to our entire audience. The Spiegeltent is wheelchair accessible using an alternative entrance. If you need additional assistance, please make yourself known to Front of House staff and they will be happy to assist.
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FEES & CHARGES All prices listed in this brochure are inclusive of booking fees and GST where applicable. Transaction fees will apply.
SPIEGELTENT CANBERRA IS LOCATED IN CIVIC SQUARE ON LONDON CIRCUIT. IN FRONT OF THE CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE.
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EVENT
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Sat 30 Mar
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 31 Mar
4:00pm
Elixir feat Katie Noonan: Gratitude & Grief
$49
Sun 31 Mar
6:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Tue 2 Apr
6:30pm
Séayoncé
$30
Tue 2 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Wed 3 Apr
6:30pm
Mick Harvey: Intoxicated Man – The Songs of Serge Gainsbourg
$45/$50
Wed 3 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Thu 4 Apr
6:30pm
Carlotta: Queen of the Cross
$37/$42
Thu 4 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Fri 5 Apr
6:30pm
Mojo Juju
$30/$35
Fri 5 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sat 6 Apr
3:00pm
Archie Roach
$42/$47
Sat 6 Apr
6:30pm
Emma Pask
$43
Sat 6 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 7 Apr
3:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 7 Apr
6:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 7 Apr
8:30pm
Craig Hill
$39/$44
Tue 9 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Wed 10 Apr
6:30pm
Paul McDermott & Steven Gates
$39/$44
Wed 10 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Thu 11 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Fri 12 Apr
6:30pm
Djuki Mala
$45
Fri 12 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sat 13 Apr
2:00pm
Djuki Mala
$45
Sat 13 Apr
6:00pm
Djuki Mala
$45
Sat 13 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 14 Apr
3:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 14 Apr
6:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 14 Apr
8:30pm
Osher Günsberg: Back, After the Break LIVE!
$39/$44
Tue 16 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Wed 17 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Thu 18 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Fri 19 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sat 20 Apr
6:30pm
Peter Helliar: Big Boy Pants
$40/$45
Sat 20 Apr
8:30pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 21 Apr
3:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
Sun 21 Apr
6:00pm
LIFE
$69 - $89
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