ORANGE CIVIC THEATRE
2019
Subscription Season Shows for Schools
ORANGE CIVIC THEATRE
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Dr Gill Hicks
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Billionaire Boy
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Possum Magic
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Diplomacy
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Roald Dahl’s
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The Twits
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Hitler’s Daughter
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Rainbow’s End
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Sneaky Secrets for Successful Super Heroes
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Subscribe & win!
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Subscriber information
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Acknowledgements
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Orange Civic Theatre 2019 Subscription Season
360 ALLSTARS
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The International Smash Hit Urban Circus presents
360 ALLSTARS
Wednesday 10 April at 7.30pm 70 minutes with no interval
SUBSCRIBER $30.00
CONCESSION $32.00 JUNIOR $26.00 FAMILY $98.00 SCHOOL GROUP $18.00
Produced by
Onyx Productions
Directed by Gene Peterson
WARNING: This production uses haze and strobe lighting.
Add to this a stunning live soundtrack composed by award winning master musicians, coupled with spectacular video projections, 360 ALLSTARS is as aurally exciting as it is visually astounding. A magnificent, colourful & astonishing expression of a generation that has reinvented public performance, 360 ALLSTARS is a revolutionary production that will leave you dizzy with excitement!
“The most thrilling stage show ever” Weekend Notes “Blindingly talented. The energy is infectious” Broadway Baby “Destined to be a sell-out” TV Bomb, Edinburgh “Breathtaking... a rare mixture of talents” The Advertiser
Orange Civic Theatre 2019 Subscription Season
ADULT $36.00
A phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. Boasting a stellar international cast, including the two-time World Champion BMX Flatlander, two World Champion breakdancers, an internationally acclaimed basketball freestyler, and a World Record holding roue Cyr artist, 360 ALLSTARS is a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges from street culture.
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Saxton Speakers Bureau presents
Dr Gill Hicks
Friday 3 May 11am & 7.30pm
60 minutes no interval
ADULT $46.00 CONCESSION $42.00 JUNIOR $28.00 SCHOOL GROUPS $20.00
Her devotion to making a greater personal contribution and positive difference to the urgency of building peace was realised when she was made permanently injured in the London terrorist Bombings on July 7th, 2005. But Gill is much more than a survivor. Her presentation will focus on topics such as confidence and trust within ourselves, and how having both allows us to make transformational choices. Gill advocates for the growth of a more confident collective / communities, societies and as a nation. As a finalist for Australian of the Year, her platform centred on the importance of growing a confident and cohesive Australia. She speaks of change, or rather the negative connotation change has and how change-makers are often revered figures who are seen as ‘pioneers’ and ‘leaders’. She encourages audiences to take control of change through our choice of how we react and respond…and use it as opportunity.
Gill’s ability to discover moments of kindness and insight (and even humour) in her ordeal is astonishing and deeply moving. She tells her story in such a compelling manner; she generated a flood of warm responses from people who simply had to stop what they were doing, and just listen, spellbound, to her voice.’ Richard Fidler, ABC Radio
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Gill Hicks is considered to be one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is globally known as an Advocate for Sustainable Peace and a valuable resource in Countering Violent Extremism.
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Billionaire Boy by David Walliams, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books. Cover Illustration © Tony Ross, 2010 Lettering on authors name © Quentin Blake, 2010
CDP Kids presents
a play by Maryam Master based on the best-selling novel by David Walliams
Billionaire Boy
6&7 May Monday 6 May at 1pm Tuesday 7 May at 9.30am & 11.30am
60 minutes no interval
ADULT $26.00 CONCESSION $22.00 JUNIOR $18.00 FAMILY $74.00 SCHOOL GROUP $12.00
Age recommendation: 6-12yrs and their adults. WARNING: A small amount of theatrical haze will be used during the performance.
David Walliams’ best-selling book comes to life on stage for 6-12 year olds - and their adults! Don’t miss this original Australian adaptation as the team behind Mr Stink and The 13-, 26-, 52- and 78-Storey Treehouses live on stage return with songs, laughs and yes, that cat sick and sweet potato mash from the canteen…
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Twelve year old Joe has everything a boy could ever want, from a golden underwater Ferrari to his very own cinema. Joe and his Dad have more money than you could imagine, but what Joe really needs is a friend. When Joe arrives at his new school, life really gets tough. Facing the school bully, his Dad’s new girlfriend and the world’s worst school canteen, Joe is about to learn that money might buy you a lot in Raj’s shop, but it can’t buy you everything.
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Illustrations copyright Š Julie Vivas 1983
Monkey Baa Theatre Company presents
Possum Magic
Based on the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas
13 & 14 May Monday 13 May at 12.30pm Tuesday 14 May at 10.00am & 12.30pm
60 minutes no interval
Grandma Poss loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives in the form of a snake, Grandma uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible. Hush has many wonderful adventures. But being invisible isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and Hush longs to see herself again.
Adapted for the stage by
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For more than 30 years, Mem Fox’s Possum Magic has captivated and enchanted young people all over Australia.
Directed by
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ADULT $26.00 CONCESSION $22.00 JUNIOR $18.00 FAMILY $74.00 SCHOOL GROUP $12.00
Based on the book by
Mem Fox and Julie Vivas
One problem. Grandma Poss can’t find the spell to make Hush visible again. And then she remembers...this particular magic requires something more, something special, something to do with food…people food.
Eva Di Cesare and Sandra Eldridge
Sandra Eldridge
Bell Shakespeare Company presents
Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare
12 & 13 July Friday July 12 at 7.30pm Saturday July 13 at 7.30pm
150 minutes with interval
ADULT $52.00 CONCESSION $48.00 JUNIOR $28.00
Director James Evans
With
Zindzi Okenyo
Recommended Age: 13+
Much Ado About Nothing is a saucy and razor-sharp battle of wits between the bickering Beatrice and Benedick, who wield words as weapons, their banter betraying their love for each other. Claudio however is quickly consumed by envy and his idyllic world threatens to come tumbling down as he humiliates Hero. Beatrice and Benedick must join forces to defend true love – even if they can’t recognise it in themselves. But will truth and honesty win the day, and does love really conquer all? Directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Associate Director, James Evans ( Julius Caesar) and starring Zindzi Okenyo (Antony and Cleopatra, MTC’s An Ideal Husband) as Beatrice, this Much Ado About Nothing will be a powerful exploration of the struggle for identity and self-knowledge in a maledominated world. The pursuit of love is framed in a social context that enhances the darker themes in this timeless comic gem. Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s contemporary comedies where romance is thwarted by dastardly plots, misinformation, false accusations, broken promises, and bumbling cops. Or is it?
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Claudio and Hero are deeply in love. Beatrice and Benedick would rather swap sassy insults than sweet nothings.
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Image: Christian Trinder
Ensemble Theatre presents
Diplomacy
By Cyril GĂŠly Translated and adapted by Julie Rose
Wednesday 31 July at 7.30pm 70 minutes no interval SUBSCRIBER $38.00 ADULT $46.00 JUNIOR $30.00
In 1944 at the Hôtel Meurice, the Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling and the German General, Dietrich von Choltitz meet in a life or death situation for the city of Paris. On abandoning Paris, Hitler has ordered its destruction. Raoul has one night to persuade the General to leave the landmark city standing. The many twists and turns of their negotiations play out in this highly entertaining thriller by Cyril Gély.
SCHOOL GROUP $20.00
Director John Bell
Assistant Director Anna Volska
“Gaden is nimble as the witty, wily, urbane Nordling, drawing humour and humanity from the unorthodox consul…The power of Diplomacy is a reminder of the fragility of a culture that was so nearly forever lost.” The Sydney Morning Herald
Translation & Adaptation Julie Rose
Set Designer
Michael Scott-Mitchell
Costume Designer Genevieve Graham
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Lighting Designer Matt Cox
Composer & Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Cast includes
John Bell, John Gaden, James Lugton, Joseph Raggatt
Orange Civic Theatre 2019 Subscription Season
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After a sold out 2018 season, theatre legends John Bell and John Gaden reprise their roles in this unmissable production of this high-stakes WWII thriller.
Ensemble Theatre’s commission of the translation & adaptation of DIPLOMACY was made possible by the generous support of Jinnie and Ross Gavin.
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre presents
Roald Dahl’s The Twits
6&7 August Tuesday 6 August at 12.30pm Wednesday 7 August at 10am & 12.30pm
Mr and Mrs Twit, are the most horrible people ever to live on the stage of the earth! How unpleasant is Mr Twit, a hairy-faced, grubby and messy old man? How mean-spirited Mrs Twit, whose once pretty face, now ugly and reflecting her consumption of nasty thoughts?
50 minutes and 10-minute Q&A
Being the delightful humans they are, Mr and Mrs Twit spend their days playing dirty tricks on each other.
ADULT $26.00 CONCESSION $22.00 JUNIOR $18.00 FAMILY $74.00 SCHOOL GROUP $12.00
Director
Michael Barlow
Mrs Twit puts worms in Mr Twit’s spaghetti – yuck! Mr Twit convinces Mrs Twit has the dreaded shrinks – how mean! Insults are flying left, right and centre and a tag game of revenge and out-trickery is neverending. Meanwhile, Muggle-Wump, a poor little monkey is held captive by Mr Twit. Obsessed with putting on The Great Upside-Down Monkey Circus, Mr Twit relentlessly trains Muggle-Wump to perform death defying stunts, punishing the monkey as he sees fit. Poor little MuggleWump.
Assistant Director
But! Fate changes for Muggle-Wump with the arrival of Roly-Poly, a glorious bird full of grace and pomposity. Together a plot is devised to secure Muggle-Wump’s freedom and punish The Twits forever.
Designer
Age recommendation 7 to 12 years
Co-creators
Humphrey Bower and Michael Barlow
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Sam Longley
Leon Hendroff
Sound Consultant Lee Buddle
Lighting
Rhiannon Petersen
Performers
Jessica Harlond-Kenny, Geordie Crawley
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Monkey Baa Theatre Company presents
Hitler’s Daughter Based on the book by Jackie French
27 & 28 August Tuesday 27 August at 6pm Wednesday 28 August at 10am & 12.30pm
60 minutes no interval
ADULT $26.00 CONCESSION $22.00 JUNIOR $18.00 FAMILY $74.00 SCHOOL GROUP $12.00
Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge & Tim McGarry
Directed by Sandra Eldridge
Lighting Designer Luiz Pampolha
Set and Costume Designer Imogen Ross
Sound Designer Jed Silver
Age recommendation 10+ (Years 5 to 8)
Back at the bus shelter Mark becomes so engrossed in Anna’s story, he begins to wonder how it would feel to be the child of someone as evil as Hitler. As the play evolves, Mark’s search for truth in a world of half-truths becomes clearer and the story culminates in the bombing of Berlin, the fall of the Third Reich and the end of Heidi’s innocence. Hitler’s Daughter poses powerful questions and examines moral issues in relation to society’s fears and prejudices. When Monkey Baa first presented Hitler’s Daughter in 2006, the notion of a factual and historical event being told through the ‘story’ of a fictional character was exciting in that it allowed audiences to immerse themselves in history as it came to life on stage. The audience is left with the lingering question, as Mark is: Did Hitler really have a daughter? Was she real? Today, in an age of fake news and fact manipulation, extreme ideologies and rising nationalism, there has never been a more important and relevant time to present this work. Hitler’s Daughter demands its young audiences to question the reality of truth, and notions of personal responsibility and prejudice.
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The play begins early morning somewhere in the Australian countryside. Four children wait for the school bus and they decide to play a game; a simple game of story-telling. As they shelter in the bus stop from a raging storm, Anna creates an intriguing story and simultaneously on stage we begin to hear the bombing of Berlin and we see Heidi crawl from a bunker. With a large birthmark across her face, we discover that Heidi is the disfigured daughter of Hitler. Caught in the turmoil of war, she is hidden away by her father, one of the most dreaded men in history.
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Darlinghurst Theatre Company in association with Moogahlin Performing Arts presents
Rainbow’s End By Jane Harrison
Friday 13 September at 11am & 7.30pm
90 minutes no interval
ADULT $46.00 CONCESSION $42.00 JUNIOR $28.00 SCHOOL GROUP $20.00
Produced by
Darlinghurst Theatre Company in association with Mooghalin Performing Arts
Director
Liza-Mare Syron
Featuring
It’s the 1950s in Shepparton, Victoria. Three generations of the Dear family live together in a rundown shack on the Goulburn River flats. Gladys yearns for a better life, a real home and a decent job. Her teenage daughter Dolly has dreams of becoming a nurse, while her resilient grandmother, Nan Dears, is resistant to change. Dolly falls for Errol, a travelling salesman, who offers her the prospect of another world. Together they embark on a journey of belonging where the search for a better life challenges the powerful bond that holds these women together. In this powerful and tender story, where dreams for a fair go lie, acclaimed playwright, Jane Harrison, pens one family’s struggle for community acceptance in the Menzies era of Australia.
“[Rainbow’s End] quietly makes its point, leaving you aware and impressed by the staunchness of these women, the gains they made and the dignity with which they dealt with hardship”
Frederick Copperwaite
Sydney Morning Herald
Lighting Designer
“Beautifully crafted, elegantly scripted… “
Karen Norris
Australian Stage “A touching pot of theatrical gold…” The Examiner
PLAYHOUSE
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A First Nations story about the bond of family and the power of the land.
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shake & stir theatre co and Orange Civic Theatre presents
Sneaky Secrets for Successful Super Heroes School Holiday Workshops
15-18 April
Following the overwhelming success of last year’s shake & stir drama workshop, the award-winning theatre company is back in 2019 ready to empower another cohort of budding young performers.
4 day workshop
During the April school holidays shake & stir is teaming up with Orange Civic Theatre to unleash an action-packed 4 days of Superhero skill-building! Using the magic of performing arts, uncover your secret super powers through a series of acting activities, hilarious scripts, side-splitting slap-stick, all finishing with a bang on the last day with a performance for friends and family! Perfect for dramatic thrill-seekers aged 7-12.
Contact Theatre for details
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Bookings essential.
Subscribe & win! Subscribers to Orange Civic Theatre’s 2019 Season have the opportunity to win one of three fabulous theatrical prizes. If we receive your completed subscription form by 5pm on Wednesday 12 December 2018 you will automatically be placed in the draw for:
First Prize – Complimentary Season
Second Prize – Complimentary Season
Tickets to the subscription package you indicate on your 2019 subscription will be presented to you with our compliments, up to the value of $300.00
Third Prize – Complimentary Season
Tickets to the subscription package you indicate on your 2019 subscription will be presented to you with our compliments, up to the value of $250.00
The draw will take place at the Orange Civic Theatre, 12 noon on Thursday 13 December 2018. Winners will be contacted by phone, mail and email by Monday 17 December 2018.
Orange Civic Theatre 2019 Subscription Season
Tickets to the subscription package you indicate on your 2019 subscription will be presented to you with our compliments, up to the value of $450.00
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Subscriber information Who is a subscriber?
A subscriber is a person who buys at least FIVE productions (up to 25) from our entire 2019 season in one commitment. Subscribers receive first choice of seats, benefit from huge discounts on ticket prices and receive notice and discounts for other events at the theatre during the year.
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Refunds or exchanges
We understand that the dates you choose at the beginning of the season may not be suitable at performance time. As a subscriber, we offer you an exchange to another performance of the same show — a minimum of 2 weeks notice prior to performance date is required for this to occur. NOTE: For single performance shows there are no refunds or exchanges.
Delayed payment option
Subscribers may choose to have the cost of subscription tickets charged to their credit card periodically throughout the year. Seats will be allocated at the beginning of the year. Approximately two weeks before each of your chosen performances this amount will be charged to your credit card and the tickets mailed to you. Please notify the Box Office of any changes to your ticketing requirements prior to the processing of your tickets. Strict conditions are applicable: ~ Offer only available to a credit card holder ~ Subscribers are committed by signature to paying the full amount indicated on their Subscription Bookings form.
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Ticket collection
or DELIVER TO: Orange Civic Theatre Box Office. Box Office hours are 9am–5pm Monday to Friday and 1 hour prior to performance. All prices are inclusive of
The auditorium doors open 20 minutes prior to the commencement of a performance. Please be aware, latecomers will not be admitted into the theatre until there is a suitable break in
It is requested that tickets be collected at least half an hour prior to the start of a performance.
Admittance and latecomers
the performance.
Food and drink
Food is not permitted in the theatre. According to the terms of our licence alcohol is not permitted in the theatre however patrons may take in bottled water.
Bags and prams
Babies in arms policy
Orange Civic Theatre’s children’s programs are designed to encourage access for younger audiences to the performing arts. For the children’s programs babes in arms (that is babies who remain in their carers’ arms during a performance and do not participate in the event), are admitted free of charge. Any children aged 12 months or older must have a ticket to these events.
For the comfort of others
We request that mobile phones, pagers and alarms be turned off prior to entering the theatre. Cameras or any forms of electronic recording equipment are not permitted in the auditorium.
The number of free tickets provided for registered carers is strictly limited. These tickets are only available for childcare staff accompanying children as a condition of their paid employment. In order to be eligible for the special childcare rates and free carer tickets, a childcare/ vacation care group must be registered for the Government Childcare Rebate. The registration or customer reference (CRN) number is required when booking.
School groups
One complimentary teacher ticket will be allocated with every 20 students booked. A school group rate is applicable for a group of 10 or more in the booking. Please advise us at time of your booking if any student has special needs.
Special assistance
Wheelchairs and mobility impaired patrons can be comfortably accommodated in the theatre. A hearing loop is available from any position within the theatre. Please indicate your requirements on your booking form. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact the Box Office on 02 6393 8111.
Orange Civic Theatre 2019 Subscription Season
For the safety and comfort of Orange Civic Theatre patrons, bags larger than a small, A4-sized handbag and prams are not allowed in the auditorium during a performance.
Childcare groups
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Acknowledgements This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
This project is assisted by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW.
Orange Civic Theatre is a facility of Orange City Council
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OCT and Ticketek are committed to observing the Code of Practice for the Ticketing of Live Entertainment in Australia, as compiled by the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA).
This booklet was designed in-house by Orange City Council
Details in this brochure are correct at the time of publication. Management reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists and vary the program should the necessity arise.