:::2009 See It Live Theatre Season:::

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2009 See It Live Theatre Season

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Rockhampton Regional Council presents
By arrangement with Tams-Witmark New York
CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Director Karen Crone
Musical Director Ross Fleming
Choroegrapher Lita Hegvold

Set in 1930s Germany, in a world on the verge of collapse, Kander and Ebb’s award-winning musical Cabaret is Rockhampton Venues and Events’ 2009 musical.
While the storm clouds of nazism gather, young English singer Sally Bowles performs as the star attraction in the seedy nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin. In this haven of decadence, where the customers are determined to keep up appearances while their world crumbles about them, she begins a romance with novelist Clifford Bradshaw.
Cabaret won eight Tony Awards its original season and has continued to win awards and critical and audience acclaim. It is a triumph of musical theatre, full of captivating songs including Wilkommen, Maybe This Time, Tomorrow Belongs to Me and Cabaret.
Central Queensland’s own singers, dancers and actors, star in this unforgettable musical.

“… a strong and daring musical that combines unforgettable songs with genuinely gripping and disturbing drama”
Charles Spencer, London Daily Telegraph

Pilbeam Theatre
Saturday April 18 at 7.30pm
Sunday April 19 at 3pm
Friday April 24 at 7.30pm
Saturday April 25 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 130 mins
Regular adult price: $40
www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au/cabaret

Rockhampton Regional Council presents

The Seed
A Company B Production

Written by Kate Mulvany
Directed by Iain Sinclair

Meet Rose Maloney. Her dad Danny went to Vietnam. Her grandfather Brian is ex-IRA. Today is their collective birthday, and Rose and Danny have travelled from regional Western Australia to Nottingham, England, to celebrate. And just maybe they’ll find out some of the missing bits of the family story. From this intimate reunion, The Seed opens itself up over and over again until a silent family battle becomes an international story about finding new life amongst the rubble of old wars. The play also lifts the lid on the murky legacy of Agent Orange use in the Vietnam War and its effects on the children of veterans.Hovering behind the exhilarating broil, pain and humour of the action is an image of peace and of beginning again in a new land: father and daughter fishing in a tiny boat on the wide sea off the coast of Western Australia. The Seed won the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Independent Production and was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards 2008.
Contains strong language and some drug references.

“ Extraordinarily powerful and moving”
The Australian

Pilbeam Theatre
Saturday May 2 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration:130 min
Regular adult price:$42
www.belvoir.com.au

Queensland Ballet presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Choreographer François Klaus
Composers F. Mendelssohn, C. Ives, J. Metcalf
Set Designer Graham Maclean
Costume Designer Noelene Hill
Lighting Designer David Walters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a magical tale of gods and fairies, mischief and misadventures, and the confusing path of true love. Full of action, humour and drama, François Klaus’s lavish production is based on Shakespeare’s much-loved play, and features several different musical styles, including Mendelssohn’s famous incidental music.
Oberon, the King of the Fairies, seeks revenge on his Queen Titania following a quarrel – but the mischievous Puck is not one to trust with a love potion … from the court of Theseus to the fairies’ magical realm, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful journey into a mythical world.

“.. an absolute delight. It has an eclectic mix of magic, mischief and comedy and sparkling performances” absolutetheatre.com.au

Pilbeam Theatre
Wednesday May 20 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 140 mins
Regular adult price: $48
www.queenslandballet.com.au

Rockhampton Regional Council presents
La Boite Theatre Company’s
Walking By Apple Tree Creek
Writer Ian Brown
Director Jean-Marc Russ
Designer Bruce McKinven

Join two grey nomads, Del (Carol Burns) and Stan (Bob Newman) on their great Australian dream of selling the house, buying a mobile home and hitting the road. On the road they've faced the Big Pumpkin in Beaudesert, the Big Prawn in Ballina, the Big Chicken in Moonbi, the Big Snake in Ayr, the Big Beer Bottle and Big Shell in Tewantin, the Big Pineapples in Gympie and Nambour. Not to mention the Big Bull in Rockhampton and the Big Avocado at Tropical Fruit World in Tweed Heads. Now they must face the big things in their own lives… their past and their future. Told to a nostalgic soundtrack including Perry Como and Johnny O’Keefe, Walking by Apple Tree Creek is a tender, provoking and refreshingly amusing journey that will have you walking down your own memory lane. Jump on board and strap yourself in for a funny yet deeply moving Australian tale.

“ A play not to be missed. You’ll fall in love with Del and Stan and you won’t be sorry you took the time to see it.”
Nigel Munro- Wallis 612 ABC Brisbane, August 2007

Pilbeam Theatre
Friday May 22 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 90 minutes (no interval)
Regular adult price: $42
www.laboite.com.au

Rockhampton Regional Council presents
David Hobson in Recital

Whether it be performing award-winning roles such as Rodolfo in Opera Australia’s La Boheme or joining in the fun on television’s top rating It Takes Two, David Hobson is surely one of Australia’s most awarded and best known operatic performers.
A veteran of many performances with both state and national opera companies here in Australia, he is also well known overseas, performing in a variety of roles including the world premiere of Dangerous Liaisons with the San Francisco Opera.
Besides being a noted tenor, David is also a composer, having composed a music theatre version of Macbeth and the soundtrack to the film One Perfect Day. In his first ever solo engagement in Rockhampton David will perform an intimate concert of his favourite music. The program will include operatic favourites such as Bononcini’s Per la gloria d'adorarv, from the opera Griselda, De Crescenzo’s Rondine al Nido, Faure’s Après un rêve and Claire de Lune and Debussy’s Romance. The program will also include additional repertoire by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe.

Accompanied by David McSkimming on the piano.

“ His unique tenor voice and relaxed and appealing style are most enjoyable.”
John Hay-MacKenzie, Herald Sun

Pilbeam Theatre
Wednesday June 3 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 110 mins
Regular adult price: $45
www.davidhobson.biz

Rockhampton Regional Council presents

Menopause the Musical

Writer Jeanie Linders
Director Gary Young
Musical Director Paul Keelan
Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth

Don’t miss the hilarious celebration of women and The Change.
Could 500,000 Australian women be wrong? That’s the number who have seen this hilarious show over the last two and a half years, and they loved it! So much so, many of the audience members have come back time and time again to join with their sisters in this 90 minute, one act laugh-a-thon! Now it's the turn of regional audiences to join in the fun. Maybe the attraction is the songs that everyone grew up with – The Great Pretender, Only You, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Stand by Your Man, I Will Survive and twenty more – all sung with gusto and all with their ‘new' lyrics. Or maybe it is the realisation that there is a wonderful life waiting after ‘The Change'.Come and see for yourself. We guarantee that you will leave the theatre uplifted and joyous.

‘ It's impossible not to laugh' The New York Times

Pilbeam Theatre
Thursday June 25 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 90 minutes (no interval)
Regular adult price: $45
www.hitproductions.com.au

Rockhampton Regional Council presents
Bell Shakespeare’s
The Taming Of The Shrew
Writer William Shakespeare
Director Marion Potts
With Jeanette Cronin and Rebecca Massey

Celebration, festivities and joy. They’re all here as two men come to Padua in pursuit of learning and love. The first, Lucentio, fixes his gaze on Bianca, the sweet and gentle daughter of the merchant Baptista. The second, Petruchio, hears of Bianca’s wanton and wild sister, Kate, and vows to tame her and teach her to be an agreeable wife. All will be married; all will be well.
Or so it would seem. Directed by award-winning director Marion Potts and featuring an all-female cast, this new production of one of Shakespeare’s most controversial comedies transcends expectation and preconception, taking the politics of marriage to ludicrous new heights. Vibrant, energetic and packed with female punch, The Taming Of The Shrew is the perfect night out for anyone who has ever fallen in love and managed to survive it.

'Bell's production is sure to please... it... does what Bell productions have traditionally done, which is to give something new and enlivening to Shakespeare's works…' The Age

Pilbeam Theatre
Saturday July 11 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 150 mins
Regular adult price: $45
www.bellshakespeare.com.au

Rockhampton Regional Council presents
Oz Opera’s
Madame Butterfly
Composer Giaccomo Puccini
Director John Bell
Set & Costume Designer Jennie Tate
Designs Realised by Julie Lynch
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
English Translation Peter Hutchinson
Conductor Simon Kenway

Directed by John Bell, Opera Australia's Oz Opera is proud to perform a new production of one of the world's favourite operas, Madame Butterfly.Puccini's moving tale is set in 1946 in the historic city of Nagasaki. Cio-Cio San, a fifteen year old Geisha girl, is married off to Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the victorious American navy. They fall in love, instantly, but when it is time for Pinkerton to go back home, he discards his fragile Butterfly. And so, caught between two worlds, the old and the new, Madame Butterfly waits. One fine day, she knows, he will return...

John Bell explores the work's finely drawn characters against the backdrop of post-war Japan – a visually spectacular clash of traditional geisha designs and modern Western dress – coloured further by Puccini's magnificent score.
Sung in English.
Performed with 11 piece chamber orchestra.

“ A slick production... it's warm, fresh and vocally marvellous.”
Daily Telegraph

Pilbeam Theatre
Friday August 7 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 140 mins
Regular adult price: $48
www.ozopera.com.au

The Queensland Orchestra presents
The Queensland Orchestra: Northern Tour
Conductor: Marco Zuccarini
Soloist: Gerard WillemsThe Queensland Orchestra returns to the Rockhampton Pilbeam Theatre this year, as part of their extensive regional touring program. In one exhilarating performance only, internationally acclaimed conductor Marco Zuccarini will lead your state orchestra in two masterworks, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 and Brahms’ Symphony No.4. Featuring celebrated pianist Gerard Willems, this promises to be a very special event not to be missed.

" The performance was simply staggering…if this is how our orchestra's going to play regularly, then all that can be said is bring it on."
Martin Buzacott, Limelight Magazine, April 2007.Pilbeam Theatre

Pilbeam Theatre
Thursday August 13 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 100 minutes
Regular adult price $51
approximate duration: 100 mins
www.thequeenslandorchestra.com.au

Rockhampton Regional Council presents
Steel MagnoliasWriter Robert Harling
Director Darren Yap
Production Designer Graham Maclean
Lighting Designer Bernie Tan
Sound Designer Paul Hitchens
Incidental Music David Shrubsole

The quintessential story of friendship, Steel Magnolias serves up a slice of life in Louisiana that’s as warm and comforting as sweet potato pie. In the haven of Truvy’s beauty salon, six very different women come together to share their secrets and bare their souls, throwing in a little neighbourly gossip for good measure. From weddings to divorces, babies to funerals, new beginnings to happy endings, they weather every event in their lives with grace, determination, and perfectly coifed hair. When tragedy strikes, it is in the familiar comfort of Truvy’s salon where they seek the solace and support that carries them through. Fans of Robert Harling’s smash hit film can enjoy this enduring comedy and heart-felt celebration of love, loyalty, and the bonds of sisterhood live on stage with some of Australia's best loved actresses of stage and screen.Starring Ana Maria Belo, Marian Frizelle, Jennifer Hagan, Debra Lawrance, Geraldine Turner and Jacki Weaver.

'A rollicking robustly funny, altogether endearing play'
New York Post

Pilbeam Theatre
Saturday September 5 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 150 mins
Regular adult price: $45
www.blackbirdproductions.com.au