2017 SEASON PROGRAM - Shire of Glenelg · The album will include songs by composers such as Bach, Elgar, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Faure, De Falla and Ponce all masterfully arranged for

2017 SEASON PROGRAMPERFORMANCES

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WELCOME

We are so excited to bring to you the 2017 Season program of performances and exhibitions – our first in this new format, under the new ARTSGLENELG banner and for the whole year.

Please keep it handy and browse through it whenever you sit down for a cuppa. We hope it triggers some immersion into the fantastic and diverse offering of arts and culture from the region, the state, the country and beyond throughout 2017.

Whether with family, friends or on your own, this program presents performances, exhibitions and shows that are intimate and special – art and culture has the ability to bring the world to us.

We are lucky to have such a variety of spaces to access the arts – it is up to you, the community, to participate, visit, learn and enjoy.

NEW - Pyjama Shows This year we introduce the family friendly time of 6.30pm for children’s shows. We invite children to wear their pyjamas for a show before bedtime.

Proudly supported by

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Only a powerhouse like Mikelangelo could pull off this iconic trifecta

Music

Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen stole Mikelangelo’s heart and soul as a young man, and now he delivers a stirring homage to these men who set him on his musical path. With his deep, deep baritone, the charismatic Mikelangelo delivers a stunning performance that shows off his myriad talents.

A highly entertaining and engaging personality on stage and off, he brings together a brilliant collection of songs, sprinkling them with personal stories and illuminating anecdotes.

Saturday 4 February 7.30pmAdult: $35

Concession: $30 Family of 4: $85 Under 18s: $15

Duration: 90 minutes. No interval

“A dream scenario, with the velvet-voiced

Mikelangelo taking the reins it was like a gig

divinely arranged.” The Brag

CAVE - WAITS - COHEN

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LOOSE ENDS - JENS ALTHEIMER

A story about friendship, loyalty and inventiveness

Children / Families

Dive into a theatrical adventure that feels like the magic box of a bygone trickster – perfect for makers, creators and story lovers. Journey to an eccentric place where gadgets are poetic, puppets are naughty, machines are untamed, and circus tricks pop up when you’re least expecting them. This is a world where music appears from lemons, carrots and a bunny’s bum, monsters go crazy, and birthday parties are ferociously celebrated. Loose Ends is the story of a man who thinks he can organise his life in boxes, and has a knack for getting into mischief. This show makes inventions and machines fun and adds a quirky edge to puppetry.

Pyjama Show Tuesday 14 February 6.30pmAdult: $25

Concession: $20Family of 4: $55Under 18s: $10

Duration: 60 minutes. No interval. Recommended for ages 5 – 12 and their families.

Casterton Town Hall

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It is not classical, not jazz, not world....it is the Grigoryan Brothers.

Music

For this performance The Grigoryan Brothers will be performing works from their latest release, which sees a return to classical repertoire. The album will include songs by composers such as Bach, Elgar, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Faure, De Falla and Ponce all masterfully arranged for them by their father Edward.

The program will also include other works highlighting Slava and Leonard’s diverse skills: their deep appreciation of a broad spectrum of musical styles has resulted in many collaborations involving music, both written and improvised. Combine this with their classical training and the result is a unique sound incorporating all these influences. It is not classical, not jazz, not world....it is the Grigoryan Brothers.

Saturday 18 February 7.30pm Adult: $40


Duration: 90 minutes plus interval

GRIGORYAN BROTHERS - SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

"Their ability to play as if drawing from a shared musical consciousness and their subtle nuances of tempo, bordered on the uncanny." The West Australian

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OUR CORKA BUBS

The first ever Aboriginal contemporary dance work choreographed specifically for a target audience aged 4-24 months old and their carers.

Aboriginal Contemporary Dance / Babies

Our Corka Bubs creates gorgeous life moments where child, carer and dance meet. Made in South Australia by Aboriginal choreographers, dancers and composers. The audience of babies is transfixed through movement and play that draws strongly from aspects of Australian Aboriginal culture.

Whilst grounded in theories of early childhood development and Aboriginal storytelling, the performance uses gentle and gestural dance along with traditional live and recorded sounds and pays attention to a baby’s need to both explore and to feel secure.

Portland LibraryMonday 27 February 10.30am

Heywood LibraryMonday 27 February 2.00pm

FREE: Limited placesDuration: 45 minutes. No interval

Bookings: (03) 5522 2263

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‘Can’t sing, can’t act, slightly balding, can dance a little’

Morning Music

This all singing, all dancing tribute to the man who went on to become the most famous dancer of all time brings back the old world glamour and charm of a bygone era with plenty of toe-tapping tunes and legendary dance routines. A Fine Romance takes the audience from Fred’s humble beginnings on Broadway, all the way to his Hollywood days and on screen romances with his many leading ladies, including Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn and Rita Hayworth. Audiences will love the costumes, the songs, the glitz, the extraordinary dancing and of course, the music. This show has something for everyone. Songs include: The Way You Look Tonight, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, Cheek to Cheek, Puttin on the Ritz, Top Hat, That’s Entertainment, S Wonderful, Night and Day and many more.

Portland Arts CentreWednesday 8 March 10.30am

Casterton Town HallThursday 9 March 10.30am

ALL TICKETS: $15Duration: 65 minutes

A FINE ROMANCE - THE MAGIC OF FRED ASTAIRE

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EUGENE ONEGIN BY PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY

Even when compared with his masterpiece Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky said “Eugene Onegin is the best thing I ever wrote”.

Opera

The Opera is based closely on Pushkin’s novel in verse which is considered to be Russia’s greatest writer’s greatest work. First performed in 1879 by students of the Moscow Conservatoire, Tchaikovsky believed that only they could be counted on to imbue the performances with the naiveté and simple honesty of Pushkin’s characters.

If you can imagine the luscious melodic and harmonic language of Swan Lake or the Nutcracker Suite translocated to the theatre with appropriate Russian romantic overlays, you can imagine Eugene Onegin; a hauntingly beautiful work. Casterton Town Hall

Tuesday 14 March 7:30pm Adult: $45

Concession: $40Family of 4: $105

Under 18s: $15Duration: 2 hours plus interval

BYO picnic nibbles & drinks

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Written and Performed by Hannie Rayson

Comedy

Hello, Beautiful! is a funny, big-hearted, one-woman show performed by one of Australia’s best-loved playwrights (Hotel Sorrento). Based on her best-selling memoir, Hello, Beautiful! brings you a 60-minute piece of sublime comic storytelling – true stories from an adventurous life, spiced with wit, tenderness, social observation, and intimacy. Rayson takes you from the East Brighton of her childhood to the treacheries of Hollywood, from share-houses in Fitzroy to the beauties of rural Australia. Rayson’s life and writing has always been driven by her deep curiosity about contemporary Australian life: how we live and what matters to us – the political and ethical challenges we face.

You’ll be struck with many “OMG that happened to me” moments, and feel as if you’ve been listening to stories told by your new best friend.

Duration: 60 minutes. No intervalWarning: Contains coarse language

HELLO, BEAUTIFUL!

“as nourishing and delicious as

homemade soup” Noni Hazlehurst

Tuesday 28 March 7:30pm Adult: $35


This tour is supported by Gasworks Arts Park

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SLAPDASH GALAXY BY BUNK PUPPETS

Shadow puppets in space!

Children / Families

Two brothers embark on an epic quest to find a new home planet. Using the contents of your cleaning closet, Bunk Puppets conjures up astonishing lo-fi wizardry with old boxes, bubble wrap, drinking straws, ping pong bats and old toys. It’s a shadow puppet universe, made from bits of rubbish.

Buckle-in and tear open your imagination for a new shadow puppet epic about two brothers who battle the bad guys, and find strength in each other at warp speed.

Pyjama Show

“...sheer entertainment that enthralls kids and adults alike and received a standing ovation that was richly deserved.” British Theatre Guide

Portland Arts CentreMonday 3 April 6:30pm

Casterton Town HallTuesday 4 April 7:30pm

Adult: $25 Concession: $20Family of 4: $70Under 18s: $15

Duration: 55 minutes. No intervalWarnings: Some elements may be scary for children

under 5 years of age.Theatrical smoke effects

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Music

From an unrivalled musical pedigree and education, JS Bach’s sons blazed a revolutionary path. With Telemann and others, they were the avant-garde forging a new style. Combining awe-inspiring virtuosity, deep feeling, and brilliant colours, this is the music that inspired the Classical era. Rarely heard today, these are some of the most exciting and inventive compositions for chamber orchestra. Christopher Moore is one of Australia’s most recognised chamber musicians, a viola superstar whose verve and mastery of the instrument has seen him perform for audiences all over the world. He performs the great Telemann viola concerto, often thought to be the first solo concerto for the instrument, and a meticulous reconstruction of a lost viola concerto from JS Bach’s own transcriptions.

Performers: Christopher Moore, viola; William Hennessy, director

Duration: 2hrs including interval

BEYOND BAROQUE

Wednesday 3 May 7:30pm Adult: $45

Concession:$40Family of 4: $105

Under 18s: $15

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MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB

Presented By Lux Radio Theatre

Morning Music

Lux Radio Theatre is back in the region due to popular demand with the rediscovered Australian whodunit, Mystery of a Hansom Cab, the successful book that preceded Sherlock Holmes.

Set in the 1880s in a mansion in the fashionable suburb of St Kilda, at the exclusive Melbourne Club and the criminal haunt of Little Bourke Street, the intriguing story centres around a murder in a hansom cab.

As usual it is interrupted by the vintage soap commercials and features live sound effects created on stage.

Wear evening attire if you so desire.

Portland Arts Centre Monday 15 May 10.30am

Casterton Town HallTuesday 16 May 10.30am

ALL TICKETS: $15Duration: 65 Minutes. No interval

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Comedy

Buckle up Australia, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is hitting the road to home deliver the freshest and funniest from Australia’s largest comedy festival!

With an all-killer, no-filler cast of Australian stars, talented newcomers and international performers we’ve got all your comedy bases covered.

Featuring everything from stand-up to sketch, slapstick to song, each individual line-up presents the best of the Festival in one hilarious show.

Don’t miss your chance to join the laughs at the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow. Get on board, grab your mates and get giggling as the ultimate comedy roadtrip rolls into town!

THE 18TH MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL ROADSHOW

‘Side-splitting fun, razor-sharp, high

velocity wit.’ Daily Examiner, Grafton (NSW)

Heywood Community HallSunday 21 May 7.00pm

Adult: $35 Concession: $30

Duration: 2½ hours including intervalWarning: Performances often contain coarse

language, sexual references and material that can offend. Recommended for people aged 15 years

or older.

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HIT PRODUCTIONS’ SHIRLEY VALENTINE

By Willy Russell

Comedy / Drama

Shirley Valentine, starring Mandi Lodge (Just the Ticket and Always...Patsy Cline) is a wonderfully entertaining monologue by a 42-year-old Liverpool mother whose self-esteem has been battered by school, marriage and life in general. When her best friend wins a Greek vacation for two, Shirley grasps the chance to head for the sun, to re-find herself, follow her dreams and to get a new lease on life.

With much humour, warmth, sympathy, human insight and a great deal of empathy for his female protagonist, Willy Russell brilliantly shows Shirley breaking out of the mould in which she was cast by society.

Duration: 2 hours plus interval

Tuesday 30 May 7.30pm Adult: $35


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Garry Ginivan Attractions (Aust) in association with KW & NB Ltd (UK)

Children / Families

Adapted from the picture book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. A wonderful story of a family out for a walk and on the lookout for a growling bear - they have to march through long swishy grass, wade through thick gloopy mud and even battle a snow storm before entering a big dark cave where maybe they will finally spot the glinty wet eyes of a slobbering, gigantic bear winking at them through the blackness. This mini-musical captures the fun and frolics of a father who is clearly still a child at heart, his three children including a tiny intrepid bear hunter in the making – baby is strapped to dad’s back plus the family dog and of course....a BIG BROWN CUDDLY BEAR!

Bring along your favourite bear!

WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT - LIVE ON STAGE!

“charming and fun........ perfect for kids 8 years and under ” The Melbourne Age

Duration: 55 minutes. No interval

Friday 16 June 10.00am, 11.45amSaturday 17June 11.00am


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LANZA SINGS AGAIN

The incredible life story and absolute Hits of Mario Lanza one of the greatest Tenors of our time…

Morning Music

This brand new production coming from Promac Australia, who recently brought us The Mikado and Over There, will be packed with great highlights of the man once dubbed the greatest tenor in the world, MARIO LANZA.

Songs like “Be My Love”, “Because Your Mine”, La Donna E Mobile”, Strangers In Paradise”, Drink Drink”, O Sole Mio”, The Loveliest Night Of The Year”, You’ll Never Walk Alone”, and Granada”, are just some of the hits that will be sung in this production.

The show stars tenor Roy Best and soprano Alison Jones, accompanied by International Concert Pianist Len Vorster.

Portland Arts Centre Wednesday 12 July 10.30am

Casterton Town Hall Thursday 13 July 10.30am

ALL TICKETS: $15Duration: 1 hour

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By Maude Davey - Nobody saw this happen so it may or may not be true.

Children / Families

Told by real life family, Maude Davey, David Pidd and their children, Alice (17) and Leo (10) in the tradition of travelling show biz troupes of old, The Crow Family shares an urban parable alongside songs, confessions, tales of famous and infamous families. It’s about urban scavengers and what we can learn from them, about children growing up and leaving home, about taking care of the world we share with birds and beasts and about becoming whatever it is we want to become. The Crow Family is an insight into the delicate and difficult business of being a family. The stage will become the temporary home of the Pidd Davey family, where beautiful harmonies will be created as a family sings together. Featuring songs by Australian rock legend, Peter Farnan (Boom Crash Opera), The Crow Family is a gentle, intimate, and beautiful music performance event about remarkable creatures and what makes us human.

THE CROW FAMILY

Duration: 60 minutesWarning: The Crow Family contains some strong

coarse language and some depictions of dysfunctional families. Recommended for ages 11 plus.

Saturday 22 July 7.30pm Adult: $25


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DIARY OF A WOMBAT

Presented By Monkey Baa Theatre Company Based on the book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

Children / Families

“The beloved, award winning children’s book comes to the stage.” Meet Mothball, the naughtiest wombat in Australia. Bored with her daily routine, Mothball goes in search of shelter and food, creating chaos in the lives of the humans around her. Doormats, bins and washing lines are no match for this mischievous marsupial. Between a packed schedule of scratching, sleeping and eating Mothball discovers that with a bit of persistence, humans are quite easily trained! Monkey Baa and a team of revered artists including Puppetry and Movement Director Alice Osborne (War Horse 2012/13), Designer Imogen Ross (Hitler’s Daughter) and accomplished composer/cellist, Oonagh Sherrard use the magic of puppetry and live music to bring this delightful story for ages 3+ to the stage.

Duration: 45 minutes. No intervalSchool and family audiences aged 3 +.

Monday 31 July 10.30am Adult: $25


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Presented By Erth - Visual & Physical Inc.

Children / Families

What does a Plesiosaurs skin feel like? How big are a Kronosaurus teeth? And do Kimberella even wear shoes? Deep below the surface, submerged below time, swam some of the world’s most amazing prehistoric marine reptiles. Following the internationally loved and applauded show Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo™, the team at Erth have spent years scouring the seven seas, collecting playful prehistoric creatures of the deep in their giant aquarium; and you can meet them. Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium invites children to step into the action of the performance; and some selected young divers will be able to join them on their quest to the bottom of the ocean to ‘swim’ with an amazing array of aquatic creatures from bygone eras.

ERTH’S PREHISTORIC AQUARIUM

Portland Civic HallTuesday 8 August 6.30pm

Pyjama Show Wednesday 9 August 10.30am


Duration: 60 minutes. No intervalRecommended age: 5+

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HELLO, GOODBYE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY

By Roslyn Oades & Collaborators

Drama / Comedy

Roslyn Oades’ 2014 Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival hit Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday celebrates two milestone birthdays – eighteen and eighty – major transition points of adult life. One represents untold potential and opportunity; the other a lifetime of experiences, aspirations, fears and memories. Scripted from intimate real-life conversations with people either side of these milestones, Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday is a beautifully warm and human new show from Roslyn Oades & Collaborators. Playful and affecting in equal measure, this show sees Oades continue her ground-breaking ‘headphone verbatim’ documentary theatre technique, to create extraordinarily immediate and vivid performances.

Duration: 65 minutesWarning: Contains coarse language.

Thursday 17 August 7.30pm Adult:$35

Concession:$30Family of 4:$85Under 18s:$15

“One of the most charming shows of the year” ABC Arts

A Performing Lines tour for Road Work. This tour was supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body;

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By Stephen Sachs

Drama / Comedy

Is the true value of art in the eyes of the beholder? Maude (Julie Nihill), an unemployed bartender, has bought a painting for a few bucks from an opp shop. Despite almost trashing it, she now thinks it’s a Jackson Pollock worth millions. In fact she’s certain it is. But when world-class art expert, Lionel Percy (John Wood), flies over from New York and arrives at her trailer park home in Bakersfield to authenticate the painting, he really has no idea what he’s about to discover. Based on a true story, Bakersfield Mist is a comedy set in the present day.

Cast: JOHN WOOD, JULIE NIHILL

BAKERSFIELD MIST

Duration: 85 minutes. No intervalWarning: Strong langauage

Saturday 26 August 7.30pm Adult: $45

Concession: $40Family of 4: $105

Under 18s: $15

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THE EXOTIC LIVES OF LOLA MONTEZ

By Finucane & Smith

Cabaret

From Patrick White Playwright Award Winner Jackie Smith and world famous cabaret stars Finucane & Smith (Caravan Burlesque) comes the true story of the wildest showgirl of the nineteenth century, Lola Montez. She horsewhipped the editor of the Ballarat Times (for a bad review), swung down mineshafts on a single rope with champagne in hand, escaped arrest dressed only in her jewels, showered with gold nuggets and insults, swathed in scandal. Her erotic Spider Dance was “the most libertinish and indelicate performance that could be given on the public stage” (Sydney Morning Herald 1855). In 1855 the wildest showgirl of the nineteenth century, Lola Montez, toured Australia and its goldfields. The scandal is legend. It stars Caroline Lee (Miss Bronte) and Parisian dance siren Holly Durant and is directed by Moira Finucane.

Duration: 60 minutes. No intervalWarning: Contains mature themes and haze effects

Wednesday 6 September 7.30pm Adult: $35

Concession:$30

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The cast of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS features Ian Stenlake, Pia Miranda and Grant Piro.

Children / Families

The bet is on! Travel AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS in this thrilling new production for all audiences - which takes you from London to Bombay, Yokohama to San Francisco, through typhoons, out-of-control trains and into the deepest reaches of your imagination and it’s all done with just three actors playing a multitude of roles on stage. Phileas Fogg says he can race from London to London in a mere 80 days, but the pressure is on and time is running out. At his side, a band of quirky adventurers. At their heels, a relentless Scotland Yard detective. At stake, surviving utterly fantastic adventures across India, China, Japan and America - beating the clock - and winning the bet. This is no movie…this is theatre at its most magical and transporting.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

Duration: 2 hours including intervalWarning: lots of excitement

Wednesday 20 September 7.30pm Adult: $25


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EXPOSING EDITH

Wager Productions Michaela Burger & Greg Wain

Cabaret

An award winning cabaret tale of the legendary French star, Edith Piaf. Exposing Edith charts the tragic life of arguably the greatest French singer of all time, Edith Piaf. Experience her life, loves and losses through the songs that shot her to stardom including La Vie en Rose, Milord and Non, je ne regrette rien. Created and performed by Michaela Burger [vocals] and Greg Wain [guitar], Exposing Edith is a stunning mix of authentic French chanson and contemporary sounds. The songs are punctuated with a collection of extraordinary stories of Piaf’s life which are recounted by Burger, who also takes on a multitude of key characters, from Edith’s half-sister Momone, to several of her lovers and, of course, Edith Piaf herself.

Duration: 70 minutes. No intervalSuitable for all ages

Wednesday 25 October 7.30pm Adult: $35

Concession: $30Family of 4:$85Under 18s: $15

“The audience could have been listening to the ‘Little Sparrow’ herself! *****” Daily Business Group, UK

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Tony is the winner of the ‘Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist Prize’ of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition and one of the most highly awarded pianists in the country.

Music

He was the first Australian musician to be invited as a soloist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium and continues to work with the renowned Portuguese pianist Maria-João Pires whilst completing a Master of Music in Performance at the Barratt-Due Institute in Norway with the German pianist Michael Endres. He has appeared as soloist with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly across Europe, China, USA, New Zealand and Australia.

TONY LEE - PIANO VIRTUOSO

Duration: 60 minutes No interval

Monday 13 November 7.30pm Adult: $35


“The technical prowess of young Australian pianist Tony Lee were

frankly mind blowing...The excitement of the performance was infectious...”

Frances Robinson, Middle C

(World premiere Gareth Farr Piano Concerto)

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GENERAL INFORMATION

TICKETS

Tickets for Portland Arts Centre (PAC), Portland Civic Hall (PCH), Heywood Community Hall (HCH) and Casterton Town Hall (CTH) can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the PAC box office.

ONLINE www.portlandartscentre.com.au (Online booking closes two hours before scheduled performances)

PHONE Portland Arts Centre 03 5522 2263 Heywood Community Hall 03 5527 0666 Casterton Town Hall 03 5554 2444

IN PERSON Portland Arts Centre Box Office cnr Glenelg St and Bentinck St, Portland Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm (Also open one hour before scheduled performances)

Casterton Town Hall Customer Service Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

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TICKET CATEGORIES

CONCESSION - applies to all holders of Health Care, Pension and student cards FAMILY - applies to 2 Adults and 2 children under 18 years COMPANION CARDS - are accepted on proof of entitlement

ACCESSIBILITY

The PAC has capacity for two wheelchairs. For wheelchair seating or other assistance in any Council venues, please contact the PAC Box Office. If you would like to receive this publication in an accessible format, please contact Glenelg Shire Council Customer Service on (03) 5522 2200 using the National Relay Service 13 36 77 if required or email [email protected]

2017 SEASON PROGRAMEXHIBITIONS

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COLOUR AND TEXTURE - ROGER HOE

OPENING Tuesday February 7, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 7 February – 24 February 2017

I enjoy working with acrylics, building layers of glazes, paint, oil pastel, pencil and collage, to create textured surfaces which change the tones of the colours as light reflects off the different edges.

I like that colours and textures can provoke a variety of feelings in the viewer, which in turn focuses their attention.

SOUTH WESTERN INTERCLUB 2017 - PHOTOGRAPHY

EXHIBITION 28 February – 18 March 2017

Artists Involved are: members of the Colac, Portland and Warrnambool camera clubs

The South Western Interclub is an annual competition between the Colac, Warrnambool and Portland Camera Clubs. The competition has the following sections of Small, Large Colour and Monochrome prints and Digital Projected Images. There are Open subjects as well as Set subjects within each category. This year’s themes are Shapes, Glass and Evocative.

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LOCAL ARTIST IMPRESSIONS - PORTLAND ARTIST SOCIETY

OPENING Tuesday March 21, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 21 March – 17 April 2017

The Portland Artist Society will provide an insight into what inspires their artwork in the South West region.

“I love mood and colour to convey feelings of the area.” “I love the fine lines of the smelter.” “I try to create a sense of depth to draw the viewer in.” “I like to promote the scenery, flowers and wildlife of our area.”

SW COAST - ECO & CULTURAL RESILIENCE

OPENING Tuesday April 18, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 18 April – 26 May 2017

Artists - Bronwyn Razem (Geelong), Judy Spafford (Otways), Sue Ferrari (Princetown), Marion Manifold (Port Campbell), Jean Gleeson (Port Fairy), Liza McCosh (Warrnambool), and Carmel Wallace (Portland)

SW Coast – Eco and Cultural Resilience navigates the natural and cultural environment of Victoria’s South West Coast advocating eco and cultural resilience. The artists shared their knowledge via walks and residencies exploring environmental and cultural issues to ensure a greater understanding of our threatened coastal environment.

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FORGED: FIBRE, METAL, CLAY, PIGMENT

OPENING Tuesday May 30, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 30 May – 7 July 2017

Artists – Jeanette Toller-Bond, Graeme Carbury, Jenny Ward, Christ Hetherington, Barb South, Heather Clark and Jenny Griffin

We combine core elements to create individual pieces that we hope engage, delight and inspire.

WILDLIFE ART

OPENING Tuesday July 11, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 11 July – 21 August 2017

Selected from the Mann Collection of Wildlife Art on loan from the Horsham Regional Art Gallery, this exhibition will provide an insight into the works of many Australian wildlife artists.

Featuring artworks in a diverse variety of mediums, the exhibition includes pieces by highly acclaimed Australian environmental and wildlife artists including Robert Mancini, Steve Morvell, Brett Jarrett and Robert Ulmann.

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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

OPENING Tuesday August 29, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 29 August – 15 September 2017

Joy Schultz and Maree Gabriel

This is first time Joy and Maree have exhibited together and is a celebration of the creative skills shared between mother and daughter.

This joint exhibition will share Joy’s painted artworks and Maree’s photographic pieces. Joy’s works are diverse in style, medium and subject matter, while Maree will share local scenes and flora and fauna within her photography.

HAUNTING

OPENING Tuesday September 19, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 19 September – 13 October 2017

Rachel Joy

Cape Grim, Convincing Ground, Murdering Gully: geographical features bear the burden of our largely unacknowledged violent colonial past.

These works don’t attempt to tell such stories but rather to reflect on them, as such, both the making and viewing of the artworks can be viewed as acts of mourning.

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VCE EXHIBITION

OPENING Tuesday October 17, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 17 October – 10 November 2017

The annual VCE exhibition provides an opportunity for Year 12 art students from Bayview College, Casterton Secondary College, Heywood & District Secondary College and Portland Secondary College to feature selected artwork. The exhibition is always notable for the impressive quality of the artwork, and for the diversity of the subject matter and media on display.

The students, assisted by their teachers and staff from the Portland Arts Centre, also take responsibility for hanging their work.

DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS

OPENING Tuesday November 14, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 14 November – 8 December 2017

Dreams & Aspirations is a collective exhibition of works by artists with a disability who reside in the Glenelg Shire.

This exhibition is a celebration of ability, dreams and aspirations that encourage people with a disability to express themselves through their art, whilst promoting a wider acceptance and participation in the arts community for people with a disability.

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OASIS BY THE SEA

OPENING Tuesday 12 December, 5.30pm

EXHIBITION 12 December 2017 - 26 January 2018

A walk through the Gardens.

Opening in 1859, the Portland Botanic Gardens are one of the oldest in the state and are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. This display looks at various aspects of the gardens over the last 150 years including the curators and the 1858 curator’s cottage; the garden design; the islands and bridges at the rear of the garden’s reserve; sports in the gardens; and the Portland lifeboat. Also included is a small collection of vintage souvenirs, and a collection of 19th century ephemera documenting works in the gardens.

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WELCOME

Glenelg Shire Council is custodian of over 10,000 items valued at over $6 million and manages the presentation and preservation of this treasured cultural collection on behalf of the community.

Under the ARTefacts banner, exhibitions of the collection help to facilitate ongoing understanding of and connection to the region’s history, environment and people.

The unique collection contains quirky objects, photographs and records relating to the social, maritime and civic history of the Shire, some of which are of state-wide and national significance.

We encourage you to visit the wondrous curated features of the Cultural Collection on regular display at many places and spaces in the Shire.

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THE MUNICIPAL OFFICETHE TAP-TAP-TAP OF TYPEWRITERS

History House – Cliff Street, PortlandUntil 6 August 2017 – Open daily

10.00am – 12.00noon and 1.00pm – 4.00pm (except Good Friday & Christmas Day)

Adult $3.00Concession $2.00

School groups 50c per student

The Cultural Collection includes many items relating to the administrative and civic history of the three former municipalities which make up Glenelg Shire - City of Portland, Shire of Heywood and Shire of Glenelg. This display includes photographs, office equipment, ledgers, stationary and ephemeral items from the Shire’s civic past. Also included are the official seals from the former Portland-based local government authorities - Municipality of Portland (1856), Borough of Portland (1863), Town of Portland (1949) and City of Portland (1985).

IRIS MCLEOD’S SHELL COLLECTIONONE WOMAN’S PASSION

History House – Cliff Street, Portland16 January – 5 November 2017 – Open daily 10.00am – 12.00noon and 1.00pm – 4.00pm

(except Good Friday & Christmas Day)Adult $3.00

Concession $2.00School groups 50c per student

The late Iris McLeod of Hamilton was passionate about shells and her shell collection. Her collection was meticulously sorted according to their colour, shape and type. This collection was bequeathed to Glenelg Shire Council in 2006 by Iris’ estate. This display includes a selection from the thousands of shell specimens in the collection including a number of the fragile and beautiful Paper Nautilus. Most shells are from areas of the Pacific and around the coast of South Africa.

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THE WHALETHA’ SHE BLOWS!

Portland Customer Service Centre23 January 2017 – 21 January 2018

71 Cliff Street, PortlandOpen week days 8.30am – 5.00pm

(Closed public holidays)Admission free

This display includes a collection of objects associated with whales and whaling, including items made from whale bone and baleen; a collection of whale oil lamps; and 19th century whaling tools. Central to the display is a large scrimshaw whale’s tooth by Portland–born artist and master schrimshander Gary Tonkin. Scrimshaw is the craft of engraving or carving in bone or ivory. The tooth, commissioned by Glenelg Shire Council for the Cultural Collection in 2016 is inscribed with two scenes of shore-based whaling in Portland Bay as it would have been in the 19th century.

HENTY - A FAMILY COLLECTIONREMEMBERING EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

Casterton Customer Service Centre28 February - 13 October 2017

67 Henty Street, CastertonOpen weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm


Landing in Portland in 1834, Edward, Stephen, and Francis Henty took up pastoral runs to the north of what is now Glenelg Shire from 1837. Major Mitchell described the area as ’Australia Felix’ during his 1836 expedition. This collection of photographs, ephemera, memorabilia and personal items relating to the Hentys, the first Europeans in the Casterton region, has a focus on Francis and Mary Ann Henty and their descendants, the Hindson family.

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MEDALS, MEDALLIONS & BADGESRECOGNITION AND REWARD

History House – Cliff Street, Portland6 March 2017 – 25 February 2018 – Open daily

10.00am – 12.00noon and 1.00pm – 4.00pm(except Good Friday & Christmas Day)



The medals and medallions in this display recognise special events, individual achievements, and commemorations, while the badges include fundraising and charity pins; community organisations, social and sporting clubs memberships; and acknowledgement of special events. Highlights of the display include medals from the Portland Industrial and Art Loan Exhibition of 1889.

LAND AND SEA - CABINETS OF CURIOSITYSTORYTELLING WITH OBJECTS

History House – Cliff Street, Portland7 August 2017 - 6 May 2018 – Open daily




Glenelg Shire Council’s Cultural Collection contains many unique and fascinating items. This display brings together a collection of unrelated objects in the style of a German “Wunderkammer” or “Cabinet of Curiosity”. The objects in the display will be loosely based on the themes of land and sea. Objects include a 19th century Policeman’s baton, the key to Portland’s Powder Magazine, Bert Vivian’s home-made bellows, and a piece of 82-year-old cake.

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THE MUNICIPAL OFFICECELEBRATING CIVIC HISTORY

Casterton Customer Service Centre67 Henty Street, Casterton

16 October 2017 – 13 July 2018Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm


The Cultural Collection includes many items relating to the administrative and civic history of the three former municipalities which amalgamated in the early 1990s to make up Glenelg Shire. Those former local government authorities were: City of Portland; Shire of Heywood; and Shire of Glenelg. In this re-curation of the Portland display are additional photographs and ephemera, with a focus on the former Shire of Glenelg and the 1963 centenary of the Shire of Glenelg celebrations.

THE FARM / THE ZOOANIMAL IMAGERY

History House – Cliff Street, Portland6 November 2017 - 5 August 2018 – Open daily




The images and objects in this display are connected by the themes of animals, fish, bird-life and the natural world. Included are children’s toys, photographs, and ephemeral and decorative items. An 1880s pull-along toy cow made in Germany which underwent conservation several years ago will be on public display for the first time since treatment. The display also includes items on loan from the Portland Historical Society.

Documents

2017 SEASON PROGRAM - Shire of Glenelg · The album will include songs by composers such as Bach, Elgar, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Faure, De Falla and Ponce all masterfully arranged for