The LiNK Newsletter for April & May 2015

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WHAT’S ON… IS ON…

Musicals, Theatre, Drama, Orchestras, Live Bands, Open Mic Nights,

Festivals and so much more!

13 March-30 May Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding Hilton Hotel

1 April Jimmy Cliff Tanks Arts Centre

7 April Flak , True stories from the Cairns Civic Theatre men who flew in WWII

10-11 April Sleeping Beauty performed by Cairns Civic Theatre Moscow Ballet “La Classique”

11-12 April Michael Franti & Spearhead Tanks Arts Centre

13 April Colleen Hewett, Memories of Cairns Civic Theatre the Seventies

17 April Donavon Frankenreiter Tanks Arts Centre

17-18 April Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli Cairns Civic Theatre

18 April Lanie Lane Tanks Arts Centre

17-25 April Quartet Rondo Theatre

20-21 April Jim Jefferies Cairns Civic Theatre

24 April Tara Tiba (Persian) + Miriam Tanks Arts Centre Lieberman, World Music Series

25-26 April Melbourne International Cairns Civic Theatre Comedy Festival Roadshow

30 April-2 May Tesla CoCA

1 May Augie March Tanks Arts Centre

1 May Banff Mountain Film Festival Cairns Civic Theatre

7-9 May St Augustine’s College “Return Cairns Civic Theatre to the Forbidden Planet”

8 May Masters of Jazz, Jazz Tanks Arts Centre Up North Series

10 May THE LISTIES, Australia’s No. Tanks Arts Centre 1 most sought after Kids Comedians

14-15 May Squaring the Wheel CoCA

16 May The Glenn Miller Orchestra Cairns Civic Theatre

16 May Anh Do - Live Cairns Convention Centre

21-23 May Cairns State High School Cairns Civic Theatre Nice Work If You Can Get It

22 May Kingswood Tanks Arts Centre

27-29 May Trinity Bay State High School Cairns Civic Theatre Popstars

29 May The Audreys Tanks Arts Centre

DATE EVENT VENUE


April 2015 - The Link

JIMMY CLIFF

With a legacy stretching back nearly 50 years, this true reggae legend is still standing as one of the prime movers and continuing shapers of modern music.

With timeless hits including “Wonderful World, Beautiful People”, “I Can See Clearly Now”, “The Harder They Come” and many more, his songs opened the door for reggae’s journey to being a universal sound, embraced and adapted in cultures around the world.

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Wednesday 1 April, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAll tickets $62. (15+) Standing only.

Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding Hilton Hotel - Friday 13 March – Saturday 30 May Every Friday & Saturday eveningDinner / Show package. Dinner included in the ticket price.*VIP $99, Adult $79, Youth 3-13 years $59, Family (2Ad + 2Ch) $250**Companion Card Holder $30, ***Group 10+ $67*VIP ticket holders will receive VIP seating with VIP hostess, glass of champagne on arrival and a gift at their table.

No matter how wacky the wedding of your sibling, cousin, friend or co-worker was, it still won’t hold a candle to the chaos of the Vitale/Nunzio nuptials. This love-struck bride and groom, who should each be wearing an “I’m With Crazy” T-shirt, tie the knot nightly at Cairns Dinner Theatre located inside The Hilton Hotel.


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Tuesday 7 April 7.30pm

CAIRNS CIVIC THEATRE

Written & performed by Michael VeitchDirected by Helen Ellis

Cairns Civic Theatre Presents Ellis Productions’

TRUE STORIES FROM THE MEN WHO FLEW

IN WORLD WAR TWO

ADULT $35, CONC (GOV BENEFIT HOLDER), SENIORS CARD HOLDER, GROUP (10+) $30*

* + one additional complimentary ticket for each group booking A transaction fee applies to all ticket purchases.



MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD (USA)

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Sat 11 April (Sold Out) & Sun 12 April. Doors 6.00pm. Show starts 7.00pm. All tickets $62. (15+) Standing only.

Sleeping Beauty Performed by Moscow Ballet “La Classique” Cairns Civic TheatreFriday 10 April - 7.30pm - Saturday 11 April - 5pmAdult $85, Conc, Seniors Card Holder $75Child (3-13) $65, Group (6+) $75

Moscow Ballet La Classique invites the whole family to an evening of spectacular ballet bringing to life Tchaikovsky’s fantastically popular score. In this 2 act fairytale performance La Classique will capture the imagination, the passion and the magic of sleeping beauty.

When Franti calls out ‘how ya feelin?’ to the audience – you know magic is about to happen, with a spiritual release that is palpable!

One of the most positive and conscious artists in music today, Michael Franti (singer, songwriter, guitarist and philanthropist) and his band Spearhead know all about the power of music, having earned a reputation for the intense communal spirit they create with their extraordinary live shows.

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DONAVON FRANKENREITER (USA)

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 17 April, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $35, Con $30, Seniors $30, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $30, Group 10+ $30. (15+) Standing only.

This Hawaii-based singer/guitarist/songwriter is bringing his infectious, acoustic bliss to Tanks. Catch him perform material from his 5th full-length album, Start Livin’, as well as old fan favs. A Bluesfest sideshow. The Australian Top 40 favourite will be performing material from his fifth full-length album, Start Livin’, as well as old fan favourites. The follow-up to 2010’s popular ‘Glow’ is a selection of folk-infused songs that sweetly showcase Frankenreiter’s rich, honey-thick vocals and masterful guitar work.

Morning Melodies Colleen Hewett, Memories of the Seventies Cairns Civic Theatre - Monday 13 April - 11am Complimentary morning tea from 10am Single ticket $20, Group 6+ $18

Icon of Australia’s 70’s, Colleen smashed out hit after hit including “Super Star”, “Day by Day”, “Carry That Weight”, “Dreaming My Dreams with You”, and “Gigolo”.Be enthralled by the voice said to “carry the burden and joy of many lives past”.

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PRIVATE GINGER MICK- AT GALLIPOLI -

presents

BASED ON THE POEMS OF C J DENNISDirected byTerri BRABON

Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli Cairns Civic TheatreFriday 17 April - 11am & 7.30pm - Saturday 18 April - 7.30pmAdult $35, Conc, Seniors Card Holder $25, Students $18

This adaption of the much loved CJ Dennis Poems “The Moods of Ginger Mick”, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli brings to life all the colourful characters of the original poems including the loveable rogue, Ginger. Written in the Australian vernacular long lost, this collection of CJ Dennis’ poems was famously carried in the pockets of the Diggers on the battlefields of World War One.

LANIE LANE

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Saturday 18 April, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $30, Con $25, Seniors $25, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $25, Child 5-14 yrs $25, Group 10+ $25. (PG).

This last farewell gig is a swansong for Lanie – the ARIA nominated songstress who is stepping out of the limelight & retiring from the industry. She doesn’t leave us empty handed though, offering up material from her new album, Night Shade – plus songs from her Top 20 ARIA, debut album, To The Horses. This show will be bittersweet one, being the last chance to hear the powerhouse vocals of a singular Australian female singer/ songwriter. A must-see event! Support: Jodi Martin.


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Jim Jefferies Cairns Civic Theatre Monday 20 April (sold out) & Tuesday 21 April - 8pmAdult $53.40, Concession (Gov Benefit Holder) $48.40

He’s Australia’s biggest selling, most successful comedy export of the last decade. He’s stormed his way across the globe selling out shows on every continent on earth! He’s had global TV solo specials and his own TV series in USA…does it get better? Yes it bloody well does – when he rocks stages across his home country! In 2014 there wasn’t a seat left to sell across the entire national tour – so it’s time to get in and get in quick to ensure you don’t miss the comedy phenomenon that is Jim Jefferies in this hot new live show.

QUARTETRondo Theatre Edge Hill Friday 17 to Saturday 25 April April 17,18,22,23,24,25 - 7.30pm-Adult $27, Conc & Seniors Card Holder $22, Students U25 $20, Group 10+ $22.

April 19 - 2pm, One Price $22, Student U25 $20, Groups 20+ $20 .

Mon 20 Apr (No performance)

April 21- 7.30pm - One Price $22, Student U25 $20.

QUARTET by Ronald Harwood, directed by John Hughes ‘A delightful play recently made into a successful film of the same name’. Beecham House, a home for retired musicians is about to have a new resident - a star. But Reggie, Wilf and Cissy are shocked when the new arrival is their former singing partner, Jean Horton. Her stardom, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her mar-riage to Reggie. Can the passage of time heal old wounds? Will the famous quartet patch up their differences in time for a gala concert celebrating Verdi’s birthday?

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TARA TIBA (PERSIAN) + MIRIAM LIEBERMAN WORLD MUSIC SERIES

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 24 April, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $30, Con $25, Seniors $25, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $25, Group 10+ $25. (PG).

Praised as one of Iran’s most exciting new talents, this Persian artist will mesmerise you with her soulful voice and extraordinary vocal technique.

Following successful shows at the Perth International jazz Festival and Fairbridge Folkworld Festival, Tara Tiba has launched her debut album, A Persian Dream, which features improvisations of centuries old Persian poetry, original compositions and jazz with a Persian flavour.

Tesla CoCA Thursday, 30 April 7.30pmFriday, 1 May 11am & 7.30pm Saturday, 2 May 7.30pmAdults $24, Conc $19, Students $15, Under 15 $12

An electric one man play set during the race of the industrial revolution. This heartfelt stage production details the scientific, spiritual and emotional aspects of a physicist, engineer and inventor dedicating his life to the betterment of mankind with the revolutionary harnessing of alternating current, polyphase motors and his ultimate world system of wireless power.

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Banff Mountain Film FestivalCairns Civic Theatre - Friday 1 May - 7pmAdult $32, Conc & Youth (18-21) (Gov Benefit Holder) $28, Child (3-17) $17, Group bookings (10+) will receive one complimentary ticket.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour presents over 2 1/2 hours of the most enthralling mountain adventure films that will have you on the edge of your seat. Featuring a selection of short films from the week long Banff Mountain Film Festival in the Canadian Rockies, the Australian tour includes captivating short films shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world.

AUGIE MARCH

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 1 May, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $40, Con $35, Seniors $35, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $35, Group 10+ $35. (15+).

After a half decade hiatus, one of the nation’s most respected indie-rock acts returns to Tanks, with an expanded line-up and new album, Haven’s Dumb. Regularly touted as one of Australia’s ‘greatest’ or ‘finest’ bands, with albums and songs on the ‘best ever’ lists – their music is impossible to categorise as they have traditional elements at times, then get wildly avant garde at others.

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St Augustine’s College“Return to the Forbidden Planet” Cairns Civic Theatre - 7, 8 & 9 May, 7.30pm. 8 May, 10.30amEvening Performance - Adult $25, Conc $15, Seniors card holders $20, Youth (18-21) $15, Child (3-17) $15,*Group (10+) $15.

Matinee Performance - Adult $15, Conc $10, Seniors card holders $10, Youth (18-21) $10, Child (3-17) $10, *Group (10+) $10. Group bookings (10+) will receive one complimentary ticket.

St Augustine’s College proudly presents the smash hit musical “Return to the Forbidden Planet”. This winner of the 1990 Olivier Award for Best Musical bursts with red hot rock and roll hits, including “Great Balls of Fire” and “Good Vibrations” with the plot taken from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. So fasten your seat belts, set your ray guns to stun and get ready for a cosmic adventure of meteoric proportions!

MASTERS OF JAZZ, JAZZ UP NORTH SERIES

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 8 May, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $45, Con $40, Seniors $40, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $40, Group 10+ $40. (PG).

When seven leading jazz musicians bring their decades of combined experience together to perform the evergreens of jazz, you are in for a feel-good event like no other. The Masters of Jazz are Bob Barnard, John Morrison, George Golla, Paul Furniss, Kevin Hunt and Jonathan Zwartz, with the charismatic Carol Ralph on vocals. Each a star in their own right, together they promise to make your heart and soul glad with two hours of jazz favourites.


May 2015 - The Link

Squaring the Wheel CoCA - Thursday, 14 May - 6.30pm, Friday, 15 May - 11am & Friday, 15 May - 6.30pmAdult $15, Conc $10, Child 2-4 years $6, Child 5-9 years $8Child 11-15 years $10, Family (2Ad+2Ch 2-15yrs) $30,*School Groups 4+ $6 *Kindergarten, playgroup & schools

Squaring the Wheel combines circus, clown, strange mechanisms and contraptions, puppetry, magic and music into an unusual, thingamabobbish theatre extravaganza. Unpredictable, funny, touching, highly visual and occasionally out of control, it is a clever theatre adventure for the whole family in thinking out of the box. Family show suitable for all ages.

THE LISTIES, AUSTRALIA’S NO. 1 MOST SOUGHT AFTER KIDS COMEDIANS

CAIRNS CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

THE LISTIES are Australia’s most sought after kids’ comedians. These guys are raucous, laugh out loud fun for the entire family (even Dads) and are the feature event of this year’s Cairns Children’s Festival.“The Listies Make You LOL!” features alien attacks, toilet paper guns, spew, the rudest word in the world and the most disgusting pair of undies you have ever seen in your entire life. You’ll be LOLing, ROFLing and ROFLSHALBOWCOing* (*Rolling on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee came out!).

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Sunday 10 May, 10am & 1pmAdult $20, Con $20, Seniors $20, Child 3-17 yrs $20, Group 4+ $70 ($17.50 per ticket) (G)

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The Glenn Miller Orchestra Cairns Civic Theatre - Saturday 16 May - 7.30pm Adult $89.90, Conc, Seniors Card Holder $84.90*Group (10+) $84.90

The Glenn Miller Orchestra returns by overwhelming popular demand for this concert spectacular, to honour the year of the ANZAC Centenary. All the famous Glenn Miller classics will be performed by the Orchestra playing the original music arrangements; timeless icons of American culture such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String Of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug and the greatest Miller hit of all time, In The Mood.

Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee - Live! Convention Centre - Saturday 16 May - 8pmAdult $59.90, Conc $54.90, Senior $54.90, Student $54.90, Group 10+ $54.90

Anh Do’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by Russell Crowe as “the most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years.” Anh’s new stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story.Support: Joel Ozborn.

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Cairns State High School Nice Work If You Can Get ItCairns Civic Theatre - Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May May 21 & 23 - 7.30pm, May 22 - 12 .30pm & 7.30pm Adult $35, Conc $28, Child $15, Group 10+ $28

Cairns State High School presents Nice Work If You Can Get It. A 1920s love story between a charming and wealthy young man, Jimmy Winter, and a rough female bootlegger Billie Bendix. The weekend of his wedding, Billie and her cohorts pose as servants at the wedding, causing hijinks galore. Wonderful classic Gershwin hits like “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Fascinating Rhythm” make this musical highly entertaining.

KINGSWOOD

Thanks to their dark and driving take on rock, this exciting new Melbourne outfit have kicked off their year in style - screaming into triple j’s Hottest 100 with 2 song placements!

“If rock and roll is indeed fading away, thankfully nobody has told Kingswood, who seem intent on embarking on a one-band mission to put it back where it belongs.” – mX

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 22 May, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $25, Con $20, Seniors $20, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $20, Group 10+ $20. (15+).

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Trinity Bay State High School Popstars Cairns Civic Theatre - Wednesday 27 May - Friday 29 May- 7pm Adult $25, Conc & Seniors Card Holder $20, Youth (18-21) $20, Child (3-17) $15, Family (2 Adults + 2 children) $70.

Nice-guy Mark is head over heels for his popular girlfriend Shannon – that is until she dumps him in front of the whole school. Shannon does not have time for boys now that she and her friends have formed a girl-band, and are out to win the Talent Show. Unfortunately they cannot sing. Can Mark create his own Boy Band, win the talent show and get back at Shannon?

A most excellent, triple ARIA Award-winning Australian folk-rock band, who’ve released four albums, won a bunch more awards and toured all ‘round the world. And now they’re coming to Cairns, and there’s two of them – Taasha who sings and plays tiny guitars and keyboards and Tristan who plays normal-sized guitars and doesn’t sing. They don’t need an excuse to hit the road, but as it happens they want to celebrate the release of their 2014 album “’Til My Tears Roll Away” on vinyl!! Come celebrate with them. Support: Leanne Tennant.

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 29 May, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $30, Con $25, Seniors $25, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $25, Group 10+ $25. (PG).

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THE AUDREYS


June 2015 - The Link

MONIQUE DIMATTINA & JAMES SHERLOCK

Combining a solid jazz/roots tradition with a distinctively Australian voice, this is a show that will mesmerise and delight.

The superlatives run thick and fast when critics describe Monique DiMattina’s playful and inventive style. Words like ‘dynamic’, ‘astonishing’ and ‘sophisticated’ abound in rave reviews about this singer/songwriter who has played alongside the likes of Lou Reed, Bjork and Jimmy Cobb. Teamed with guitarist James Sherlock, this is contemporary jazz at its best.

TANKS ARTS CENTRE - Friday 5 June, Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7.30pmAdult $30, Con $25, Seniors $25, Youth 15-17 yrs (with student ID) $25, Group 10+ $25. (PG).

Sunday 10 May, Tanks Arts Centre

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