Swan Hill and Region 2020 Performing Arts Program Welcome to Swan Hill Town Hall Performing Arts 2020 season program! An exciting program is heading your way in 2020 and you’re sure to find something to tantalise your taste buds. It all starts in February when the Town Hall will be transformed into a bar-themed tavern. Bar’d Works is bringing to us their version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, with a night of sing-a-long, laugh- a-long theatre. The award winning Railed will be in the house late September – this is one not to be missed and will sell out fast. For the first time ever, we’re putting on an open mic night for wannabe comedians in Swan Hill. If you win, you get to be on stage with well known comedians at the Swan Hill Town Hall Comedy Gala in May. Plenty of music is heading your way in 2020, and some big names to boot - Toni Childs, Ian Moss, Rachel Beck and Michael Cormick, Bjorn Again and more. The youngest members of our community and their families will be spoiled with The Mik Maks, The Listies and Dinosaurs roaming the Town Hall, and FoRT at the Robinvale Community Centre. There’s plenty more too - check them all out in this program. We will sign more shows on as the year progresses, so like our Facebook page and check out the website so you don’t miss out! I look forward to seeing you at the theatre soon!

Sharon Brinkman Performing Arts and Marketing Officer

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Tickets Tickets ShakesBeerSession Adult...... $45 Toni Childs – Retrospective Tour Adult...... $69 Concession...... $64 Saturday 22 February 7.30pm Wednesday 25 March 7.30pm Purchase Tickets Group (6+)...... $64 pp

Bar’d Work are thrilled to present Shakespeare’s mad-cap comedy Join the legendary Toni Childs for a special two hour Purchase Tickets “As You Like It”. performance as she celebrates the 30 year anniversary of her critically acclaimed album Union. Rosalind and her best mate Celia are banished to the mysterious Forest of Arden, after catching the eye of the dashing Orlando at a wrestling match... as you do. Toni will perform hits and fan favourites from Union, House of Hope and The Woman’s Boat in the first hour of her show. What comes next is a story of cross-dressing, dodgy poetry, classic love songs, and plenty of ridiculous gags. The second hour will be an introduction to Toni’s new music, from two very special albums It’s All a Beautiful Noise and Citizens of the Planet. After sell-out seasons of “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Twelfth Night”, Bar’d Work are back with their irreverent, fast-paced and hilarious brand of Shakespeare. The Town Hall will be transformed into a bar-themed tavern. Bring food to share with your friends and family. 16+ language warning

2 3 Tickets FREE EVENT! The Mik Maks - Musical Adventures Tour Adult...... $20 Open Mic Comedy Night Wednesday 1 April 10.30am Child (U13)...... $18 Friday 17 April 7pm Family (4+)...... $13.75 pp

Are you a wannabe comedian? Not sure where to start? You just never know where a Mik Mak stage show Purchase Tickets will take you! We have just the answer for you! The Mik Maks Musical Adventures is a celebration of The Mik Mak classics, brand Swan Hill Town Hall will host an open mic night for comedians so you can test out new songs and their YouTube channel’s biggest hits. your material and show us what you’ve got! Joel, Al and Drums the Panda will be joined on stage by some very special guests. The winner will perform with well known TV and radio comedians at the Swan Hill ... who could they be? Town Hall Comedy Gala on Saturday 9 May. Don’t miss your chance to see this award-winning band of brothers in their biggest To register - email your name, age and contact details to and best stage show yet. [email protected] or call 5036 2328 for further information. Ages 1 to 8 years old and families If you’re not a comedian, come along, have a drink and vote for your favourite upcoming comedian!

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Tickets Tickets Ian Moss Matchbook Adult...... $65.50 Swan Hill Town Hall Comedy Gala Adult...... $40 30th Anniversary Solo Acoustic Tour Saturday 9 May 7.30pm Concession...... $38 Wednesday 29 April 8pm Purchase Tickets Group (8+)...... $38 pp

Get ready Swan Hill. A night of huge laughs Respected as one of Australia’s iconic musicians, Ian Moss delivers an Purchase Tickets is coming your way! unforgettable sound – not only as a telling soloist on guitar but especially with his silken voice, ringing with clarity and resonating with pure soul. Top notch comedians will be here for one night only, for the 2020 Swan Hill Town Hall Comedy Gala. Check our social pages and website for names of comedians Mossy’s debut album Matchbook was released on 1 August 1989 and peaked at #1 closer to the date. on the ARIA Albums Chart. What we can tell you now is that they will be top quality performers from radio and It remained in the Top 10 for an amazing 14 weeks, shipping more than 200,000 television shows such as Have You Been Paying Attention. copies in the first 12 months alone. Mossy took home Album of the Year, Best Male Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Breakthrough Artist – Single and Song A local wannabe comedian will also test out their act, after winning the Open Mic of the Year (shared with Don Walker) at the 1990 ARIA Awards. Night earlier in the year... Get your friends together and book a table now!

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Tickets Tickets You & I Adult...... $60 International Ballet Gala Adult...... $55 Starring Rachael Beck Concession...... $55 Saturday 13 June 8pm Concession...... $50 Group (4+)...... $55 pp Group (4+)...... $50 pp and Michael Cormick Youth (U18)...... $45 Youth (U18)...... $45 Saturday 30 May 8pm International Ballet Gala is a synthesis of classical Purchase Tickets ballet and modern dance productions, all delivered Purchase Tickets Rachael Beck and Michael Cormick are two of with the incredible skill and talent this artform demands. Australia’s best loved stars. International stars of ballet are together in Australia for the first time to perform a Rachael has had a remarkable career on both television and stage. Some of her collection of divertissements from your favourite ballets and modern works. theatre credits include Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Les Mis, , Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote - classical Singing in the Rain, , and of course Beauty and the Beast. ballet at its best in a program with modern ballet by internationally acclaimed choreographers and directors. Michael has worked extensively in London, Europe, and at home here in Australia. Some of his theatre credits include Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Chess, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Of course no show would be complete without backstage gossip and tales of the many famous actors, directors and composers they have worked with over the years.

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Tickets Tickets Bjorn Again - 30th Anniversary Tour Adult...... $57 ROFLSHALBOWCO Adult...... $25 Friday 26 June 8pm Concession...... $52 (Rolling on the Floor Laughing So Hard Child (U13)...... $20 Child (U16)...... $52 Family (4+)...... $20 pp a Little Bit of Wee Comes Out) Group (8+)...... $52 pp Tuesday 7 July 10.30am ABBA fans, it’s time to get excited as Bjorn Again Purchase Tickets celebrates their 30th Anniversary Tour, and you are Purchase Tickets invited to the party! Written and performed by Matthew Kelly and Richard Higgins as The Listies! Playing ABBA’s greatest hits, this world class show has to be seen to be believed. Hilarious, ridiculous fun for your kids that will have the whole family in stitches. You will have the time of your life. “Does the show feature the world’s most annoying song?” Totes! “One of the most entertaining live shows in the world today” - Time Out New York. “Is there a mini panto fairy tale called ‘Jack and the Beans-Talk’ about a boy who eats magic beans and farts himself into space?” Yes, I mean what show doesn’t have that? “Will I roll on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee comes out?” Yes, yes you will… you should probably bring a towel. Ages 5+ and families

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Tickets Tickets 39 Forever - starring Amity Dry Adult...... $42 Amanda Harrison Adult...... $39 Friday 24 July 8pm Concession...... $40 The songs of Concession...... $36 Group (4+)...... $40 pp Group (4+)...... $36 pp Thursday 6 August 11am Do you still feel like you’re 25 even though your birthdate stubbornly insists you’re not? Are you Purchase Tickets Purchase Tickets The star of original Australian productions of Wicked, enquiring about Botox ‘for a friend’? Officer and a Gentleman, We Will Rock You and most This hilarious cabaret from Amity Dry looks at ageing in an image obsessed world, recently The Rocky Horror Picture Show is now performing her one woman show where social media, Botox and the Kardashians have forever altered the quest for ‘Judy!’ to audiences around Australia. eternal youth. Amanda’s soaring vocals capture the essence of Judy Garland as she delivers Laugh along as Amity pokes fun at her ’80s childhood, reminisces about her ’90s a fresh take on these classic tunes and shares hilarious and heartbreaking teen exploits and questions whether 40 is the new 30, or that’s just something you anecdotes from the extraordinary life of this legendary artist. say to make you feel better. You’ll laugh, cry and relate to every word. Songs include Get Happy, The Man that Got Away, You Made Me Love You, Stormy A sell out success in the Adelaide Fringe Festival it’s received 5-star reviews at Weather, The Trolley Song, Come Rain or Come Shine, When You’re Smiling, Zing the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has been praised by audiences Went the Strings of My Heart and Over the Rainbow! as an entertaining and thought provoking night out.

12 13 Tickets Mirusia - Live in Concert Adult...... $67 Fairfax Youth Initiative Saturday 22 August 7.30pm Concession...... $62 Youth (U16)...... $49.90

Group (8+)...... $62 pp The Fairfax Youth Initiative is a celebration of young people from across the Mirusia is one of Australia’s favourite singers and Murray Mallee region. It is a reminder of the importance of creativity and the need has won hearts around the globe as the star soprano for community. of André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra. Purchase Tickets But most importantly, it is about young people coming together to be a part of Mirusia sang with André for over 12 years in front of something bigger than themselves. many millions of people and royal families the world over. In the Murray Mallee region, for over 20 years, the word Fairfax has been For the first time, Mirusia comes to Swan Hill Town Hall with her own musical connected to youth leadership, youth creativity, and youth connection. ensemble, in an exclusive performance with some of the finest musicians in the country. Fairfax Youth Initiative brings to Swan Hill the creativity and voice of young people. In this concert tour, Mirusia performs many of the classics she sang with André Rieu, some of her original songs as well as paying a salute to The Seekers, singing Please contact Swan Hill Town Hall for 2020 dates and further information. many of their global chart-topping hits.

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Tickets Tickets Railed Adult...... $52 Dinomania Adult...... $25 Wednesday 23 September 7.30pm Concession...... $50 Tuesday 29 September 11am Child (U13)...... $20 Group (4+)...... $50 pp Family (4+)...... $20 pp

Welcome to RAILED, a western themed circus Purchase Tickets The audience will embark on an awe-inspiring, Purchase Tickets spectacular, combining the trademark physical talents, exhilarating and gripping journey back to an age when finely chiselled bodies and hilarious comic timing of the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Head First Acrobats. They will come face to face with FOUR dinosaurs and a quirky cast as the battle Prepare yourself for when bare chested circus meets bare knuckle bar fights. unfolds to find out who is the real champion of dinosaurs - the T-Rex or the Raptor! A racy, heart stopping display of the finest acrobatics by the most ridiculous story tellers in the circus...... YeeHaw! Pre-show entertainment includes giveaways and a children’s entertainer to provide excitement so make sure you come dressed up as your favourite dinosaur. Ages 15+, contains adult themes The show is suitable for ALL ages from 1-100 years old.

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Tickets Tickets FoRT Adult...... $25 Gravity Dolls - Go, Go, GO! Adult...... $39 Robinvale Community Arts Centre Child (U13)...... $20 Sunday 15 November 6.30pm Concession...... $35 Friday 9 October 1pm Family (4+)...... $20 pp Youth (U18)...... $25 Group (4+)...... $35 Bridging the gap between how generations Purchase Tickets FoRT is full of ridiculous clowning, spectacular play games, Go, Go, GO! is quirky, spontaneous and fun. Purchase Tickets acrobatics and poetic visual imagery that celebrates the Created in true Gravity Dolls style of combining circus kind of creative genius that has been known to turn lounge rooms into volcanoes, with story telling, their latest work dives into the world of play. trees into castles and cardboard boxes into racing cars. Drawing inspiration from classic games, ranging from retro video games to If you’ve ever made a fort from a sofa, or helped your little one create their own, school yard classics plus some they’ve invented along the way, the Dolls have this is an inspiring and delightful new theatrical experience the whole family will given them a circus twist. enjoy. Entertaining with a sprinkle of nostalgia, Go, Go, GO! draws on stunning Ages 1 to 8 years, families, school groups. acrobatics and ingenious physical theatre to create a playful, hilarious, School group bookings available – email [email protected] spectacular world that celebrates why games - in all their various forms - or phone 5036 2328 continue to stand the test of time

18 19 Tours of the Town Hall Ticketing information Swan Hill Town Hall Performing Arts and Conference Centre is an elegantly Online tickets: swanhilltownhall.com restored art deco performance space built in 1935. It still retains many of the In person: Swan Hill Town Hall Bookings Office Monday to Friday original features. 9am to 2.30pm or 5036 2384. The venue is open to the public from 9am to 2.30pm Monday to Friday and tours In person: Swan Hill Region Information Centre, 7 days 9am - 5pm, 1800 625 373 are available during this time - if the venue is not in use. School Bookings: Call Sharon on 5036 2328 or For schools and group bookings please phone the Swan Hill Town Hall Bookings email [email protected] Office on 5036 2384. Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/swanhilltownhall/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/swanhilltownhall/ Website: www.swanhilltownhall.com

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