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IMPORTANT DATES

END OF TERM 1 Saturday 27 March

TERM 2 DATES Monday 12 April – Sunday 27 June (11 weeks)

CIRCUS DAY

Sunday 28 March (change of date) 12-2pm Come along for a bit of fun, a free sausage sizzle (vego’s etc catered for) + an icy pole!!!! If you want to get up and showcase a performance or your act on the day - shoot us an email and we will make it happen

This is a really important community day and we encourage all members to come along and participate.

You can also enrol & pay on the day (eftpos, cash, credit card, chq accepted)

COXY’S BIG BREAK- THE WOMENS CIRCUS WILL FEATURE THIS SATURDAY THE 27TH ON COXY’S BIG BREAK PROGRAM, DON’T MISS IT!

COMMUNITY SHOW & TELL NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS Saturday 8 May (Please note change of date)

The first community show & tell for the year will be held on Saturday 8 May (end of the 4th week of term 2). So if you are interested in putting on an act, helping out front of house or with production start thinking about it now or discuss it with your trainers or let me know. This is a fun night for WC members, family, friends and supporters to come along to the Circus and see what a bunch of talented and enthusiastic women you all are!

I will send out some more information in the coming weeks and put out a call for volunteers to help out on the night.

TRAINING STUFF SHORT COURSES – April 2010 Don’t forget to enrol in shortcourses. Doc Form: http://womenscircus.org.au/forms/Short-Courses-April2010.doc PDF Form: http://womenscircus.org.au/forms/Short-Courses-April2010.pdf Or go to www.womenscircus.org.au If you have any questions about the courses please do not hesitate to contact the Circus. COMMUNITY NEWS

EMPLOYMENT Vulcana Women’s Circus is looking for a fabulous visionary to accept the role of Artistic Director! The successful applicant will have experience programming and directing theatre-based projects, and a passion for the development of innovative community-based circus projects. The position is negotiable part-time (22-30 hours) and working times are flexible. The Artistic Director will have primary responsibility for: • developing, planning and implementing an innovative artistic program • identifying and collaborating with community and partners and funders to deliver exciting circus and physical theatre projects • maintaining relationships with appropriate circus, physical theatre and community cultural development organizations at a local, national and international level. Please email [email protected] or call 07 3358 1888 for more information or an application package.

Applications close 14 April.

Vulcana Women’s Circus inspires and celebrates women, young people and communities through the teaching and performance or contemporary circus arts.

NICA is currently inviting aspiring circus performers to submit applications for the Pre-Audition Intensive Workshop. The workshop will assist applicants to prepare for the 2011 and 2012 NICA Bachelor of Circus Arts auditions which will be held in September and October 2010.

Dates: Monday 5 to Friday 9 July, 2010 Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: $400 Location: NICA, 41 Green St, Prahran, Victoria Applications close: 21 May, 2010

For further information contact 03 9214 6537 or [email protected].

The Inter-Arts office would like to announce the following upcoming grants and initiatives: Splendid Artist Call-out

Closing date: 6 April 2010

Splendid is open to young and emerging artists (under 30 years old or in the first 5 years of their practice) who work in the visual arts, theatre, dance, design, installation, architecture, digital media, sound, text, community arts and other creative pursuits. The program includes a residential Arts Lab, mentorship and opportunities to promote your work to major festival audiences in

Australia and internationally.

Selected cross-artform projects developed in the Lab will be designed to premiere at Splendour in the Grass 2011 and other music festivals.

Splendid Arts Lab: 29 July to 13 August, 2010

Please forward all enquiries to Carli Leimbach, on 02 6622 2209 or email [email protected]

SHOWS LA PETITE MORT La Petite Mort, Listed as "Adelaide Fringe Top 3 Shows" Adelaide Magazinge Returns to Footscray for a 3 week Melbourne Comedy Festival Season.

Bookings And Info: http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2010/season/shows/la-petite-mort-the- orgasm

La Petite Mort – The Orgasm is a comical cabaret romp through sex and sexuality. “This is a truly original, delightful, accomplished show (and) another of the shows that remind you why you love the Fringe so much.” Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 2009. Did You Know: · Scientific research has associated true love with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which means that love, like OCD can be treated with Prozac. · The vibrator was originally invented as a medical instrument and preceded the vacuum cleaner as a household appliance by 9 years. Isabel’s kinky, comic & sometimes shocking tales, accompanied by all your favorite sexy songs, will have you squirming, blushing, laughing & crying, perhaps even at the same time. Prepare for a post- coital smoke after this foxy ride. "Strap yourself in for a night out with cabaret artist Isabel Hertaeg." - The Age, Australia.

TOOTH & NAIL

“Tooth & Nail is nostalgic, juicy, and a perfect combination of tooth-rotting bad and keep-the-doctor-away good. So leave any expectations at home and take a jaw breaking bite.” Aus. Theatre

“very funny, challenging, trangressive… it just gets bolder and funnier” 3MBS

“SPECTACULAR” Sometimes Melbourne

Tooth & Nail, the wild dark circus treat in Finucane & Smith’s Triple Bill of Wild Delight is now on and playing to gobsmacked, delighted, won’t go home audiences. It’s like a dream – sweet, dark, beautiful, sexy and wild It stars Azaria UNIVERSE the WORLD FAMOUS circus siren from The Burlesque Hour And Jess LOVE whose late night drunken trapeze act was an absolute hit of Burlesque Hour 2009; with circus legend Derek IVES DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS WILD AND INTIMATE CIRCUS TREAT… YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT

Wed-Sun to 28 March BOOK NOW 9347 6142 www.lamama.com.au AND STAY ON FOR THE LATE NIGHT SALON DE DANCE DELUGE! STARRING WILD ANTICS FROM MOIRA FINUCANE, Olivier Award winning Londoner Christopher GREEN, the international darling of dance-with-a-dark-twist Brian LUCAS, Parisian dancing girl Holly DURANT, the handsomest dancer ever born Paul CORDEIRO, and Yumi UMIUMARE, Moira FINUCANE, Maude DAVEY, Harriet RITCHIE, Rob McCREDIE, Jess LOVE, Azaria UNIVERSE and more more more. NOW PLAYING AS PART OF FINUCANE & SMITH’S TRIPLE BILL OF WILD DELIGHT! Wed-Sat from 7pm, Sun from 5pm Till March 28 at La Mama Carlton Come for one or come for all… 9347 6142 www.lamama.com.au Tickets are an absolute steal from $12

DIVERSO

Diverso V is back and better than ever with a scintillating line up of performers, songstresses, artists and designers. So bring your love, bring your money, and bring your beautiful selves to help us bring on Diverso V at the legendary Northcote Social Club.

Singer/Songwriter Nyssa Bradsworth who performs with style, prowess, and a breathtaking voice. Aimee Francis described as; 2 shots of Rolling Stones with 1 shot each of Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Aerosmith, a dash of Janis Joplin & Suzi Quatro mixed in a long tall glass of rocknroll. Sammi Rayne who writes music with passion, played the guitar since she was ten and sung before she could talk. Emilie Zoey Baker, back on our shores from her 2009 North America tour, speaks up, Row Manson's twisted burlesque,. and magically yours, Cath Jamison.

Ending the evening with a big bad band Tantalum is a group of five dedicated women musicians, who share a passion for original rock music. And for our MC....drum roll please.... Bec Matthews. Bec is a percussionist, performer, educator, clown, theatre maker, musical director and now an MC.

And last but not least, the dynamic duo - Kirri and Lynn letting their hands do all the talking. This event is Auslan interpreted.

Diverso V will also feature stalls selling the crafts of local women designers including Cassandra Hill a self-confessed glass obsessive who makes one-off pieces which are kiln fired, dichroic glass and copper. And fashions by Perth/Melbourne based label Ubu La La.

Come join us to see all these fabulous women!

The Northcote Social Club Sunday March 28th

Doors 2:00pm, Show starts 2:15pm. Tickets $14 / $12 (Diverso is a not for profit organization - all the money collected at the door goes right to the artists).

CELEBRATE ART. CELEBRATE WOMEN.

DIVERSO V BLURB

Diverso V is back and better than ever with a scintillating line up of performers, songstresses, artists and designers. So bring your love, bring your money, and bring your beautiful selves to help us bring on Diverso V at the legendary Northcote Social Club.

Singer/Songwriter Nyssa Bradsworth who performs with style, prowess, and a breathtaking voice. Aimee Francis described as; 2 shots of Rolling Stones with 1 shot each of Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Aerosmith, a dash of Janis Joplin & Suzi Quatro mixed in a long tall glass of rocknroll. Sammi Rayne who writes music with passion, played the guitar since she was ten and sung before she could talk.

And where would Diverso be without our spoken word women? Emilie Zoey Baker, back on our shores from her 2009 North America tour, speaks up.

Diverso V’s performance art includes Row Manson's twisted burlesque, which will awaken you to a dream or a nightmare, where sexy meets the grotesque, the beautiful seems absurd and the ugly can become desirable. And magically yours, Cath Jamison, Australia’s Leading Female star of Magic will deliver a wickedly hilarious edgy performance and offer up a unique feminine twist to the world of Magic and intrigue.

Ending the evening with a big bad band Tantalum is a group of five dedicated women musicians, who share a passion for original rock music. Easy to watch, and very satisfying to listen to, their compositions have a very hard edge that represents their female authors; their lyrics ring true with stories of life and love, powered along by deep, gutsy, solid rhythms with rock and blues influences.

And for our MC....drum roll please.... Bec Matthews. Bec is a percussionist, performer, educator, clown, theatre maker, musical director and now an MC.

Bec is possibly best known as the drummer for Yana Alana and Tha Paranas, and musical director for the Women’s Circus. You may well have seen her swinging through the air playing on a wall of drums or making music with domestic items such as a cheese grater and a toilet. Bec has recently found the perfect outlet for these antics as she has become a member of the Circus Oz band.

And last but not least, the dynamic duo - Kirri and Lynn letting their hands do all the talking. This event is Auslan interpreted.

Diverso V will also feature stalls selling the crafts of local women designers including Cassandra Hill a self-confessed glass obsessive who makes one-off pieces which are kiln fired, dichroic glass and copper. And fashions by Perth/Melbourne based label Ubu La La. Come join us to see all these fabulous women!

The Northcote Social Club Sunday March 28th

Doors 2:00pm, Show starts 2:15pm.

Tickets $14 / $12 (Diverso is a not for profit organization - all the money collected at the door goes right to the artists).

CELEBRATE ART. CELEBRATE WOMEN. The Business: 28 MARCH, 4 & 11 APRIL Performed by Glynis Angell, Penny Baron, Clare Bartholomew & Kate Kantor Directed by Merophie Carr “Brilliant purveyors of physical comedy” Sydney Morning Herald “Constantly surprising, brilliantly absurd… don’t miss it.” Herald Sun TICKETS $25/$20 concession, Groups 6 + TO BOOK theartscentre.com.au 1300 182 183 the Arts Centre Box Office Barry, Ray, Pierre and Paul have always dreamed of playing with the great conductor Marcus Schmetterlink and his world famous Helsinki Symphony Orchestra. Tonight’s the night! As Paul, Barry Ray and Pierre arrive, set up and wait eagerly for Marcus, orchestral traditions get turned on their head and the real concert begins! www.thebusiness.net.au

VERITAS nica VERITAS OPENS TUESDAY 23 MARCH

Until 31 March,Veritas features NICA's graduating Bachelor of Circus Arts students in a spectacular high-energy ensemble performance about the search for truth and self discovery. Devised and directed by Holly Rollins, former Cirque du Soleil performer.

Dynamic aerial apparatus (swinging trapeze, dance trapeze, bungee trapeze, cloud swing, aerial hoop and aerial cube) teeterboard and straps are among the acts that combine with video projection to convey the characters’ journeys of exploration and discovery.

Contemporary music by well-known artists such as Ben Harper, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Coldplay and Regina Spektor form the soundtrack of the show. The performance is suitable for all ages and runs for 90 minutes, with no interval. The season is limited and tickets are selling fast. Book now to avoid disappointment.

NICA National Circus Centre Green Street Prahran Evenings: 23-27, 29-31 March @ 7.30pm Matinees: 25 March @ 1.30pm, 27 March @2pm School holiday matinees: 30, 31 March @ 2pm

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$22 Adult | $20 Conc | $14 Child | $55 Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) Discounts for school and group bookings are available. Contact NICA on 03 9214 6975.