STAGE His Majesty’s Theatre GUIDE J A S U U E L G P 2015 State Theatre Centre of WA Subiaco ArtsSubiaco Centre PERTH THEATRE Albany Entertainment Centre Entertainment Albany TRUST Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 PERTH THEATRE 3 JUL DESPERATELY TRUST YOUNG AT HEART to ROBERT HOFMANN Compulsory cabaret starring burly baritone 4 JUL turned delicious diva Robert Hofmann, who is classically trained and now outrageously Contents unchained. Enjoy spicy stand-up and musical perfection as award-winning Hofmann morphs 1 - 8 His Majesty’s Theatre into characters from his sell-out Fringe World Festival shows of 2014/15. Catch this high-energy Downstairs at the Maj cabaret on its last stop before Edinburgh Fringe. 9 - 19 State Theatre Centre of WA His Majesty’s Theatre 20 - 25 Subiaco Arts Centre JULY 26 - 48 Albany Entertainment Centre 49 Ticketing 50 - 53 Contact us This publication is current at June 2015. Some information may have changed since publication. Some event tickets may not be on sale at the time of print. Perth Theatre Trust regrets that they cannot accept liabilities from errors or omissions contained in this publication, however caused. Image credits from this publication are available from the Perth Theatre Trust website. Copies of this publication are available in alternative formats upon request. 1 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 FROM West Australian Opera 14 JUL COMEDY LOUNGE THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO to Once a month on a Friday, have a night out at His 10 JUL Plot turns, trickery and mistaken identity all play a 25 JUL Majesty’s Theatre’s intimate downstairs venue and part in the game of love in Mozart’s comic opera. enjoy a hand-picked line-up of the best comedic Much like love, what appears to be simple is not and acts. Order something to eat from our light menu traditional ideas are turned on their heads in this and relax with a drink as you experience the best in much-loved classic opera. The beauty of Mozart’s local, national and international comedians. This is music ties it all together. just how stand-up should be, up close and personal! Downstairs at the Maj His Majesty’s Theatre His Majesty’s Theatre JULY - DECEMBER JULY JULY 2 3 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 20 AUG 26 AUG DEDICATIONS MORNING MELODIES JOHN O’HARA to ALL THE WAY In a tour de force inspired by Australia’s seminal late 22 AUG With Charlie-Moon Meader’s smooth jazz vocals night radio program, John O’Hara inhabits multiple and a hint of swing, All The Way features wonderful characters who confess and confide in the Love God. arrangements by Luke Savage including old Experience the heartache and triumphs as they call in, favourites by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, request a song and share the stories of a nation in and Tony Bennett and modern tunes by Michael Bublé, out of love. Featuring classic love songs from Whitney Rod Stewart and Harry Connick Jr. Houston, Aerosmith, Lionel Richie, Michael Bolton, KISS, Downstairs at the Maj Cyndi Lauper, Leonard Cohen and more. His Majesty’s Theatre His Majesty’s Theatre AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST 4 5 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 UNTIL West Australian Ballet 11 SEP THE GREAT VARIETY COPPÉLIA SHOW OF 2015 to AN EXHIBITION Variety’s the word for this kaleidoscopic array 28 AUG Two lovers, an eccentric doctor and an exquisite life- 26 SEP of artifacts from the wonderful world of like doll dance a merry pas de trois in this stunning entertainment. Names such as George Wallace, new production of Coppélia. Set to the charming Enid Bennet, Errol Flynn and Anna Pavlova are music of Léo Delibes, this much loved romantic found amongst the displays. Most intriguing are classic, joyously refreshed by choreographer Greg the depression era movie posters from the Theatre Horsman is “…a wonderful experience for the whole Royal in Hay Street, covered up and out of sight Museum of Performing Arts family.”- Limelight. since 1933. His Majesty’s Theatre His Majesty’s Theatre JULY - AUGUST JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 6 7 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 24 SEP CDP Theatre Producers 30 JUN ADOLESCENT THE GRUFFALO’S MICHAEL GRIFFITHS to CHILD to Michael Griffiths isn’t going to let turning 40 26 SEP CDP presents Tall Stories’ magical musical 5 JUL stop his prolonged adolescence! Join him for an adaptation of The Gruffalo’s Child based on the hour of glorious 80s pop and a celebration of award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson teenage dreams. Winner Best Cabaret Adelaide and Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Fringe Weekly Award 2015. Children’s Books. ‘a joyous refusal to grow old’ - Sydney Morning Herald. Downstairs at the Maj Recommended for ages 4+ and their adults. Heath Ledger Theatre His Majesty’s Theatre State Theatre Centre of WA SEPTEMBER JUNE - JULY 8 9 Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Smarter than Smoking Presents 7 JUL Barking Gecko Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company ‘s 8 JUL GUDIRR GUDIRR STORM BOY to BY COLIN THIELE to ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY TOM HOLLOWAY Gudirr Gudirr calls a warning, the guwayi bird calls 9 JUL One of Australia’s best loved stories is brought to 11 JUL when the tide is turning — to miss the call is to the stage! Escape to a far-away windy beach to drown. An intimate solo dance and video work meet Storm Boy, Fingerbone Bill and Mr Percival performed by Dalisa Pigram, daughter of Broome. the Pelican as you introduce a new generation to By turns hesitant, restless, resilient and angry, the wonder, sadness and hope of this home grown Gudirr Gudirr lights a path from a broken past classic. through a fragile present and on to a future still in Studio Underground Heath Ledger Theatre the making. State Theatre Centre of WA State Theatre Centre of WA JULY JULY 10 11 Black Swan State Theatre Company St George’s Anglican Grammar School and Flametree 18 JUL Theatre Company 6 AUG NOËL COWARD’S POPSTARS! THE 90s BLITHE SPIRIT to MUSICAL to Warring wives, laughter, magic and mayhem – 9 AUG Packed with pop smash hits from the 8 AUG you’ll never get enough of it in this farcical play hyper-coloured 1990s. Set in a school, it’s full of spectral action. A hilarious and fantastical boy-band versus girl-band in this roaring homage comedy about ‘astral bigamy’, Blithe Spirit is a to an under-appreciated decade. Can Mark playful look at what lies beyond the grave, and vanquish his ex-girlfriend Shannon and take home what happens when love comes back to haunt us. the talent show prize? Who wins the recording Heath Ledger Theatre contract? Will true love find a way? Should a Studio Underground State Theatre Centre of WA group of boys really sing, Baby One More Time? State Theatre Centre of WA JULY - AUGUST JULY - AUGUST JULY 12 13 Perth Theatre Trust Season 2015 National Geographic and Sundance Company (Pty) Ltd 10 AUG 12 AUG MY NINE LIVES BELL SHAKESPEARE’S WITH STEVE WINTER HAMLET to Trek into some of the world’s most remote Welcome to Elsinore, a place threatened by secret 15 AUG locations with explorer Steve Winter as he tyranny where no one is safe from prying eyes and tracks big cats. Share in his captivating stories eavesdropping. All are under constant surveillance. live on stage, from the nocturnal adventures of Tormented by indecision and haunted by his mother’s a mountain lion in the Hollywood hills, being perceived crime, Hamlet knows that dark acts result in charged by rhinos, to narrowly avoiding becoming darker consequences. There is little that’s darker than jaguar prey in Brazil. Heath Ledger Theatre the act of revenge. Heath Ledger Theatre State Theatre Centre of WA By William Shakespeare, Director Damien Ryan. State Theatre Centre of WA AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST 14 15 Tranby College 19 AUG Midnite Youth Theatre Company 20 AUG HAIRSPRAY CLOUDSTREET THE BROADWAY to to MUSICAL Hairspray The Broadway Musical continues to 21 AUG The Midnite Youth Theatre Company presents 22 AUG be one of the most widely produced musicals an abridged version of Nick Enright and Justin today, not only because of its humour and charm, Monjo’s adaptation of Tim Winton’s best-selling but also because of the beautiful message of novel. Cloudstreet aches with love and joy acceptance and love that it portrays. Be prepared arising from the shadows of despair, confusion to be entertained by the wonderfully talented and fear. Don’t miss this epic and unforgettable students of Tranby College! Heath Ledger Theatre piece of Australian drama. Studio Underground State Theatre Centre of WA State Theatre Centre of WA AUGUST AUGUST 16 17 Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 26 AUG Black Swan State Theatre Company 19 SEP THE MARS PROJECT EXTINCTION to BY HANNIE RAYSON to Wren is driven. Driven to be special. Driven 29 AUG How do we choose what’s worth saving? Andy 4 OCT enough to pack, leave and never come back – to Dixon believes in preserving the environment. Earth that is. From the frenzied world of celebrity When his lover accepts funding from a mining to the rampaging cult of ‘self-fulfillment’, The company, he questions her motives. However Mars Project looks to unravel the absurdities of little does she know that Andy’s life is in as our Me-First age. It explores what it takes to be much danger as the species she is trying to save. super-human. And asks whether in those efforts Rehearsal Room 2 Heath Ledger Theatre we risk becoming sub-human.