2013CESSNOCK

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It is with great pleasure that we invite you to be a part of our 2013 season.

As with any theatre season it relies heavily on you, our audience, to bring the Performing Arts Centre to life. Our commitment is to present a season that is out of the ordinary, that has what it takes to not only be special but to be thrilling, amusing, uplifting and in some cases, challenging.

The 2013 season is a continuation of our commitment to presenting works from leading Australian theatre companies supported by popular concert tours, works for young people and schools. We are thrilled to offer a season that is peppered with some great names presented by some of Australia’s best known and loved companies.

You wanted cheaper tickets; we listened and are happy to announce that all of our

productions, except for our top-draw picks, are priced at $40 and under.

2013 at CPAC is also a year with some great ‘fi rsts’ – Our fi rst contemporary dance company, our fi rst Shakespeare and a new joint initiative with the Civic Theatre, Newcastle that allows our members to see more great shows at reduced rates.

Bigger, brighter, better!Vicki Sienczuk

Centre Coordinator

In celebration of 4 YEARS we are happy to give you 4 REASONS to become a

Member1. SAVE MONEYMembers receive generous discounts on all productions presented by the Centre. The more shows you see, the more you save.Secondly we have a new joint initiative with the Civic Theatre that allows CPAC members to see two great productions - Melbourne Ballet Company’s Infi nite Space and Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf Revue at the Civic Theatre Subscriber rate.

2. RESERVATION PRIVILEGESAs a member you are able to have tickets on reserve for up to 28 days prior to a performance.

3. SPECIAL OFFERSTwo for one ticket offer to one performance of your choice presented by CPAC and invitations to attend special events with priority notice given to members.

4. ADDED EXTRASComplimentary early bird glass of bubbles if you arrive by 7.30pm.Entry in the annual Members’ Prize draw. Membership Card.

Revolution has taken place at Manor Farm. The pigs have assumed control and under the principles of ‘Animalism’ a better life free from human service is promised to all. Guided by a simple set of rules and an unrelenting respect for authority, it is not long before the rules that promised freedom become the chains that bind the animals once again.

Animal Farm promises to be one of the most shocking, exciting, relevant and wickedly funny theatre events in 2013.

1 March 11am (schools only)

& 8pm

Animal Farm, one of the most controversial and studied political commentaries, arrives in a brand new production combining physical theatre and storytelling. George Orwell’s simple yet intensely powerful fairy tale illustrates how greed and absolute power corrupts absolutely and, with devastating consequences, can change the course of history.

80 minutes no interval

The Australian Government is proud to be associated with this tour through the national performing arts touring

program, Playing Australia, which gives Australian across the country the opportunity to see some of our best performing arts.

Originally produced in association with QPAC

Revolution has taken place at Manor Farm. The pigs have assumed control and under the principles of ‘Animalism’ a better life free from human service is promised to all. Guided by a simple set of rules and an unrelenting respect for authority, it is not long before the rules that promised freedom become the chains that bind the animals once again.

Animal Farm promises to be one of the most shocking, exciting, relevant and wickedly funny theatre events in 2013.

“shake & stir nailed it. Physical theatre at its best”. Artshub

Animal Farm, one of the most controversial and studied political commentaries, arrives in a brand new production combining physical theatre and storytelling. George Orwell’s simple yet intensely powerful fairy tale illustrates how greed and absolute power corrupts absolutely and, with devastating consequences, can change the course of history.

Adult $40Pensioner/Group 8+ $35

Member $33

Pig in. It’s time to get dirty.

“Do whatever you can to get a ticket”. The Courier-Mail

Photo: Jeff Busby

presents

SUNDOWNER“Morse is splendid...Director Kate Denborough seizes every opportunity to bring to life the collisions between the past and the present happening in the woman’s mind” The Australian

When a loved one starts to lose their memories, how do we hold on to them?

Starring Helen Morse, this inter-generational story celebrates the love that

binds families together.

“It’s the strangest thing. No longer being able to tell what is the past and what is the present. It seems that events that took place only minutes ago are now being erased while memories I have been able to hold at bay for decades

suddenly come rushing towards me.”

The realm of memory remains a great mystery. Through the eyes of three generations, Sundowner

tells the story of so many Australian families.

Sundowner combines theatre, dance and physicality in a story of lament and at times, grief and sorrow.

Ultimately though, this is a story of love: love of family, love of history and love of life.

DIRECTOR KATE DENBOROUGH WRITER DAVID DENBOROUGHPERFORMERS HELEN MORSE, JACKIE REES, CRAIG BARY,

GABRIELLE NANKIVELL, TIMOTHY OHL WITH THE TIVOLI LOVELIESCREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA

Adult $50Pensioner/Group 8+ $45

Member $43Student $30

26 & 27 March 8pm80 minutes no interval

“physical theatre at its best” Sydney Morning Herald

Adult $40Pensioner $38

Member/Group 8+ $35

7 May 8pm140 minutes including interval

A production by Christine Harris & HIT ProductionsAustralia’s Premier Theatre Touring Company

...a dark and deliciously funny comedy guaranteed to make you

laugh... but the elbow jabbing at your ribs is sharper than expected.

Gruff, well ordered, quintessentially Aussie family man Ron is convinced he is

dying. In a magnanimous gesture of loving fi nality, he hosts a party, giving his wife and

children the chance to spend a few last quality moments as a family.

The gathering brings about some urgent confessions, a surprise

‘wedding’, and a visit from the undertaker. As the minutes

tick away, Ron’s party schedule unravels to reveal a dysfunctional family unit that

is both outlandishly bizarre and utterly recognisable.

Starring Henri Szeps

7 May 8pm140 minutes including interval

A production by Christine Harris & HIT ProductionsAustralia’s Premier Theatre Touring Company

RON: Good evening. At 10.23pm on

January 24, my doctor gave me

three months to live. By my calculations, that leaves me with

exactly... 111 minutes. So Dawn’s invited the kids around for party

pies and Pavlova.

WARNING Strong language and adult themes.

...a dark and deliciously funny comedy guaranteed to make you

laugh... but the elbow jabbing at your ribs is sharper than expected.

Gruff, well ordered, quintessentially Aussie family man Ron is convinced he is

dying. In a magnanimous gesture of loving finality, he hosts a party, giving his wife and

children the chance to spend a few last quality moments as a family.

The gathering brings about some urgent confessions, a surprise

‘wedding’, and a visit from the undertaker. As the minutes

tick away, Ron’s party schedule unravels to reveal a dysfunctional family unit that

is both outlandishly bizarre and utterly recognisable.

Starring Henri Szeps

Natalie Weir’s

Love plays a major role in all our lives, but as Shakespeare knew too well, does not always guarantee

a fairy-tale ending.

Set across three different eras, and telling three different versions of events, R&J turns the classic story of Romeo and

Juliet on its head, cutting to the essence of what is real, human and inevitable.

Winner of Outstanding Achievement in Choreography at the 2012 Australian Dance Awards, R&J reinforces the

notion that love – no matter what age you are, or what era you live in – is eternal, and its power, everlasting.

With music composed by John Babbage and recorded by prolific music ensemble Topology, R&J celebrates

contemporary performance at its most bold and powerful.

Produced by Expressions Dance Company & Queensland Performing Arts Centre

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Produced by Expressions Dance Company & Queensland Performing Arts Centre

R&J “R&J is love interrupted, love you can’t live without and love you have to. This is Romeo and Juliet for our

times.” The Courier Mail

“A truly aesthetically beautiful performance, R&J will be sure to pull at the heart strings”

Scene Magazine, Reviewer Myjanne Jensen

Adult $40Pensioner/Group 8+ $38

Member $35Student $25

21 & 22 May 8pm60 minutes no interval

The Australian Government is proud to be associated with this tour through the national performing arts touring program, Playing Australia, which gives Australian across

the country the opportunity to see some of our best performing arts.

WARNING Performances may contain coarse language, adult themes and material that can offend.

WARNING Performances may contain coarse language, adult themes and material that can offend.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is back, with a big night of comedy from some of the world’s funniest comedians.Our cast of intrepid travelling comedians is hitting the road, entertaining crowds all across Australia. You can be a part of the fun when we roll into your town! Don’t miss Roadshow 2013 – all the hijinks are coming your way!

Tickets $50

6 June 8pm150 minutes including interval

Recommended for ages 15 yrs or older

Presented in association with DLW Corporate Services

“Steeped in decades of our history (social, political, theatrical), surprisingly upbeat…

a warm-hearted, very entertaining

evening.”Sydney Morning Herald

19 June 8pm75 minutes no interval

WARNING Contains strong language and adult themes.

Jack Charles V The CrownILBIJERRI Theatre Company

An extraordinary tale told by one of the nation’s near forgotten

treasures.Uncle Jack Charles is an Australian

legend: veteran actor, musician, Koori elder, activist and, until recently,

heroin addict and cat-burglar. This is a show about his life – told by him.

From Stolen Generation to Koori theatre in the 70s, from fi lm sets to Her Majesty’s prisons, Jack Charles V The

Crown runs the gamut of a life lived to its utmost. Charles’ unswerving

optimism transforms this tale of addiction, crime and doing time into

a kind of vagabond’s progress – a map of the traps of dispossession and

a guide to reaching the age of grey-haired wisdom.

Accompanied by a three-piece band, this one man show is a

theatrical delight brought to us by the oldest Indigenous theatre company in

Australia.

Adult $40Pensioner $37

Member/Group 8+ $35

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Tjupi (Honey Ant) come from Papunya, 250 km NW of Alice Springs. The Tjupi Band play energeticand emotive desert reggae. Singing in Luritja (as well as in English), they are the foremost musicalinspiration for people across Central Australia.Tjupi Band in many ways epitomizes Central Australian desert reggae – sparse upbeat, driving kick and snare, in-language; the songs are about loneliness for country, love lost, listening to Elders, following tradition, social issues, skin pride, tribal unity and, most importantly, pride of culture.

Telstra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Thu 11

Darwin Festival Santos ConcertFri 12

Katherine Festival Katherine Town Square 5pm

Sat 13

YirrkalaMon 15

GaliwinkuTue 16 - Fri 19

Take Control Music Festival, Hindle Park, Gove

Sat 20

GapiwuyukSun 21

RaminginingTue 23

ManingridaWed 24 & Thu 25

Oenpelli Stone Country Festival Sat 27

for more informationmusic@artbacknt.com.au

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Co-presented by The Samaritans Information and

Neighbourhood Centre

Tickets $20In celebration of NAIDOC WEEK

Produced by Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring and Music NT

Tjupi (Honey Ant) come from Tjupi (Honey Ant) come from Papunya, 250 km NW of Papunya, 250 km NW of Alice Springs. The Tjupi Alice Springs. The Tjupi Band play energeticBand play energetic

desert reggae. desert reggae. Singing in Luritja Singing in Luritja

people across people across Central Australia.Central Australia.Tjupi Band in many ways epitomizes Central Australian desert reggae – sparse upbeat, driving kick and snare, in-language;

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Telstra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Thu 11

Darwin Festival Santos ConcertFri 12

Katherine Festival Katherine Town Square 5pm

Sat 13

YirrkalaMon 15

GaliwinkuTue 16 - Fri 19

Take Control Music Festival, Hindle Park, Gove

Sat 20

GapiwuyukSun 21

RaminginingTue 23

ManingridaWed 24 & Thu 25

Oenpelli Stone Country Festival Sat 27

for more informationmusic@artbacknt.com.au

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Produced by Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring and Music NT

3 July 8pm90 minutes no interval

From growing up learning from the members of Warumpi

Band, they form part of the new wave

of uniquely Indigenous Australian

reggae; alongside

other musical innovators

such as Saltwater

Band and Letterstick Band.

“Love the harmonies [on Wati Kutjungku]- it paints such a rich picture of how inland Australia sounds. It cruises along simply

but beautifully” Richard Kingsmill, Triple J

From growing up learning from From growing up learning from the members of Warumpi the members of Warumpi

Band, they form part Band, they form part of the new wave of the new wave

other musical other musical

Letterstick Band.Letterstick Band.

“Love the harmonies [on Wati “Love the harmonies [on Wati

“This is satirical Williamson at his best” The Australian

Incongruous brothers Ian and Ben are on their way to Sydney to visit their recently widowed father. Three big surprises are in store when they arrive at his 75th birthday celebration.

The ‘Old Man’ is worth $100 million. He’s gone and married Fury, an American

beauty queen half his age. There is no pre-nup…

With his trademark wit and skilful blending of contemporary culture within the ageless framework of family greed, jealousy, love and expectation, Australia’s leading playwright David Williamson has delivered a scorching comedy with bite.

DAVID WILLIAMSON’S

W H E N DA D M A R R I E D F U R YA production by Christine Harris & HIT Productions, Australia’s Premier Theatre Touring Company

Adult $40Pensioner/Group 10+ $36

Member $35

14 August 8pm135 minutes including interval

WARNING Contains strong language and adult themes

Watch out, because here comes the bride…

DAVID WILLIAMSON’S

W H E N DA D M A R R I E D F U R YA production by Christine Harris & HIT Productions, Australia’s Premier Theatre Touring Company

Star

ring John Wood

73 minutes no interval

Adult $40Pensioner $38

Member/Group 8+ $35

3 September 8pm

By Annie ByronBased on Kissing Frogs by Andee Jones

Riverside Productions and True West Theatre

Annie Byron brings all her charm and humour to Connie, a woman of a certain age who wants to believe that fi nding a romantic love through an internet dating site is not a serious

heart hazard.

Based on Andee Jones’ bestselling book Kissing Frogs, it brings a humorous twist to those pressing questions about love such as, why is it so hard to fi nd and even harder to keep? Is romantic love the impossible dream and how do you know Mr Right even when you fi nd him? Insightful and revealing,

RU4Me is a laugh-fi lled, fun night out.

The perfect girls’ night out

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“…Byron’s delivery invites immediate connection” Sydney Morning Herald

This project has been made possible by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW

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“...a contemporary story with just the right amount of yester-year reference...conversation [that is] snappy and

personable...a brave and bolshy, sexy performance...This show will sell out. It’s great fun and perfect for

anyone who has tried the computerized chaos of finding love online.” Augusta Supple

The perfect girls’ night out

!

“…Byron’s delivery invites immediate connection” Sydney Morning Herald

WRITER ANNIE BYRONDIRECTOR WAYNE HARRISON

LIGHTING AND PROJECTION DESIGNNICHOLAS HIGGINS

SOUND DESIGN JEREMY SILVERSTARRING ANNIE BYRON

135 minutes including interval

19 October 8pm

“Am I in earth, inheaven, or in hell?Sleeping or waking?mad or well advised?Known unto these, andto myself disguised!”

Antipholus of Syracuse, Act 2, Scene 2The Comedy Of Errors

Adult $50Pensioner $48Member $45Student $35

A Bell Shakespeare and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production

Photo: Kris Washusen

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTOR IMARA SAVAGEDESIGNER PIP RUNCIMAN LIGHTING DESIGNER MARK PENNINGTON

WITH ELENA CARAPETIS, JUDE HENSHALL, NATHAN O’KEEFE AND HAZEM SHAMMAS

Two sets of identical twins are separated at birthwhen they’re rescued from a shipwreck. And

when they end up in the same shifty, transitory port-town of Ephesus fully grown, we join them

on their bizarre journey of reconciliation. As they collide unknowingly with each other’s friends

and family, it’s not long before this absurd tale of mistaken identity and far-fetched coincidence

unfolds in chaotic hilarity.

Imara Savage takes on one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies with style. Sharp banter and

comical word-play lure us into a contemporary world where characters are reinvented,

individuality is fl uid, and bigger themes lie justbelow the surface.

Over the course of this fast-paced comedy, truths are increasingly unstable, accidents more

unfortunate and the boundary between what’s real and what isn’t becomes even more tenuous.

A Bell Shakespeare and State Theatre Company of South Australia co-production

INFINITE SPACE

INFINITE SPACE is an example of classical dance reinterpreted to be relevant and inspiring for both new and loyal ballet audiences. It takes audiences on a choreographic journey through four original works that have been acclaimed as

both thrilling and compelling.

Friday 5 April 8pmSaturday 6 April 8pm

Civic Theatre

“Essential and compelling viewing” The Herald Sun

CHOREOGRAPHY SIMON HOY AND ROBERT KELLY

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Their mission, should they choose to accept it: make Australia’s political landscape funnier than

it already is.

The mighty and the ridiculous will duck for cover as The Wharf Revue team swoops in for another go at poking politics and popular culture in the

eye with its carefully sharpened satire stick.

“If it’s political satire you want, The Wharf Revue is the place to get it.”

Time Out

Friday 27 September 8pmSaturday 28 September 8pm

Civic Theatre

“Essential and compelling viewing” The Herald Sun

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