LIGHTYEAR [PG]

100 mins.   Animated  Action  Adventure 

While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source.

Friday 16/09   10:45 am
Saturday 17/09  6:45 pm
Sunday 18/09   1:45 pm
Wednesday 21/09   10:45 am

Thursday 29/09   10:45 am
Friday 30/09   10:45 am
Saturday 01/10   1:45 pm
Sunday 02/10    1:45 pm  FINAL

Mild science fiction themes and animated violence

Cast

Chris Evans (Buzz Lightyear)

Taika Waititi (Mo Morrison)

Keke Palmer (Izzy Hawthorne)

James Brolin (Zurg)

1954 - Ella, Etta, Eartha [LIVE] starring Melissa Western

Beauty, brains and a ballsy belt...

SAT 8 OCT 8PM

1954 - Ella, Etta, Eartha [LIVE]

starring Melissa Western

Swinging jazz, powerful soul and cheeky kitsch pay tribute to this magnificent era in music and inspiring trio of pioneering singers. 50s style abounds.

$25; Child $12; Conc $15; Student $15

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“Western is a force of nature...Great storyteller, feisty, highly enjoyable; … Warm, witty and supremely talented … captivating …fantastic instrumentalists”

★★★★★ Broadway Baby

“When the music stops, there is the longest silence. Then Melissa Western’s voice reappears, snatching you away again, inspiring a big grin on your face. You knew she was never gone for long, yet in that silence you still missed her.”

★★★★★ Three Weeks

At first glance Melissa Western may appear the quintessential sultry diva, but scratch a little below the surface and you soon find a brainy entrepreneur with an elastic voice and a particular addiction to research.

“I’m really quite a nerd. I can’t help researching! I’d be learning another tune sung by a gorgeous, amazing female singer and then want to know more about their life, so I’d dig and dig and be so surprised to learn about their lives” says Western. “As my understanding of the mid 50s developed I was drawn to the stories of Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt and Etta James. Though very different in their styles of music, I noticed this common thread of genre trailblazing, of three women of colour breaking glass ceilings all around them and paving the way for so many who followed after them”.

It’s these stories that fuel Western’s feast of jazz, soul and cabaret. Joining Melissa onstage is a versatile and talented all-female jazz band featuring some of Brisbane’s very best musicians.

1954: Ella, Etta, Eartha builds on the sellout success of Western’s previous jazz cabaret Oh Lady Be Good. A sellout at the Queensland Cabaret Festival, Anywhere Theatre Festival, Brisbane Jazz Club and Edinburgh Fringe, the show has won over audiences from the prestigious Brisbane City Hall Main Auditorium to the Jumpers & Jazz Festival in Warwick.

Having toured around the world to the Speigeltent at the Canterbury Festival, a UK tour (Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire), Brisbane Jazz Club, Maleny Arts Council, Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Festival and more Melissa and her top notch jazz team are over the moon to be presenting a brand new cabaret in 2022.

THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS “The Distraction”

WINNER BEST COMEDY AT THE 2021 ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL

Do you love staring at screens? Are you staring at a screen right now? You should get out more. Specifically to a show that has an enormous screen smack-bang in the middle of it. 

The Umbilicals take the energy of live performance and the spectacle of cinema and smashes them together into a new show performed simultaneously on stage and on the big screen. Its like nothing you’ve ever seen, and nothing they’ve ever done, and it will blow your mind way more literally than you are expecting. The Distraction: enabling your screen addiction. 

THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS  
 ...LIVE ON STAGE...

“The Distraction”

8pm Friday 28 October 2022 

They haven’t just broken down the rules of theatre; they’ve invented a new theatrical multiverse. Unbelievable human performances meets special-effects wizadry. It feels so much like magic, you’ll want to burn them at the stake. 

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Adult $55, Conc $49; Groups 10+ $49

Presale available from 10am Tuesday 12 July 2022 

Presented by A-List Entertainment

**Winner best comedy at Adelaide Fringe 2021**

Reviews

• Unlike any comedy show I've ever seen. It's brilliant, clever and very, very funny. - Broadway World
• Five Stars - The Advertiser
• 10/10 One word - BRILLIANT! The Umbilical Brothers have taken entertainment to another level...the show that's so amazing you may lose your head. - Weekend Notes
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www.umbilicalbrothers.com 

www.alist.com.au

FAIRYTALES ON ICE [LIVE ON STAGE]

 Direct from its sellout tour in the US, 
the ice skating spectacular ‘Fairytales on Ice’ is touring Australia this year. 
Delight in the spectacular as award-winning skaters bring your favourite fairy tale characters to life through ice skating, singing, and music!

 WED 21 SEPT 7pm 

FAIRYTALES ON ICE   

[LIVE ON STAGE] 

2022 AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Featuring stories and characters from The Little Mermaid & The Pirate Adventures, explore the fairy tale land alongside Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, and more!

Follow the ice skating magic as swashbuckling pirates embark on an underwater adventure and let these well-known characters lift you high into another world.

Become immersed in a storyline that features the familiar and the unknown. ‘Fairytales on Ice’ will delight, entertain, and leave you—and the family—jumping for joy! Be mesmerised by world-class skaters from all ends of the globe as they spin through show-stopping sets, bedazzling costumes, and enchanting effects that are sure to delight and excite.

Performers glide effortlessly across the floor in a hold-your-breath experience you won’t want to miss. This non-stop thrilling adventure features exciting magical illusions, spectacular special effects, alongside an original award-winning recorded soundtrack with thrilling jumps, spins and pair lifts—as the ice skating spectacular takes to the stage in your town this year.

Tickets based on seating location: 

Platinum $69.50; Gold $57.50; Silver $42.50; 

Family of 4+ 10% off ticket price (not applicable for VIP Tickets)  

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EARLYBIRD on sale until 10am Mon 30 May 2022

Platinum $59.50; Gold $45.50; Silver $29.50; 

Family of 4+ 10% off ticket price (not applicable for VIP Tickets)  

Royal VIP Experience $89.50  call 07-4761 5430 to book

for a truly memorable experience ... includes a premium seat, pre show VIP access, meet and greet with some cast members, photo opportunity and merchandise gift! VIP Ticket holders will need to arrive at the venue prior to the performance. 

Charters Towers Annual Eisteddfod 19-24 Aug 2022

With sections including Art, Drama, Music & Dance, the Charters Towers Eisteddfod is a wonderful showcase of young student talent in the region, LIVE on stage in Mt Leyshon Auditorium at The World Theatre.

Fri 19 Aug - Mon 22 Aug    Dance

Mon 22 Aug       Speech  6pm 

Tues 23 Aug      Choirs  6pm

Wed 24Aug       Bands   6pm

Ticket Prices per session:
Adults $8,  Child 5+yrs/Conc $5 
Family Pass (2A2C) $15,  Day Pass $15 = 3 sessions in the same day.  
Programs $10 

Charters Towers Eisteddfod 2022 run sheet

 

 

"The Charters Towers Performing Arts Festival was formed by a group of dedicated parents who wanted to give the young people of our community a chance to perform and to show The World the results of all their hard work and practice.

Over the years it has grown and evolved into what is now The Charters Towers Eisteddfod. It is held in August every year and attracted over 1500 entries from all across North Queensland who performed in Music, Dance, Drama and Visual Arts sections, and performed well."

2022 Committee Officials
PRESIDENT Kalinda Large
TREASURER Donna McIntosh
SECRETARY Jess Blakey

2022 Committee Members
Romilde Busiko, Michelle Ramm, Sophie Baron

2022 adjudicators:

• SPEECH & DRAMA  Roslyn McIvor
• DANCE  Debbe Landel
• MUSIC Alan White
• ART Louise Dean

BOOK online anytime (+$1) www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/world-theatre

THE WORLD THEATRE BOX OFFICE

OPEN 30min before Eisteddfod session start time

86 Mosman St Charters Towers Qld 4820 P 07-47615430

JIM ARENA: "Charters Towers Early Years" art exhibition 4 SEPT to 30 OCT 2022

Opening 3pm SUN 4 SEPT - all welcome.

Bar open, meet the artist. Art will be on sale to add to your collection.

A collection of oil paintings by local artist Jim Arena, featuring a selection of mining and street scenes from around the 1880’s to 1900’s, and a selection of riverscapes inspired by the Burdekin River, the Fletcher and Lolworth Creeks. FREE entry. Open Mon to Fri 10am – 1pm.


JIM ARENA: "Charters Towers Early Years"

Jim is a local artist, with family in the area going back generations.

A very talented artist who was the local signwriter until he retired, Jim has been refining his painting techniques for quite a long time.

During his years in these trades his work covered many other aspects of the visual advertising industry including airbrushing, murals, pencil, pen and ink and hundreds of T-shirt and tea towel designs.

He has designed numerous book covers and illustrated books for authors from all over Australia. Many of his designs still appear on coins, letterheads, honour boards and in business advertising. He has won State and National awards for his designs and artwork. His work was included in the United Nations General Assembly Exhibition in USA in 1982, and was used in advertising in Portugal, Spain, Bahrain and the USA.


Jim’s great grandparents were among the early pioneering families of Charters Towers owning various businesses and gold mines in the area. His great grandfather was a Councillor for a time and ran his own hairdressing shop.

Jim’s father was born in Charters Towers in 1908 and attended Mount Carmel College.

A great uncle, after returning from the Great War, was a member of the Charters Towers Hospitals Board and made many journeys to outlying medical posts including Collinsville, Ingham and Ayr.

Another uncle was instrumental in the forming of the first Choristers Group in the city. His great aunt owned and ran a boarding house in Hodgkinson Street.

Now Jim paints full time, creating vistas inspired by the early years of Charters Towers, and the surrounding country.


This exhibition is a collection of oil paintings featuring a selection of mining and street scenes from around the 1880’s to 1900’s, and a selection of riverscapes inspired by the Burdekin River, the Fletcher and Lolworth Creeks.

open Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm

plus during cinema and events

BARBAROI [LIVE circus]

A blend of high octane circus, cabaret and physical theatre, suitable for all ages.

BARBAROI  combines daring acrobatics, aerials  & phenomenal  circus acts set against a pumping soundtrack complimented by finely  tuned  lighting  and special effects. 

                                  

BARBAROI  will leave audiences young and old holding their breath and on the edge of their seat. Welcome to the five star award winning cyberpunk circus showdown that is BARBAROI  !

FRI 22 JULY

11AM

7.30PM

BARBAROI circus 

[LIVE on stage]

by After Dark Theatre

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Adult $59.00

Child 3-12 yrs  $35.00

Concession  $49.00

Student $49.00

Family Ticket (2AD+2CH) $160.00

review:

https://glamadelaide.com.au/fringe-review-barbaroi/

"These wonderful acrobats keep the crowd’s attention through changing scenarios with varying equipment. Their balance and agility is formidable and they demonstrate a trust in each other than allows for some breathtaking moments. The five men and one woman demonstrate many circus skills among them juggling, tumbling, trapeze, cord lisse, pole climbing, bar work and even parkour." 

Cast: 

Stan Ricketsoons' background is in elite  gymnastics, having trained at the High Performance Centre of  Gymnastics  and studied Theatre Arts at Swinburne University Melbourne, Australia where he honed in his performance skills. He trained for three years at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) graduating in 2011 specialising in aerial straps, Chinese pole and teeterboard.

Stan has performed aerials and acrobatics in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and Macau in  touring  shows, corporate functions, traditional circus, cabarets, festivals and cruise liners.

Stan also has experience as a circus trainer, having taught on the degree program at the National Centre for Circus Arts (formally known as Circus Space) in London, Aircraft Circus (Woolwich, London) and Gravity Aerial Academy, London. Stan  has  also taught aerial straps on the degree program at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne, Australia.

Stan is a co producer and performer in 'Barbaroi'.

Amy Nightingale-Olsen is a professional flyer. She gets tossed in the air by people and lands on them again for a living. A graduate of NICA, the national institute of circus arts, Amy has performed with Australian circus companies such as Circus Oz, Circa & Highwire Entertainment.

Alongside flying, Amy also performs Club Juggling, Foot Juggling & Icarian Games (human foot juggling). Currently she works for Dummies Corp, a Melbourne based independent circus company, in the internationally acclaimed show 'Trash Test Dummies'.

Amy has travelled all over the world with her work. She loves the art form, the community and the people she gets to work with every day.

Ryan Darwin once threw a pair of tomatoes up in the air: that act would send him stumbling for the next twenty years down the rabbit hole, that is: performing. Ryan uses a combination of juggling, rola bola, corde lisse, headstands and handstands to create moments of beautiful simplicity. His aim – to present circus at a human level.

Inspired and moulded by years of street performing prior to studying at the National Institute of Circus Arts. Ryan realised what he called ‘the necessity of training evolution’ was paramount. He became fascinated by the potential of fusing circus and dance elements, choosing to study an additional year at The Space Arts and  Dance  Centre. This resulted in the co-founding an original show: 'My Sight–Their Sight' by company Blindful that incorporated both physical practices.

Currently an ensemble member of the shows 'By A Thread' and 'Sensory Decadence' by the company One Fell Swoop Circus, Ryan looks forward to expanding and sharing repertoire with the cast of 'Barbaroi'.

Excitable, energetic, enthusiastic  and  most  of  all  determined, Karina Schiller began her career as a circus performer with 16 years in elite gymnastics and then at the Australian National Institute of Circus Arts.  Seeking to learn a diverse range of specialities,  Karina has travelled the world training Chinese pole with Mahrane Hannachi in Quebec, hand to hand, ground acrobatics, teeterboard, banquine, tightwire, flying trapeze and clowning with specialist teachers from tiny towns in Spain to masters from

China.

Interested in the academic side as well she has participated in workshops ranging from the DAS Arts Method of Feedback Giving all the way to Feminism in Circus and everything in between. Karina was a lead character in the show ‘Finestra Aperta’ for the European Capital of Culture in the Netherlands and Australia's own Circus Oz in their show ‘Precarious’. She was an ensemble member for the off festival show 'William the Great' in Montréal Complètement Cirque, is the shorter half of the Chinese pole duo...Moxie and is thrilled to be a part of the cast of 'Barbaroi'.

Jon Allingham found circus as a teenager in Wollongong through Circus Monoxide. This sparked a love for the art form, and he was soon training daily before moving to Melbourne when he was accepted into NICA. Specializing in  partner  acrobatics,  hoop diving, and Russian bar,

Jon graduated in 2011. Since then, he's worked around the world, including on board P&O Cruise ships, as a specialist circus artist for Opera Australia, and many shows with group acrobatics troupe Affinity Circus. More recently, Jon was part of 'PARADE' - a resident show in Chamaeleon Theatre in Berlin, performing over 170 shows in 6 months.  Jon has strong passion for group acrobatics and ensemble work, and is a self-described tosser (and catcher, thankfully).

Byron Hutton is an ambitious circus performer who constantly challenges himself by learning new  performance  techniques. Byron made a duo full length juggling show called 'Jugg  Life', which has toured around Australia, was nominated for a Green Room Award 2019 and won Gasworks Circus Showdown 2015.

Byron's solo show 'Bit by Bit' was nominated for Best Circus in its inaugural season at Melbourne Fringe 2018.  Byron has dedicated his life to making juggling as entertaining and interesting as possible.   He’s achieved this through his unstoppable dedication and combining his high skill level in juggling, with  dance, percussion and stage craft.

Byron has directed, taught, and performed  juggling  his  whole adult life.

After Dark Theatre

Company History

Beginning in 2008 as a black- light theatre company, After Dark Theatre created its debut circus show ‘Runtime Error’. This was, at the time a ground-breaking performance, fusing black light illusionary techniques with physical theatre and circus. In 2009 ADT produced the production of ‘Limbo – requiem’, which was an inter-art circus piece utilising puppetry and advanced lighting techniques.

Since then, ADT have become circus producing veterans and have produced and or designed a number of award- winning productions, including in their portfolio Barbaroi, PDC Rock!, They Say She’s Different, Trash Test Dummies, Pappilion, We Should Quit, Element of Consequence, By a Thread, Society, Rouge, Rebel, and Hochie Mumma; After Dark Theatre's running resident circus cabaret in Fitzroy.

From 2014 to present After Dark Theatre have been the technical Co-ordinators for ‘Gluttony' at Adelaide Fringe Festival where it managers 8 venues, 2 acres of outdoor parkland, and over 50 productions.

 

 

AMITI STRING QUARTET with LLOYD VAN’T HOFF

 Australian Festival of Chamber Music Winterschool Outreach Concert...

Amiti Quartet perform Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 74 and the Ravel String Quartet; with Lloyd joining them for David Schiff’s Ducal Suite for clarinet and string quartet

AFCM Concert

AMITI STRING QUARTET 
with 

LLOYD VAN’T HOFF, CLARINETTIST

6pm Saturday 23 July 2022

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$20 . Conc .| Student $15 . CHILD $12

The AFCM Winterschool Outreach program provides an extraordinary opportunity for an emerging ensemble to give concerts and create a profile throughout the festival. 

Through a series of workshops and performances at local secondary schools and theatres in the region, and led by  Lloyd van’t Hoff, the Outreach Program will feature 2021 Masterclass Alumni, the Amiti Quartet.

THE PULSE ~ Gravity & Other Myths - filmed on stage at The Sydney Festival 2022

★★★★★ Gravity defied in spectacular fashion....  

Sydney Morning Herald

MUSIC | CIRCUS | FAMILY | 75mins | 

coming to the cinema screen for 1 WEEK ONLY
this June/July school holidays!

Friday 8/7 - 10:30am
Saturday 9/7/2022 - 1:40pm
Sunday 10/7 - 1:40pm  FINAL

Physical theatre with 24 bodies and 26 voices. Presented by a company that routinely eludes earth’s forces and a euphoric symphony of strength, sinew and song, it sends humans into the air and hearts into mouths.

Gravity & Other Myths  trailer 

The sheer scale of it will get you first. 22 bodies and 26 voices in a sweeping, pulsating ebb and flow of humanity. Then you’ll start to absorb the details – the expertly crafted passages of seemingly impossible levels of cooperation. The mountain of bodies crumbling into an ocean of voice in an epic yet intricate symphony of strength, sinew and haunting song. With your blood pumping and your heart in your mouth watch bodies soaring, diving, tumbling then finding centre, finding stillness, amidst chaos.  

The world-renowned Australian physical theatre company Gravity & Other Myths, which brought the acclaimed Backbone to Sydney Festival in 2018, now unites with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' VOX for The Pulse.

A moving choral score meets and enhances the beauty of the physical display, as this landmark work explores how we – as people, communities or clusters of particles – respond to the changes that are continually happening around us. 

Captured by Australian Theatre live with stunning cinematography, from the Helpmann Award®-winning creative team of director Darcy Grant, lighting designer Geoff Cobham and composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix, The Pulse is a work of mighty ambition from a company that routinely eludes earth’s forces.

all tickets just $10

DOG [M]

1h41m . Comedy Family

Thursday 7/7 - 10:40am
Friday 8/7-   6:30pm
Saturday 9/7 - 6:30pm
Sunday 10/7 - 3:20pm  FINAL

With a dog named Lulu  (a Belgian Malinois) by his side, Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum)  races down the Pacific Coast to make it to a soldier's funeral on time. Along the way, Briggs and Lulu drive each other completely crazy, break a handful of laws, narrowly evade death, and learn to let down their guards to have a fighting chance of finding happiness.

Directors: Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum

Writers: Reid Carolin (screenplay), Brett Rodriguez (story)

Stars:  Channing Tatum, Q'orianka Kilcher, Ethan Suplee

The movie Dog is partially based on a true story. Co-director and star of the film, Channing Tatum rescued a mix-breed dog named Lulu in 2008. She lived with him for the last decade of her life, passing away from cancer in December of 2018.

M Coarse language and drug use

Audience reviews

  

 

 

 

 

 

 This movie surprised the heck out of me! Tatum, who also co‑directed this film, definitely has what it takes to make it big beyond an acting, or dancing, career. I’m old enough to remember how touching Tom Hanks’ Turner & Hooch was, so to do the idea again and to have done it so well really amazed me. It also has underlying messages on how this country treats our veterans, with two very distinct hard hitting scenes that make you want to scream. I have no idea what makes our government forget our heroes like that—-truly saddening. Back to the main plot though, the dog performed fantastic, the supporting characters also did well, but man that Tatum completely handled this film to victory and it was awesome. Very entertaining film, less comedy and more dram-edy than we’re used to, but the impact the movie has on you makes you forget all that. Great film.

    

 

 

 

 

 

 This storyline is an excellent portrayal of what the aftermath of post war does to some heroic veterans; ptsd, traumatic head injury, personal and families post combat conflict and also the trauma related anxiety affects on a service dog... It's a story that can't help but to tap into your emotions. It's amazing to see how Lulu's and the Army Ranger's personality is completely transformed being the result of unexpectedly being joined together from the Sargeant. Then as a result of fate and some complex adjustments they formed an inseparable loving bond. It does have subtle features of three adults having foreplay while dressed, pot plants and pot-laced suckers, whiskey and beer that children may question.

    

 

 

 

 

 Dog: A serious comedy. Channing Tatum is a discharged Army Ranger recovering from a brain injury, he wants to do a security guard course but needs clearance from his former C.O.  Unsure that Tatum is fit the officer says he'll sign off on it if Tatum delivers a temperamental Combat Dog, Lulu, to her handlers funeral in Arizona. A road movie ensues with high jinks from Lulu messing up Tatum's encounter with tantric yoga practitioners, meeting up with an off the fris hippie couple and causing havoc in a hotel. There are plenty of laughs but also a very serious side to the film. PTSD, alcoholism, drug abuse and family break up among injured war veterans are explored. As is the monstering/othering of the enemy and the effect that can have on the dogs outside of a military setting, An entertaining film which you won't forget in a hurry.