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Celebrity Theatresports� (VIC)

See TV, radio and sporting personalities as you've never seen them before - and as they've never seen themselves. Every scene is made up on the spot, sparked by audience suggestion, powered by serious Impro training and performance-enhancing chocolate bars.

The game will be full of thrills, sportsmanship and surprises. Cheer as your team reaches dizzying comic heights one minute, then spectacularly crash and burn the next. The stars are coming out to play, but there will be no excuses, just a riotous fight to the end.

The teams are out to score maximum points before the whistle blows. There will be spills, laughs, and there might even be oranges at halftime. Join in and find out who will win the season�s Best and Fairest.

(SA)

Presents:-

The Australian Premiere of

Sir Terry Pratchett’s

“Unseen Academicals”

Original adaptation by Stephen Briggs.
Re-adapted and Directed for Unseen Theatre Company by Pamela Munt

“We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.”

We all know that man cannot survive on bread alone – unless of course he is Lord Havelock Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. Vetinari usually dines on bread and water followed by the oil that makes the city of Ankh-Morpork run smoothly.

In this year of the Pensive Hare, people were getting bored, and the oil was wearing a bit thin. It was threatening to spread out of control via the vicious street game of foot-the-ball that the people were turning to for their amusement. A game that they believed was more exciting than beating other people over the head with big weapons.

Football – like diplomacy and marriage. Short periods of fighting followed by long periods of negotiaton.

The important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

WHEN: Preview Friday April 9th, Opening Night Sat. April 10th.
Season continues Wed to Sat until April 24. (all shows at 8pm)
WHERE: The Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide.
TIX: Adults $18, Conc $15, Groups (10+) $14, Fringe Benefits $14
(FREE TIX NIGHT for holders of Health Cards or the equivalent Friday 9th April)
BOOKINGS: www.bakehousetheatre.com (no booking fee for on-line bookings)
or phone 82270505 ($2 per ticket booking fee applies)

Unseen Academicals (SA)

Late Night Impro (VIC)

��set the audience laughing enough to make the rickety Bosco Theatre shudder.� RHUM

Polish up your martini glasses and join Impro Melbourne for the debonair wit of Late Night Impro, now in its 12th consecutive season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

It�s sharper than the lapel on Cary Grant�s suit, classier than Grace Kelly�s shoes, and funnier than Jerry Lewis.

The improvisers are vying to be named Best Director for scenes starring their rivals. As the stakes get higher, alliances are made and betrayed, with more doublecrossing than Hitchcock at his finest. Insouciant charm on the surface, scoundrelly sabotage seething beneath, the players are as cool as a Bond Martini.

It�s survival of the funniest. The improvisers want your laughs, your loyalty, and your votes. You decide which player wins. Which director has the comic genius of Billy Wilder, and who is the new Ed Wood?

The improvisers are neither shaken nor stirred as they target your funnybone. By midnight, there will be a new kingpin. Game on.

Playback Theatre (NSW)

It�s improvisation like you've never imagined - a unique collaboration between audience, performers and musicians.
And each performance is a one-off, created in the moment for a single audience to enjoy.
Scenes inspired by the honest stories audience volunteers, in the hands of the brilliant improvisers of the company, make for funny - and surprisingly moving - theatre.

Playback is truly unique. An artform that requires intensive listening skills, group work, trust and dedication,
its highly-trained actors draw on music, dance, physical theatre, mime, improv and Greek chorus skills.
What they create is a thrill that exists in the moment� but whose magic will be with you long after the lights come up!

Battlefiled (ACT)

Battlefield is a Butoh-inspired Live Art work that explores the cross generational desire to reach for perfection through conformity.
Using Butoh and 80�s dance, Chenoeh Miller (LDTA) will direct CYT performers aged 18-25 in the all encompassing sensory experience of Battlefield. Battlefield will be evocative, startling and thought provoking � the human propensity to seek perfection through conformity will be laid bare for the audience in the intimate space at C-Block Theatre.

Venue: C-Block Theatre, Gorman House Arts Centre

Location: Batman Street, Braddon ACT 2612

Tickets: Adults $15, Concession $10, Family $40 (2 Adults + 2 Concession)

Performance Dates: Thurs 11th � Sat 12th March @ 8pm
Sun 14th March @ 6pm

Bookings: Call CYT on (02) 6248 5057

Soul to Soul (I have a dream) (VIC)

Movin' Melvin Brown presents

Soul to Soul (I have a dream)
A musical, tap dancing soulful extravaganza!

If you think of the combined singing ability of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding and the dancing and entertainment ability of Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Jackson, then you get the amazing talents Movin' Melvin Brown from Austin Texas!

In this show Soul to Soul (I have a dream), Melvin explores the real meaning of Soul Music, a humorous trip from Africa to America today, featuring songs by Sam Cooke, James Brown, Otis Redding and Movin' Melvin Brown and more. This is the true definition of Soul - brought alive through Song, Dance, Tap, Comedy and Rhythm.

His intriguing shows have entertained all age groups at major international arts and music festivals- some of which include the recent Nice Jazz Festival, Las Vegas Show Lounges MGM Grand, Jupiter's Casino in Australia, gospel shows and several worldwide events. At The Edinburgh Festival Revue covered by BBC, he was the only act to be called back on several occasions because of popular demand.

�It's a rare treat: to have an all-round performer of Melvin Brown's calibre and background is an opportunity that doesn't come every day. Make the most of it!� (The Age)

16 - 21 March
Tues - Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm
Tickets: $41 Full, $35 Concession and Groups 10+ (+ Transaction Fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

Another Opening, Another Show (VIC)

Manilla St Productions Present

Another Opening, Another Show
The hit songs from the flop shows!

The West End and Broadway have seen many musicals come and go. Some are runaway successes, others barely see the light of day before they close. Another Opening, Another Show is an evening of hit songs from the musicals that didn�t quite make it. Andrew Lloyd Weber may have enjoyed phenomenal success with The Phantom of the Opera but his musical The Beautiful Game was less successful despite claims the show features some of �Lloyd Webber's most haunting ballads.�

Join some of Australia's most celebrated music theatre artists on a journey through the decades of the wonderful songs from the forgotten shows. The production stars four of Australia�s musical theatre talents: Rosie Harris, Danielle Matthews (winner of the 2009 Rob Guest Endowment), James Millar and Simon Gleeson.

3 - 7 March 8pm
Tickets: $35 Full, $25 Concession and Groups 10+ (+ transaction fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

The Impro Cave Summer Club (VIC)

Expect Impro Melbourne�s sharpshooting players to hold nothing back as a totally new season is at their mercy. Throw them some ideas, and the Impro kids will rock out with them. There will be dares, double dares, and maybe an air guitar riff and some dancing on tables in Converse sneakers.
Ditch detention, forge a note from your mum and join the party!
"If you haven�t seen an Impro Melbourne show, step out of your own comfort zone, take a risk and just do it!" Australian Stage Online

Sunburnt Country (VIC)

Marney McQueen presents

Sunburnt Country

Starring Rosa the Russian Beautician and friends

It�s been a busy year for Rosa the Russian Beautician. After last year�s sell-out comedy festival season she was catapulted into waxing stardom � with waiting lists a mile long, her appointment book is now chock-the-block until May 2011. There is no way you can get into the world�s most highly sought after waxer to the stars� salon, but you could come to see her in one of her hit shows to drink from her fountain of worldly knowledge. Rosa is such a fashionista, all the big labels are throwing their designs at her, and just recently she was first runner up at Spring Racing Carnival�s Fashion on the Fields on Derby Day.

Marney McQueen is quickly becoming one of the hottest comedy cabaret performers in Melbourne � she was shortlisted for Best Newcomer during her debut season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2009 and went on to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival. This year Marney is back with a brand new show starring Rosa the Russian Beautician and a swag of other characters from across Australia. This is a truly unique comedy cabaret show.

A graduate of NIDA, Marney has studied with Australian master of character comedy Barry Humphries in New York, which she notes �has had a great influence on my work�. She appears weekly as Rosa the Russian Beauty Therapist in her own show, Rosa Waxes Lyrical on Melbourne's JOY 94.9 radio station.

"Make your way to this show, if you don�t you will regret it for the rest of your life!" ***** (Edinburgh Guide)

"You will go home singing, "Honour your bikini," as bonkers as that may sound." ****
(Scotland Herald)

"Marney McQueen is a true chameleon entertainer. She has the potential to be a leader in the next generation of brilliant one woman show performers." (Jacki Weaver)

26 March � 13 April (except Easter weekend)
Fri and Sat 9pm, Sun 6pm, Mon and Tues 7pm.
Tickets: $35 Full, Groups 10+ $30 (+ transaction fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

The Seagull King (VIC)

Two Cats Theatre presents

The Seagull King

Centrelink gave Wallace, a roguish old actor who'd never cracked it, a choice: work in a nursing home or lose your benefits. Wallace couldn't hack the work, yet neither could he face living on the streets. Optionless, he fraudulently had himself admitted into a nursing-home acting as though he had Alzheimer's. Yet despite these past years being his greatest acting achievement to date, he yearns for the stage. Then, unbelievably, a major Shakespearian role emerges in his nursing-home room. It's so close Wallace can already hear the critics raving.

Now all that stands between him and his dream is EVERYTHING.

17 � 28 February
Wed - Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm
Matinee Sat 2pm
Tickets: $25 Full, $20 Concession and Groups 10+ ( + transaction fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

Alzheimer's the Musical - A night to remember! (VIC)

Prospect Productions Present

Alzheimer's the Musical - A night to remember!

See it again & again & again, for the first time!

Written by Maureen Sherlock.
Starring Lyn Shakespeare, Maureen Sherlock & Carole Yelland.

After a quick nana-nap, the oldest swingers are back in town, hot-to-trot with a riotous night of senior moments and golden oldies. Get jiggy and boogie on down to some Hip-Replacement Hop, enjoy vintage angst with The Leader of the Geriatric Pack and put your lippy on for Grab-a-Granny night!
At the Jurassic Park Retirement Village, our motto is �never say die� and growing old disgracefully is the only way to go! Who says there isn�t time to shoot the nude calendar?! Remember, inside every old chook is a spring chicken wondering �What the?!�

�The audience guffawed and cheered �� Hilarious!� (The Age)

�An exuberant take on growing old! Wipe away tears of laughter!� (Rainbow-Jeparit Argus)

�A hilarious venture into the perils of old age.� (Alzheimer's Australia Newsletter)

Golden Gibbo, Runner Up/Highly Commended, 2007 MICF
Women with Attitude Award, Comedy@Trades 2007 MICF

24 March � 11 April
Preview 23 March
Senior�s Special Sunday - all tix $16!
Wed - Sun (except Easter weekend)
7pm, Sunday 3pm
Tickets: $26, $21 Concession and Groups 10+, $18 Preview (+ transaction fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

Dogg�s Hamlet, Cahoot�s Macbeth (VIC)

PMD Productions presents Tom Stoppard�s

Dogg�s Hamlet, Cahoot�s Macbeth

By special arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd.
Directed by Paul Knox
With Jennifer Innes

The comma that divides Dogg�s Hamlet and Cahoot�s Macbeth serves both to separate them and to show their relationship. One could not exist without the other and together they form a piece of theatre that makes a statement greater than the sum of its parts.

Beginning with a language-game from Ludwig Wittgenstein�s Philosophical Investigations, Stoppard discards our familiar English in favour of �Dogg�, a language that is caught more than learned. From there we attack Shakespeare�s classic Hamlet with irreverence, language and actors thrown about the stage with reckless abandon.

Cahoot�s Macbeth was written as a tribute to Pavel Kohout, banned theatre maker and dissident in 1970s Soviet Czechoslovakia. An early example of Stoppard�s life-long advocacy for human rights, Cahoot�s Macbeth takes our language-game into dangerous territory, daring to defy authority and showing how language can be used to oppress or to liberate, depending on who�s in control.

�Hilarious�cuts Shakespeare to the quick� (The New York Times)

�With his sense of the absurd and his inspired understanding of Shakespeare, (Stoppard) shares a sense of how theatre � being made fun of � might be the thing an authoritarian regime was most afraid of� (The Guardian)

11 � 27 March
Wed � Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm
2pm Matinee Sat 20
Tickets: $30 Full, $25 Concession and Grps 10+ ( + Transaction Fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10
* PMD Season Subscriptions also available. Please see Chapel Off Chapel website for full details.

Broadway, Opera�and all that Jazz (VIC)

Cabaret Latte presents

Broadway, Opera�and all that Jazz

Sensational show stoppers from Broadway's best, a cheeky look at the world of opera and some fascinatin' rhythms - this show has it all! Cabaret Latte transforms your all time favourites into tasty bite-sized morsels that anyone can digest. From Mikado to My Fair Lady, Cabaret Latte is Puttin' on the Ritz. Entertainment where the songs are brassy, crowd pleasing and louder than a Peter Allen shirt!

Cabaret Latte - the act The Age describes as �Slick satire with a twist�. Cabaret Latte is a four piece vocal ensemble serving up a stylish mix of Broadway, pop and classical favourites with wit and musical savoir faire. Expect the unexpected. This comic quartet is sure to keep you guessing with
their new show � Broadway, Opera ... and all that Jazz.

5 � 7 March
Fri and Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm
Tickets: $30 Full, $25 Concession and Groups 10+ (+ transaction fee)
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10

A Narrow Time for Angels ... the musical (VIC)

A Narrow Time for Angels is an irreverent comedy; fast paced and sexy, with more than a hint of dark humour and a sprinkling of songs. It is midnight at the morgue and Sam�s working overtime. When her routine autopsy is interrupted by Magnolia Ternback on a mysteriously morbid mission, they find themselves on a roller coaster ride of lost love, desperate acts, bubbling desire, betrayal and murder. Between love and hate, between midnight and morning, between death and heaven�s door�it�s a narrow time for angels.

Directed by Clara Pagone
Musical direction by Graham Clarke
music by Ruth Katerelos & Sean Weatherly
Preview Tuesday 2nd February $18
Wednesday 3rd � Sunday 14th February 2010
Tues � Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 5pm.
Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
189 High St Northcote
Tickets $25/18 $20 gps 10+

Impro Melbourne Public Workshops Term 1 (VIC)

Everyone can benefit from impro training. Doctors, IT professionals, full-time students, writers, managers and actors are all regular participants in our workshops. Whatever you do, whatever you like, see how impro training can be applied to your world. Plus it�s a whole lot of fun!

You will be taught by Impro Melbourne's most devoted teachers whose expertise is in demand nation-wide and overseas too!

Term 1 2010
Tuesdays, 2nd February - 30th March
Wednesdays, 3rd February - 31st March

Time: 7 - 9pm

Location: The Space 318 Chapel Street (cnr Carlton St) Prahran
OR
Parish Hall 52 James Street, Northcote

Cost: $264 (incl. GST) Full, $220 (incl. GST) Concession

Contact: Sean Fabri
Phone: 0417 507 907
Email: publicworkshops@impromelbourne.com.au

6th Annual NARPACA Ticketing Professionals Conference (VIC)

6th Annual NARPACA Ticketing Professionals Conference

PEOPLE: The Human Face of the Box Office

In 2010 Ticketing Professionals are meeting in Sydney 10-12 February to share ideas, compare thoughts and discuss initiatives to ensure that technology does not distract us from the importance of PEOPLE: The Human Face of the Box Office. See details about the program http://ticketingprofessionals.com.au/program.htm

Over three busy days you will hear from national and international experts and network with your peers from around Australia. As part of the conference, the trade show offers system vendors and you the opportunity to share, discuss and demonstrate recent advances in ticketing systems and the analysis of box office data.

Performance is at the core of most entertainment. The performing arts are about a performance on stage each night that is the effective result of the cooperation of a lot of different people both back stage and front of house. People help deliver the service of live performance in a variety of roles from the usher to the artist to the person behind the bar after the show and many other supporting roles. The staff in your box office are often the first point of contact for a patron and hopefully .. not the last!

Speakers include: Aaron Curran, Sydney Opera House � Aus, Jeremy Dixon, THE EDGE � NZ, David Eedle, founder ArtsHub � Aus, Beth Aplin, The Aplin Partnership � UK and more. See more at http://ticketingprofessionals.com.au/speakers.htm

The venue for the conference and tradeshow is the Sydney Marriott Hotel and we have organized great deals to stay there for conference delegates. More about the hotel http://ticketingprofessionals.com.au/hotels.htm

Register online at www.ticketingprofessionals.com.au

Macarthur Playwriting Festival 2009 - Beware the Ides of March (NSW)

Wingz Productions latest show, �Macarthur Playwriting Festival 2009 � Beware the Ides of March� is being staged at the Town Hall Theatre, 297 Queen Street, Campbelltown and is being staged on 5th December 2009. The doors will open at 7pm with pre show nibblies and will be followed by a supper afterwards.

The plays being presented at this festival are: �Moment of Truth� written by C.G. Willats directed by Michael Griffin, �A Tale of Two Men� written and directed by Rhondda Hendley, �nine-thirty-six� written and directed by Kenneth Ogilvie & �Treetop Actress� written by Miles Nordin & directed by Paul Jenkins. All the plays are produced by Sandi Owens. This evening also includes the 8th Annual Wingz Awards & Entertainment.

The plays being presented are the short-listed plays in the festival and are being judged in two categories, �Judges Choice� and �The People�s Choice� awards. All the plays contain �Beware the Ides of March� within the play. All audience members have the opportunity of voting for their choice for �The People�s Choice� Award.

Both �Tale of Two Men� & �nine-thirty-six� are both playwrights are residents of Campbelltown. �Moment of Truth� playwright comes from the Hurstville area and the playwright of �Treetop Actress� comes from Brooklyn, New York (USA).

Wingz Productions have produced many shows over their 9 year history, most recently Wingz Productions have produced �The Hound of the Baskervilles� & �Death by Chocolate�.

Tickets for this evening are $22.00. Tickets can be booked by calling (02) 4627-1550, tickets can also be purchased from the theatre box office on 5th December 2009.

An Afternoon of Double Happiness (NSW)

On Sunday 29th November 2009, Out of the Box Theatre will draw inspiration from The White Rabbit Collection in the inner Sydney suburb of Chippendale, and also offer gallery visitors a behind the scenes look into our playback rehearsal session.

Opening in August 2009, the White Rabbit Collection is Sydney�s newest home for contemporary Chinese art, offering an eclectic mix of media and styles of post-2000 artworks. Established and funded by the Neilson Foundation, White Rabbit aims to exhibit highly engaging works of contemporary art from China in an accessible environment.

Join us for an afternoon of double happiness � a visit to the Gallery at 30 Balfour St Chippendale plus a look into the troupe in rehearsal between 4:15pm and 5:15pm in the Gallery�s digital media room. You may even like to share your own White Rabbit experiences and see them brought immediately to life through playback theatre.

Admission to both the gallery and the rehearsal session is FREE.

Out of the Box Theatre acknowledges the generosity of the White Rabbit Collection in supporting this initiative.

Curtains the Musical (NSW)

MAY 2010 @ HORNSBY RSL

SHOW DATES:
Thursday 20th and Friday 21st May @ 8pm,
Saturday 22nd @ 2pm and 8pm, Sunday 23rd @ 3pm,
Wednesday 26th, Friday 28th @8pm and
Saturday the 29th @ 2pm and 8pm

Book online at http://www.hornsbyrsl.com.au
or ph 9477 7777