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University Theatres (M416)
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009
Telephone (+61 8) 6488 2691   
Fax (+61 8) 6488 1022

April

Teddy Bears' Picnic presented by School of Music
Teddy Bears' Picnic

Date and time: 3.00pm, Sunday 1 April

Venue: Sunken Garden

Bookings: Please contact School of Music

Overview: ...if you go down in the woods today, be sure of BIG surprise!..

The teddies of Perth unite for a festive event in the picturesque setting of the UWA Sunken Gardens. Big Teddies and passionate instrumentalists will laugh, sing, dance and explore the wonder of music.

 

UWA Pantomine presents: The Sound of Murder
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Date and time: 7.30pm, Thursday 12 April

Date and time: 7.30pm, Friday 13 April

Date and time: 7.30pm, Saturday 14 April

Venue: Dolphin Theatre

Bookings: Please contact uwapanto@gmail.com

Overview: A somewhat original musical about crime boss Don Trappelli and the hitwoman governess he hires to teach his children how to become better mobsters. Featuring a live (for now) band and audience interaction!

 

School of Music Keyed Up!
Keyed Up

Date and time: 7:30pm, Friday 13 April

Venue: Winthrop Hall

Bookings: Contact BOCS on 9484 1133

Overview: Australian-born pianist Cameron Roberts is recognised as an artist of great distinction and originality. He performs in Australia, England and Spain as soloist and chamber musician whilst gaining growing success as a composer and arranger. Roberts opens the Keyed Up! season with a performance of Beethoven’s beloved Moonlight Sonata.

 

RTR Concert in the pines
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Date and time: 12pm, Sunday 22 April

Venue: Somerville Auditorium

Bookings: Visit the RTR website

Overview: In the Pines returns to the beautiful surrounds of the Somerville Auditorium on the grounds of UWA for the 19th installment of this iconic celebration of local music.

 

The Old Fella and mates presented by University Theatres
The Old Fella

Date and time: 7.30pm, Thursday 26 April

Venue: Octagon Theatre

Bookings: Contact Bocs on 9484 1133

Overview: He’s The Old Fella who gave up shearing for stand-up and won hearts around the country with his performances on Australia’s Got Talent. 68-year-old retired farmer, Rod Gregory, was stunned to make it to the top four in the grand final. He didn’t expect to make it through the first audition! As one of our newest comedians, The Old Fella has performed all over Australia and will hit Bunbury in May this year with his true blue humour and his own unique take on life after retirement.

 

UWA Choral Society joins with Fremantle Symphony Orchestra to present Verdi Requiem
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Date and time: 2.00pm, Sunday 29 April

Venue: Winthrop Hall

Bookings: Contact Bocs on 9484 1133

Overview: This will be a wonderful event of a rarely performed work in Perth with 150 choir members and an orchestra of over 60 members in the beautiful Winthrop Hall at the University of WA.

May

Vogue Performers presents "Movies 'n' Musicals"
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Date and time: 7.30pm, Saturday 5 May

Venue: Octagon Theatre

Bookings: Contact Leanna 0412777202 or TryBooking.

Overview: Featuring a cast of over 100 talented students from Vogue Performers. This is a spectacular production of song and dance number from your favourite movies and musicals including Wicked, Cats and Dreamgirls. Starring Rhoda Lopez. 

University Dramatic Society presents "Cruise"
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Venue: Dolphin Theatre

Bookings: Tickets can be purchased online at UDS

Overview: “That there is Polaris...Our deeds chase us, just like that star. They will follow us till the end of our time pacing upon this earth. All the rest fades but one thing remains...I remember a cruise.” Cruise by James Cohen (Book) and Jackson Griggs (Music) is an upbeat original musical. Set aboard the Cruise ship “The North Star” in the 1970’s, four couples attempt to outrun themselves. Either dreading the past or the future, they find solace aboard the ship free from the conventions of dry land. Will they be able to out run the demons that chase them, or will the fragile masks they wear shatter upon impact as the storm draws near?.

 

English & Cultural Studies UWA presents Women Beware Women
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Date and time:

Venue: Dolphin Theatre

Bookings: Tickets available at the door

Prices: General $20, Concession $15

Overview: In 2011, English and Cultural Studies at UWA presented two Jacobean revenge tragedies – The Duchess of Malfi and The Changeling. This year, theatre students in English and Cultural Studies present contemporary English playwright Howard Barker’s revisioning of Thomas Middleton’s Jacobean revenge tragedy Women Beware Women. Middleton’s play was last performed at UWA in the Octagon Theatre in 1982, directed by then director-in-residence Timothy West with a cast comprising English Department staff and members of the UWA GRADS and UDS theatre communities.

 

Rexband A Jesus Youth Australia Initiative
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Date and time: 7.00pm, Sunday 27 May

Venue: Octagon Theatre

Bookings: Contact: perth@jesusyouth.org.au

Overview: Jesus Youth Australia presents a series of concerts by Rexband, a premier Catholic contemporary Christian band that is known for its popular performances and unique style of music.

 

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