WHAT'S HAPPENING 2012 - FEB / MAR

2012 SEASON

The full line-up of our huge 2012 season - theatre, musicals, live music & more will be coming soon!

ALL BOOKINGS: 6293 1443

COMEDY CLUB

APRIL 10 - MAY 8 - JULY 10 - SEPTEMBER 11 - NOVEMBER 13

Comedy Club at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre returns for 2012. Last year saw a season of sold out shows, interstate acts and some of the most unique and exciting comedy in Canberra. Hosted by Jay Sullivan, who consistently brings together a bi-monthly extravaganza of solid comedians from all over Australia. The bar is open, the mic is in the stand, grab a ticket and enjoy a great night of laughs.

BI-MONTHLY | 8PM // TICKETS $10

COSI

By Louis Nowra, Directed by Jessica Ramsay, Presented by the TAC Youth Theatre Group

A group of people in an institution want to put on a play and a artistic director has been hired. At first his inexperience begins to show, but the inmates are resolute and a grand production is staged.

FEBRUARY 15 - 18

ENCHANTING OPERETTA

Stopera Presents a concert of Viennese, French & English operetta favourites

Experience the wonderful world of operetta with Stopera, the ACT's chamber opera company. There are lilting Viennese waltzes by Strauss and Lehar, Parisian can-cans and romances by Offenbach, and of course the British comic songs of Gilbert and Sullivan. Stopera artists perform a glittering concert program of operetta's greatest hits, with excerpts from the "Merry Widow", "Die Fledermaus", "The Pirates of Penzance" and so much more!

SUNDAY MARCH 4 // 3PM

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Written & Composed by Jason Robert Brown, Directed by Domenic Mico, Starring Claire Watson & Simon Stone. Originally produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper & Marty Bell. Originally Produced by Northlight Theatre by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd exlusive agent for music theatre international (NY)

The Last Five Years book, music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The Last Five Years is a contemporary song cycle that ingeniously chronicles the five years of a marriage from meeting to breaking up...or from break up to meeting depending on how you look at it. A Canberra premier, containing many memorable songs.

MARCH 14 - 24

RUTH O'BRIEN

Jazz - Cabaret - Funk - Soul

Be sure to catch this upcoming songstress as she takes to the stage to perform her collection of original tunes while also covering some old favourites! Accompanied by some of Canberra's best young musicians. This will be a show that is sure not to disappoint.
 
MARCH 30 - 31

SINBAD THE SAILOR

Ickle Pickle Productions
 
Ickle Pickle Productions brings a show to the Tuggeranong Theatre for the first time in the April school holidays. Sinbad the Sailor, written by Canberra playwrite Peter McDonald, is an hilarious pantomime-style show, suitable for children and adults of all ages. It follows the story of Sinbad, a poor porter, as he travels the world in search of adventure. With Ickle Pickle Production's trademark humour and innovative staging, Sinbad the Sailor is great fun for all the family.

APRIL 17 - 28

THE COURT OF KING SWING CARACTACUS
A Mad Ferret Production, Written by Andrew Hackwill, Produced by Domenic Mico, Directed by Lainie Hart, Featuring Jonathan Flack, Alyce Nesbitt, Brian Kavangh, Dim Ristevski, Jan Kellett & Kevin Crowe.

1930's Australia, and all hell breaks loose when once again the country's leading and most highly respected astrologer predicts that the end of the world is not only nigh...It's tonight! If you remember Sanga Hill, then you will love this production.

MAY 11 - 26

THE PIANO DIARY

By Joanna Weinberg

"Joanna Weinberg and The Piano Diaries will only take about an hour and a half of your time. But it'll give pleasure and meaning that will last for hours, days, weeks, months, or even years after." - Brad Sykes, Australian Theatre Reviews.

JUNE 29 - 30 // 8PM

DR. DOLITTLE

Ickle Pickle Productions

Ickle Pickle Productions returns to the Tuggeranong Theatre in the July school holidays with a wonderful new musical adaptation of Dr. Dolittle, featuring a new musical score, and based on the original story. Great holiday fun for the whole family, come see the world's most famous vet as he ventures to far off lands and remote islands to discover new and strange animals.

JULY 11 - 21 

AN AFTERNOON OF OPERA

Stopera Presents a concert of arias, dues & ensembles from famous operas

Opera lovers are treated to a wonderful concert of their favourite arias, duets and ensembles, with music selected from the great Italian, French and German operas including "The Barber of Seville", " La Traviata", and "La Boheme". Dont miss this afternoon of operatic magic from around the world, performed by artists from Stopera, the ACT's chamber opera company.

SUNDAY JULY 29 // 3PM

WYRD SISTERS

By Terry Pratchett, Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, Directed by Kerrie Roberts

Tuggeranong's Women's Theatre Forum has established its theme of plays about older women with "Gertrude's Hamlet" in 2011. It continues this theme in 2012, along with the Shakespeare link & the device of 3 lead characters, with a production of Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters", adapted by Stephen Briggs. In this play, MacBeth's witches become the centre around which the play revoves, with Pratchett's offbeat, hilarious take on all sorts of narrative cliches.

AUGUST 15 - 25

FLAMENCO BANDALUZIA

Bandaluzia is a Sydney based Flamenco ensemble led by Damian Wright, consisting of a group of acclaimed musicians and dancers at the forefront of Flamenco in Australia. Bandaluzia combine contemporary and traditional Flamenco into mesmerizing displays of explosice dance, virtuosic guitars, soulful singing and masterful percussion, embodying all the passion, mystery and power of this remarkable art form.

SEPTEMBER 8 - 9

DRACULA

Pied Piper Productions

The zombies and vampires are unhappy with their life undergroup and Count Dracula forms them into a rock group to mingle with humans. Many strangs are woven together in a hilarious plot full of splendid eccentric characters and a dynamic rock score. Lots of laughs, great tunes and innocent fun for the whole family.

SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 13

BROADWAY MELODIES

Stopera Presents a concert of classic Broadway hits from the great musicals

Stopera goes to Broadway in this concert of classic hits from famous musicals like "Oklahoma", "The King and I", "Carousel", and "Guys and Dolls". Swoon to your favourite show tunes by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim, all performed by the versatile singers of the ACT chamber opera company Stopera.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 // 3PM

BUNYIP BUNYPII

Written and Directed by Domenic Mico

Imogen and her friend Robby the Robot find a most adorable Bunyip in the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and take him home to Kambah. They have to protect him from hunters who are seeking him about some unexplained happenings in the forest. A show for children 3 - 93, guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and wish that you believed in Bunyips.

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 16