BE ENTERTAINED AND AMAZED! RIVERLINKS 2014 SEASON SUMMARY Riverlinks and Greater Shepparton City Council are proud to again present an exciting range of performances as a part of the highly popular annual season, all at a fraction of the cost of traveling to Melbourne. The popular In Your Town program returns to Dookie and Tatura, along with a performance of Ciao at the Italian Social Club, in Shepparton. You will laugh, cry and be amazed. We look forward to entertaining you in 2014. MELBOURNE FRINGE ON TOUR Emily Taylor in Cannonball: This award winning show catapults us into a world both suburban and extraordinary. Darkly revealing and disturbingly funny, ten characters struggle with life, mortality and happiness, as Green Room Award winner Emily Taylor morphs and mutates between them. Million Dollar Tegan: In the blue corner, standing at 168cm and weighing in at 58 kilos, Tegan Higginbotham, a.k.a. “Million Dollar Tegan”, takes on the world of female boxing in and out of the ring in her highly acclaimed and award nominated show. Tickets from $15 - $20 Westside PAC Wednesday 5 March, 8.00pm A DOUBLE BILL NOT TO BE MISSED… NOW MUSIC PRESENTS SWEET - SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - THE HITS TOUR A British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as a prominent glitter rock act. The band achieved notable success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone. They then turned to a more hard rock style. This will be their first big Australian tour since 2004. Tickets from $79 - $89 Eastbank Centre Wednesday 19 March, 8.00pm IN EXCESS OF 30 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WORLDWIDE LAKE BY LISA WILSON Bold in its vision and deeply evocative, Lisa Wilson’s Lake literally floods the entire performance area to grapple with our fascination and our fear of water. Lisa’s widely acclaimed independent production, Lake delivers stark captivating theatricality in what is acknowledged as a major new Australian dance theatre work. Toured by Performing Lines for Road Work. Tickets from $25 - $37 WestSide PAC Friday 28 March, 7.30pm VIVA VIVALDI This program showcases the scintillating virtuosity of Vivaldi’s string concerti. The ever popular Four Seasons takes centre stage alongside a hand-picked selection of the Venetian master’s most exciting works and other audience favourites. This concert season will also feature the world premiere of a new work written especially for MCO by emerging composer Nicholas Buc. Tickets from $25 - $37 Eastbank Centre Tuesday 1 April, 8.00pm Contains adult themes and some coarse language. MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA VIRTUOSI A HUMAN STORY OF DESTRUCTION AND RENEWAL TOLD THROUGH DANCE EARLY BIRD COMEDY CHILDREN CABARET DANCE MUSIC FAMILY DRAMA IN YOUR TOWN SHEPPARTON FESTIVAL EVENT
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BE EnTERTAinED AnD AMAzED!
RIVERLINKS 2014SEASOn SUMMARY
Riverlinks and Greater Shepparton City Council are proud to again present an exciting range of performances as a part of the highly popular annual season, all at a fraction of the cost of traveling to Melbourne.
The popular In Your Town program returns to Dookie and Tatura, along with a performance of Ciao at the italian Social Club, in Shepparton. You will laugh, cry and be amazed. We look forward to entertaining you in 2014.
melBourne frInge on tourEmily Taylor in Cannonball: This award winning show catapults us into a world both suburban and extraordinary. Darkly revealing and disturbingly funny, ten characters struggle with life, mortality and happiness, as Green Room Award winner Emily Taylor morphs and mutates between them.
Million Dollar Tegan: in the blue corner, standing at 168cm and weighing in at 58 kilos, Tegan Higginbotham, a.k.a. “Million Dollar Tegan”, takes on the world of female boxing in and out of the ring in her highly acclaimed and award nominated show.
the hItS tourA British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as a prominent glitter rock act. The band achieved notable success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone. They then turned to a more hard rock style. This will be their first big Australian tour since 2004.
Tickets from $79 - $89 Eastbank Centre
Wednesday 19 March, 8.00pm
In exceSS of 30 mIllIon recordS Sold worldwIde
lake BY lISa wIlSon
Bold in its vision and deeply evocative, Lisa Wilson’s Lake literally floods the entire performance area to grapple with our fascination and our fear of water. Lisa’s widely acclaimed independent production, Lake delivers stark captivating theatricality in what is acknowledged as a major new Australian dance theatre work. Toured by Performing Lines for Road Work.
vIva vIvaldI This program showcases the scintillating virtuosity of Vivaldi’s string concerti. The ever popular Four Seasons takes centre stage alongside a hand-picked selection of the Venetian master’s most exciting works and other audience favourites. This concert season will also feature the world premiere of a new work written especially for MCO by emerging composer nicholas Buc.
Tickets from $25 - $37 Eastbank Centre
Tuesday 1 April, 8.00pm
Contains adult themes and some coarse language.
melBourne chamBer orcheStra vIrtuoSI
a human StorY of deStructIon and renewal told through dance
EARLY BiRD COMEDYCHiLDREnCABARET DAnCE MUSiCFAMiLYDRAMA in YOUR TOWn
SHEPPARTOn FESTiVAL EVEnT
artBack nt: artS development and tourIng preSentS
dJukI mala - chookY dancerS They are unique, accessible and popularist, indigenous and contemporary, funny and skilled. They forge together different cultural traditions and illustrate the force of new media and the web.Producer/Director Joshua Bond.
Tickets from $20 - $25 Eastbank Centre Tuesday 29 April, 1.00pm & 7.30pm
YoutuBe SenSatIon
Shepparton BraSS Band SundaY concertS
This traditional local brass band is set to delight audiences once again with their annual concert. They will also perform a themed concert in Tatura in June.
Entry by gold coin Eastbank Centre
Sunday 4 May, 2.30pmVictory Hall, Tatura
Sunday 1 June, 2.30pm
muSIc for the whole famIlY
a cdp productIon
the 13-StoreY treehouSeBY rIchard tulloch dIrected BY JulIan louIS
Who wouldn’t want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-Storey Treehouse that has everything, including a bowling alley, a secret underground laboratory, self-making beds, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you’re hungry.
Tickets from $18 - $22 Eastbank Centre Saturday 10 May, 2.00pm & 6.30pm
andY grIffIthS’ and terrY denton’S BeSt-SellIng Book comeS to lIfe on Stage
andrew malouf preSentS
QueenS of the outBack imagine a Tarago full of sequins, feathers, fishnets, false lashes and a whole lot of attitude. This brilliant case of stunning girls, hot guys and three outrageous drag queens who have nothing better to do than spend an evening kicking up their heels with Dolly, doing the nutbush with Tina and getting sexy with Gaga.
Tickets from $41.90 - $45.90 Eastbank Centre
Saturday 24 May, 8.00pm
a muSIcal trIBute to prIScIlla
Contains adult themes.
road trIpComedians Damian Callinan & Mickey D have packed the Tarago and are en route to Greater Shepparton to put on their show. Only problem is they don’t have a show … Yet!! Road Trip takes their skill for localising material a step further….The whole show will be about Greater Shepparton!!
mr mcgee and the BItIng fleaBY patch theatre companY
wrItten BY pamela allen
Six whimsical stories by award winning children’s writer, Pamela Allen, emerge from dozens of suitcases and crates as three curious warehouse workers transform a storeroom into enchanting little miracles of music and play. Directed by Dave Brown.
Tickets from $10 - $15 Eastbank Centre
Tuesday 17 June, 10.30am & 1.30pm
muSIcallY hYpnotIc and cheekY
1984BY george orwellcreated and adapted BY Shake & StIr theatre co
A sequel to last year’s popular Animal Farm, this new stage adaptation brings George Orwell’s cult novel screaming into the present. Strap yourself in for this terrifically frightening theatrical event set against a towering wall of plasma screens.
gv concert orcheStraThe Goulburn Valley Concert Orchestra is set to bring some musical fun to the Eastbank Centre with its popular annual concert.
Tickets from $10 - $26 Eastbank Centre
Saturday 21 June, 8.00pm
The Orchestra returns to Eastbank for their popular series of free Sunday afternoon
Chamber Concerts on 31 August, 7 and 14 September.
muSIc to delIght the SenSeS
Contains adult themes.
Mild coarse language and mild adult themes.
Photo: Wayne Q
uilliam
Contains adult themes.
Swamp JuIceSwamp Juice is the second production from acclaimed Canadian-born performer, Jeff Achtem, who brought us the hilarious Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones. Using bits of rubbish and household items, Jeff creates stories in shadow puppetry. All of the puppetry is performed in front of the screen, so the audience gets a peek at how each silhouette is made.
Tickets from $ 20 - $25 Eastbank Centre Thursday 3 July, 1.30pm
a Shadow puppet comedY aBout one man’S romp through a Swamp
melBourne Ballet companY preSentS
on aIr – le Sacre du prIntempSThe program consists of four original works: On Air, Phrased Without Word, Motion Transcend and Le Sacre Du Printemps. While embracing both classical and contemporary techniques we celebrate the physical form with a great respect for musicality. On Air is an example of classical dance reinterpreted to be relevant and inspiring for both new and loyal ballet audiences.
Tickets from $25 - $37 Eastbank Centre
Friday 25 July, 7.30pm
relevant and InSpIrIng for new and loYal Ballet audIenceS
cIaoA single migrants journey, a compelling emotionally charged dance and theatre presentation. Ciao...the story of a single migrant as he experiences a new culture, new people, new country - Australia! A fusion of energising dance, theatre & witty comedy. What lies ahead? A journey that will relate to many who have made Australia their second home.
includes authentic 50’s style italian banquet.
Tickets from $56.90 - $59.90 Shepparton italian Social Club Saturday 26 July, 7.30pm
the trIBulatIonS and ecStaSY of a SIngle mIgrant
InvoluntarYDance theatre company OnePoint618 present an ironic realisation of the struggles everyone with a password will understand. Our lives are becoming so busy and preoccupied by the pressures of life. Watch these amazing dancers interpret the impact, the emotion and the inherent comedy of technological change by giving you permission to laugh at yourself and everyone around you for ‘virtually’ losing their minds!
Tickets from $25 - $37 Eastbank Centre
Thursday 7 August, 7.30pm
reclaIm Your tIcket Back to realItY!
Jonathon welch & aBSolutelY everYBodY!Following the success of the Choir of Hope and inspiration during the 2013 SheppARTon Festival, Jonathon Welch AM, Artistic Director of the School of Hard Knocks, returns to Shepparton for a masterclass and community concert. Showcasing local choirs performing their own feature pieces, the evening culminates with Jonathon conducting combined pieces with Absolutely Everybody!
Tickets from $15 - $20 Eastbank Centre Wednesday 13 August, 8.00pm
BrIngIng the communItY together wIth Song
a Bell ShakeSpeare productIon henrY v
BY wIllIam ShakeSpeare
Damien Ryan’s unflinching production will explore war, the eloquence of leaders and the brotherhood of soldiers from every angle. is King Henry V a courageous leader, a cowardly manipulator or simply a little boy lost?
Tickets from $29 - $46 Westside PAC
Thursday 14 August, 8.00pm
It’S lonelY at the top
monkeY Baa theatre companY
pete the SheepShaun is the new sheep shearer in Shaggy Gully. Since shearing is such hard work, all the other shearers have sheep dogs to help them, but not Shaun. His partner is Pete, a sheep- sheep! The other shearers in the shed are not happy with Shaun and his sheep-sheep. Based on the picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley.
Tickets from $10 - $15 Eastbank Centre Friday 22 August, 10.30am & 1.30pm
a Brand new muSIcal BaSed on the QuIrkY auStralIan pIcture Book
food co-produced BY force maJeure & BelvoIr
BY Steve rodgerS
On a stretch of Australian highway, two sisters run their family takeaway joint. Chiko Rolls and reminiscing are on the menu. Their dreams become reality when they transform their rundown fast-food stop into a restaurant showcasing Elma’s gift for comfort cooking. Audience members become restaurant guests as the sisters serve up Elma’s hearty minestrone soup, sourdough and local wines.
Tickets from $25 - $37 Westside PAC
Wednesday 3 September, 8.00pm
a feaSt for the SenSeS that wIll SpIce and StIr In eQual partS
Contains sexual references and some coarse language.
Ages 7+ may frighten very young children.
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Photo: Heidrun Lohr
Photo: Chris H
erzfeld
Shepparton Young InStrumentalISt awardOnce again the Shepparton Young Instrumentalist Award will return to the Eastbank Centre, showcasing the region’s young talent. Registrations open in August 2014.
Tickets on sale August 2014 Eastbank Centre Sunday 21 September, 5.00pm
aStoundIng local Young talent
grace BarBe` - the afro Sound of the SeYchelleS
A colourful and energetic fusion of tropical island rhythms with African percussion, reggae, pop, rock and Latin flavours, Grace’s Afro-Kreol sound is original, fresh and funky.
Tickets from $20 - $25 Eastbank Centre
Thursday 25 September, 8.00pm
Soulful muSIc reflectIng the InfluenceS of her IndIan ocean herItage
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frank – a lIfe In SongStarrIng tom BurlInSon wIth hIS all-Star Band
Tom Burlinson, the voice of young Frank in the Golden Globe Award winning Sinatra stars in his highly acclaimed hit celebration of the music and career of the late, great Ol Blue Eyes.
Tickets from $49 - $54 Eastbank Centre Saturday 11 October, 8.00pm
TOM BURLINSON
Tom Burlinson, the voice of young
Frank in the Golden Globe Award
winning ‘Sinatra’ stars in his
highly acclaimed hit celebration of
the music and career of the late,
great Ol Blue Eyes.
P R O M O T I O N SDownUnder
Special Encore Presentation
“...an astonishing performance”- The Australian.
with his All Star BandStart SpreadIng the newS!
unpack thIS!Unpack This! is a show for anyone who has ever lost their cool, blown a fuse, flown off the handle, gone through the roof, chucked a wobbly or just been plain angry. There’s almost always a funny side.
Tickets from $15 - $25 Tickets on sale August 2014
Tatura Thursday 23 October, 7.30pm
Dookie Friday 24 October, 7.30pm
a comedY aBout a men’S anger management workShop
You can pre-book a delicious, moderately priced meal when you book your tickets. Let EastbankFood look after your needs while you sit back and enjoy a glass of wine and a meal all served in good time before the curtain goes up.
there’S more to uS than JuSt great theatre and muSIc!
