WeTubeLIVE
A living exhibition of 100 solos ripped from the internet and performed by a diverse group of young Tasmanians, WeTubeLIVE is a playful response to the video sharing site YouTube. Each performer has selected and learned their favorite YouTube clip and they'll be staged live and simultaneously, filling the Albert Hall with dancing, talking and singing young people. The audience is invited to walk through and around this giant living exhibition and experience YouTube as never before.
Venue: Albert Hall, Corner Tamar and Cimitiere St
Dates/Times: Thursday 26 August at 1pm and 6pm, Friday 27 August at 1pm and 6pm
Additional Information: Duration 75 minutes, no interval, Non-seated, wheelchair accessible.
Tickets: $10 pass for all four sessions. For booking information click here.
Presented by Stompin.
Supported by Flying Colours.
PANE
In a prominent shop window, two living rooms recreated through billboard size photographic backdrops, are inhabited by women over the age of 50. Through movement, dance and conversation these women interact with their audience in a work that reinvigorates an appreciation for the joy, heartache, experience and beauty of age.
Venue: Jessups Retravision, 106-108 Charles St
Dates/Times: Friday 27 August and Saturday 28 August at 12.30pm and 6.30pm
Duration: One hour
Free Event
Presented by MADE.
Supported by ThinkBIG Printing.
Borders: A journey standing still
Waiting for something? Waiting for someone? Waiting for your life to begin? A man is forced by circumstance from his home and goes - where? Borders plays out the forces of human will and fate in the waiting room of one man's life - a journey with more stops than starts in a convergence of contemporary art forms. An outstanding short opera work, in a compelling venue from one of the country's most innovative performing arts companies.
Venue: Launceston College Drama Studio, 107-119 Paterson Street
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Saturday 28 August at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm
Additional Information: duration 20 minutes, seating 50 people per show only
Tickets: $15, For booking information click here.
Presented by IHOS
Sex, Death and a Cup of Tea
Linked by journeys across beautiful landscapes and between emotional states, Sex, Death and a Cup of Tea is warm, funny, poignant and provocative theatre. An eclectic offering from four internationally regarded playwrights, who drew inspiration from the remote Tasmanian towns they were each immersed in. These four short plays are unique and at the same time universal , reminding us how our own sense of place can connect us to those miles away.
Venue: Earl Arts Centre, 10 Earl St
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Friday 27 August at 8pm and Saturday 28 August at 2pm and 8pm
Additional information: Duration 2 hours with interval, contains adult themes and strong language
Tickets: Adult $36, Concession $26, Delegates $20. For booking information click here
Presented by Tasmanian Theatre Company
Jane Franklin-an Examined Life
Experience through music, narrative and images the passion and drive of Jane Franklin; explorer, diarist, campaigner and wife. Strings, piano, flute, accordion and voice combine to weave a memorable musical and visual journey. The performance traces Jane's life from her childhood to her final days employing music, prose, poetry, extracts from diaries and letters, re-enactments and visual images.
Venue: Albert Hall, Corner Tamar and Cimitiere St
Dates/times: Thursday 26 August and Friday 27 August at 8pm
Additional information: duration 1 hour 15 minutes, no interval
Tickets: Adult $20, Children $10, Concession/Delegates $18. For booking information click here
Presented by Silkweed
Cymbeline
With deadly intentions, secret identities, cruel wagers and magical revelations, Cymbeline is soaring theatre for the soul. Part fairy-tale, part tragedy, part experiment it features nine of Launceston's finest in a production of bold vision, electric action and brutal commitment.
Venue: Annexe Theatre, Academy of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Invermay Rd, Inveresk
Dates/times: Wednesday 25 August - Saturday 28 August at 7pm and Sunday 29 August at 4pm
Additional Information: duration 2 hours 10 minutes with interval
Tickets: Adults $20, Children/Students $8, Concession/Delegates $15. For booking information click here
Presented by Centrstage
The Tasmanian Leather Orchestra in concert
Imagine an orchestra made entirely of handmade leather instruments including strings, winds and percussion. An ensemble with a colour range as wide as a symphony orchestra, the Tasmanian Leather Orchestra is a rich and resonant realisation of Garry Greenwood's master vision.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 34 Cameron Street
Dates/ times: Friday 27 August at 6 p.m.
Additional Information: One hour, no interval
Tickets: Adults $15, Children/Students $10, Concession/Delegates $10. For booking information click here
Presented By The Chordwainers and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
The Gate Keeper - Open Rehearsal
Witness the open rehearsals of a digital puppetry show, Gatekeeper, a comic tale about those that stand at the gate and those that want to get through. Watch the story come alive as it unravels into a world of ridiculous situations involving slapstick, clowning, puppetry, magic and acrobatics.
Venue: Pilgrim Uniting Church, 34/36 Paterson St
Dates/times: Saturday 28 August from 12pm-5pm, drop in any time
Free Event
Presented by Terrapin Puppet Theatre
