Gasworks Arts Park

Opening: Tuesday 18 August at 6 to 8pm
Exhibition: 17 August to 23 August 2009
9am to 5pm, daily

This exhibition hosted by Amnesty International Australia aims to raise awareness of Australia’s mandatory detention policy and the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers coming to Australia. The opening night will fea...ture guest speaker Julian Burnside, live music from Kavisha Mazzella and light snacks supplied by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Guests are invited to sign letters for Amnesty International Australia’s current refugee campaign.

Limited spaces available for the opening night.
RSVP is essential by 14 August to Jemma at CCTIntern@amnesty.org.au or 0423 620 797Read More

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

With

Darryn Gatt
Jacqui Bunting
Joel Bow
Sophie Weiss
Cameron Thomas
David Bleier
Sarah Croser
Drew Collet
Brad Dylan
Erin Zadow
Adam Lovell
Emily Devlin
Ruth Wilkin
Julia Sutherland
Ben Fuller
Sarah Bowen
Heath Harney


Date: 13 August to 16 August 2009
Thursday August 13th @ 8pm
Friday August 14th @ 8pm
Saturday Augu...st 15th @ 8pm
Sunday August 16th @ 6pm

Tickets: $35, Groups 10+ $32 (+bf phone only)
Bookings: t: 9699 3253 or www.gasworks.org.au

Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown’s celebrated music theatre song-cycle transports the audience anywhere from the deck of a Spanish sailing ship in 1492, to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, to the harsh reality of contemporary city streets, and beyond!

It’s been a decade since Songs enjoyed its original New York engagement. Since then the show has enjoyed more than 300 productions worldwide – but this latest Melbourne incarnation is something altogether different. Usually presented with a small, revue-style cast, Devanesen Productions will utilise a powerful ensemble of 17 handpicked, young Victorian artists – letting this acclaimed work soar to new heights.

Director/Producer - Sunayan Devanesen
Musical Director - Ben Kiley
Co - Producer - David BleierRead More

Opening: Tuesday, 28 July, 6 to 8pm

Exhibition runs 28 July to 9 August 2009, 9am to 5pm daily

Curated by Yenny Huber and Sarah Rainbird, this exhibition is a unique opportunity to see an outstanding selection of works by young and established artists from Norway.

Also included in the exhibition are field recordings fro...m Nepal by musician Geir Jenssen. The delicate sounds of this work create a politically charged listening experience, exploring questions of internationalism and global ecology.

All artists have kindly donated their work with all the proceeds from the sale of works going towards the establishment of a unique cross-cultural exchange program for young artists and musicians from Indigenous communities in Australia and Norway. Read More

Date: 31 July to 1 August 2009
Time: Friday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Tickets: $35
Bookings: t: 03 9386 7572 or http://members.optusnet.com.au/~dwbrunswick/TICKET_ORDER.html

Leyla Moody is turning thirteen. A time to be showered in gifts and attention. A time to be treated as an adult. Right? But when you have an older si...ster with a new boyfriend, a younger brother losing his grip on reality, and a serial killer terrorising the neighbourhood, what chance do you have?

This is a show about endings. The end of the year, the end of the eighties, and the end of one girl's age of innocence. Bubblegum Dreams is set in the fragile confines of a wistful and treasured memory and told through dreamy dance sequences, musical segueways and remembered or imagined dialogues.
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Opening: Tuesday 1 September, 6pm to 8pm
Exhibition continues: 1 to 20 September, 9am to 5pm daily

An exhibition by Kristen Phillips featuring decadent bronze sculpture. Melting candles, expectant bombs, diamond seas, casual quinces… elements of naturalism combine with classical sculpture to create a melting pot of ecle...ctic excess. This exhibition of Phillips’ new works is reminiscent of small Rococo sculpture, as relics from the family antiques are appropriated and disrespectfully refurnished as still life vanitas pieces.
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