April 2020
The Gospel According to Paul
Araluen Arts Centre presents Soft Tread’s The Gospel According to Paul Written and performed by Jonathan Biggins "★★★★★ A hilariously funny, astute, inspiring show" Limelight One of Australia’s favourite performers, Jonathan Biggins, is Paul Keating – visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser – in the return of the 2019 smash hit comedy, The Gospel According to Paul. Full of intelligence and wit, The Gospel According to Paul is a funny, insightful and occasionally poignant portrait of Paul Keating. the man that - as…
Find out more »May 2020
Wide Open Space 2020
It's time to head to the heartland for a feast of music, arts and performance for Wide Open Space festival this May 2020. Deeply inspired by desert culture (both traditional and contemporary) and the ancient landscape, WOS is a celebration of creativity, connection and the irrepressible human spirit. Held at Ross River Resort, a short scenic drive from Alice Springs, WOS has been attracting audiences to this stunning desert paradise hideaway for 10 years. The venue hosts cabins, showers, shady…
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Araluen Arts Centre presents Barking Gecko Theatre’s My Robot by Finegan Kruckemeyer “This is children’s theatre at its best” – Seesaw Magazine When Ophelia moves with her family to the seaside, she’s not impressed. She doesn’t like the beach, misses her old home and thinks the people in this town are pretty strange. While unpacking her room she discovers a mysterious box full of gadgets, parts and pieces, and a strange note that reads ‘You. Make. Me.’ Her curiosity gets the better of her and she…
Find out more »June 2020
Edward the Emu
Araluen Arts Centre presents A Monkey Baa Theatre Company production Edward the Emu Based on the picture books by Sheena Knowles and Rod Clement. Edward is bored with his lot. Being the only emu at the zoo has left him feeling glum and under the impression that the grass is greener in everyone else’s enclosure. Maybe being a seal, or a lion, or a snake might be a better option in life for a lonely bird? Convinced that the other creatures…
Find out more »August 2020
A Migrant’s Son
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre and Critical Stages Touring Created & Performed by Michaela Burger “A far-reaching generational story that crosses divides, ignites memories and pulls at your heart-strings…” - Stage Whispers Igniting memories of a story that millions of Australians can relate to, Michaela Burger pays tribute to her Greek migrant family and hard-working, fun loving larrikin father Luke who defied all odds. From early morning deliveries for the family bakery at age seven, down opal mines in Coober Pedy at age…
Find out more »September 2020
The Comedy of Errors
Araluen Arts Centre presents Bell Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare Director Peter Evans "And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another" - Dromio of Ephesus, Act 5 Scene 1 Shipwrecked and separated 25 years earlier, two sets of long-lost twins miraculously find themselves in the same city on the same day. What could possibly go wrong? The Comedy of Errors is a hilarious romp of swapped identities, misguided love, mistaken imprisonment and chaotic mishaps, leading to an…
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Evolve
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre “With his razor-sharp wit and surprisingly blunt nature, Matt had the audience in stitches” - Scenestr Leading Australian magician and mentalist Matt Tarrant is bound for Alice Springs, with his new solo show EVOLVE following his win for best act overall at the 2019 Adelaide Fringe. Brimming with interactive magic and mindblowing mentalism, multi-award winner Tarrant promises to leave audiences happily bewildered, with all-new tricks guaranteed to bamboozle even the biggest sceptics.
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