Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life at the Peacock Theatre this October featuring Musical Theatre Crew‘s energetic and talented Intermediate Crew.
Disney’s High School Musical is a fun musical comedy for the whole family, with upbeat songs, high energy dancing and beloved characters.
The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes are back at school after winter break at East High. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the academic Gabriella, who he befriended singing karaoke on a ski holiday, has just moved to East High. While Troy has his basketball commitment and Gabriella has her maths competition, they decide to audition for the high school musical, led by Ms. Darbus. But many students resent the threat posed to the “status quo”, especially siblings Sharpay and Ryan who want to rule the school show. High school becomes a challenge of juggling studies, sport, drama club, peer pressures, family expectations, friendships and even first love.
Season : Friday 18 – Saturday 26 October 2024
Performances : Friday 18 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Saturday 19 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Saturday 19 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Sunday 20 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Friday 25 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Friday 25 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Saturday 26 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Saturday 26 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm
Tickets : Adults $36.00 Concession (Children / Students / Pensions & Seniors) $29.00 Family (Good for 4) $118.00
Tickets / Doors open 60 minutes prior to Performance Duration : 70 minutes
NOTE: This show has double and triple casts. Check ticket details to confirm the casts who are performing.
Peta Cross. Killiecrankie Bay (detail) (2023). Oil on board. 30cm x 20cm
Opening Event : Wednesday 27 November 2024, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Exhibition Dates : Tuesday 26 November – Monday 16 December 2024 Tuesday – Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm Mondays CLOSED
Land Bridge by Peta Cross consists of multiple small en plein air oil paintings on wood. Painted quickly with minimal reworking they are largely sea scapes. The paintings are part of a sequence completed over several years mapping the coasts of Northern Tasmania (where the artist was born) and Southern Victoria (where the artist lives).
The exhibition Land Bridge is an enquiry into The Bassian Plain or isthmus that is now submerged between Southern Victoria, (Cape Otway to Wilsons Promontory) and Northern Tasmania (Mussleroe Bay to Cape Grim). The exhibition also includes, oil sketches from Flinders Island.
The Bassian Plain or isthmus served as a land bridge for thousands of years until the last ice age, 12,000 years ago. Many species of plants, birds, marsupials, insects and of course Palawa moved freely through the extraordinary biosphere it can only have been. The Palawa oral history of this event is notably one of the oldest if not the oldest narratives in history. Recorded in the 1830’s the narrative describes the positioning of the star Canopus near the South Pole.
Researchers were able to measure the sea floor of the Bass Straight and the ability to cover the isthmus on foot. They calculated the positioning of the star by descriptions of the Palawa and discovered that both conditions occurred at least 12,000 years ago.
The “ghost land plain” reveals itself through the many tiny islands of the Bass Straight. So many histories are now secrets of the deep and as geological time reveals, our histories may be submerged in years to come or another land bridge form.
” I have been fascinated by this sense of the land yearning for itself for so many years. I have spent most of my life living on both sides of the straight. Born and raised on the North West coast now living in Narrm ,Melbourne.
As a painter I am interested in sketches or unfinished works as much as finished works. This exhibition is an effort to draw or simply “map”, light, air, sea, coast, it is more of a work in progress, the mapping is not complete and the idea around the landbridge may be developed into a larger scale exhibition in the future.” – Peta Cross
Peta Cross. Killiecrankie Mountain (2023). Oil on board. 15cm x 13cm
Explore Tasmania’s unique wildlife – both familiar backyard visitors and critically endangered icons – and meet the artists.
Approximately 35 artworks will be on display, featuring Tasmanian birds, mammals and marine life. This exhibition explores the connections between art and conservation. Original colour pencil drawings and fine art prints will be available for purchase.
Colour pencil is not a widely used artistic medium – it is painstakingly slow to work with, and a single drawing can take several weeks to complete. However, it allows for the creation of beautifully life-like drawings, full of meticulous details of fur, feathers, eyes, whiskers and scales. The detail in the work is what brings our native animals to life. The artists’ intention is to let the viewer see the animals’ personalities, to make eye contact, evoke an emotional response, and build connection.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to local conservation organisations, including Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, the Raptor Refuge, the Handfish Conservation Project, and Birdlife Tasmania.
Paths to Abstraction Group Painting taught by Jake Walker
Nolan School of Art | Adults
Opening event: 15 November | 6pm Daily Opening Times : Monday 4 November – Sunday 1 December 2024
On the shoulders of giants, the adult students of Nolan School of Art are inspired by art movements and art practice from the past.
On the 25th year of Nolan School of Art, we celebrate the many students who have past through our doors with an exhibition form the classes of Phoebe Webb, Jake Walker, Josh Lamb, and Caroline McGregor. You will see contemporary gestural abstraction, sensual life drawing, funky still life, and various spirited daubings.
Our after school classes show their responses to the art of the past in an exhibition that includes painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, puppetry, and animation.
In this exhibition you will see modern Gods, contemporary mask making, a spirited puppet theatre, and contemporary cave painting.
Henrietta Manning. The Larder, Home Grown Series. Acrylic on masonite. 84.5 x 50cm. Photographer Simon Olding
Exhibition Dates : Tuesday 29 October – Monday 2 December 2024 **Installation viewable 24/7
In contrast to a fast world demanding instant gratification, the Series Home Grown by Henrietta Manning celebrates the joy of planting, harvesting and eating the produce of your own hands. Paintings inspired by the artist’s garden. Slow down and immerse yourself in the soil and the changing seasons, it’s good for the soul.
For the series Home Grown the artist is sharing her connection and pleasure derived from the just over one-acre block of land surrounding her home in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Originally sparsely planted, and still a work in progress, it has been a steep learning curve, landscaping, and developing two working vegetable bunkers. Produce taken into the house, whether edible or as floral decoration, has been painted from life as intimate works combined with the trappings of home life or with glimpses through windows to the garden outside.
A garden is an extension of you and your home. It matters not whether it is in a single pot or on acreage, growing and nurturing life expands your world. Whatever your taste and passion leads you to grow, trees, shrubs, flowers, succulents, vegetables, fruit, nuts or herbs, you see life in the round. You become more aware of the small things, of life around you; butterfly’s moths, bees, the caterpillars, slugs, snails and worms, skinks and snakes. You reconnect with the seasons and changing weather. The struggle for life becomes more apparent as you nurture and then defend from predators.
Sometimes it can even be hard to pick or prune, to end the life of those you have tended for so long, at others it is a race to harvest at the perfect time before plants bolt or birds and possums get there first. The taste is sweeter and the satisfaction greater at every meal.
Not for you the anonymous supermarket flowers, fruit and vegetables but those carefully chosen by you from seed or seedling, nurtured into life, protected from predators and blight and harvested straight into your kitchen or carefully arranged in a vase. You know where they came from and how they were grown. You can choose varieties not mass produced and can grow free from chemicals. You can make a difference by keeping heritage varieties alive.
In a world of increasing financial, climate and food insecurity there is also a sense of safety and self-reliance looking at your own produce growing or stored in larder and freezer.
What better way to start your day than to let the chickens out, collect eggs and watch for every bud and burst of new life?
Henrietta Manning. Tomatoes, Home Grown Series. Acrylic on masonite. 25.5 x 30cm. Photographer Simon Olding
Henrietta Manning. Eggs on the Mantel. Home Grown Series. acrylic on masonite 25.5 x 30cm. Photographer Simon Olding
Studio Waterloo
Special Event at Studio Waterloo Monday 25 November – Sunday 1 December 2024 : Open daily 11:00am – 4:00pm 57 Glocks Road, Waterloo, Tasmania 7109
In conjunction with the last week of the Lightbox installation the extended series Home Grown will be exhibited in the Artist’s Huon Valley studio, open to the public for one week only. An opportunity not only to view more of the current series but also to meet the artist and explore her working studio and art practice inside the heritage Apple Packing Shed that is her studio. Bring a picnic and enjoy stunning views extending down the Huon River to Sleeping Beauty and Kunanyi/Mount Wellington.
Henrietta Manning is a Contemporary Realist exhibiting since 1984 and currently living in Tasmania. A versatile artist, painting predominately from life, plein air and in the studio, series are developed for exhibition. Drawn to historic sites a recurring theme is the passage of time and how we live with and build upon the past. A recipient of an Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Board ‘New Work Established Grant’ and finalist in Australian art awards such as The Wynne, Glover, Portia Geach, Waverly, Alice, Fishers Ghost, Eutick, Waterhouse and The Summer Exhibition in England.
Audrey Durbridge. Rib#2 (2024). 86cm x 40cm
Opening Dates : Wednesday 30 October – Sunday 10 November 2024 10:00am – 4:00pm daily
Opening Event : Thursday 31 October 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Terre by Audrey Durbridge is a collection of artworks articulating the textures, tonality and resonance of coastline.
Terre is a collection of artworks articulating the textures, tonality, and resonance of coastline. Made primarily from materials gathered and processed within their place of origin, Bellerive, and Barrett’s Bay as these are my studio sites and are the constant informants of my creative impetus.
Earth pigments, inks and stains infuse the cloth and paper with colour that creates a rich surface for embellishment. Collage, appliqué and stitch then provide the unexpected placements and connections. Using coastal detritus and salvaged metal gives form to the patterns and rhythms of place.
This work is situated between the unexpected and the intentional. The combining of various materials is the process through which the artwork forms, with mixed media becoming its own content. Terre is the language that represents my relationship to place.
Audrey Durbridge. Gust (2024) (detail). 80cm x 50cm
Greg Wood’s paintings offer moments of reprieve and contemplation. At once both closely observed and deeply imagined, they depict landscapes not quite locatable. Records of light, colour, and atmosphere, his paintings are the stuff of memory itself. –Amelia Wallin
Greg Wood is a painter of the earthy and ethereal. During the last 25 years his practice has involved the observation of landscape and the natural world. He paints places traversed through sensory impression For Wood the essence of place is more important than specifics of location. He creates art that alludes to the mysterious impressions left by landscape, the emotional afterimages that endure. His delicate, layered canvases invite us to enter a felt sense of place, imbued with memory and emotion. Wood describes his work as a ‘slow release’ –the nuance of his paintings gradually revealing themselves to the viewer. A formative influence is Melbourne tonalist, Clarice Beckett, who has informed his use of thin, gestural layers of muted colours, flattened forms, merging tones and diffuse light.
Wood’s paintings are psychologically and visually alluring. The more we look, the more we are invited to come into communion with the subtle aspects how place shapes us, how we dwell in landscapes both literal and interior.
Paintings that elevate the everyday, with the richness of oil paint bestowed upon imperfect, ephemeral fruit.
A pop up performance by Zoe Knighton
Melbourne cellist Zoe Knighton will do a pop-up performance responding to the paintings in How Sweet To Know You. 4pm Thursday October 24. All are welcome.
Jen Franklin. SL56 Lemons (2023). Oil on Canvas. 54 x 61cm
