Event Type: Performances

Auckland preview performance and fundraiser

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Monday 20 March 2023, 7.30pm

Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre

TICKETS

General Admission $20

Everywhere in the world has their own small towns. Each one unique but somehow similar  Together with you, the audience, the cast of Our Place will create one of these towns and fill it with characters. They will then perform stories and scenes from this unique place in a one of a kind theatrical experience. Join PROTEA Impro as they present Our Place In its only performance before it heads to the Auckland Improv Festival

All ticket sales go towards taking the show to New Zealand

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Friday 17 March 2023, 8pm

Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre

TICKETS

General Admission $10

CULT and Bad Company Theatre. present

Braslin and Rudolf: Back 2 Back

Two of nipalunas comedy stage favourites come together for a big night of laughs at The Peacock Theatre,

Rob Braslin and Emesha Rudolf have been collectively been performing comedy for way too long but are still top of their respective games, you are in for awesome night with these two weirdos.

Can’t wait to see you there!

This venue does have wheelchair access, but assistance opening side doors will be needed so please call ahead.

This show is intended for an adult audience.

Friday 14 April 2023
8pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$25

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Scottish history with laughter along the way

If you’ve watched the YouTube channel, Scotland History Tours, or ABC’s Stuff the British Stole then you’ll have heard Bruce Fummey telling stories from Scotland’s history. In April, he comes to Hobart to tell you stories from Scotland’s history LIVE… and with more jokes.

Named Scottish Comedian of the Year in 2012, with numerous appearances and award nominations at Fringe festivals in Edinburgh, Perth WA, Adelaide and New Zealand he now brings his brand of crass, but self-deprecating humour to Tasmania with a taste of Scotland.

Saturday 25 March 2023
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$25 +bf each
$80 +bf for 4 x Tickets

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Jazzamanca is back!

Spike Mason (Wind instruments), Louise Denson (Piano) with Seb Folvig (Bass) and Tom Robb (Drums)

Multi-instrumentalist Spike Mason and pianist/composer Louise Denson are thrilled to be jointly presenting some of their Jazz tunes which have been inspired by the earth, the sea and the sky.

Jazz isn’t always gritty, big-city music.

Float in the interstellar peace of Nova Nova.
Contemplate the mystery of a Low Moon.
Lie back and watch the Clouds, or a wedge tail Ride the Thermals.
Spend a day by the Seamless Sea or the River Jordan ….

Join us for these natural delights and many more.

Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 April 2023 @ 7:30pm

25th April – PREVIEW 7:30pm
26th April – OPENING 7:30pm
27th April 7:30pm
28th April 7:30pm
29th April 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Admission: $35 +BF
Concession: $30 + BF

What happens when you put yourself out there as a woman or a gay man? Is friendship enough to keep you safe?

Katie’s cheeky, brave and sensitive. Will is witty and warm with a huge heart. They’re both single…and they’re both kinda angry. Together they host ‘Don’t Even Get Me Started’, the show where they bitch about the fact that they’re straight up done.

When they are home together, they’re safe, they’re happy, no-one can hurt them. They have everything they need. Almost.

What happens when you put yourself out there, and try to find love as a woman or a gay man? Is their friendship enough to keep them safe?

Set in Sydney Australia, The Culture tackles heavy issues with a light touch, using the warmth and intimate banter between two best friends. Audiences are welcomed into Will and Katie’s living room and into an important wider conversation.

“A spunky, fast-talking, take no prisoners twosome…Wonderful, timely, and poignant.” (The Front Row Centre, NYC)

PLAYWRIGHT

Laura Jackson

STARRING

Laura Jackson

Mina Asfour

DIRECTOR

Bethany Caputo

CREATIVE PRODUCER & TOUR DIRECTOR

Carly Fisher

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Capri Harris

SOUND DESIGNER

Charlotte Leamon

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Brandon Wong

DRAMATURG

Catherine Fargher

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Saturday 29 April 2023
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$25 +bf each
$80 +bf for 4 x Tickets

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Jazzamanca is back!

The Hobart Jazz Quartet is Kelly Ottoway (Vibraphone), Matt Boden (Piano), Nick Haywood (Bass) and Ted Vining (Drums).

Come along to the Founders Room to experience the ‘brilliance of Kelly Ottaway’, the ‘tastefulness of Matt Boden’, the ‘groove of Nick Haywood’ and the Enduring Power of Ted Vining, as the Hobart Jazz Quartet performs the music of John Lewis and The Modern Jazz Quartet [MJQ] plus more.

This job interview is a real killer

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Friday 17 March 2023, 8pm

Saturday 18 March 2023, 8pm

Sunday 19 March 2023, 3pm

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 8pm

Thursday 23 March 2023, 8pm

Friday 24 March 2023, 8pm

Saturday 25 March 2023, 8pm

Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre

TICKETS

Concession $30
General Admission $40
Generous Admission $45
Group (5 tickets) $160

Job interviews suck. Group job interviews are worse. But this one? This one is a real killer.

THE HITMEN follows six hopefuls vying for their dream job. But the application raises more questions than it answers. What is my biggest weakness as an employee? Who is that silent man with a gun? Why are we all called John?

Hilariously unhinged, THE HITMEN propels the audience through the dark spectrum of human behaviour and corporate governance.

Language, violence, and use of prop firearms warning. Mention of suicide. Ages 15+

The Hitmen runs for approx 90 mins, no interval.

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“Thresholds” is a free Sound Event by Matt Warren and future in nature (Dave Kendal) performed once to coincide and accompany the exhibition “Restless” on Sunday 5th March from 3pm – 5pm.

Alongside and amongst the paintings by Linda Veska, Matt Warren and future in nature (Dave Kendal) will each perform solo sets as well as an improvised collaborative set, responding to the word “Restless”, the works of Veska and informed by each other’s responses.

Matt Warren is a lutruwita/Tasmanian electronic media artist, musician, curator and writer, based in nipaluna/Hobart. The works investigate memory, transcendence, liminal space and the suspension of disbelief. His music and sound practice have a basis in both composition and improvisation. He performs and records electro-acoustic and drone works, solo and collaborates with others under several monikers. https://www.mattwarrenartist.com/

future in nature (Dave) We need a future in nature – biodiverse, inclusive, resilient. Our culture needs to reintegrate nature, we need to dwell in nature. Nature informs the music of future in nature – driving aleatoric arrangements, capturing raw sonic landscapes, and providing inspo for bass loops and analog tones.

Saturday 25 February 2023, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
60 Minutes | No interval

Tickets :
Standard $30 | Concession $20

Ensemble Mania and MONA FOMA present Line Tracing 3 : music for solo instruments : An unbroken evening of music, with solo instrumentalists performing pieces that are remixed and responded to in real-time by Mish Szekelyhidi. 

The Line Tracing concerts consist of an unbroken evening of music, featuring live performances of several works composed for solo single-line instruments, each of which is followed by a musical response from a guest artist. For this concert we welcome Naarm/Melbourne-based sound and film artist Mish Szekelyhidi, who will remix each composition in real-time, transitioning between the live performances and creating a cohesive unbroken listening experience.

For Line Tracing 3, Ensemble Mania welcomes performances from nipaluna/Hobart based players James Anderson, Angus Deeth, Damian MacDonald, and Dominic Nguyen, and Naarm/Melbourne based musician Kyla Matsuura-Miller.

Line Tracing 3 will include the following works for solo instruments :
Andrew Toovey – Prelude for Viola (1993)
Shiori Usui – Space Between (2022)
Holly Caldwell – Co-meditation 1: Amber (2022)
Dominic Flynn – Sheshonq (2020)
Jaslyn Robertson – Dream-state (2021)
David Murray – infold (2022)

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Ensemble Media

Ensemble Mania is a new music ensemble based in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania. Consisting of a rotating line-up of outstanding musicians from both within Tasmania and interstate, the collective was created with the goal of providing unique listening experiences for local audiences. The ensemble’s efforts are focussed on showcasing music that would otherwise not be heard in the island state, from exciting current composers to recently uncovered pieces and local gems. 

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Mish Szekelyhidi

Mish Szekelyhidi (they/them, b.1993) is an ambitious artist researching radically accessible and expansive ways for disabled artists such as themself to compose, perform, learn and teach music in ways relating to, entangled with, promotive of disabilities and how this can be integrated into community-based and pedagogical settings. Under this project umbrella they are working on a short collaborative book, a series of radio shows, graphic scores commissions, and community workshops. 

Their sound work for commercials, documentary and fiction film has played around the world, including in the prestigious Venice Biennale, Locarno Film Festival, FIDMarseille, Cannes, and for films which have won awards in Torino and Monterrey. Their musical performance highlight is playing the main stage at Mona Foma January 2021 with the UTAS Experimental Music Ensemble. 

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This project was made possible with support from the City of Hobart.

Saturday 1 April 2023 @ 2:00pm (MATINEE)

Doors Open 30 minutes prior to performance
Duration : 90 Minutes | includes Interval (15 minutes approx)

Tickets:
General Admission $40
Concession $35

A unique celebration of the finest Irish songs, dances, ballads, folk melodies, and celtic inspired world music.

Celtic Muse is the brainchild of Tasmanian based Irish musicians David Keating (Guitar) and Charlie McCarthy (Violin), who through a shared passion for improvisation, present fresh and imaginative arrangements of some of their favourite Irish ballads, dances, melodies, and songs.

Witness some of Ireland’s finest musicians join forces with Australian talent Isaac Gee (Double Bass), and Jeremy Sibson (Percussion) for a vibrant, energetic, and soulful live show, bringing centuries of musical tradition to life.

Encompassing everything from poignant folk songs such as “Down by the Sally Gardens”, to beautifully crafted melodies, and exhilarating dances, Celtic Muse is an eclectic and exciting live experience that reflects the spirit of Irish music.