Presented by Nellie Ryan
DATES and TIMES
December 8, 2023 – 8pm
A night of absolute chaos in this new comedy special by Nellie Ryan.
Dedicated to anyone who is unsure if they should settle down, have kids, join Only Fans or create an online sticker business.
Come for the validation and realise there is no one more embarrassingly confused than Nellie. But also, the drinks and laughter!
CONTENT WARNING: Adult Content
Presented by Aiden Schofield
DATES and TIMES
November 30, 2023 – 7:30pm
December 1, 2023 – 7:30pm
After more than 10 years of magic, Aiden Schofield is embarking on his first ever live tour! This spectacle will showcase Aiden’s incredible magic skills live in what promises to be an unforgettable production, fun for the whole family to enjoy.
Hobart audiences are invited to join Aiden Schofield as he presents his high-energy, family friendly show at The Peacock Theatre. Jam-packed with mind blowing magic and mentalism, watch as the impossible is performed with bubbles, butterflies, Rubik’s cubes, sand and much, much more – right in front of your eyes!
Two shows only! Get your tickets quick before they disappear!
Sat 21st Oct 2023
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Entry 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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Live Jazz is part of Salamanca Arts Centre’s Public Program, and is supported by the City of Hobart’s Cultural Grants Program.
Sionnach Ruas Great Irish Songbook
Times and dates:
Friday 29 September – Show commences at 8pm (Doors open at 7.30pm)
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
IN 1973 HOWARD EYNON RECORDED HIS FIRST AND ONLY ALBUM ‘SO WHAT IF IM STANDING IN APRICOT JAM’ WHICH HAS SINCE GAINED A CULT FOLLOWING UNDER THE GENRE OF PSYCHEDELIC ACID FOLK.
JOIN HOWARD EYNON, LEAH SENIOR, JESSE WILLIAMS AND ZAK OLSEN ON THE 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS RECORD FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENING.
Presented by O’Grady Drama Hobart’s On Cue Ensemble
Times and dates:
Tickets:
General Admission: $15 (+BF)
Sat 30th Sep 2023
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Entry via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
$25 +bf each
$80 +bf for 4 x Tickets
Drawing together some of Tasmania’s finest performers and improvisers, the Nugent Sextet presents Mingus Ah Um Live; performing Charles Mingus’ influential Grammy award winning album in its entirety. Experience the iconic Mingus Ah Um live from start to finish, followed by a set of all original music composed and arranged by bandleader Nick.
Personnel:
Nick Nugent – Reeds
Mitch Ellis – Reeds
Joe Weller – Trombone
Kelly Ottaway – Piano
Dom Nguyen – Bass
Chris McGuinness Terry – Drums
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Live Jazz is part of Salamanca Arts Centre’s Public Program, and is supported by the City of Hobart’s Cultural Grants Program.
Sionnach Ruas Great Irish Songbook
Saturday 26 August 2022
7.00pm – 9.00pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
It’s a reality television show on stage, for fans of Whodunnits and Whose Line alike. It’s devious. It’s hilarious. It’s thrilling. It’s The Saboteur. Good luck.
Fresh from a hit season at the 2023 Sydney Comedy Festival, join us for a high-stakes, interactive evening of subterfuge, treachery, backstabbing, and laughs!
“Ingeniously destructive” – Theatreview
“Delightfully fun and wonderfully unpredictable” – Wellingtonista
“Priceless … Top marks from me!” – Weekend Notes
“Hilarious fun” – What Did She Think
Winner: Outstanding Show, New Zealand Improv Festival 2019
Featuring
Milla Chaffer
Rowan Harris
Rosemary Cann
Matt Wilson
Emma Skalicky
Hosted and directed by Jim Fishwick.
Sound design by Bryce Halliday.
General Admission $20
Concession $15
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Presented by Old Nick Company
Times and dates:
Thursday 7th September – 7.30pm (Preview performance $30 tickets)
Friday 8th September – 7.30pm
Saturday 9th September – 3pm and 7.30pm
Tuesday 12th September – 7.30pm (Cheaper Tuesday $35 tickets)
Wednesday 13th September – 7.30pm
Thursday 14th September – 7.30pm
Friday 15th September – 7.30pm
Saturday 16th September – 3pm and 7.30pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $40
Generous Admission: $45
Concession: $35
Student/Old Nick Member: $30
Group (5+): $150
Five strangers.
One train.
Four stops.
One destination.
Mike, a father and husband with cancer, is ready to move on.
Liz is the sole carer of her severely disabled grandson. She’s coming to terms with things.
Rachael, a young woman of twenty, is lost and beyond help.
Jake is your typical golden-haired boy on the cusp of manhood. He’s made a big mistake.
Toby, his best friend, has said nothing the whole ride.
Some chose to be here.
Others didn’t.
All have the choice to move on.
Only one can ride to the end and claim their second chance.
So, who stays and who goes?
Four minutes is a short time for some, but an eternity for others.
Any longer becomes deadly in the liminal space between.
LIMINAL dissects not only on the joys and shortcomings of life, and the torturous relief of death, but what happens in between.
CONTENT WARNING:
This play deals with topics of grief, loss, terminal illness, and suicide. We strive to deal with such topics compassionately and with care, however if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thursday 16 November, 2023 | 7pm – 9.30pm
Full Price $39 + BF
Concession $34 +BF
Sionnach Rua’s Great Irish Songbook
After a massively successful first year of shows ‘Sionnach Rua’s Great Irish Songbook’ return to Tasmania with a brand new show in 2023.
Having also played venues and festivals in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria the band now have been busy rehearsing and writing a brand new show for audiences to enjoy.
Gallie (vocals, Bazouki, Bodhran, Guitars) has gathered around him a pool of the best musicians that Australia has to offer.
Paddy Montgomery (Vocals, Mandolin, Guitars, & Bazouki)
Sam Davies (Uilleann Pipes & Whistles).
Luke Plumb (Banjo, Mandolin)
Ruth Wise (Violin)
Pepita Emmerichs (Mandolin, Fiddle).
They continue to draw on the ancient Irish tradition of story telling and music, now expanded their set to include original material, tunes and songs that go back centuries and of course all the classics from The Dubliners to the Pogues and everything in between.
Sionnach Rua will be going into the studio to record their highly anticipated debut album late in 2023.
Saturday 19 August 2023
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Entry via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
$25 +bf each
$80 +bf for 4 x Tickets
Louise Denson is a Hobart-based pianist/composer/arranger/educator working in jazz and classical music. She has released seven CDs – Nova Nova (2021) earned 4-stars in the Weekend Australian Review. Completed commissions include Clarence Jazz Festival (2023), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (2022), Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association (Cooktown, 2021), Brisbane International Jazz Festival (2018) and others. Her works have been performed/recorded by artists including Viney-Grinberg Duo, Muses Trio, Downbeat poll-winning trombonist Bill Watrous, Bell Award-winning vocalist Elly Hoyt, and Southern Cross Soloists. She is an Represented Artist with the Australian Music Centre and is published by Wirripang.
Joe Weller is a freelance trombonist based in Hobart. At a young age he discovered a passion for playing trombone which led him to undertake studies at the Conservatorium of Music in Hobart and during this time he quickly established himself on the Hobart music scene. He has since gone onto perform and record with many local, interstate and international acts at different festivals and locations all around Tasmania, these include local acts Kudu Joy, Matthew Ives And His Big Band and The Sasha Gavlek Quartet, interstate act Hot Dub Time Machine and the Japanese artist Tomoko Momiyama and festivals such as The Clarence Jazz Festival, Devonport Jazz Festival, Junction Arts Festival, Dark Mofo, Panama and Party in the Paddock. Joe is constantly working on his craft to ensure that he can continue to be one of the first names called whenever a trombonist is needed in Hobart.
Stevie McEntee is a non-binary trombonist, composer, bandleader, festival director and creative producer. Originally from Mount Gambier in South Australia, they graduated with a Bachelor degree in Jazz Performance from the Elder Conservatory (Adelaide) in 2012. By day they work as the founder and artistic director of the Lutruwita Art Orchestra and as the co-artistic director of the Clarence Jazz Festival (Tasmania’s biggest jazz festival), and by night they lead Hobart’s very own 12-piece all-original Afrobeat-danceband, Baba Bruja, and play trombone in the hugely popular reggae-fusion band Boil Up, regularly collaborating with some of the most loved jazz musicians on the island, as well as writing and conducting music for projects and major festivals across the island of Tasmania. Before relocating to Hobart in 2016 Stevie toured Europe and South-East Asia with Adelaide-based afrobeat legends, the Shaolin Afronauts, and spent two years living and touring in India with musicians and bands from around the world. Stevie has led successful CACD and musical projects that have attracted the support of Arts Tasmania, the Australia Council, the Regional Arts Fund, Regional Arts Tasmania, Creative Hobart (Hobart City Council) and Festivals Australia. They strive to create platforms and opportunities for collaboration with artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and diverse genders and make music that reflects and celebrates the best bits of being human.
A queer femme, lover of soup, Sasha Gavlek is a contemporary bassist, bandleader, composer, and educator hailing from Hobart. With a love for alternative jazz and rhythmic madness, Gavlek pours her soul into her compositions and improvisational work, exploring themes of personal struggles and growth, as can be seen in her debut album, On Second Thoughts. An active member within the island state’s music scene, Gavlek is a part of several regularly performing acts outside of her own alt jazz quartet including Kudu Joy, Uncle Gus and the Rimshots, and FFLORA, and is a regular performer at annual events such as Dark Mofo, Mona Foma, Clarence Jazz Festival, A Festival Called Panama, and the Taste of Tasmania to name a few. On a Contemporary Music Performance scholarship, Gavlek graduated from the UTAS Conservatorium of music with a Bachelor of Music in 2019. When she’s not performing, she is tutoring bass and providing musical accompaniment across local schools.
Konrad Park is a nationally recognised drum kit artist who is a passionate performer, teacher and composer. He has over four decades of experience backing leading artists including Multi Grammy award winner Lucky Oceans and vocal great Leo deCastro, through to the contemporary music of Brian Ritchie’s Shakuhachi Club and the visceral blues power of Billy Warner Band. Konrad studied composition at the University of Tasmania from 2014 to 2020 under Dr. Maria Grenfell. He is equally focused on live performance and his teaching practice, sustaining ensemble and private lessons at Claremont College, Friends and Elizabeth College. Konrad’s principal focus as an instrumental tutor, is to expand the students musical grammar and confidence, eventually becoming independent artists who will forge their own individual path. He continues to perform original live instrumental music, directing his many ensembles in a variety of styles. These include modern jazz with the Konrad Park Quartet, Big Small Band (hard bop), The Schwing Thing (post fusion electric jazz rock), Simon Patterson Trio (modern jazz).
Konrad lived in Melbourne from 2008-14, experiencing highlights such as backing David Campbell and Marina Prior for the MSO. He recorded at the ABC for Mal Stanley’s Jazz Track program, with the Tim Neal Trio, a Hammond organ featuring Simon Patterson on guitar. Konrad’s studies at UTAS have greatly furthered his musical aims and compositions skills. He writes from his second instrument, the Chapman Stick, a ten-string tapping instrument. As a UTAS student, Konrad has been able to write more prolifically for his various ensembles. As a Chapman Stick artist, Konrad aka Stickrad, writes and performs his compositions with Stickrad Quintet, to audiences in search of a new listening experience. As co-artistic director of Southern Stick Events, Konrad brought international “Stickists” Bob Culbertson to Australia three times since 2007, for teaching seminars and Stick Night concerts. Konrad continues to compose and have a performance career on the Chapman Stick. A collaboration with the internationally acclaimed drum kit artist Terry Bozzio, is planned for 2025 culminating in a work for concert band, extended modern drum kit and Chapman stick. Konrad is now based in Hobart, Tasmania and continues to back local and interstate artists from a wide variety of backgrounds. Konrad’s musical diversity allows him to contribute on multiple fronts, to Tasmania’s dynamic and rich musical legacy.
Live Jazz is part of Salamanca Arts Centre’s Public Program, and is supported by the City of Hobart’s Cultural Grants Program.
Sionnach Ruas Great Irish Songbook