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There’s no rewind button. Galleries, shops, cafes, offices,
Experience it LIVE in our hotels & public spaces. Visual Art
theatres, concert halls is everywhere!
and streets.
Bookings > For tickets & booking information, see the individual entries OR call > 6249 7377
M O NARO
REDBA CK
GARAGES
AND SHEDS
FIREWORKS
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FoCA5
is FREE ART
Bringing art into our lives & seeing our lives in art.
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FoCA5
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Storytellers:
Faces & Stories of Federation (p13)
5-6 October n 7.00pm-8.00pm
FoCA5 Playreadings
FREE readings of new works by ACT emerging playwrights & other premiere
works (p10). Presented by Bamboo Theatre, CIA, Eulea Kiraly and The
Company, People Theatre, The Acting Company & Women on a Shoestring.
CMAG n 25-30 September n 8.00pm
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Live Art Film
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband by Debbie Isitt The Street Theatre Studio
Season at The Street 11-29 September
Tuesday-Saturday 8.30pm-9.45pm
Middle age encroaches & Kenneth finds the arms of another woman.
Full $22.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $16.00
One little problem … she can’t cook. When his first wife, invites the couple Bookings 6247 1223
for dinner, he readily accepts – unaware of what delicacies are on the menu!
A cordon bleu comedy for those who like their humour rich & black.
Director: Lenore McGregor.
21st Century Happenings – A Youth Arts Expo Various venues & times
Canberra Youth Theatre Company 1-31 October
Bookings & Information
In October Canberra Youth Theatre points the finger at Youth Art in any
www.cytc.net/happenings
medium throughout our region. Check out & then go & see the sorts of art 6248 5057
young people are making & creating in theatre, dance, literature, online art,
visual art, multimedia or performance art by visiting www.cytc.net/happenings.
ScreenSound Australia
The Flicks: Underground & Independent
“Andy Warhol’s Bad”
ScreenSound Australia
26 September 8.30pm-10.30pm
“Andy Warhol’s Bad” R (1977) dir: Jed Johnson. Camp cult classic. Hazel runs a “Pearls Before Swine”
beauty salon & supplies women for hit jobs. Humorously grim with an 27 September 8.30pm-10.30pm
unforgettable cast. n “Pearls Before Swine” R (1999) dir Richard Wolstencroft. Full $8.00 Concession $6.00
Schlock action/thriller that immerses us in a seedy underworld of sex, drugs, Bookings 6248 2000
perversion & voyeurism. SPECIAL GUEST Richard Wolstencroft.
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Literature
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Literature Visual Art
& Here
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Swollen Tongues by Kathleen Oliver
Now
Women on a Shoestring
Contemporary Canadian play written entirely in rhyming couplets.
A flurry of cross-dressing, tricks & furious word play leads to revelations
& poetry, unlocking the door to love. No one is without secrets.
Australian Premiere.
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Visual Art
Backyard Project Revisited – Works from the Megalo Archive Megalo Hackett
Megalo Access Arts Inc 25 September – 14 October
9.30am-4.30pm Monday – Friday
An exhibition of work on fabric & paper produced by members of the Majura
FREE
Women’s Group from 1989 to 1995. The works were produced as a result of Information 6249 6086
collaboration between the group & various professional artists working in
Canberra. This selection celebrates the personal & domestic as a source
of creativity.
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Scenes from “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband” Healthpact Gallery
Cherylynn Holmes 10 –29 September
9.00am-5.00pm Monday - Saturday
Holmes is a visual artist & stage designer. She presents a series of paintings
Late close when performances
& drawings based on the play “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband” (p8). in the Street Theatre
The work is produced in situ during the rehearsal process of the play. It depicts FREE
the actions of the actors & indicates the artist’s close association with the
Canberra Theatre Community.
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FoCA5 Calendar
Please note that Monday 1 October is a public
Thur 27 Sept
Tues 25 Sept
Wed 26 Sept
Sun 30 Sept
Sat 29 Sept
holiday and some venues will be closed.
Fri 28 Sept
Thur 4 Oct
Mon 1 Oct
Wed 3 Oct
Sun 7 Oct
Tue 2 Oct
Sat 6 Oct
Check opening times with the venues.
Fri 5 Oct
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FoCA5 Calendar
Thur 27 Sept
Tues 25 Sept
Wed 26 Sept
Sun 30 Sept
Sat 29 Sept
Fri 28 Sept
Thur 4 Oct
Mon 1 Oct
Wed 3 Oct
Sun 7 Oct
Tue 2 Oct
Sat 6 Oct
Fri 5 Oct
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After Dark
FoCA5 Venues
ANCA - Australian National Capital Currong Theatre Manning Clark House Spiral Arm Gallery
Artists Gallery Gorman House Arts Centre 11 Tasmania Circ FORREST 71 Leichhardt Street KINGSTON
1 Rosevear Place DICKSON Batman St/ Currong St BRADDON P: 6295 9433 P: 6295 9438
P: 6247 8736 Disabled Access P: 6249 7377 Disabled Access
Megalo Hackett The Hive
Belconnen Gallery Civic Square 114 Maitland St HACKETT 25 Lonsdale St BRADDON
Belconnen Community Centre London Circuit CANBERRA CITY P: 6249 6086 Disabled Access P: 6257 9700 Disabled Access
Swanson Court BELCONNEN
P: 6253 1166 Disabled Access Floriade Megalo Kingston Workshop The Link
Commonwealth Park CANBERRA CITY 71 Leichhardt St KINGSTON Canberra Theatre Centre
Bogong Theatre Disabled Access P: 6295 2781 Civic Square CANBERRA CITY
Gorman House Arts Centre Disabled Access
Ainslie Avenue BRADDON Garema Place Sage Café
P: 6249 7377 Disabled Access CANBERRA CITY Gorman House Arts Centre The Playhouse
Disabled Access Batman St BRADDON Canberra Theatre Centre
CMAG – Canberra Museum & Gallery P: 6249 6050 Disabled Access Civic Square CANBERRA CITY
Civic Square/ London Circuit HealthPact Gallery (Street Theatre) P: 6243 5711 Disabled Access
CANBERRA CITY Childers St CANBERRA ScreenSound Australia
P: 6207 3968 Disabled Access P: 6247 9415 Disabled Access McCoy Circuit ACTON The Street Theatre Studio
P: 6248 2000 Disabled Access Childers St CANBERRA
Craft ACT Gallery 2 Llewellyn Hall P: 6247 9415 Disabled Access
Civic Square/London Circuit William Herbert Place ACTON Senator Kate Lundy’s Office
CANBERRA CITY P: 6125 5736 Disabled Access 11 London Cct CANBERRA CITY Tuggeranong Arts Centre
P: 6262 9333 Disabled Access Reed St /Cowlishaw St TUGGERANONG
P: 6293 1443 Disabled Access
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