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A living legend of French Cinema, Jeanne Moreau stars in this beautiful and moving film about age, loss and love.
Bethany Films - A Lady in Paris 21 May
-
Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made Wombats blue and Kookaburra's pink, Dingo's smile and Emu's Shrink, but the best magic of all was the " POSSUM MAGIC ", that made Baby Hush invisible. First published in 1983 Possum Magic was an instant success w
Possum Magic 25 May
-
Since barnstorming his way onto the country music charts with the mega hit Boys From The Bush Lee Kernaghan has notched up 32 #1 hits on the Australian Country Chart, won a staggering 28 Golden Guitars and has sold 2 million albums in the Australian marke
Lee Kernaghan Beautiful Noise Tour 25 May
-
The Take Over Festival begins with a workshop at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) where professional theatre technicians and actors outline and demonstrate the scope and breathe of the program. This workshop is followed by 2 further sessions at G
Take Over 2013 27 May - 28 May
-
After eight years of teaching in some of New York’s toughest schools, Nilaja Sun decided to turn her experience to creating No Child… A mesmerising solo show that, with pep and humour, depicts the battle-ground that US public education has become.
No Child 31 May
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Through four decades, Rick and John Brewster, The Angels guitarists, co-founders and its most prolific songwriters, have seen lineups change and the band's musical styles rearrange, but through it all they've maintained the pure Australian rock guitar sou
The Angels - Greatest Hits Tour 2013 15 Jun
-
Foster & Allen – Ireland’s most famous and successful duo return to Australia in 2013.
Foster and Allen 16 Jun
-
Kate Miller-Heidke will be embarking on her first extensive regional tour since 2009.
Kate Miller-Heidke 18 Jun - 19 Jun
-
Part of the 2013 Concert Series McAuley Hall Sacred Heart College Aphrasia St, Newtown
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 'Octet' 21 Jun
-
nce Upon A Mattress is a musical version of the famous fairy tale: The Princess and the Pea. You know the story...a bedraggled Princess comes to the castle, seeking refuge. Sleeps on the many mattresses and lives happily ever after when she marries th
Once Upon a Mattress 22 Jun - 29 Jun
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Degustation meal using local produce served by local chefs.
Extravaganza 2013 - Regional Highlights Dinner 13 Jul
-
Hey Rock & Roll lovers the wait is finally over as we celebrate the magical reunion of Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash together in Concert.
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash - The Men in Black Tour 13 Jul
-
Sample a vast selection of produce, wine and beer from the region.
Extravaganza 2013 - Eat, Drink, Discover 14 Jul
-
Keep the winter chills at bay and join us by the fire at 13th Beach Golf Club for an afternoon of jazz provided by sultry swing quartet the Sweet Lowdowns. Ticket price includes lunch and a glass of wine.
Jazz in July 14 Jul
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It's summertime. Brothers Seth (16) and Zac ("13 and three quarters") have again been left to fend for themselves by their neglectful single mother at the family's cottage in the verdant and isolated Luxembourg countryside.
Bethany Films - The Giants 16 Jul
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The current World ranked Number 1 band, 2012 Brass in Concert Champions, and Welsh Champions Cory Band heading for their first ever tour to Australia in August 2013.
World's Best in Brass - Cory Band In Concert 08 Aug
-
Bernard Fanning Departures Tour with Big Scary & Vance Joy
Bernard Fanning - Departures Tour 10 Aug
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Start spreading the news! Tom Burlinson’s internationally acclaimed ‘Frank – A Life in Song’, returns by popular demand to Geelong Performing Arts Centre on Saturday 10th August 2013 .
Frank - A Life in Song 10 Aug
-
Kinship opens with traditional Aboriginal dance Fire (the meaning of Bangarra is 'to make fire' in Wiradjuri language). This sets the scene for Brolga and ID, a fusion of traditional and contemporary music and dance.
Kinship 15 Aug - 17 Aug
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Melina, 40, is the most famous voice in French radio. On her evening show, she solves her listeners’ emotional and sexual problems using cheek and humour.
Bethany Films - On Air 20 Aug
-
Part of the 2013 Concert Series McAuley Hall Sacred Heart College Aphrasia St, Newtown
Genevieve Lacey & Karin Schaupp 13 Sep
-
With a career spanning 25 years (35 singles, 13 albums, 6 ARIA awards) and record sales edging 1 million, DIESEL the journeyman of music is on his way to some very special venues, in select regional areas with The Velvet Curtain Tour.
Diesel - The Velvet Curtain Tour 14 Sep
-
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, was a great admirer of Haydn's, and the composer responded with some of his most memorable music. Tribute to the Empress includes the festive Te Deum written for her, the delectable symphony named after her, and - a thri
MSO - Tribute to the Empress 20 Sep
-
Marina Prior is regarded as Australia’s leading lady of musical theatre, having performed over twenty leading roles in her career so far. She rose to stardom when she played Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. The award winning performer is honoured wi
Marina Prior - The Encore Tour 11 Oct
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It's a sunny summer day. In the garden in front of the castle Prince Ziegfried's friends and courtiers are celebrating the Prince's coming of age, they are dancing and enjoying themselves. The court jester, everybody's favourite, is in the limelight of at
Russian National Ballet - Swan Lake 25 Oct
-
A great Christmas tradition, Messiah's dramatic story of faith, suffering and redemption includes such treasured musical moments as Rejoice greatly, the Hallelujah Chorus, and The trumpet shall sound - all part of a masterpiece of the Baroque, one which o
MESSIAH 13 Dec
-
For three jam-packed days and lively nights visitors return to this internationally recognised event to experience all the magic of Celtic culture - music, dance, art, poetry, cuisine, even Gaelic languages. You'll experience a great mix of traditional an
National Celtic Festival 2013 07 Jun
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Tom Stoppard's hilarious translation of French playwright Gerald Sibleyras', Le Vent des Peupliers is a joyous fusion of the comic, sad and absurd. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Comedy Award, Heroes takes a poignant look at life in our later yea
Heroes 07 Jun - 22 Jun
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Australia's entry to the 2013 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, this movie directed by Cate Shortland is set in 1945, at the end of World War II.
Bethany Films - Lore 11 Jun
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Jonathon Welch AM, well known and loved for his “Choir of Hard Knocks”, is considered one of Australia’s finest tenors of his generation.
MM - Jonathon Welch Great Tenor Hits 12 Jun - 13 Jun
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Join TV’s top medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams as she shares her gift of communication with spirits from the ‘Other Side’.
Lisa Williams - Messages from Beyond 14 Jun
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4 x ARIA award winner Katie Noonan's technical mastery and pure voice make her one of Australia's most versatile and beloved vocalists. ‘Songbook’ will see Katie exploring material from throughout her career including songs from George, Katie Noonan and t
Katie Noonan - Songbook 22 Jun
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'I have worked at fever heat and the thing is tremendous in energy,' Elgar said of his Second Symphony. Here this deeply human masterwork comes to life under one its greatest interpreters. Rachmaninov's Concerto has all the poetry and melodic beauty audie
MSO - Rachmaninov and Elgar 28 Jun
-
It's Robert's birthday. He's 35, he lives in New York City and he's a confirmed bachelor. His friends, his "Company", most of them married and all of them couples, have gathered at his apartment to give him a surprise party. Robert tries to blow out the c
Company 04 Jul - 20 Jul
-
Doesn’t every little girl want to be a Princess? Rhapsody is a beautiful fairy but she has a dream. She wants to be a Princess! All of her fairyland friends want to help make their fairy friend happy. Wizzy conjures up some crazy spells; Elf teachs som
The Fairies - I Want To Be A Princess Concert 09 Jul
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Absorbing, lyrical and irresistibly funny, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter Gordon McIntyre
Midsummer (A Play With Songs) 10 Jul - 13 Jul
-
The Dancers Company, the regional touring arm of The Australian Ballet, is on the road again in 2013, visiting South Australia, Victoria, Broken Hill and the Northern Territory with a dazzling triple bill of ballet gems.
The Dancers Company - Classical Triple Bill 20 Jul
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Following the sellout 2011 tour, The Johann Strauss Ensemble returns to Australia to captivate audiences with the waltzes and polkas of Austria in ‘Vienna on Fire.’
Johann Strauss Ensemble - Vienna on Fire 21 Jul
-
Little Johann
Little Johann 21 Jul
-
it’s time to speed upto 88 miles and charge into the 80’s in the Dolerean. CenterStage Geelong is pleased to bring the Geelong Premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER. From the company that brought you sold out seasons of Singin’ In the Rain, 13 The Musical and A
The Wedding Singer 26 Jul - 03 Aug
-
Canada’s foremost artist in puppettheatre, Ronnie Burkett has been creditedwith creating some of the world’s mostelaborate and provocative puppetry.He last visited GPAC in 2008 with theunforgettable Billy Twinkle - Requiem fora Golden Boy and will astound
Penny Plain 30 Jul - 03 Aug
-
Neil Diamond's Hot August Night with Peter Byrne & Australian Philharmonic Orchestra
Neil Diamond's Hot August Night - The Concert 23 Aug
-
The Adam Harvey & Beccy Cole Show 31 Aug
-
A suburban hermit’s life unravels when confronted by his own dark secrets in this suspenseful drama by award-winning playwright Reg
The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell 05 Sep - 07 Sep
-
A liberated young school teacher instructs her girls on the ways of life.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 06 Sep - 21 Sep
-
Meet The One: the most talented psychic in Australia. Her gift? Connecting the Spirit World with the living. Her calling? To bring people out of the darkness. Her passion? Helping those coping with grief. Her name? Charmaine Wilson.
Charmaine Wilson - Spirit Whisperer 11 Sep
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Melbourne’s Ben Martin performs the solo piano part in both Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 13 and in his own new work, Trinitas.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra - Trinitas 25 Oct
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Fresh from their very successful 2012 national tour, Johnny Cash the Concert is back to celebrate all things CASH bringing to life an incredible new concert experience!
Johnny Cash The Concert - Ring of Fire Tour 2013 26 Oct
-
Melvin Tix conductor and presenter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra World-renowned clownductor Melvin Tix presents his much-loved Clowning Around program.
MSO For Kids: Clowning Around With Melvin Tix 06 Nov
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A not-to-be-missed rioutous romp through the Renaissance
Blackadder 22 Nov - 07 Dec
-
The internationally successful British rock 'n' roll band Smokie will be back on tour in Australia this November!
Smokie - Live in Concert 30 Nov
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It's Robert's birthday. He's 35, he lives in New York City and he's a confirmed bachelor. His friends, his "Company", most of them married and all of them couples, have gathered at his apartment to give him a surprise party. Robert tries to blow out the c
Company 04 Jul - 20 Jul
-
A not-to-be-missed rioutous romp through the Renaissance
Blackadder 22 Nov - 07 Dec
-
Since barnstorming his way onto the country music charts with the mega hit Boys From The Bush Lee Kernaghan has notched up 32 #1 hits on the Australian Country Chart, won a staggering 28 Golden Guitars and has sold 2 million albums in the Australian marke
Lee Kernaghan Beautiful Noise Tour 25 May
-
For three jam-packed days and lively nights visitors return to this internationally recognised event to experience all the magic of Celtic culture - music, dance, art, poetry, cuisine, even Gaelic languages. You'll experience a great mix of traditional an
National Celtic Festival 2013 07 Jun
-
Jonathon Welch AM, well known and loved for his “Choir of Hard Knocks”, is considered one of Australia’s finest tenors of his generation.
MM - Jonathon Welch Great Tenor Hits 12 Jun - 13 Jun
-
Through four decades, Rick and John Brewster, The Angels guitarists, co-founders and its most prolific songwriters, have seen lineups change and the band's musical styles rearrange, but through it all they've maintained the pure Australian rock guitar sou
The Angels - Greatest Hits Tour 2013 15 Jun
-
Foster & Allen – Ireland’s most famous and successful duo return to Australia in 2013.
Foster and Allen 16 Jun
-
Keep the winter chills at bay and join us by the fire at 13th Beach Golf Club for an afternoon of jazz provided by sultry swing quartet the Sweet Lowdowns. Ticket price includes lunch and a glass of wine.
Jazz in July 14 Jul
-
Following the sellout 2011 tour, The Johann Strauss Ensemble returns to Australia to captivate audiences with the waltzes and polkas of Austria in ‘Vienna on Fire.’
Johann Strauss Ensemble - Vienna on Fire 21 Jul
-
Little Johann
Little Johann 21 Jul
-
The current World ranked Number 1 band, 2012 Brass in Concert Champions, and Welsh Champions Cory Band heading for their first ever tour to Australia in August 2013.
World's Best in Brass - Cory Band In Concert 08 Aug
-
Bernard Fanning Departures Tour with Big Scary & Vance Joy
Bernard Fanning - Departures Tour 10 Aug
-
Marina Prior is regarded as Australia’s leading lady of musical theatre, having performed over twenty leading roles in her career so far. She rose to stardom when she played Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. The award winning performer is honoured wi
Marina Prior - The Encore Tour 11 Oct
-
Melbourne’s Ben Martin performs the solo piano part in both Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 13 and in his own new work, Trinitas.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra - Trinitas 25 Oct
-
Fresh from their very successful 2012 national tour, Johnny Cash the Concert is back to celebrate all things CASH bringing to life an incredible new concert experience!
Johnny Cash The Concert - Ring of Fire Tour 2013 26 Oct
-
Melvin Tix conductor and presenter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra World-renowned clownductor Melvin Tix presents his much-loved Clowning Around program.
MSO For Kids: Clowning Around With Melvin Tix 06 Nov
-
The internationally successful British rock 'n' roll band Smokie will be back on tour in Australia this November!
Smokie - Live in Concert 30 Nov
-
Kate Miller-Heidke will be embarking on her first extensive regional tour since 2009.
Kate Miller-Heidke 18 Jun - 19 Jun
-
Part of the 2013 Concert Series McAuley Hall Sacred Heart College Aphrasia St, Newtown
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 'Octet' 21 Jun
-
4 x ARIA award winner Katie Noonan's technical mastery and pure voice make her one of Australia's most versatile and beloved vocalists. ‘Songbook’ will see Katie exploring material from throughout her career including songs from George, Katie Noonan and t
Katie Noonan - Songbook 22 Jun
-
'I have worked at fever heat and the thing is tremendous in energy,' Elgar said of his Second Symphony. Here this deeply human masterwork comes to life under one its greatest interpreters. Rachmaninov's Concerto has all the poetry and melodic beauty audie
MSO - Rachmaninov and Elgar 28 Jun
-
Hey Rock & Roll lovers the wait is finally over as we celebrate the magical reunion of Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash together in Concert.
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash - The Men in Black Tour 13 Jul
-
Start spreading the news! Tom Burlinson’s internationally acclaimed ‘Frank – A Life in Song’, returns by popular demand to Geelong Performing Arts Centre on Saturday 10th August 2013 .
Frank - A Life in Song 10 Aug
-
Neil Diamond's Hot August Night with Peter Byrne & Australian Philharmonic Orchestra
Neil Diamond's Hot August Night - The Concert 23 Aug
-
Part of the 2013 Concert Series McAuley Hall Sacred Heart College Aphrasia St, Newtown
Genevieve Lacey & Karin Schaupp 13 Sep
-
With a career spanning 25 years (35 singles, 13 albums, 6 ARIA awards) and record sales edging 1 million, DIESEL the journeyman of music is on his way to some very special venues, in select regional areas with The Velvet Curtain Tour.
Diesel - The Velvet Curtain Tour 14 Sep
-
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, was a great admirer of Haydn's, and the composer responded with some of his most memorable music. Tribute to the Empress includes the festive Te Deum written for her, the delectable symphony named after her, and - a thri
MSO - Tribute to the Empress 20 Sep
-
A great Christmas tradition, Messiah's dramatic story of faith, suffering and redemption includes such treasured musical moments as Rejoice greatly, the Hallelujah Chorus, and The trumpet shall sound - all part of a masterpiece of the Baroque, one which o
MESSIAH 13 Dec
-
The Dancers Company, the regional touring arm of The Australian Ballet, is on the road again in 2013, visiting South Australia, Victoria, Broken Hill and the Northern Territory with a dazzling triple bill of ballet gems.
The Dancers Company - Classical Triple Bill 20 Jul
-
Kinship opens with traditional Aboriginal dance Fire (the meaning of Bangarra is 'to make fire' in Wiradjuri language). This sets the scene for Brolga and ID, a fusion of traditional and contemporary music and dance.
Kinship 15 Aug - 17 Aug
-
It's a sunny summer day. In the garden in front of the castle Prince Ziegfried's friends and courtiers are celebrating the Prince's coming of age, they are dancing and enjoying themselves. The court jester, everybody's favourite, is in the limelight of at
Russian National Ballet - Swan Lake 25 Oct
-
The Take Over Festival begins with a workshop at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) where professional theatre technicians and actors outline and demonstrate the scope and breathe of the program. This workshop is followed by 2 further sessions at G
Take Over 2013 27 May - 28 May
-
After eight years of teaching in some of New York’s toughest schools, Nilaja Sun decided to turn her experience to creating No Child… A mesmerising solo show that, with pep and humour, depicts the battle-ground that US public education has become.
No Child 31 May
-
Melvin Tix conductor and presenter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra World-renowned clownductor Melvin Tix presents his much-loved Clowning Around program.
MSO For Kids: Clowning Around With Melvin Tix 06 Nov
-
Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made Wombats blue and Kookaburra's pink, Dingo's smile and Emu's Shrink, but the best magic of all was the " POSSUM MAGIC ", that made Baby Hush invisible. First published in 1983 Possum Magic was an instant success w
Possum Magic 25 May
-
Doesn’t every little girl want to be a Princess? Rhapsody is a beautiful fairy but she has a dream. She wants to be a Princess! All of her fairyland friends want to help make their fairy friend happy. Wizzy conjures up some crazy spells; Elf teachs som
The Fairies - I Want To Be A Princess Concert 09 Jul
-
Degustation meal using local produce served by local chefs.
Extravaganza 2013 - Regional Highlights Dinner 13 Jul
-
Sample a vast selection of produce, wine and beer from the region.
Extravaganza 2013 - Eat, Drink, Discover 14 Jul
-
Little Johann
Little Johann 21 Jul
-
Melvin Tix conductor and presenter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra World-renowned clownductor Melvin Tix presents his much-loved Clowning Around program.
MSO For Kids: Clowning Around With Melvin Tix 06 Nov
-
A living legend of French Cinema, Jeanne Moreau stars in this beautiful and moving film about age, loss and love.
Bethany Films - A Lady in Paris 21 May
-
Australia's entry to the 2013 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, this movie directed by Cate Shortland is set in 1945, at the end of World War II.
Bethany Films - Lore 11 Jun
-
It's summertime. Brothers Seth (16) and Zac ("13 and three quarters") have again been left to fend for themselves by their neglectful single mother at the family's cottage in the verdant and isolated Luxembourg countryside.
Bethany Films - The Giants 16 Jul
-
Melina, 40, is the most famous voice in French radio. On her evening show, she solves her listeners’ emotional and sexual problems using cheek and humour.
Bethany Films - On Air 20 Aug
-
It's Robert's birthday. He's 35, he lives in New York City and he's a confirmed bachelor. His friends, his "Company", most of them married and all of them couples, have gathered at his apartment to give him a surprise party. Robert tries to blow out the c
Company 04 Jul - 20 Jul
-
it’s time to speed upto 88 miles and charge into the 80’s in the Dolerean. CenterStage Geelong is pleased to bring the Geelong Premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER. From the company that brought you sold out seasons of Singin’ In the Rain, 13 The Musical and A
The Wedding Singer 26 Jul - 03 Aug
-
Start spreading the news! Tom Burlinson’s internationally acclaimed ‘Frank – A Life in Song’, returns by popular demand to Geelong Performing Arts Centre on Saturday 10th August 2013 .
Frank - A Life in Song 10 Aug
-
After eight years of teaching in some of New York’s toughest schools, Nilaja Sun decided to turn her experience to creating No Child… A mesmerising solo show that, with pep and humour, depicts the battle-ground that US public education has become.
No Child 31 May
-
Tom Stoppard's hilarious translation of French playwright Gerald Sibleyras', Le Vent des Peupliers is a joyous fusion of the comic, sad and absurd. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Comedy Award, Heroes takes a poignant look at life in our later yea
Heroes 07 Jun - 22 Jun
-
Join TV’s top medium and clairvoyant Lisa Williams as she shares her gift of communication with spirits from the ‘Other Side’.
Lisa Williams - Messages from Beyond 14 Jun
-
nce Upon A Mattress is a musical version of the famous fairy tale: The Princess and the Pea. You know the story...a bedraggled Princess comes to the castle, seeking refuge. Sleeps on the many mattresses and lives happily ever after when she marries th
Once Upon a Mattress 22 Jun - 29 Jun
-
Absorbing, lyrical and irresistibly funny, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter Gordon McIntyre
Midsummer (A Play With Songs) 10 Jul - 13 Jul
-
Canada’s foremost artist in puppettheatre, Ronnie Burkett has been creditedwith creating some of the world’s mostelaborate and provocative puppetry.He last visited GPAC in 2008 with theunforgettable Billy Twinkle - Requiem fora Golden Boy and will astound
Penny Plain 30 Jul - 03 Aug
-
The Adam Harvey & Beccy Cole Show 31 Aug
-
A suburban hermit’s life unravels when confronted by his own dark secrets in this suspenseful drama by award-winning playwright Reg
The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell 05 Sep - 07 Sep
-
A liberated young school teacher instructs her girls on the ways of life.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 06 Sep - 21 Sep
-
Meet The One: the most talented psychic in Australia. Her gift? Connecting the Spirit World with the living. Her calling? To bring people out of the darkness. Her passion? Helping those coping with grief. Her name? Charmaine Wilson.
Charmaine Wilson - Spirit Whisperer 11 Sep
Jonathon Welch returns to Musical Mornings
GPAC’s Musical Mornings Season One concludes in June when the much-loved Jonathon Welch AM, presen
School is battleground in No Child
A startling new play depicting the battleground of public school education comes to GPAC in May as p
Come join the farewell tour for Possum Magic
Much-loved children’s classic Possum Magic returns to GPAC this month for its final farewell tour.