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Here you can find out more information about the GPAC venue; view upcoming shows: book tickets online; and read up on the latest news from Geelong's home of performing arts.

Ph: 03 5225 1200
50 Little Malop Street
Geelong VIC 3220

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GPAC named best presenter at annual conference
Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) has been named Australia's best venue for touring performances. The centre was presented with the Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA) Drover Award for Best Presenter at the association's annual conference in Perth.

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Online ticket purchases now easier than ever
The Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) has long been an industry leader in customer service, dedicated to providing patrons with the best, most straightforward purchasing experience possible. With online purchases becoming more and more popular in today's fast-moving society, a new addition to the GPAC website will see customers more satisfied than ever.

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A ‘Merry’ start to Musical Mornings
Geelong Performing Arts Centre's ever-popular Musical Mornings program returns in February with a stunning tribute to one of the country's most accomplished performers in The Merry June Bronhill.

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Alcoa Theatre Season

GPAC'S 2012 ALCOA THEATRE SEASON
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Each year as we look across the country to find the best productions - diversity, quality, great storytelling, light and shade are always on our minds.

Each year, as the juggling of artists, theatres and dollars shapes the season, one question we always ask ourselves: is this the most fantastic season yet?

null From my point of view I believe the nine productions that make up the 2012 season may quite possibly be just that.

We will be off to an exceptional start, celebrating 200 years of Charles Dickens, with the magnificent award winning Miriam Margolyes, portraying 23 of his finest characters in Dickens' Women. She will leave you spellbound.

Then you will witness the remarkable Helen Morse explore the mystery of memory in Sundowner. Her performance will tear at your heart.

null Colin Friels is also joining us to lead the cast in a modern classic, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - a Victorian exclusive! Our finest performers in this classic of our times from one of our most acclaimed theatre companies, Belvoir.

And we look forward to an amazing finale with Rachael Beck and Jessica Rowe celebrating one of the world's greatest music theatre artists in Side By Side By Sondheim.

And so much more: this fantastic season of wonderful performers and storytelling, from family relationships to office culture and romance, is hard to beat.

null But you be the judge.

We are giving you the opportunity to be uplifted, challenged and to laugh and cry, so make sure you do not miss one of these truly fantastic productions.

Jill Smith
General Manager

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THIS SEASON'S SHOWS

Dickens Women

BAFTA®-award winning actress Miriam Margolyes returns to Australia for an encore of her one-woman tour-de- force, Dickens’ Women, bringing to life twenty-three of Charles Dickens’ most engaging and colourful female (and male!) characters. more >>

Sundowner

Through the eyes of three generations Sundowner tells the story of so many Australian families, using theatrical expression, dance and physicality. If a loved one starts to lose their memories, what role can we play in holding on to them? And how can we care for them in the present while honouring their memory? more >>

Syncopation

Henry Ribolow is a Jewish meatpacker obsessed with becoming a ballroom dancer and is desperately seeking a dance partner. Anna Bianchi, an Italian Catholic seamstress, is unsatisfied with her life until she spots a curious ad in the paper: “Give your life a lift. Wanted: A dance partner to dance for royalty.” more >>

Stop. Rewind

Stop. Rewind charts the lives of seven workers in a local government office. A colleague’s death forces them to reassess their lives, their choices and their goals. Melissa Bubnic writes triumphantly about the compromise of vitality and the erosion of dreams. more >>

The Flood

This electrifying and disturbing work bristles with dark humour and edge-of-the-seat performances. The Flood is startlingly authentic writing, plunging audiences into a web of family intrigue set against a haunting Australian landscape. more >>

Biddies

From the writer of Codgers...now it’s time to hear from the ladies. You’ll laugh till you cry. Move over Codgers, the Biddies are in town... more >>

Death of a Salesman

Arguably the greatest play of the Twentieth Century, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is about a man's need to hold on to his dreams even when they have been proven false and destructive. more >>

Bare Witness

An electrifying multi-media play drawing on real-life experiences of photographers and correspondents, Bare Witness catapults us into the world’s combat zones, challenging the way we view humanity through the fragmenting lens of the media. more >>

Side By Side By Sondheim

Side By Side By Sondheim is a celebration of the most acclaimed composer on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim. This inspired production celebrates legendary Sondheim musicals from the early part of his career, such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Company and A Little Night Music, and features all-time theatre greats including Losing My Mind, I'm Still Here, Being Alive and Send In The Clowns. more >>

WHAT'S ON

	The Merry June Bronhill - June Bronhill was an Australian icon of opera, operetta and musical theatre as well as comedy and television. This show is a concert tribute to the career of June Bronhill, from her early days in Broken Hill (hence Bronhill) to her stellar career in Europe, UK and Australia. more >>
	Music In The Gardens 2012 - Ricketty Bridge - Ricketty Bridge are a multi instrumental, multicultural, accoustic crossover band which performs an exuberant blend of contemporary and traditional folk / world music. more >>
	Shakespeare In The Vines - Much Ado About Nothing more >>
	Music In The Gardens 2012 - Hip Cats - The Hip Cats focus on American 50′s rock music culture from grassroots rockabilly to popular 50′s, through to the smoother crossovers of swing and R&B. The band is four piece with guitar, double bass, drums, sax/harmonica, with all the ‘cats’ singing. more >>

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