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Welcome to the website of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre.

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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Step inside Gillies’ Godzone
GPAC’s Alcoa Theatre Season 2010 opens in March with the return of the irreverent and irrepressible Max Gillies in the political satire Godzone , a fiercely funny dissection of Australian politics written by Gillies and Guy Rundle.

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Back To Back Theatre brings small metal objects to Westfield
A hit right across the world, Back to Back Theatre will perform its award winning production small metal objects in Geelong for the first time this April. The Geelong based company has created an intriguing production performed by four actors, two with learning disabilities. Their work defies convention, challenges reason and questions the imperative to be 'normal'.

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Musical Mornings

An essential part of GPAC's daytime entertainment calendar, Musical Mornings brings an endless parade of Australia's best-loved performers to Geelong. GPAC has recently joined with Diversitat to broaden the program's appeal to seniors throughout our community. This has resulted in the addition of pre-show entertainment presented by the region's cultural groups. Musical Mornings is proudly supported by Tuckers Funeral and Bereavement Service.

THIS SEASON'S SHOWS

Banda Musicale Italiana

A much-loved Italian concert band based in Melbourne, the 50-piece Banda Musicale Italiana "Vincenzo Bellini" has headlined countless major community and religious festivals during the past 38 years, performing compositions and arias from the famous Italian operas as well as non-Italian operatic favourites such as Schubert and Strauss. more >>

Tenterfield Saddler

Tenterfield Saddler is a book show about the life and outstanding music of one of this country's greatest stars: Peter Allen. Starring John Bowles and Michelle Fitzmaurice, the show is packed with hit after hit song, including Tenterfield Saddler, I Go To Rio, I Honestly Love You, Don't Cry Out Loud and of course, I Still Call Australia Home as well as many other instantly recognisable hit songs, many of which Peter Allen wrote for other great stars like Carol Bayer Sager and Olivia Newton John. more >>

Let’s All Go Down The Strand

Promac Productions Australia returns with its new hit Music Hall production for 2010, Lets All Go Down The Strand. With the ladies in crinolines, the chairman in his box with his gavel, the orchestra in place, all is set to wind the theatre back to the glory days of 1895 and all the great parlour and comedy songs. more >>

WHAT'S ON

	Dressage & Jumping With The Stars more >>
	Godzone - There's fervour in the revivalist tent, where Reverend Kevin of Rudd Ministries, in a sermon from the German (translated via Mandarin), tells his congregation that religion is the new politics and vice versa. Called up to testify, his guests, drawn from the Great and the Good, will each bear witness to the powerful spirit moving across this land. more >>
	Take Over - Come to GPAC and let your students Take Over the Blakiston Drama Theatre. Let us help along the way as students create a piece of theatre, produce it and perform to a live audience. Students from years 9 to 12 learn about all areas of production including performance, sound, lighting and stage management. more >>
	Jimeoin: Something Smells Funny - There is a hilarious aroma in the air: it’s Jimeoin’s new show ‘Something… Smells Funny’ more >>

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ALCOA THEATRE SEASON 2010

Alcoa Theatre Season 2010 heralds another year of great entertainment packed with toe-tapping music, hilarious comedy and sizzling performances.

The spotlight will shine on an endless parade of top-shelf performers including veteran actors/comics Max Gillies and Garry McDonald, chanteuses Christine Anu and Casey Donovan, and even Australia's greatest magician James Galea - in a stylish, astonishing and celebratory collection of shows.

Subscribe to Alcoa Theatre Season in 2010 and...

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