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Welcome to GPAC!

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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Ford Playhouse

The inclusion of a dress circle in the design of this 797 seat proscenium arch theatre provides a warm, intimate atmosphere popular with performers and audiences alike. The fly tower, excellent technical facilities, spacious dressing rooms and green room area makes the theatre suitable for a wide variety of large events. The venue is regularly used for live theatre, major concerts, meetings and launches.

Contact:

Venue Operations Department

Ph: (03)5225 1210

Fax: (03)5225 1229

Email: venuehire@gpac.org.au

Technical Information:

Technical Specifications - Ford Playhouse.pdf

Seating Plan - Ford Playhouse.pdf

Theatre Plans - Ford Playhouse.pdf

Theatre Plans - Ford Playhouse.zip

WHAT'S ON

	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 >>
	Dressage & Jumping With The Stars more >>
	Jimeoin: Something Smells Funny - There is a hilarious aroma in the air: it’s Jimeoin’s new show ‘Something… Smells Funny’ 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 >>

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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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