Puccini La Boheme at Cummins Theatre Wedensday 8 September

Puccini's brilliant music, presented here by a talented Chamber Orchestra conducted by Musical Director, Brian Chatterton, amplifies the drama, and, so long as we believe in these characters, this story inevitably touches our most fundamental human emotions.

Experienced choreographer/director Nick Carroll always aims to entertain, and with its blend of humour, romance and tragedy, La Boheme is fertile material for a complete theatrical experience.

The Bohemians are an idealistic, penniless bunch intent on enjoying the festive season which is the context for this story. Tribulations, celebrations and the troubled triangle of Musetta, Marcello and Alcindoro provide a counterpoint to the genuine and profound love between Rodolfo and Mimi. Love's greatest enemy, misunderstanding, threatens to sabotage their union; and ultimately their destiny, as everyone knows, is a tragic one.

Cummins Theatre Merredin
Wednesday 8 September
7:30pm

Tickets available now from:
Merredin Visitor Centre
Ph: 9041 1666
Adult: $38.50
Concession: $34.50
Student/Child: $27.50

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 Big Screen 2010

Touring around the regions is Big Screen 2010 a projwect from the National film and Sound archive that brings Australian films to rural and regional Australia.

The tour has just left Broome and is headed for Kununurra with klalgoorlie dates to be announced soon. We'll update this entry when they come to hand.

Kununurra

September 10-15
Kununurra Picture Gardens
Gates open from 5:30PM, tickets available at the door

· Friday 10 September, 6:30PM: Blame
· Friday 10 September, 8:30PM: Animal Kingdom
· Saturday 11 September, 6:30PM: The Waiting City
· Saturday 11 September, 8:45PM: Beneath Hill 60
· Sunday 12 September, 6:30PM: Bran Nue Dae
· Sunday 12 September, 8:30PM: Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos

Download the Kunurra program here

The Big Screen tour of Western Australia is proudly supported by ScreenWest and Lotterywest.

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11 September to 10 October
(Mid West)
Rainbow Jungle Kalbarri Sculpture Exhibition 2010

Yes it's on again- the Kalbarri Rainbow Jungle Sculpture Exibition. 

Sculptors from around the state will show their works in the picturesque surroundings of Rainbow Jungle Kalbarri. Coordinated by Daniel Jenks the exhibition will be opened by Patricia Gliddon of teh Northampton Shire Council on Spetember 10.

For more information or to check out the photo gallery from last year's exhibition click here

 Yabu Band on Tour (Indian Ocean Territories)

Multi-talented musicians Delson and Boyd Stokes will travel far from their home town in the Goldfields, as their group The Yabu Band tours to the Indian Ocean Territories on a tour coordinated by Country Arts WA.

The brothers, who at age five were fighting over the same guitar, now make up two thirds of The Yabu Band - one of the most exciting and popular up-and-coming contemporary Aboriginal bands in Australia.

The Yabu Band will share its powerful desert rock sound as part of a stage show featuring traditional instruments and dancers to communities on Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in a tour supported by the Australian Government through the Attorney General's Department.

Christmas Island

Post Office Padang
Sunday 19 September, 5.30pm

Christmas Island District High School
Wednesday 22 September, 7pm

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

West Island
Sunday Hari Minggu
26 September 2010, 2pm til late
Dari Jam 2 Soreh Hinga Late

Home Island
Wednesday Hari Rebo
29 September 2010, 4.30pm til 7.30pm
Dari Jam 4.30 Soreh - 7.30 Malam

Check out the Yabu band - Indian Ocean territories video here

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 Big Sky Big Ideas Festival 2010 Friday 17 September

The City of Geraldton-Greenough plan to inpsire and amaze you with this most unusual conference. Stacked with internatiional and nationally respected guest speakers including Larry Beasley and Richard Weller. participants will be asked to explore and investigate local issues armed with inspirational insights.

Be lead by the Ideas tour Guide and reimagine your city developing in new and sustainable ways.

BIG SKY BIG IDEAS FESTIVAL
17th and 18th September 2010
Ideas Tour starts 8.45am at Artizen, Marine Terrace

Visit the Website for more information

Download the program with speaker details

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  Sandfly Circus Showcase September 17 and 18 (Broome)

Theatre Kimberely Inc is delighted to announce that the Sandfly Circus will be presenting their Circus showcase titled 321 Fun on the 17th - 18th September. At Broome Recreation and Acquatic Centre at 7pm.

The Sandflies have been training with international stars Sophie and Jacob McGrath from Dream State Circus to develop this years showcase supported by Nel Simpson who has trained the Sandflies for a number of years in aerials.

The Sandflies will be joined by 10 lucky members of One Arm Point School who have also been training with Jacob and Sophie as part of the Theatre Kimberely Circus Outreach programme.

Tickets are on sale at Broome Visitor Centre. Theatre Kimberley office at Lotteries House, and at the door.

Please contact Gwen Knox 91935658 for more details

This event has been made possible by the generous support by Healthway, Y culture and Country Arts Drug aware campaign, Shire of Broome, Royalties for Regions and the community of Broome.

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 Newman Film Festival Sunday 19 September (Pilbara)

Join in the fun of the Newman Film festival on Sunday Septepmber 19. Local films, live bands and a barbecue!

Where: Newman Rec Centre, Gregory ave, Newman

When: Sunday September 19

For more information phone 0423 923 968

Click here to listen to an interview with Curtis Taylor one of the young film makers from the Western Desert involved in the festival.

Proudly presented by BHP Billiton Iron Ore in Partnership with CuriousWorks, the Shire of East Pilbara, Country Arts WA and the Newman Community.

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Deckchair Theatre to tour Krakouer! October - November
(Statewide)
 

Country Arts WA and Smokefree WA, in association with Deckchair Theatre, will tour Krakouer! to 14 regional communities this October to November.

Krakouer is more than a tale of football prowess. It is the story of two brothers who fought with and for each other against racial vilification, gambling addiction, an unforgiving legal system and personal tragedy.

The premiere season of the show at Deckchair's Victoria Hall in Fremantle last year was well-received by audiences and critics alike.

Check out the trailer on yourtube

Krakouer! Will visit:

Esperance 13 October
Albany 15 October
Darkan 18 October
Bunbury 20 October
Margaret River 22 October
Merredin 25 October
Tammin 27 October
Moora 29 October
Mount Magnet 1 November
Geraldton 3 November
Carnarvon 5 November
Onslow 8 November
Port Hedland 10 November
Broome 12 November

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