Arts E-bulletin October 2013 - Townsville City Council

November 9 thNorthern Lights Film Festival (NLFF) Screening Event and Awards presentationThis is the fourth year the School of Creative Arts (SoCA), JCU has hosted this exciting short filmfestival and as the quality and imagination of the high school entries have been so impressive in thepast SoCA has decided to make this year’s NLFF specifically a high school festival.Cost: free and there will even be popcorn provided.For information: 4781 3142 mailto:northernlights@jcu.edu.auClick here for information on Northern Lights Film Festival (NLFF) – Call for EntriesNovember 13 th to 17 th 7.30pmBlackrockBlackrock is Nick Enright’s Australian classic that delves into the undercurrent of a masculine,alcohol fuelled youth subculture in a fictional coastal community.It is Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club – and that means alcohol, drugs and fun.But by the morning a young girl is dead – raped and bashed with a rock. What is the aftermath?Who is responsible? Toby’s friends and family must all deal with the consequences of the tragedy.With devastating insight, Blackrock deals with the issues of violence and its consequences, personalresponsibility, loss and community. Rated MA15+Cost: $35/$25; members; students $15Riverway Performing Arts Centre20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa Central4727 9797 TicketShop http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities/theatres/riverwayarts/Pages/default.aspxOctober 24 th & 25 th 7.30pmCabaret De FrivolitieA showcase of all things trivial by La Luna Youth Arts’ dance, drama and circus participants aged 15years+. Aerialists, comedy skits, sassy dances, a Mad Hatter’s circus tea party and random acts offutility on 3 stages.Recommended for an audience of 15 years+ as there is some coarse language and adult themes.Cost: $25/$18; child/school student $15; family 2A+2C $65November 12 th 7pmRadical Reels Tour – Banff Mountain FestivalThey're short, they're sharp and they're sure to shock: eleven of the most extreme, high-adrenalinfilms from the latest Banff Mountain Festival. Designed to keep audiences on the edges of theirseats, the film features daring footage of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, speedriders, wing suiters, skiers, snowboarders and mountain-bike riders alive today. Each action-packedshort has been hand-picked from more than 300 entries in the Banff Mountain Film Festival (thelargest and most prestigious mountain adventure, culture and exploration festival in the world).To view the trailers and read about the 2013 films visit http://www.banffaustralia.com.auCost: $32; Group 20+ $27 per ticketPresented by Volkswagen AmarokSchool of Arts Theatre4772 2549 mailto:info@soatheatretownsville.com.au http://www.soatheatretownsville.com.au/Cnr Stanley & Walker Streets, CBDNovember 7 th to 9 th 7.30pmSkitch TeaseWearing nothing but a pair of fishnets and a strategically placed squeezebox, Liz Skitch parodies hermum, ex-boyfriends, empty-headed teenage girls, loud-mouthed tourists and more… Dripping withdouble entendre Skitch Tease has a rollicking old vaudeville feel; it’s naughty but nice – MarilynMonroe meets Judith Lucy with a pinch of Jerry Lewis.Cost: $25 – $30November 11 th to 16 th 7.30pmShort+Sweet TheatreNow entering its thirteenth year, this is the biggest festival of ten minute theatre in the world. Andthis is the second time held in Townsville.For three nights local actors, directors and playwrights will showcase 10-minute plays which arejudged and the audience gets a chance to vote too. The winner goes through to the Queenslandfinals in Brisbane and then maybe on to the national finals in Sydney. Cost: $2016