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WESTERN<br />
AUSTRALIAN<br />
ACADEMY OF<br />
PERFORMING<br />
ARTS<br />
Box Office<br />
2 Bradford Street Mount Lawley WA 6050<br />
Tel: +61 (08) 9370 6895<br />
Hours: Monday to Friday<br />
9.30am – 12.30pm<br />
1.00pm – 3.30pm<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au<br />
THANK YOU<br />
Major Partner<br />
Supporting Partners<br />
Government of Western Australia<br />
Department of Training<br />
and Workforce Development<br />
Instrument and Equipment Partners<br />
Philanthropic Supporters<br />
John and Margaret Winstanley Family Trust<br />
Bravo Donor Circle<br />
D’Arcy Slater Foundation<br />
Holly Wood Trust<br />
The Woss Family<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
Marketing Partners<br />
Civic Partner<br />
Hospitality Partner<br />
Community Partner<br />
Flourish 2015<br />
2016<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
PROGRAM
ACTING<br />
ARTS MANAGEMENT<br />
CLASSICAL MUSIC<br />
OPERA<br />
SOUND<br />
LIGHTING<br />
DESIGN<br />
STAGE MANAGEMENT<br />
PROPS & SCENERY<br />
In 2016 ECU proudly celebrates its<br />
25th anniversary and <strong>WAAPA</strong> will play<br />
a prominent role in these festivities.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> produces the most exhilarating<br />
range of concerts and shows. The various<br />
performances provoke, entice, entertain,<br />
educate and delight – there is truly<br />
something to suit all tastes! I suggest<br />
you give yourself a treat this year and<br />
come along and see for yourself the stars<br />
of tomorrow on stage today. You will be<br />
impressed [as I have been] with the<br />
enthusiasm and professionalism of these<br />
very talented students.<br />
Come, celebrate with us!<br />
The Western Australian Academy of<br />
Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University<br />
is one of the top performing arts academies<br />
in the world.<br />
Each year our students, staff and special<br />
guest artists participate in an amazing<br />
selection of performances – all produced<br />
in-house utilizing the incredible talents of<br />
our production, design and arts<br />
management students and staff.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> shows represent the best value in<br />
town and by buying tickets you are directly<br />
supporting students.<br />
I hope to see you at a performance in 2016.<br />
WELCOME<br />
Professor Steve Chapman<br />
Vice-Chancellor<br />
Professor Julie Warn AM<br />
Director<br />
RESEARCH<br />
JAZZ<br />
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC<br />
COMPOSITION & MUSIC TECHNOLOGY<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
MUSIC THEATRE<br />
DANCE<br />
ABORIGINAL THEATRE<br />
COSTUME<br />
OPEN DAY<br />
SUNDAY 14 AUGUST, 10.00AM – 3.00PM<br />
The <strong>WAAPA</strong> / ECU Open Day is a perfect<br />
opportunity to explore behind the scenes.<br />
Come and see students in action in rehearsals,<br />
classes and short concerts. Speak with staff<br />
members about course options and find out<br />
about auditions. See the design work, costumes<br />
and props on display. Check out the superbly<br />
equipped lighting and sound studios, the music<br />
technology labs and the scenery construction<br />
workshops. Explore the campus, take a<br />
backstage tour and attend information sessions.<br />
A detailed program of events will be posted on<br />
the <strong>WAAPA</strong> website www.waapa.ecu.edu.au<br />
Flourish 2015<br />
2 3
PROGRAM<br />
INDEX<br />
MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE<br />
AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER<br />
11<br />
Defying Gravity<br />
& Special Guests<br />
11-17<br />
The Three Sisters<br />
11-17<br />
Coriolanus<br />
12-19<br />
A Midsummer<br />
Night's Dream<br />
12-19<br />
The Drowsy Chaperone<br />
19<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> In The Park<br />
22<br />
Gershwin And Me<br />
23<br />
The Nature Of Sound:<br />
Eliane Radigue And<br />
Lionel Marchetti<br />
23<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Direct<br />
24<br />
Jazz Horizons<br />
31<br />
A Guitar Schubertiade<br />
Acting<br />
Dance<br />
Music<br />
Music Theatre<br />
Aboriginal Theatre<br />
Performing Arts<br />
Short Films<br />
Research<br />
8<br />
36<br />
37<br />
47<br />
46<br />
9<br />
8<br />
10<br />
8<br />
10<br />
10<br />
6-7<br />
What Is Hipp:<br />
A Jazz Journey Through<br />
Funk And Soul<br />
10<br />
7<br />
Inspired By Love: Two<br />
Composers, One Muse<br />
11<br />
8<br />
Masters Of Music<br />
11<br />
21<br />
French Favourites<br />
11<br />
28-30<br />
Latin Carnivale<br />
11<br />
29-30<br />
A View From The Bridge<br />
36<br />
30<br />
Vortex<br />
30<br />
30<br />
On Things That Matter<br />
36<br />
2-5<br />
Dido And Aeneas<br />
26<br />
2-5<br />
A View From The Bridge<br />
36<br />
2-5<br />
On Things That Matter<br />
36<br />
2-6<br />
Vortex<br />
30<br />
5<br />
Whirled Music<br />
12<br />
9-13<br />
Sound Spectrum 2016.1<br />
12<br />
11<br />
Pet Sounds Vs Revolver<br />
12<br />
13<br />
The Ambient Guitar<br />
12<br />
13-15<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Plays Bruch<br />
13<br />
18<br />
Duettes<br />
14<br />
18-21<br />
Motion State<br />
32<br />
19<br />
The Bells<br />
14<br />
19-20<br />
I See Red<br />
42<br />
24-27<br />
Solo Stage: The Deadly Sins<br />
42<br />
26<br />
From The Sublime<br />
To The Ridiculous<br />
14<br />
29<br />
An Autumn Afternoon<br />
Of Song<br />
2-3<br />
The Eight Seasons:<br />
Vivaldi And Piazzolla<br />
15<br />
10-16<br />
Les Liasions Dangereuses<br />
38<br />
10-16<br />
Victory<br />
38<br />
14-15<br />
The Songbook Sessions<br />
15<br />
11-18<br />
Bring It On<br />
48<br />
JULY<br />
2-10<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> International<br />
Art Song Academy<br />
15<br />
6<br />
Dame Felicity Lott And<br />
Graham Johnson In Recital<br />
16<br />
10<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> International<br />
Art Song Academy<br />
Gala Concert<br />
16<br />
28<br />
From Gabrieli To Gershwin<br />
16<br />
4<br />
Transcendental Voices<br />
18<br />
12<br />
Celebration! ECU 25th<br />
Anniversary Gala Concert<br />
17<br />
14<br />
Open Day<br />
2<br />
17<br />
Stirring The Pot:<br />
A Latin-Jazz Retrospective<br />
18<br />
19<br />
The Grigoryan Brothers<br />
18<br />
19<br />
Radio Active<br />
20<br />
19-25<br />
Twelfth Night<br />
38<br />
19-25<br />
A Tale Of Two Cities<br />
39<br />
20-27<br />
The Beautiful Game<br />
47<br />
23-26<br />
Hatch<br />
31<br />
25-26<br />
Vienna To Berlin By Night<br />
19<br />
31<br />
Tilt<br />
43<br />
PROGRAM INDEX<br />
14<br />
4 5<br />
1-10<br />
Tilt<br />
43<br />
2-3<br />
Faith Court Orchestra: The<br />
Warana Prize And 'Firebird'<br />
19<br />
5<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Sax Extravaganza<br />
19<br />
6<br />
Classical Music Accolades<br />
19<br />
8<br />
Scintillating Strings<br />
21<br />
8,10<br />
Radio Active<br />
20<br />
15-17<br />
Defying Gravity: Karma<br />
21<br />
21-22<br />
Cubana Bop And Beyond!<br />
21<br />
22<br />
Guitar Sonatas<br />
And Fantasies<br />
22<br />
22<br />
Connections<br />
40<br />
3-7<br />
Sound Spectrum 2016.2<br />
22<br />
4<br />
Zubin Kanga<br />
22<br />
5<br />
Zubin Kanga And<br />
Decibel In Concert<br />
22<br />
6<br />
Comedy: Allegretto A<br />
Homage To Charles Ives<br />
23<br />
7-13<br />
Nation<br />
40<br />
8<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Research Showcase<br />
33<br />
8-15<br />
Rent<br />
47<br />
10-15<br />
Albert Herring<br />
27<br />
11-12<br />
Starstruck<br />
23<br />
12-15<br />
Memory Bones<br />
43<br />
12-16<br />
The Beat Generation<br />
40<br />
13<br />
Dance For Two<br />
23<br />
18<br />
Larry Sitsky:<br />
Beethoven Enhanced<br />
23<br />
27-28<br />
Blue Shades<br />
24<br />
11-17<br />
Opera! The Opera<br />
12-19<br />
Verge<br />
12-17<br />
Aboriginal Theatre<br />
27<br />
30<br />
41
Rai Thistlethwayte in Concert 2015<br />
MUSIC<br />
JAZZ<br />
JAZZ HORIZONS<br />
WHAT IS HIP: A JAZZ JOURNEY<br />
THROUGH FUNK AND SOUL<br />
DUETTES<br />
STIRRING THE POT:<br />
A LATIN-JAZZ RETROSPECTIVE<br />
CUBANA BOP AND BEYOND!<br />
ART SONG ACADEMY<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL<br />
ART SONG ACADEMY<br />
DAME FELICITY LOTT AND<br />
GRAHAM JOHNSON IN RECITAL<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL ART SONG<br />
ACADEMY GALA CONCERT<br />
CLASSICAL VOICE<br />
INSPIRED BY LOVE:<br />
TWO COMPOSERS, ONE MUSE<br />
TRANSCENDENTAL VOICES<br />
AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON OF SONG<br />
COMPOSITION &<br />
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY<br />
THE NATURE OF SOUND:<br />
THE MUSIC OF ELIANE RADIGUE<br />
AND LIONEL MARCHETTI<br />
SOUND SPECTRUM 2016.1<br />
PET SOUNDS VS REVOLVER<br />
SOUND SPECTRUM 2016.2<br />
ZUBIN KANGA<br />
ZUBIN KANGA AND DECIBEL<br />
IN CONCERT<br />
COMEDY: ALLEGRETTO<br />
A HOMAGE TO CHARLES IVES<br />
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC<br />
THE SONGBOOK SESSIONS<br />
RADIO ACTIVE<br />
STARSTRUCK<br />
CLASSICAL MUSIC<br />
GERSHWIN AND ME<br />
A GUITAR SCHUBERTIADE<br />
MASTERS OF MUSIC<br />
FRENCH FAVOURITES<br />
LATIN CARNIVALE<br />
WHIRLED MUSIC<br />
THE AMBIENT GUITAR<br />
ALEXANDRE DA COSTA PLAYS BRUCH<br />
THE BELLS<br />
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS<br />
THE EIGHT SEASONS:<br />
VIVALDI AND PIAZZOLLA<br />
FROM GABRIELI TO GERSHWIN<br />
THE GRIGORYAN BROTHERS<br />
VIENNA TO BERLIN BY NIGHT<br />
CLASSICAL MUSIC ACCOLADES<br />
SCINTILLATING STRINGS<br />
DEFYING GRAVITY: KARMA<br />
GUITAR SONATAS AND FANTASIES<br />
DANCE FOR TWO<br />
LARRY SITSKY:<br />
BEETHOVEN ENHANCED<br />
BLUE SHADES<br />
OPERA<br />
DIDO AND AENEAS<br />
ALBERT HERRING<br />
OPERA! THE OPERA<br />
SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
DEFYING GRAVITY & SPECIAL GUESTS<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> DIRECT<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> IN THE PARK<br />
CELEBRATE! ECU 25TH<br />
ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT<br />
6<br />
7
DEFYING GRAVITY<br />
& SPECIAL GUESTS<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
ARTS CENTRE<br />
1 FINNERTY ST,<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
Tickets<br />
$25.30<br />
Tickets from fac.org.au<br />
Under 16 Free<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11<br />
7.30pm<br />
Gates open 6.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Tim White<br />
Performed by<br />
Defying Gravity<br />
with guest artists<br />
Tao Issaro,<br />
Arman Abednia,<br />
Iman Sepahsalari<br />
and Pippa Lester<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s acclaimed percussion ensemble Defying Gravity and<br />
special guests present an enchanting night of music inspired<br />
by the sounds of India and the Middle East, performed outdoors<br />
under the stars. The night opens with a selection of epic Arabian<br />
love songs performed on Persian guitar and percussion by<br />
visiting Iranian musicians Arman Abednia and Iman Sepahsalari,<br />
accompanied by Pippa Lester and Defying Gravity’s Tao Issaro.<br />
To close the show, all the players will come together to perform<br />
the magical new work Karma, composed by Tao Issaro.<br />
GERSHWIN AND ME<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
22<br />
7.30pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Simon Tedeschi<br />
World-renowned Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi, fresh from<br />
a critically acclaimed tour for his new recording of Pictures at an<br />
Exhibition, comes to <strong>WAAPA</strong> for this sublime tribute to Gershwin.<br />
Featuring best-loved works from his chart-topping albums<br />
Gershwin and Me and Gershwin: Take Two, the ARIA<br />
Award‐nominated Tedeschi brings his trademark virtuosity<br />
to a program that includes Gershwin favourites plus other<br />
captivating works from composers such as Debussy, Grainger,<br />
Rachmaninov and Fats Waller.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> DIRECT<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
ARTS CENTRE<br />
1 FINNERTY ST,<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
Tickets<br />
$25.30<br />
Tickets from fac.org.au<br />
Under 16 Free<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
23<br />
7.00pm<br />
Gates open 6.00pm<br />
Music Directors<br />
Jeremy Greig,<br />
David King and<br />
Crispin Taylor<br />
Performed by<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Big Band<br />
and Music Theatre<br />
students<br />
This popular, family-friendly show returns to the FAC's beautiful<br />
front garden for a toe-tapping evening of musical entertainment.<br />
The barnstorming <strong>WAAPA</strong> Big Band, living up to its name, will<br />
deliver a powerhouse performance of crowd-pleasing favourites.<br />
The musical merrymaking rolls on as the 3rd Year Music<br />
Theatre students sing much-loved show tunes and Broadway<br />
hits. A great night of music under the stars for the whole family<br />
to enjoy – with tomorrow's musical stars shining on stage!<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> IN THE PARK<br />
RON STONE PARK, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley (opposite <strong>WAAPA</strong>)<br />
Get ready for an exhilarating ride through the Big Band era and the most popular pop,<br />
rock and RnB hits as the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts’ stars of<br />
tomorrow take centre stage at <strong>WAAPA</strong> In The Park. The City of Stirling, Edith Cowan<br />
University and <strong>WAAPA</strong> invite you to bring your picnic rug and hamper, relax under the<br />
stars and enjoy an evening of exciting musical talent at this annual free concert.<br />
Performed by <strong>WAAPA</strong> Big Band and Contemporary Music students<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19<br />
7.00pm<br />
FREE EVENT<br />
MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> in the Park 2015<br />
MUSIC<br />
8 9
THE NATURE OF SOUND:<br />
ELIANE RADIGUE AND<br />
LIONEL MARCHETTI<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
23<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Cat Hope<br />
Performed by<br />
Decibel<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$20 Full<br />
$15 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
In an exciting collaboration, Decibel has commissioned new<br />
works from two of the most important living French composers<br />
in Europe, Eliane Radigue and Lionel Marchetti. This cutting‐edge<br />
concert features the first work by Radigue for an Australian<br />
ensemble, Occam Ocean Hexa II, co-signed by Eliane Radigue<br />
and Carol Robinson, and new works from Lionel Marchetti for<br />
instruments and concrete sounds.<br />
INSPIRED BY LOVE:<br />
TWO COMPOSERS,<br />
ONE MUSE<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
7<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Patricia Price<br />
Performed by<br />
Postgraduate<br />
Classical Vocal<br />
students with<br />
Anna Sleptsova<br />
and David Wickham<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friend<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
This performance of vocal and pianistic flair shines a spotlight on<br />
the music of two giants of song from the Romantic era: Robert<br />
Schumann's charming Spanisches Liebeslieder and Johannes<br />
Brahms' endearing collection of love songs, Liebeslieder Waltzer.<br />
Solos, duets, trios and quartets for voices are accompanied by<br />
the visually thrilling 'piano four hands' – two pianists playing<br />
together on a single piano. This sparkling evening of song is<br />
collaborative music-making at its most dazzling.<br />
JAZZ HORIZONS<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
24<br />
7.30pm<br />
A GUITAR<br />
SCHUBERTIADE<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
31<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Tom O’Halloran<br />
Performed by<br />
Jazz Honours students<br />
Music Director<br />
Jonathan Paget<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Guitar<br />
and Classical<br />
Vocal students<br />
MUSIC BOX<br />
Tickets<br />
$15<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Come and hear the future of jazz! On the horizon are these Jazz<br />
Honours students, who are among the best jazz talent WA has to<br />
offer. In this performance they showcase original compositions<br />
and fascinating re‐workings of older songs. These students are<br />
on the cusp of career breakthroughs and, being eager to make<br />
their mark, will ensure an exciting concert.<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friend<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>'s Classical Music students invite you to a 'Schubertiade'<br />
– a musical soiree devoted to the everlasting brilliance of<br />
Franz Schubert. <strong>WAAPA</strong>'s version of this unique celebration<br />
will showcase the great composer's lieder sung with guitar<br />
accompaniment. A match made in heaven, guitar and voice has<br />
a long history of producing memorable music... and what better<br />
example than Schubert's highly emotional and expressive art<br />
songs with their strong lyrical melodies and rich harmonies.<br />
MASTERS OF MUSIC<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
8<br />
7.30pm<br />
FRENCH FAVOURITES<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
21<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Performed by<br />
Alexandre Da Costa,<br />
Graham Wood,<br />
Philip Everall<br />
and the Indian<br />
Ocean Ensemble<br />
Music Directors<br />
Brent Grapes and<br />
Philip Everall<br />
Performed by<br />
Brass Ensemble<br />
and Wind Chamber<br />
Ensemble<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
The Indian Ocean Ensemble – <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s elite new chamber<br />
music group – is joined by Alexandre Da Costa and friends in<br />
an eclectic evening of musical delights. Da Costa and Graham<br />
Wood perform Claude Bolling’s Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano,<br />
while Natalya Czernicziw channels Elvis Presley in Michael<br />
Daugherty’s entertaining Dead Elvis and clarinettist Philip<br />
Everall sizzles in Osvaldo Golijov’s extraordinary The Dreams<br />
and Prayers of Isaac the Blind.<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Let us take you for a stroll down the Champs-Élysées and out<br />
into the French countryside with a selection of beguiling works<br />
for wind and brass ensembles. Featuring the rustic charm of<br />
Gounod’s Petite Symphonie, the epic grandeur of Tomasi’s<br />
Fanfares Liturgiques, and other musical petit fours along the<br />
way, <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s wind and brass students present a banquet for<br />
your ears. Bon appetit!<br />
WHAT IS HIP: A JAZZ<br />
JOURNEY THROUGH<br />
FUNK AND SOUL<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
6 7<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Directors<br />
Jamie Oehlers and<br />
Victoria Newton<br />
Performed by<br />
Jazz students<br />
GEOFF GIBBS<br />
THEATRE<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Jazz and the blues have been the source and inspiration behind<br />
most popular music from the 1960s onward. Jazz pioneers like<br />
Lee Morgan and Cannonball Adderley forged the beginnings<br />
of boogaloo and soul, which led to a new frontier for popular<br />
music. This concert showcases these jazz-influenced genres<br />
from funk to soul and everything in between, performed by<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s incredible Jazz students.<br />
LATIN CARNIVALE<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
28 29 30<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 30 April, 2.00pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Tim White<br />
Performed by<br />
Defying Gravity<br />
with Iain Robbie<br />
and members<br />
of the Nueva<br />
Salsa Orchestra<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Master percussionist Iain Robbie and members of Perth’s<br />
dazzling Nueva Salsa Orchestra lead Defying Gravity in a<br />
joy-filled celebration of Latin American music. The Nueva Salsa<br />
Orchestra is the hottest Australian Latin band this side of Havana<br />
– and they power up with Defying Gravity in songs and dances<br />
that overflow with fun, energy and exhilaration. <strong>WAAPA</strong> burns<br />
with Cuban, mambo, cha-cha and salsa music in a supercharged<br />
performance of musical entertainment!<br />
MUSIC<br />
10 11
WHIRLED MUSIC<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Matt Styles<br />
Performed by<br />
Saxophone students<br />
and staff<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
The <strong>WAAPA</strong> Saxophone Studio presents a showcase of<br />
eclecticism and vibrancy bringing together Classical, Jazz<br />
and World Music. Presented by the Saxophone students and<br />
staff of <strong>WAAPA</strong> and featuring Basement Saxx, quartets and<br />
unforgettable solo performances, this night will leave the<br />
audience with no doubt as to the versatility and musical<br />
power of the saxophone.<br />
SOUND SPECTRUM<br />
2016.1<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
9 10 11 12 13<br />
7.30pm<br />
PET SOUNDS<br />
VS REVOLVER<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11<br />
7.30pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Composition and<br />
Music Technology<br />
students<br />
Music Director<br />
Lindsay Vickery<br />
Performed by<br />
Composition and<br />
Music Technology<br />
students<br />
SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE<br />
ECU MOUNT LAWLEY<br />
In an interstellar burst of creativity <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Composition and<br />
Music Technology students and staff present over 10 hours of<br />
original music over five nights at the Spectrum Project Space.<br />
Don’t miss this chance to experience new and experimental<br />
acoustic and electronic music performances, installations, audio<br />
visual works, DJ artists and world premieres from Aletheia,<br />
Certifiable, Ecuatorial 1 and 3, Shock Of The New and others.<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$10<br />
FREE EVENT<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
In 1966 across the Atlantic, a great rivalry was unfolding between<br />
two giants of the pop music world: The Beatles and The Beach<br />
Boys. The fierce competition between the groups gave rise to a<br />
pair of the most acclaimed albums of all time – The Beach Boys'<br />
Pet Sounds and The Beatles' Revolver. To commemorate 50 years<br />
since the creation of these classic albums, <strong>WAAPA</strong> composers<br />
have responded with a series of new works exploring their<br />
enduring legacy.<br />
ALEXANDRE DA COSTA<br />
PLAYS BRUCH<br />
Superstar violinist Alexandre Da Costa, <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s brilliant new Head of Strings,<br />
brings Max Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto to life in three extraordinary and inspiring<br />
concerts of orchestral masterworks. Peter Moore conducts the Faith Court Orchestra<br />
in Dvorák’s dramatic, passionate and enormously popular New World Symphony,<br />
and introduces Arturo Márquez’ electrifying Danzon No. 2 – a thrilling celebration<br />
of Latin music and energy.<br />
Music Director Peter Moore AM<br />
Performed by Faith Court Orchestra with violin soloist Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Tickets $35 Full, $27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open Friends 16 February | Public 23 February<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
13<br />
7.30pm<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
14<br />
7.30pm<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
15<br />
3.00pm<br />
THE AMBIENT GUITAR MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
13<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Jonathan Paget<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Guitar<br />
students and staff<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
The Ambient Guitar explores the mesmeric world of musical<br />
minimalism through the compelling sounds of the acoustic<br />
guitar. The program includes Steve Reich’s Acoustic Counterpoint<br />
(for 16 guitars), the seductive Cuban landscapes of Leo Brouwer,<br />
the ambient pop textures of Californian David Pritchard, and<br />
the energetic and imaginative soundscapes of Australians<br />
Robert Davidson and Nigel Westlake.<br />
Churchlands Concert Hall<br />
Churchlands Senior<br />
High School, 20 Lucca St,<br />
Churchlands<br />
All Saints’ College Centre<br />
For Performing Arts<br />
All Saints’ College,<br />
Ewing Ave, Bull Creek<br />
Judith Cottier Theatre<br />
Perth College,<br />
31 Lawley Cres,<br />
Mount Lawley<br />
MUSIC<br />
12 13
DUETTES<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
18<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Freddie Grigson<br />
Performed by<br />
Libby Hammer,<br />
Victoria Newton,<br />
Allira Wilson,<br />
Elle Deslandes<br />
and Freddie Grigson<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
This special concert accompanies the CD of the same name<br />
recorded in aid of the charity Médecins Sans Frontières. Duettes<br />
features the queens of the WA jazz scene; Libby Hammer,<br />
Victoria Newton, Allira Wilson and Elle Deslandes accompanied<br />
by renowned guitarist Freddie Grigson. They will be performing<br />
all the songs on the album including Epistrophy (Theolonious<br />
Monk), Almost Like Being In Love (Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay<br />
Lerner) and Life On Mars by David Bowie plus more well loved<br />
standards. Special guest musicians will pop up during the night<br />
to provide accompaniment on selected cuts.<br />
THE EIGHT SEASONS:<br />
VIVALDI AND<br />
PIAZZOLLA<br />
JUNE<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Performed by<br />
String Camerata with<br />
Alexandre Da Costa,<br />
Madeleine Antoine,<br />
Rachael Aquilina,<br />
Julia Watson<br />
and Teresa Vinci<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… the dazzling concertos of<br />
Antonio Vivaldi’s baroque masterpiece The Four Seasons are<br />
brought to life by the String Camerata, starring four brilliant<br />
young Masters students as soloists. After interval, the<br />
tango‐inspired Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Argentinian<br />
composer Astor Piazzolla sizzles with passion in the hands<br />
of soloist Alexandre Da Costa. A magical evening full of<br />
excitement and beauty!<br />
THE BELLS<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19<br />
7.30pm<br />
FROM THE SUBLIME<br />
TO THE RIDICULOUS<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
26<br />
7.30pm<br />
AN AUTUMN<br />
AFTERNOON OF SONG<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
29<br />
3.00pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Dale Pointon<br />
Performed by<br />
Symphonic<br />
Wind Ensemble<br />
Music Director<br />
Anna Sleptsova<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Piano<br />
students and staff<br />
Music Director<br />
Patricia Price<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Vocal<br />
students<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
HOUSE<br />
BALLROOM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
The <strong>WAAPA</strong> Symphonic Wind Ensemble sets to dazzle the<br />
audience with its raw energy and refined power! The concert<br />
will feature recently composed masterpiece Bells for Stokowski<br />
by Michael Daugherty and Jan Van der Roost’s high-energy<br />
Puszta, set amongst other well-known works for Wind Orchestra<br />
that will be a treat for fans of woodwind and orchestral music.<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
This concert opens with a truly towering achievement in<br />
the repertoire for piano duet, Schubert’s beloved Fantasy<br />
in F minor. Movements from other great works by Debussy,<br />
Arensky, Guastavino and Piazzola will frame the mellifluously<br />
melodic Valse and Romance (for six hands) by Rachmaninov.<br />
The hilarious Grand Galop Chromatique by Liszt and joyous<br />
out-pouring from the ever popular Scaramouche by Milhaud<br />
conclude an evening of wonderful music.<br />
Tickets<br />
$50 Full, $45 Concession /Friends,<br />
$35 Student, $40 ASP member<br />
Tickets from www.trybooking.com/JVXJ<br />
or (08) 9339 8781<br />
An afternoon of beautiful music featuring art song and vocal<br />
ensembles from opera and oratorio. In this collaboration<br />
between Art Song Perth and <strong>WAAPA</strong>, Classical Vocal students<br />
will explore the rich diversity of the vocal repertoire.<br />
THE SONGBOOK<br />
SESSIONS<br />
JUNE<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
14 15<br />
7.30pm<br />
Directed by<br />
Vinne Crea<br />
Performed by<br />
Music Artist students<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
ART SONG ACADEMY<br />
JULY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3<br />
4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />
Patrons<br />
Dr Graham Johnson<br />
OBE and Sir Thomas<br />
Allen CBE<br />
Visiting Master<br />
Teachers<br />
Dr Graham Johnson<br />
OBE (UK) and Dame<br />
Felicity Lott (UK)<br />
ROSEMOUNT<br />
HOTEL<br />
459 FITZGERALD ST,<br />
NORTH PERTH<br />
Tickets<br />
$10<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Don't miss this incredibly talented group of students at one of<br />
Perth's best live music venues. Featuring a combination of their<br />
current original works plus some wonderfully reworked<br />
classics covering indie, rock, pop, soul and RnB performed by<br />
solos artists, duos and ensembles, these young musicians are<br />
going to rock your world.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
EDITH COWAN<br />
UNIVERSITY<br />
Bookings open<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au/artsong for full details<br />
Accompanist and coach par excellence Dr Graham Johnson<br />
returns to the <strong>WAAPA</strong> International Art Song Academy to<br />
lead masterclasses on the songs of Johannes Brahms and<br />
Franz Schubert. The Academy commences on Saturday<br />
2 July and culminates in a Gala Concert at Perth’s Government<br />
House Ballroom on Sunday 10 July.<br />
This year <strong>WAAPA</strong> also welcomes internationally renowned<br />
soprano Dame Felicity Lott, who will lend her expertise in the<br />
performance of Mèlodie: the art of French song. Dame Felicity<br />
is one of England’s finest singers and has performed in the<br />
great opera houses and recital halls of the world.<br />
Singers and pianists are invited to apply to be active<br />
participants. Teachers, students and music lovers of all kinds<br />
are welcome to attend as observers. To register your interest<br />
or for further information go to waapa.ecu.edu.au/artsong<br />
MUSIC<br />
14 15
DAME FELICITY LOTT<br />
AND<br />
GRAHAM JOHNSON<br />
IN RECITAL<br />
JULY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
6<br />
7.30pm<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
ART SONG ACADEMY<br />
GALA CONCERT<br />
JULY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
10<br />
4.00pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Dame Felicity Lott<br />
and Dr Graham<br />
Johnson OBE<br />
Music Director<br />
Dr Graham Johnson<br />
OBE<br />
Performed by<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> International<br />
Art Song Academy<br />
participants<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
HOUSE<br />
BALLROOM<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
HOUSE<br />
BALLROOM<br />
Tickets<br />
$70 Full<br />
$60 Concession/Friends<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
In a rare treat for lovers of song, internationally renowned<br />
performers Dame Felicity Lott and Dr Graham Johnson present<br />
a recital in the beautiful surrounds of Government House<br />
Ballroom. This benefit concert will raise funds for the <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
International Art Song Academy, allowing <strong>WAAPA</strong> to continue<br />
providing world‐class training for young singers and pianists<br />
right here in Perth.<br />
In their forty-year partnership Dame Felicity and Dr Johnson<br />
have established themselves as the foremost English<br />
proponents of art song – join us for a journey through musical<br />
delights both exotic and well loved.<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
A special celebration of art song, showcasing selected<br />
performers from the <strong>WAAPA</strong> International Art Song Academy,<br />
the Gala Concert is the culmination of this intensive program.<br />
The concert will be introduced and accompanied by the<br />
celebrated English pianist Graham Johnson. The German<br />
Lieder will meet the French Mélodie as singers from around<br />
Australia perform the glorious music of Johannes Brahms,<br />
Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré and more.<br />
“Graham Johnson conjured up a world of emotion in one impeccably<br />
shaped accompaniment after the other … it bordered on perfection.”<br />
– The West Australian<br />
CELEBRATE!<br />
ECU 25TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
GALA CONCERT<br />
PERTH CONCERT HALL<br />
Enjoy a taste of the amazing diversity of musical talent on offer at <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
in this spectacular gala concert at the Perth Concert Hall. In celebration<br />
of the 25th anniversary of Edith Cowan University in 2016, this one-off<br />
concert features students and staff from across all music disciplines.<br />
Come and be wowed by the <strong>WAAPA</strong> Gospel Choir, Faith Court Orchestra,<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Opera Chorus, Defying Gravity Percussion Ensemble, Jazz and<br />
Contemporary Music ensembles and much, much more!<br />
Performed by <strong>WAAPA</strong> students and staff<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12<br />
7.30pm<br />
MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />
Tickets<br />
A Res $45, $38 Concession/Friends<br />
B Res $40, $33 Concession/Friends<br />
Purchase tickets at perthconcerthall.com.au<br />
or ticketmaster.com.au, tel:9231 999 or<br />
in person at the Perth Concert Hall<br />
Bookings open 29 April<br />
FROM GABRIELI<br />
TO GERSHWIN<br />
JULY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
28<br />
7.30pm<br />
Directed by<br />
Philip Everall<br />
and Brent Grapes<br />
Performed by<br />
Wind Chamber<br />
Ensembles and<br />
Brass Ensemble<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
From St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, to the dance halls of Tin Pan<br />
Alley in 1920’s New York City, join the <strong>WAAPA</strong> Wind and Brass<br />
students as they explore some well-known and hidden jewels<br />
of ensemble repertoire. Including selections from Gabrieli’s<br />
masterwork Sacrae Symphoniae and some of Gershwin’s<br />
catchiest numbers, this concert has something for everyone!<br />
MUSIC<br />
16 17
TRANSCENDENTAL<br />
VOICES<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
4<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Richard Gill OAM<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Vocal<br />
students with<br />
Stewart Smith (organ)<br />
ST MARY’S<br />
CATHEDRAL<br />
17 VICTORIA SQUARE,<br />
PERTH<br />
Tickets<br />
$30 Full<br />
$25 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Choral music to thrill and inspire, conducted by one of Australia’s<br />
greatest conductors and music educators. Richard Gill leads<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Vocal students in a performance of Mozart’s Coronation<br />
Mass and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. Experience the<br />
full majestic power of the human voice accompanied by one of<br />
Australia’s finest organists, Stewart Smith.<br />
VIENNA TO BERLIN<br />
BY NIGHT<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
25 26<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Performed by<br />
Indian Ocean<br />
Ensemble and<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Vienna and Berlin have produced some of the world’s richest,<br />
most passionate and profound music – as well as some of its<br />
lightest and most enchanting. Join Alexandre Da Costa and<br />
the Indian Ocean Ensemble – <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s elite student chamber<br />
orchestra – as they explore the ravishing romantic tone poems<br />
of Richard Strauss, the delightful Viennese waltzes of Johann<br />
Strauss, and the dramatic masterworks of Arnold Schoenberg<br />
and Ludwig van Beethoven.<br />
STIRRING THE POT:<br />
A LATIN-JAZZ<br />
RETROSPECTIVE<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Chris Tarr<br />
Performed by<br />
Latin Ensemble<br />
MUSIC BOX<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
The music of the Caribbean has spread throughout the globe<br />
and influenced many other musical styles, especially jazz.<br />
Nowhere has that influence been more profound than in the<br />
city of New York, the birthplace of mambo, salsa and Latin jazz.<br />
This concert by the Latin Ensemble celebrates these styles<br />
from their first flowerings in the big bands of the swing era<br />
through to the present day.<br />
FAITH COURT ORCHESTRA:<br />
THE WARANA PRIZE<br />
AND ‘FIREBIRD’<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director:<br />
Christopher Dragon<br />
Performed by<br />
Faith Court Orchestra<br />
featuring the winner<br />
of the Warana Prize<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friend<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Colorado based conductor Christopher Dragon directs<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Faith Court Orchestra in a performance of glittering<br />
orchestral masterworks, showcasing Stravinsky’s dazzling<br />
The Firebird and Mussorgsky’s thrilling Night on Bare Mountain.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s leading instrumentalists join the FCO to battle it out<br />
in the final of the prestigious Warana Prize, each performing<br />
their favourite concerto movement. A wonderful evening of<br />
orchestral music at its best.<br />
THE GRIGORYAN<br />
BROTHERS<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19<br />
7.30pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Slava and<br />
Leonard Grigoryan<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Hailed as a phenomenon of genius and rarity, Australian<br />
classical guitar duo the Grigoryan Brothers are renowned for<br />
their brilliant technical virtuosity, passionate musicality and<br />
popular appeal. Slava Grigoryan, who achieved unprecedented<br />
international success at an early age, was a founding member<br />
of the best‐selling, award-winning guitar quartet, Saffire.<br />
Slava and his younger brother Leonard have been performing<br />
together as the Grigoryan Brothers since 2003, and have<br />
released eight ARIA-nominated albums. This not‐to‐be‐missed<br />
concert is proudly presented in conjunction with the Classical<br />
Guitar Society.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> SAX<br />
EXTRAVAGANZA<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
5<br />
7.30pm<br />
CLASSICAL MUSIC<br />
ACCOLADES<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
6<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Dr Matt Styles<br />
Performed by<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Saxophone<br />
Studio and WA's<br />
Community of<br />
Saxophonists<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Music<br />
prizewinners<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friend<br />
This massed saxophone project is now in its fourth year<br />
bringing together saxophonists from across Australia.<br />
Featuring international visiting artists, world premiere<br />
performances and the awesome sound of the saxophone<br />
orchestra, this year’s performance promises more vitality,<br />
more premieres and another outstanding performance.<br />
The only project of its kind in Australia. Come and join us<br />
for a fun-filled night at this stunning event.<br />
Tickets<br />
$20<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
A night of celebration and achievement as <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s music<br />
prizewinners showcase their outstanding skills. Every year,<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s top classical musicians vie for a glittering series of<br />
performance prizes and scholarships, provided by John Court<br />
and other generous benefactors. Tonight the recipients of these<br />
prizes will entertain you with their award-winning virtuosity.<br />
MUSIC<br />
18 19
RADIO ACTIVE<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE AND ALBANY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE<br />
Radio Active is a high-energy celebration of chart toppers from the 1950s right<br />
through to today's hit music. The show features a diverse repertoire of popular<br />
music from pop to rock, RnB to soul and funk classics in a spectacularly produced<br />
concert with a huge cast of highly talented young musicians and singers. Before<br />
performing in Perth, Radio Active heads south to the Albany Entertainment Centre<br />
for a unique concert featuring students from Albany Senior High School and<br />
Great Southern Grammar along with <strong>WAAPA</strong>'s own staff and students.<br />
Music Directors Mike Eastman, Ric Eastman and Matt Allen<br />
Performed by Contemporary Music students<br />
SCINTILLATING<br />
STRINGS<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
8<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Alexandre Da Costa<br />
Performed by<br />
String students<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s leading string students parade their skills in a<br />
performance of virtuosic works by the legendary artists<br />
Sarasate, Kreisler, Paganini, Wieniawski, Auer and Ysaÿe.<br />
Head of Strings Alexandre Da Costa joins his students to<br />
perform some delightful chamber music in a concert that<br />
overflows with charm, energy and virtuosity… music at<br />
its most dazzling and irresistible.<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19<br />
7.30pm<br />
Albany Entertainment<br />
Centre Tel: 9844 5005<br />
ticketek.com.au<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$25 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
DEFYING GRAVITY:<br />
KARMA<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
8 9 10<br />
7.30pm<br />
Geoff Gibbs Theatre<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 17 September,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Musical Director<br />
Tim White<br />
Performed by<br />
Defying Gravity<br />
with Tao Issaro,<br />
Arman Abednia,<br />
Iman Sepahsalari,<br />
Julia Watson and<br />
Pippa Lester<br />
Rapturous and exotic, gorgeous and romantic, passionate and<br />
powerful: enchanting music from the Indian Ocean rim brings<br />
the Arabian Nights together with ancient and new music from<br />
India and Australia. Persian musicians Arman Abednia and<br />
Iman Sepahsalari play do-taar, tonbak and daf, while<br />
percussionist/magician Tao Issaro conjures up a new world<br />
of melodic beauty, mixing Persian love songs with exotic<br />
instruments, seductive timbres, breathtaking images, and the<br />
overwhelming power of rhythm.<br />
CUBANA BOP<br />
AND BEYOND!<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
21 22<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Auditorium<br />
Wed 21 September<br />
John Inverarity<br />
Music and Drama<br />
Centre<br />
Thur 22 September<br />
Hale School,<br />
160 Hale Road,<br />
Wembley Downs<br />
Music Directors<br />
Jeremy Greig and<br />
Victoria Newton<br />
Performed by<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Big Band and<br />
Jazz Vocal Ensemble<br />
The <strong>WAAPA</strong> Big Band and Jazz Vocal Ensemble join forces<br />
to create a momentous sound in celebrating the dynamic and<br />
influential connections between jazz and Afro Cuban music,<br />
and jazz and Brazilian music. Be swept away with the rhythmic<br />
fire of salsa, mambo, samba, bembe, and cha cha, with<br />
explosive arrangements of famous tunes by Dizzy Gillespie<br />
such as Con Alma, Manteca, and Cubana Be, to samba-infused<br />
jazz standards and lush reharmonisations of Antonio Carlos<br />
Jobim's bossa novas, How Insensitive and Desafinado. Put your<br />
dancing shoes on and get ready to cha cha cha.<br />
Contemporary Music Artists Showcase 2015<br />
20<br />
MUSIC<br />
21
GUITAR SONATAS<br />
AND FANTASIES<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
22<br />
7.30pm<br />
SOUND SPECTRUM<br />
2016.2<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
3 4 5 6 7<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Jonathan Paget<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Guitar<br />
students and staff<br />
Performed by<br />
Composition & Music<br />
Technology students<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE<br />
ECU MOUNT LAWLEY<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Fantasy and sonata represent two polar opposites of the<br />
musical spectrum: ‘fantasy’ evokes freedom and imagination,<br />
and ‘sonata’ embodies abstraction and sounding structure.<br />
Through composers spanning the Renaissance to the present<br />
day, this program explores the various ways guitar composers<br />
have followed either their heads or their hearts.<br />
FREE ENTRY<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Composition and Music Technology students and<br />
staff launch into the Spectrum Project Space for five nights<br />
of newly minted music. An amazing opportunity to hear the<br />
voices of the next generation of composers, sound artists<br />
and improvisers performing over 10 hours of world premieres.<br />
The concerts feature Ecuatorial 2 and 4, Spatial Music, the<br />
Western Australian Laptop Orchestra and Shock of the New.<br />
COMEDY: ALLEGRETTO<br />
A HOMAGE TO<br />
MUSIC<br />
CHARLES IVES<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
6<br />
7.30pm<br />
STARSTRUCK<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11 12<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Lindsay Vickery<br />
Performed by<br />
Composition and<br />
Music Technology<br />
students<br />
Music Director<br />
Vinnie Crea<br />
Performed by<br />
Music Artist students<br />
Tickets<br />
$10<br />
The first draft of Charles Ives’ Fourth Symphony was completed<br />
100 years ago. This groundbreaking work was so complex that<br />
it required at least two conductors and was not performed in<br />
its entirety for nearly fifty years. A dizzying blend of popular<br />
music, avant garde techniques and transcendental philosophy<br />
– it has remained one of the pinnacles of 20th century music.<br />
To commemorate the centenary of its composition, <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
composers have created a series of new works exploring<br />
a myriad of implications of Ives’ “climactic masterpiece”.<br />
ROSEMOUNT<br />
HOTEL<br />
459 FITZGERALD ST,<br />
NORTH PERTH<br />
Tickets<br />
$20 seated<br />
$15 standing<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Starstruck features our Music Artists performing great original<br />
songs, a few classic rearranged covers, a combo of solo/duo/<br />
trio and band pieces, and a night filled with good vibes. A sneak<br />
peek at the future stars of the Australian music industry and<br />
a clear indication of where our industry is heading.<br />
ZUBIN KANGA<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
4<br />
7.30pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Zubin Kanga<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$20 Full<br />
$15 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
London-based Australian pianist, Zubin Kanga is internationally<br />
renowned for his performances of contemporary music. He has<br />
been invited to perform at the BBC Proms, Aldeburgh and<br />
Borealis Festival (Norway) as well as appearing as soloist<br />
with the London Sinfonietta and the Melbourne Symphony<br />
Orchestra. Zubin has collaborated with many of the world’s<br />
leading composers and commissioned more than 50 new<br />
works. He is a member of Ensemble Offspring, one of<br />
Australia’s leading contemporary music ensembles, and has<br />
also performed with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Ensemble<br />
Plus-Minus, Endymion Ensemble, Halcyon, Synergy Percussion,<br />
and the Kreutzer Quartet, as well as performing piano duos<br />
with Rolf Hind and Thomas Adès.<br />
DANCE FOR TWO<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
13<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Anna Sleptsova<br />
Performed by<br />
Classical Piano<br />
students and staff<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
From Mozart to Francaix, a fascinating journey that will charm,<br />
entertain, move and exhilarate. Come and discover music for<br />
two pianos, including Mozart's Fantasia for Musical Clockwork<br />
(originally for mechanical clock-organ) and some Russian<br />
rarities by Arensky and Dunaevsky. A rich and varied program<br />
includes Romance by Guastavino and some of Piazzola's best<br />
loved tangos. In the second half the amusing Danses Exotiques<br />
by Francaix will be rounded off with the brilliance of La Valse<br />
by Ravel.<br />
ZUBIN KANGA AND<br />
DECIBEL IN CONCERT<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Music Director<br />
Cat Hope<br />
Performed by<br />
Zubin Kanga<br />
and Decibel<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$20 Full<br />
$15 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
This concert features works for piano, instruments and<br />
electronics. Decibel teams up with international virtuoso pianist<br />
Zubin Kanga to present new works including the winner of a<br />
student competition, the latest Difficult Commission for a WA<br />
composer, works by Decibel composers and more.<br />
LARRY SITSKY:<br />
BEETHOVEN<br />
ENHANCED<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
18<br />
7.30pm<br />
Performed by<br />
Larry Sitsky AM<br />
MUSIC<br />
AUDITORIUM<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
What would Beethoven have written if he had had a modern<br />
concert grand piano with its greater power, increased range<br />
and third pedal? Award-winning Australian pianist and<br />
composer Larry Sitsky brings his extraordinary playing and<br />
intellect to bear on Beethoven’s much-loved piano music.<br />
MUSIC<br />
22 23
BLUE SHADES<br />
MUSIC AUDITORIUM<br />
It’s a tradition! The <strong>WAAPA</strong> Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents<br />
a fun, frenetic and frolicking concert for Halloween. This year’s<br />
concert takes its name from the jazzy masterwork Blue Shades by<br />
one of the world’s most well known band composers, Frank Ticheli.<br />
Also on the program will be David Maslanka’s intense and beautiful<br />
Give Us This Day, plus a few fun pieces old and new to celebrate the<br />
end of the academic year.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
27 28<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
FREE<br />
LUNCHTIME<br />
CONCERTS<br />
Music Director Dale Pointon<br />
Performed by Symphonic Wind Ensemble<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
CLASSICAL TUESDAYS<br />
1.10PM, MUSIC AUDITORIUM<br />
A tasty Tuesday series of free classical lunchtime<br />
concerts featuring staff, students or visiting guests<br />
serving up sumptuous musical treats for hungry ears!<br />
Semester 1<br />
23 February Honours and Postgraduate<br />
Student Showcase<br />
1 March GreyWing Trio: Lindsay Vickery,<br />
Catherine Ashley and Jameson Feakes<br />
8 March Postgraduate Pianists<br />
15 March Postcards from <strong>WAAPA</strong> Staff<br />
22 March CrossWinds<br />
29 March Sound Spectrum Redux I<br />
19 April Postgraduate Classical Singers<br />
26 April Defying Gravity percussion ensemble<br />
JAZZ AND<br />
CONTEMPORARY<br />
WEDNESDAYS<br />
1.10PM, MUSIC BOX<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Jazz and Contemporary Music staff and<br />
students, along with special visiting guests, provide<br />
energetic sounds for that afternoon pick-me-up.<br />
ALFRESCO<br />
THURSDAYS<br />
12.30PM, <strong>WAAPA</strong> LAWNS<br />
A mix of laid-back, entertaining outdoor<br />
concerts played by <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Jazz and<br />
Contemporary Music students.<br />
3 May Symphonic Wind Ensemble<br />
All Saints Concert 2015<br />
17 May Warana Concerto Competition Finals<br />
24 May Eneksis Vocal Ensemble<br />
directed by Micheál McCarthy<br />
Semester 2<br />
26 July Wind and Brass Chamber Music<br />
2 August Musica Profana: vocal and instrumental<br />
music from early 17th century Rome<br />
9 August <strong>WAAPA</strong> Young Performer<br />
of the Year Competition<br />
16 August Sound Spectrum Redux II<br />
23 August Basement Saxx<br />
6 September String Camerata<br />
13 September Defying Gravity percussion ensemble<br />
20 September Classical Guitar Showcase<br />
11 October Piano Showcase<br />
18 October Symphonic Wind Ensemble<br />
25 October Eneksis Vocal Ensemble<br />
directed by Micheál McCarthy<br />
GRADUATION<br />
RECITALS<br />
Graduation recitals are the highlight of a music<br />
student’s studies, and bring <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s 2016 music<br />
calendar to a thrilling conclusion. After years<br />
of hard practice and performance, the standard<br />
of these recitals is exceptional.<br />
Jazz and Contemporary Music recitals will take<br />
place at The Ellington Jazz Club in Northbridge<br />
throughout October and November.<br />
Classical Instrumental, Classical Vocal and<br />
Composition recitals will take place in<br />
various <strong>WAAPA</strong> venues at ECU Mount Lawley<br />
throughout November.<br />
See website one month prior to recital date<br />
for full details. waapa.ecu.edu.au<br />
24<br />
MUSIC<br />
GRAD RECITALS<br />
25
DIDO AND AENEAS<br />
SPIEGELTENT, <strong>WAAPA</strong> LAWNS<br />
Henry Purcell’s famous opera Dido and Aeneas, a poignant tale<br />
of ill-fated lovers, is restored to its original musical dimensions<br />
by Australian pianist and conductor, Geoffrey Lancaster.<br />
The earliest surviving libretto for the work, dating from 1689,<br />
contains material for which the music has been lost, including<br />
an entire Prologue, a chorus at the end of Act 2, eight dances<br />
and a spoken Epilogue. Now, thanks to Lancaster's sensitive<br />
reconstruction of the missing music, audiences can savour this<br />
classic English three-act opera in its miraculous entirety.<br />
Director Glenda Linscott<br />
Music Director Geoffrey Lancaster AM<br />
Choreographer Andries Weidemann<br />
Performed by Classical Vocal, Music and Dance students<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
ALBERT HERRING<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
Albert Herring contains some of Britten’s wittiest musical<br />
writing, exploring parody and caricature to the full. The<br />
comic chamber opera is set at the turn of the 20th century<br />
in an imaginary East Suffolk town called Loxford. No virtuous<br />
women can be found in Loxford so the meek and mild Albert<br />
Herring is chosen and crowned the town’s first ‘May King’.<br />
However, Albert is less than delighted with his new title<br />
and dreams of rebellion. Frustrated by small-town morals<br />
and gossip, Albert decides to set matters straight after a<br />
rum‐laced lemonade or two at the May Day celebrations,<br />
setting off with his prize money on a night of debauchery.<br />
Albert Herring is one of the most endearing, light-hearted<br />
and outright funny operas you will ever see.<br />
Music by Benjamin Britten<br />
Libretto by Eric Crozier, based on Guy de Maupassant's novella<br />
Le Rosier de Madame Husson<br />
Director Thomas de Mallet Burgess<br />
Music Director David Wickham<br />
Performed by Classical Vocal students and Faith Court Orchestra<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$42 Full<br />
$37 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
OPERA! THE OPERA<br />
ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE<br />
The world premiere of Opera! The Opera brings together<br />
a new story and some of the greatest operatic music ever<br />
written. What Shrek did for fairytales, Opera! The Opera<br />
does for this amazing passionate artform. Featuring the<br />
voices of the postgraduate Classical Vocal students and a<br />
cast of characters including Don Giovanni, Leperello, Rodolfo,<br />
Tosca, Zerlina, Scarpia, a chorus of Hebrew slaves and<br />
a convent of nuns… Opera! The Opera is a heart‐warming<br />
comedy from ABC broadcaster and conductor Guy Noble.<br />
Written and devised by Guy Noble<br />
Director Brendan Hanson<br />
Music Directors Guy Noble and David Wickham<br />
Performed by Postgraduate Classical Vocal students<br />
26<br />
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2015<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11 12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$37 Full<br />
$33 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
OPERA<br />
27
DANCE<br />
VORTEX<br />
HATCH<br />
VERGE<br />
MOTION STATE<br />
Unleash 2015<br />
28<br />
29
VORTEX<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
Vortex draws into its powerful current four outstanding Australian choreographers whose<br />
works encompass neo-classical and contemporary dance. Gareth Belling, a former<br />
Queensland Ballet member, has choreographed 26 works since 2005. Award winning<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> alumnus Paulina Quinteros has had a long and varied career dancing for Paul<br />
Mercurio’s Australian Choreographic Ensemble Dance Company (ACE), Joanne Endicott<br />
(Tanztheatre of Wuppertal) and Celestine Hennermann, Dramaturge Ballett Frankfurt/<br />
Das T. James O'Hara splits his time between Australia and Belgium where he works<br />
with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. James has performed internationally and was choreographic<br />
assistant to Marina Mascarell for Mongrel (Gothenburg Opera) and is currently assisting<br />
Michael Keagan Dolan on his creation In Nocentes for the British Youth Dance Company.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Dance Lecturer, Justin Rutzou has danced in some of the country’s most<br />
prestigious companies including Expressions, Sydney Dance Company and Queensland<br />
Ballet. This much talent makes for a very exciting and enticing first season of dance.<br />
Choreographers Gareth Belling, James O'Hara, Paulina Quinteros and Justin Rutzou<br />
Performed by 2nd and 3rd Year Dance students<br />
APRIL/MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
30<br />
2 3 4 5 6<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
HATCH<br />
DOLPHIN THEATRE, UWA,<br />
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley<br />
The graduating dancers showcase their<br />
prodigious choreographic talents in this<br />
selection of new dance works, performed<br />
by their peers. Adding to the excitement,<br />
Composition and Music Technology students<br />
create imaginative soundscapes for these<br />
impressive and imaginative performances.<br />
Choreographed by<br />
3rd Year Dance students<br />
Performed by <strong>WAAPA</strong> Dance students<br />
Music by Composition and Music<br />
Technology students<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
23 24 25 26<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 27 August,<br />
2.00pm<br />
No evening performance<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
VERGE<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
The graduating dance students are poised for big things and after<br />
witnessing their versatility and energy in this rich and varied<br />
season you will know why. Acclaimed Dutch choreographer Nils<br />
Christe returns with Purcell Pieces, a neo-classical work that soars<br />
with breathtaking pace. European‐based Australian choreographer<br />
Lewis Major explores the relationship between theatre, movement,<br />
light, sound and technology. Co-founders of Jukstapoz Dance<br />
Company, Christine Gouzelis and <strong>WAAPA</strong> graduate Paul Blackman<br />
create their signature choreographic mix of movement, physical<br />
theatre and text. Rounding out the program, Kim McCarthy<br />
and Andries Weidemann have chosen the most beautiful solos,<br />
duets and scenes from Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballets; Swan Lake,<br />
The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.<br />
Choreographers Nils Christe, Lewis Major,<br />
Christine Gouzelis and Paul Blackman<br />
Performed by 2nd and 3rd Year Dance students<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$32 Full<br />
$27 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
30<br />
Pulse 2015<br />
DANCE<br />
31
LINK Dance Company is a graduate dance company – the only one of its kind in<br />
Australia. Through LINK, dancers have the unique opportunity to gain professional<br />
experience whilst also being able to further their research interests. New works are<br />
commissioned, with some also restaged by seminal artists. The company regularly<br />
performs locally, interstate and overseas.<br />
In 2016 LINK looks forward to collaborating on Raewyn Hill’s new work for Co3 as part of<br />
the MoveMe Festival in September. As well as creating their own season of short works in<br />
Studio A at <strong>WAAPA</strong> in October, LINK will undertake an European and Eastern States tour.<br />
MOTION STATE<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
Motion State pulls exciting, young choreographic talent into its<br />
orbit from across Australia and overseas to create energetic new<br />
works for the LINK dancers. <strong>WAAPA</strong> graduate, Isabella Stone<br />
was the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award at the 2014 WA<br />
Dance Awards. She has presented her own choreography at the<br />
State Theatre Centre, Dance Compass in Sydney, STRUTathon and<br />
Shortcuts. Award-winning dancer/choreographer and <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
alumnus, Scott Ewen has toured internationally with ADT and<br />
most recently he has been working with ilDance in Sweden from<br />
where we welcome the company’s Artistic Directors Israel Iloni<br />
and Lee Brummer. British born Brummer has danced with the<br />
world famous Emanuel Gat and Bat Dor Dance Companies and has<br />
recently choreographed segments of Billy Elliot at the Gothenburg<br />
Opera. Originally from Tel Aviv, Israel Aloni is an international<br />
independent choreographer, educator, guest performer and<br />
entrepreneur. His long list of credits include GöteborgsOperans<br />
Danskompani, Odelya Kuperberg Dance Group and Sasha Waltz<br />
and Guests. The wealth of experience brought to this season is<br />
sure to make a big impact on LINK and its audience.<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
18 19 20 21<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 21 May,<br />
2.00pm<br />
No evening performance<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Sea Inside 2013<br />
Choreographers Lee Brummer & Israel Aloni, Isabella Stone,<br />
Scott Ewen<br />
Performed by LINK Dance Company<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> RESEARCH SHOWCASE<br />
SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE, ECU Mount Lawley<br />
Whilst <strong>WAAPA</strong> is internationally recognised for its role in teaching<br />
and creative practice, perhaps less well-known is that <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
has a large cohort of students engaged in post graduate studies.<br />
These outstanding students, guided by world‐class supervisors,<br />
are exploring issues which are at the heart of performing arts<br />
practice today. Topics cover music, dance, theatre, human<br />
movement, arts management, creative writing plus other areas of<br />
creative endeavour. Come and be stimulated by poster exhibitions,<br />
showings of work in progress, informative talks and heated<br />
discussion. Meet a vibrant community of musicians and performing<br />
artists who are working at the cutting edge of their fields.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
8<br />
7.00pm<br />
FREE ENTRY<br />
32<br />
DANCE<br />
Tipping Point 2015<br />
RESEARCH<br />
33
CORIOLANUS<br />
THE THREE SISTERS<br />
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE<br />
ON THINGS THAT MATTER<br />
LES LIASIONS DANGEREUSES<br />
VICTORY<br />
TWELFTH NIGHT<br />
ACTING<br />
A TALE OF TWO CITIES<br />
THE BEAT GENERATION<br />
NATION<br />
13 2015<br />
34<br />
35
THE THREE SISTERS<br />
ENRIGHT<br />
STUDIO<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
Macbeth 2015<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11 12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Written by<br />
Anton Chekhov<br />
Director<br />
Bagryana Popov<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> welcomes theatre maker Bagryana Popov to direct<br />
Anton Chekhov's masterful portrait of the Prozorova sisters and<br />
their elusive dream of returning to Moscow from the provincial<br />
town in which they now live. Masterfully blending comedy and<br />
pathos, the play captures a restlessness and yearning that<br />
remain enduringly modern. Popov has directed critically<br />
acclaimed adaptations of Chekov’s work, including her 2009<br />
physical theatre work Progress and Melancholy, based on<br />
Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, which won three Green Room<br />
Awards, including Best Direction.<br />
A VIEW FROM<br />
THE BRIDGE<br />
ROUNDHOUSE<br />
THEATRE<br />
Tickets<br />
$32 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
29 30<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 30 April, 2.00pm<br />
*Post show discussion<br />
on Tue 3 May<br />
Written by<br />
Arthur Miller<br />
Director<br />
Lawrie Cullen-Tait<br />
Performed by<br />
3rd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this<br />
dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie<br />
Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom.<br />
But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover<br />
that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes<br />
a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the<br />
ultimate betrayal. Perth-based polymath and <strong>WAAPA</strong> graduate<br />
Lawrie Cullen-Tait directs this production of Miller’s tragic<br />
masterpiece. Her multi award‐winning work in the theatre,<br />
film and television industries has seen her gain great accolades.<br />
ON THINGS<br />
THAT MATTER<br />
APRIL<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
30<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
7.30pm<br />
Devised by<br />
Samantha Chester<br />
and 2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
Director<br />
Samantha Chester<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
ENRIGHT<br />
STUDIO<br />
Tickets<br />
$15<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
This devised physical theatre work invites the audience to<br />
explore the delicacy of life in its fleeting yet exquisite enormity<br />
– of the things that really matter and the things we search for<br />
in the elusive pursuit of happiness. Inspired by quantum physics<br />
and interviews from the everyday, the work will explore what is<br />
at the heart of the shared human experience.<br />
CORIOLANUS<br />
ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE<br />
The last of Shakespeare's great political tragedies chronicles the<br />
life of the legendary Roman general, Caius Marcius. When an old<br />
adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on Marcius<br />
to be her hero and defender, bestowing on him the honorary<br />
title of Coriolanus. But when Coriolanus seeks political power,<br />
his arrogant pride turns the common people against him and he<br />
is exiled from Rome. In seeking retribution, Coriolanus forges<br />
alliances that will lead to his downfall. <strong>WAAPA</strong> is proud to welcome<br />
back acclaimed British actor/director Michael Jenn (The Trial, The<br />
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui) to direct Shakespeare’s searing tragedy<br />
of political manipulation and revenge.<br />
Written by William Shakespeare<br />
Director Michael Jenn<br />
Performed by 3rd Year Acting students<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11 12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 12 March, 2.00pm<br />
*Post show<br />
discussion on<br />
Tue 15 March<br />
Tickets<br />
$32 Full<br />
$27 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
ACTING<br />
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LES LIASIONS<br />
DANGEREUSES<br />
JUNE<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
10 11<br />
13 14 15 16<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 11 June, 2.00pm<br />
*Post show discussion<br />
on Tue 14 June<br />
Adapted by<br />
Christopher Hampton<br />
from the novel by<br />
Pierre Choderlos<br />
de Laclos<br />
Director<br />
Crispin Taylor<br />
Performed by<br />
3rd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
ROUNDHOUSE<br />
THEATRE<br />
Tickets<br />
$32 Full<br />
$27 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Based on the 18th century French novel, Les Liaisons<br />
Dangereuses is a bitingly witty masterpiece of seduction and<br />
revenge. Elegantly and sinisterly, the plot unfolds: The Marquise<br />
and the Vicomte are accomplices in a game of sexual corruption,<br />
deceit and betrayal. Completely oblivious to the emotional<br />
destruction they cause, they scheme together to seduce two<br />
innocent victims.<br />
Their clever game of passion and manipulation, played out in<br />
Parisian salons and bedrooms, turns in on itself when the<br />
Vicomte realises that he is truly in love. The 1988 film version<br />
of Christopher Hampton’s play, Dangerous Liaisons, starring<br />
Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer, won three<br />
Academy Awards.<br />
A TALE OF TWO CITIES<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens' immortal<br />
novel of revolution and romance, was adapted for the stage in 1935 by John Gielgud and<br />
Terence Rattigan, two of the brightest theatrical talents of their day. It has been modernised<br />
by one of Australia’s most gifted and imaginative young directors, the multi‐award winning<br />
Adam Spreadbury‐Maher. Retaining the thrill and tension of the French Revolutionary<br />
setting but merging it with a modern, East London aesthetic, this production focuses on the<br />
love triangle that lies at the heart of Dickens’ classic story. <strong>WAAPA</strong> welcomes Hugh Hodgart,<br />
Director of Drama, Dance, Production and Screen at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,<br />
to Perth to direct this exciting ensemble piece.<br />
Adapted by Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud from the novel by Charles Dickens<br />
Edited by Adam Spreadbury-Maher<br />
Director Hugh Hodgart<br />
Performed by 3rd Year Acting students<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19 20<br />
22 23 24 25<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 20 August,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$35 Full<br />
$30 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
VICTORY<br />
JUNE<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
10 11<br />
13 14 15 16<br />
7.30pm<br />
Written by<br />
Howard Barker<br />
Director<br />
Glenn Hayden<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
ENRIGHT<br />
STUDI0<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Howard Barker pulls no punches in Victory, a historical play<br />
set in the wreckage of post-Cromwellian England. It's 1661 and<br />
Charles II has been restored to the throne. On the new king's<br />
vengeful orders, the body of John Bradshaw, the judge who<br />
signed Charles I's death warrant, is to be exhumed and publicly<br />
displayed. Bradshaw's widow sets off on a journey searching<br />
for her husband's abused remains. Meanwhile at court, King<br />
Charles II is forced to appease the influential money-men who<br />
are responsible for his restoration. Barker's drama is epic<br />
political theatre that, in the age of Kosovo, Bosnia and Iraq,<br />
remains as pertinent today as it was when it was written.<br />
TWELFTH NIGHT<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19 20<br />
22 23 24 25<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 20 August, 2.00pm<br />
Written by<br />
William Shakespeare<br />
Directed by<br />
Dugald<br />
Bruce‐Lockhardt<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
ENRIGHT<br />
STUDIO<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Dugald Bruce-Lockhardt, Associate Director of the UK all-male<br />
Shakespeare company Propeller, directs the Bard's most<br />
perfect comedy, Twelfth Night. Twins Viola and Sebastian,<br />
separated in a shipwreck and presuming each other dead, wash<br />
ashore in the beautiful but mysterious land of Illyria. Revelry,<br />
disguises, swashbuckling and, of course, pining lovers abound<br />
in this hilarious tale of unrequited love and mistaken identity.<br />
The Playboy of the Western World<br />
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ACTING
THE BEAT<br />
GENERATION<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12 13 14 15 16<br />
7.30pm<br />
*strictly limited capacity.<br />
Written and devised by<br />
Andrew Lewis<br />
with 3rd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
Director<br />
Andrew Lewis<br />
Performed by<br />
3rd Year Acting<br />
and Jazz students<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
ARTS CENTRE<br />
1 FINNERTY ST,<br />
FREMANTLE<br />
Tickets<br />
$25.30 from fac.org.au<br />
Bookings open<br />
1 September<br />
At the end of World War II, a group of young American university<br />
students felt alienated by society's stifling conventionality and<br />
rampant materialism. With Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and<br />
William S. Burroughs at its core, the Beat Generation expressed<br />
their anti-establishment attitudes through their dress, lifestyle<br />
and art, developing a reputation as new bohemian hedonists.<br />
They fashioned a literature that was bold, straightforward and<br />
expressive. In this exciting new production, the 3rd Year Acting<br />
students, collaborating with their Jazz musican counterparts,<br />
explore the cultural impact of this highly influential movement.<br />
Referendum Dance 2015<br />
NATION<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
7 8<br />
10 11 12 13<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 8 October, 2.00pm<br />
ACTING<br />
Adapted for the stage by<br />
Mark Ravenhill<br />
from the novel by<br />
Terry Pratchett<br />
Directed by<br />
Chris Parker<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year<br />
Acting students<br />
ENRIGHT<br />
STUDIO<br />
CONNECTIONS EVENT CINEMAS, INNALOO<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
In 1860, two teenagers from different cultures are thrown<br />
together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau's village and left<br />
Daphne shipwrecked. Separated by language and customs,<br />
the two are united by catastrophe. Slowly, they are joined by<br />
other refugees. As they struggle to protect the small band,<br />
Mau and Daphne defy ancestral spirits, challenge death and<br />
uncover a long-hidden secret that turns the world upside down.<br />
This family show combines an engaging mix of imaginative<br />
storytelling, humour and humanity.<br />
The WA Screen Academy, <strong>WAAPA</strong> and leading screen industry guests take to the red<br />
carpet for the Gala Screening of The Academy Films – a program of short films exploring<br />
the theme CONNECTIONS. The films are created by the 2016 Screen Academy class of<br />
producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, sound recordists, production designers<br />
and editors. The Academy Films feature <strong>WAAPA</strong> 3rd year Acting students on screen<br />
as well as music composers, costume designers and sound students. The WA Screen<br />
Academy is proudly sponsored by the Nine network and the Gala screening will be filmed<br />
by the network for a broadcast program aired in October.<br />
Tickets<br />
$25 Full<br />
$20 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
22<br />
7.30pm<br />
ABORIGINAL<br />
THEATRE<br />
ENRIGHT STUDIO<br />
This year the Aboriginal Theatre program<br />
welcomes multi-award winning singer,<br />
songwriter, author, poet and film maker,<br />
Richard Frankland. Richard has written,<br />
directed and produced over fifty video,<br />
documentary and film projects including the<br />
award winning No Way To Forget, After Mabo<br />
and Harry's War. The students have already<br />
performed Richard’s hard-hitting play,<br />
Conversations With The Dead and are thrilled to<br />
be collaborating on a brand new stage show.<br />
Written by Richard Frankland<br />
Directed by Rick Brayford<br />
Performed by Aboriginal Theatre students<br />
FILMS<br />
Godots Clinic 2015<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$26 Full<br />
$21 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
ABORIGINAL THEATRE<br />
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I SEE RED<br />
SPARE PARTS PUPPET THEATRE<br />
1 Short St, Fremantle<br />
A collage of edgy adult puppetry works<br />
inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, devised<br />
and performed as part of the Performing<br />
Arts Puppetry unit. Students will work with<br />
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's award-winning<br />
artistic director, Philip Mitchell, exploring<br />
the power and potential of puppetry,<br />
object manipulation and visual theatre in<br />
performance. Suitable for ages 15 +<br />
Hidden Traces 2015<br />
Directed by Philip Mitchell<br />
Performed by 3rd Year Performance<br />
Making students<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
19 20<br />
7.30pm<br />
SOLO STAGE: THE DEADLY SINS<br />
STUDIO THEATRE, SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE<br />
180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco<br />
The 'seven deadly sins' have inspired art works for generations.<br />
Come and witness how our young risk-takers reimagine those deadly<br />
sins for a 21st century audience. Who will personify envy? What will be<br />
the face of greed? Support these young theatre makers as they present<br />
their very first ever solo performances. Expect a diverse range of styles<br />
in these two evenings of performance: from dramatic monologues<br />
to stand-up routines or highly visual movement-based work.<br />
Devised and performed by 2nd Year Performance Making students<br />
Program A<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
24 26<br />
7.00pm<br />
Tickets $15<br />
Bookings online<br />
sppt.asn.au<br />
or Tel: 9335 5044.<br />
Tickets $15<br />
Bookings via Ticketek.<br />
Tel: 1300 795 012 or ticketek.com.au<br />
Transaction fees may apply<br />
Bookings open 1 April<br />
Bookings open<br />
4 April PROGRAM 1<br />
Program B<br />
MAY<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
25 27<br />
7.00pm<br />
TILT<br />
THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE<br />
53 James St, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge<br />
TILT is a program of six original self-directed works created and<br />
performed by <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s graduating class of Performance Making<br />
students. This fearless group of theatre-makers brings an eclectic<br />
array of influences from classical and contemporary literature,<br />
film, theatre and performance into the mix to create a wild ride<br />
for the audience.<br />
Created, directed and performed by<br />
3rd Year Performance Making students<br />
MEMORY BONES<br />
DOWNSTAIRS AT HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE<br />
825 Hay St, Perth<br />
A site responsive guerilla-style performance created for the spaces<br />
in and around the iconic building of His Majesty's Theatre. Presented<br />
in partnership with Perth Theatre Trust, <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s Performance Making<br />
students infiltrate His Majesty’s downstairs spaces in a work exploring<br />
the architecture of memory. Immerse yourself in this promenade‐style<br />
production and be guided through the nooks and crannies of this<br />
historic site. Expect the unexpected from this next generation of<br />
performance-makers under the guidance of James Berlyn.<br />
Director James Berlyn<br />
Devised and performed by 2nd Year Performance Making students<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
31<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3<br />
7.00pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 3 September,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Bookings open<br />
5 July<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
7.30pm<br />
Bookings open<br />
5 August<br />
PROGRAM 2<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
7 8 9 10<br />
7.00pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 10 September,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Tickets $20<br />
Tel: 9227 7005<br />
Online:<br />
blueroom.org.au<br />
or in person<br />
Transaction fees may apply<br />
Tickets $20<br />
Bookings via<br />
Ticketek.<br />
Tel: 1300 795 012<br />
or ticketek.com.au<br />
Transaction fees may apply<br />
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PERFORMING ARTS<br />
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THE DROWSY<br />
CHAPERONE<br />
A MIDSUMMER<br />
NIGHT'S DREAM<br />
THE BEAUTIFUL<br />
GAME<br />
RENT<br />
MUSIC<br />
THEATRE<br />
BRING IT ON<br />
THE MUSICAL<br />
The World Goes Round 2015<br />
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45
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE<br />
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE<br />
'Pure comic show biz... A sure-fire crowd pleaser' – The Australian<br />
'It's a show that will make every musical theatre tragic's heart beat faster' – The Age<br />
'Slick, witty, affectionate and very funny... a joy in every way' – Herald Sun<br />
A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding<br />
talent, The Drowsy Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken<br />
desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. If you've ever sat in<br />
a dark theatre and thought, "Dear Lord in heaven, please let it<br />
be good," this is the show for you! It all begins when a die-hard<br />
musical‐theatre fan plays his favourite cast album on his turntable,<br />
and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the<br />
rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and<br />
keep, her true love.<br />
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison<br />
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar<br />
Director Crispin Taylor<br />
Music Director David King<br />
Choreographer Bernie Bernard<br />
Performed by 3rd Year Music Theatre students<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 19 March, 2.00pm<br />
Tickets<br />
$47 Full<br />
$40 Concession/<br />
Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
A MIDSUMMER<br />
NIGHT'S DREAM<br />
MARCH<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
12<br />
14 15 16 17<br />
7.30pm<br />
Late show<br />
Sat 12 March,<br />
10.30pm<br />
Written by<br />
William Shakespeare<br />
Director<br />
Trent Baker<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year Music<br />
Theatre students<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
AMPHITHEATRE<br />
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME ROUNDHOUSE<br />
THEATRE<br />
AUGUST<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
20<br />
22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 27 August,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Music by<br />
Andrew Lloyd Webber<br />
Book and Lyrics by<br />
Ben Elton<br />
Director<br />
Meryl Tankard<br />
Music Director<br />
David King<br />
Choreographer<br />
Meryl Tankard<br />
Performed by<br />
3rd Year Music<br />
Theatre students<br />
Tickets<br />
$20<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 16 February<br />
Public 23 February<br />
On the hottest night of the year, young lovers Hermia and<br />
Lysander run away from the rules of the city and into the<br />
freedom of the forest. Close on their heels are Helena and<br />
Demetrius. Demetrius is chasing Hermia, Helena is chasing<br />
Demetrius, no one is chasing Helena… yet.<br />
Into a forest of rough magic they go, but this is no fairytale.<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Acting and VCA Directing alumnus Trent Baker,<br />
brings us this creative reimagining of one of Shakespeare’s<br />
greatest plays.<br />
Tickets<br />
$47 Full<br />
$40 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 5 April<br />
Public 12 April<br />
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical is the story<br />
of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. Winner of the<br />
2000 Best Musical Award in the Critic Circle’s Theatre Awards,<br />
The Beautiful Game follows the fortunes of a group of teenagers<br />
from both sides of the religious divide during the Troubles in<br />
1960s Belfast.<br />
Under the watchful eye of team coach Father O’Donnell, John and<br />
Del both show enough promise to pursue careers as professional<br />
footballers. They’re just two regular teenagers who dream of<br />
nothing more than girls and football... but as they become swept<br />
up in the events that engulf their community, each has to decide<br />
whether or not to follow their hearts. This powerful and passionate<br />
musical is a joyous celebration of the freedom that love can bring.<br />
RENT<br />
OCTOBER<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
8<br />
10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinee<br />
Sat 15 October,<br />
2.00pm<br />
Book, Music and Lyrics<br />
by Jonathan Larson<br />
Director<br />
Adam Mitchell<br />
Music Director<br />
Tim How<br />
Choreographer<br />
Christabel Ellis<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd Year Music<br />
Theatre students<br />
ROUNDHOUSE<br />
THEATRE<br />
Tickets<br />
$37 Full<br />
$32 Concession/Friends<br />
Bookings open<br />
Friends 19 July<br />
Public 26 July<br />
Rent burst onto Broadway in 1996, picking up a swag of awards<br />
including a Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards. This modern<br />
spin on Puccini’s opera La Boheme tells the story of a group<br />
of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to<br />
survive in the wildly bohemian days of New York in the<br />
early 1990s. Set against a background of drug addiction,<br />
homophobia and the AIDS epidemic, Rent uses exuberant,<br />
high-energy music to explore the underlying message that<br />
love can prevail despite all odds.<br />
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Crazy for You 2011<br />
MUSIC THEATRE<br />
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2016 FRIENDS EVENTS<br />
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (MUSIC THEATRE) Friday 18 March Geoff Gibbs Theatre<br />
JUNE<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
11<br />
14 15 16 17 18<br />
7.30pm<br />
Matinees<br />
Sat 11 and<br />
Sat 18 June, 2pm<br />
REGAL THEATRE<br />
474 HAY ST, SUBIACO<br />
Tickets<br />
$70 Full<br />
$60 Concession/Friends<br />
**Includes booking fees,<br />
transaction fees may apply<br />
Bookings open<br />
On sale now through<br />
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"High-energy stage spectacle" – News Observer<br />
"Truly dazzles" – The New York Times<br />
Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass, and inspired by the hit film, Bring It On The Musical<br />
takes audiences on a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship,<br />
jealousy, betrayal, and forgiveness. Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative<br />
minds on Broadway, Bring It On was nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical.<br />
Campbell is cheerleader royalty at Truman High School and her senior year should<br />
prove the most cheertastic – she's been named captain of the squad! But an unexpected<br />
rezoning forces Campbell to spend her final year of high school at the neighbouring,<br />
hard-knock Jackson High School. Despite having the deck stacked against her,<br />
Campbell befriends the dance crew girls and, along with their headstrong and<br />
hardworking leader Danielle, manages to form a powerhouse squad for the ultimate<br />
competition – the National Championships.<br />
Libretto by<br />
Jeff Whitty<br />
Lyrics by<br />
Tom Kitt and<br />
Lin-Manuel Miranda<br />
Book by<br />
Amanda Green and<br />
Lin-Manuel Miranda<br />
Director<br />
Jay James Moody<br />
Music Director<br />
David King<br />
Choreographer<br />
Michael Ralph<br />
Set Designer<br />
Steve Nolan<br />
Lighting Designer<br />
Mark Howett<br />
Performed by<br />
2nd and 3rd Year<br />
Music Theatre<br />
students and <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
Music Students<br />
LATIN CARNIVALE (DEFYING GRAVITY) Saturday 30 April, matinee Music Auditorium<br />
VORTEX (DANCE) Friday 6 May Geoff Gibbs Theatre<br />
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (ACTING) Wednesday 15 June Roundhouse<br />
CUBANA BOP (<strong>WAAPA</strong> BIG BAND) Wednesday 21 September Music Auditorium<br />
ABORIGINAL THEATRE Wednesday 16 November Enright Studio<br />
APPLICATION FORM<br />
PERSONAL DETAILS<br />
PLEASE INDICATE MEMBERSHIP TYPE<br />
Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other<br />
Student/Concession $32<br />
Senior $43<br />
Name<br />
Single $59<br />
Postal Address<br />
Couple $80<br />
Family $90<br />
Life Membership<br />
PAYMENT OPTIONS<br />
$585 (once-only payment per person)<br />
BY POST – Cheques made payable to:<br />
The Friends of the Academy<br />
PO Box 1556, SUBIACO WA 6904<br />
Telephone / Mobile<br />
IN PERSON – At the <strong>WAAPA</strong> Box Office<br />
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MUSIC THEATRE<br />
Email<br />
ONLINE – friendsoftheacademy.org.au<br />
BY PHONE – (08) 9370 6895<br />
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BOOKING INFORMATION FOR<br />
PERFORMANCES AT <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
On sale dates are listed in the program for each ticketed event.<br />
Bookings can be made online, in person or by phone.<br />
Radio Active 2015<br />
BOX OFFICE HOURS<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> Box Office is open<br />
Monday to Friday<br />
9.30am–12.30pm,<br />
1.00pm–3.30pm.<br />
Box Office opens 45 minutes prior to<br />
performances – purchases cash only.<br />
PHONE BOOKINGS<br />
Contact the Box Office on<br />
(08) 9370 6895 for credit card<br />
bookings over the phone.<br />
A $4.00 handling fee applies<br />
(Friends exempted).<br />
ONLINE BOOKING<br />
Online bookings are now available<br />
for most of the performances at<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong>. Please check details<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au/boxoffice<br />
PARKING<br />
Parking after 6.30pm weekdays<br />
and all weekend is free in all<br />
campus carparks. Limited street<br />
parking is available along<br />
Bradford and Learoyd Streets<br />
adjacent to the Academy.<br />
DISABLED ACCESS<br />
ACROD parking is available in<br />
Carpark 4, near the main entrance<br />
as well as Carpark 3 on Bradford<br />
Street. Most <strong>WAAPA</strong> venues offer<br />
wheelchair access – for further<br />
details please enquire at the Box<br />
Office on 9370 6895 when booking.<br />
PERFORMANCE START TIMES<br />
Please check start times as some<br />
performances may be subject to<br />
lockout. Tickets must be collected<br />
15 minutes prior to commencement<br />
of performance.<br />
All ECU campuses are now smoke-free. All details correct at time of going<br />
to print. Visit waapa.ecu.edu.au for full and current listings.<br />
CONNECT<br />
WITH <strong>WAAPA</strong><br />
ONLINE<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au<br />
FACEBOOK<br />
facebook.com/waapa.ecu<br />
NEWSLETTER<br />
To receive <strong>WAAPA</strong>’s official<br />
newsletter, Inside <strong>WAAPA</strong>, go to<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au/news/enews<br />
NAME YOUR SEAT<br />
Make a tax deductible donation<br />
to <strong>WAAPA</strong> by naming a seat in a<br />
<strong>WAAPA</strong> venue<br />
waapa.ecu.edu.au/friends-andsponsors/name-your-seat<br />
All photography by Jon Green unless<br />
otherwise credited.<br />
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN<br />
ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS<br />
Edith Cowan University<br />
2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley<br />
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