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Friday 9 May - Saturday 24 May
Full of political satire, songs, dance lines and of course the obligatory nudity, one of Tassie's most popular home-grown shows returns for its 2008 season. Prepare to laugh, prepare to be offended ... but book early - it sells out each year!
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Friday 23 - Saturday 25 May
Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Presented by The Salamanca Arts Centre.
This year's festival celebrates dance and movement in everyday life with dance films featuring ballroom and mambo, hip hop and burlesque, plus the return of favourites Kidreels and the ReelDance Awards.
View the Reel Dance program here
Preview Reel Dance here
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Thursday 29 May - Sunday 1 June
David Strassman has big news on his 2008 Australian tour – it's "Ted E's Farewell Tour". Tragically, the much adored Ted E Bare is announcing his show biz retirement. As hilarious as ever, the show is a star-studded tribute to Ted E Bare's greatest showbiz moments.
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Tuesday 3 June and Wednesday 4 June
Fresh from a season in London - a surreal and whimsical
tale of the moon’s caretaker as he struggles to relight the
darkened moon.
Visit La La Luna here.
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Sunday 8 June
After 2007’s record sell-out success, Harden the F*ck Up Australia,
Heath Franklin's Chopper (Network 10’s The Ronnie Johns Half Hour) is
back, tackling an issue
bigger than world poverty or global warming - eradicating the
terminally stupid.
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Friday 13 June and Saturday 14 June
From the director and writer of the box office smash hit Holding
the Man comes one of the most tender and excruciatingly funny
comedies seen on the Australian stage in years. A brilliant comedy from one of Australia’s most talented young
playwrights.
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Saturday 21 June
An eclectic evening of jazz & world moods and grooves. Tania Bosak returns to Hobart in an all new concert event, where
music, story and comedy, come together in a lively spontaneous and entertaining evening. Featuring original works and an exciting 10 piece Melbourne and Tassie line up. With Phil Bywater, Karl Willebrant, Randal Muir, Dan Magnus and more...
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Thursday 26 June to Saturday 28 June
Peter Houghton’s The Pitch is a hilarious satire about the trials
and tribulations of trying to crack the big time in Hollywood and
is a superbly comic antidote for the many clichéd and overdone
Hollywood blockbusters that we are all familiar with.
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Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July
Follow the meteoric rise to stardom of the late 1950’s US rock star Buddy Holly in Claremont College's new production. Relive the hits of yesteryear including the unforgettable songs Rave on, Peggy Sue, Heartbreak and That’ll Be The Day.
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Thursday 10 July to Saturday 12 July
From beginning to end the action never stops. Audiences of all
ages, from 5 to 85, will be totally enthralled by Cosentino - one
of the world’s most talented young illusionists. Cosentino’s brand new production, Threshold, will take you into
the mysterious depths of your imagination.
See Cosentino in action here.
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Thursday 24 July to Saturday 26 July
A NEW OZ OPERA PRODUCTIONDIRECTED BY JOHN BELL
One of the world’s favourite operas, Madame Butterfly is the tale of the young Geisha girl Cio-Cio San and her ill-fated love for an American soldier.
Sung in English, performed with chamber orchestra.
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Saturday August 2
The Rotary Club of City Central Hobart presents the 2008 State Final of 'Storm the Stage'. Come along and support some of Tasmania's leading young talents in drama and musical theatre in the state finals of this national competition.
Discover more about Rotary's Storm the Stage here.
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Thursday August 7
In 2005, Australian audiences were astounded by the debut tour of guitar virtuosos Wolfgang Muthspiel (Austria), Slava Grigoryan (Australia) and Ralph Towner (USA) ‘MGT’, as they are now known, are returning with music from their new release ‘From a Dream’.
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Tuesday 21 October to Saturday 25 October
More than half a million Australians have seen it. And in case
you haven’t heard about it, think of your favourite songs of
the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s – imagine them sung with some of the
wittiest lyrics imaginable – and you have it in one.
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Saturday 1 November to Saturday 15 November
A hugely entertaining, spectacular and much loved musical that has delighted adults and children around the world. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Allan Jeffrey and Leiz Moore are thrilled to present this magical production for the first time at the magnificent Theatre Royal. Come and share in the magic.
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Tuesday 25 November
Classic in the finger, jazz in the mind. An intimate and enchanting journey with illustrious French master composer and guitarist, Roland Dyens.
Discover Roland Dyens here.
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