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Arts
Program
January - June 2013
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WELCOME
It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce the Glenelg
Shire Council Arts Program for the first half of 2013. Once
again, the Arts & Culture unit has assembled a busy and
exciting range of performances, exhibitions and activities to
offer to residents of the Shire over this six month period.
Performances include Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones, an
engaging, wordless, shadow puppet comedy show for all ages;
The Revenge of The Bat (Die Fledermaus) to be presented in
Casterton by Co-Opera; Sundowner, starring Helen Morse, a
moving piece of theatre and choreography that explores the
impact of early onset dementia; Moon, a stunning a cappella
choral-theatre experience presented by The Australian Voices;
and The Table Of Knowledge, a theatre piece exploring the
so-called ‘sex for development’ corruption scandal that engulfed
Wollongong City Council in 2008.
Exhibitions are almost exclusively presented by talented local
artists. These include the Portland Quilters 21st Anniversary
Celebration; an exhibition of art work by students from Bayview
College; exhibitions by Nikki Pevitt and Mischelle Star; the
Local Eyes exhibition sponsored by United Way Glenelg; and
a fascinating exhibition by Kate Anderson, a noted artist from
New South Wales. In addition, several exhibitions curated
by Trevor Smith, the Cultural Collection Officer, feature items
drawn from Council’s unique, extensive and impressive Cultural
Collection. These will be on display in various venues around
the Shire.
In July 2012, Council implemented an online booking service
for the first time, thus providing an alternative means for
purchasing tickets to performances. This service can be
accessed via the Glenelg Shire Arts website – www.arts.
glenelg.vic.gov.au Tickets for shows can also be purchased by
credit card over the phone on 5522 2263, or in person at the
Portland Arts Centre.
I hope that you are excited by the variety in the Arts Program
being presented from January to June 2013, and I encourage
you to mark your favourites on the calendar to ensure you don’t
miss out.
Cr. Karen Stephens
Mayor
Glenelg Shire Council
Performances
At a Glance
THE GIRLS FROM OZ
25 February, Portland
26 February, Casterton
IT’S MY PARTY (AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO)
28 February
STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES
15 March
LITTLE BIG SHOTs - Forever Young
10 April
TWO GRANDS, FOUR HANDS
12 April
360 ALLSTARS
26 April
The Revenge of The Bat (Die Fledermaus)
30 April
SUNDOWNER
21 May
ALI MCGREGOR’S ALCHEMY
23 May
MOON
29 May
CHEEK TO CHIC
27 June
THE TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE
29 June
Jane O’Toole
THE GIRLS FROM OZ
Monday 25 February 10.30am Portland
Tuesday 26 February 10.30am Casterton
Australia has given the world some of its most shining
musical stars – Nellie Melba, Gladys Moncrieff, Joan
Sutherland, and June Bronhill.
Jane O’Toole will excite you with her thrillingly
beautiful voice and glamorous costumes as she
performs the glorious melodies indelibly identified
with our most famous “Girls From Oz” – La Boheme,
La Traviata, The Sound of Music, ‘Velia’ from The
Merry Widow, ‘Love Will Find A Way’ from Maid of
the Mountains, and many, many more.
Written and directed by Rod Anderson, with Musical
Director Sue Goessling at the piano, this show will
be a dazzling spectacle audiences won’t forget.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$15 Full price
$10 Concession
Henri Szeps in
IT’S MY PARTY (AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO)
By Elizabeth Coleman
Thursday 28 February 7.30pm
Henri Szeps stars as gruff, well ordered, quintessentially
Aussie family man Ron, who is convinced he’s dying.
With less than two hours to live, in a magnanimous
gesture of loving finality, he hosts a party to break the
news and offer his wife and children a few last quality
moments. As the minutes tick down, Ron’s motives
become increasingly blurred by the rising smokescreen
he’s thrown over his dysfunctional family unit.
Elizabeth Coleman’s (Secret Bridesmaids’ Business)
deliciously funny and sweetly dark play It’s My Party
(And I’ll Die If I Want To) is a comedy of anxiety,
absurdity and occasionally terror. Like all great comedy,
there is laughter … but the elbow jabbing at your ribs is
a little bit sharper than expected.
“Audiences will be both groaning with familiarity and rolling in the
aisles. This is great fun.” - The Sunday Telegraph
CASTERTON TOWN HALL
$15 Full price
$10 Concession
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$45 Full price
$40 Concession
$10 Student
$90 Family
Running Time:
Running time: Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes, including an interval
75 minutes
Warning: Strong language and adult themes
STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES
Friday 15 March 7.30pm
Come play in the dark! Sticks, Stones, Broken
Bones is a wordless, shadow puppet comedy for all
ages from Montreal, Canada.
Jeff Achtem (Aka Mr. Bunk) presents a series of
delicate, intricate comic sketches with his shadow
puppets. Using a minimum of language in the
show, his elaborate contraptions that generate
the shadows fascinate, while his surreal cartoon
shadows delight.
The show transports children and adults into
a giddy, funny dream world. In each scene the
audience is invited behind the visual trickery,
to witness the making of the shadow puppet
melodramas.
“It’s hard to imagine a more entertaining, generous or inspirational
show” Fringe Review (Edinburgh)
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$25 Full price
$20 Concession
$10 Student
$60 Family
Running Time: 45 minutes, no interval
Warnings: Family entertainment however, some scenes may frighten very
young children. We recommend 7+
LITTLE BIG SHOTS - Forever Young
Melbourne’s International Film Festival for Kids
Wednesday 10 April 11.00am and 6.00pm
Little Big Shots features the best in local and
international children’s shorts, animations,
documentaries and child-produced films.
The films screening in Little Big Shots inspire
discussion of world cultures, different languages,
cultural diversity, emotional intelligence and human
values. Better still, we guarantee they will make
kids laugh, whoop, think and create.
The nine films include, Play Lunch, a 10 minute
Australian film in English/Vietnamese, directed
by Cassandra Nguyen. It won an award for Best
Live Action Short (Children’s Jury) at the Chicago
International Film Festival.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$15 Full price $10 Child
Age range:
5 to 15
Running Time:
60 minutes, no interval
TWO GRANDS, FOUR HANDS
360 ALLSTARS
Friday 12 April 7.30pm
Friday 26 April 7.30pm
This is a brand new show from Promac Productions
and a first for the Portland Arts Centre. Two
sensational grand pianos head to head on stage
and played by two virtuoso pianists.
South African born concert pianist Len Vorster
will be joined by Melbourne-based pianist Linda
O’Brien, in what will be a memorable performance.
Also joining Len and Linda will be international
soprano, Alison Rae Jones and the ever popular,
Chris McKenna as compere.
Music will include everything from Ravel and
Debussy through to Leonard Bernstein’s West
Side Story and even Billy Joel, as well as some
beautifully sung songs and loads of laughs.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$35 Full price
$30 Concession
$10 Student
$72 Family
A performance like no other, 360 ALLSTARS
reinvents the traditional circus. Replace acrobats
with breakdancers, substitute a basketball
freestyler in place of a juggler, swap the unicyclist
for a BMX flatlander, and throw in a Roue Cyr artist
and you get an exhilarating circus performance, like
nothing you have seen before!
Gene Peterson (Aust) – Percussionist
B-Boy Physicx (Korea) – Break Dancer
B-Boy Simonster (Aust) – Break Dancer
Peter Sore (Hungary) – BMX Flatlander
Basketball Man (USA) – Basketball Freestyler
Rhys Miller (Aust) – Roue Cyr artist
Sam Perry (Aust) – Vocal Loop Artist
Live looping, live music and stunning AV
projections – 360 ALLSTARS will leave you dizzy
with excitement!
PORTLAND CIVIC HALL
$30 Full price
$25 Concession
$10 Student
$66 Family
Running time:
100 minutes including interval
Running time: 80 minutes, no interval
Tour managed and coordinated by arTour, an initiative supported by the
Queensland Government through Arts Queensland
Image: Jeff Busby
Co-Opera presents
THE REVENGE OF THE BAT (Die Fledermaus)
KAGE
SUNDOWNER
Tuesday 30 April 7.30pm
Tuesday 21 May 7.30pm
Co-Opera’s new touring production, The Revenge
of the Bat, traditionally known as Die Fledermaus,
is world famous for its gorgeous music and ability
to cast its spell over audiences of all nationalities
and ages. Johann Strauss, the King of the Waltz,
cleverly weaves his glorious melodies and dancing
musical phrases around a lovable group of
characters.
The Revenge of the Bat is a great night out and a
winning match for Co-Opera’s uniquely chic and
funny adaptation. Audiences will be lured in by the
central character, Eisenstein, the man who decides
to go to a party rather than go to jail! This new
production will be sung in English and set in the fun
and fizzy times of the Art Deco Australian 1920’s.
CASTERTON TOWN HALL
$40 Full price $35 Concession
$10 Student
$80 Family
“It’s the strangest thing. No longer being able to tell
what is the past and what is the present . . . . .”
Starring Helen Morse, Sundowner combines
theatre, dance and physicality to tell the story of
so many Australian families. Seen through the
eyes of three generations, this exquisite production
celebrates the love that binds us together.
PORTLAND CIVIC HALL
$45 Full price $40 Concession
$10 Student
$90 Family
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes including two 20 minute intervals
Note: Cabaret style performance – BYO food and drink
Running time:
Warning:
80 minutes, no interval
Suitable for 14+ (Years 9-12)
Director:
Kate Denborough
Writer:
David Denborough
Performers:
Helen Morse, Jackie Rees, Gerard Van Dyck,
Gabrielle Nankivell, Stuart Christie
with the Tivoli Lovelies
Composer:
Kelly Ryall with additional music by Paul Kelly and
Megan Washington
Created in partnership with Alzheimer’s Australia and toured by Perfoming
Lines for Road Work
ALI MCGREGOR’S ALCHEMY
MOON
Thursday 23 May 7.30pm
By The Australian Voices
Wednesday 29 May 7.30pm
Ali McGregor traverses the worlds of opera, cabaret
and popular culture like no other: a soprano with
Opera Australia, one of the original stars of The
Spiegeltent’s hit show La Clique, a regular guest
on ABC’s Spicks & Specks. Her 2010 show Jazz
Cigarette toured Australia and internationally
to great acclaim. Straight from a hit season at
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ali’s new show Alchemy
draws on all her influences for inspiration – from
opera to the trashy hits of the 80s & 90s. Working
with the finest jazz musicians she creates unique
hybrids from popular songs, standards and blues,
jazz and Latin flavours. Expect to hear Madonna,
INXS, Blur, Salt ‘n Pepa, like they were sung by a
1940’s siren in a Las Vegas club.
Moon is a stunning a cappella choral-theatre
experience by The Australian Voices – recently
returning with 5 stars from the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival.
The first half is a classical choral concert with
a range of beautiful choral works. Following
intermission, the show enters choral-theatre mode
with the intergalactic love story, Moon. This epic
song of love, featuring 10 movements (songs), tells
the story of the lonely Diana, her search for love
and the twists of a very long-distance relationship.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$35 Full price $30 Concession
$10 Student
$72 Family
‘McGregor’s voice is phenomenal’ The Telegraph, UK ‘A bold, sexy
jazz reinvention’ The Arts Journal, UK
Moon Composer / Conductor:
Running time: 100 minutes including a 20 minute interval
Gordon Hamilton
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$35 Full price $30 Concession
$10 Student
$72 Family
Running time: 90 minutes with an interval
Company: Alicat
Tour managed and coordinated by arTour, an initiative supported by the
Queensland Government through Arts Queensland
Image: Heidrun Lohr
Hilary Henshaw
CHEEK TO CHIC
Thursday 27 June 10.30am
Noel Coward and Cole Porter’s witty words
and musical gems sparkle with the creative
collaboration of Hilary Henshaw and Peter Hurley.
Timeless favourites, including ‘I’ll See You Again’,
‘A Room With A View’, ‘Mrs Worthington’ from Noel
and ‘Let’s Do It’, ‘Wunderbar’ and ‘Night and Day’
from Cole, all performed with panache, pizzazz and
pathos.
Portland audiences will be pleased to welcome
back Hilary whose professional career covers
performing with many of Australia’s major theatrical
organisations, as well as on television. Peter Hurley
has worked with the State Orchestra of Victoria
and with his own show at the Melbourne Comedy
Festival.
“Excellent show, absolutely wonderful… great chemistry between
Hilary and Peter… kept up pace throughout… we loved it!”
Lawrence Money – The Age columnist
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
$15 Full price $10 Concession
Running time:
75 minutes
Morning tea is available prior to the show from 9.30 am.
Cost: Gold coin donation
A version 1.0 and Merrigong Theatre Company
co-production
THE TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE
Saturday 29 June 7.30pm
“This is a unique story, the kind of story that could only ever take
place in a place like Wollongong. Or Port Macquarie. Or Randwick.
Sex, lies and dirty deals . . .
a compelling and hilarious interrogation of power,
corruption and greed.
In The Table of Knowledge, version 1.0 turns its
forensic theatrical vision to the so-called ‘sex for
development’ corruption scandal that engulfed
Wollongong City Council in 2008.
Using the transcripts of the ICAC Inquiry, the script
is based almost entirely on the actual words of the
central characters. This is an utterly compelling
and hilarious interrogation of power, corruption and
good governance in contemporary Australia.
PORTLAND CIVIC HALL
$40 Full price $35 Concession
$10 Student
$80 Family
Or Burwood. Or Warringah...”
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes including interval
Warnings: Strong language at times. 15+
A version 1.0 and Merrigong Theatre Company Co-Production. Toured
by Performing Lines for Road Work, with the support of the Australian
Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory
body, through the national performing arts touring program, Playing Australia.
Booking Information
Community Arts Program
Booking and Purchasing Tickets
Online bookings – tickets may be purchased online by going
to the Glenelg Shire Council Arts website – www.arts.glenelg.
vic.gov.au – and following the prompts. Access to online
bookings closes 2 hours prior to the commencement of all
performances.
Phone bookings – tickets may be reserved or purchased by
phoning the Portland Arts Centre on (03) 5522 2263 and can
be paid for with Credit Card (VISA or Mastercard only).
Booking In person – tickets may be reserved or purchased
in person at the Portland Arts Centre, cnr Glenelg & Bentinck
Streets, Portland. Normal office hours are 9.00am – 5.00pm
week days, and the Box Office is also open 1 hour prior to the
commencement of all performances.
Ticket Categories
• Concession prices are available to all holders of Pension
Cards, Health-care Cards, Seniors Cards and to tertiary
students. Proof of entitlement may be required
• Student/Child prices refer to persons 18 years or under
• Companion Cards are accepted on proof of entitlement
• Family consist of 2 Adults plus 2 Children under the age of
18 years.
Refunds
A refund on tickets is available for no charge where an event
has been cancelled, re-scheduled or relocated. In other
circumstances, an administration charge of $2.00 per refund
will apply.
Special Assistance
For wheelchair seating, or other assistance, please contact
the Box Office on (03) 5522 2263 prior to the performance
date. The Portland Arts Centre is fitted with an audio loop,
and limited audio loops are available in the other three
Council venues. For further information contact the Box
Office on (03) 5522 2263.
Running Times
Running times of performances can be subject to change.
Patrons are advised to check with the Box Office
(03) 5522 2263 closer to the performance date.
TWEET Project 2011
The Arts & Culture unit also works with the
community to:
• develop arts programs and projects that provide
opportunities for community participation and
involvement, especially for children and young
people;
• establish networks and partnerships between
Council and other local organisations, which
use arts activities to focus on improving
community health and well-being;
• provide support and advice to local artists and
organisations for arts projects that offer benefits
to the local community;
• work in collaboration with the Regional Arts
Development Officer (RADO) for SouthWest Victoria, to establish links and initiate
community projects that cross Shire boundaries.
A Community Arts Officer is currently based at
Julia Street Creative Space, 19-21 Julia Street,
Portland, and uses these facilities to provide
community arts programs for the Portland
community. Council aims to gradually extend these
services to other communities across the Shire.
Details of some of the Community Arts programs offered from
January to June 2013 are outlined below.
TRADITIONAL REALISM PAINTING
with Brett Jarrett
This six week course is designed to guide
participants of all levels through the basic steps of
traditional realist painting. Participants, whether they
are new to painting or more experienced, will find
Brett’s guidance on both technique and materials
invaluable. Some easels will be available but
participants are advised to bring their own materials.
JULIA STREET CREATIVE SPACE
A six week program every Monday,
commencing 25 February
Workshop time:
7.30pm – 9.30pm
Cost:
$240.00
Bookings:
Mobile – 0408 536 349
Email: [email protected]
A STITCH IN TIME
artist talk and workshop series
South West Victoria is a region rich in contemporary
textile artists. This series will give an insight into the
work of five different artists, each presenting a free
artist talk each month. Participants will also have the
opportunity to enrol in a mini workshop with the artist
in the afternoon. A fee will apply for the workshops.
Karen Richards, an award winning textile artist and
designer will present the first session in the series.
JULIA STREET CREATIVE SPACE
Artist talks and workshops once a month on a
Saturday, commencing 23 February.
Free artist talks:
11.00am - 12.30pm
Workshops:
afternoon – time and cost TBC
Bookings:
Mobile – 0408 536 349
Email: [email protected]
EXHIBITIONS
At a Glance
THE QUILTERS 21st ANNIVERSARY
4 February to 1 March
LOCAL EYES
4 March to 29 March
Sacred to the Memory of ...
1 April to 26 April
THE PATTERN PROJECT
29 April to 24 May
BAYVIEW 7 to 11
27 May to 21 June
light & life
23 June to 19 July
Several current and continuing exhibitions from the
GLENELG SHIRE COUNCIL CULTURAL COLLECTION
ALL ABOUT THE MAN
Until 31 May 2013
CASTERTON TOWN HALL
CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
Until 30 June 2013
SOUVENIR
Until 15 October 2013
CHILD’S PLAY
Until 3 August 2013
THE QUILTERS 21ST ANNIVERSARY
exhibition
4 February to 1 March
Celebrating 21 years of the Portland Pioneer
Quilters, this exhibition will give these talented
women an opportunity to showcase the wide
variety of work they have been creating both
individually and as a group over the years.
Around fifty items will be on display including
the ‘Millennium Quilt’ which was gifted by the
group to the Glenelg Shire Council’s Cultural
Collection in 2006. This hand and machine pieced
and appliquéd quilt has a central depiction of
the Portland harbour surrounded by well known
landmarks and historic buildings.
Quilts by individuals will also be exhibited in a
“Challenge” which will be judged and announced
on the opening night.
Other works on display include the very first quilt
sewn by each individual member, and their current
projects: recycled shirts given new life, quilted
bags, cushions and toys.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
LOCAL EYES exhibition
4 March to 29 March
The United Way Glenelg “Local Eyes” is an exciting
initiative, which aims to bring to life a snapshot into the
lives of those living in our community.
The project engaged five individuals who are currently
supported by United Way Glenelg’s Community
Partner Organisations, and aims to celebrate diversity
and differences while strengthening and allowing
the community to gain greater understanding of the
challenges facing local people everyday.
The five participants and their organisations are:
Miranda Jones – Portland Re-engagement Program
Eloise Saunders – Dhauwurd-Wurrung Elderly &
Community Health Service Inc.
Stephen Selwood – Kyeema Support Services Inc
Darryl Brown – Heywood Rural Health
Colin Hewson – Casterton Old Community Courthouse.
United Way Glenelg is a local independent charity with
a mission to build a strong community in the Glenelg
Region by helping people.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
Nikki Pevitt
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF . . .
1 April to 26 April
Exploring ancestral links to the local environment
and beyond, this exhibition will include installation
and individual artworks made in response to the
universal theme of identity. The importance of
inherited stories and objects and an attempt to
understand one family line in many, has provided
the inspiration for many of the pieces.
We all place value in different objects and items
and it is human nature to collect or hoard a wide
array of ‘things’, which become part of our identity,
our memorabilia. Are they to become relics one day
of our own past?
Visitors to the space will also be invited to add their
own trace in an interactive artwork and space.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
THE PATTERN PROJECT
29 April to 24 May
A fascination with pattern as both an embellishment
of daily life and as a universal human tendency,
underlies Kate Anderson’s latest body of work.
Taking her cue from embroidery patterns found in
Beijing’s Panjiyuan ‘dirt market’, Anderson’s musings
developed as she progressed in her travels – south to
Chengdu (a well-known centre for Chinese brocade)
and later to the Russian city of St Petersburg. These
strikingly different locations, which may appear to have
little in common culturally, have distinct and complex
histories as centres for the decorative arts.
The artist began by documenting what she saw,
then weaving her own visual narrative alluding to
both past traditions and contemporary approaches.
This includes creating a floor-to-ceiling wallpaper
installation, a video work and assemblage of
memento-type boxes. She has also created
representations of delicate rice-paper templates,
which are used by traditional Chinese embroiderers to
map their intended designs.
[The above description is based on an article by Damian Smith, Director and
Editor-in-Chief of Words For Art]
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
BAYVIEW COLLEGE 7 to 11 exhibition
LIGHT & LIFE exhibition
27 May to 21 June
24 June to 19 July
Bayview Secondary College presents a melting
pot of Year 7 to 11 student works. The showcase
includes visual arts, graphic communication and
design, textiles and wood crafts.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
Local artist Mischelle Star presents an illuminating
exhibition of bright colours to stimulate the senses,
in scenes of landscape, abstract and contemporary
illusions. She uses house paints and mixed media
to create an exhibition of bold colours and texture,
which relate to our light along our life path being
illuminated for us in many different ways, so that we
experience moments that become memories in our
life.
PORTLAND ARTS CENTRE
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Open weekdays 9.00am – 5.00pm
Admission free
CULTURAL COLLECTION Glenelg Shire Council
ALL ABOUT THE MAN
Until 31 May 2013
G.H.L. Pentland
Casterton 1889
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Casterton and District Historical Society
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
The Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
has evolved since the earliest days of local
government in south west Victoria and now includes
approximately 9,000 items.
The collection encompasses objects, photographs
and records relating to the social, maritime and
civic history of the Shire, an art collection and public
art. The collection documents the region’s unique
history, environment and people, and contains
objects of state-wide and national significance.
The Cultural Collection Strategic Plan (2009-2014)
guides Council in the management, use and care of
the collection.
Aspects of the Cultural Collection can be seen in
permanent and temporary displays at Portland’s
History House, Rocket Shed and Maritime Discovery
Centre; temporary exhibitions in the Casterton Town
Hall foyer; and occasional exhibitions at the Portland
Arts Centre.
The above painting, which is part of the Cultural
Collection, recently underwent conservation work
and is on permanent display in the foyer of the
Casterton Town Hall.
With a focus on masculinity, this display brings
together a selection of recent acquisitions from the
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection. Many
photographs and objects in the display are on
public view for the first time, together with several
items donated by Miss Betty Vivian of Portland
including hats, canes, collars, saddler tools and
Portland Rifle Club paraphernalia. Other items
include a cut-throat razor made in Hamburg,
Germany as a special order for Mr. L. Nowacki of
Casterton, a fragment of glass from the Portland
jail, and a headlight cover used during the World
War Two blackouts.
HISTORY HOUSE
Cliff Street, Portland
Open daily
10.00am to 12 noon
1.00pm to 4.00pm
(except Good Friday & Christmas Day)
Admission: Adult $2.50
Pensioner/Child/Student $1.50
School groups 50c per student
CASTERTON TOWN HALL
CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
Until 30 June 2013
This exhibition celebrates the 75th anniversary
of the opening of Casterton’s Town Hall. Built at a
cost of £12,000 with elaborate furnishings costing
£2,600, the Art Deco style hall was officially
opened by State Governor Lord Huntingfield in
December 1937. Material for the exhibition has
been drawn from Casterton and District Historical
Society, Casterton Community Arts and Craft
Association, Glenelg Shire Council Cultural
Collection, National Library of Australia, Hamilton
Art Gallery and private collections within the
Glenelg Shire.
CASTERTON TOWN HALL (foyer)
67 Henty Street, Casterton
Open weekdays 9.00am to 5.00pm
Admission free
SOUVENIR
Until 15 October 2013
Everyone loves to receive a postcard in the mail,
and most would have some odd trinket tucked
away at the back of the cupboard purchased
while on holidays. Postcards and souvenirs from
Portland dating from the late 19th century to the
1970s come together in this exhibition from the
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection. The
postcards show the changing face of Portland in
the 20th century through a series of postcards of
the foreshore, harbour, streetscapes, hotels and
churches. The souvenirs include crockery, glass
view-ware, felt pennants, cloth patches and tea
towels, and range from the functional to purely
decorative and from tasteful to wonderfully kitsch.
PORTLAND MARITIME DISCOVERY CENTRE
Lee Breakwater Road, Portland
Open daily 9.00am to 5.00pm
Admission free
CHILD’S PLAY
Until 3 August 2013
Discover child’s play of days gone by in this
exhibition of card games, games of skill, dolls,
tea sets, money boxes, and novelties. This display
includes many items recently donated to the
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection by Miss
Betty Vivian of Portland. Highlights include a fully
functioning toy mangle, a beautifully illustrated
“Happy Families” card game, a baby’s bonnet worn
by Marianna Trangmar in the 1820s, and a wooden
cat given to Betty Vivian in the 1930s.
HISTORY HOUSE
Cliff Street, Portland
Open daily
10.00am to 12 noon
1.00pm to 4.00pm
(except Good Friday & Christmas Day)
Admission: Adult $2.50
Pensioner/Child/Student $1.50
School groups 50c per student
Glenelg Shire Council
acknowledges the assistance
of the following funding bodies and partners
in support of professional touring performances
The Australian Government is proud to be associated with tours of
Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones, 360 AllStars,
The Revenge Of The Bat (Die Fledermaus), Sundowner,
Ali McGregor’s Alchemy, Moon and The Table Of Knowledge
through the national performing arts touring program, Playing Australia,
which gives Australians across the country the opportunity to see
some of the best performing arts.
www.arts.glenelg.vic.gov.au
Bookings: 03 5522 2263
Portland Arts Centre
Cnr Glenelg & Bentinck Streets
Portland Vic 3305
Opening Hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Monday to Friday
TTY users phone 133 677
Then ask for 03 5522 2263
Speak and Listen users phone
1300 555 727 and then ask for
03 5522 2263
Internet relay users connect to the NRS
www.iprelay.com.au/call/index.aspx
then ask for 03 5522 2263
This brochure is printed on re-cycled paper.