WAAPA 2016 Program - Western Australian Academy of Performing

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