TAZ Entertainment - MMOA Theatre Events

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MMOA Wk Ending:
Sun 14 February 2010

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Updated 03/02/2010

Please Note: Multiple events are listed under the first day of the MMOA week
- please check all dates listed in right hand column next to event.
As the MMOA week commences on a Wednesday,
some events may display twice within a week dependant on their performance dates.
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Wednesday 3rd February
RADIO KCR 102.5FM "Kalamunda Cafe" with Denni Cee 11am - 1pm	Radio Play: "Deadly Inheritance" Episode 1 of a 6 part series	Wed 12.45pm Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10 Repeats: Friday 5pm Sunday 8pm
Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd Subiaco	"Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Gregory Jones, MD: Tim Cunniffe A dazzling celebration of the world greatest living composer-lyricist. With classic songs from WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, COMPANY, FOLLIES, PACIFIC OVERTURES, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.	Feb 4-7, 10-13 Time: All shows @ 7.30pm Except Sun 7th @ 2pm Tix: $34/$27 Bookings: BOCS 9484 1133
Thursday 4th February
	Melbourne International Comedy Festival presents Raw Comedy Heat RAW Comedy is Australia's biggest and most prestigious open mic comedy competition. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been running it since 1996, and past RAW winners and finalists include Chris Lilley, Josh Thomas, Hannah Gadsby, Wil Anderson, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper, Mike McLeish (Keating the Musical!) and Tim Minchin. RAW runs nationally every year between January and April.	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Venue: Charles Hotel North Perth Time: 8pm Tix: $18/$15 MORE INFO
	Musical Theatre Karaoke Do you and your friends usually end up turning off dance music at parties and putting on Wicked instead? Do you drive along belting the big numbers? Do you lock yourself in your room to choreograph dance routines to your favourite songs? This is a great opportunity to show off your all your hard work to many other musical theatre lovers.	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Venue: Ferrara Karaoke Bar 67 Millington St Perth City (opp. Fast Eddys) Time: 8pm till late Tix: $FREE MORE INFO
Kings Park Botanical Gardens Kings Park West Perth	"Taming of the Shrew" Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" under the stars at Kings Park & Botanic Gardens, Perth. This Austin Powers inspired production is directed by Shakespeare WA's Paige Newmark. Starring Sam Longley, Glenn Hall, Anna Brockway, David Meadows, James Hagan, Greg McNeill, Jay Walsh, Lucy Cooke, Nick Candy, Will O'Mohoney, Stephen Lee, Angelique Malcolm. Bring a picnic, a blanket and a bottle of wine and enjoy a wonderful evening of hilarious entertainment!	January 8, 9, 11-16, 18-23, 25, 27-30, Feb 1-6 Time: All shows @ 8pm Gates open 7pm Tix: $15-$39 Bookings: BOCS 9484 1133
Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd Subiaco	"Side by Side" Sondheim A dazzling celebration of the world greatest living composer-lyricist. With classic songs from WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, COMPANY, FOLLIES, PACIFIC OVERTURES, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.	Feb 4-7, 10-13 Time: All shows @ 7.30pm Tix: $34/$27 Bookings: BOCS 9484 1133
Friday 5th February
	Stage Left Theatre Troupe Goldfields present Men of Stone by Seth Rozin, directed by Kevin Blair What happens when your greatest work of art comes to LIFE.... as the wrong person??!!! The great Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo (aka Mickey) is nearing the completion of his magnificent statue of Moses, commissioned by Pope Julius II. But when Moses comes to life in the blue-collar persona of Mickey’s model, the local butcher Mo, Mickey’s life begins to crumble. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 Stage Left Theatre 61B Burt St, Boulder (Kalgoorlie) Tix: $20/$15 *Opening Night Special Ticket Price - 2 for 1 Bookings: TAZ Tix Book Online Here
	Old Mill Theatre presents The Boys by Gordon Graham, directed by Dannielle Ashton Controversial, confronting and chilling: Best known for the 1998 movie adaptation starring David Wenham and Toni Collette, it scored Western Australian playwright Gordon Graham an Australian Writers' Guild award in 1992. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5-7, 11-13, 18-20 Old Mill Theatre cnr Mends St & Mill Point Rd, South Perth Tix: $20/$15 Bookings: 9367 8719
	Old Mill Theatre presents The Burnt Piano by Justin Fleming, directed by Andrew Warwick Paris, 1989. Karen Idlewild must meet Sam Beckett - for the most unusual of reasons. On a visit to Paris, and against the instinctive warnings of her father, Karen takes her nine-year-old son, Jonah, on a bizarre quest to meet Beckett. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5-7, 11-13, 18-20 Garrick Theatre 16 Meadow St Guildford Tix: $16/$14 Bookings: 9379 9400
bamBOO 446 Beaufort St Mt Lawley	Eat My Monolgoue various playwrights, various directors	Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 2 Tix: $10 Bookings: 9228 9680
Saturday 6th February
Perth International Arts Festival Regal Theatre cnr Hay St & Rokeby Rd Subiaco	Les Sept Planches de la Ruse Fourteen performers and seven huge shapes continually transform the stage in a transfixing, wordless drama of ever-changing space.	Feb 6, 7, 9-12 Ticketek 132 849 More info
Also Showing Today:	Burnt Piano - Garrick Theatre more info Men of Stone - Stage Left Theatre more info The Boys - Old Mill Theatre more info
Sunday 7th February
Also Showing Today:	Burnt Piano - Garrick Theatre more info The Boys - Old Mill Theatre more info
Monday 8th February
Playhouse Theatre 3 Pier St Perth	"The Saphires" This new co-production by Black Swan and Company B Belvoir of the hit musical The Sapphires will be bigger and better than ever, and features a stellar cast led by Christine Anu and Casey Donovan. Wesley Enoch directs this feel-good production full of the Motown classics that defined a generation, and our leading ladies are sure to raise the roof of the Playhouse Theatre as they perform such hits as Stop in the Name of Love, Chain of Fools, Sex Machine, Knock on Wood and Respect.	January 23, 25, 27-31, Feb 2-10 Time: various Tix: $19.95-$54.50 Bookings: BOCS 9484 1133
Perth International Arts Festival Barre Lounge Cafe His Majesty's Theatre 825 Hay St Perth	Etiquette You go to a table in a public café where a few curious props await. Taking a seat with a friend or stranger, and using separate headphones, you follow instructions and act out the play together, inhabiting roles in a series of short scenes, many borrowed from film and theatre. Yes, you are the star.	Feb 8-12, 15-19, 22-28 Bookings 6488 5555
Tuesday 9th February
Perth International Arts Festival Regal Theatre cnr Hay St & Rokeby Rd Subiaco	Les Sept Planches de la Ruse Fourteen performers and seven huge shapes continually transform the stage in a transfixing, wordless drama of ever-changing space.	Feb 6, 7, 9-12 Ticketek 132 849 More info
Wednesday 10th February
RADIO KCR 102.5FM "Kalamunda Cafe" with Denni Cee 11am - 1pm	Radio Play: "Deadly Inheritance" Episode 2 of a 6 part series	Wed 12.45pm Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10 Repeats: Friday 5pm Sunday 8pm
Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd Subiaco	"Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Gregory Jones, MD: Tim Cunniffe A dazzling celebration of the world greatest living composer-lyricist. With classic songs from WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, COMPANY, FOLLIES, PACIFIC OVERTURES, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.	Feb 4-7, 10-13 Time: All shows @ 7.30pm Except Sun 7th @ 2pm Tix: $34/$27 Bookings: BOCS 9484 1133
Thursday 11th February
	Stage Left Theatre Troupe Goldfields present Men of Stone by Seth Rozin, directed by Kevin Blair What happens when your greatest work of art comes to LIFE.... as the wrong person??!!! The great Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo (aka Mickey) is nearing the completion of his magnificent statue of Moses, commissioned by Pope Julius II. But when Moses comes to life in the blue-collar persona of Mickey’s model, the local butcher Mo, Mickey’s life begins to crumble. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 Stage Left Theatre 61B Burt St, Boulder (Kalgoorlie) Tix: $20/$15 *Opening Night Special Ticket Price - 2 for 1 Bookings: TAZ Tix Book Online Here
	Melbourne International Comedy Festival presents Raw Comedy Heat RAW Comedy is Australia's biggest and most prestigious open mic comedy competition. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been running it since 1996, and past RAW winners and finalists include Chris Lilley, Josh Thomas, Hannah Gadsby, Wil Anderson, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper, Mike McLeish (Keating the Musical!) and Tim Minchin. RAW runs nationally every year between January and April.	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Venue: Charles Hotel North Perth Time: 8pm Tix: $18/$15 MORE INFO
	Old Mill Theatre presents The Boys by Gordon Graham, directed by Dannielle Ashton Controversial, confronting and chilling: Best known for the 1998 movie adaptation starring David Wenham and Toni Collette, it scored Western Australian playwright Gordon Graham an Australian Writers' Guild award in 1992. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5-7, 11-13, 18-20 Old Mill Theatre cnr Mends St & Mill Point Rd, South Perth Tix: $20/$15 Bookings: 9367 8719
	Old Mill Theatre presents The Burnt Piano by Justin Fleming, directed by Andrew Warwick Paris, 1989. Karen Idlewild must meet Sam Beckett - for the most unusual of reasons. On a visit to Paris, and against the instinctive warnings of her father, Karen takes her nine-year-old son, Jonah, on a bizarre quest to meet Beckett. MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 5-7, 11-13, 18-20 Garrick Theatre 16 Meadow St Guildford Tix: $16/$14 Bookings: 9379 9400
Wanneroo Rep Club Limelight Theatre Civic Drive Wanneroo	Kindly Keep It Covered By Dave Freeman, directed by Tony Sims On the health farm he runs with his wife Julia, disaster is overtaking Roland Dickerby. He is accused of drowning a camel, and is also suspected of an insurance fraud.	Feb 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 Times: 8pm $18/$15/$10 Bookings: 9571 8591
Friday 12th February
	Melville Theatre presents The Return by Reg Cribb, directed by Jeff Hansen Two ex-cons board the last train to Fremantle at Midland Station on a hot summer’s night. The air-conditioning is not working and the train guards are on strike. At Bassendean a young law student , Lisa boards the train. The two, bored and out for trouble start to hassle her. The other occupants of the carriage are a middle aged woman and a writer. As the action heats up along with the temperature the focus of the action begins to change. Why is ‘the writer’ seemingly detached from the action? Why did a young girl get on the train late at night and alone? What is the other lone woman running from? MORE INFO	TAZ Must See Special Event
		Dates: Feb 12-14, 18-20, 25-27 Melville Theatre cnr Stock Rd & Canning Hwy, Palmyra Tix: $17/$13 Bookings: 9330 4565
Kwinana Theatre Workshop Koorliny Arts Centre Sulphur Rd Parmelia	Jigsaws written by Jenifer Rogers, directed by Sue Hayward In this incisive and witty play concerning three generations of women in the same family, life seems like a jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle is often incomplete; it's great when all the pieces fit and infuriating when they don't. As the play opens, a Christmas visit has been taking place, and the reunion is not exactly fulfilling the spirit of the season!	Feb 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 Tickets: $17 Full $15 Conc Bookings: 9439 0290 This play is rated MA15+
Margaret River Cultural Centre 51 Walcliffe Rd Margaret River	Dirty Dusting A trio of hard-working cleaners are facing the axe. They might be past their best, beyond their sell-by date and over the hill but they certainly won’t take threats of redundancy lying down.	Feb 13 - 8pm Adult $35 Friend $30 Youth $15 Bookings: 9758 7316
Also Showing Today:	Burnt Piano - Garrick Theatre more info Men of Stone - Stage Left Theatre more info The Boys - Old Mill Theatre more info
Saturday 13th February
Perth International Arts Festival Playhouse Theatre 3 Pier St Perth	Happy as Larry Potent, playful and cunningly layered, Australian director-choreographer Shaun Parker’s new work is a buoyant and powerful exploration of human happiness.	Feb 13, 14, 15 BOCS 9484 1133
Regal Theatre cnr Rokeby Rd & Hay St Subiaco	Hypnolarious PiP Comic Illusionist is back to bring you hypnosis... with a touch of magic in Hypnolarious! This Las Vegas Style Show showcases PiP's unique comedic wit and charm, mastery of prestidigitation and hilarious hypnotic skits while unleashing the creative abilities of his on stage guests subconscious minds equaling 90 minutes of amazing and hysterical skits.	Feb 13 Ticketek ph: 132 849
Bunbury Regional Arts Centre 2 Blair St Bunbury	Dirty Dusting Pure theatrical Viagra! A trio of hard-working cleaners are facing the axe. They might be past their best, beyond their sell-by date and over the hill but they certainly won’t take threats of redundancy lying down.	Feb 13 - 8pm Bookings: 1300 661 272
Also Showing Today:	Burnt Piano - Garrick Theatre more info Men of Stone - Stage Left Theatre more info The Boys - Old Mill Theatre more info The Return - Melville Theatre more info
Sunday 14th February
Also Showing Today:	The Return - Melville Theatre more info

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