WHAT'S ON - APRIL 2009

At a Glance this month:

(Please scroll down for more event details and ticket sale links).

3 Michelle Nicolle. Pilbeam Theatre, 7.30pm

3 Twilight Markets. Riverside Park, 5.30pm.

3 Bad Year for Tomatoes. Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 7.30pm.

4 Bad Year for Tomatoes. Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 7.30pm.

4 Rockfest 09. Music Bowl, 5pm.

5 Bad Year for Tomatoes. Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 2.30pm.

17 Bad Year for Tomatoes. Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 7.30pm.

18 Bad Year for Tomatoes. Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 7.30pm.

18 Cabaret. Pilbeam Theatre, 7.30pm

19 Cabaret. Pilbeam Theatre, 3pm

20 Q150 Steam Train Rides.

21 Q150 Steam Train Rides.

24 Cabaret. Pilbeam Theatre, 7.30pm

25 Cabaret. Pilbeam Theatre, 7.30pm

27 Morning Melodies: Pirates of Penzance. Pilbeam Theatre, 11am.

28 David Campbell - The Good Loving Tour. Pilbeam Theatre, 8pm.

30 Rhythms of Ireland. Pilbeam Theatre, 8pm.

Enjoy and eveing of country music from some great local performers in aid of the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Central Queensland jazz lovers will get a rare opportunity to see and hear one of Australia’s most awarded and admired jazz singers, Michelle Nicolle, in April. The Melbourne-based arranger, band leader and award-winning jazz vocalist is rapidly becoming known as Australia’s finest jazz singer. She is an exceptionally talented woman who sounds like no other. She is true to her artistic self and has an incredible ‘ear’ as well as being a serious jazz musician and lyricist. Her clear tone and impressive breath control indicate hard work and dedication to her art form. In 2000 her quartet was nominated for Australian Music Foundation’s Best Live Jazz Act and Michelle was the recipient the Australian entertainment industry’s Mo Award -Jazz Vocalist of the Year 2001, 2003 and 2004. While she is based in Australia, Michelle spends much of her time travelling the world performing at jazz clubs and festivals in Europe and Asia, where she has developed a huge following.See and hear Michelle

Pilbeam Theatre
Friday April 3 at 7.30pm
Adult $35, Student $32, Pensioner $32, Child $25

Browse for a gift for someone special from the large range of arts and crafts on sale at Rockhampton’s Riverside Park Twilight Markets. You can also grab a bite to eat, sit back and enjoy the live entertainment. Twilight Markets are held on the first Friday of every second month. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven, and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbours is a different matter.

The word is out – one of Australia’s hottest up and coming bands will front Rockfest 09 at the Rockhampton Music Bowl in April.
The four piece group from Brisbane formed in 2005 and have been gaining a solid reputation and a huge fan base ever since. Dead Letter Circus has released two EPs, one self titled and the other Next In Line.

The band have been in the recording studio in recent times putting the finishing touches to their first album, due for release in May. They have performed with bands such as The Butterfly Effect, Cog, Karnivool, and Helmet. They recently opened for heavy metal icon Judas Priest for the Brisbane leg of the tour.

Dead Letter Circus will be joined on stage by local bands. Epidemic...Over, The Shortfall, The Silence, Devoid, The Origin Complex, and Living Life in Animation.

Rockfest will be held at the Rockhampton Music Bowl on Saturday April 4 from 5pm. Entry is free but donations to charity are requested. Food and drink will be on sale. Rockfest is a drug and alcohol free event.
More information can be obtained from Rockhampton Venues and Events on 4924 5600.

Rockhampton Music Bowl
Saturday April 4.
Gates open 4pm, music from 5pm
Entry free (gold coin donation to charity requested)

Set in 1930s Germany, in a world on the verge of collapse, Kander and Ebb’s award-winning musical Cabaret is Rockhampton Venues and Events’ 2009 musical. While the storm clouds of nazism gather, young English singer Sally Bowles performs as the star attraction in the nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin. In this haven of decadence, where the customers are determined to keep up appearances while their world crumbles about them, she begins a romance with novelist Clifford Bradshaw.

Cabaret won eight Tony Awards its original season and has continued to win awards and critical and audience acclaim. It is a triumph of musical theatre, full of captivating songs including Wilkommen, Two Ladies, Tomorrow Belongs to Me and Cabaret. Central Queensland’s own singers, dancers and actors, star in this unforgettable musical. Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council.

CAST: Levi Burrows as Emcee, Travis Hock as Clifford Bradshaw, Amanda Locker as Sally Bowles,
Rhonda Janes as Fraulein Schneider, Geoff Simmers as Herr Schulz and Julianne Webster-Scott as Fraulein Kost.

Pilbeam Theatre
Adult $40, Unemployed $36, Pensioner, $36, Child, $28.50, Youth (Under 25 years) $36, Adult Friend of Theatre $37.50, Group 10+ Adults $36, Family (2 adults, 2 children) $120. Group and Family tickets not available through internet sale.

See It Live and save! This show is part of the 2009 See It Live Theatre Season.More information.

Local vintage train enthusiasts are getting all steamed up with news that tickets will go on sale on Monday (February 23) for day trips in Queensland’s heritage train, the Q150 train, when it pulls into Rockhampton Railway Station in April and May.

Between April and August, the train will travel as far north as Cairns and as far west as Mt Isa, Winton, and Quilpie, visiting many stops in between. It will reach Rockhampton in April and again in May, giving an opportunity for the public get on board a working piece of history.
Passengers can choose from:
Monday April 20 and Tuesday April 21 - Rockhampton to Bajool. Approx 1.5 hrs return journey.
Saturday May 23 - Rockhampton to Lakes Creek or Rockhampton to Gracemere. Approx 1 hr return journey.

All tickets $2. Available through Pilbeam Theatre Box Office, or Dial'n'Charge 4927 4111. Internet sales not available.

The rollicking Pirates are coming! From one of Australia’s leading musical companies, Gaslight Music Company, which performed the Best of British Pops last year, comes Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. It’s the entire musical – performed with a cast of only five! It’s the best little big musical in Australia! Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Pilbeam Theatre
Monday April 27 at 11am.
Adults $15.50, Pensioners $13.50, Adult Friends of Theatre $14.50, Pensioner Friends of Theatre $12.50, Groups 10+ Pensioners $12, Groups 10+ Adults $14

David Campbell, is back with his best show to date – The Good Loving’ Tour 2009. This hot new show will feature in full David’s brand new album Good Loving, which is a thundering collection of classic 60s blue eyed soul. Tracks like 1, 2 3, Now That I’ve Found You, You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, Devil In A Blue Dress and of course Good Loving will be brought to the stage with Campbell’s larrikin charm and incredible voice. On top of this David will also be performing material from his multi-platinum Swing Sessions albums.

Following the highly-successful and critically acclaimed sell-out Australian and World tours in 2007, Ireland’s most celebrated and elite company of dancers, The Rhythms of Ireland, returns to Australia with an all new show.
This awe-inspiring and innovative production is a stunningly executed performance of traditional Irish dance, music and song by some of the world’s most accomplished Irish dancers.
David Moore (lead dancer, Riverdance 2005-2006), Anthony Street (lead dancer Lord of the Dance 2003-2007), and Ellie MacGuire (3 times world champion), lead a cast of 16 sensational dancers under the direction of choreographer and former lead dancer of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, Michael Donnellan
Two million people worldwide can’t be wrong – don’t miss Rhythms of Ireland.

Pilbeam Theatre
Thursday April 30 at 8pm
Adult $59.90, Pensioner $49.90, Group 10+Adults $49.90, Student/unemployed/junior $44.90

Friday April 3 at 7.30pm
Saturday April 4 at 7.30pm
Sunday April 5 at 2.30pm
Friday April 17 at 7.30pm
Friday April 18 at 7.30pm

Saturday April 18 at 7.30pm
Sunday April 19 at 3pm
Wednesday April 22 at 7.30pm
Friday April 24 at 7.30pm
Saturday April 25 at 7.30pm