Rock Eisteddfod Challenge

It's here, it's happening and you can be part of it - the 2008 Queensland Health Rock Eisteddfod Challenge and J Rock. Nearly 30,000 primary and high school students from across Australia will be hitting the stage in 2008 to perform in dance, drama and design spectaculars - all in the name of promoting healthy lifestyle choices. For more information about tour dates, tickets or how you can be part of Australia's largest and longest running youth performing arts and health promotion event, log on to www.rockchallenge.com.au

Pilbeam Theatre
Monday June 2 at 6.30pm

Twilight Markets

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.

Riverside Park, Rockhampton
Friday June 6 from 5.30pm.
Free entry.

Play School Live in Concert

Don’t miss out on the chance to see your children’s favourite television show live in concert when the Play School Concerts come to town.
These popular Play School live shows are specially designed to delight pre-schoolers and parents alike. Each show features 40 minutes of songs, games and stories, presented by two Play School presenters, George & Angela along with many of the well-loved toys from the television series. The roars of approval heard whenever they appear on stage attest to the ongoing popularity of Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima and Humpty.

Pilbeam Theatre
Monday June 9 at 9.30am
All tickets $12. Childen under 12 months free if not occupying a seat.

Disco Inferno

Disco fever is set to hit the Pilbeam Theatre in June when Rockhampton High School performs Disco Inferno.
It’s the summer of 1976, and it’s as hot outside as the fashion, hits and passion are on the dance floor. Jack is about to celebrate his 21st birthday, a night he will never forget. Disco Inferno is a devilish new 70’s musical comedy featuring 70’s hits such as: Celebration, Crocodile Rock, and I will Survive. Be sure not to miss out on a night which will transport you back to a time of bell bottoms, platform shoes and big hair!!

Pilbeam Theatre
Friday June 13 at 7.30pm
Saturday June 14 at 2pm and 7.30pm
A$19, PS $16, J $13, F $60

Friday June 13 at 7.30pm
Saturday June 14 at 2pm
Saturday June 14 at 7.30pm

Sunday Sessions Roadshow

Sunday Sessions are on the move! Music lovers can now see young local bands performing their own original rock music not only in Rockhampton but also in Yeppoon and Gracemere.

Sunday June 15 Conaghan Park, Gracemere. Featuring: John Batley.
Sunday June 29 Riverside Park, Rockhampton. Featuring: Overcast, The Kaants, Alloura FauxRiverside Park, Rockhampton.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council and Arts Queensland's A-Venue Youth Music Initiative.

Sunday June 15
Conaghan Park, Gracemere, at 4pm-6pm
Free entry. Food and drink on sale.
No drugs or alcohol allowed.

Queensland Ballet presents
Carmen

Music Georges Bizet
Choreography François Klaus
Set Design Graham Maclean
Costume Design Noelene Hill
Lighting Design David Walters

Bizet’s powerful Spanish rhythms underscore the story of Carmen in this sensational production from Queensland Ballet. She is a fiery gypsy whose wild allure proves too strong for the soldier, Don José, to resist, but Carmen’s defiant spirit cannot be captured by any man. She would rather submit to her tragic fate than relinquish her freedom.
With evocative staging and thrilling dance that echoes with the stirring flamenco tradition, François Klaus’s dramatic ballet unfolds amidst the exciting sights and sounds of Spain. Carmen will draw you into the dangerous world of a woman who lived and died by her own rules.
“… performed by the whole company with technical skill, passion and a commitment to the drama.”
Dance Australia

Pilbeam Theatre
Thursday June 19 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 140 mins

Adult $45.00 Unemployed $39.00 Pensioner $39.00
Youth under 25 $33.00 Child 16 & under $25.00

This show is part of the 2008 See It Live Theatre Season. For more information on how to save Money on this and other shows in the season, click here.

A Marriage proposal / The Family Jewels

Rockhampton Little Theatre presents a double bill:

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL….. a comedic treatment of a classical question
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Bev Young

Ivan Lomov, long time wealthy neighbor of Stepan Chubukov, also wealthy, has come to seek marriage of Chubukov's twenty-five year-old daughter, Natalia. After asking and receiving permission to marry Natalia, she is invited into the room and Ivan tries to get across the proposal. He fails.

THE FAMILY JEWELS…..a good old fashioned melodrama
Written and directed by Bob Galley

George returns home with his fiancée Frances, and "The Family Jewels". He introduces her to his muddle headed mother, and his father the Governor. The Governor's main interest in life is Maisie, the maid, with whom he has regular assignations. The other person in the house is Miss Horsfall, the Governor's secretary, and school mate of Frances. Wicked Uncle Richard arrives, determined to steal the family jewels. He enlists the aid of Maisie while George and Horsfall seek to thwart him.

A Rockhampton Little Theatre production.

Walter Reid Cultural Centre.

A$20, Pensioner / student / unemployed $16, child $10
Bar operating from 7.30pm for evening shows and 2pm for matinee.

Friday June 20 at 8pm
Saturday June 21 at 8pm
Friday June 27 at 8pm
Saturday June 28 at 8pm
Sunday June 29 at 2.30pm

Morning Melodies -Fabulous Favoirites

Treat yourself to an exquisite program of solos and duets with Liza Beamish and Lachlan Baker in Fabulous Favourites at the next Morning Melodies. The show will feature favourites from stage and screen, musicals, operas and modern hit songs. Songs include I Could Have Danced All Night, Nessun Dorma, Bridge Over Troubled Water, an Elvis Presley medley and a tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Pilbeam Theatre

Monday June 23 at 11am.

Adult $15.50, pensioners $13.50, Adult Friends of Theatre $14.50,

Pensioner Friends of Theatre $12.50, Group 10+ pensioners $12, group 10+ Adult $14.

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare

Directed by John Bell
With Saskia Smith as Rosalind

Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little.

Follow the course to a place where running from loneliness, ageing and questioning loyalties gives way to friendship and a taste of love in a hostile, confusing world.
In the forest of Arden, brothers, lovers, friends and foe are tricked, tried and tested in a pastoral pastiche of life, love and the whole damn thing. Join Rosalind as she goes undercover to right wrongs and, in the process, develops a surprising insight into matters of the heart.
Bright, breezy, and reminiscent of the best holiday you ever had, As You Like It, directed by John Bell and featuring Saskia Smith, is a comedy for anyone who has ever contemplated packing it all in for a simpler life.
www.bellshakespeare.com.au
'John Bell is... a master at delivering Shakespeare to Australians.'
The Daily Telegraph

Pilbeam Theatre
Tuesday June 24 at 7.30pm
Approximate duration: 150 mins
Adult Friend of Theatre $38.50, Pensioner / Student Friendof Theatre $34.50, Group 10 or more Adults $38, Group 10 or more Students $21

This show is part of the 2008 See It Live Theatre Season. For more information on how to save Money on this and other shows in the season, click here.

Stayin’ Alive – The Australian Bee Gees Show. Exploding back into Queensland by popular demand is the original Australian Bee Gees Show – Stayin’ Alive. You will be dancin' in the aisles as you get down and celebrate over four decades of world-wide classic hits from the awesome Brothers Gibb. This exceptional show, which began in 1996, has played all over the world and has been hailed by the Bee Gees USA Fan Club as “The best Bee Gees tribute in the world!

Pilbeam Theatre
Saturday June 28 at 8.00pm
Adult$45.00 , Pens/Student $39.00, Junior $39.00, PSFoT $39.00

Sunday Sessions

Sunday Sessions are on the move! Music lovers can now see young local bands performing their own original rock music not only in Rockhampton but also in Yeppoon and Gracemere.The June 29 concert is the final in the current series.

Sunday June 29 Riverside Park, Rockhampton. Featuring: The Kaants, Alloura Faux Riverside Park, Rockhampton.

Presented by Rockhampton Regional Council and Arts Queensland's A-Venue Youth Music Initiative.

Sunday June 29
Riverside Park, Rockhampton, at 4pm-6pm
Free entry. Food and drink on sale.
No drugs or alcohol allowed.