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The World comes to the North West

If you are from the north west coast, you would already know that not only is there a strong community arts scene in the cities and towns that line Bass Strait and beyond, but the locals LOVE to get out and see new arts experiences.

If you haven’t been that way for a while, then during Ten Days on the Island in March is the ideal time to get back to see what the region has to offer, because we are packing in some amazing international artists like we’ve never done before!

Book it in, get back to the north west!

 
 
Paris Combo

Paris Combo’s Belle Du Berry and David Lewis were seen in and around Wrest Point just prior to Christmas on a whistle stop promotional tour as they prepare for the next leg of their world tour which includes two performances as a part of Ten Days on the Island Festival 2017.

Belle and David also popped into the ABC Studios for a live on the radio set that sent social media alight with adoration for their performance.

Suffice to say that we are getting pretty excited about what is in store when they perform at the Burnie Arts and Function Centre on Wed 22 March and Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Thu 23 March. Get in quick - tickets are swinging out the door!

BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE | WED 22 MARCH
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Martha Wainwright

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS OH PEP!

With an undeniable voice and an arsenal of powerful songs, Martha Wainwright is a beguiling performer and a refreshingly different force in music.

Her songs provide a window into her life without artifice or pretension.

The daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, Martha’s immersion in music from an early age is evident in her command of the stage and her masterful handling of a spectrum of musical styles.

The performance will showcase her fifth record, Goodnight City, which just may be her best yet. The album features her own work, alongside songs written by her brother Rufus Wainwright and friends such as Beth Orton, Glen Hansard, Michael Ondaatje and Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs.

Martha Wainwright’s astonishingly versatile voice soars, sighs, provokes and tells secrets.

Melbourne band, Oh Pep! will get the evening started with their folk/pop styling.

DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE | THU 23 MARCH
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The God That Comes

In a world ruled by greed and an oppressive king, the lesser classes have taken to the countryside in a revolution of hedonism and spirituality. There, they commune with their animal needs to dance, to lose control, to get drunk and to have sex.

The God That Comes is a wine-soaked rock & roll cabaret starring Hawksley Workman in an extraordinary solo performance that fuses the chaotic revelry of a rock concert with the intimacy of theatre. Hawksley – award-winning rocker, writer and actor – plays all the characters and all the instruments in a spectacle of pure talent.

It is a tonic for a society that has lost its sense of balance and abandoned its animal instincts.

Raise a glass, get lost in the music, but beware; this is Bacchus at his most potent.

DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE | TUE 21 MARCH, 8PM
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FREEZE!

If concentration is an artform, Nick Steur from the Netherlands is a master. With his hands, will, focus and skill, he achieves the improbable by balancing odd shaped rocks on top of one another. This is not trickery or illusion, but the culmination of one man pushing the limitations of possibility.

Steur uses the location to underscore his work and will perform in some of Tasmania’s most beautiful places. Without showmanship or bluster, he gives pause to the daily thoughts and preoccupations of his audience and places them gently in the present.

With variations in materials, place and potential distractions, each performance is unique in its own astonishing way.

STANLEY, HIGHFIELD HOUSE | TUE 21 MARCH, 6.30PM
SHEFFIELD, EAGLES NEST RETREAT | WED 22 MARCH, 6.30PM 
STRAHAN, PEOPLE'S PARK | FRI 24 MARCH, 6.30PM

REGISTER NOW!

 

 

These incredible events can also be caught in other locations around Tasmania! 

 
 
Tasdance has a cinematic treat for you...

Created by internationally acclaimed Greek dance company Jukstapoz and inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s epic film The Great Dictator, Fragile Matter uses dance, theatre, storytelling and puppetry to create a unique dance-theatre experience.

This entertaining, high energy performance has been around the world, finding a political and social relevance wherever it goes. Audiences will be stirred by the poignant significance to current political and social events, and moved by the humanness brought to the characters.

Using the body as metaphor for war and unity, eight embattled dancers rally, resist and break out in a work that is both fiercely physical and intimate, with a sound score to match.

MOONAH ARTS CENTRE  | FRI 17 & SAT 18 MARCH, 1PM & 7.30PM
PRINCESS THEATRE, LAUNCESTON | FRI 24 MARCH, 1PM & 7.30PM

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YOUR FESTIVAL THIS WEEK

Ten Days on the Island will fill your March with theatre, music, comedy, dance and so much more! 

Here's what's coming up:

SPIEGELTENT HOBART:

VELVET  | Tue 14 - Sat 1 April
MOTHER'S RUIN | Tue 14 March, 7pm (SOLD OUT)

TOM BALLARD | Wed 15 March, 7pm
TOM GLEESON | Thu 16 March, 7pm (SOLD OUT)
KATIE NOONAN & KARIN SCHAUPP | Fri 17 March, 6.45pm
LUKE MCGREGOR | Sat 18 March, 7pm (SOLD OUT)
THE BLACK SORROWS | Sun 19 March, 7pm (SOLD OUT)

 

THEATRE:

FRIDA AND DEREK | Blue Cow Theatre Inc.
Moltema, Villarett Gardens | Thu 16 March, 7pm
Hatherley House, Launceston | Sat 18 March, 7pm

YOU AND ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN | Terrapin Puppet Theatre
Earl Arts Centre, Launceston | Thu 16 & Fri 17 March, 6pm and Sat 18 March, 2pm

THE SEASON | by Nathan Maynard
Theatre Royal, Hobart | Thu 16 - Sat 18 March, 7.30pm and Sun 19 March, 4pm

 

FESTIVAL EXTRA:

RAWSPACE 
Theatre Royal Backspace, Hobart | Thu 16 - Sat 18 March, 6pm

MUDLARK ONE DAY PROJECT
Earl Arts Centre, Launceston | Sun 19 March, 7pm

TEN STORIES FOR TEN DAYS
Inspiration on the Island with Posie Graeme-Evans 
Huon LINC, Huonville | Fri 17 March, 5pm

ISLAND FILMS
State Cinema, Hobart
Tanna | Fri 17 March, 4pm
Silence | Sun 19 March, 6pm
Swiss Army Man | Mon 20 March, 6pm

 

MUSIC:

ODE TO NELLIE MELBA | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Albert Hall, Launceston | 
Thu 16 March, 7.30pm
Burnie Arts & Function Centre | Fri 17 March, 7.30pm

FIRE | Silkweed
The Founders Room, Hobart | Fri 17 March, 8pm
Kettering Community Hall | Sat 18 March, 8pm

AXOUM DUO
The Barn, Rosny | Sat 18 & Sun 19 March, 8pm

ACOUSTIC LIFE OF SHEDS - CAPE TO CAPE | Big hART Inc.
Wynyard | Sat 18 & Sun 19 March

CELLO NAPOLETANO
Van Diemen's Band
Hobart Town Hall | Sat 18 March, 2pm
Queen Victoria Art Gallery (Royal Park), Launceston, 2pm

SEQUENZA
Carmel Hall, Cygnet | Sun 19 March, 2.30pm

 

DANCE:

FRAGILE MATTER | Tasdance & Jukstapoz
Moonah Arts Centre | Fri 17 & Sat 18 March,1pm & 7.30pm

THE FROCK | Graeme Murphy & MADE
Peacock Theatre, Hobart | Fri 17 March, 7.30pm (SOLD OUT) & Sat 18 March, 4pm & 7.30pm

 

PERFORMANCE:

BABEL | Invisible Practice
Hobart Council Centre, Hobart | Sat 18 March, 5pm - 10pm

FREEZE! | Nick Steur
Port Arthur Historic Site | Fri 17 March, 6.30pm
Bay of Fires, Cosy Corner | Sat 18 March, 5pm (FULL)
Bakers Beach, 
Narawntapu National Park | Sun 19 March, 4pm (FULL)

 
 

Don't forget you can browse events that are happening statewide and purchase tickets online at tendays.org.au.

 

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