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Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Alex Lloyd
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaRenowned for hits such as “Black the Sun”, “Lucky Star”, “Green”, “Coming Home” and “Never Meant To Fail”, don’t miss multi-platinum ARIA Award-winning musician, Alex Lloyd, perform at The Joan for one night only. Featuring ‘some old and some new’ hits and supported by Dominic Breen, book early to avoid the disappointment of missing out […]
The Fleetwood Pac – A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThe Fleetwood Pac are heading to The Joan! Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of this incredible tribute to the one and only Fleetwood Mac. Renowned for their authentic, immersive show you’ll be transported back to 1975 and the first time you heard these incredible songs. “With silky vocals and a big sound, […]
Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaShakespeare’s classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, young lovers are dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, […]
Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaShakespeare’s classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, young lovers are dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, […]
Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaShakespeare’s classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, young lovers are dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, […]
Music Talk with Andy Bromberger: Beethoven and his Deafness
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBeethoven hearing started to fail him in his 20’s. So how could he have written such fulfilling music without hearing it? What was the impact on his music? Join Andy Bromberger for this fascinating lecture as she discusses the significant mental, physical and creative effects of going deaf on a composer of Beethoven’s stature, including […]
Anne of Green Gables and Prince Edward Island: Lecture and World Premiere for Piano and Strings
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaIn this concert and presentation, University of New England PhD researcher and composer Merri Bell will discuss Canadian author L.M. Montgomery, who is best known for the novel "Anne of Green Gables". In addition to the seven books of the "Anne" series, Montgomery completed another thirteen books exploring the life and experience of young women […]
Music Talk with Dr Paul Smith: The Concerto and the Birth of the Musical Celebrity
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThis lecture will explore the history of the concerto and some of the most famous classical music performers in history. Delving into the development of the concerto form and drawing on a wide range of examples, this lecture will explain the musical characteristics of the classical concerto and also connect these ideas with the social […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
Music Talk with Andy Bromberger: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThe Ninth Symphony is one of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, regarded as the pinnacle of Beethoven’s achievements and a culmination of his genius. Written between 1822 – 1824, it is remarkable not only for its grandness of scale but also being the first symphony from a major composer to use voices, the […]