Dracula … actor Ross Balbuziente. Pic: Dylan Evans
Freud’s Last Session
Frame of Mind … Pic: Pedro Greig
John Wood, Julie Nihill in Bakersfield Mist …
A theatrical journey from the depths of the Carpathian Mountains to the streets of Paris and a trailer park in Bakersfield … a conversation with Freud, the ultimate romantic ballet, the naughtiest wombat, a comedy hypnotist, Fringe theatre and a vibrant Festival Club … all coming to Launceston in 2017!
Launceston’s performing arts calendar will be jam packed in 2017, with a huge program of events on offer in the 22nd annual subscription season presented by Theatre North at the Princess.
Each year the subscription season delivers a variety of professional theatrical events – a mix of national touring productions and locally produced professional theatre and arts events. The season aims to engage audiences and create opportunities for local arts workers, delivering quality entertainment and broadening the appetite of Launceston theatre goers.
When Maude (Julie Nihill) picks up a cheap painting in an opp shop, she’s convinced it’s a Jackson Pollock worth millions. A world class art expert (John Wood – Blue Heelers) arrives at her trailer park to authenticate the painting. Based on a true story, Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs is a comedy from Tasmanian Theatre Company that will delight lovers of modern theatre next year.
The gothic horror story of Dracula by Bram Stoker swoops into the Princess in a gripping new production from Queensland’s shake & stir theatre co (Animal Farm, Wuthering Heights).
An imagined meeting between two of the 20th century’s greatest minds – Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, creates a thought provoking and touching exploration of some of the greatest questions of all time.
Freud’s Last Session will be the first production by Hobart’s Hamley Productions to be performed in Launceston.
An exquisite double bill from Sydney Dance Company features multi award-winning choreography from Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela and new work from Australia’s own Gabrielle Nankivell.
Internationally acclaimed flautist Jane Rutter will play up to 12 different classical and ethnic flutes when she performs Flute Spirits & The Four Seasons.
The comedy crowd will be flocking to the Princess for plenty of laughs with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, the Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase and Matt Hale’s Hypnolicious comedy hypnosis show all in the 2017 program.
For lovers of classical ballet, The Australian Ballet’s Regional Tour of one of the world’s most loved ballets – Giselle, and Melbourne City Ballet’s exciting new ballet The Wonderful Wizard of Oz will both be performed at the Princess Theatre in 2017.
Mothball, the naughtiest wombat in Australia, will be brought to life through the magic of puppetry and live music in Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s Diary of a Wombat, based on the book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley.
And what better way to start the 2017 season than by welcoming Ten Days on the Island to the Princess Theatre and Earl Arts Centre with Fragile Matter – new from Tasdance, Terrapin Puppet Theatre’s You and Me and the Space Between, the classic Chinese fable White Snake from Shanghai and The Frock – performed by MADE and choreographed by Graeme Murphy.
Theatre North at the Princess will expand the 2017 subscription season to not only offer subscription prices to these Festival shows but also to present an exciting Fringe Program and Festival Club at the Earl Arts Centre in March.
“Our Fringe program is an exciting adjunct to the Festival in March, said Theatre North at the Princess General Manager, Greg Leong, ” with Exposing Edith, an award-winning cabaret tale of the legendary Edith Piaf, Mudlark Theatre’s renowned One Day project and RAW2! – a concert featuring the best of the best from our busking competition at Festivale in February”.
“The Festival Club Bar will be the place to meet”, said Mr Leong, “with Red Brick Road Ciderhouse in residence and our luminous 21 Living Icons exhibition installed in the Earl Arts Centre foyer to create a lively and unique meeting place for festival goers to enjoy a drink and to celebrate the vibrant and living arts community that is Launceston”.
2017 Subscriptions on sale from this Thursday 24 November
Priority booking period exclusively for subscribers until Friday 23 December
Single tickets on sale from Tuesday 3 January
PRINCESS THEATRE BOX OFFICE ph 6323 3666
Become a subscriber and receive the discounted subscriber ticket prices by purchasing tickets to 2 or more shows in the 2017 season.
Ticket prices and more information at www.theatrenorth.com.au
Theatre North at the Princess 2017 Subscription Season shows at a glance:
You and Me and the Space Between – Terrapin Puppet Theatre
Thursday 16 March 6pm
Friday 17 March 6pm
Saturday 18 March 2pm
Mudlark’s One Day Project
Sunday 19 March 7.30pm
White Snake – Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre
Tuesday 21 March, 8pm
Exposing Edith – I’ll Wager Productions
Thursday 23 March 7.30pm
Fragile Matter – Tasdance
Friday 24 March, 1pm & 7.30pm
The Frock – Graeme Murphy & MADE
Friday 24 March, 7.30pm
Saturday 25 March, 4pm & 7.30pm
RAW2! – Young Talent on Stage Winners’ Concert
Sunday 26 March, 7pm
Jane Rutter – Flute Spirits & The Four Seasons
Friday 31 March, 7.30pm
Freud’s Last Session – Hamley Productions
Thursday 6 April 8pm
Friday 7 April 8pm
Saturday 8 April 3pm
Saturday 8 April 8pm
Matt Hale Comedy Hypnotist
Thursday 20 April 8pm
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Wednesday 26 April 8pm
New Writing for Tasmanian Theatre – Mudlark Theatre
Wednesday 10 May 7.30pm
Wednesday 22 November, 7.30pm
Dracula – shake & stir theatre co
Saturday 10 June 7.30pm
Giselle – The Australian Ballet Regional Tour
Wednesday 28 June 7.30pm
Frame of Mind – Sydney Dance Company
Wednesday 19 July 7.30pm
Diary of a Wombat – Monkey Baa Theatre Company
Tuesday 15 August 6.30pm
Wednesday 16 August 11am & 1pm
Bakersfield Mist – Tasmanian Theatre Company
Tuesday 12 September 7.30pm
Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase
Friday 20 October 8pm
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Melbourne City Ballet
Saturday 18 November 7.30pm
Theatre North at the Princess General Manager, Greg Leong
