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Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth by Tom Stoppard

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth poster

Presented by the Monash Shakespeare company by special arrangement with Origin Theatrical on behalf of Samuel French Pty Ltd.

Directed by Zorro Maplestone & Tamuz Ellazam

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth explores the relationship between language and power, and the ways in which that power can be undermined through performance.

Bookings - www.trybooking.com/24251

  • Thursday 24 May - Saturday 26 May
  • Monday 28 May - Friday 1 June
  • All shows at 8pm
  • Adult $16
  • Concession $13
  • MUST Space, Campus Centre (Building 10)
  • Monash University, Clayton Campus
  • Cnr Wellington Road & Blackburn Road.
  • CLAYTON 3168

Winter Concert Series 2012

The Winter Concert Series rolls around again this year so make sure you brave the cold and join us for live music in four different locations across Monash over the next four months.

Bring along your friends and family to enjoy a Sunday afternoon of free entertainment and light refreshments.

Police Showband

Police Showband

  • Clayton Hall
  • Clayton Road, Clayton
  • 17 June 2012
  • 2pm - 4pm (Doors open 1:45pm)

The Showband is an energetic twenty-five piece group fronted by a dynamic team of vocalists. In uniform, police members deliver powerful performances of songs from the 1940's Big Band Era, to current Top 40 popular hits.

Bookings are essential. Bookings open Monday 11 June from 10am and close Friday 15 June at 5pm. To book contact 9581 3636.

The Woohoo Revue

The Woohoo Revue
  • Monash Gallery of Art
  • 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill
  • 15 July 2012
  • 2pm - 4pm (Doors open 1:45pm)

Fiendishly talented, The Woohoo Revue have forged their reputation throughout Australia as a festival favourite with their signature sound and an adrenalin-fuelled celebration fit for dancing.

Their fiery compositions and virtuosic musicianship invoke a sense of romance and bravado. This Winter Concert is sure to fire up the senses!

Bookings are essential. Bookings open Monday 09 July from 10am and close Friday 13 July at 5pm. To book contact 9581 3636.

Exhibition launch for HOPPÉ: Society, Studio & Street

Zookeeper Ernie Bowman an Hippopotamus, Joan, London 1934

30 June

Enjoy a lovely brunch of freshly brewed coffee and tea, finger sandwiches and pastries, looked on by the Queen Mother herself. Listen in as MGA Director SHAUNE LAKIN provides us with an insight into the work of EO HOPPÉ.

There will be a prize for the best-dressed so come in your finest!

  • 10AM-12PM at MGA
  • Please book by 27 June for catering purposes
  • $12 Friends of MGA $15 Non-member BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Mount View 28th Annual Art Show

The 2012 Mount View Art Show

The Mount View Art Show has built a reputation for exhibiting art works by many of Australia’s leading artists as well as works from highly regarded local artists. More than 400 works in oils, water colour, pastel and other media will be on display and for sale.

The Opening Night will be a cocktail party, held at 7pm, Thursday, 14 June ($15.00 per person, includes nibbles, drinks and entertainment).

General entry over the show weekend is $6.00 per person (pensioners/students $4), including catalogue.

Open hours:
  • Friday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Saturday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Waverley Music Eisteddfod Entries Now Open

Calling all aspiring musicians. The 34th Annual Waverley Music Eisteddfod is now taking entries. Sections include Piano, Strings, Wind/Brass, Recorder, Vocal, Choral, Ensemble and Chamber Music.

Schedule and Entry Forms are available from City of Monash libraries, Syndal Music or www.waverleyme.com.au Entries close on 19 June 2012.

Waverley Music Eisteddfod is a Not For Profit event supported by the City of Monash, Arts Victoria and Monash University Acadamy of Performing Arts.

The competition is held from 18 to 27 August 2012 at Huntingtower Performing Arts Centre and Robert Blackwood Hall.

Enquires WaverleyME@gmail.com or 9802 9461.

Golden Memories - 50 Years of Song

Treble Tones presents its 50th Anniversary Concert at Burwood Uniting Church, Corner Hyslop St and Warrigal Rd, Glen Iris at 2pm, Saturday 26 May.

The program will include a selection of the choir's - and audiences' - favourite melodies.

Guest artists - Linda O'Brien (piano), Edward Pople (violin) and Jessica La Mari (soprano).

Treble Tones has always reached out to its varied audiences to include something for everybody in its program. This concert program is no exception.

For information contact Margaret Venning on 9889 4003.

Model Expo 2012

Model Expo 2012 is a showcase of everything that encompasses scale modelling and covers nearly all categories including Figures, Science-Fiction, Cars, Aircraft, Trucks and AFVs. Junior and intermediate modellers are also catered for with their own competition categories.

Waverley Scale Modellers Club is one of those involved in the running of (not for profit) Expo.

WSMC puts together a display at each Expo and will share our enthusiasm for the hobby with you. Come and see it and us.

Expo will be held during the long weekend of 9-11 June at:
  • Sandown Entertainment Centre,
  • Sandown Racecourse, Princes Highway,
  • Springvale, Melbourne (Melways map 80C10)

For much more information, visit the Expo web syte www.modelexpo.com.au.

Waverley Scale Modellers Club is a non-profit community organisation for scale modellers. We meet at Wadham House, 52 Wadham Parade, Mount Waverley, on the second Tuesday of each month from February to December, 7:30PM to 10:30PM.

Waverley Patchworkers Quilt Show

Waverley Patchworkers Quilt Show 2012 to be held on 26 and 27 May 2012 at Mt Waverley Community Centre, Miller Cres, Mt Waverley.

Fabulous Quilt Display, Raffle Quilt, Quilt Shops, Quilting and Product Demonstrations

Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea available

ENTRY: Saturday and Sunday $7.00

All profits to Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Waverley Benevolent Society

Further information: Jenny on 9887 6738 or email wpquiltshow@gmail.com.

Monash Concert Band Presents: HITS OF THE 70s SHOWCASE

Sunday 3 June 2011 at 2.00 pm

Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton

Come and listen to an afternoon of toe tapping music of the 70s. Featuring music from movies, musical theatre and stars from that era. Tickets $25 adults. $20 concession

For information and booking call 9905 1111 after May 1

www.monash.edu.au/monart

Cold Eels and Distant Thoughts

Michael AIRD Vincent Brady leads a protest march 1987 inkjet print, printed 2008, 54 x 77 cm, courtesy the artist

30 March – 3 June 2012

Curated by eminent Indigenous curator and artist Djon Mundine OAM, this exhibition examines Indigenous masculinity through the work of seven photographers.

  • Monash Gallery of Art
  • 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill
  • Phone 8544 0500
  • Web www.mga.org.au

PUBLIC ART @ Ashwood Chadstone Gateway

PPHA Housing Association invites the Ashwood Chadstone community to the drawing board.

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PPHA – PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY ( 162 kb).

Please call Katrina, PPHA's Place Manager on 9807 0010 to discuss your ideas for public art for the Ashwood Chadstone Gateway Project (located on the corner of Warrigal Road and Power Avenue).

Hughesdale Art Group

Hughesdale Art Group is a small community based group of friends who share the same passion – ART!

Members meet every Friday from 10.00am to 3.00pm for informal painting sessions at the Hughesdale Community Centre, cnr. Poath and Kangaroo Roads, Hughesdale. If you are looking for something a little more structured, artist Ivan Dinsdale tutors painters in their preferred medium, at the Hughesdale Community Centre, also each Friday from 10.00am to 12.00pm.

During the year, Hughesdale Art Group holds a number of special events, available to members and the wider public. Another exciting project this year was the beginning of our very own website, which can be found at: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/hagroup/web/index.html

All this can be yours for an initial joining fee of $25.00 and annual subscription of $25.00 per year. For more information call Sharyn on 9569 9933 or Rudi on 9571 1204.

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Last updated: 21 May 2012

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