Image credit: Paul E. Mason, CLIMATE ANXIETY ARK 2022, 54 x 128 x 32cm, SoundClip Audio, LEDs, electrical components, aluminium, stainless steel, acrylic, epoxy resin, high density foam, brass, hemp cord, nitrile.

burrinja presents

CLIMATE ANXIETY ARK | Paul Mason

Sat 3 Dec, 2022 - 25 Feb, 2023 | Airlock - Burrinja Gallery

Paul E Mason’s exhibition, Climate Anxiety Ark, exploits the language of the museum through meticulously crafted sculptures that reference reliquaries, automatas and dioramas. These objects expose the museum as an apologist for colonialism, and its cloistered artefacts alternately as a source of unequivocal truth or frivolous, illusory spectacle. Interpretive and design tropes and famous museum objects are reimagined and reframed to expose the privileging of Western over Indigenous knowledge systems. Combining dissonant visual elements from the past and present, the artist connects the colonial legacy of dispossession and exploitation to the current reality of an unfolding climate disaster.

burrinja presents

NGV Kids on Tour 2023

Let's Make Art

JAN-FEB | Burrinja Foyer

Get creative this summer with NGV Kids on Tour!

The theme for this year’s program is Let’s Make Art! The activities on offer share the methods of working invented by some of the leading European artists featured in the exhibition The Picasso Century which ran from June to October 2022. Artists such as Georges Braque, Remedios Varo, Pablo Picasso, and Natalia Goncharova lived and worked in Paris in the early twentieth century and are recognised for their innovative and experimental approaches to making art.

MAKE A SCULPTURE

All ages Create your own sculpture by turning a set of shapes into a three-dimensional tabletop structure.

MAKE A COLLAGE

All ages Experiment with colour and shape as you cut and paste to make a colourful collage.

MAKE A POEM

All ages Draw a portrait of a special person in your life and then write a poem about them by remembering the things they say.

MAKE A CREATURE

All ages Work together with friends and draw your own surrealist creature

Live in the Lyre

Shane Nicholson ~ Live in the Lyre

Fri 3 Feb @ 8.00pm | Lyre Room  POSTPONED

Shane Nicholson is a rare talent who has bridged the gap between alt-country and the mainstream. With three ARIA awards, fifteen Golden Guitars, and a new album taking out Album of the Year, Alt. Country Album of the Year, APRA Song of the Year and Single of the Year, Shane Nicholson’s creative hunger appears more present than ever.⁠

Seeing Nicholson live is to "experience songs that pay tribute to the unpredictability of human experience, with the ability to wrap up difficult subject matters with music of uplifting beauty and charm." Beat Magazine⁠

"Nicholson's is a uniquely compelling voice in Australian songwriting – it lives and breathes in the songsmith's singular melodies, crooked humour, and short, pithy lines gently delivered." Rolling Stone Magazine

Sadly, Shane Nicholson has found it necessary to postpone his Victorian tour. Shane is keen to take the stage in the Lyre Room and we will update this listing as soon as we have the date locked in.

Please note: Ticket holders have been contacted directly.

Art After Dark ~ Burrinja Climate Change Biennale

Sat 11 Feb from 6pm | Burrinja

Join us for an enhanced experience of our current exhibitions, with curated art, music, film and food experiences.

As longer days call for hotter art, and Burrrinja has you covered.

Tickets ~ pay what you feel

Image credit: Amanda Bartholomew

aerie creative ecology presents

The Wave | Amanda Bartholomew & Rebecca Johnson

18 Feb - 1 Apr | aerie gallery

This exhibition celebrates the life-long friendship of Amanda and Rebecca. They met as young girls waiting in line at their school tuckshop. Together arm in arm, they burst into the world amidst the smoky haze of what was the Melbourne counterculture scene of the 1980s. Many nights were spent together, revelling in post-punk bands such as The Birthday Party, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Triffids, The Church, The Go-Betweens, Models, Died Pretty, T.I.S.M., Huxton Creepers, Dave Graney and the Coloured Snakes, Painters and Dockers, Hunters and Collectors, Cosmic Psychos, X, Big Pig, Not Drowning Waving and the Bachelor’s from Prague just to name a few!

Burrinja presents

Live on the Lawn 2023

Hot summer days meet cool summer sounds.

Sat 25 Feb @ 12.00pm | The Park at Burrinja

Groove the afternoon away in the park at Burrinja this February. This mini -music festival features Alcides Net, Babagnaoush, Yusupha Ngum and the Affia Band, and soul-funk royalty Kylie Auldist with her band.

 "Nothing says Summer quite like live music, green grass, outdoor food & bev, and gathering with a few hundred of your closest friends." Audience member, 2022

2023 Line-Up

Kylie Auldist

Headlining Live on the Lawn with her 5 piece band, Funk-soul royalty Kylie Auldist possesses a voice that can run the gamut from soaring vocal pyrotechnics to heart-wrenching tenderness. Her joyful live performance is not to be missed.

Yusupha Ngum and the Affia Band

Exuberant frontman Yusupha Ngum and the Affia Band take you on a fantastic musical flight to the popular music of Gambia, West Africa

Babaganoush

This 5 piece play an energetic, folkloric mix of Gypsy Music, Balkan Beats & Greek Folk.

Alcides Neto

Alcides Neto’s latin jazz quartet play a mix of traditional and contemporary Brazilian jazz.

+ kids activities, signature cocktails, food, bar, artist studios & more...

Tickets - $20

Yarra Ranges Council x EMACH Presents:

Creative Expression Workshops for Artists and Art Challenged

One Sat per Month 1PM - 4PM | Arts Workshop | Free

Back by popular demand, the EMACH Textile Twins (Rebecca Wolske and Rachael Richards), bring you a series of FREE textile art or mixed media experience workshops.

Each class is a stand alone textile art or mixed media experience, participants can book in for one, two, six or all eleven.

Classes are suitable for beginners to advance, ages 7 - 70+, there is creative growth in it for everyone.

This years dates:

SAT 25 FEB • SAT 25 MAR • SAT 22 APR • SAT 27 MAY • SAT 24 JUN • SAT 22 JUL • SAT 26 AUG • SAT 16 SEP • SAT 28 OCT • SAT 25 NOV • SAT 09 DEC

Please note - We encourage you to bring your own machines (in good working order + sewing manuals + Embroidery/Free motion foot) so the EMACH crew can get you set up and sewing on your own machines to take home and keep creating. 

Materials are provided but there are only 6 onsite sewing machines available, if you need one please book with box office on 03 9754 8723. Wed-Fri, 10am - 4pm, or email your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

rosswilson.com.au

Leicashow Presents presents

Ross Wilson celebrates “50 Years of Eagle Rock”

Fri 3 Mar, 2023 @ 8.00pm | Burrinja Theatre 

From Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia’s most awarded, respected, and well-known artists! From the legendary band Daddy Cool whose 1971 number one anthem Eagle Rock smashed all previous sales records in Australia, to the 1977 formation of Mondo Rock, delivering 80’s hits ‘Cool World’, ‘State of The Heart’, ‘Chemistry’, ‘No Time’, and ‘Come Said The Boy’ and into the 21st century as a solo performer, producer and songwriter, Wilson has never been out of the limelight. Twice inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Wilson has written hits for Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, and Joe Cocker, and produced smash hit albums for Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons and Screaming Jets. 

Come Back Again to see an absolute solid gold legend of rock with his band The Peaceniks celebrate 50 years of Eagle Rock with a blistering live set jam packed with classic hits!

Recommended for 16+

Event not suitable to babies due to content and /or noise levels. 

Tickets - $69 inc BF* 

Tickets on sale 17th October 2022 @ 9am

*This show is NOT elligible to use "the one free ticket" benefit included in the Friends of Burrinja Membership.

Image credit: Thalia Heitmann

burrinja and yarra ranges council presents

Creative Showcase | Yarra Ranges VCE Students

Sat 4 Mar – Sat 18 Mar | Burrinja Gallery

The Creative Showcase is an annual celebration of the creative talents of  our emerging artists and their work.. Comprising of works selected from applicants across the Yarra Ranges, the exhibition encompasses a range of media, including drawing, painting, photography,  and mixed media. The exhibition includes reflections on identity, emotions, isolation and dreams.

Live in the Lyre

Blue Moon Marquee ~ Live in the Lyre: Festival of Folk

Thu 16 Mar @ 8.00pm | Lyre Room

Blue Moon Marquee are a thrilling genre-bending ride through American blues, folk, gypsy jazz and more. The Canadian duo of A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette (vocals/bass/drums) are old souls, but certainly not lacking vigour.

The result of 9 years of rigorous touring, is a distinct energy and style from this acclaimed duo. Unbound by genre or era, Blue Moon Marquee has an edge that demands you take notice. With an authentic mixture of tempo, melody and imagery, they are timeless artists perfect for this time.

 "Blue Moon Marquee has its own completely original style. Modern Blues doesn't really get any better than this. This is a tremendous sound by a hugely talented duo” American Roots UK.

Tickets - $24 - $29

Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Live in the Lyre

John Smith  ~ Live in the Lyre: Festival of Folk

Thu 23 Mar @ 8.00pm | Lyre Room

With his honey-on-gravel voice and mesmerising fingerstyle guitar, John Smith has built a reputation as one of the UK’s finest guitarists and songwriters. Steeped in the lineage of British folk, taking his cue from Richard Thompson and John Martyn, Smith has evolved a transatlantic blend of fingerstyle and slide guitar techniques. John’s intimate take on love, loss and the journey we make has captivated audiences around the globe.

“Far from the connotations his name brings, John Smith is one of a kind.” -Wonderland

“I believe in John Smith; his motivations are pure, his vision is straight, his music is honest and true.” -Kelly Joe Phelps

Tickets - $30 - $35

Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Burrinja presents

This Is Us ~ Grigoryan Brothers

A Musical Reflection of Australia 

Fri 24 Mar @ 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre

Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have created a suite of music inspired by 18 objects personally selected from the National Museum of Australia’s vast collection, which traces our diverse and complex history.  

This Is Us takes audiences on a journey from the deep past of early Indigenous Australians to the making of contemporary Australian society. The compositions are accompanied by high-definition moving projections, with various artifacts including ancient 65,000 year old ochre of the Madjebebe rock shelter, a convict love token, a lifebuoy from the Tampa, and Sir Donald Bradman’s famed cricket bat.

"We chose objects that try to represent some of our First Nations’ history as well as colonisation, migration, innovation and stories of love and loss. We were deeply moved by all of them." Slava & Leonard Grigoryan 

Tickets - $19 ~ 39

 Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Burrinja presents

End of Winter

In search of cold weather...

Thu 30 Mar @ 7:30PM | Burrinja Theatre

Will climate change erase winter leaving it to exist only in fairy tales, paintings, and historical accounts? In hot, bushfire-prone Australia our winters are becoming warmer and shorter. The End of Winter is about loss and resilience. It’s about the places one can search for cold weather —places that can be reached via public transport and the imagination.  

This is a new work for the stage that speaks to our current climate crisis.  Written in the wake of the devastation of the 2019 bush fires it asks: What’s happening to winter?  

★★★★ “The End of Winter is often enlightening, often sobering, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Recommended.” Diana Simmonds, Stage Noise

Tickets - $19 ~ 29

 Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Live in the Lyre

Mary Coughlan ~ Live in the Lyre: Festival of Folk

Fri 31 Mar @ 8.00pm | Lyre Room

Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland’s greatest soulful jazz and blues singers, a true artist who has crafted a timeless and highly regarded versatile career with devoted fans worldwide.
Mary has lived through childhood trauma, alcoholism and drug addiction to become a musical force like no other; redeemed and transformed through the creative power of music. She embraces each song with empathy, courage interspersed with humour, emotions that reach way beyond the stage connecting with each and everyone in the audience.

“While the comparisons have run the gamut from Holiday to Mathilde Santing to Janis Joplin, one thing is certain that Mary’s voice is her own.” The Observer (UK)

Tickets - $45 - $50

Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Image credit: Us, Natalie Wijeyeratne

aerie creative ecology presents

Soft VS Edgy | Natalie Wijeyeratne

15 Apr - 27 May | aerie gallery

Soft VS Edgy is a new collection of original acrylic paintings exploring the nature of  Passivity / Growth / Loud and Quiet Expression / Surrender / Directness / Starkness of reality / Sensuality; and the way these themes emerge both visually on the page and metaphorically in relationship to one's self and others.  Are these concepts mutually exclusive? Where do they overlap? How can we be both? In a time where vulnerability is encouraged, is it Edgy to be Soft? Or Soft to be Edgy? These are the themes Natalie invites you to explore when viewing her 2023 series. Soft VS Edgy is Natalie’s second solo exhibition.

Burrinja presents

The fish that wanted to fly ~ Little Wing Puppets

Did you ever dream of doing something that seemed impossible?

Thu 20 Apr @ 10.30am | Burrinja Theatre

Did you ever dream of doing something impossible? A little fish’s lagoon is drying up. All the other fish have left for the ocean, and she wants to learn how to fly so she can see them again. But can she make it?

All the other fish have left, and she wants to learn how to fly so she can see them again. Her friend, a hermit crab named Karramoko, sits by a stormwater drain and tells her it will never happen. She meets a Kingfisher who helps her and encourages her to keep trying. It’s not until she meets a Cormorant, who offers to take her up into the sky that she flies for the first time. But will she make it back okay? The tale is set in a mangrove swamp, and is about friendship, resilience and sustainability.

Runtime: 35 mins plus optional Q & A

Recommended ages: 3 - 8 years

Tickets - $17 ~ 22

Also see The fish that wanted to fly at  three other Yarra Ranges locations 13, 14 & 15 Apr @ 10:00 AM

Burrinja presents

The Puppetry of Paper Workshop

Scrunch, rip, twist, tear! 

Thu 20 Apr @ 11.30am | Burrinja Theatre

This fun workshop is based on Bunraku, a Japanese form of puppetry. In this workshop, participants will learn to make a puppet out of paper and the skill of bringing it to life, as a team.

Recommended ages: 3 - 8 years 

Tickets - $10

Burrinja & A-list presents

Jimeoin ~ The Craic

Hilarious World-class stand-up from the internationally acclaimed Irish master!

Fri 21 Apr @ 7:30PM | Burrinja Theatre

You’ve seen him on The Royal Variety Performance, Live at the Apollo, Sunday Night at the Palladium, Conan O’Brien or perhaps online where he has clocked up millions of views of his comedy clips… but NOTHING beats seeing Jimeoin live.

Award-winning with a wide appeal and a cheeky, no-gimmicks and superbly observed sense of humour, Jimeoin has audiences in stitches across the UK, Europe, USA and of his adopted homeland of Australia.

Catch his brilliant smash-hit Jimeoin: The Craic! show on tour. The press say that he’s at the very top of the game – and we absolutely agree! It’s a great fun night out and we recommend you book fast. 

“Jimeoin recalls the familiar at a fantastically silly level, boiling his audience down to a tear-filled, gibbering mess.” Scotland on Sunday

“★★★★★ At the top of his game… didn’t leave a dry eye in the house“ Manchester Evening News

Recommended: for MA15+

Warnings: Coarse Language and adult themes

Tickets - $54.90 ~ $59.90

Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Also see Jimeoin ~ The Craic at  The Memo, Healesville Fri 31 Mar @ 7:30 PM

Indigenous Art for pre-schoolers 
with Wurruck Yambo 
Term 2, 2023

Thurs from April 27, 2023 @ 10.30am for 9 weeks | Lyre Room

Come play, create and learn with Gunai/Kurnai Woman and Educator Emmy Webbers in this weekly pre-schooler play-date, at Burrinja, as she shares Indigenous culture and values through art making

About Emily:
Emmy Webbers is a Gunai/Kurnai descendant and currently lives on Wurundjeri country. Emmy holds a Bachelor in Indigenous studies and has a passion for culture and sharing it to create a safe space for understanding and learning for everyone. Emmy is a mother of 3 and sees it as an important responsibility to nurture the next generation with knowledge and experience.

$144 for 9 weeks 

Trial Class $16  - Trial Class Bookings via the Box Office on 9754 8723

ANY ENQUIRIES please CONTACT the Box Office: Tue-Fri, 10:00am-4:00pm, 9754-8723 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Burrinja presents

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

Australia’s ultimate comedy road trip!

Fri 5 May @ 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre

See the best and brightest of the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we’re bringing the funny to you!

Get ready for a stellar line-up with Roadshow favourites alongside the most talked-about breakthrough stars of the moment, together in one jam-packed show that’s sure to leave the whole nation laughing.

So, get some mates together, book your tickets and head out for a much-needed comedy fix when the Roadshow hits a stage near you!

"Impecable jokes, flawless antics and stomach aching gags" Perth Now

Tickets - $19 ~ 39

 Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Also see Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow at  Arts Centre Warbuton Sat 06 May @ 7:30 PM

Live in the Lyre

Emma Pask ~ Live in the Lyre

Fri 12 May @ 8.00pm | Lyre Room

Award winning Australian vocalist Emma Pask has firmly established herself as one of this country's favourite voices in Jazz.

Her effortless honest stage presence combined with her powerful vocal ability, leaves audiences spellbound and inspired. Emma is sure to delight as she interweaves storytelling through timeless swinging jazz standards, upbeat Latin rhythms, tender ballads and of course some raucous blues.

While Emma’s voice and style are unique, and individually her own, her performances are reminiscent of the classic era of jazz, when swing was top of the charts. Her talent was first spotted by internationally renowned Jazz great James Morrison when she was just 16 years old. She joined his band as the lead vocalist at 16, and went on to spend 20 years touring the world with Morrison.

“Emma Pask is at the height of her powers as a singer” – Australian Arts Review

Tickets - $30 - $35

Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

Image credit:  Cathy Ronalds

burrinja presents

Transcendence 

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Exhibition

Fri 31 March to Sat 13 May | Burrinja Gallery

The annual Open Studios group exhibition is designed to produce a cohesive and diverse range of artwork to showcase the creative energy and skill of each artist. 

Asking each studio to contemplate what it means “Transcend” the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Group Exhibition offers compelling takes on nature, community, spirituality, interior worlds and more. Be captivated by inspiring moments of reflection and renewal, magic and escapism, comfort and calm. In its 20th year, the show includes works from each of 44 participating studios and will delight visitors from all walks of life.

Image credit: Sarah Lynch, 'Above the snow line', black and white photograph.

burrinja presents

Between Two Sites

27 May to 1 July 2023 | Burrinja Gallery

The Between Two Sites exhibition and public programs respond to the impact of human activity on habitats in the Yarra Ranges and Alpine Shire. Curated by Madelynne Cornish and Sarah Lynch for the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture. It showcases the artwork of Victorian and international artists who participated in the centre's residency program. These artists have undertaken extensive fieldwork within the Yarra Ranges, Alpine National Park and Kiewa Valley. They have produced a new range of site-specific artworks that comprise a rich and diverse set of environmental references to deepen our understanding of these places. Artists have used audio-visual installation, photography and sound composition to reflect the ecology of these regions.

Artists include: Shannon Collis, Madelynne Cornish, Lesley Duxbury, Sarah Edwards, Amias Hanley, Sarah Lynch & Anne McCallum

Image credit: Red Goddess, Mark Ewenson

aerie creative ecology presents

Fabric. Layerism. Collage. | Mark Ewenson

3 Jun - 15 Jul | aerie gallery

‘My art practice centers around the beauty of the diverse and body positive feminine form with an original collage concept ‘Fabric Layerism’; a convergence of collage, fibre arts, craft, drawing and painting, though mostly omitting paint altogether to create a fresh 2D art aesthetic. My work combines the classical with the contemporary, with influences of both masculine and feminine gaze of the female form within domestic, natural and ethereal environments. This exhibition showcases works made over the past several years including through the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21, and some dating back to the earlier stages of Fabric Layerism’.

Burrinja presents

Enchanted Forest ~ Inventi Ensemble

Be swept away by classical magic.

Sat 3 June @ 2.00pm | Burrinja Theatre

Step into an enchanted forest with Inventi Ensemble, a magical experience of classical talent!

Featuring a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun along with a world premiere performance of a new Australian work by Melody Eötvös.

A seven-piece ensemble performing one of the most iconic orchestral works of all time, you will feel the storms, thunder and lush forests of Beethoven as well as the picturesque imagery that Debussy conjures in this outstanding performance.

★★★★★ “It’s soothing for the soul ... All you have to do…close your eyes and open your ears. Then you’re taken away. It’s beautiful." The Age 

Tickets - $19 ~ 29

 Tickets 15% off until midnight December 24, 2022

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• One FREE theatre ticket each year to a Burrinja show *
  
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By becoming a Burrinja Member you will be supporting local arts and culture as well as the many local projects that Burrinja manages, supports and enable - building community through arts.

Membership - $40

By becoming a Burrinja Member you will be supporting local arts and culture as well as the many local projects that Burrinja manages, supports and enable - building community through arts.

Only available for eligble shows in the Burrinja Season, excludes venue hire 'No Free Tickets' shows. To utilise the "FREE" ticket benefit please contact our box office on 03 9754 8723

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