Upcoming Live Performances
Burrinja & THE RABBLE present
WAKE - THE RABBLE
Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct 7.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
WAKE is a performance installation by powerhouse experimental theatre makers THE RABBLE, created with an ensemble of older women from the Yarra Ranges.
Part party, part surreal vaudeville show, part conversation and part town hall meeting, WAKE asks audiences to consider the difficult and taboo discussions around aging but also celebrates the gloriousness of these spectacular older women. WAKE embraces connection, the rituals we inhabit as we age and the spaces where we feel most comfortable.
Exploring the ever-increasing hostility towards women’s bodies particularly for older people, WAKE features acts of artistic courage created by the participating women, featuring anything from a ukulele solo to a professional wrestling bout; a Shakespeare monologue to a political speech. In an age of dislocation, WAKE is a work of solidarity.
Come and join us for an evening of art and celebration.
The performance on Sat 26 October will have Auslan interpretation.
Duration: 60-75 mins
Age suitability: at parental discretion
Content warnings: mature themes, potential nudity, mild coarse language. This event contains strobe and flashing lights, sudden loud noises and will be presented in low lighting. The performance contains references to sex, death, the process of ageing, euthanasia and mental health, as well as representations of death.
View the WAKE trailer HERE (footage from Hobsons Bay season, 2023)
Tickets - $19 ~ $35
Encore tickets - $24.50
Kin Music, Second Sunday and Craft Music present
Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Southern Skies Volume 2
Sat 9 Nov 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp have an intuitive musical connection that has developed over the course of the 20 years of their creative relationship. Their collaborations to date have earned them an ARIA Award and widespread praise. Their latest co-creation, Songs of the Southern Skies Volume 2 once again promises to enchant national audiences.
Together they return to their acclaimed Southern Skies catalogue reinterpreting some of their favourite songs by antipodean artists - this time focusing on some of our finest female artists. Performing a varied program with reimagined arrangements of songs by artists such as Aunty Ruby Hunter, Missy Higgins, Sia, Kate Ceberano, Sarah Blasko and more as well as revisiting some favourites from the first Southern Skies installment.
Renowned for breaking down genre boundaries, Katie Noonan’s technical mastery and pure voice makes her one of Australia’s most versatile and beloved vocalists. Guitarist Karin Schaupp is an internationally sought-after recitalist and soloist. These two virtuosi combine forces to create a unique sound and a spellbinding performance.
“Katie Noonan has a voice like warm honey being decanted into melting snow. It is such a thing of beauty that finding a vessel to hold it can be difficult. Happily, in the music of acclaimed German-born classical guitarist Karin Schaupp, Noonan has found the perfect companion." - THE AUSTRALIAN
Tickets - $65 + BF
Luna Live presents
Tim Rogers
Sat 14 Dec 8.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
The songs of Tim Rogers weave and glide across the field the way an elite footballer dances through the defence. It appears effortless to us out in the stands. Sometimes we mistakenly call it magic although it is anything but. We don’t see all the hard work that goes into making greatness. For a songwriter, that’s life - the personal struggles, the birthdays missed, the long days far from home, as well as the triumphs, the hits, the encores... Thirty-one years after setting off on the great rock’n’roll adventure with You Am I, Tim Rogers is still operating at the top of his game writing songs as rich and memorable and as heart-breaking as any he has ever written.
The songs Tim Rogers writes are a soundtrack for a lot of lives of others too. Don’t miss this special Christmas show with Tim in an intimate, raw and live performance to remember all summer long and probably for years to come.
Check out Tim's music on YouTube.
Duration: 135 mins including interval
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $59 ~ $64
Ash Grunwald
Sun 16 Feb 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre
Renowned for his electrifying live shows, Ash Grunwald has inspired a generation to hit the road in an old van to ‘surf by day jam by night’. The festival favourite brings a high energy, vibrant live show with stacks of guitars and foot stomping blues. After attending an Ash show you will soon realise why he is also known as The Happiest Blues Man On Earth.
Part troubadour, part storyteller - Ash has been selling out shows all over the country. Don’t miss this one at Burrinja Cultural Centre.
With a career spanning 12 studio albums, six Australian Top-50 albums, five ARIA and four AIR Award Nominations, two APRA Awards, and gong for Best International Act at the LA Music Critic Awards in 2014, Grunwald has cemented his status as one of Australia’s most exciting and entertaining live musicians.
Tickets - $25 ~ $55
Alist Entertainment presents
Jimeoin - Pandemonium
Fri 11 Apr 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre
Direct from a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, don’t miss Jimeoin’s hilarious new show Pandemonium.
A night spent with this comedy legend is not only funny but full of handy tips. Jimeoin will teach you how to make your bed with very little effort, how to prank your partner and get away with it and how to talk dirty in a nice way…. you’ll come out the other side having laughed yourself stupid and maybe with a life hack or two.
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside Jimeoin’s head? By the end of this show you’ll know that it’s absolute Pandemonium!
“What a fantastic performer, what a wonderful comedian” ★★★★★ Seedoeatreview
“Has his victims doubled up in agonising laughter” ★★★★★ The Herald, Edinburgh
“Wickedly Funny…Exhilarating” ★★★★1/2 The Age
Duration: 110 mins including interval.
Age suitability: MA15+ for adult themes and coarse language. Event not suitable to babies due to content and/or noise levels.
