PERFORMANCE

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Llewellyn Hall, Australian School of Music, Australian National University; 6275 2700
www.aco.com.au

Australian Chamber Orchestra and Steven Isserlis
2 August
Steven Isserlis returns to the ACO stage combining the familiar with a fascinating new discovery.

Red Tree
12 July
Shostakovich’s final string quartet accompanies illustrations from Shaun Tan’s story of a displaced person’s journey to a new life told entirely through illustration.

CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE
Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City; 6275 2700
www.canberratheatre.org.au

Mathinna
19-21 June
Born on Tasmania’s Flinder’s Island in 1835, adopted into a Govenor’s household, sent to the Queen’s Orphan School and ultimately abandoned with her people at Oyster Cove, Mathinna’s story is one of vulnerability and loneliness in an era of confusion and intolerance.

My Fair Lady
9-17 August
The fantastic story of the irascible Henry Higgins, the irresistible Eliza Doolittle, and the glorious succession of show-stopping numbers from ‘I could have danced all night’ to ‘Get me to the church on time’.

THE PLAYHOUSE
Canberra Theatre, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City; 6275 2700
www.canberratheatre.org.au

The Arrival
25-28 June
The Arrival is a Spare Parts Puppet Theatre creation expressing the universal tale of the challenges of arriving in a new country.

Lands End: Compagnie Philippe Genty
20-23 August
The master of theatrical illusion, Philippe Genty, presents his spectacular new work Lands End (La Fin Des Terres). It follows the journey of two people, conjuring a cast of characters who reveal secret emotions and hidden histories.

Steven Berkoff in ‘One Man’
16-20 September
One Man is a two-act social satire consisting of two short plays: Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, and Dog by Steven Berkoff, a day in the life of a football hooligan and his pit bull terrier, Roy.

THE STREET THEATRE
Childers Street, Acton; 6247 1223
www.thestreet.org.au

Slip Jam Freeze
4-8 June
Hip-hop claims centre stage as artists take issues traditionally heard through music and film and stage them live.