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Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Future Shorts
Cummins Theatre Show - 11th December
6pm Wine and Cheese
with live performance by Ryan Flanagan from the local band the Vanilla Pils
$5 (includes one glass of wine)
Please pre-book to allow for catering
7pm Future Shorts Festival – hand-picked short films
$5(for the films only)
Attend both for $7
Please be aware these films are M Rated
The next Future Shorts festival programme will screen in nine locations across Australia this November as part of the quarterly format. Programme highlights include the Oscar-winner “God of Love”, BAFTA-winning “The Eagleman Stag” and Sundance-winner “Deeper Than Yesterday.
Screenings: Perth, Byron Bay, Forbes, Castlemaine, Port Hedland, Karratha, Merredin, Kalgoorlie, and Albany. Screening info below. Melbourne and Sydney will join in Feb 2012.
What is Future Shorts?
The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. Anyone, anywhere can set up a screening, forming a massive network of cinematic events and becoming part of a powerful global community.
Currently, the festival takes place in over 50 cities and 17 countries, showcasing a single programme of the best short films often alongside live music, DJs and art. From London to Moscow, Perth to Jakarta, the screenings take place across a huge variety of spaces including, music halls, cinemas, theatres, galleries, clubs, warehouses.
The Eagleman Stag – Dir: Michael Please / UK / 2010
The Eagleman Stag is a unique 9-minute stop-motion animated film that depicts a man’s haunting obsession with the passage of time and his unorthodox relationship with a beetle. Directed by Michael Please, the production was a highly ambition final year film produced while studying at the RCA – it is based on a story he previously wrote entitled “The Life and Time of Peter Eagleman.” Orchestral music was integral to this film and composed in tandem with the animation process.
Winner of Best Short Animation at BAFTA, and Special Jury Prize at SXSW.
View trailer here: http://vimeo.com/13394577
God of Love – Dir: Luke Matheny / US / 2010
Matheny, who wrote, directed and starred in this 19-minute inventive comedy about love-inducing darts won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short in 2011. A recent film student graduate at New York University, God of Love was produced as his thesis film project while enrolled at NYU’s MFA program. At the Oscars, he was hailed as delivering one of the best acceptance speeches of the evening and thanked his mother for her contribution to the movie.
Oscar Winner in 2011 for Best Live Action Short Film.
View trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQsnMsq_RI
Deeper than Yesterday – Dir: Ariel Kleinman / Australia / 2010
Filmed on an old decommissioned military submarine with 35mm cameras, Deeper Than Yesterday tells the story of a Russian crew who suffer a rather savage form of cabin fever. Directed by Ariel Kleiman, a graduate of the VCA at the University of Melbourne, recently said “The more uncomfortable I feel making a film the better it will be.” Jurors have compared the film to “The Lower Depths,” Maxim Gorky’s best-known play – very Russian with long period of isolation and madness.
Winner of International Short Filmmaking Award at Sundance.
View trailer here: http://www.deeperthanyesterday.com/
The External World - Dir: David O’Reilly / Germany, Iceland / 2010
A boy learns to play the piano in this rather dark but occasionally humorous mediation on the anxieties and fears of a modern civilized society. Created as a lo-fi animation, The External World is a surreal seventeen-minute collection of vignettes which borrows themes from pop culture, cinema and videogames – classic and contemporary. Some have heralded this short as “a unique reconstruction of the universe” while O’Reilly recently noted in an interview, “I like creating experimental films that have an emotional function.”
Luminaris – Dir: Juan Pablo Zaramella / Argentina / 2011
Inspired by the Argentinian instrumental tango piece entitled “Lluvia de Estrellas” (Star Rain), Luminaris tells the story of a man living in a world controlled by time by light. Each day inhabitants of this fictional world awake and are pulled, as if by some otherworldly force, to their jobs by sunlight. Combining pixilation and stop motion techniques; the surrealist short pairs styles reminiscent of art deco with black cinema. Zaramella explains, "Originally, I approached the project as a puppet animation story, but doing some pixilation tests in the gardens of Fontevraud, just for fun, the seed of the present short was born: the idea of sunlight as a magnetic force.”
Winner of the Audience and Fipresci Award at Annecy 2011 International Animation Festival
Radio Amina – Dir: Orlando von Einsiedel / Nigeria / 2011
Radio Amina, part documentary, part narrative, tells the story of Amina Dibir, a 12 year old street hawker from Kano, Nigeria and her imaginary radio show where she gets to say all the things she wishes she could in real life. It is an intimate look at the discrepancies between the life of a girl from Northern Nigeria and her reality.
WA SCREENINGS ONLY - Local film of the month
The Life of Cardboard – Dir: Wayne Nicholson / Australia / 2011
This surrealist short film is a visual treat and an introduction to the character of "Carl DeSouza" who's weird and wonderful co-dependence with the textile cardboard is told through a trinity of films detailing specific plot-points in his life.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The Merredin Repertory Club Present - SCROOGE A Christmas Carol
The path to redemption is intricately told in this beloved and well known Christmas story adapted by Limelight Scripts. Ebenezer Scrooge is a tight fisted old man, with not a bit of kindness in his icy heart.
On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his business
partner Jacob Marley and is warned of his impending fate if he doesn't change his ways.
Can Scrooge see the error of his ways before it’s too late?
A cast of 28 locals including 9 new actors bring this fun adaptation to life with plenty of songs and laughs.
Performance dates are November 25 and 26th, December 2nd 3rd and 9th. at 7pm. The evening performances include a two course dinner and the matinee is BYO nibblies.
There is also a special matinee performance at 2 pm on Sunday 4th December for only $25.
Tickets are available from the Cummins Theatre for $45 per head for tables of 8. The show is rated PG.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What's on at the Cummins in October and November
The Sum of us
Wednesday 19th October — 8pm
starring John Jarratt and Patrick Harvey
The stage play of the film that started Russell Crowe
Tickets — $35 Adult / $30 Concession
The Heartland Tour
Country Singers Melinda Schneider and Graeme Connors
Thursday 27th October — 8pm
Presented by Premier Artists
Tickets — $53.90 Adult / $49.90 Concession / $46.90 Child or group bookings
The Marriage of Figaro
Friday 28th October — 8pm
Presented by Co-Opera
Tickets — $35 Adult / $30 Concession / $25 Child
Wednesday 19th October — 8pm
starring John Jarratt and Patrick Harvey
The stage play of the film that started Russell Crowe
Tickets — $35 Adult / $30 Concession
The Heartland Tour
Country Singers Melinda Schneider and Graeme Connors
Thursday 27th October — 8pm
Presented by Premier Artists
Tickets — $53.90 Adult / $49.90 Concession / $46.90 Child or group bookings
The Marriage of Figaro
Friday 28th October — 8pm
Presented by Co-Opera
Tickets — $35 Adult / $30 Concession / $25 Child
Menopause the Musical
3rd of November - 8pm
$45 Adult / $40 Concession / $35 Early Bird (before October) or Group
The Rhythms of Ireland
6th of November - 8pm
$64.90 Adult / $54.90 Concession
The Cummins Theatre Box Office will be closed from the 30th of Sept to the 14th of October. If you have any inquires during the time please feel free to leave a message on 08 90413295 or email cumminstheatre@merredin.wa.gov.au. For urgent inquires please contact the Shire of Merredin on 08 90411611. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Coming September the 30th
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
FREE CONCERT SIMULCAST, LIVE DIRECT FROM PERTH CONCERT HALL
Perth Theatre Trust and Perth Concert Hall in association with Royalties for Regions presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra free concert simulcast live direct from Perth Concert Hall on Friday 30 September at 7.40pm.
IN VIENNA THEY WAIT UP TO 10 YEARS TO ATTEND A CONCERT BY THIS ORCHESTRA!
Internationally recognized as one of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is more closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than any other musical ensemble. Under renowned conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will perform masterworks by composers connected with the orchestra and its home city; Schubert b-minor Symphony, ‘Unfinished’, Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn featuring Baritone Matthias Goerne and Beethoven Symphony No.8.
...the sound of this orchestra simply is extraordinary, wherever it plays. The Telegraph, London
...the sound of this orchestra simply is extraordinary, wherever it plays. The Telegraph, London
Tickets: Please book your complimentary tickets from the venue’s ticketing agent prior to the event *There is a limit of 4 tickets per person.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
FILM GIVEAWAY!!! @ Future Shorts
As part of the Cummins Theatre’s Showing of
Future Shorts this Friday the 12th
there will be a Movie give away of
The Man Who Hijacked the World.
From Olivier Assayas, director of Irma Vep and Summer Hours, comes an explosive new work of astonishing scope; an epic portrayal of the notorious revolutionary and terrorist, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez: Carlos the Jackal.
Collected here are the three original features, plus the 150 minute theatrical feature film.
Now available in stores
Cummins Theatre would like to acknowledge Madman’s support in this DVD giveaway
THE MERGER
Coming to the Cummins Theatre on the 18th of August!!!
Tickets $35 Adult/$30 Con
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc53zDbRPTc
Monday, August 1, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Merger
DAMIAN CALLINAN in THE MERGER
Damian Callinan is coming to WA in search of recruits for the Bodgy Creek Footy Team … but he’s not looking where you might think!
Country Arts WA and SmokeFree WA in association with Dirty Work Comedy and Shire of Merredin are proud to present The Merger at Cummins Theatre on 18th of August. The Merger is the third Shows on the Go tour for 2011 travelling to Broome, Port Hedland, Newman, Exmouth, Canarvon, Cervantes, Merredin, Thornlie, Bunbury, Esperance, Hopetoun and Mandurah in August.
The Merger, sequel to the multi-award winning Sportsman’s Night, is the third show for which Damian Callinan has been nominated for the prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival Barry Award. After selling out in Adelaide and Melbourne and featuring on the Comedy Festival Gala on Network Ten, Damian now brings the attack down the flank into Western Australia.
Unable to field one full side, the footy club will either have to fold or merge with their arch rivals - The Hudson’s Flat Redbacks. But prodigal son, coach Troy Carrington, has other ideas. To save the club, he embarks on a program to recruit players from the Asylum Seekers Refuge Centre.
‘We're really pleased and excited to be bringing The Merger to WA. Damian's work is very funny and tackles big questions at the same time. Footy clubs are a big part of any regional community and people will be able to relate to and laugh with Damian Callinan’s show.’ says Paul MacPhail, Acting CEO at Country Arts WA.
"Stood up and showed why he is one of Australia's premier comics – 4 stars” -Adelaide Advertiser
"...stirs your soul while jolting the funny bone." Footy Almanac
Shows on the Go touring is made possible through support from the State Government of Western Australia through the Department of Culture and the Arts, Lotterywest, Healthway promoting a SmokeFree WA and media partners WIN Television and ABC Local Radio.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Cummins Theatre in July
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Friday 8th, Saturday 9th July-
Bar open from 6.30pm - Show starts 7.30pm
Bar open from 6.30pm - Show starts 7.30pm
Merredin Repertory Club presents-‘Only have Fangs for you’
Tickets- $25 Adult / $20 Concession
Tickets- $25 Adult / $20 Concession
Sunday 10th July – 8pm - $29
Sound Resonance-
Meditation — 2pm, 3.30pm
Sound Concert — 6pm
Tickets - $10 for meditation, $25 for Sound Concert or
Tickets - $10 for meditation, $25 for Sound Concert or
$30 if you are attending both.
Saturday 16th July – Bar Open from 7pm
Bon Scott 60th Bogan Birthday Bash
Tickets - $30 for a red seat or $20 for mosh-pit (standing room)
July is the month of Bon Scott’s 65th Birthday
The Cummins Theatre invite you to join with the AC/DC tribute band Hells Bells
The Cummins Theatre invite you to join with the AC/DC tribute band Hells Bells
in Celebrating.
Door prices for the best Bogan outfit.
Movies at the
Cummins Theatre
Friday the 29th of July:
Rango (PG) - 6.30pm
The Girl who kicked the Hornet’s Nest (PG-13) - 8.30pm
$5 per ticket/per movie or $7 for two tickets
Food & Drink available to purchase on the Night
Coming to the Cummins Theatre in August
Friday 12th August – 7pm
Future shorts
Tickets - $7 per session or $60 for a yearly pass
Future shorts
Tickets - $7 per session or $60 for a yearly pass
These will be a monthly showing -
due to the August start there will only be 11
due to the August start there will only be 11
Future Shorts is the largest Short Film Network in the world, for film lovers this is a great opportunely to see what is being produced all over the world!
Future Shorts is one of the leading and most innovative short film labels. Since 2003, Future Shorts has created a rapidly expanding network that allows filmmakers the opportunity to have their work seen on the largest theatrical platform worldwide. Passionately believing in getting short films seen and creating a culture around the medium, Future Shorts is recognised by filmmakers, the industry and press alike as the cutting-edge short film label. Future Shorts is a worldwide film festival as well as a distributor, sales agent, consultancy service and DVD label. This is fresh cinema, Future Shorts.
Future Shorts Exhibition works as a worldwide short film festival providing an alternative system to the traditional film festival model. Filmmakers have the chance to get their work seen all over the world from just one submission. Films that are selected to join our monthly programme are currently being shown at 15 UK venues both theatrical and non-theatrical.
The international network currently comprises of more than 60 cities and 18 countries worldwide conducting regular Future Shorts screenings. Future Shorts Exhibition aims to provide an alternative cinematic experience, where screenings are often accompanied by other multimedia elements including live music and rescores, performers and installations.
The international network currently comprises of more than 60 cities and 18 countries worldwide conducting regular Future Shorts screenings. Future Shorts Exhibition aims to provide an alternative cinematic experience, where screenings are often accompanied by other multimedia elements including live music and rescores, performers and installations.
Thursday 18th August – 7.30pm
The Merger
Tickets - $35 Adult/$30 concession
In a sequel to his multi-award winning Sportsman's Night, Damian revisits the dysfunctional Bodgy Creek Roosters Football Club.
The township has seen better days - the mill's closed; the Tidy Town sign has fallen into the long grass and the weir is as dry as a spinster's gusset. The dying town is about to claim its next
victim.
victim.
Unable to field even one full side, the footy club will either have to fold or merge with their arch rivals - the Hudson's Flat Redbacks. But prodigal son coach Troy Carrington has other ideas; to save the club and serve his socially aware agenda, he embarks on a programme to recruit players from the Asylum Seekers Refuge Centre.
Will the new players cope with pre season training while fasting for Ramadan? Damian tells the Roosters' story in a series of hilarious character monologues, from Tu the ehtnic hmong flautist, to boisterous brute Bull Barlow, the Roosters' president, to his cinematically inclined grandson, Neil.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Roman Rudnysky - International Concert Pianist
Thursday the 23rd June –
7pm - $35 Adult / $30 Concession
Rudnytsky in an internationally active concert pianist of Ukrainian background whose frequent performances take him all over the world - to every continent and places in-between. He is in fact one of the most travelled of all concert pianists, having played in more countries than almost all others. As of 2010, he has performed in about 95 countries - more countries than most classical performers of any kind have played in.
In addition to performances in capital cities and important musical centres, he often plays in places away from the musical mainstream, bringing the world and pleasure of classical music to audiences which seldom experience this type of music in live performance. He has received much acclaim in the world's press and many reinvitations.
Born in New York into a prominent Ukrainian musical family, he began the study of piano at age 4 and gave his first full recital at age 7. He is a graduate of the famous Juilliard School in New York and also did additional studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland and at
masterclasses in Austria (the "Mozarteum") and Italy.
Mr. Rudnytsky is a prize-winner in 10 piano competitions, including such prestigious ones as the International Leventritt Competition (New York) and International J.S. Bach Competition (Washington) and, in Italy, the "F.Busoni" and "A. Casagrande" International Piano Competitions. He has made numerous recordings in Poland, Australia and the United States.
In addition to his many recitals, Mr. Rudnytsky has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the world. To date, he has played over 45 different works for piano and orchestra with them. A great honour indeed, he gave the British, Latin American and Australian premiere performances of the recently-discovered Liszt "Concerto No. 3 in E Flat" between 1990 and 1993.
He also conducts master classes and workshops for local piano students and teachers during the course of his travels. The settings for these range from universities to small, rural towns and villages.
Since 1984, he has played concerts and conducted master classes in more than 35 countries under the auspices of US Embassies---in a number of them: repeatedly.
Since 1972, Mr. Rudnytsky has been a member of the piano faculty of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio (U.S.A.). He is a recipient of that institution's "Distinguished Professor Award" in recognition of his concert activities. He previously served on the piano faculties of the Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, Indiana) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, in addition to being "Artist-in-Residence" at two Australian universities.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
What's on at Cummins Theatre June
Saturday the 4th June – 8pm -
The King and The Wild One
Tribute to Elvis and Johnny O’Keefe
Tables of ten available — Bar open
Room to dance if the mood takes you...
Come and a enjoy the music of the greatest
Listen to RadioWest for a chance to win tickets to the show
FILMS AT THE CUMMINS THEATRE
The Cummins Theatre will be running
films this month...
Friday the 17th of June:
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) - 6.30pm
The Kings Speech (PG-13) - 8.30pm
$5 per ticket/per movie or $7 for two tickets
Food & Drink available to purchase on the Night
Thursday the 23rd June –
7pm - $35 Adult / $30 Concession
Roman Rudnysky
International concert pianist
Rudnytsky in an internationally active concert pianist of Ukrainian background whose frequent performances take him all over the world - to every continent and places in-between. He is in fact one of the most travelled of all concert pianists, having played in more countries than almost all others. As of 2010, he has performed in about 95 countries - more countries than most classical performers of any kind have played in.
In addition to performances in capital cities and important musical centres, he often plays in places away from the musical mainstream, bringing the world and pleasure of classical music to audiences which seldom experience this type of music in live performance. He has received much acclaim in the world's press and many reinvitations.
Born in New York into a prominent Ukrainian musical family, he began the study of piano at age 4 and gave his first full recital at age 7. He is a graduate of the famous Juilliard School in New York and also did additional studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland and at
masterclasses in Austria (the "Mozarteum") and Italy.
Mr. Rudnytsky is a prize-winner in 10 piano competitions, including such prestigious ones as the International Leventritt Competition (New York) and International J.S. Bach Competition (Washington) and, in Italy, the "F.Busoni" and "A. Casagrande" International Piano Competitions. He has made numerous recordings in Poland, Australia and the United States.
In addition to his many recitals, Mr. Rudnytsky has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the world. To date, he has played over 45 different works for piano and orchestra with them. A great honour indeed, he gave the British, Latin American and Australian premiere performances of the recently-discovered Liszt "Concerto No. 3 in E Flat" between 1990 and 1993.
He also conducts master classes and workshops for local piano students and teachers during the course of his travels. The settings for these range from universities to small, rural towns and villages.
Since 1984, he has played concerts and conducted master classes in more than 35 countries under the auspices of US Embassies---in a number of them: repeatedly.
Since 1972, Mr. Rudnytsky has been a member of the piano faculty of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio (U.S.A.). He is a recipient of that institution's "Distinguished Professor Award" in recognition of his concert activities. He previously served on the piano faculties of the Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, Indiana) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, in addition to being "Artist-in-Residence" at two Australian universities.
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