On the Coast – Over 55 Issue 28 I March/April 2019 | Page 18

The Art House
5 Must See Theatre Shows
this Autumn
The Central Coast is fast becoming a
theatre-lovers paradise, with some big
names lining up to tread the boards and
tens of thousands of Coasties watching
world-class shows on their doorstep
instead of travelling to Sydney. If you need
a little encouragement to get into the
Central Coast’s blossoming theatre scene,
here’s a pick of the best of the best in live
performance this Autumn.
Sydney Symphony
Orchestra – Alessio Bax
performs Mozart
MARCH 22
Experience a night of gorgeous classical
music with Australia’s premier orchestra and
virtuoso pianist Alessio Bax in a program
featuring Mozart’s transcendent final piano
concerto, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture,
and Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony.
Mozart’s final piano concerto No.27 in
B flat stands apart for its sober perfection
and innocent directness. The concerto’s slow
movement suspends time with a melody as
serene as it is simple, played with disarming
grace by Alessio Bax, a pianist who
communicates the radiance of this music.
This is one of the composer’s most personal
works: reflective, nostalgic and songful.
TICKETS FROM $40
Swing on this
MARCH 30
Prepare to be charmed by four of stage and
screen’s leading men, in a show featuring
all-time swing classics from Sinatra to
Bublé.
Starring Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy,
Matt Lee and Ben Mingay, complete with a
9-piece band, this is a scorching hot show
that’s set to get your toes tapping.
The four friends will bring audiences
along for the fun as they perform timeless
hits such as ‘Fly me to the Moon’ and ‘My
Funny Valentine’, recapturing a bygone era,
with liberal dashes of contemporary charm
and cheeky irreverence.
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In a setting that evokes the cool of a big-
band dance club from a bygone age, Swing
on This will transport audiences back to a
time when showmanship and repartee were
integral parts of song and dance routines.
TICKETS FROM $25
The Gospel according to Paul
APRIL 9
Co-creator and star of The Wharf Revue,
Jonathan Biggins targets Paul Keating,
one of Australia’s most compelling and
enigmatic leaders, in this unmissable one-
man comedy.
Full of intelligence and wit, it’s a funny,
insightful and occasionally poignant portrait
of Paul Keating, the man that (as he tells
it) single-handedly shaped contemporary
Australia.
Showcasing Keating’s eviscerating wit, rich
rhetoric and ego the size of Everest, Jonathan
distils down the essence of Keating –
visionary, reformer, rabble-rouser, true believer
– and the Bankstown boy who quickly realised
that to get things done in political life it’s
better to be needed than loved.
I want to know what love is
MARCH 2
What happens when you take 800
anonymous love stories and put them
centre-stage? An uplifting, technicolor
journey into the L word! Featuring rose-
petals, banners and a lot of love, this is a
joyous, and heartbreaking ride through
love’s collision course. Following a sold-out
premiere season in Brisbane Festival 2014
with Queensland Theatre, the work had
a subsequent sold-out return at Brisbane
Powerhouse’s Wonderland Festival in 2015,
and a Melbourne season at Provocare
Festival in 2017. Now this heart warming
production comes to the Central Coast this
Autumn.
TICKETS FROM $25
Room on the Broom
MARCH 6 & 7
Get tiny theatre lovers into a show with
this gorgeous stage adaptation of the best-
selling children’s book, Room on the Broom.
After selling out in 2017, the witch her cat
are back with songs, laughs and scary fun
for children aged 3+.
TICKETS FROM $15
Book for all these
shows and more at
www.thearthousewyong.com.au
through their box office on
02 4335 1485 or in person at
19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong.