PROMISE and PROMISCUITY
A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
(New Zealand)
Thurs 19th & Fri 20th June 7.30pm $36, $32 conc
Flushed by twelve years of sold out successes from Edinburgh to Adelaide to Toronto, comes Miss Ashton’s collaboration with Jane Austen (deceased). In 2025 Penny is celebrating the 250th anniversary of our lady Jane Austen’s birth by rattling her airborne carriage across the Tasman Sea to Australiashire. Join Elspeth as she battles literary snobbery, cousin Horatio’s digestions and her mother’s nerves, armed only with a blushing countenance, excellent ukulele skills and being quite bright, you know… for a girl.
In this hilarious, one-(freakishly talented)-woman show, Penny tackles all of Austen’s characters with song, dance and appalling cross-stitching.
Having been performed over 600 times, Promise and Promiscuity has sold out audiences in six countries and gathered a veritable slew of awards and glowing reviews in its musical bonnet.
Best Theatre, Week Three Adelaide Fringe
Best Overall Show Victoria Fringe, BC
“Catch Promise and Promiscuity... Lots of fun. Thank me later.” COLIN MOCHRIE
“Pride and Prejudice gone wild in the best way.” ★★★★★, Rip It Up, Adelaide
“a delight to behold” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ★★★★★
“..sparkling” ★★★★ The Scotsman
THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER
(Movie screening, Producer Q & A afterwards)
Thursday 26th June 8pm $20
The funniest Aussie film of the last 20 years - and it’s a doco!
Three wogs from Western Sydney who form a punk band in high school, and fight racism and the music industry to become underground Aussie music legends. You don’t have to know the Hard-Ons to be inspired by their passion and humour.
See the film that audiences are raving about, ‘I was smiling from ear to ear the entire way through – pure joy!’
Sold out screenings in:-
Brisbane, Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Canberra, Sydney (several), Melbourne (several) , Wollongong
CAMINO MAN
Friday 25th July 7.30pm $20/15
MAYNARDARAMA
Sat 2nd August 7.30pm $10
Get your skates on, Maynard presents XANADU
Maynard presents the second greatest musical from 1980, Xanadu.
Pre screening from 7.30pm of my mini epic "Beyond Xanadu" from my ONJ tribute show. I will try to explain the film and I will undoubtably fail. Bit of a quiz, lo-fi but unique prizes a possibility. Scholars of Ancient Greek mythology will be bewildered and confused but potentially entertained. Completely legit legal disclaimer: The floor is concrete, but the carpet and stairs may discourage actual skates. $10 at the door.
JEAN PAUL BELL and SAM ANGELICO
Fri 15th & Sat 16th August
ILLUSIONAIRE
Comic Mime Jean-Paul Bell and Magician Sam Angelico have joined together to perform
a mime and magic comic cabaret called Illusionaire a fabulous combination of mime and magic
in a one hour production of European Style Cabaret. They represent the finest in illusionist arts where you can expect the unexpected. Sam and Jean-Paul first started performing together in the mid 70’s
in the Melbourne Theatre Restaurant circuit in fabulous venues like
The Flying Trapeze and The Last Laugh going on to perform in Europe in Amsterdam’s
Festival of Fools with both continuing to to tour their individual performances
and once again join together to perform at The Royal Exchange. We appeal to all Carbon Life Form so come one and all to a night of Magic and Laughter.
MAL WEBB and KYLIE MORRIGAN
Thurs 21st August 7pm.
Full =$25, Conc = $20, Family = $50
They are always entertaining and joyful, with songs that delve deeply into a broad range of subjects from science and sustainability to philosophy and beyond.
Their arrangements are intricate and playful. Imagine Einstein, Dr Seuss and Paganini making pancakes. Ebulliently eclectic. Nefariously varied. Family fun free from facile frippery. Their music stomps all over stylistic boundaries. It's as grittily human as it is other worldly, as clever as it is stupid, as playful as it is ponderous. Ballads, beatbox and beyond. Eclectic, ebullient and even educational.
NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Fri 21st & Sat 22nd November