March 2009
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Chairperson's Message
I'd like to particularly encourage you to support our local performers in coming weeks. This month, the Orpheus Chorale presents its annual Celebrity Concert which is always a highlight of the local cultural calendar. Next month, it's the Cambrians' turn when they present their annual Showcase event which is sure to delight. Also next month, the seemingly unending talents of the Ipswich Seniors Concert Group will again be on show with its latest offering, Ancient Roamin's. Penned by our very own Kev Hallewell, this will no doubt be yet another fun-filled concert event. Support your local performance groups and enjoy all that the Festival of Theatre has to offer. 
Cr Charlie Pisasale
| In this issue...Don't Miss Wild World this Friday - Dinner & Show Package Available!Spend this Friday evening enjoying a nice meal and being entertained by the story of an amazing musician. Cat Stevens was the voice of a generation. Yet, at the height of his career in the mid 1970s, discontent with the excesses of fame and fortune, he abandoned the music business. With album sales of over 40 million and sold out stadium concerts across the globe, why did Cat Stevens disappear from the music scene?
The dinner menu for the evening consists of:
The menu is designed with special diets such as vegetarians & Celiacs considered.
This Friday 20 March - 7.30pm 
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Soul Gypsy Takes the Stage This Weekend
Election highs and lows will be a world away as you enjoy a drink with a table of friends, or simply relax in traditional theatre style seating and absorb the romance, passion, and uplifting energy of this amazing group of musicians and vocalists. Soul Gypsy will take you on a fun and magical journey exploring the gypsy and traditional cultural musical heritage of central and eastern Europe from Russia to the Balkans. From heartbreakingly beautiful ballads to flat out musical assaults and heart-stopping carnival madness, this is music at its most spellbinding. Drawing on a combined musical experience of over 100 years and thousands of years of cultural heritage, this acclaimed Queensland-based ensemble creates dynamic performances that have their audiences.
This Saturday 21 March - 7.30pm
Big O Experience a Must for Fans
Supported by The Premiers, one of Australia's top bands, the show begins with a selection of classic tunes including You'll Never Walk Alone, Unforgettable and Unchained Melody. Then get set for an amazing second act filled with all the Big O hits - Only the Lonely, Crying and many, many more - an event no fan should miss!
Saturday 28 March - 8pm
Chorale Presents Celebrity Concert
Sunday 29 March - 2pm
Theatre for the Whole Family
Find out when luminous physical theatre maestro Wolfe Bowart presents Letter's End - a truly special event the whole family will enjoy. As the story unfolds, you'll meet a quirky character in charge of burning unclaimed mail. When a package accidentally falls open one day, his life is changed forever. One package leads to another and another as the stories contained within are dusted and brought to life and you realise maybe, just maybe, they are all the memories of one man. Fresh from tours of the US, Brazil, Greece, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK, Bowart returns to Australia with his signature mix of circus and theatre, stage illusion, poetic video projection and physical comedy, inviting audiences of all ages to cut the string, tear open the brown paper wrapping and live a wondrous world rediscovered in Letter's End.
Wednesday 1 April - 6pm
Coming Up Next Month…Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir - Showcase 2009
Featuring the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir, Cambrian Youth Choir, Junior Cambrian Choir and special guests. A moving concert of talented voices in full flight.
Sunday 5 April – 2.30pm
David Campbell – Good Lovin' Tour
The finest entertainer in the country, David Campbell, is back with his best show to date - The Good Lovin' Tour 2009. This hot new show features in full his brand new album Good Lovin' which is a thundering collection of classic '60's blue eyed soul. Tracks like 1, 2, 3, Now That I've Found You, You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Devil In A Blue Dress and of course Good Lovin' will be brought to the stage with Campbell's larrikin charm and incredible voice. David will also perform material from his multi-platinum Swing Sessions albums so expect classic Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr and Sinatra tunes all night long.
Wednesday 15 April - 7.30pm Daisy May – The Impossibly Cool Cat
Daisy May is an impossibly cool cat! She can sing jazz, dance and play tunes on her whiskers. Her best friend is Freddy the Flea who lives behind her ear and plays the trumpet. One day Daisy May decides to try her paws at some other jobs. She attempts to be a jockey, a chef and a ballet dancer, but finally discovers that being herself is what she does best.
Wednesday 15 April - 10am and 11.30am The 2009 Ipswich International Tattoo - Tunes of Glory
Celebrate 100 years of Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band in a spectacular night of entertainment featuring massed pipes and drums, the hauntingly beautiful voice of Kathleen Procter-Moore, Celtic music by Tullamore Tree, The Thistle Highland Dancers and the Watkins Academy of Irish Dance, as well as special guests, The Birralee Blokes Choir.
Saturday 18 April - 3pm & 7pm; Sunday 19 April - 2pm Ancient Roamin's – Ipswich Seniors Variety Concert
Written and directed by Kev Hallewell, featuring talented Ipswich Seniors in music, intrigue and comedy. Ancient Roamin's is set in Ancient Rome with a plot revolving around the betrothal of Hero (Nero) to Cleo (Cleopatra) in a love triangle with Smartyass (Spartacus). It is set in the atrium of a senator's villa with a mad servant, Brutus, intent on killing the Senator Claud (Claudius).
Tuesday 21 April - 1.30pm (10am special needs concert) Pre-show entertainment commences 30 minutes prior to performance time. Tommy Fleming – The Voice of Ireland
Your chance to hear Ireland's biggest selling Irish artist in his first ever concert tour of Australia. It is Tommy's signature unique and powerful voice, combined with his quick-fire Irish wit, that ensure his concerts are memorable and entertaining.
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It's another jam-packed month of entertainment at Ipswich Civic Hall this March. As the weather starts to cool down, head inside and enjoy the warmth of the many fantastic events on offer as part of the 2009 Festival of Theatre.
In Wild World: The Cat Stevens Story, Paul Dillon and The Tillermen take you on a special journey to discover the man behind the songs the world sang along with ... Moonshadow, Morning Has Broken, (Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard, Father and Son, First Cut is the Deepest, Where Do the Children Play, Wild World and many more.
Escape the Queensland State Election coverage with a night of great musical entertainment from the Soul Gypsy Ensemble this Saturday 21 March. 
Described by radio personality John Laws as "unbelievable" and "fantastic", Gerard O'Donoghue will take you on an unforgettable musical tour through the Roy Orbison era. 
Offering an afternoon of choral music and band items, this special concert will feature the magnificent full chorus of the Ipswich Orpheus Chorale conducted by Major Neville Hammond (ret). Joining the choir will be the Young Orpheus Singers and special guests, the Australian Army Band Brisbane.
If your mind were a room and your life's memories lost in a jumble of old boxes, what forgotten treasures might you find?