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Home>Arts and Events
What's On | | Hobsons Bay has a vibrant arts and events scene, including community festivals, exhibitions, public art, theatre, dance and much more. Scroll down to for the latest news about what's happening in Hobsons Bay.
For a full list of up coming events visit the councils events calendar and www.hobsonsbaytickets.com.au
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Williamstown Heritage Walking Tours | | Friday, 18th September to Sunday, 22nd November
Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Centre
Tickets: $8.00 for adults, $6.00 for concession, Children 12 and under are free.
Bookings:
Tel: (03) 9932 1000 or visit www.hobsonsbaytickets.com.au
During Spring find out more about the history of Williamstown through a series of guided walks.
Experienced local guides will inform you with lots of historical facts as you walk around some of the key attractions in historic Williamstown including, Gem Pier, Commonwealth Reserve, Port Gellibrand and the Timeball Tower, The Morgue and Nelson Place. Tour is of one hour duration.
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November in Newport | | Plenty of Music can be heard in Newport In November.
The Newport Fiddle and Folk Club is organising two Saturdays of music in Paine Reserve in Mason Street,.
Saturday, 14th 10.30am - 12.00pm will feature the Newport Bush Orchestra, the Newport BarberShop Chorus and Other Musicians.
Saturday, 21st 10:30am - 12.00pm is music by local teenage groups featuring Parapluie and The Georgie Twins.
Come along an have a listen while the children play in the park.
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SUB12 2010 Expression of Interest Open | | Artists from across Australia are being invited to submit exhibition proposals for SUB12 2010 at The Newport Substation.
SUB12 is a 12 week exhibition series that promotes excellence in contemporary visual art, comprising of four distinct blocks, from July to through September, each with its own opening night and diverse mix of emerging and established artists.
The Substation is a majestic soaring new arts space, its industrial origins as great a backdrop as the sensational views afforded from its upper levels. Located adjacent to Newport train station, or only eight kilometres from the CBD, it’s got to be one of the most accessible spaces in Melbourne.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, 27th November 2009.
Download an Expression of Interest Form [PDF 252KB] or contact Tania Blackwell on tel: 9932 1000 or email: arts@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au for further information.
SUB12 is a partnership between The Substation and Hobsons Bay City Council.
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Charles Dickens Performs a Christmas Carol | | Williamstown Mechanics Institute, corner of Melbourne Road and Electra Street
Thursday, 3rd December at 2.00pm
Friday, 4th December at 8.00pm
Old Laverton School, corner Cameron Avenue and Kiora Street, Altona Meadows
Thursday, 3rd December at 8.00pm
Friday, 4th December at 2.00pm
Tickets: Between $5.00 and $15.00
Bookings:
Tel: (03) 9932 1000 or visit www.hobsonsbaytickets.com.au
During the last 16 years of his life, Charles Dickens gave 444 readings of his works in Great Britain, the United States and Europe, to deafening acclaim. His and the public’s favourite was A Christmas Carol. The Times called it “a happy blending of the narrative & dramatic style.”
Dickens acted the part of each and every character with – as the Cambridge Independent Press said in 1859 – “a different voice, a different style, a different face”. The Portland (Maine) Transcript observed that the author “to an extraordinary extent assumes the personality of each.”
Women and men wept openly during his performances, 3000-strong audiences roared with laughter and worthy outcomes were greeted with thunderous cheering and the boisterous waving of hats and handkerchiefs.
Now, in Charles Dickens performs A Christmas Carol, we can once again see the great narrator (played by Phil Zachariah) present his uproariously funny, profoundly moving story of redemption; of a soul saved & a life made good.
This theatrical treat was created with the assistance of Dickens’ own prompt copy, including directions in the author’s handwriting, & numerous contemporary accounts.
This production defies expectations;
“I admit I was hesitant to see a solo reading... However, within minutes of starting, every member of the audience was transfixed.”
Anne-Marie Peard, AussieTheatre.com
“Zachariah becomes Dickens and does not so much read A Christmas Carol as become the story.”
Kate Rose, Sunday Herald Sun
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Filming in Hobsons Bay | | Hobsons Bay has been a very popular filming location with 108 permits issued during 2008-09. Filming for TV series Rush, City Homcide and Neighbours, TV commercials, NAB, Auskick, Honda, the Bendigo Bank "Community" ad, and popular movies, My Year Without Sex were all filmed in Hobsons Bay.
Filming Activity Summary [PDF 27KB]
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