ROBINSON CRUSOE Adventure/Comedy ‧ 1h30m Times are good for Mak the parrot, Scrubby the goat, Carmello the chameleon and the rest of the wildlife that inhabit a tropical island. Their day-to-day routine gets shaken up when a mysterious creature washes up on shore. He's a sailor named Robinson Crusoe, and he's the only human survivor...
Much Ado About Nothing is a timeless tale of two pairs of lovers - and the people who want them to be together, and the people who try to rip them apart. After victory in battle, Don Pedro leads his soldiers, including the dashing young Claudio and the clever wordsmith Benedick, to the home of...
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Fantasy/Action ‧ 2h 13m The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. The year is 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document...
BALLERINA Adventure/Musical ‧ 1h 30m Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBkvddF32I ALL SCHOOL HOLIDAY MATINEE TICKETS ONLY $8. Book online (until...
Beautifully Mad performing in Residence at Cape Lodge. Join us for a Sundowner on the lawn of the Cape Lodge Residence for a very special House Concert. Tickets: $20.00 pp (Cape Lodge are keen supporters of live music and are kindly giving all proceeds to the band) RSVP to events@capelodge.com.au Where: The Cape Lodge Private...
Margaret River Readers and Writers Pre-Festival Event Bar opens at 6pm | Movie starts 7pm THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS - 7pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 52m Tom is a World War I veteran who maintains a lighthouse off the shore of Australia with his wife Isabel, a woman desperate to have a baby. Her prayers...
TROLLS Fantasy/Adventure ‧ 1h 33m After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious, curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to...
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 2h 13m From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death...
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 2h 13m From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death...
TROLLS Fantasy/Adventure ‧ 1h 33m After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious, curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to...
MOANA Fantasy/Action ‧ 1h 53m Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous...
LET US ENTERTAIN YOU! Come along for a free preview of the wonderful array of shows that we have lined up for you in 2017. There is something to cater to all ages and tastes from theatre, dance, music, comedy, circus and much more. Come along for a complimentary drink at 6.30pm in the foyer...
TROLLS Fantasy/Adventure ‧ 1h 33m After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious, curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to...
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Drama film/Thriller ‧ 1h 57m A successful Los Angeles art-gallery owner's idyllic life is marred by the constant traveling of her handsome second husband. While he is away, she is shaken by the arrival of a manuscript written by her first husband, who she has not seen in years. The manuscript tells the...
UP FOR LOVE Comedy ~ Language: French (with subtitles) ~ 97 mins Jean Dujardin stars in this French, romantic, laugh-out-loud-comedy about the long and short of falling in love. When successful lawyer, Diane (Virginie Efira) gets a call from the man who found her mobile phone, she is immediately intrigued and charmed. As she and...
MOANA Fantasy/Action ‧ 1h 53m Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous...
BALLERINA Adventure/Musical ‧ 1h 30m Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBkvddF32I ALL SCHOOL HOLIDAY MATINEE TICKETS ONLY $8. Book online (until...
MOANA Fantasy/Action ‧ 1h 53m Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous...
WHY HIM? Comedy Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad, and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his...
ALLIED Drama film/Thriller ‧ 2h 4m During World War II, intelligence officer Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) is stationed in North Africa where he encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard) on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war. Stars: Brad Pitt...
SING Animation/Drama/Musical ‧ 1h 50m Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he takes one final chance to...
Colour Me Happier! You are invited to view the solo exhibition by Anita Revel throughout February at the Foyer Gallery. The exhibition is a celebration of values and virtues expressed through colour. In her first exhibition, Colour Me Happy, Anita Revel presented 50 colour combinations reflecting 50 states of happiness. Building on this exploration of...
SING Animation/Drama/Musical ‧ 1h 50m Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he takes one final chance to...
River Cottage Australia chef, Paul West, is heading to Margaret River in February to take over the kitchen at Voyager Estate for two special dinners, supported by Liebherr Wine Cellars....
West Australian Opera’s 50th Anniversary gala concert Free gala concert live from the beautiful setting of Supreme Court Gardens to the Margaret River Cultural Centre. A thrilling program of highlights from the operatic treasury is presented by Australian artists, with the West Australian Opera Chorus and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brad Cohen. Bizet - Carmen:...
2017 is the 15th year that these FREE family concerts are presented by Arts Margaret River in Pioneer Park, Cowaramup. Every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Bring along a picnic and chairs or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. Enjoy the wonderful music in a relaxed family friendly environment. Zumba demonstrations...
PATERSON Drama /Comedy ‧ 2h Paterson (Adam Driver) is a hardworking bus driver in Paterson, N.J., who follows the same routine every day. He observes the city and listens to fragments of conversations while picking up and dropping off his passengers. Paterson also writes heartfelt poems in a notebook, walks his dog and drinks one...
PASSENGERS Fantasy/Science fiction ‧ 1h 56m On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin...
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life Fantasy/Drama film ‧ 1h 32m Imaginative quiet teenager Rafe Katchadorian is tired of his middle school's obsession with the rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, Rafe and his best friends have come up with a plan: break every single...
2017 is the 15th year that these FREE family concerts are presented by Arts Margaret River in Pioneer Park, Cowaramup. Every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Featuring Jason & the Stirling Rangers at 5pm and The Impressions at 6.10pm. Bring along a picnic and chairs or purchase food and drinks from the local community...
LA LA LAND Drama/Romance ‧ 2h 8m Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain...
THE FAMILY FANG Mystery/Drama ‧ 1h 46m Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home after an unlikely accident. When their parents - performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes - suddenly go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it's foul play or just...
MONSTER TRUCKS Science fiction/Action ‧ 1h 44m Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a monster truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature...
2017 is the 15th year that these FREE family concerts are presented by Arts Margaret River in Pioneer Park, Cowaramup. Every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Featuring The Exceptions at 5pm and Rastajazz at 6.10pm. Bring along a picnic and chairs or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. Enjoy the wonderful music...
A UNITED KINGDOM Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 51m Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. Cast: Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo REVIEWS: 'The result is a rich, stirring look at one of modern society's most enduring - and yes, inspirational - marriages,...
WA's own iconic Max Kay We are delighted to announce a very special Evening with Perth theatre icon Max Kay! Join Max for an unforgettable evening of songs, jokes, stories and sing-alongs! If you have lived in WA during the 80s & 90s you will no doubt remember the Civic Theatre in Perth which Max...
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN Comedy-drama ‧ 1h 44m Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels...
Elton John Tribute with Not Quite Dwight Local music legend Noah Shilkin performs the iconic 1973 Elton John album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” in its entirety. Backed by some of Australia’s finest musicians, audiences will be treated to all the fabulous favourites – Bennie and the Jets, Candle in the Wind and of course Goodbye...
2017 is the 15th year that these FREE family concerts are presented by Arts Margaret River in Pioneer Park, Cowaramup. This Sunday is the last Sundowner for the season so come along for a special afternoon. This week has a 3 band line-up and runs from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Featuring The Impressions, Blue Child Collective and...
LIKE CRAZY Comedy-drama ‧ Running time: 118 mins **Italian Film Festival** Donatella and Beatrice reside in a psychiatric facility in Tuscany. They have very different life stories, but a chance to escape brings them together in an adventure that will change their lives forever and will help them realize the beauty in imperfection. Director: Paolo...
A Margaret River Readers & Writers Pre-Festival Fundraiser Hades, Candice Fox's first novel, won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut in 2014 from the Australian Crime Writers Association. The sequel, Eden, won the Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2015, making Candice only the second author to win these accolades back-to-back. Also,...
An award winning kids comedy show all about the movies Australia’s most sort after kids’ comedians, The Listies star in The Listies 6D (It's twice as Good as 3D), a comedy show all about the movies. Expect haunted backpacks, stunt driving ninja nans, bloodthirsty aliens, vomiting puppets and fully automatic toilet paper cannons in this...
META COGNITION (beyond knowing) An exhibition of recent works by artist Marsha Lucia Brawls (Two Moons) Come on a visual journey through sacred geometry and microbiology using hand made resins and mixed media. Music, silent auction and off the wall sales on the night - all welcome. The exhibition continues until 29th March (open 10am-4pm...
RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 1h 47m Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. Stars: Milla Jovovich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Sd4GtOXuI Adults $14, Arts Hub Members $12,...
An annual exhibition of sculpture held over the March long weekend in conjunction with the Arts Festival, on the stunning foreshore in Dunsborough Western Australia.
COLLATERAL BEAUTY Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 37m When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it's not until his notes bring unexpected personal responses...
JACKIE Drama/Biography ‧ 1h 40m A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and...
BUBS CLUB ~ Special movie screening for parents with kids (under 4-years-old). LA LA LAND Drama/Romance ‧ 2h 8m Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of...
The film that will change the way you see the world. A feature documentary about the journey of mankind to discover our true force and who we truly are. It is a quest through science and consciousness, individual and planetary, exploring our relationships with ourselves, the world around us and the universe as a whole....
LE RIDE Sports/Documentary ‧ 1h 30m The Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan retraces the 1928 Tour de France in which four intrepid young men from Australia and New Zealand competed in the world’s toughest sporting event. Summary: In 1928 an under-resourced and untested team from New Zealand and Australia competed in what is considered to be...
Saturday the 11th of March will be a spectacular night of live ballet and cinema at the garden amphitheater at Happs Wines. Dances performed by the Dunsborough School of Ballet precede the documentary film ‘Ella’; the story of the first indigenous dancer to be accepted into the Australian Ballet Company.
HIDDEN FIGURES Drama/Biography ‧ 2h 7m The incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson - brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence,...
Celebrating WA Opera’s 50th anniversary, Voyager Estate will present a six-course dinner with each course perfectly matched to wine and music. A collaboration like no other, wine, food and opera aria will take diners on a rich sensory journey. Featuring masterpieces from some of opera’s greatest composers including Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Mozart performed by...
A concert by members of the South West Baroque Ensemble. The concert is in aid of Opportunity International (using microfinance to solve poverty) Book at trybooking.com or at the Margaret River Bookshop
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble SPECIAL MOVIE AND MEAL option available - bookings essential. Music/Musical ‧ 1h 36m “The intersection of cultures is where new things emerge.” - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and founder of the Silk Road Ensemble Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has...
Paul Wright (violinist) and Faith Maydwell (pianist) will be performing an intimate concert of Beethoven, Grieg and a selection of Spanish pieces in the Happs home living area. Ticket price includes sparkling on arrival, canapes at interval and soup and rolls for supper if you'd like to stay around afterwards.
Mr and Mrs Smith are a charming, cheeky and charismatic Duo/ Trio with a mission to entertain and impress. Consisting of a core duo made of Serge Le Goueff (Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute) and Paula Renee (Vocals) Mr and Mrs Smith are the ultimate professionals who execute an artillery of styles including classy Jazz, smooth...
THE GREAT WALL Fantasy/Mystery ‧ 2h European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. The Great Wall is a 2016 epic historical fiction action-adventure monster film directed by Zhang Yimou. Stars: Matt Damon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avF6GHyyk5c Adults $14, Arts Hub...
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life Fantasy/Drama film ‧ 1h 32m Imaginative quiet teenager Rafe Katchadorian is tired of his middle school's obsession with the rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, Rafe and his best friends have come up with a plan: break every single...
FENCES Drama ‧ 2h 19m Fences is the story of Troy Maxson, a mid-century Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues began admitting black players. He tries to be a good husband and father, but his lost dream of glory eats at him, and...
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the 2017 Ocean Film Festival showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. This carefully curated selection of short films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray;...
THE SPACE BETWEEN US Fantasy/Science fiction ‧ 2h The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be. Stars: Stars: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino...
LION Drama ‧ 2h Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering...
Come on! Lets Celebrate another great Margaret River Press success - Bloodlines by local Author Nicole Sinclair. Nicole' debut novel is already receiving rave reviews with Jessica Slade for Booksellers + Publishers giving it four stars. Bloodlines will be launched by esteemed local author and academic, Richard Rossiter in the Margaret River BookShop 6.30pm Thrs...
A FEW LESS MEN Comedy . 1h30min Travel plans for three men in ill-fitting wedding tuxedos goes horribly wrong. In the comedy sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN, David, Tom and Graham must transport their friend’s coffin back to London after a forced plane landing strands them in the middle of the...
Pam will talk about her trek to Everest Base Camp and her experiences in the mountains during and after the earthquake that hit Nepal. Afternoon tea provided.
Stephany Durack and Mirella Prolongeau An exhibition of original artworks in acrylics, mixed media, drawings and prints. Each artist has an inspired love of colour and place and offers unique interpretations of the world around them. Carl Altmann MA (art historian, lecturer and judge) will open the exhibition with music by Wade du Bourlay. Proudly...
Come along to this pre-festival fundraiser to have your Jasper Jones book signed, watch the movie and participate in a Q&A with the author himself, Craig Silvey. Bar opens at 7.30pm | Movie starts 8pm JASPER JONES - 8pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 45m Australian film directed by Rachel Perkins and based on the novel...
Karridale Primary School P and C fundraiser. Car boot sale. Stall/boot /Table $20. Free entry. Set up by 8.30 am.
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Drama ‧ 2h 17m Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to...
Come and enjoy an evening of entertainment and fun with Ben Elton Internationally renowned, award winning comedian, author, playwright, actor and director Funds raised will assist with the redevelopment of the Cultural Centre to make this the best possible community venue. Ben Elton, Patron of the redevelopment has generously offered his energy and time to the cause....
Internationally renowned New Zealand Land artist and Environmental sculptor, Chris Booth will give a free presentation of his work and ideas. Chris has made Site Specific Sculptures across Europe, East Coast of Australia, the U.S, NZ, the Kroller Muller in Holland, Gibbs Farm in NZ and Wurrungwuri, created in the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens -...