PADDINGTON 2 Animation, Adventure, Comedy ‧ 1h 43min PADDINGTON, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen. PADDINGTON is based on the best-selling...
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 2h 33m Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past. Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver REVIEWS:...
<h2FERDINAND Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy ‧ 1h 47m A heartwarming animated comedy adventure from the creators of Rio and Ice Age. FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit...
Join us on the lawn at Cape Lodge for a beautiful Sunset Concert of acoustic jazz, folk and blues performed by two of Australia’s finest singer songwriters- Nina Vox & Tony King TICKETS: $20pp (All proceeds to the band!) Limited tickets available. Contact events@capelodge.com.au BYO Lawn Chairs, Picnic Rugs, Food & Wine Concert followed by...
BRAD'S STATUS Comedy/Drama/Music ‧ 1h 42m Brad Sloan has a satisfying career and a comfortable life in suburban California, but it's not quite what he imagined during his glory days in college. Sloan keeps comparing his life with those of his four college friends, wondering what it would be like to have their well-paying and...
Robert Oatley presents DAVID SPENCER - 13th solo exhibition "Long days / fast years" Robert Oatley Margaret River is proud to showcase David Spencer's 13th solo exhibition "Long days / fast years". A collection of curated artwork and exciting new abstracts throughout summer 2018. David Spencer has worked as an abstract artist for over 13...
THE DISASTER ARTIST Drama/Biography/Comedy ‧ 1h 45m Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero become friends after meeting each other in an acting class in San Francisco. Hoping to achieve Hollywood stardom, Sestero moves to Los Angeles and signs on to appear in his buddy's project. Financed with his own money, Wiseau writes, directs and stars in...
Want to feel *organised* & *visionary* about your life and work? || INTRODUCING || THE LIFE-PLANNING WORKSHOP *FOR AMBITIOUS HUMANS* *Launching Sunday 21st Jan 2018* A one-day online experience that will leave you with CLARITY and an ACTION PLAN. By the end of this workshop you'll have… A BIG PICTURE VISION For your life, 3-5 years ahead,...
THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS Biography/Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 44m Using real-life inspiration and a vivid imagination, author Charles Dickens brings Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and other classic characters to life in "A Christmas Carol," forever changing the holiday season into the celebration known today. Cast: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Miriam Margolyes REVIEWS: **** Rottentomatoes...
<h2FERDINAND Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy ‧ 1h 47m A heartwarming animated comedy adventure from the creators of Rio and Ice Age. FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit...
COCO ***** Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature. Animation/Fantasy/Action/Comedy ‧ 1h 49 Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the...
A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser Meet Robin Esrock, bestselling Vancouver-based author, award-winning journalist, blogger, producer, and broadcaster as he speaks about his latest book The Great Global Bucket List.. For over a decade, bestselling author, TV host and travel expert Robin Esrock has sought out the extraordinary, visiting 110 countries on 7 continents in...
COCO ***** Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature. Animation/Fantasy/Action/Comedy ‧ 1h 49 Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the...
Join local author and English teacher Helen Allan to celebrate the launch of her new book series aimed at 8 - 11 year olds who enjoy magic and mystery. This...
A circus festival experience unlike anything you have ever experienced before The incredible 2018 Western Australian Circus Festival is set on a beautiful private property in Karridale in south-western WA, the purpose-built festival site will play host to more than 100 circus, cabaret, comedy and theatre stars, along with the liveliest gypsy funk and hillbilly...
JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Action/Adventure/Comedy ‧ 1h 58m Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return...
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MARGARET RIVER THEATRE GROUP FUNDRAISER Raffle tickets and sausage sizzle available for purchase on the evening. Drama/Biography ‧ 2h 19m Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to...
BREATHE Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 58m After contracting polio at the age of 28, Robin Cavendish is confined to a bed and given only months to live. With help from his wife Diana and her twin brothers, and the groundbreaking ideas of inventor Teddy Hall, Cavendish emerges from the hospital ward and devotes the rest of...
COCO ***** Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature. Animation/Fantasy/Action/Comedy ‧ 1h 49 Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the...
PITCH PERFECT 3: LAST CALL PITCHES Musical/Comedy ‧ 1h 34m After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will...
WA OPERA’S SIMULCAST OF CITY OF PERTH’S OPERA IN THE PARK 2018 La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini For over two decades, the City of Perth has presented Opera in the Park as an annual gift to the residents and visitors of Perth, supported by Lotterywest and Healthway with the message Act-Belong-Commit. The live simulcast allows WA...
The long awaited Sundowners return for the 16th year! Presented by Arts Margaret River with support from local businesses, the first Sunday of the season features: DIZZY G’s 5pm - Margaret River’s latest addition to the Jazz scene! Originally started as a project band at the High School, most members have graduated but the band...
JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Action/Adventure/Comedy ‧ 1h 58m Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return...
NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE Fantasy/Action ‧ 1h 35m Surly the squirrel and his animal friends find out that the corrupt mayor of Oakton plans to bulldoze their beloved Liberty Park to make way for an amusement park. Hoping to save the place they call home, Surly, Andie, Buddy and the rest of the...
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Drama/Biography ‧ 2h 19m Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams REVIEWS:...
The long awaited Sundowners return for the 16th year! Presented by Arts Margaret River with support from local businesses, the second Sunday of the season features: SUNBIRD - 5pm Well renowned muso David Lawrence (front man of Perth act Mister & Sunbird) teams up with Margaret River drummer, “Leeroy” Cummings, to perform a colourful mix...
THE DARKEST HOUR Drama/History ‧ 2h 5m A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi...
SWINGING SAFARI Drama/Comedy ‧ 1h37m 1970s Australia: A 200-ton blue whale washes up on a local beach and the kids think it's the biggest thing that's ever happened in their lives. Behind closed doors, the Mums and Dads of this quiet suburban cul-de-sac celebrate in their own special way, by joining the sexual revolution. It’s...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with authentic bites Howard Park & MadFish Wines are ringing in the Year of the Dog on Saturday, February 17 with a Singapore Street Food event. Local chefs Tim Whitty, Camilla Neilsen & Julian Mann are setting up an ‘eat street’ to dish out duck, dumplings, noodles & more. Sip on...
Special Cocoon Gallery for emerging artists launch will be held at the library on Saturday 17th February, 1 - 3pm. Exhibition runs from 1 Feb to 31 March.
MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 2h 23m Thomas leads some escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out...
The long awaited Sundowners return for the 16th year! Songbirds of the South West pay tribute to some of the great female jazz vocalists. Featuring: Andrea Frances ‐ singing Astrud Gilberto, Cleo Wiese – singing Adele, Tilly Kelleher ‐ singing Nina Simone, Michelle Spriggs – singing Amy Winehouse, Janine Andrews and Scott Wise – singing...
THE POST Drama/Thriller film ‧ 1h 56m Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee, Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents....
Join former Greens Leader Christine Milne as she talks about her book AN ACTIVIST LIFE A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser In this fascintating memoir, Christine Milne reveals what it means to be a woman in Australian politics, chronicles the fight to save the planet and offers an empowering vision for the future. "A woman,...
THE JUNGLE BUNCH 2: THE GREAT TREASURE Animation ‧ 46min Your favorite animals are back for an all-new family adventure! Join Maurice, the beloved penguin-tiger, and the Jungle Bunch on their quest for hidden pirate treasure! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccw_pLqRDgw ALL TICKETS: $8 Book online (up to 4pm on screening date) or buy tickets from the box office....
THE SHAPE OF WATER ***** Golden Globe Awards for Best Director: Guillermo del Toro Drama/Fantasy ‧ 2h 3m Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret -- a mysterious, scaled creature...
Harry Hookey, Lucky Oceans & David Hyams Victorian singer-songwriter Harry Hookey and Fremantle musicians Lucky Oceans (Zydecats) and David Hyams (Devils on Horseback, The Press Gang & The Miles to Go Band) have performed together in various line ups, including the 2014 Melbourne festival and 2017 Fairbridge Festival. Playing a double set of blues and rock and roll,...
SWEET COUNTRY Drama/Thriller film ‧ 1h 53m Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and...
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Biography/Crime/Drama ‧ 2h 15m ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts...
MOLLY'S GAME Biography/Crime/Drama ‧ 2h 20m MOLLY'S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars,...
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI *** Golden Globe Winner *** Drama/Crime film ‧ 1h 55m Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner at the 2018 Golden Globes, taking home four awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh...
ACO VIRTUAL Immerse yourself in the ACO’s 360-degree virtual orchestra experience. Imagine standing on stage surrounded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s virtuoso musicians, feeling the energy of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti playing...
STRONGER Drama/Biography ‧ 2h Jeff Bauman loses both of his legs when two bombs explode during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. After regaining consciousness in the hospital, Jeff is able to help law enforcement identify one of the suspects, but his own battle is just beginning. With unwavering support from his family and...
I, TONYA Drama/Sport ‧ 2 h In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman...
“Eating, loving, singing and digesting are, in truth, the four acts of the comic opera known as life, and they pass like bubbles of a bottle of champagne. Whoever lets them break without having enjoyed them is a complete fool.” – Rossini An exclusive evening of opera interwoven with a gourmet dining experience in a...
Voyager Estate is proud to announce an exclusive performance by three of West Australian Opera’s internationally-renowned artists, as part of the Estate’s Laze on the Lawn series. Soprano, Rachelle Durkin will join Tenor, Virgilio Marino and Bass-Baritone, Paull-Anthony Keightley for the outdoor performance on Sunday, 11 March from 2 to 3pm. This inaugural concert has...
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI *** Golden Globe Winner *** Drama/Crime film ‧ 1h 55m Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner at the 2018 Golden Globes, taking home four awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh...
ACO VIRTUAL Immerse yourself in the ACO’s 360-degree virtual orchestra experience. Imagine standing on stage surrounded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s virtuoso musicians, feeling the energy of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti playing...
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the 2018 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;...
BLACK PANTHER MARGARET RIVER NETBALL ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISER Sausage sizzle available for purchase on the evening. Drama/Fantasy ‧ 2h 15m Marvel Studios’ "Black Panther" follows T'Challa who, after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old...
BLACK PANTHER Drama/Fantasy ‧ 2h 15m Marvel Studios’ "Black Panther" follows T'Challa who, after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T'Challa's mettle as King and Black Panther is...
SWINGING SAFARI FINAL CINEMA SCREENING FOR 2018 ~ ARTS MARGARET RIVER FUNDRAISER Come dressed in your 70's outfit! Prize giveaways, raffle, food & drink from 6pm, movie starts 7pm. Drama/Comedy ‧ 1h37m "A LOVE LETTER TO A WORLD OF CARELESS PARENTING, CONSTANT SUNBURN AND DANGEROUS UNSUPERVISED ACTIVITIES." 1970s Australia: A 200-ton blue whale washes up...
ACO VIRTUAL Immerse yourself in the ACO’s 360-degree virtual orchestra experience. Imagine standing on stage surrounded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s virtuoso musicians, feeling the energy of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti playing...
Australian Chamber Orchestra presents The Lark Ascending The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s acclaimed string ensemble, ACO Collective, return to Margaret River in 2018 for their concert The Lark Ascending. Fresh from the success of an exceptional 10th-anniversary season in 2017, with the brilliant violinist Pekka Kuusisto as its Artistic Director for a third year, ACO Collective...
Thomas Murray & the Upside Down River By Reg Cribb A Stone Soup & Critical Stages Production The Murray family have been farming the land along the Darling River for five generations. For Tom Murray, it’s all he’s ever known. When his childhood friends Lucy and Billy reappear, deep friendships are tested, and secrets, long buried, are...
Join us on a bus trip to Collie to view the Inaugural Collie Art prize (an acquisitive $50,000 prize award - the highest regional art prize in Australia) 500 people entered and only 45 were chosen including Wendy and Bill Castleden's daughter Susanna Castleden and Monique Tippett whose work - 'Tree Columns' - hangs is...
Thursday 10 May, 6 – 7.30pm Free event with light refreshments provided Nicola E. Sheridan is a West Australian author of paranormal/fantasy romance. A qualified teacher and archaeologist, she has an enduring love of mythology and loves to weave lesser-known mythological creatures into her tales. Please RSVP by 9th May to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780...
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler is one of the most significant plays in Australian theatre history. This new Western Australian production will mark its presentation by every state theatre company in the country. Celebrate the Lotterywest Live Broadcast with Black Swan State Theatre Company. Set in 1950’s working class Melbourne, ‘The Doll’...
The ultimate comedy roadtrip! Join the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow as it journeys around the country, home-delivering hot and tasty comic treats to audiences near and far. This roving tour-de-comedy features funnymakers from Australia and beyond, showcasing everything from stand-up and sketch to satire and song in one side-splitting show! There’s nowhere our exceptional entertainers fear to...
Stories that shape us 01 - 03 June 2018 Arts Margaret River is proud to present the 10th annual Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival. VOYAGER ESTATE FESTIVAL HUB This year’s Festival will be in the magical grounds of Voyager Estate. Enjoy author talks, discussions, Q & A sessions, free events, entertainment and stalls....
The music, obsessions and passions of Janis Joplin For the first time in Australia, a production about a rock immortal whose individuality became a hallmark that both shocked and inspired a generation and to this day touches all ages. On 4th October 1970, Janis Joplin was found dead from a heroin overdose. Lonely, sad and...
When Fiona’s (Gordon) orderly life is disrupted by a letter of distress from her 88 year old Aunt Martha (delightfully portrayed by Academy Award®nominee Emmanuelle Riva) who is living in Paris, Fiona hops on the first plane she can and arrives only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In an avalanche of spectacular disasters, she encounters Dom (Abel), the affable,...
At Happs, we love hosting intimate classical concerts in the living area of the Happs home. They are always wonderfully warm evenings of music and conversation. This recital by Sally Boud on Viola and Faith Maydwell on piano will feature some of the most performed and recorded music written for this instrumental duo; George Enescu...
When Fiona’s (Gordon) orderly life is disrupted by a letter of distress from her 88 year old Aunt Martha (delightfully portrayed by Academy Award®nominee Emmanuelle Riva) who is living in Paris, Fiona hops on the first plane she can and arrives only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In an avalanche of spectacular disasters, she encounters Dom (Abel), the affable,...
From Goya award-winning director Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain) and BAFTA-winning writer Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake, The Angels Share, The Wind that Shakes the Barley) comes The Olive Tree. Anna Castillo is Alma, a young woman very close to her grandfather (Manuel Cucala). The old man has retreated into depression and dementia since his...
From Goya award-winning director Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain) and BAFTA-winning writer Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake, The Angels Share, The Wind that Shakes the Barley) comes The Olive Tree. Anna Castillo is Alma, a young woman very close to her grandfather (Manuel Cucala). The old man has retreated into depression and dementia since his...
After a Sold Out FRINGEWORLD 2018 run, The Motherhood present ‘Surviving the circus’. A relatable, honest, self-deprecating comedy event for anyone who has ever been in a relationship or looked after a child. Make sure you do your pelvic floors or you'll wet yourself laughing. Join The Motherhood (Perth Mums: Emma Krause, Simone Springer, Lucy...
An intensive hands-on cookery class designed to sharpen up your techniques and her you kitchen-fit for all coming occasions. Our basic training will put you through your paces, covering the fundamentals of fish, veg, meat, pastry and dessert with Chef Tony Howell and the Cape Lodge kitchen brigade. OUR 1 DAY BOOTCAMP INCLUDES Welcons tea,...
CAR RALLY - SCAVENGER HUNT Rally your team and start your engines for a fun-filled adventure around the Margaret River Region! Arts Margaret River is hosting a "Rally Round the Region" on Sunday 29 July and it promises to be fun for all ages with some awesome prizes up for grabs! While there is a...
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW ARE SOLD OUT. Enter the Paris Underground and journey through the dark delights of the city of light. Draw the curtain on a stage that will darkly seduce and intoxicate with a moveable feast of song, dance, burlesque, comedy, circus and cabaret. A blend of surprises and visual attractions of...
Charmaine Councillor from the Noongar Boodjar Language Centre is running Noongar Language lessons at the Margaret River Library commencing Thursday 30th August. The language lessons go for 2 hours, each Thursday for 5 weeks. Due to popular demand there are 2 sessions to choose from. Session 1: 2 - 4pm Session 2: 5:30 - 7:30pm...
The Orchid and the Crow is a comedy about an atheist surviving cancer by finding God in Lance Armstrong - with songs! Daniel Tobias grew up in a Jewish-atheist household. In 2004 he found out he had stage-four testicular cancer and went searching for God. Any God. Enter Lance Armstrong, seven-times winner of the Tour...