International hits, award winning productions, new Australian work and Victorian-exclusive performances highlight the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) 2016 season.
Nine sensational theatre productions making up the season were unveiled yesterday for the launch of the 2016 Deakin University Theatre Season.
Award-winning writer, musician and radio broadcaster Casey Bennetto hosted the event, with performers, directors, writers and producers shining the light on their upcoming productions.
The 2016 theatre season will feature exciting new Australian work including Extinction.
In a regional first, GPAC is co-producing the play together with Red Stitch Actors Theatre.
According to GPAC General Manager Jill Smith, the centre’s bold foray into theatre production serves as a new model for collaboration across the small to medium sector and arts centres.
“The collaboration takes advantage of the investment in regional centres, the skills of regional arts centre staff and the audiences these centres attract,” Ms Smith said.
GPAC’s 2016 Deakin University Theatre Season opens with possibly the funniest play ever written about depression, Every Brilliant Thing.
The season finishes with the Pulitzer Prize winning Disgraced, direct from the Melbourne Theatre Company’s season and starring one of theatre’s brightest lights, Kat Stewart.
Other season highlights include Shake and Stir Theatre Co’s revival of a classic love story Wuthering Heights, the return of dynamic company Watch This with Sondheim’s Company and a Victorian exclusive performance of Winyanboga Yurringa.
GPAC will also welcome the return of one of Australia’s most acclaimed theatre companies, Sydney’s Belvoir, with The Glass Menagerie starring theatre great Pamela Rabe.
Season packages of five or more shows offering significant discounts are available online at gpac.org.au or contact Box Office on 5225 1200.
The season line up is:
Every Brilliant Thing 23-27 February, 4000 Miles 2-5 March, Wuthering Heights 14-16 April, The Glass Menagerie 12-14 May, Company 26-28 May, Extinction 13-16 July, Winyanboga Yurringa 17-20 August, Around The World in 80 Days 14-17 September, Disgraced 5-8 October.
