A spooktacular extravaganza featuring mystifying magic tricks by Mr. Marmalade and bewitching bubble treats by Becky Bubble!
Show Times: 2:30pm + 4:15pm (30mins duration)
PLUS – Activities from 2pm to 5pm:
TRICK OR TREAT around the centre at participating retailers*
SPOOKY ACTIVITY ZONE with colouring fun and giveaways!*
SNAP A PHOTO with our special ‘spooky’ guests
All activities are located near Cotton On Mega.
We dare to see you there…..!
*All activities are FREE with no bookings required. Parental supervision required. Trick or treat and giveaways are 1 per child under 12 years, while stocks last.
Our 60 minute AFL Football Masterclass is designed for kids to develop their skills, confidence and for the love of the game.
Lead by accredited and experienced coaches, this fun and interactive session will focus on the fundamentals of AFL including kicking, handballing, marking and game awareness.
Children will participate in a series of age appropriate drills, mini-games and challenges, all aimed at improving their technique and teamwork while having a blast on the field.
Whether your child is new to AFL or looking to sharpen their skills, the masterclass offers a fantastic opportunity to learn, grow and enjoy the sport in a positive and supportive environment.
Age 5 to 12
Discounts * 25% (Early bird) bookings on or before 20th September * 10% discount for siblings
Friday 27 September, 2024 | 1pm | GPAC Town Hall Theatre
This group masterclass is a unique opportunity for young regional performers to gain insight into the professional world of stage acting and the use of text, image, breath, and embodiment. A workshop for ages 14+
Are you a young person with a passion for acting? This group masterclass is a unique opportunity for young regional performers to gain insight into the professional world of stage acting and the use of text, image, breath, and embodiment.
Guided by leading professionals this workshop will develop and encourage you, and your skills.
To participate you will need to bring along a copy of two monologues, on paper – and an understanding of the play or film – from where they come from. Through-out the masterclass you will participate in ensemble acting skills as well as having the opportunity to perform solo.
You will be introduced to techniques used by professional performing artists as well as receiving advice on developing a career in the music theatre industry.
Award-winning Skin of our Teeth Productions proudly presents UNDER MILK WOOD – a beautiful, haunting play adapted, from the Dylan Thomas poem by award-winning playwright and director, Dr Christine Davey.
Friday 27 September | 7:30pm | GPAC Little Theatre
Come to Milk Wood and stay a while. Explore, sit down and dream.
Journey through 24 hours in a village that could be anywhere, anytime. You’ll experience a love letter to language, to humanity, to life and to loss. Join us for this glorious story about memory and forgetting and all the beauty of everything in between.
The town is as full as a love bird’s egg and you never know what you might find, especially when you are not looking. A cast of seven performs over 60 characters – butchers, bakers, dressmakers, sea captains, cats, wives, children, no good boys in boats – in this magic realist theatrical adventure of image, sound, text and music.
Presented by the company that brought you the startling Worlds Where Life Might Exist, this theatrical delight will have you enthralled.
“Under Milk Wood – a Beautiful, haunting play adapted, from the Dylan Thomas poem by award-winning playwright and director, Dr Christine Davey”.
Friday 27 September, 2024 | 10am | GPAC Town Hall Theatre
Do you like making up crazy, imaginative stories? Do you enjoy pretending you’re a whole other character in a whole other place and time? How about meeting new friends who like doing the exact same thing? Then this is a holiday workshop for you.
Em Chandler invites you to join an adventure that focuses on the power of ‘transformation’ and ‘endowment’. Together you will help them to make up wild, weird, magical stories, and bring them to life with everyday objects. Can a fork become a magic wand? Can a blanket become the ocean, or a chair become a spaceship on its way to Jupiter?
It sure can – and in this workshop you will get to explore all this and more. Some children have big imaginations but are shy when it comes to performing. Some children see magical worlds but find expressing their ideas challenging. Endowing everyday objects and transforming them into new and incredible things is a wonderful way of opening the door to self-expression and confidence. To try new things. To bounce ideas off other children and to belong.
Em Chandler (she/they) is a lauded storyteller, magician, and theatre-maker, bringing her unique repertoire of spells, stories and songs to intimate community events or major festivals.
Thursday 26 September| 11am & 1pm | GPAC Little Theatre
At first glance, Paul-Émile Dumoulin seems like just a regular librarian. He is serious, proud and very orderly. Every book is in its place on his impeccable shelves.
The only problem? As soon as Paul-Émile gets his nose in a book, reality disappears, giving way to the slightly crazy worlds he discovers between the pages.
On his adventures, the very sensible librarian metamorphoses. He suddenly turns into strange and silly characters who perform acrobatics, balancing, juggling, break dancing and beatboxing. Just how far will reading take him?
This show blends clowning, physical theatre and the circus arts. It invites young audiences to discover the passion of reading and the power of the imagination, which whisks readers away to faraway lands, on an adventure, or into a romance or thriller.
“This comical and dynamic librarian has everything to make you laugh” Tohu.ca
Wednesday 25 September, 2024 | 10am | GPAC Town Hall Theatre
Do you like making up crazy, imaginative stories? Do you enjoy pretending you’re a whole other character in a whole other place and time? How about meeting new friends who like doing the exact same thing? Then this is a holiday workshop for you.
Em Chandler invites you to join an adventure that focuses on the power of ‘transformation’ and ‘endowment’. Together you will help them to make up wild, weird, magical stories, and bring them to life with everyday objects.
Can a fork become a magic wand? Can a blanket become the ocean, or a chair become a spaceship on its way to Jupiter? It sure can – and in this workshop you will get to explore all this and more.
Some children have big imaginations but are shy when it comes to performing. Some children see magical worlds but find expressing their ideas challenging. Endowing everyday objects and transforming them into new and incredible things is a wonderful way of opening the door to self-expression and confidence. To try new things. To bounce ideas off other children and to belong.
Em Chandler (she/they) is a lauded storyteller, magician, and theatre-maker, bringing her unique repertoire of spells, stories and songs to intimate community events or major festivals.
Additional Information
Duration: 120 minutes, no interval
Recommended Age: 5 -7+
Restrictions: Participants limited to 20, prior bookings recommended. Parents can drop-off/pick-up children if they are contactable by phone – or observe the workshop for free at a distance.
Presented By Gippsland Performing Arts Centre and Federation University
Are you aged 11 to 14 and have a passion for musicals? Would you like to spend a day being coached by two of Australia’s leading musical theatre artists?
Saturday 28 September 2024 | 1pm | Town Hall Theatre
Led by two of Australia’s leading musical theatre artists – Dan Tusjak (Lecturer in Music Theatre Federation University), and Ant Crowley (Musical Director – NIDA, WAAPA, VCA and Disney), This group masterclass is a unique opportunity for young regional performers to gain insight into the professional world of musicals and storytelling though song.
This group masterclass is a unique opportunity for young regional performers to gain insight into the professional world of musicals and storytelling though song.
To participate – you will need to bring along a selection of no less than three, no more than eight songs, that you know well – and their sheet music, in the correct key.
You will not require a backing track, there will be an accompanist. Through-out the masterclass you will participate in ensemble singing skills as well as having the opportunity to perform solo. You will be introduced to techniques used by professional performing artists as well as receiving advice on developing a career in the music theatre industry.
To get the most out of this workshop you should bring songs that are appropriate for your voice type and age. You will also need to bring an open mind and be ready to try new ideas and diverse ways of rehearsing a song. It will help if you are ready to step outside of your ‘comfort zone’ just a little.
NOTE: Please come dressed in comfortable clothing you can move in. Please BYO snacks, water bottle and sheet music. No need for backing tracks. The workshop will have an accompanist.
