Ipswich City Council

What's On

• Click to view performance details of the 2008 Festival of Theatre Program of events. 

• Click on a performance title below to book tickets online.   

May         

Heroes                                              Comedy play by QTC starring Max Gillies  

Harry Manx                                      Canadian guitarist/singer-songwriter  

June  

Menopause the Musical                    SOLD OUT

Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat       Children's Theatre - Stephen Michael King 

The Best of British Rock                  The Manfreds and The Spencer Davis Group  

July

Shannon Noll                                    TURN IT UP - Shannon's biggest tour in 2 years

The Delltones                                   BopaDooWop Tour

August

Possum Magic                                   A rollicking Australian children's musical

September

Pete Murray                                     Onsale from 9am Today!!!!

Todays Ipswich Civic Hall update is about Pete Murray

After over 2 years off the road in Australia, Pete Murray and his band have finally announced a national tour.  The tour will see Pete perform in all major capital cities as well as Ipswich.  Tickets go on sale in the very same week Pete's third album Summer At Eureka hits shops. 

"I did a lot of gigging around "Feeler" and "See The Sun" but I pretty much took the last couple of years off from touring in Australia", said Pete. "That allowed me to really focus properly on making the new album at home but now that it's finally finished I'm really ready to get back out there and play the new songs from the album."

Summer At Eureka was written, recorded and produced by Pete in his home studio in the hinterland of Byron Bay.  The fist single, "You Pick Me Up" is an up-tempo track that reflects the sunny, laid back and positive environment in which it was recorded.  In addition to his touring band, Pete enlisted Powderfinger's Darren Middleton to add his deft guitar skills to the song. 

"You Pick Me Up" is already bulleting up the Australian airplay charts and is on course to equal the chart topping radio performance of previous Pete Murray classics like "So Beautiful", "Better Days" and "Opportunity".

Pete will be joined on this six week tour by his acclaimed band; Andy Sylvio (drums), Ben McCarthey (Keys) and Jonathan Zion (bass). The local dates will come off the back of Pete's international tour which will see him back in Europe hitting the stage with the likes of Rage Against The Machine, Metalica and Foo Fighters at some major festivals including Pinkpop in Amsterdam and Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park Festivals in Germany as well as solo headline shows in the UK.