SHANNON NOLL TURNS IT UP WITH HIS BIGGEST TOUR IN TWO YEARS

Shannon Noll is going back on the road with the TURN IT UP Tour, his first major national run in two years.  The 17-date tour, which features support act Small Mercies, starts shortly after the release of "Everybody Needs A Little Help", the third single off his current platinum selling album, Turn It Up. 

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Following his successful trip to the USA where he was the New York ambassador for G'Day USA: Australia Week, the multi-platinum selling singer can't wait to hit the road and get back to his fans, making stops at cities in more than half the Australian territories. His June/July run is the first of a two-leg tour, with the second run planned for September/October. 

Like he did with Lift, one of his most popular and successful hits, Shannon once again sends spirits soaring with his poignant lyrics and raw honesty on "Everybody Needs A Little Help." "I wanted to get the edge that Lift had back in there, to say no matter what you're going through, it's OK. You don't have to do it alone," says Shannon. 

Turn It Up, his third and current album, debuted at #3 on the ARIA albums chart. It has already produced one top 10 success with Loud, giving the boy from Condoblin a record-setting total of 10 consecutive top ten singles, including five #1s on the ARIA singles chart. Add his four ARIA award nominations and it's clear that in just a few short years the three-time running AVMA Best Male Artist has become one of Australia's most successful, iconic and best-loved performers. Tickets for the tour are on sale NOW!!. 

  DANCE OF COLOURS - Saturday 19 July 2008  7.30pm 

Belly dance, Middle Eastern dance, Bollywood, Native Canadian Dance and more in the 3rd Annual Dance of Colours which presents a kaleidoscope of dance from around the globe with performers from Australia, Canada, Lebanon, India and Fiji. 

  GREASE - Thursday 24  Friday 25  Saturday 26  July  7.30pm

Adults $20  - Conc. $15   - Student 18 and under $10   -                             Family of 4 (2 adults & 2 Children) $50

St Edmund's and St Mary's Combined Colleges present  'Grease' - The Musical (Jim Jacobs and Warren Cassey).  It has the Pink Ladies, The Boys, the highs and lows of teenage romance, gangs, school and of  course The Nerd.  It comes together with hair grease, hair spray and the sound of powerful engines.

  SARA STORER - Sunday 27 July 2008  7.30 pm 

Adults $25  - Conc. $23   - Child $15   

Australian country music singer Sara Storer won seven Golden Guitars in the Tamworth Country Music Festival 2004 awards in Tamworth, which is a record in the 32-year history of the awards.

 THE DELLTONES - Tuesday 29 July 2008  7.30pm

The Delltones      BopaDooWop National Tour

For five decades the legendary DELLTONES have played, celebrated and elevated rock'n'roll - one of the few real constants in a frantically changing world. If you only go out once this year, don't miss The Delltones special BopaDooWop 50th Anniversary Show.

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The Delltones, with their rich harmonies and the unique voice of PEEWEE WILSON, blend their own hits with classic pop and rock'n roll to make an exciting and colourful performance. Audiences still scream, audiences still shout, audiences still go away singing the songs, dancing the steps, chanting the goofy chants and looking forward to coming back for another dose as soon as they can - and not just original fans who've grown up with the band, there are more than a few curious young, intrigued by the durability of this rock'n'roll institution, who are drawn by the power of the music that truly shook the world.

 JUSTINE CLARKE - Wednesday 6 August 2008 

Following the huge success of her debut album and DVD, I LIKE TO SING, Justine Clarke is back with a national tour to celebrate the release of her new cd, SONGS TO MAKE YOU SMILE. This acclaimed Australian actor, singer and star of ABC TV's Play School will be touring nationally performing with her band, as she journeys through a fun filled musical landscape singing much loved favourites and cool new songs for kids from her new cd SONGS TO MAKE YOU SMILE. 

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 ANTAL SZALAI GYPSY ORCHESTRA - Saturday 9 August 2008  8.00pm 

Outstanding international performers presenting a spectacular night of vibrant gypsy music.  Antal Szalai is recognised as one of the best gypsy violin soloists in the world. This former Ferenc Liszt award winner and his orchestra entertain all ages with traditional Hungarian and International gypsy melodies. 

 THE PARADE OF CHAMPIONS - Saturday 16 August  7pm

A spectacular night of singing from Australia's champion A capella choruses and quartets. Introduced by Ipswich's 'Minor Chords' and featuring Australia's champion quartet 'Alliance'. This performance is a true parade of champions. 

 THE WHEELS ON THE BUS - Seniors Concert - Tuesday 19 August                     10am & 1.30pm

The Ipswich Seniors Concert Group present another blockbuster concert for Ipswic region seniors.  What happens when the plans for your bus trip change and you are trapped with people from your past? Like the wheels on the bus, can relationships "go round"?  

POSSUM MAGIC  -  ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT 

6.30 pm Sat 23 August 2008 -  10.30 am and 12.30 pm Monday 25 August 2008   ALL SOLD OUT

 All Tickets $8.00 

....as dinkum as the wattle, as true blue as the gum...it is the happiest compendium of song, dance, storytelling and vivid characters....all the larrikin whimsy of Mem Fox's story....it's a production of integrity and gusto!"  - Sydney Sun-Herald.  

 THE TEN SOPRANOS - Thursday 28 August 2008  7.30pm

Adults $38  Early Bird to 31 July $33

Artistically clever and vocally exciting, ten world class sopranos perform all time favourite songs and arias from the Beatles to Puccini.  Directed by Miss Penny Pavlakis, former principal artist with Opera Australia known as 'the Singer's Singer'.

 PETE MURRAY - Tuesday 2 September 2008 7.10 pm Start 

 All Tickets $42.95 

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.  Support act is Gin Wigmore. 

ANNIE - Ipswich Musical Theatre Company

Saturday 13 September - 7.30pm  Sunday 14 September - 2.00pm 

Saturday 20 September - 7.30pm

 Adults $28  - Conc. $23  - Child $14

The Broadway Musical "Annie" remains one of the most popular musicals of all time. The Ipswich Musical Theatre Company's production stars Bronte Mitchell and Allegra Bonetto as the 11-year-old orphan Annie. The muscial follows her escape from the clutches of Miss Hannigan in the New York orphanage to her time in billionaire Olivier warbucks' mansion.

 DOUG PARKINSON - Soul Man - Thursday 25 September 2008  7.30pm 

Adults $39  Conc. $ 35

Australian music legend Doug Parkinson presents 'Soul Man', a salute to the legendary stars of black music - such as James Brown Fats Waller, BB King, Ray Charles, Issac Hayes, Barry White and George Benson.The music spans six decades from early Jazz, rock and roll, Motown, the sweet sounds of 60's soul through to the electric excitement of R&B and dance.  The show also features Doug's repetoire of hit songs including Dear Prudence and I'll be Around. 

  BOMBSHELLS -   Wednesday 1 October 2008  7.30 pm Start 

Adults $29.50  Conc. $27.50  Goup of 10+ $26  VIP $26 

Winner of the 2004 Fringe First Award - Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2005 London Theatre Goers Choice Award, Bombshells is a hugely entertaining piece of theatre which navigates the emotional terrain of six larger than life women who are each at a personal crossroad in their lives. 

 

  TAIKOZ - Tuesday 4 November 2008  7.30pm

Adults $29.50  Conc. $27.50  Child (under 17) $22  Vip's $26 

TaikOz is a high-energy ensemble renowned for its physicality and spirit. The group's unique fusion of Japanese ritual drumming and western percussion music propels you on a transcendent journey through exotic sound worlds, with the ethereal and translucent sounds of shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) Grand Master Riley Lee contrasts dramatically with the exhilarating thunder of the taiko drums. The show includes new works and features guest artist Timothy Constable from Synergy Percussion, adding a new dimension and raising its expressiveness and power to explosive new levels.

 

 EMILY LOVES TO BOUNCE - Tuesday 18 November 2008  10am & 12.30pm

All Tickets $8 

Emily Loves to Bounce is an enchanting performance inspired by the books of Stephen Michael King. Balls and boxes, eccentricity and efficiency, spontaneity and organisation, all come together in the friendship of Henry and Amy. Through music, games, songs and dance this acclaimed Patch Theatre production inspires the creativity, imagination and exuberance of childhood.