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PERFORMANCE: Banjo

  • The Arts Centre Cootamundra 18 Wallendoon Street Cootamundra, NSW, 2590 Australia (map)

BANJO

The Poetry of Banjo Patterson
The music of Coldplay
The power of contemporary dance

Saturday 15th March at 7:30pm

Doors Open at 7pm. TACC bar will be open to purchase drinks.
Ticket price includes finger food prepared by Cootamundra High School as a fundraiser.

The Arts Centre Cootamundra (TACC) and Got Ya Back Productions present
A Riverina Touring Network event, in partnership with Eastern Riverina Arts
Supported by Create NSW

BANJO brilliantly intertwines the life events of Banjo Paterson through beautiful new arrangements of COLDPLAY’s greatest hits, contemporary dance and his very own verse.

Paterson’s classic verse – Clancy of the Overflow, As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue, Waltzing Matilda & The Man From Snowy River, will blend with Clocks, Yellow, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and more.

Tickets are $40pp or $360 for a group of 10.

Audience feedback for BANJO: 
"magic... transported me to a beautiful place called Australia of Old." 
"mesmerising... of a world class standard."
"My 2nd time watching BANJO, with 6 other family members, ages 13-76, all totally enraptured by this performance!"
"I highly recommend this incredibly moving experience. It is breathtakingly good."
- Hon. Ben Franklin, Former NSW Minister for the Arts

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Christo 
CHOREOGRAPHER: Steph Maddren 
WRITER: Tim Maddren 
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS: Mat Brooker
CAST: Tim Maddren, Steph Maddren, Mat Brooker, further casting TBA
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Indiana Jones
DURATION: 80min
Given to the complexity of the themes presented, we recommend this production for any aged 10yrs and up.
Photo credits: Lens Head