Belgrave Lantern Parade

Our 14th Annual Belgrave Lantern Parade promises another amazing celebration of creativity and community in the Hills, with a twist.

This year’s Lantern Parade will again light the longest night this winter. In 2020, Belgrave will be transformed into a glowing art installation woven throughout the township.
The thought of Winter and a Winter Solstice without a Lantern Parade was too much to bear. So, we’ve revised it, reinvented it and made it fit for purpose, while making it safe.  
Keeping the glow in 2020 will see a group of local artists leading a series of on-line video tutorials for the community. 

If you’re looking for some creative output right now, click HERE to register. We'll get back to you soon with an, ‘everything you need to know guide.’

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Ches Mills, Rona Green & Joy Serwylo

3 distinct exhibitions from 3 Hills artists exploring the wonder of nature and humanity.

Ches Mills
AUG 4 - SEP 2 | Gallery 01
As a consequence of global warming our oceans are rising and becoming warmer endangering our current shoreline and reef ecologies. The art captures the beauty, complexities and wonder of the ecosystems and to emphasises the urgent need to protect them.

Rona Green
AUG 4 - AUG 30 | Gallery 02
Some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell is an exhibition comprising fanciful hand coloured linocut prints of anthropomorphised native and introduced animals exploring ideas about the nature of individuality.

Joy Serwylo
AUG 4 - AUG 30 | Gallery 03
Joy draws and paints and collages and constructs books and dioramas, trying to document the demise of our beautiful world while hoping there is still time to rescue it.

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Mary Tonkin | Ramble

An inspiring exhibition of art by a notable practitioner of en plein air painting. Ramble brings together three images from Mary Tonkin.

Plunge in, Kalorama 2019 is a sensuous response to the memory of swimming while Madre, Kalorama 2008 is the embracing form of a single monumental tree. Ramble, Kalorama 2017-19 is an immersive wall painting that is the culmination of ten years of working around the problem of how to convey the somewhat episodic nature of looking, the manner in which the nature of the spaces experienced unfolds over time. All three images were created en plein air in the bush.

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New Acquisitions | Burrinja Collection

This exhibition celebrates new acquisitions to the Collection, many of which have been generously donated by artists and collectors.

Highlights include donations of Lin Onus prints from the Snir family, Patsy Lilpunda paintings by Anton McMurray and a Woodblock Print from Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Award Winner Chris Lawry.

 

Jimeoin Ramble On

A stalwart of Australian comedy. Jimeoin is an all round likeable rogue in his new stand up show Ramble On! He happily imparts his clever and quirky observations on everyday suburban life in his trademark devil-may-care style.

'Recalls the familiar at fantastically silly level, boiling his audience down to a tear-filled, gibbering mess' (Scotland on Sunday).

'Hilarious... If laughter's the best medicine, Jimeoin is a course of steroids... Don't miss it!' (Edinburgh Evening News).

Recommended for ages 15+ | 110 mins including 20 min interval

The performance scheduled for Sat 6 Jun 8.00pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. Jimeoin has been rescheduled to Sat 19 Sep 8.00pm

 

 

Wild Awards 2020

The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia presents their major biennial exhibition ‘The Wild Awards’ in the Burrinja Gallery.

Be moved by this unique exhibition and the passion and talent of a diverse range of artists from the Australasian region. The exhibition features an exquisite array of different animal species and habitats in sculpture, painting and works on paper.

‘The Wild Awards’ encapsulates art excellence and this fine display proudly demonstrates the Society members’ strong passion and respect for wildlife and its habitat. Be delighted and inspired by this stunning collection of beautiful wildlife imagery by The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia. 

Lloyd Spiegel

Acoustic Blues trailblazer Lloyd Spiegel is back at Burrinja by popular demand!

After completing a massive tour for the 2019 album ‘Cut and Run’ Lloyd is back for more in 2020.
From the fiery boogie opener ‘Any Second Now’, through to the dark acoustic closing of ‘Old Wounds’, Cut and Run takes the listener on a trip from honest acoustic ballads to searing Blues Rock and captures Spiegel at his best as a vocalist and guitarist while providing some of his best lyrical work to date. 
The new album, along with This Time Tomorrow (2017) and last year’s Backroads concludes a trilogy of albums and represents the fruits of an intensely creative time for the Melbourne-based bluesman. 
Says Spiegel, “the last three years I’ve written one album while touring the previous so it’s a natural progression that each group of songs is a response to the last. Cut and Run has a positivity and clarity in it that for me, resolves a great deal of the questions I asked myself on the last two albums. It’s definitely the end of a chapter for me both musically and personally.”

Groovy lead track ‘Track Her Down’ has received extensive airplay on ABC, Double J and community stations nationally, hitting number 2 on the AMRAP regional chart and set up a buzz for the new album’s arrival, and Lloyd recently score three Australian Blues ‘Chain’ Awards for the release.

Listen to Lloyd talk music in Burrinja's podcast - Forest Dwellers Disco

www.lloydspiegel.com

The performance scheduled for Fri 22 May 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. Lloyd Spiegel has been rescheduled to Sat 21 Nov 7.30pm

 

Loose Ends

Step into a magical world of wonders and wacky contraptions

The Adelaide Fringe Award Nominee is coming to Burrinja with his wonderful family show full of wacky thingamabobs, naughty puppets and madcap clowning. With a touch of Wallace and Gromit and Mr. Bean, LOOSE ENDS is a quirky mix of clown powered theatre, objects that come to life and tinker experience, filled with custom built contraptions. It takes you to an eccentric world full of constant surprises, delivering a heartfelt story with lots of irreverent humour.

Recommended for ages 3+

 

David Bridie

David Bridie is one of Australia’s most prolific and respected songwriters.

He has produced six studio albums with Not Drowning, Waving and seven more with beloved, recently retired group My Friend the Chocolate Cake, as well as innumerable film and television soundtracks. David’s 6th solo album release The Wisdom Line is an immersive multimedia project exploring themes of Melbourne, asylum, home, the transience of our relationships, and trying to make genuine connections in an interconnected world where everyone is talking on their phones.

“The Wisdom Line is a storybook from deep within the Australian psyche. It’s rich with cross platform collaborations weaving brushstrokes from film makers with soundscapes from veteran Melbourne muso David Bridie.” pbsfm.com

The performance scheduled for Sat 16 May 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. David Bridie has been rescheduled to Fri 9 Oct 7.30pm

A Cabaret Star for Hire

A recently retired showgirl discovering her new life’s purpose ... become a secret agent and uncover a global plot. 

After 10 years of writing, performing and touring internationally, Australia’s “Cabaret Queen” is quitting cabaret. Cabaret Star For Hire is part performance-art, part Aussie opera, part physical and musical comedy extravaganza with all-original songs and hysterical musings of an artist on the brink of superstardom, or mental breakdown, or both. Anya Anastasia’s brand new one woman show highlights her bizarre and riotous CV as she publicly seeks new employment. Tired of the razzle-dazzle insta-glam “look at me I’m nailing it” showbiz lie, she has crafted this brazen showcase of one woman’s failures - admitting to everything that she’s messed up or covered up in pursuit of her dreams, and the result is hilarious. Adelaide Fringe 2019 - Winner of the Best Comedy Cabaret (The Sunday Mail)

The performance scheduled for Sat 23 May 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. A Cabaret Star for Hire has been rescheduled to Sat 10 Oct 7.30pm.

 

Grigoryan Brothers

 

Guitarists, Slava and Leonard Grigoryan are counted amongst the finest musicians of their generation having developed a reputation for enthralling audiences with the energy of their performances and the breadth of their repertoire – embracing genres such as classical, jazz and contemporary music from around the world. Between them, they have received 3 ARIA awards (Australian Recording Industry Association) and an incredible 24 ARIA Award nominations. As a duo they have recorded 11 albums with the 12th coming out in 2019. They have been touring internationally since 2003, regularly performing throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA, as well as more exotic performances in Brazil, South Africa, India and the Middle East.

 

Archie Roach: Tell Me Why 

A new work sharing stories and songs from Archie's new memoir and companion album. 

Not many have lived as many lives – from stolen child, teenage alcoholic, seeker, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, to social advocate and First Nations leader – but it took almost a lifetime to find who he really was.  He is Archie Roach.  His new memoir Tell Me Why (Simon and Schuster) is an intimate, moving and often confronting account of his resilience and strength of spirit, and also of a great love story. It’s an extraordinary odyssey of love and heartbreak, family and community, survival and renewal – and the healing power of music.  The companion album Tell Me Why (Bloodlines), considered Roach’s 18 song ‘magnum opus’, re-imagines eleven songs which have defined his extraordinary career. Roach voices the joy, pain and hope he found on his path through these songs to become the legendary singer-songwriter and storyteller that he is today – beloved and respected by fans worldwide.

 

The performance scheduled for Fri 19 Jun 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. Archie Roach has been rescheduled to Thu 15 Oct 7.30pm

You and I

The Original Stars of Beauty and The Beast reunite after 20 years

A cavalcade of Musical Theatre Hits and Highlights, performed by those who have starred in many of them. Helpman award winners Michael Cormick and Rachael Beck take to the stage for 2 hours of incredible musical theatre performances creating a spellbinding wall of sound.

The performance scheduled for Fri 8 May 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly.You and I has been rescheduled to Thu 22 Oct 7.30pm.

 

Mental as Everything

Bringing mental illness & music together with transparency, comedy and a deep personal narrative. 

Mental As Everything is a raw and honest cabaret performance that explores the multifaceted nature of mental illness. Creator and performer, Damon Smith, will take you on a journey of his deeply personal experience of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and bipolar disorder, backed up by his anxious musical cohort Adam Coad. In this two-man show, Damon and Adam, will invite you inside their own minds and take you on an often-awkward journey of hilarious onstage buffoonery and original songs pertaining to mental illness.

Warnings: Potentially triggering content or themes, including mental health
Recommended for ages 15+

 

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo celebrates the man behind the game-changing Native Title Act, Eddie Koiki Mabo.

Co-curated by Gail Mabo, Dr Jonathan McBurnie and Kellie Williams (Director of Umbrella Studio contemporary arts), the exhibition brings together a selection of about 30 works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in the spirit of reconciliation, twenty-five years after the historic achievement.

Each artist has responded to an aspect of Eddie Mabo that they are drawn to, whether it is his life, politics, activism, or legacy. The works come together in surprising ways with reverence, compassion, anger, sadness and respect, celebrating a man who was both a rebel and a dreamer.

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo is an Umbrella Studio touring exhibition.

Kate Ceberano & Paul Grabowsky | Tryst

Following the enormous success of the Love Songs tour in 2016, Australian music greats Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky are set to tour the country once again in celebration of their debut album Tryst. Tryst is a very personal journey into words and music by two of Australia’s most respected musicians reinterpreting of some of the great love songs of our time. Kate and Paul deliver achingly, soulful renditions of songs that connect on a deep emotional level and have influenced both of them at some point in their lives. The repertoire will be as diverse as love itself - from 60s pop with Cilla Black, to 80s Aussie rock with the Divinyls, and flirtations into jazz and chanson along the way.

 

I Have A Face

An honest and hilarious discussion of mental health with a theatrical twist.

Ever wondered if you’re doing it right? Well did you read the label? Life didn’t come with a label, but you will be told your whole life how you should behave or who you should be. You will be told that if you have a problem, there’s a quick fix you can buy… but somehow the problem doesn’t ever seem to really go away. Jude Perl’s insight into her personal and relatable mental health struggles of being an adult, will make you want to sing along, cry and laugh all at once. Sometimes labels are super useful, particularly when you’re washing your fave jumper. But at other times, labels can halt your growth and supress you’re very existence. Jude reminds us when to be aware of these labels, and when the labels are totally useless – and most importantly, that we are not alone. She’ll talk about some tough stuff, make you laugh and make you feel truly human.

Warnings: Contains occasional course language, mild sexual references, very mild drug references, and themes relating to mental health (anxiety/depression)

Recommended for ages 15+

The performance scheduled for Thu 11 Jun 7.30pm has been cancelled in line with current advice regarding COVID-19. If you have purchased tickets to this show we will be in contact shortly. A new date will for 2020 to be announced.

 

The Crossing Machine plays Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello

In 1993, Elvis Costello stunned critics and audiences alike with his gorgeous and ambitious album and song cycle, The Juliet Letters, recorded with The Brodsky Quartet. Against all predictions, the live-recorded classically leaning album, comprised of imaginary letters to Juliet Capulet climbed the charts worldwide. The Crossing Machine will breathe new life into the album, in a stage production at Burrinja. The Crossing Machine is a Melbourne based string quartet, bringing together some of the most in demand string players in the country. Collectively, they have worked with Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Jimmy Barnes, Peter Frampton, Barry Humphries, Billy Thorpe, Guy Sebastian, Kate Ceberano and Circus Oz.

Warning: Contains potentially triggering content or themes, including Death Recommended for ages 15+

 

Burrinja Small Works Award

The best things come in small packages. 

To celebrate the relaunch of Burrinja after redevelopment we are launching a new annual opportunity for budding or established artists to participate in a non-acquisitive art prize celebrating small works of art. 

The exhibition will take place in the Aerie Members Gallery on the first floor.

Who can enter?

• Professional, amateur, young and old and everyone in between

How many works can be entered? 

Up to 4 works can be entered by an individual. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee that we will be able to hang a series of works together. 

Entries will be accepted that comply with the following: 

• Does not exceed the maximum size of 10” x 10” (25.4cm x 25.4cm) including any framing

• Can be hung on a wall – it can be 2 or 3 dimensional as long as it can be hung on the wall and doesn’t pose a safety risk. No free standing sculpture, projection or video work can be accepted

In line with current advice regarding COVID-19 Burrinja has postponed the Small Works Award until 2021 

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Become a Burrinja Member

Connect with your community and support arts in the Hills with your $40, and we will give you:

• One FREE theatre ticket each year to a Burrinja show *
  
• Member ticket discounts on Burrinja shows
  
• Free ticket postage
• Updates, insights and special programs
• Special event invitations
• Member priority new season booking
• 10% off Burrinja gallery shop

By becoming a Burrinja Member you will be supporting local arts and culture as well as the many local projects that Burrinja manages, supports and enable - building community through arts.

* Only available for eligble shows in the Burrinja Season, excludes venue hire 'No Free Tickets' shows. To utilise the "FREE" ticket benefit please contact our box office on 03 9754 8723

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