6B01 Live Theatre Weekend Matinees

Tutor/Facilitator Rosemary Taylor & George Wilson

When
Date: on/from Sat 25 Jul 2026 to end year
Frequency: Monthly
Class time: 2:00-3:30

Delivered F2F

Other information

The theatre group participants may attend up to five monthly shows held at various locations accessible by public transport including the Playhouse (Arts Centre), The Malthouse Theatre (Southbank), Fortyfive Downstairs Theatre (Flinders Lane) and Red Stitch Theatre (St Kilda).

• Saturday 25 July (show time 2 pm to 3.30 pm). “Vista”, a new contemporary dance work in two parts by the Stephanie Lake Company, in which blistering dancing marries precision with abandon, musicality with poetics. It is staged at the Malthouse Theatre. Click here to book.

• Saturday 15 August (show time 2 pm to 3.30 pm). “Break of Day”, a gritty and humorous mother-daughter relationship struggle. This Australian award-winning drama stars Kat Stewart and is premiering at the Malthouse Theatre. Click here to book.

• Sunday 13 September (show time 5 pm to 6.30 pm). “Cleopatra and Antony”, a modern take on the classic tale by the Melbourne Shakespeare Company, blending sharp contemporary direction with Shakespeare’s rich language and staged at Fortyfive Downstairs. Click here to book.

• Saturday 10 October (show time 2 pm to 4 pm). “The Spare Room”, staged by Victorian Opera at the Playhouse (Arts Centre) is the highly acclaimed operatic adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room, in which the limits of friendship are tested when a friend comes to stay. It is a heartening, harrowing, darkly funny story. Click here to book.

• Saturday 21 November (show time 2 pm to 3.15 pm). “Carbon”, staged at the Red Stitch Theatre, an award-winning Italian play which explores a witness recounting their undeniable encounter with an alien life form in an interrogation room, in which he tries to explain what he saw as an intelligent methodical investigator searches for the truth, during which belief and reason collide. Click here to book.

Meeting arrangements: Enrolled members will meet at each theatre one hour before the show’s start time for drinks and food.

Cost: Members are to purchase their own tickets; prices vary.

Note: Many venues contain limited seating so members are encouraged to book their seats well in advance.

Note: As members may choose which shows to attend, there is no requirement for enrolled members to submit apologies if they are not attending.

Facilitators: Rosemary and George are passionate longstanding theatre-goers who wish to share their interest with like-minded people.

Enrolments / Bookings

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, please register to attend a Public Event open to non-members (listed on our Public Events page).

You must log in or register to make a booking.

 

How to Enrol

On-line: after bookings have opened

On-line enrolments are preferred as this significantly reduces the amount of back-office work for our volunteers.

  • Login to the U3APP.org.au website.
  • Go to the Courses & Enrolling page.
  • Scroll down to find the course that you are interested in.
  • Does the course have spaces available?
    • Click on the course name to go to the booking page.
    • Click on “Book for this course or event”.
    • You will receive a confirmation email.  Please check your Junk/Spam folders as these automatically-generated emails often finish up there.
  • OR is the course shown as FULL?
    • Click on WAITLIST.

Paper Enrolment Form: before bookings open for First Semester

  • Obtain a paper Enrolment Form either from the Office or by printing an online copy available here.
  • Complete the paper Enrolment Form and submit it to the Office.

The start date for acceptance of paper Enrolment Forms for first semester is published on the U3APP website and in the e-Bulletin. Enrolment Forms received before this date are treated as though they had been received on the start date (ie there is no advantage to be gained by submitting early). On the start date and thereafter, paper Enrolment Forms are numbered in order of receipt.  Paper Enrolment forms are processed by U3APP volunteers on the same day as on-line bookings.

If your enrolment is successful, you will receive a confirmation email.  Please check your Junk/Spam folders as these automatically-generated emails often finish up there.

If your enrolment is unsuccessful,  you will receive an email telling you that you have been waitlisted.

Via the Office: after bookings have opened

  • Contact the office in person, or by email or phone.