Events in Armidale

This is Eden performed by Emily Goddard Be transported back to 1839 to Tasmania’s infamous Cascades Female Factory, where in a solitary cell Mary Ford waits alone in the darkness. Left for dead, she plots her escape and reveals, with biting mockery, the untold tales of her captors. With a tour-de-force performance by Emily Goddard, This is Eden is an extraordinary tale that has largely escaped our nation’s history books. This powerful, ground-breaking one-woman show is equally dark, funny, insightful […]

Owl’s aren’t born wise you know, they have to learn it from somewhere. A young owl named Poot Poot is sent to study at Owl School. On his journey he meets an Echidna, a Wombat, a Kookaburra, a Lyrebird, a Kangaroo and a Platypus who each share with him their own special kind of wisdom. But will he pass the final test and become wise enough to save the forest? The Owl’s Apprentice is an interactive show for families combining […]

TIME: 8.00-10.00pm - Friday, 12 and Saturday, 13 August. Forget about Winter in Armidale for a night and come to the warm and comfortable surroundings of TAS Hoskins Theatre. Immerse yourself in a high energy rock music sci-fi experience and re-live the golden age of concept albums. Be thrilled by images of Martian invaders, and inspired as the characters of H G Wells’ story of War of the Worlds come to life. The Martians are Coming Back to Armidale for […]

Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have created a suite of music inspired by objects personally selected from the National Museum of Australia’s vast collection tracing Australia’s diverse and complex history. Incorporating all their influences from classical to jazz and contemporary music, performed on a variety of guitars (electric, 8 string tenor ukulele, 12 string and classical), audiences will see and hear the Grigoryan Brothers like never before.