Performing Arts to make grand REeNTRANCE
Published on 22 February 2022
Goulburn’s performing arts community will celebrate opening of GPAC (Goulburn Performing Arts Centre) with the grand opening performance, REeNTRANCE, across Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March 2022.
Tickets are now on sale for the Saturday evening performance for just $10, to ensure the event is accessible for all. Residents are encouraged to join members of our local Goulburn performing arts community in a celebration of cherished memories, combined moments, and the continuation of building momentum into the future. Friday evening’s performance will be a special preview show, for invited guests.
Alfie Walker, Creative Director for REeNTRANCE, explained the context of the performance;
“This Grand Opening Performance of the Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, REeNTRANCE, is a collaboration using drama, storytelling, dance, song, costumes, stagecraft and music; brought together by our various community groups and individuals. This is a showcase performance put together by the community, for the community.
“Previously our Goulburn performing arts community had a publicly owned space and stage where performances and events could be showcased. While there has been no central performance space in Goulburn for a number of years, performing arts has remained strong throughout our community with a number of groups, including our schools, championing this art form.
“The newly established Goulburn Performing Arts Centre represents a REeNTRANCE of performance space in our community, providing a new and improved place where our vibrant performing arts community can have a permanent public performance space again.”
The Grand Opening Performance is part of a series of events over two weekends to commemorate the Opening of the Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, with the GPAC season launch to follow across the 2nd and 3rd April. For information on the Season Launch and Family Open Day, go to www.goulburnpac.com.au
All tickets for GPAC events, including REeNTRANCE, are available at https://gpac2022.sales.ticketsearch.com/
The opening weekend will feature a red carpet event from 5pm on both nights, commemorative program, video installation of ‘Living Oral History’ interviews, and VIP speeches for the Friday evening preview event.
REeNTRANCE Synopsis
From the beginning of time in the vastness of what we know as Australia, this great land sang songs from its trees and waterways, kept rhythm as rain fell from above, painted great landscapes and skies of varying colour, creatures of the land, sea and the sky danced beautiful movements, all of which continue today and will hopefully continue long after what we call ‘the now’. Representatives of the performing arts throughout this country continue to draw their inspiration as they interact and engage with these elements. Elements which help shape our language, relationships, movements, songs, culture, connections, and community.
Come and join members of our local Goulburn performing arts community in a celebration of our cherished memories, combined moments and the continuation of building momentum into the future, brought together by our various community groups and individuals. This Grand Opening Performance of the Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, REeNTRANCE, is a show of collaboration using drama, storytelling, dance, song, costumes, stagecraft and music; capturing stories inspired by the elements in the form of a message stick. A message stick in First Nations culture represents a public form of graphic communication. They are carried by messengers over long distances and are used for reinforcing a verbal message that carries great importance. The message that the arts are thriving within the Goulburn region and deserve a permanent stage for celebration.