{"id":9629,"date":"2020-12-15T04:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T04:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9629"},"modified":"2020-12-15T04:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T04:08:39","slug":"civic-theatre-set-to-come-alive-with-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/civic-theatre-set-to-come-alive-with-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Theatre set to come alive with new season"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lively mix of theatre, dance, music and comedy will see the\u00a0Civic Theatre\u00a0shrug off\u00a0its\u00a0disrupted 2020 season\u00a0with a vibrant\u00a0new schedule of\u00a0shows\u00a0for\u00a0the year ahead.
\nNewcastle Lord Mayor\u00a0Nuatali\u00a0Nelmes said\u00a0the launch of the 2021 subscription season came just days after the NSW Government rolled back\u00a0more of\u00a0its\u00a0COVID-19 restrictions, allowing indoor venues to\u00a0increase\u00a0numbers of\u00a0seated patrons to 75 per cent of capacity.
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s an opportune\u00a0time for\u00a0Novocastrians\u00a0to\u00a0get out of the house and back into the theatre to experience the exhilaration of hearing live music or the emotional journey of live theatre in person, and to share those experiences with friends or family in a COVID Safe way,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.
\n\u201cFew industries were hit harder by the economic impact of COVID-19 than the performing arts, with live performances among the first to shut down and the last to have audience restrictions eased.
\n\u201cCity of Newcastle\u00a0adopted a highly proactive response to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the creative and performing arts, introducing\u00a0a wide range of programs and grants to support the sectors, while also continuing to plan for our inaugural flagship arts festival, New Annual, which will be held\u00a0February\u00a012-21,\u00a02021.
\n\u201cThe Civic Theatre\u00a0subscription\u00a0season\u00a0will provide another\u00a0crucial\u00a0boost to the\u00a0embattled\u00a0sector, while also\u00a0delighting\u00a0theatregoers with what is a\u00a0perennial highlight on the arts calendar.
\n\u201cI congratulate\u00a0the Civic Theatre team\u00a0for\u00a0curating such a strong program\u00a0for 2021\u00a0and encourage Novocastrians to\u00a0consider taking advantage of the subscription options, which are\u00a0a great way to\u00a0plan\u00a0a string of\u00a0social occasions\u00a0while making savings on the cost of a night out.\u201d
\nWhile\u00a0COVID-19 forced the\u00a0suspension of\u00a0most of\u00a0the\u00a02020\u00a0subscription\u00a0season,\u00a0Civic\u00a0Theatre Manager Leonie Wallace said\u00a0the new\u00a0schedule\u00a0provided an opportunity to\u00a0reprogram many of the highlights from this year\u00a0alongside\u00a0some new gems for 2021.
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\n\u201cThe season is designed to appeal to a wide range of tastes, including musicals, dramas, children\u2019s shows, and this year features presentations from Opera Australia with Bizet\u2019s Carmen and Sydney Dance Company\u2019s Impermanence,\u201d\u00a0Ms Wallace said.
\n\u201cIt will also\u00a0include standout favourites like The Wharf Revue, The Gospel According to Paul and both the Melbourne and Sydney comedy festivals,\u00a0while local productions, Awkward by Catapult Dance and Do Your Parents Know You\u2019re Straight? from Bearfoot Theatre\u00a0will\u00a0feature in February as part of New Annual,\u00a0presented by City of Newcastle.\u201d
\nThe 2021 Civic Theatre Subscription Season goes on sale to the general public on\u00a0Friday 18 December, following a special presale for current subscribers,\u00a0which launched today.
\nThe Civic Theatre 2021 Subscription Season brochure can be viewed at\u00a0https:\/\/www.civictheatrenewcastle.com.au\/season-2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lively mix of theatre, dance, music and comedy will see the\u00a0Civic Theatre\u00a0shrug off\u00a0its\u00a0disrupted 2020 season\u00a0with a vibrant\u00a0new schedule of\u00a0shows\u00a0for\u00a0the year ahead. Newcastle Lord Mayor\u00a0Nuatali\u00a0Nelmes said\u00a0the launch of the 2021 subscription season came just days after the NSW Government rolled back\u00a0more of\u00a0its\u00a0COVID-19 restrictions, allowing indoor venues to\u00a0increase\u00a0numbers of\u00a0seated patrons to 75 per cent of capacity. … Continue reading “Civic Theatre set to come alive with new season”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}