Come along to see 55 youth from two Veneto choirs coming together as one.
Direct from Italy to Australia, the choir will perform popular Italian and English songs with new age and religious lyrics.
Entry includes a glass of soft drink or prosecco.
Come along to see 55 youth from two Veneto choirs coming together as one.
Direct from Italy to Australia, the choir will perform popular Italian and English songs with new age and religious lyrics.
Entry includes a glass of soft drink or prosecco.
Join us this NAIDOC week for a special screening of the Unfinished Business Documentary at Doncaster Library.
This moving documentary tells the stories of 30 First Nations people living with disabilities. Their deeply personal stories are complex and intertwined with Australia’s political and social history, which has resulted in today’s unacceptably high rates of disability in Australia’s First Nations Communities.
Their stories are also featured in the Unfinished Business exhibition, which is showing at Manningham Art Gallery until Saturday 29 July.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Uncle John Baxter: Latja Latja/Narungga man, Board Member Reconciliation Victoria and First Peoples Disability Network, Aboriginal Partnership Coordinator - Brotherhood of St Laurence/NDIS, participant and creative collaborator of Unfinished Business.
Attendees will also have the chance to view the exhibition at their own pace.
The Unfinished Business Documentary is a creative collaboration between brothers, Liam and Dieter Knierim, Belinda Mason Knierim OAM, and participants.
This is a free and accessible event. Bookings not required. Refreshments will be provided.
Warning: First Nations peoples should be aware that this exhibition contains images, voices, or names of deceased persons.
If you require an Auslan interpreter to attend this event, please let us know by Friday 30 June, at 9840 9367 or gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au.
As part of Manningham Council's Community Training Program, we invite members of community organisations to find out more about our Community Grants Program.
This online session will provide information on the Community Development, Arts, Festivals and Events and Small Grant categories.
Interested representatives from community organisations are encouraged to attend this information session.
Community organisations could include:
There will also be an opportunity to receive early advice regarding your proposed activity from Council officers.
The session will cover:
Bookings are essential and limited to two people per organisation.
Please note: this is an online session. A Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the session.
If you don’t know who you are and you don’t know where you’re headed, you might find yourself spiraling in ever-tightening circles until you come to rest in a nondescript part of town in a crummy two-star hotel, where the service is churlish, the lift doesn’t work, the toast is burnt and the pot plants set off your allergies.
But keep your expectations low, really low, and, who knows? – you might be pleasantly surprised by how everything works out.
Life without Me, by the much-awarded playwright, Daniel Keene, is a funny, honest and heart-warming story that invites us to question life, or at least our own. A mix of drifters, set in a hotel lobby, capturing the emotional truth of the almost absurd characters in search of the concept of happiness.
Presented by PEP Productions.
PEP's One Act Wonders is a series of eight short plays.
Each play was carefully selected by our panel and includes only Victorian playwrights. This is a celebration of the local talent that we have in this amazing state.
Each performance includes the following eight plays:
Directed by Jennifer Pacey
The Learning Curve by Jennifer Pacey
Women of the World by Emma Wood
Directed by Sarah Tierney
Tacenda by Cat Tregillis
Let's Get Personal by Louise Hopewell
Directed by Justin Cleaver
Two Minutes and Counting by Jennifer Pacey
The Black Spot by Louise Hopewell
Directed by LB Bradley
Me Time by Jennifer Pacey
Directed by Julia Lambert
Un-TIT-Led by Julia Lambert
Directed by Jennifer Pacey, Julia Lambert, Justin Cleaver, LB Bradley and Sarah Tierney.
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy featuring one of Shakespeare’s greatest female protagonists and the legendary “All the World’s a Stage” speech.
With 1960's folk-inspired music composed by Shelley Dunlop, this is sure to be a Shakespearean musical comedy like no other.
All day volleyball session for children aged 10 to 16 years.
Volleyball skills, games and activities.
No prior experience required.
Registrations are essential. Contact Manningham Stadiums on 8841 4555 to secure your spot or to find out more.
Active Manningham will be running a free mat Pilates class.
Focus on improving flexibility, strength, core stability and body awareness. Low impact, repetitive moves for a full body workout.
Due to limited spaces registration is essential.
Send your kids along to our school holiday drama workshop with professional actor and artist Sorab.
The workshop is for younger children aged between 8 to 12 years. They will be introduced to the principles of performing and self-expression through fun theatre games and activities.
Workshops take place in our beautiful Doncaster Playhouse.
Bookings are essential as spaces are very limited.
Don't miss this opportunity to catch Sarob before he heads off on tour!
About Sorab:
Born and raised in Melbourne, Sorab Kaikobad has been acting and creating since he was a child.
As a graduate of 16th Street Actors Studio, Sorab had the good fortune of working with various master teachers including Elizabeth Kemp and Chris Edmund. He has also worked under some of Australia’s finest directors, such as Jason Raftopolous, Iain Sinclair and Paul Currie.
Pomegranate Cultural Group are thrilled to present a compelling performance highlighting the experiences of Iranian girls and women. With a unique blend of poetic and documentary perspectives, this play seeks to shed light on the injustices faced by women in Iran.
Showcasing the pivotal events that have transpired within the framework of the Iran Women's Movement over the past year. This movement has transcended geographical boundaries, gained global recognition and empathy well beyond the confines of their homeland.
At the core of the monologue lies the impactful slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom," symbolizing the triumph over oppression. This slogan serves as a guiding light, directing the production and enabling them to delve into Iranian women's strength, resilience, and courage as they navigate challenging circumstances.
Presented by: Pomegranate Cultural Group
Written by: Mohammad Rezaee Rad
Directed by: Ehsan Bayatfar
Acted by: Sadaf Monajemi and Sara Hakimi
Produced by: Nasibeh Irani
A terrible water shortage has crippled the Gotham-like town that serves as the setting for Urinetown.
In a mad attempt to regulate water consumption, the government has outlawed the use of private toilets. The citizenry must use public, pay-for-use amenities owned and operated by the corrupt and iron-fisted Caldwell B. Cladwell. The privilege to pee is expensive, draining and dangerous. Anyone who refuses to pay to pee is immediately and without question hauled off to Urinetown.
What is Urinetown? Nobody knows, for those who are sent there are never heard from again. But it's really a love story and there's a revolution all before the end of Act I. Will the revolution succeed? Can true love be found in Urinetown? All these questions and more are answered in Urinetown.
Auslan interpreted performance: Friday 8 September, 8.00pm to 10.00pm.
Presented by Phoenix Theatre Company.
Supported by Manningham's Community Grant Program.
The role of Council policies is to clearly state our position on a range of matters affecting the community. These policies assist us in our decision making and provide guidance to Council officers.
Our commitment to building a culture of child safety recognises that Manningham Council will prioritise the safety of children in our care and will build child safety into everyday practice.
Find out more about Manningham’s procurement policy. We’re always looking for suppliers who practice fairness and are technologically innovative.
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrong elders, in collaboration with Manningham Council, are hosting a meaningful, reflective, and respectful event in a demonstration of togetherness on 26 January.
Hosted at MC Square, this event will be free and feature story-telling, music and art. It is open to everyone who would like to attend.
The Kevin Heinze Grow Spring Fair is back!
Come along for a huge variety of heirloom tomato seedlings, vegetable seedlings, plants, cake stall, coffee, light snacks, live music, arts and crafts and much more!
Join us in supporting a local charity and disability service and celebrate spring gardening.
A new public artwork by artist Natasha Johns-Messenger has been commissioned for Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster.
The Commission is being rolled out as part of the implementation of the Ruffey Lake Park Landscape Masterplan. Expressions of interest were sought from artists to propose site responsive concepts for Botanic Hill that celebrated the natural environmental features of the site.
With a primary interest in perception and site, Natasha Johns-Messenger creates artworks that employ body-scaled architectural interventions and optical techniques to produce a framework responding directly to the site as a pictorial object.
Johns-Messenger has exhibited internationally including across Asia, America, Europe and Australia including a solo show at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2016. Most recently she was awarded the Southern Way McClelland Commission where she will install a new sculpture along the Peninsula Link freeway.
In the artist statement below Natasha speaks about what has inspired the work.
“EllipseCircleView, 2023 features two polished stainless steel forms: a circular structure and an ellipse. Framing Ruffey Lake Park panorama and the changing views, the sculpture encourages contemplation of its surroundings, the intertwining forms designed for both close and distant perspective appreciation.”
Site preparation work will commence at Boulevarde Hill in October with the work estimated to be installed between December 2023 and January 2024.
Find out more about the artist at Natasha Johns-Messenger or @natashajohnsmessenger.
Photo credit: Jaqueline Mitelman.
Wednesday 26 June to Saturday 10 August 2024 at the Manningham Art Gallery, 687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Grace Dlabik is a Manningham resident and trailblazing interdisciplinary artist. Over her 25-year career, Grace has been highly sought after for her vision and strategic work in future thinking and community building. Grace’s work has been deeply informed by her Melanesian heritage as she creates connected environments with community care and culture at its core.
Manningham Mayor, Councillor Carli Lange, said the exhibition is a fantastic opportunity to experience the works of local resident and distinguished artist Grace Dlabik.
“This immersive exhibition explores the themes of culture, connection and community and I encourage everyone to visit the gallery and enjoy.” Cr Lange said.
Grace was awarded the 2023 Mordant BLAK C.O.R.E Fellowship, during which she led karu kin, a project focused on connecting indigenous women and non- binary folk through clay making. This project informed her upcoming exhibition at the Manningham Art Gallery, titled kose karu kin.
Tell us about your upcoming show, kose karu kin?
This exhibition is a combination of my own art, titled kose, and a special project karu kin that I led during my fellowship.
kose is comprised of limestone sculptures that represent pillars of strength in community, kinship systems of care and nourishment. A reminder of who I am, who we are and where we come from and honouring my matrilineal bloodline.
karu kin is the project that speaks to the kinship relationality and ways of connection through gathering and sharing through clay making. This involved seven indigenous women and non-binary people.
Both projects of work use nature as a way of deeply connecting to our culture and the body of work that combines the use of both materials of the earth, limestone and clay.
Tell us a bit about your current artistic practice and what you’re currently exploring and making?
My practice is intrinsically connected to my cultural roots from my mother’s side who are makers, great orators, voyagers, singers and feasters. I have found myself longing for a deeper connection to this part of myself and have felt called to explore these parts of myself more deeply.
My artistic practice informs the way I am thinking about restorative cultural practices and the continuation of culture through contemporary ways. Through the yearning for using my body; my hands, and breath – I’m exploring clay making, limestone sculpting, wood carving and printing.
What are some of your first experiences of connecting to art?
I have always been a big dreamer. I remember often laying on the grass in the backyard and drawing
imaginary shapes with my hands against the backdrop of the clouds and sky and other times I would draw with sticks into the earth. Such big foundational anchors that have informed my imagination and my art practice today. I come from the Botai clan of Hanuabuda and the Lavaipia clan of Lese Oali, songlines would be my first memory of sound art – hearing through song and language and then learning traditional dances from Papua New Guinea.
How does living in Manningham on Wurundjeri Country inform your practice?
I am a settler here on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country and often reflect on the inherent care and connection that First Peoples have for the waterways, land and so I consciously and deeply care and respect this land I am privileged to live, create and make art on.
I am often creating works in the garden and on the property so immersed in my beautiful surroundings.
Photo credits: Dan Elborne. Image courtesy of Grace Dlabik.
At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement's worst nightmares.
Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie and Clyde, from the legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll and Hyde, Civil War, Dracula) is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.
When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behaviour turns the young lovers' thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo's fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.
Photo by Galean Pitt
Presented by Waterdale Theatre
Supported by Manningham's Community Grant Program.
Phoenix Theatre Company Inc is excited to announce their first production for 2024, the iconic and nostalgic "Cruel Intentions: The 90's Musical". Created by Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross, and Roger Kumble.
Based on the film by Roger Kumble, starring Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Geller, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical pulls you into the manipulative world of Manhattan’s most dangerous liaisons: Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil.
Fueled by revenge and passion, the diabolically charming stepsiblings place a bet on whether or not Sebastian can deflower their incoming headmaster’s daughter, Annette Hargrove. As the two set out to destroy the innocent girl— and anyone else who gets in their way — they find themselves playing a perilous game with only one rule: Never fall in love.
Featuring favourite hits from the 90's including hits by Boyz to Men, Christina Aguilera, *NSync, Britney Spears, and TLC - just to name a few!
Presented by Phoenix Theatre Company.
This year Melbourne United Sports and Social Club (MUSSC) Australia Inc. is hosting Festival Of Lights.
Come and enjoy the Festival of Lights and celebrate this great historic event with us. Entry is free and all are welcome to attend.
The night will include music and dancing and lots of Indian street food.
Bring your dandiyas for a fun filled night.
Active Manningham will be running a free Intro to Strength class.
This class offers beginners an overview of strength training basics, equipment usage, and the benefits of this style of training. It emphasizes safe and effective techniques, making it ideal for those new to strength training.
Due to limited spaces registration is essential.