Leisure
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Mulled wine and marshmallows
The Maldon in Winter Festival is on again with a jam-packed calendar of events from June 23 to July 9. The 14-day event kicks off on Friday with the opening of the unique Kangaroo Art Installation opening on Main Street at 5pm before celebrating the Winter Solstice with a bonfire, pagan rituals, mulled wine and…
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Thought-provoking and humorous theatre
There’s something for everyone in not-for-profit Cathouse Players’ June production of Deception. Their pop-up auditorium at the Kyneton Masonic Centre, 7 Yaldwyn Street West, is cosy and warm, and the lavish interval refreshments from their hospitality team are legendary. A carefully curated program of four One-Act Plays – Over She Goes (a World Premiere), Disturbed,…
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LOCALS returns to C-DOC
Castlemaine Documentary Festival opens this Friday. For opening night LOCALS returns and attendees will once again enjoy a wonderful selection of creative short-form storytelling from locals of Castlemaine and surrounds. In 2022 Castlemainians of all ages and experience produced an impressive slate of short documentaries to play on the festival’s opening night. The Theatre Royal…
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Paper Kites album lands September
Australian band The Paper Kites is soon to launch their sixth studio album, At The Roadhouse, which has a Campbells Creek connection. Last winter, The Paper Kites arrived in Campbells Creek to enquire about the old Digger’s Store. “It used to be a gold mining supply store back in the days of the Victorian gold…
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Extended Reality showcase in Castlemaine
Castlemaine Documentary Festival is this year partnering with Monash University’s research laboratory SensiLab to present a first-of-its-kind Extended Reality (XR) showcase in Castlemaine. XR refers to a collection of technologies that use computer generated environments. These can be Augmented Reality – AR – that augment the real-world with digital elements. AR usually uses a phone’scamera…
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Plenty of fun for the family
It’s less than two weeks until the Woodend Winter Arts Festival takes over the streets and performance spaces of Woodend. In addition to a bumper program of world-class music and thought-provoking discussion, the festival features plenty of family friendly events. From a lively performance of Peter and the Wolf, to free festival fireworks and a…
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A long career in the arts
Like the title of her art exhibition, Go with the Flow, Woodend’s Dani Legge has adapted over the different seasons of her life. At 70, this will be Dani’s first painting exhibition but it comes at the end of a long career in the arts. Dani started her artistic career in ceramics before settling on…
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An immersive audio experience
Kyneton-based theatre company Threshold is preparing to launch a new audio theatre experience: The Flying Canoe. The immersive experience features traditional songs and dancing that was recorded at the Kiribati Cultural Day held at Kyneton’s Social Foundry last year. It invites families to transform their lounge rooms into a world of myths and wonder. Set…
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Vintage wheels go for a spin
Jade Jungwirth National Motoring Heritage Day is on the horizon with the Castlemaine Historic Vehicle Club preparing to join in the fun on Sunday, May 21. Celebrating its 17th year, the event is marked by historic motoring clubs across Australia and gives owners of all types of vintage and classic vehicles an opportunity to take…
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Ribbons for riders
Several riders from Kyneton Pony Club attended the Maldon Horse Trials and Combined Training Day on Sunday. In the Open Grade 5 Horse Trials, Marigold Bickford placed second on her horse Fine Snips after a clear showjumping and cross country round. In the Pony Club Grade 4 Horse Trials, Savannah Jenner placed second on her…
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Pulitzer Prize winning play
The Mount Players’ second production for 2023, Buried Child written by Sam Shepard, was first presented in 1978 and won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama launching Shepard to national fame as a playwright. The play is an intense drama set in an old farmhouse, in mid-century Illinois. A macabre look at an American Midwestern…
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WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO HISTORIC WINTON
The Midland Express has five double passes to give away to five lucky readers to attend the Historic Winton weekend on May 27 and 28. To go in the draw, email your entry to vhornbuckle@midnews.com.au by close of business on Tuesday May 9. Put the wording ‘Historic Winton draw’ in the email subject line and…