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ALL ABOARD
THE STATION
@thestationnewcastle | newcastlestation.com.au
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FRINGE FOR FAMILIES @ THE STATION ENTERTAINMENT Red Orchestra Lauren Budden
Newcastle Fringe is very excited to be able to offer a weekend of free entertainment suitable for all
the family as a highlight of this year’s festival, thanks to the generous support of Hunter and Central
Coast Development Corporation and The Station.
The weekend features street artists, fringe artists doing teasers & tasters of their fringe shows,
markets, food trucks, live music, a cultural marketplace to learn about all the amazing creative arts Newcastle Fire & Flow
in Newcastle and the festival closing party and award ceremony with MC & DJ Maynard. As well
Performers from Newcastle
as all this free stuff, we’ve got a few fun workshops that will appeal to the kids and maybe their Fire & Flow will roam The
parents as well. Red Orchestra, original
Station to entertain everyone. songwriting with live electric
You never know who will turn guitar and great vocal work
up. Are there faeries at The Hannah Indigo Hoops will get you dancing or
Station? Or are mermaids
weekend PROGRAM
A fringe favourite, Hannah wiggling, whatever the covid Lauren Budden grew up in
real? Come along to find out. may be.. Chris Cooper on the 80s as a tom boy. She
Indigo Hoops is one talented
Don’t miss Newcastle Fire & guitar and Kaz Davies on never thought anything about
local lady who will roam
Flow’s fringe performance vocals. These two soar into these those weird feelings she
the crowds, entertaining
Daydreamer’s Playhouse on music through the ethereal, sometimes had around woman.
both young and old. Don’t
Saturday at the Gallipoli Club finding new melodies, new She married, had two kids,
9AM HOMEGROWN MARKETS OPEN 4PM – 10PM HUNTER ARTS NETWORK ART BAZAAR miss Hannah’s Hoolahoop
Workshop on Sunday! rhythms and a deep sense and then? Lauren will give us a
9.30AM - 11.30AM NEWCASTLE FIRE & FLOW 4PM – 10PM FOOD TRUCKS teaser of her fringe show, Who
of life through lyrics, that
Saturday 20 March
Sunday 21 March
SAT 9:30AM - 11:30AM SAT 11AM - 2PM
10AM KIDS’ THEATRE WORKSHOP WITH BREE $10PP AGES 7+ 4PM JULIE MCVEY reflect our human condition. let the dyke out? - a hilarious
4pm to 10pm BEGINNER’S HULA HOOPING WITH Don’t miss their shows at show about growing up and
9am to 2pm
11AM – 1PM THE WISH DRAGON BY CURIOUS LEGENDS 4.30PM
HANNAH INDIGO HOOPS $7PP AGES 7+ The Base and the growing up again. See the full
11AM – 2PM HANNAH INDIGO HOOPS 5PM UKASTLE’S UKESTRA Carrington Bowlo. show at The Grand Hotel.
11AM – 2PM LOU CHAPMAN - SPOKEN WORD MADE IN NEWCASTLE PRESENTS, A STREET SHOW
5PM – 10PM FESTIVALINC. HANNAH INDIGO HOOPS,
RED ORCHESTRA - GUITAR + VOCAL THE PRETTY AMAZING JONO, SHAUN SWADLING
& BRAVISSIMO HOOPS. The Wish
ANNA FORSYTH - POETRY 5.35PM NERDS & MUSIC Dragon is a
Lou Chapman
Writer, actor, director and graduate
LAUREN BUDDEN - COMEDY 6.10PM BREEZE stunning creation
of New York City’s Atlantic Theatre
11AM & 12PM TRASH ART WORKSHOP WITH TRASH PIXIE comprising 3
$6PP ALL AGES 7.10PM VIRAGOS Company, Lou Chapman knows
giant puppets,
how to entertain a crowd. Louise is
8.10PM MAYNARD & FESTIVAL AWARDS/CLOSING with massive
a creative producer for Newcastle
paws that
– please note, times are approximate Theatre Company, Newcastle Fringe &
encompass the
MicroTheatre. Louise is stoked to be ‘
*Note – Newcastle Fringe Festival Inc. reserves the right to alter the program if required audience within
on the bus’ for The Road To
its grasp. Curious
Tibooburra stage show and
For details of our family friendly workshops at The Station see page 20. Acting, craft & hulahooping - don't miss out! Legends is a
‘in the bath’ for Mad Bitches Inc @
theatre company
Newcastle Fringe 2021 not to mention
that believes
her Women’s Improv workshop.
MARKETS Hunter Arts Network The Newcastle Fringe The Wish Dragon by Curious Legends in the inherent
Art Bazaar Cultural Marketplace wonder of the world around us, and the importance of sharing
this with audiences young and old. Watch as The Wish Dragon
comes to life adding to the excitement and beauty of this sunday live and free
special day. SAT 11AM - 1PM
Julie McVey
Julie is an Australian singer/
Teasers & Tasters songwriter with
a folk sound creating songs
Dance of Life Belly Dance
Food Trucks A small selection of fringe performers will give the audience blending noir/pop, folk/pop
and moody ethereal vibes,
There will be the usual a taste and a teaser of their fringe shows. If it’s not too late,
Artists, designers, jewellers and you might be inspired to go see them perform their full show. layered with smoky vocals.
Homegrown Markets craft people from the Hunter As part of the fringe offering at food trucks associated with
Teasers & Tasters will take place on Saturday 20/3 between
region, together make up the The Station, we have Homegrown Markets on
The original Homegrown invited creative arts schools Saturday and on Sunday 11am and 2pm.
Hunter Arts Network. Their SUN 4PM
market has been a huge hit and practitioners to showcase evening there will be a small SAT 11AM - 2PM
regular art bazaar kicks off for
with Newy locals. The iconic their wares within the market. selection of food trucks so that
2021 with an exciting evening
Newcastle train station is the Find out all the details of we can all enjoy a picnic to live
market as part of the Newcastle
perfect venue and comes alive drama, dance, art, music music, the street show festival Ukastle Ukestra The Ukastle Ukestra still
on market days. The tracks
Fringe Festival.
classes for kids and/or adults. and the closing night party. Anna Forsyth Anna Forsyth is a writer and editor from
NZ, currently working as an itinerant
holds the heart of the
SUN 4PM -10PM Ukestra movement in
are filled with handmade, There may even be some pop- event producer travelling around Newcastle. It has had as
eco focused goodness + the up performances! Australia. She is the founder of Girls on many as 40 people come
positive vibes are next level!
SAT 9AM - 2PM
Key, a feminist poetry organisation. Don’t along (crazy!), and very
SAT 9AM - 2PM miss Girls to the Front at the CAS on occasionally drops to 17ish
Sunday - a showcase of poetry films by (rare). Don’t miss your
women and gender diverse poets with chance to see them perform
live performance and original poetic films. as one of the highlights of
Sunday’s program. SUN 5PM
22 23
sunday live and free continued
A Street Show Festival Viragos
UON’s 2020 Bandcomp
winners, Viragos are a funk-
pop five-piece band based
in Newcastle. Led by a trio of
female vocals, keys and
guitar, India, Bree and Rana bring their skills together to
create a powerful performance on stage. SUN 7:10PM
Made in Newcastle presents, A Street Show Festival including
Hannah Indigo Hoops, The Pretty Amazing Jono, Shaun
Swadling & Bravissimo Hoops. A different performance every
hour on the hour.
SUN 5PM, 6PM,7PM, 8PM, 9PM
Nerds & Music
Nerds & Music is made Breeze
up in equal parts by
Clark Gormley and Breeze is Newcastle’s premier Maynard
Wayne Thompson. They Jazz trio, supplying classic MC & retro grooves by
have been performing tunes with cabaret style. Will Newcastle’s own quirky son
their original brand of Grahame on keys, Anthony and Newcastle Fringe favourite,
quirky songs since 2008. Frampton on double bass Maynard. Includes the Festival
Audiences are regularly and fringe favourite Matt Closing Party & Awards
rendered dumbstruck MacFarlane on vocals. Ceremony – find out who won
by their weirdness,
the Best Show, the People’s
witticisms, wordplay, and SUN 6:10PM Choice and more before the
alliteration.
Newcastle Fringe finishes for
SUN 5:35PM
another year. SUN 8:10PM
Until closing at 10pm.
Fringe for Families @ The Station is possible
thanks to the festival’s primary event sponsor
Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation,
and key venue The Station Newcastle.
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