A Margaret River Readers & Writers Pre-Festival Fundraiser Hades, Candice Fox's first novel, won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut in 2014 from the Australian Crime Writers Association. The sequel, Eden, won the Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2015, making Candice only the second author to win these accolades back-to-back. Also,...
An award winning kids comedy show all about the movies Australia’s most sort after kids’ comedians, The Listies star in The Listies 6D (It's twice as Good as 3D), a comedy show all about the movies. Expect haunted backpacks, stunt driving ninja nans, bloodthirsty aliens, vomiting puppets and fully automatic toilet paper cannons in this...
META COGNITION (beyond knowing) An exhibition of recent works by artist Marsha Lucia Brawls (Two Moons) Come on a visual journey through sacred geometry and microbiology using hand made resins and mixed media. Music, silent auction and off the wall sales on the night - all welcome. The exhibition continues until 29th March (open 10am-4pm...
RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Fantasy/Science fiction film ‧ 1h 47m Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. Stars: Milla Jovovich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Sd4GtOXuI Adults $14, Arts Hub Members $12,...
An annual exhibition of sculpture held over the March long weekend in conjunction with the Arts Festival, on the stunning foreshore in Dunsborough Western Australia.
COLLATERAL BEAUTY Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 37m When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it's not until his notes bring unexpected personal responses...
JACKIE Drama/Biography ‧ 1h 40m A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and...
BUBS CLUB ~ Special movie screening for parents with kids (under 4-years-old). LA LA LAND Drama/Romance ‧ 2h 8m Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of...
The film that will change the way you see the world. A feature documentary about the journey of mankind to discover our true force and who we truly are. It is a quest through science and consciousness, individual and planetary, exploring our relationships with ourselves, the world around us and the universe as a whole....
LE RIDE Sports/Documentary ‧ 1h 30m The Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan retraces the 1928 Tour de France in which four intrepid young men from Australia and New Zealand competed in the world’s toughest sporting event. Summary: In 1928 an under-resourced and untested team from New Zealand and Australia competed in what is considered to be...
Saturday the 11th of March will be a spectacular night of live ballet and cinema at the garden amphitheater at Happs Wines. Dances performed by the Dunsborough School of Ballet precede the documentary film ‘Ella’; the story of the first indigenous dancer to be accepted into the Australian Ballet Company.
Celebrating WA Opera’s 50th anniversary, Voyager Estate will present a six-course dinner with each course perfectly matched to wine and music. A collaboration like no other, wine, food and opera aria will take diners on a rich sensory journey. Featuring masterpieces from some of opera’s greatest composers including Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Mozart performed by...
HIDDEN FIGURES Drama/Biography ‧ 2h 7m The incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson - brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence,...
A concert by members of the South West Baroque Ensemble. The concert is in aid of Opportunity International (using microfinance to solve poverty) Book at trybooking.com or at the Margaret River Bookshop
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble SPECIAL MOVIE AND MEAL option available - bookings essential. Music/Musical ‧ 1h 36m “The intersection of cultures is where new things emerge.” - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and founder of the Silk Road Ensemble Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has...
Mr and Mrs Smith are a charming, cheeky and charismatic Duo/ Trio with a mission to entertain and impress. Consisting of a core duo made of Serge Le Goueff (Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute) and Paula Renee (Vocals) Mr and Mrs Smith are the ultimate professionals who execute an artillery of styles including classy Jazz, smooth...
Paul Wright (violinist) and Faith Maydwell (pianist) will be performing an intimate concert of Beethoven, Grieg and a selection of Spanish pieces in the Happs home living area. Ticket price includes sparkling on arrival, canapes at interval and soup and rolls for supper if you'd like to stay around afterwards.
THE GREAT WALL Fantasy/Mystery ‧ 2h European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. The Great Wall is a 2016 epic historical fiction action-adventure monster film directed by Zhang Yimou. Stars: Matt Damon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avF6GHyyk5c Adults $14, Arts Hub...
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life Fantasy/Drama film ‧ 1h 32m Imaginative quiet teenager Rafe Katchadorian is tired of his middle school's obsession with the rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, Rafe and his best friends have come up with a plan: break every single...
FENCES Drama ‧ 2h 19m Fences is the story of Troy Maxson, a mid-century Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues began admitting black players. He tries to be a good husband and father, but his lost dream of glory eats at him, and...
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the 2017 Ocean Film Festival showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. This carefully curated selection of short films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray;...
THE SPACE BETWEEN US Fantasy/Science fiction ‧ 2h The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be. Stars: Stars: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino...
LION Drama ‧ 2h Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering...
Come on! Lets Celebrate another great Margaret River Press success - Bloodlines by local Author Nicole Sinclair. Nicole' debut novel is already receiving rave reviews with Jessica Slade for Booksellers + Publishers giving it four stars. Bloodlines will be launched by esteemed local author and academic, Richard Rossiter in the Margaret River BookShop 6.30pm Thrs...
A FEW LESS MEN Comedy . 1h30min Travel plans for three men in ill-fitting wedding tuxedos goes horribly wrong. In the comedy sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN, David, Tom and Graham must transport their friend’s coffin back to London after a forced plane landing strands them in the middle of the...
Pam will talk about her trek to Everest Base Camp and her experiences in the mountains during and after the earthquake that hit Nepal. Afternoon tea provided.
Stephany Durack and Mirella Prolongeau An exhibition of original artworks in acrylics, mixed media, drawings and prints. Each artist has an inspired love of colour and place and offers unique interpretations of the world around them. Carl Altmann MA (art historian, lecturer and judge) will open the exhibition with music by Wade du Bourlay. Proudly...
Come along to this pre-festival fundraiser to have your Jasper Jones book signed, watch the movie and participate in a Q&A with the author himself, Craig Silvey. Bar opens at 7.30pm | Movie starts 8pm JASPER JONES - 8pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 45m Australian film directed by Rachel Perkins and based on the novel...
Karridale Primary School P and C fundraiser. Car boot sale. Stall/boot /Table $20. Free entry. Set up by 8.30 am.
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Drama ‧ 2h 17m Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to...