The Australia Day Plays have been a major fundraising event for the Redland Museum held annually for over a decade and our audiences keep coming back.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!

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Performance Dates are
January 25 – February 9, 2020

What’s more Australian than a few snags on the barbie? 

Celebrating Australia Day, Redland Museum and Mates Theatre Genesis will present “Barbecue,” a grassroots comedy by Daryl Peebles.  Brimming with quintessential characters and fearless Aussie humour, “Barbecue” is a delightful insight into what goes on in backyards all over Australia.  

Evening Performances - 25, 26, 31 January & 1, 8 February
Cost: $37pp
Your ticket will include a two-course BBQ dinner, under the stars, the opportunity to watch this wonderful Aussie comedy in air-conditioned comfort, as well as entry to the museum to browse through our fascinating displays from 6 pm before being seated for dinner at 6:30 pm.

Matinee Performances - 27 January & 9 February
Cost: $27pp
Your ticket will include a Devonshire afternoon tea (or coffee), the opportunity to watch this wonderful Aussie comedy in air-conditioned comfort, as well as entry to the museum to browse through our fascinating displays before afternoon tea is served.

Why not get a group of friends together?

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There will be a bar and raffles with many great prizes to be won. 
Eftpos is available for purchases.
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Does your family still exchange books at Christmas?

During December and January the Redland Museum will have on display its large collection of children’s Annuals and favourite books such as Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ together with nostalgic Christmas cards and postcards sent from France by soldiers in the First World War.
Publishers of magazines and periodicals introduced ‘Annuals’ during the first decades of the 19th Century. By the late 1800s, the genre of children’s annuals developed rapidly. Publishers competed for their share of this emerging, and increasingly literate, reading audience. The ‘Boy’s Own Annual’ and the ‘Girl’s Own Annual’ engrossed young readers with adventure stories for boys and educational articles for girls.
Recall the stories of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and of W.E. Johns pilot and adventurer ‘Biggles’. Many of our favourite children’s books by Australian authors will bring back memories of ‘Snugglepot and Cuddlepie’, ‘The Magic Pudding’ and ‘Blinky Bill’.
Popular with the soldiers fighting in the First World War, embroidered silk postcards were sent home, usually mailed with letters. Their designs were patriotic or sentimental, showing the bright colours of the threads to best effect. Flags, butterfly wings, bird plumage and rainbows feature strongly together with a few words embroidered often with a Christmas message.