Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove – this explosively funny satire, about a rogue US general who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team.
Screening Wednesday at 1pm at Byron Theatre
Tickets $22 ($5 seniors with ID) from www.byroncentre.com.au
This month’s Kingy Comedy features Dusty Rich, a dynamic comedian known for his lightning-fast wit and spontaneous performance style leaving you in stitches. Dusty is a true original that you won’t want to miss.
Wednesday from 6.30pm at Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club. Free show
Jazz pianist and vocalist Kyle Watson returns to the Lismore Jazz Club with a powerhouse quintet, the Jazz Warriors, including Govinda Abbott, Jesse Kupper, Peter Wilkins and Beat Gisler, and it’s likely the band will also be joined by some local special guests on the day.
Sunday from 2pm at the Lismore City Bowlo
Tickets on the door $20/$15 for Jazz Club members
The four-piece dream team Southwall includes Mark Heazlett, Toby Andrews, Matt Bone and Mat Akehurst who have refined their sound over a decade and bring a unique musical experience to every show.
Saturday, at The Rails, Byron Bay. Free show
Award-winning Australian vocalist Emma Pask is heading to Lismore – she is sure to delight you as she interweaves storytelling through timeless swinging jazz standards, upbeat Latin rhythms, tender ballads and of course some raucous blues.
Friday at 7pm at the NRC Concert Room, Lismore
Tickets $44 from humanitix.com
Step into the subconscious fantasies of the wild feminine with Wild Women: Howl – where desire, power, and raw sensuality awaken under the midnight moon. A world where Eros meets ritual, where movement becomes liberation, where the feminine howls free.
Friday 7pm at the Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads
Tickets from $44 from brunswickpicturehouse.com
Over the last 20 years of gigging on the festival and blues circuit, Dillion James has rebirthed an energetic sound that encapsulates the tone of an earlier era. Keyboards binds melody and rhythm together, and like a real blues-man, has paid his dues performing and perfecting his craft on the road and at late night gigs.
Sunday Blues Sessions from 2.30pm on the Ballina RSL Boardwalk. Free show
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