| |  | GET READY TO BE ENTERTAINED! Dear <<First Name>>, The Festive Season is almost here and we have some great gift ideas for you - tickets to one of our many upcoming films and live events! There’s something for every age group! A shared experience with a friend or loved is often far more valuable than a physical gift. See the great line up of events already announced for 2023! Tickets can be bought online, over the phone or counter. This year Cowra Civic Centre has welcomed over 20,000 people through our doors. We are very proud to have hosted more than 400 events including markets, workshops, live performances, festivals, films, concerts, Eisteddfods and Civic events. We are a very small team but enormously proud of the achievements of our first full year of business with the new operating model. CHRISTMAS BREAK - We will be closed from close of business Wednesday December 21 and we reopen on Wednesday January 4. Tickets are still available online during this time. See you over the summer! Jonathan Cowra Civic Centre | | WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK |  | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER M - Mature themes and violence | 161 mins | $14* Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje, fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Friday 16 December at 7pm Saturday 17 December at 11am Saturday 17 December at 3pm Sunday 18 December at 5pm Wednesday 21 December at 10am | | | HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING 4 HUNTINGTONS 2022 Get into the festive spirit with this fabulous carols event on the big screen.
Sit and listen in in comfort, indoors to our marvellous local artists from the Central West including Dave Webb, Megan Woods, Clancy Pye and Robbie Mortimer amongst others, even some HD family members!
This concert has been professionally recorded and filmed by Dotted Eight Studio in Orange and will bring joy, fun and Christmas cheer along with spreading education and awareness for the Brain disease- Huntington's.
Saturday 17 December at 7pm Sunday 18 December at 2pm | |
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| | A SUMMERTIME OF SENSATIONAL CINEMA |  | LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE G - Very mild themes and violence, some scenes may scare very young children | 105 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a musical comedy that brings this beloved character to a new, global audience. When the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle - a singing crocodile (Shawn Mendes) who loves baths, caviar and great music-living in the attic of his new home. Friday 6 January at 10am Saturday 7 January at 2:30pm Sunday 8 January at 12:30pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | ![Seriously Red | Official Trailer | 2022 [HD]](https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/0cd1572f9659bbd20a6ebf0b9/video_thumbnails_new/90154a917691fa63fffd447052f96566.png?w=564&dpr=2) | SERIOUSLY RED M - Crude humour, sex, nudity and coarse language | 98 mins | $15* A hit at both the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, in this rowdy and rambunctious musical dramedy, Red (Krew Boylan) is a vivacious, clumsy and occasionally misguided redhead who is at a crossroads in her life. After misreading her work party’s dress code, Red trades her 9-to-5 job in real estate for a new career as a Dolly Parton impersonator. Starring Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Daniel Webber, Celeste Barber, Thomas Campbell, Jean Kittson, Wayne Blair. Friday 6 January at 7pm Saturday 7 January at 5pm, Sunday 8 January at 3pm Wednesday 11 January at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | VIOLENT NIGHT MA 15+ Strong bloody violence and coarse language | 112 mins | $15* From 87North, the bare-knuckle producers of Deadpool 2, Bullet Train and more comes a coal-dark holiday action-comedy that says you should always bet on red. When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour, Black Widow, Stranger Things series) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint. Saturday 7 January at 7pm Sunday 8 January at 5pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | STRANGE WORLD PG - Mild science fiction themes | 96 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Walt Disney Animation Studios' original action-adventure Strange World journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest—and by far— most crucial mission. From the creators of the Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon and Tangled. Friday 13 January at 10am Saturday 14 January at 2:30pm Sunday 15 January at 3pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH PG - Mild themes, animated violence and coarse language, some scenes may scare young children | 102 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Everyone’s favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet. Friday 13 January at 12:30pm Saturday 14 January at 12:30pm Sunday 15 January at 1pm Wednesday 18 January at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | SHE SAID M - Coarse language and themes of sexual abuse | 129 mins | $15* Two-time Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education) and Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America, The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation— a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever. Friday 13 January at 7pm Saturday 14 January at 4:30pm Sunday 15 January at 5pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare E – Exempt from Classification | 180 mins | $25* Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea and mistaken identity. The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood for love. A string of scandalous deceptions soon surround not only the young couple, but also the adamantly single Beatrice and Benedick. Saturday 14 January at 7pm Wednesday 18 January at 1pm Sunday 22 January at 1pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | LITTLE EGGS: ON AFRICAN RESCUE PG – Some scenes may scare young children | 89 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Toto, head rooster on a small farm, struggles to come to terms with parenting his two newly laid Little Eggs, Uly and Max, whose unruly behaviour has him pulling out his feathers. But this is only the beginning of Toto's troubles. The his Little Eggs catch the attention of The Duchess, a Russian egg collecting villain. She raids the farm to steal Uly and Max and ships them to Africa.Toto and his friends must find a way to travel to African and rescue their Little Eggs while avoiding hungry crocodiles, a trio of clueless hippos, a bunch of crazy moneys and even the king of the jungle himself. This is a story about the courage of parents who overcome all obstacles to cross the entire world to rescue their children. Friday 20 January at 10am Saturday 21 January at 2pm Sunday 22 January at 11am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | THE MENU MA15+ - Strong themes, violence and coarse language | 107 mins | $15* A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Anna Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult to name a few, The Menu is tongue-in-cheek horror sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Friday 20 January at 7pm Saturday 21 January at 4pm Sunday 22 January at 5:30pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | AVATAR: THE WAY OF THE WATER M - Science fiction themes, action violence and coarse language | 190 mins | $15* Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. Directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau, the film stars Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement and Kate Winslet. Saturday 21 January at 6:30pm Wednesday 25 January at 10:30am Friday 27 January at 7pm Saturday 28 January at 7pm Sunday 29 January at 1pm MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | THE AMAZING MAURICE PG Occasional mild coarse language | 115 mins | $15* includes a popcorn Rats! They're everywhere… In the breadbins, dancing across the tabletops, stealing pies from under the cook's noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice, a streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam, comes in. Everyone has heard of the stories about the pied piper and the town full of rodents. So, Maurice has found his very own pied piper and a plague of rats to trick gullible townsfolk into giving him lots of cash. All is going well until they arrive in the far-flung village of Bad Blintz where they meet a book obsessed girl called Malicia, who enlists their help to solve the mystery of her town. Friday 27 January at 10am Saturday 28 January at 2:15pm Sunday 29 January at 11am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS |  | MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH MA15+ - Strong nudity | 120 mins | $15* ★★★★ ½ “Marvellous and intriguing. Beautifully filmed, this game of thrones rooted in 15th-century Nordic history plays out majestically. Trine Dyrholm is unfailingly brilliant.” InDaily. The magnificent Trine Dyrholm (Festen, Love Is All You Need) leads an all-star ensemble cast in the gripping new historical drama by leading Danish director Charlotte Sieling (The Bridge, Homeland, The Man), based on remarkable true events experienced by Queen Margrete the First. Saturday 28 January at 4:30pm Sunday 29 January at 4:45pm Wednesday 1 February at 10:30am MORE INFO & BOOKINGS | MORE CINEMA EVENTS IN 2023 | Click on each image for details | | | | | | LIVE EVENTS IN 2023 | | SEAN CHOOLBURRA WORLD BY STORM FREE for Cowra residents $10* for everyone else Sean Choolburra has had a career and life unlike any other. With the skills to back him, he established himself in the world of dance, became one of our First Nations’ leading comic geniuses, and could entertain a microphone stand if he had to. But he doesn’t have to. A comedian, rap singer, dancer & hip-hop didge player, this is the story of Sean Choolburra. Hailing from Townsville, Sean’s ancestors are Gu-Gu-Yalanji, Kalkadoon, Kandju and Bwgcolman from around Townsville and Palm Island. He has toured throughout Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the USA and the UK. “Truly gifted; he can sum up a whole situation in one facial expression” Australian Stage Friday 17 February at 7:30pm | |
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| | COFFEE CONCERT: LUKE ALLEVA IN THE DANCIN’ MAN All tickets $20* This all singing, all dancing, one-man show takes you through the classic ages when music and dance had style, grace and charisma. The Dancin’ Man celebrates the quintessential song and dance men that graced us on the stage and screen such as Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald O'Connor, the Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jnr and more. Sit back, relax and enjoy this high energy show, while Luke sings and dances his way through high class entertainment, charm, slick, Vaudeville and comedy. Tickets include a delicious morning tea, tea/coffee and the concert. Wednesday 22 February Morning tea at 10am, Concert at 11am | |
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| | BOX OFFICEOnline Box Office 24/7 cowraciviccentre.com Call the Box Office 02-6340 2130 Visit the Box Office Cowra Civic Centre 104 Darling St Cowra
Box Office hours are Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm and 30 minutes prior to an event start time. * a transaction fee may apply | | |
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