If you’ve been along the main street of Deloraine at all in the last many many months, you can’t help but have noticed the space between the Deloraine Town Cafe and Deloraine Espresso (formerly the location of the Flamin’ Chook — for the long-term residents!) has been getting a facelift!
Arts Deloraine is delighted to announce that the Deloraine Pocket Park will soon be open to all residents and visitors. We are now in the final stages of completing the project. With favourable weather conditions (keep your fingers crossed!), we anticipate that the park will be open to the public sometime this month.
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The vision is that this will become a vibrant community space for all. Bring your picnics, come and perform on the specially made stage, hire the park for an event. It really is up to you, the community, how you want to utilise this space.
To celebrate, there’ll be a grand opening event on Saturday, 6 September 2025. While this date will be confirmed closer to the time, we encourage you to mark it in your diaries now.
This park embodies the dreams, hard work and the generosity of many organisations and individuals. And we thank them, and you, for your continued support. We look forward to celebrating with you soon!
In other news, Arts Deloraine, along with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, has been sponsoring screenings of TSO performances for the last few months at the Meander Valley Performing Arts Centre (aka the Little Theatre). These screenings will continue up until the end of the year, and are free for all to attend. We’ve already seen ‘Psycho!’ and ‘Peer Gynt’, and in August we’re looking forward to ‘Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody’.
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A concerto in all but name, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is one of the best-loved works for piano and orchestra. Acclaimed pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk steps into the spotlight in Rachmaninov’s eternally alluring gem.
The Russian connection continues in the second half of the concert with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, a compilation of the most beautiful episodes from Stravinsky’s luscious ballet score. The Firebird made Stravinsky’s name in the West and left Paris audiences swooning. More than a century on, it has lost none of its lustre.
The concert commences with exotic music of a different stripe with the Suite No 1 from Falla’s Spanish-themed ballet The Three-Cornered Hat.
Moving to the opposite side of the Mediterranean, we hear At the Aegean Shores by Spanish-Belgian composer Saskia Venegas, who volunteered in an asylum seeker camp in Greece in the summer of 2016. At the Aegean Shores is her response to the human tragedy that unfolded there.
So come along to the Little Theatre on 31 August at 4pm to watch this incredible performance, and don’t forget to add it to your calendar — the last Sunday of every month (except October, which will be the second last Sunday — 19th) at 4pm, for future TSO performances!
