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Masterpiece of Musical Theatre
 Audiences are assured of a wildly entertaining and provocative night at the theatre when The Threepenny Opera is presented in the Arts Theatre from 21-30 August.
The cabaret-style musical theatre, based on John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, will feature an exciting line-up of student and professional actors, singers, musicians and creatives.
For your chance to win a double pass to The Threepenny Opera, simply send an email - with ‘Threepenny Opera’ in the subject line - to boxoffice@usq.edu.au (one entry per person) . The winner will be drawn on 14 August and notified by email.
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Workshops for Schools
 A series of one-hour workshops will be offered in conjunction with the production of The Threepenny Opera focussing on Epic Theatre and Cabaret Theatre.
Secondary school groups are invited to book-in for one or more of the workshops held at USQ's Toowoomba campus.
Be quick - places are filling quickly!
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McGregor Schools News
 Enrolments close at the end of this month for the McGregor on the Bay masterclasses.
Held at Hervey Bay over the long-weekend of 18-21 September, the intensive visual arts workshops include painting classes with Donald James Waters, Herman Pekel, Ross Paterson, Lyn Butchart and Penelope Gilbert-Ng and a drawing class with Keith Norris.
But please be quick , some classes are already full and others are filling fast.
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2010 Shakespeare Festival
 Our 7th annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival will return in 2010 with Shakespeare's great romantic comedy, Twelfth Night.
The hilarious tale of mistaken identity, comical characters and raucous antics will be played out on the Festival's starlit stage in Toowoomba's beautiful Queens Park from 4-14 March and at Hervey Bay's balmy
Seafront Oval from 25-27 March.
Bookings will be open from 1 November.
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Gallery Going-Ons
Drop into the USQ Arts Gallery (in ‘A’ Block) and see the current exhibition of works by SE Qld secondary school students.
Escape from the Zoo will be an excellent opportunity to check-out the diverse and emerging professional approaches being created in high schools across the region.
The exhibition will be officially opened at 5.30pm on Wednesday 5 August and continues until 31 August.
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Fashion and Fun at the Races
Whether you follow the form; delight at the chance to dress up and put on a hat; or just love a great day out with friends, the inaugural Tracking the Arts Race Day on Saturday 29 August is the day for you!
Enjoy a full afternoon of racing complemented by live entertainment,
costume parade,
silent auction,
fashions on the field with prizes for best dressed lady and gentleman and best hat
and much much more.
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Big Band Season Underway
The Ergon Energy USQ Big Band kicks off their 2009 season of regional tours this month to Hervey Bay and Stanthorpe followed by visits to Chinchilla in September and Millmerran in October.
The Band's season will culminate with their 3 October concert in Toowoomba's Empire Theatre with Australian Entertainer of the Year, Rhonda Burchmore.
The program will include jazz, blues and big band favourites including Sway, Fever, And All That Jazz, L-O-V-E, Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans, Don’t Rain on My Parade, Tuxedo Junction, Route 66, Bohemian Rhapsody, For Once In My Life, Up A Lazy River, and Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Book now for the very best seats!
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