Phillip Adam's Ballet Lab is the current tenant at the Temperance Hall. The journey to establish the company and find somewhere to explore and create has been a long one for Mr P and his company. Now, though, they have found a safe harbour and invested time, care, and money to restore the building to a state of grace, community and creativity. This is a poetic cycle in four songs echoing the story of Mr P and his Ballet Lab.

FEATURING: Daniel Brasher, Josh Hayes, Damian Vuleta, and Samsara. Theme music by MBRYO

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The Temperance Hall on Napier Street has been a performance venue for most of its history. In the 1990s it was known as Napier Street Theatre and ran as a venue for hire. Here we present a fun parody of the well-known musical, Phantom of the Opera, in celebration of the shenanigans which went on there. It was inspired by a story about the day when a sewing machine was plugged in and blew a fuse, leaving the venue in total blackout.

FEATURING: Jo Boyd, Daniel Brasher, April Garreffa, Josh Hayes, Scott Knight, and Damian Vuleta. Written by Samsara Theme music by MBRYO

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In 1980 a daring Frenchman created the Australian Nouveau Theatre as a place to explore European drama in an Australia-centric Melbourne theatre scene. In 1981 the Temperance Hall became their home and took on the name Anthill Theatre. It remained theirs until 1992 when they relocated to an unsuitable habitat and became extinct. Our improvisation honours this heritage with Pirandello's study on madness (Enrico IV) as the starting point. Goodness only knows where it will end though...

FEATURING: Daniel Brasher, Josh Hayes, Scott Knight, Damian Vuleta, and Samsara Pirandello translation by Samsara Theme music is by MBRYO

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The Temperance Hall was first constructed on it's current site in 1863 by the Emerald Hill Total Abstinence Society. From its inception it was used as a community space for meetings, concerts and other social activities. For a century the Temperance movement in Victoria had a strong hold on Melbourne, achieving restricted trading hours from 1915 through to 1963. Thus emerged the phenomena known as the 6 O'Clock Swill and a cultural legacy of entrenched binge drinking. Here is the Temperance story - the good, the bad and the present.

FEATURING: Daniel Brasher, Josh Hayes, Scott Knight, Maree Shefford, Damian Vuleta and Samsara. Theme music by MBRYO

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Emerald Hill is a glorious name for a beautiful area settled by English migrants, but in Australia our flora has a more subdued, silver sheen to match the hotter climes of the nation. Different Shades is a gentle teaching ballad exploring how the simple colour green can express so much about our location in the world.

FEATURING: Jo Boyd and Michael Keighley Written by Samsara Arranged by Jo Boyd and Micheal Keighley Theme music by MBRYO

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On Valentine's Day in the year 1802, Captain Murray sailed the Lady Nelson into Port Phillip, bringing Englishmen to these shores for the first time. Over the following three days, they made contact with the local Boon Wurrung mob. The Captain's Log records of the events express the overwhelming virtue of the explorers and the double-dealing bad will of the native inhabitants. Terror Billius provides an alternate reading of those events.

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COVID 19 has wrought havoc on the arts and in Melbourne we are in lockdown #6. This has delayed the dropping of the Emerald Hill Coffee Palace collection. In the meantime, however, the Planet Arts Theatrical Ensemble has made a fun documentary. You can watch the video here or just have a listen right now. Don't worry, though, the collection is dropping very, very, soon!

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Wominjeka. Hello, I am Samsara and I am here to tell you about the grand opening of the Emerald Hill Coffee Palace. Come on in and enjoy a coffee of your choice. We have something for everyone!

Emerald Hill Coffee Palace opens on 24 July and everybody is welcome. Our coffee menu is a collection of creative responses to the history of the iconic Temperance Hall in Napier Street South Melbourne.

Head to one of the wonderful coffee houses in Emerald Hill – The Ambitious Act for example – place your coffee order, put on your headphones, and select the corresponding track in your favourite podcatcher.

Are you in the mood for a laugh? Then why not try the mocha or even the frappe…?

Perhaps you are the kind of person who likes a good dose of history with your brew? In that case, can I recommend the espresso or, perhaps, the flat white?

We even have a lovely bobbaccino for the kiddies.

Subscribe now (it’s free) so that, on the 24th of July, you are all set for your morning cuppa. Find out what happened when the first English tall ship entered Port Phillip in 1802. Discover the history of the Temperance movement in Melbourne. Have a laugh as actors try and make European theatre in Australia and discover Napier Streets very own theatre ghost. Enjoy a bit of poetry and discover more about Philip Adam’s Ballet Lab and spend the day singing along with the kids, learning all about the colour green.

Emerald Hill Coffee Palace is part of the Thrive Festival taking place live across the Emerald Hill precinct in South Melbourne on 24th July and has been created and performed by PATE – the Planet Arts Theatrical Ensemble. This project has been made possible through the support of The City of Port Phillip and Arts Access Victoria Thrive Creative Grants for deaf and disabled artists.

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