Our upcoming events

 
Mar
27
Wed
The amazing art at the NGV (Graham Ray) @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Mar 27 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

The NGV is the largest art gallery in Australia. This illustrated talk by Graham Ray, who is an erstwhile NGV Voluntary Guide, will look at a selection of works from the NGV, from different countries, and across different periods of time. The talk will reveal the richness and diversity in the collection, and also some of the less well-known intriguing stories behind these works (Which work of art was stolen from the wall of the NGV? Which well-known artist has his artistic design work on the wrapping paper of lollies available in Coles?). You will also see arguably the largest work of art in the southern hemisphere, and other fascinating art.

Book your place by emailing Pam Griffith.

Mar
28
Thu
Term 1 ends
Mar 28 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Apr
17
Wed
AGM @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The AGM is the most important meeting of the year for Nillumbik U3A members. By attending, you can contribute to the running of our organisation and find out the latest on the issues facing us.

For catering and quorum reasons, we are asking you to email us if you are planning to attend.

After the meeting, there will be time to catch up and socialise over free food and drink.

Apr
21
Sun
The peppercorn tree (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Apr 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The peppercorn tree are Sundays, 21st and 28th April.

Jonah, an Australian ex-serviceman, is nearing the end of his life. He has always been secretive about his wartime experiences but he has reluctantly agreed to his wife’s suggestion that he recount these experiences to Zoe, a professional biographer. As his story unfolds, he reveals a secret that has an unexpected and powerful impact on his family.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Apr
22
Mon
Term 2 starts
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am

 

Apr
28
Sun
The peppercorn tree (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Apr 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The peppercorn tree are Sundays, 21st and 28th April.

Jonah, an Australian ex-serviceman, is nearing the end of his life. He has always been secretive about his wartime experiences but he has reluctantly agreed to his wife’s suggestion that he recount these experiences to Zoe, a professional biographer. As his story unfolds, he reveals a secret that has an unexpected and powerful impact on his family.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

May
23
Thu
Biggest Morning Tea @ Eltham Central Pavilion
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Please put this date in your diary. We raised over $1500 last year. Aiming for more this year. More information to follow.

Jun
28
Fri
Term 2 ends
Jun 28 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Jun
30
Sun
Into the woods Jr. (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Jun 30 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Into the woods Jr. are Sundays, 30th June, 7th July and 14th July.

This musical, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapin, re-tells the classic Brothers Grimm fables. It centres on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack (and his beanstalk), who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse, and wind up changed forever.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Jul
7
Sun
Into the woods Jr. (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Jul 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Into the woods Jr. are Sundays, 30th June, 7th July and 14th July.

This musical, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapin, re-tells the classic Brothers Grimm fables. It centres on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack (and his beanstalk), who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse, and wind up changed forever.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Jul
14
Sun
Into the woods Jr. (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Jul 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Into the woods Jr. are Sundays, 30th June, 7th July and 14th July.

This musical, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapin, re-tells the classic Brothers Grimm fables. It centres on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack (and his beanstalk), who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse, and wind up changed forever.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Jul
16
Tue
Xmas in July @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Jul 16 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

More information to follow in due course.

Jul
18
Thu
Tutor morning tea @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Jul 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

More information to follow in due course.

Jul
22
Mon
Term 3 starts
Jul 22 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am

 

Sep
8
Sun
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
15
Sun
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
19
Thu
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
20
Fri
Term 3 ends
Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Oct
14
Mon
Term 4 starts
Oct 14 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am

 

Nov
17
Sun
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the table, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Nov
24
Sun
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the table, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Nov
28
Thu
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Dec
3
Tue
Our Christmas breakup @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Dec 3 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

More information to follow in due course.

Dec
6
Fri
Term 4 ends
Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm