Hamer Hall 6:30 pm
Ma chère mademoiselle, this is your chance to see a tale as old as time come to life. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be performing the soundtrack of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast live for three special concerts at Hamer Hall on April 10 and 11.
The Academy Award-winning music by Alan Menken has solidified itself as one of Disney’s most classic soundtracks of all time, appealing to all generations. Watch the classic tale play out on screen while conductor Jen Winley and chorus director Warren Trevelyan-Jones lead the orchestra and choir in a goosebump-raising performance.
We say the fun doesn’t have to end with your show. Extend your time in French fantasyland with a day dedicated to Beauty and the Beast. We’ve put ourselves in Belle’s pretty yellow heels and thought about how the bookworm would spend a day in Melbourne.
Book your tickets here for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in Concert and start planning your provincial day out.
Go for a high tea
A pretty sure-fire way to feel regal is to sit down for a dainty high tea. Some of our favourites with an old-world flair in Melbourne include Hopetoun, The Windsor and Mámor Chocolates and High Tea Szalón.
Shop ’til you drop at the markets
Belle says there must be more than this provincial life but we actually quite fancy ourselves some fresh farmers’ market produce. Hit up Queen Victoria Market or South Melbourne Market for a vibrant offering of food. Don’t forget to grab five dozen eggs for brekkie so you can be as strong as Gaston.
Visit a library that rivals the Beast’s
You can’t help but feel like a Disney princess stepping inside the State Library of Victoria’s walls. The ginormous domed space is the perfect place to dig into reads about far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells and a prince in disguise.
Dine at a French restaurant
There aren’t many better feelings than knowing you’ve got a dinner and a show to look forward to on the weekend. Time your MSO performing with a dinner where, course by course, you’ll be transported to a tablescape that Lumière and Mrs Potts would be proud of. The remarkable Reine and La Rue matches classic white napkin French dining with a jaw-dropping historical dining room.