Armistice Living Tribute street theatre performance to visit Colac

Published on 23 October 2018

Armistice Living Tribute street theatre performance to visit Colac

Colac will host a new street theatre performance developed to recognise the 100-year anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to World War One.

Armistice Living Tribute involves professional circus artists performing acrobatics alongside the Colac City Band, and highlights the significance of the Armistice and how the end of World War One was both a celebration and a time for reflection.

The show tells the story of Australia’s military musicians who from 1914 until 1966, had two roles to play, as members of the military band, and stretcher-bearers and medics who served under fire.

It was a tradition that Australia inherited from the British army, but one that the Anzac musicians made their own. 

Musicians served in combat in all of Australia’s wars, until the practice ceased in 1967, during the Vietnam War, and members of the band of 5 RAR were the last musicians to serve in combat positions.

The free 20-minute street performance is a great opportunity for the whole community to come together and remember our proud wartime legacy.

Performances will take place on November 2 at Colac Memorial Square at 12.30pm and 2.30pm.

The street theatre performance is supported by the Victorian Government as the final event of the four-year Anzac Centenary campaign.