Saturday 15 May 2010

NZDA WELLINGTON METROPOLITAN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

A showcase of Ballroom and Latin dance.  Doors open at 12 noon with the first event being starting at 1pm.

Tickets available at the door.

Riverstone Recereation

Tickets: $20 Adult & $10 under 16 year olds

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Friday 21 May 2010 at 8pm

Indian Ink Theatre Company

presents

THE GURU OF CHAI

Once every millennia there comes a teacher who awakens us all to the power of the divine.  But if you can't wait that long, book an audience with the Guru of Chai!  A spiritual leader who will sell you a cup of tea, charm you with his infectious smile, and take away all that is wrong with your life.  Enlightenment is at hand.

A poor chaiwallah's (tea seller) life is changed forever when a young girl is abandoned at a busy railway station and brings the place to a standstill with the beauty of her singing.  An honest young policeman falls hopelessly in love but is rejected in favour of a disrespectful poet.  The contradictions of modern India with its iphones and ancient gods from the backdrop to this story about the dangers of keeping your soul locked in a cage.

Award winning actor Jacob Rajan combines with musician David Ward to bring this intimate epic to life.  Outrageously funny and heartbreakingly beautiful, the "Guru's magical elements all add up to a very captivating, moving piece of theatre."  Kate Ward Smythe, Theatreview

The Guru of Chai showcases Jacob at his very best and reinforces him as one of NZ's most hardworking, deserving, disciplined and gifted theatre artists.  Kate Ward Smythe, Theatreview

Genesis Energy Theatre

Tickets: $30 Adult & $25 Concession

(Seniors & Friends of Expressions)

click here to buy your tickets

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mount marua gallery

1 May - 13 June 2010

Bohemians of the Brush

Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists

This exhibition features paintings, historic objects, a DVD and informative catalogue to bring alive the stories of New Zealand 's early impressionist movement which was nurtured at the legendary Pumpkin Cottage, Silverstream. Featuring paintings by James Nairn, Mabel Hill, Girolamo Nerli , Frances Hodgkins and Nugent Welch.

From Private Passion to Public Collection features additional paintings from the Pumpkin Cottage Collection to illustrate what is involved in conserving and transferring paintings from private ownership to the public gallery environment.

Bohemians of the Brush: Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists national tour click here venues and dates.

Information about exhibition events click here

Want to know more about the Pumpkin Cottage art movement? click here

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vector gallery

1 May - 13 June 2010

From

P rivate Passion to P ublic Collection

A 'behind the scenes' view on the development of a permanent art collection for Expressions.

Ernest & Shirley Cosgrove

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