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and enjoy our lunch time piano hour with Penny
Brown on Friday's from 12.30 - 1.30pm.
See
you here!
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Wednesday
10 March 2010 at 6pm
New
Zealand International Arts Festival
presents
THE
TRAGICAL
LIFE
OF CHEESEBOY
Step
inside an enchanting travelling theatre tent to discover the
weird and wonderful world of Cheeseboy. When a freak meteor
turns his planet into a bubbling
fondue, Cheeseboy embarks on a series of otherworldly adventures
in search of his missing parents.
Cheeseboy's
whimsical universe is brought to life by the magical storytelling
of Stephen Sheehan. Set
to the rich and emotive music of Quentin Grant, The Tragical
Life of Cheeseboy incorporates exquisite set design with puppetry,
projection, and ingeniously simple theatricality.
Slingsby
continues to direct captivating theatre pieces for young audiences
and adults alike, canvassing both the dark and delightful
aspects of human existence. Reminiscent of Edward Scissorhands,
The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy is a richly imaginative production
which will transport you to a most curious world.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$38 Adult & $20 Child
Photo
- Lea Anderson
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SOLD
OUT
Sunday
14 March 2010
4pm
& 8pm
By
arrangement with
Avalon
Promotions UK and Liberty
Bell
BEN
MCDONALD
presents
GRUMPY
OLD WOMEN
Written
by Jenny Eclair and Judith HOlder
Directed
by David McPhail
Starring
GERALDINE
BROPHY
PINKY
AGNEW
LYNDEE-JANE
RUTHERFORD
From
Cardiff to
Canberra and now New Zealand , women of a certain age can
finally unite behind a common fear of graying hairs and sagging
rears. Around the world it is suddenly OK to celebrate the
cellulite.
Following
a 40 date sell out UK tour and a West End run at the Lyric
Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave, Grumpy Old Women has had thousands
of women filling theatres across the world and leaving hundreds
of men with no idea what they were going to have for their
dinner.
Finally
– and just in time for that perfect Christmas gift for the
Grumpy People in your life -Grumpy Old Women comes to New
Zealand, with an all kiwi cast, new cities to explore and
new loos to try out.
Director
David McPhail urges the men of New Zealand to take the Grumpy
Women in their lives out for an evening of fun, with this
sensational UK comedy hit.
Heading
the New Zealand cast of Grumpy Old Women is Film and TV leading
lady and Dancing With The Stars diva, Geraldine Brophy! Geraldine
will be performing along side Pinky Agnew and Lyndee-Jane
Rutherford.
And
who better to keep these Grumpy Old Women on the straight
and narrow but the extremely brave and ever cheery David McPhail.
McPhail is no stranger to New Zealand comedy as one half of
the famous McPhail and Gadsby and co-writer and star of Letter
To Blanchy.
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$59.90 Adult, $45.90 Child,
$55.90
Groups of 8+
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Saturday
20 March 2010 at 8pm
Velvet
Tiger
presents
THE
FOURMYULA CELEBRATE
40
YEARS OF NATURE
Pioneering
New Zealand pop band The Fourmyula remembered for their
iconic song 'Nature' and a string of Top Ten hits return
to the stage with all original members.
This
show celebrates the release of The Complete Fourmyula: a definitive
four-CD set comprised of all the group's recordings: their
singles, three studio albums and live set, plus the legendary
'lost' LP Turn Your Back On The Wind, recorded in Britain
shortly before the group disbanded in 1971.
This
collection, produced by Grant Gillanders, will be released
on February 22nd, 2010 through EMI.
Formed
in Upper Hutt in the mid-sixties, The Fourmyula earned the
title 'New Zealand's Beatles' for being the first local band
to insist on recording their own material, resulting in a
spectacular run of hits. Radio played them constantly: 'Come
With Me', 'Alice Is There', 'I Know Why', 'Home', 'Otaki'
and, of course, 'Nature' the song that won its author Wayne
Mason the coveted APRA Silver Scroll Award, became a hit all
over again in the 90s for The Mutton Birds, was voted Best
New Zealand Song of the past 75 years and became the title
song of the Nature¹s Best series.
RIVERSTONE
RECREATION
All
Tickets: $30
The
Fourmyula
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TICKETS
ON SALE
24
MARCH 2010
Wednesday
21 April 2010 at 8pm
Thursday
22 April 2010 at 8pm
Friday
23 April 2010 at 8pm
Saturday
24 April 2010 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday
25 April 2010 at 3pm
Upper
Hutt Musical Theatre
presents
WE'LL
MEET AGAIN
Upper
Hutt Musical Theatre has another great musical coming up;
showcasing life in two world wars with some of the most memorable
wartime music ever written.
We’ll
Meet Again is the kind of show that will bring back memories
to those of us old enough to remember, and will give younger
people a glimpse of what life was like in wartime: separation
from loved ones; the training camps; the air raids; rationing;
mail from home; the trenches; the camp concerts; the Anzacs;
the movies; wartime cabaret; women at war; and more.
To
present this show to you, Upper Hutt Musical Theatre has assembled
a cast of more than 30 talented singers, dancers and actors.
Musical numbers will include such classics as Wish Me
Luck; This is the Army; In the Mood; Lili Marlene; Auf Wiederseh’n;
White Cliffs of Dover; Stage Door Canteen; In the Mood; Underneath
the Arches; Roses of Picardy; Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer;
Maori battalion; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and many more.
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
All
Tickets: $20
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Tuesday
27 April 2010 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2010
presents
RICHARD
MAPP
&
EMMA SAYERS
Richard
Mapp and Emma Sayers have been working together as colleagues
and pianists for close to ten years. Both artists perform
regularly as soloists, collaborate with other musicians as
accompanists and are members of chamber music ensembles -
Richard is a member of the NZ Piano Quartet and Emma performs
in the new music ensemble, Stroma.
Programme
includes:-
| J S Bach |
Prelude and
Fugue in A flat minor |
| Mozart |
Sonata for piano duet in
F major |
| Ravel |
Mother Goose Suite |
| Brahms |
Hungarian Dances |
Presented
in association with
Chamber
Music New Zealand
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$40 Adult & $35 Concession
(Friends
of Expressions, Members of Upper Hutt Music Society, Expressions
Piano Club Members)
Emma
Sayers & Richard mapp
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Tuesday
22 June 2010 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2010
presents
KURT
NIKKANEN
&
ROSEMARY BARNES
American
volinist Kurt Nikkanen is an international soloist of the
highest order. Born in Hartford , Connecticut , he began his
violin studies at the age of three and at twelve he gave his
Carnegie Hall debut performing with the New York Symphony.
Rosemary Barnes is one of New Zealand 's most respected resident
pianists and has appeared in recital with such artists as
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Donald McIntyre and Simon O'Neill.
Violin
Dances - includes music by Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian,
Glazunov and Prokofiev inspired dance forms.
This
will be Mr Nikkanen's New Zealand recital debut and his only
North Island appearance on this visit.
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$50 Adult & $45 Concession
(Friends
of Expressions, Members of Upper Hutt Music Society, Expressions
Piano Club Members)
Kurt
Nikkanen
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Tuesday
3 August 2010 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2010
presents
AMICI
ENSEMBLE
Donald
Armstrong & Cristia Vaszilcin - violins, Gillian Ansell
- viola, Rowan Prior - cello, Phil Green - clarinet, Bridget
Douglas - flute and Carolyn Mills - harp.
The
Amici Ensemble was formed in 1988 and New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra's Associate Concert-master, Donald Armstong is its
artistic director. its members are principal NZSO players
together with leading chamber musicians on the New Zealand
music scene.
Programme
includes:-
| Francaix
|
Quintet
for Clarinet and Strings |
| Debussy |
Sonata for Flute,
Viola and Harp |
| Ravel |
Introduction and
Allegro |
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$40 Adult & $35 Concession
(Friends
of Expressions, Members of Upper Hutt Music Society, Expressions
Piano Club Members)
Amici
Ensemble
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TICKETS
ON SALE 1 APRIL 2010
Thursday
12 August 2010
at
5.30pm & 8pm
LIBERACE,
LIVE FROM HEAVEN
The
Lee Liberace Story
Starring
UK's leading pianist - entertainer - actor Bobby Crush.
The
hilarious critically acclaimed London West End hit musical
comedy - written and directed by Julian Woolford.
"Liberace
arrives at the gates of Heaven and God tells him that he needs
to play a little Gershwin before the angels decide if he gets
in or not. It may sound like the opening of a joke but in
fact, it is a synopsis of Julian Woolford’s latest play, which
essentially offers piano entertainer Bobby Crush the chance
to do his impersonation of the legendary Liberace.
For
many years, Liberace was the highest paid entertainer in the
world, providing performances that were as spectacular as
they were gaudy. A flamboyant personality supported by a strong,
musical technique, Liberace appealed to audiences around the
world, until his sudden demise due to complications from AIDS
in 1987.
Genesis
Energy Theatre
Tickets:
$59.90 Adult & $52.90 Seniors,
$49.90
Groups of 12+
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Tuesday
21 September 2010 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2010
presents
MICHAEL
HOUSTOUN
The
annual Michael Houstoun recital has become a popular tradition
in the Classical Expressions series. The programme for his
September 2010 recital will include Robert Schumann's 'Phantasien
fur das Pianoforte - Kreisleriana' and a Sonata by the Russian
jazz maestro, Nikolai Kapustin, which Michael Houstoun describes
as 'totally and immediately appealing music'.
| Schumann
|
Arabesque
Op 18 |
| Schumann |
Kreisleriana Op
6 |
| Nikolai Kapustin |
Sonata No. 2, Op
54 |
| Ravel |
'Le tombeau de Couprin' |
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$50 Adult & $45 Concession
(Friends
of Expressions, Members of Upper Hutt Music Society, Expressions
Piano Club Members)
Michael
Houstoun
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Tuesday
5 October 2010 at 8pm
Classical
Expressions 2010
presents
BONANZA
TROMBONE QUARTET
BonaNZa
, New Zealand 's premiere professional trombone quartet, was
formed in 1997 comprising of members of the NZSO and Auckland
Philharmonia.
This
Classical Expressions 2010 presentation repeats the group's
programme devised for the Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson
in January 2009. Of this chronological journey - from Gabrielli
to Dave Dobbyn - the Nelson Mail said 'This was four consummate
professional musicians providing a scintillating evening of
thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. They show every sign of
enjoying themselves as much as we did.'
GENESIS
ENERGY THEATRE
Tickets:
$40 Adult & $35 Concession
(Friends
of Expressions, Members of Upper Hutt Music Society, Expressions
Piano Club Members)
BonaNZa
Trombone Quartet
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To
book pre-show meals at Café Cibo
ph
527 3020.
The above descriptions
of presentations are supplied by the individual promoters
of events. The promoters reserve the right to alter
the artists and content of these programmes.
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