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Permalink | 0 notes La Fete Caburlesque - 3rd December 730pm - $25 The hottest burlesque show to hit Whangarei. Complimentary drink and burlesque canapes on Arrival!
Permalink | 0 notes The Tempest - December 16th - 8pm, 17th - 8pm, & 18th - 2.30pm GA - $20, Concession - $15 By William Shakespeare. Directed by Lilicherie McGregor. Original music by Fred Renata.
Permalink | 0 notes BB & Alex - December 9th 8pm - $20 BB and Alex Borwick have created a sound that calls upon their musical backgrounds including Bluegrass, Celtic, Jazz, and even Classical. They have proven that it IS possible to play two banjos in tune with each other, and they have even produced a few original compositions, which are undoubtedly a result of their varied influences. Read more: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/artists/A/1739/N/Alex—Bb.utr#ixzz1eae1v7w1
Permalink | 0 notes The Winterless North Film Programme - Monday 28th November 8pm. $5 doorsales only This November a selection of locally themed films from the Film Archive vaults are heading Northland way. Curated by Diane McAllen, introduced by Film Archive Kairangahau Lawrence Wharerau, and accompanied by local pianists, evening screenings will be presented in Whangarei, Dargaville and Kaitaia. These Northland screenings are a compilation of short films, showcasing stories that focus respectively on Whangarei, Dargaville and Kaitaia. An amazing record of what has changed, this selection of shorts shows Northland from Whangarei to Kaitaia as seen through three main perspectives: the local, the holiday-maker and the official government publicity office. Highlights include the harvesting and processing of strawberries in 1927, activities on the water, street parades, gum digging and dairy farming. The Film Archive will be loading more content of specific interest to Northland communities on to the Whangarei Central Library medianet, including: amateur footage of the 1953 Waipu Centennial Celebrations; Waitangi celebrations from the thirties through to the seventies; the 1948 Whangarei Popular Girl Contest; footage of activities in community halls; documentaries about local industries such as cement, glasswork, timber, gas and dairy farming; and holiday home movies of campsites and baches up and down the coast. The New Zealand Film Archive staff will be onsite at the medianet station in the Whangarei Central Library from 11am -1.30pm on Tuesday 29 November to show you through medianet and answer any questions about accessing the collections. Photo:Frame enlargement from Johnson, Jack, The Popular Girl Contest (1928). credit: Stills Collection, New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua
Permalink | 0 notes Aurora - 7.30pm 16-26 November Matinee Sunday 20th at 2pm and Saturday 26th at 4pm Old Library $12/$17 Tickets on Sale When a freak solar event causes a jet liner to ditch in the ocean, seventeen kids from around New Zealand and the world, aged 8 to 13, must pull together and use their imaginations to survive. It’s a gripping tale full of action, heart and humour that takes its audience on journey where hope, imagination and pragmatism are the keys to survival. Based on a genuine threat to our planet, the play begins when a mass coronal ejection from the sun (a HUGE solar flare) causes an aurora to envelop the planet: it’s an electromagnetic storm of immense beauty and danger: It causes power grids to fail, electronics to fry and satellites to fall from the sky. A national junior athletic team is traveling to New Caledonia for the Oceania Championships when the aurora causes their plane to ditch in the ocean. The team gets separated from their parents in the ensuing chaos, only to be washed ashore on a deserted island! That is where the play begins and their quest for survival, rescue and camaraderie begins. The cast are, like their characters, are aged 8-13. The play has been specifically written for them by Peter Larsen who penned last year’s acclaimed NYT Junior Show, Metamorphosis, and Lithium Kiss, which made the grand finale of Sydney’s Short&Sweet international play festival. Jarrod Martin directs the ensemble in his second collaboration with Larsen and the NYT Junior Company, after calling last year’s show the most rewarding of his directing career. Performed and devised by the NYT junior company, with a cast of seventeen actors playing characters their own age, this is a beautiful, moving show full of laughter and touching moments. It elevates children’s theatre into the realm of an artform that speaks across the ages.
Permalink | 0 notes Last Wednesday Artist Lecture Series - By Chris Carey Join us on November 30th for this months ‘Last Wednesday’s Artist Lecture series’ by Chris Carey, who’ll share with us his experiences at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale this year. 6.30pm in the Main Hall. $5 entry. Bar and snacks available!