Whiringa-ā-nuku/October 2008New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
Rāpare 10 Hōngongoi 2008 – Rāapa 26 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2008
Check out the website to find dates and films for each region.
New Zealand
festival@nzff.co.nz
+64 4 385 – 0162
+64 4 801 – 7304 (fax)
http://www.nzff.co.nz/home Dance Your Socks Off! Festival
Rātū 26 Here-turi-kōkā 2008 – Rāapa 8 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
Wellington’s award winning dance festival returns in 2008 with an exhilarating programme to celebrate its 12 year anniversary! Last year saw over 25,000 people attend or participate in the festival and this year even more are expected. With over 40 events, workshops and shows held around the city to choose from there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Come along and take part in the always popular roller disco, check out the new Back of the Bus Tour or just sit back and enjoy performances from some very talented Wellingtonians. On the other hand, why not give your feet a work out and have a go at a Swing, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Salsa, Ceroc or Hip Hop class? Check out our individual NZLive.com event listings to find out more.
Various locations – Wellington
http://nzlive.com/en/nzlivecom/dance-your-socks-off-fes
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Bare
Rāhina 22 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
Toa Fraser's New Zealand comedy Bare is a hilarious matrix of urban poetry. Armed with the voice of the street, two actors riff on body image, films, takeaway food, graffiti and English literature. Love, sex, family, friendship, youth and bad movies at multiplexes. Listen to our people talk. Downstage is proud to present this short season (14 performances only!) of Silo Theatre’s production of this NZ classic directed by “Let’s Be Frank” Oliver Driver with actors Morgana O’Reilly (Laramie Project) and Curtis Vowell (The Ensemble Project). "...this new season of Bare takes the cake... Vowell and O’Reilly are superb." – Gilbert Wong, Metro. "An energetic and fervent production." – Louise Tu'u, TheatreView. By Toa Fraser. Directed by Oliver Driver. Cost: $39/30. Performance Times: Mon – Wed 6.30pm and Thurs – Sat 7.30pm. Matinees: Sat 27 Sep & 4 Oct, 3pm
Bookings:
Downstage Theatre, 12 Cambridge Tce, Wellington.
04 801 6946
http://www.downstage.co.nz The Little Tragedies
Rāapa 24 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
The Little Tragedies, a modern poetic interpretation of Alexander Pushkin’s nineteenth – century Russian masterpiece about free will, fate, and the human obsessions that continue to haunt us two hundred years after the four “little tragedies” were first written. Encompassing themes of vice and virtue, money and rivalry, love and death, Pushkin’s poetry has long been considered particularly difficult to approach in translation. This production is designed to bring Pushkin’s genius to a non – Russian speaking audience and uses the acclaimed English translation by Nancy Anderson. Renouned Stanislavsky’s Method master Slava Stepnov of New York’s STEPS Theatre Company offers a version of Pushkin’s lyrical drama, exploring it by means of live music, drama, and dance. This production marks the New Zealand premiere of The Little Tragedies and offers a rare chance to experience the depth and peculiarity of classic Russian poetry. By Alexander Pushkin. Directed by Slava Stepnov. Time: 9.30pm. Cost: $18/12. Bookings:
BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington.
mailto:book@bats.co.nz
(04) 802 4175 World of Wearable Art Awards Show
Rāpare 25 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 5 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
An annual non – stop spectacular held in Wellington, New Zealand. Artists and designers from New Zealand and around the world enter truly amazing garments that are presented in a unique two hour show of choreography, music, lighting and special effects. There are nine performances in the 2008 Montana WOW® Awards Show Season:
• Thursday 25, Friday 26, Saturday 27, Sunday 28 September
• Wednesday 1, Thursday 2, Friday 3, Saturday 4, Sunday 5 October. Browse the website for more information.
TSB Bank Arena, Queens Wharf, Wellington.
http://www.worldofwearableart.com/index.html Tough Act (PGR) 
Rāmere 3 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāmere 3 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
The acting trainees brace themselves for a few home truths as they get their mid – year assessments. One student's future at drama school hangs in the balance. How Art Made The World (G)
Rāhoroi 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāhoroi 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
This episode reveals how the most powerful storytelling medium ever created – cinema with moving pictures – exploits visual techniques invented by artists in the ancient world.
http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/ Talk Talk
Rātapu 5 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rātapu 5 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
Presenter Finlay Macdonald interviews Poet Laureate Michele Leggott and Central Otago artist Grahame Sydney. Blues band The Broken Heartbreakers perform. The Devil’s Architect
Rāhina 6 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāapa 8 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
Written by Dolly Reisman. Directed by Ken Keys. A powerful study of the nature of evil and the seductiveness, as Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and "right – hand man", seeks personal redemption. The Devil’s Architect is an intimate psychological insight into the mind of Albert Speer, Hitlers’ Architect and Armaments Minister. Set during Speers’ 20 years in Spandau Prison after the fall of the Third Reich, Speer is visited by a Calvinist Priest, a Woman and his Conscience. In order to find peace Speer must come clean about his part in the Fuhrers’ grand plans and the forced labour camps, which placed the doomed lives of 800,000 workers in his hands. Based largely on the amazing biographical study by Gitta Sereney, Speer; His Battle with Truth, The Devil’s Architect is an intimate and intense look ‘inside’ Speers’ head and conveys his strength, torment and catharsis. Cost: $20/10 (Groups 5+ $15/8). Bookings:
The Century Theatre, Napier.
06 8357781 or 06 8783210 The Big Art Trip (G)
Rāhina 6 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāhina 6 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
The enthusiastic and entertaining Douglas Lloyd – Jenkins and Nick Ward present this home – grown series reflecting the cultural diversity of artistic talent in New Zealand. Great Australian Albums: Crowded House – Woodface
Rātū 7 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rātū 7 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
Crowded House are one of Australasia's most successful acts. For their third album in 1990, Neil Finn enlisted brother Tim to help. The result was Woodface. Study Guide:
http://www.enhancetv.com.au/shop/product.php?productid=
105465
World Doco of the Week: For A Place Under The Heavens
Rāapa 8 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāapa 8 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
7:10 pm
Sabiha Sumar provides a fresh and insightful perspective on Pakistan in this finely crafted personal film.
http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=56012 Tough Act (PGR)
Rāmere 10 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāmere 10 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
8:30 pm
The trainee actors are pushed to bring personal experiences into their work – and things are getting intimate outside the classroom too! Waiata and Poi
Rāhina 13 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
This combined workshop will provide an opportunity for teachers to increase their understanding and knowledge of traditional waiata, waiata ringaringa, tititorea and games.
Facilitated by: Paula Ormsby. Time: 9.30am–3.30pm
Cost: members $170, non – members $190.
Papakura Education Centre, Level 4 Accent Point, 28 East Street, Papakura.
pec@auckland.ac.nz
(09) 978 2620
(09) 978 2621 (fax) Pippi Longstockings
Rāapa 15 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāmere 17 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
By Astrid Lindgren. Adapted by Tim Bray. Songs by Christine White. South Auckland Tour. An enduring favourite of children around the world. The irrepressible and irreverent Pippi Longstocking is a girl who has flaming red ponytails and lives by herself in Villekulla Cottage in a topsy – turvy world of fun and hi–jinks. School and pre–school performances: Special discounts for school and pre–school groups.
Free tickets for teachers (1 free per 20 children).
Free teachers’ resource guide.
First week of Term 4, Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 October.
For more information and bookings please contact
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura, Auckland.
Tim Bray
info@timbrayproductions.co.nz
09 – 360 – 2265 Steven Berkoff – One Man
Rāapa 15 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāhoroi 18 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
15 – 16 October: The Opera House, 111 – 113 Manners Street, Wellington. 17 – 18 October: The ASB Theatre, The Edge, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD.
Britain's Steven Berkoff is one of the most remarkable theatrical innovators of our time. ONE MAN is his classic work; a social satire consisting of two short plays.
TELL TALE HEART
An adaptation by Berkoff of the Edgar Allan Poe story. A gothic tale of horror, told by a man who stands alone in the spotlight, protesting sanity while he explains how he systematically went about killing and dismembering a neighbour.
DOG
A hilarious day in the life of a football hooligan and his pit bull terrier, Roy. Berkoff plays them both! "To say this is a tour de force is to rob the phrase of all meaning. It is a unique theatrical experience." The Daily Mail Cost: Adult $69, Concession (seniors) $65, Special student discount (with ID) $30, plus ticketing charges
Wellington and Auckland
Sally Woodfield
swpr@ihug.co.nz
021 868 020 Kiwifruit
Rāpare 23 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008 – Rāpare 23 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
11:00 pm
Amanda, Kevin, and Matu give us the view from a queer perspective in this fast – moving package of news, reviews, lifestyle and entertainment stories. NATIONAL HIP HOP Competitions 2008
Rāhoroi 25 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008
The top 2 winners of each sections qualify for the Australian National Groove Dance competitions in Sydney December 2008. There is a new section this year. Open Section(Over 18), so we hope to take 6 teams over to Australia this year. NZ had good results at the Australian groove nationals. Soul 7 2nd 2006. DZIAH, Lil Saintz 2nd 2007. To qualify you need to enter the regionals. Top 4 from each section of each regional qualify for the nationals. Sections: Primary : Year 4 – Year 8. Secondary School: 3rd Form – 7th form and the Open Section. For more information contact
ASB Stadium Kohimarama, Auckland.
Te Kawe Ratu
Wrk: (07) 828 9013. Hm: (07) 854 |
