Calendar of Events: Thursday 30 April 2009
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MUSIC Kransky Sisters
After sell-out seasons and a bunch of festival awards in the U.K, Europe and Australia, the Kransky Sisters are unloading their baggage and bringing their hit show to you. Venturing far from the dusty... > See More
     
     
  NZ Army Dance Band with Fabio and Ana Robles
This twelve-piece dance band will set your toes tapping. Come along for a night of great dance music and we’ll make sure there’s room for you to get up and enjoy some dancing, whatever your age or st... > See More
     
     
  Vebka
Vebka is a soulful singer/songwriter. A smoky voice that pairs subtle emotion with power. Described by one critic as ‘simply beautiful’, her music sits somewhere on the pop side of soul, with the bass... > See More
     
     
  The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
Pulling together some of the capital’s favourite musicians and commanding the four-string like you’ve never heard it before, the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s merry strummers have becom... > See More
     
   
THEATRE AND DANCE Finders Keepers
Concept, direction and design: Raewyn Hill Light: Marty Roberts, Dramaturg: Duncan Sarkies Music: Lachrimae Caravaggio, Jordi Savall Raewyn Hill has stunned festival audiences with two previous d... > See More
     
     
  Strange Resting Places
Italy, 1944: the Allied onslaught stalls at Monte Cassino and the 28th Maori Battalion finds themselves centre stage. A young Maori soldier goes out to steal food; an Italian takes cover in a stable.... > See More
     
     
  Tale of a Dog
Meet Dog: our much-loved, excitable circus performer! Dog is eager to wow his audience with inspired new tricks, much to the vexation of the ill-tempered Ring Master who is determined to keep Dog on a... > See More
     
   
ASPIRING CONVERSATIONS Glenn Colquhoun - The poet's eye
The poet's eye Glenn Colquhoun wields a stethoscope for his day job of GP in Otaki, and a pen for his other life as a poet, living down by the beach. He won the 2004 Prize in Modern Letters (NZ’s m... > See More
     
     
  Joe Bennett - Where underpants come from
Where underpants come from When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of underpants for $8.59 at The Warehouse, he wondered who could be making money out of them. So he embarked on a journey to China, tr... > See More
     
   
FILM Grahame Sydney Dreaming of El Dorado: The Old Dunstan Road
Grahame Sydney is Central Otago's iconic artist. His painted landscapes shape the way we all see these remote hills. This passion for his home province now takes him to movie film. In this documenta... > See More
     
   
SCHOOLFEST Tale of a Dog - Performance
Meet Dog: our much-loved, excitable circus performer! Dog is eager to wow his audience with inspired new tricks, much to the vexation of the ill-tempered Ring Master who is determined to keep Dog on a... > See More
     
 
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