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Blue is a feeling, a place to dream, an endless idea and the colour of our amazing planet as seen from space.
Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking, as well as different cultural and global perspectives.
Blue Planet is shaped with younger audiences in mind. It includes art by Reuben Paterson, Jae Hoon Lee, Helen Calder, Francis Upritchard, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Gavin Hipkins, Richard Maloy, Len Castle, Megan Jenkinson, Peter Madden, Rohan Wealleans, Max Gimblett, Shona Firman, Colin McCahon and Eileen Mayo, together with traditional Nigerian sculpture and Japanese prints.
Image: Gavin Hipkins - Romance: New York (Jellyfish). 2006.
Starts: Wednesday, 27 January, 10:00am
At: Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Wyllie Cottage is the oldest European house still standing in the Gisborne area and also a popular tourist attraction. It is open to the public, having been recently refurbished to better reflect the stories of the people who lived in the cottage, and the times they were confronted with. Features of the cottage include; a walk-in wardrobe showing various women’s formal attire of the day, a three-dimensional topographic map featuring significant points of interest within the Gisborne region, photographic and interpretative panels, walk-in room viewing, and original display objects.
The cottage was built by John Forbes for James Ralston Wyllie and his wife, Kate, daughter of one of the Bay's earliest settlers, and of Maori descent on her mother’s side. The cottage has seen a number of changes over the years and was once nearly condemned for demolition.
The Te Moana Maritime Gallery offers a glimpse into 1000 years of maritime myths, legends, stories and development of the Tairawhiti East Coast region. Also included in this gallery is the arrival of Captain James Cook, the development of Gisborne’s harbour, local shipwrecks, surfing in this region, the fishing industry and surf life saving.
The Star of Canada was a young ship when she was blown onto rocks on the Gisborne foreshore on 23 June 1912. Built at Belfast in October 1909 by Messrs Workman Clark and Co, the Star of Canada was a twin screw general cargo steamer of 7,280 tons gross (12,000 tons fully laden), 470.3 ft in length, beam 58.4 ft, depth 31.6 ft while her engines were 749 h.p nominal. A local engineer, Mr A.C Mitchell, was in charge of the dismantling of the vessel, while Mr William Good, a local jeweller, bought the wheel-house and had it towed through town to an empty section next to his own home at 274 Childers Road.
In 1983, the Star was left to the citizens of Gisborne, provided a suitable use and site could be found. A major public appeal was undertaken to shift the Star to its new site on the Taruheru River, where she continues to provide a unique opportunity for museum visitors to walk in and around the two-storied wheel-house and captain’s cabin, and experience a piece of Gisborne's maritime history.
By Tracy Letts
With Jennifer Ludlam • Stuart Devenie • Alison Quigan • Hera Dunleavy • Gareth Reeves • Peter Daube • Jennifer Ward-Lealand • Andrew Grainger • Andi Crown • Nancy Brunning • Kevin Keys • Alistair Browning • Elizabeth McMenamin
Direction Colin McColl
Beverley Weston is an academic and poet of some renown.
When he suddenly goes missing, the clan gather at their family home in Osage County, Oklahoma,to confront their secrets, lies, abberations and the lacerating tongue of Beverly's wife, Violet.
With thirteen of New Zealand's finest actors, three acts and enough revelations to power several soap operas, August: Osage County is a corrosively funny, brilliant, bitter indictment on where the American Dream went wrong.
August: Osage County has electrified audiences in New York and London, winning five Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
NOTE: 7.30pm start times for Thursday – Saturday performances
"Magnificent. It satisfies a palpable hunger for big theatrical experiences."
--The Guardian
"Turbo-charged tragicomedy...without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years. Fiercely funny and bitingly sad."
--New York Times
The Fortune Theatre presents: Ding Dong (Sexe et Jalousie). By Marc Camoletti. Translated by Tudor Gates.
Jacqueline’s married to Bernard.
Robert is married to Juliette.
Jacqueline’s having an affair with Robert.
Bernard wants revenge on Robert.
Bernard invites Robert and Juliette to dinner.
Without telling Jacqueline.
What will Jacqueline do?
What will Juliette do?
Will Robert still be alive by dessert?
Barbara’s a call girl. Where does she fit in?
And how does the maid Marie-Louise cope with all this?
It’s a right Ding Dong!
With its characters placed in ridiculous situations, Ding Dong is typical fast-paced, hilarious French Farce. Fawlty Towers, 3rd Rock From The Sun and Frasier tickle your fancy? Ding Dong is for you. Just with a little more spice.
We’re turning up the heat for you with Ding Dong. It’s just the party for a cold winter night and best seen with your own party! Grab your wife, your husband, your lover, your friends, your workmates. Make up your group and hustle along to Ding Dong!
Show times: Tues 6pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm, Sun 4pm.
Il Maggiore - My Father’s War in Italy
New Zealand Film Archive Mediaplex Friday, 3 September, 12:15pm
Mosgiel Friday, 5 February, 2:00pm
A Barrel of Laughs with Mayor Tim and Gary McCormack
Copthorne Hotel & Resort Solway Park Friday, 3 September, 7:30pm
Michael Houstoun Plays Chopin & Schumann
Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber Friday, 3 September, 7:30pm
Martin Riseley and Maurice Till Perform
Maurice Till Concert Hall Friday, 3 September, 7:30pm
