3 Penny Opera, Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, Jun. 22-29, 2019
This is Heather Howes from our final rehearsal, and she sounds AMAZING. Come see us at Hannah Playhouse, Jun. 22-29, 2019:
Bless the Child - Hone & Mīria interview 2018 New Zealand Festival
Glimpse behind the scenes of new New Zealand work by acclaimed Tawata Productions, Bless the Child, in this interview with writer Hone Kouka and director Mīria George.
A child has died and Shardae, mother of the child, is held guilty until proven otherwise.
A power-hungry lawyer, Khan Te Ahi Richards, is reluctantly dragged into the case to defend the mother as the whānau close ranks. And rumbling from beneath is Rūaumoko, god of earthquakes and unborn children. Now the mother, the lawyer and the wayward ones are all in search of an answer – who took the life of baby Ara?
Challenging and thought-provoking, Bless the Child is a story of life and death, good versus evil. In an unflinching look at our society through a Māori lens, it uncovers the truth of our shared humanity – to protect the child.
Co-produced by the New Zealand Festival, Auckland Arts Festival and Tawata Productions
World Premiere Season of Bless the Child
Tawata Productions
Written by Hone Kouka
Directed by Mīria George
28 FEBRUARY - 4 MARCH
HANNAH PLAYHOUSE: 12 Cambridge Tce, Wellington, New Zealand
TICKETS: $39-49
THANKS TO: Creative New Zealand
Part of the 2018 New Zealand Festival.
Only Wanna Be
From the debut album by Hannah in the Wars, released on 99X/10 Records on May 25th 2015. Pre-sales with advance A + B side single available now
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Gigs:
April 18th: The Wine Cellar, Auckland, NZ
April 19th: The Rogue Stage, Rotorua, NZ
April 22nd: Moon 1, Wellington, NZ
April 23rd on the Interislander ferry, NZ
April 23rd: Le Cafe, Picton, NZ
April 24th: The Playhouse, Nelson, NZ
April 26th: Wunderbar, Lyttelton, NZ
April 28th: Sherwood, Queenstown, NZ
April 29th: Gin & Raspberry, Wanaka, NZ
April 30th: The Cheeky Llama, Invercargill, NZ
May 1st:Taste Merchants, Dunedin, NZ
May 16th: Sebright Arms, London, UK
May 23rd: Red Roasters, Brighton, UK
May 27th: Bloc, Glasgow, UK
May 28th: Bannerman's, Edinburgh, UK
May 29th: Liverpool, venue TBC
May 30th: Three Minute Theatre, Manchester, UK
June 4th: The Pavilion, Belfast, UK
June 5th: Roisin Dubh, Galway, IRE
June 6th: The Twisted Pepper, Dublin, IRE
June 12th: Prachtwerk, Berlin, GER
June 13th: Cafe Montoya, Berlin, GER
Hannah Playhouse Seating Block Removal
Hannah Playhouse Seating Block Removal
Removal of the old seating block to make a different configuration for a upcoming show.
Bless the Child - Cara & Lionel interview 2018 New Zealand Festival
Glimpse behind the scenes of new New Zealand work by acclaimed Tawata Productions, Bless the Child, in this interview with costume designer Cara Louise Waretini and actor Lionel Wellington.
A child has died and Shardae, mother of the child, is held guilty until proven otherwise.
A power-hungry lawyer, Khan Te Ahi Richards, is reluctantly dragged into the case to defend the mother as the whānau close ranks. And rumbling from beneath is Rūaumoko, god of earthquakes and unborn children. Now the mother, the lawyer and the wayward ones are all in search of an answer – who took the life of baby Ara?
Challenging and thought-provoking, Bless the Child is a story of life and death, good versus evil. In an unflinching look at our society through a Māori lens, it uncovers the truth of our shared humanity – to protect the child.
Co-produced by the New Zealand Festival, Auckland Arts Festival and Tawata Productions
World Premiere Season of Bless the Child
Tawata Productions
Written by Hone Kouka
Directed by Mīria George
28 FEBRUARY - 4 MARCH
HANNAH PLAYHOUSE: 12 Cambridge Tce, Wellington, New Zealand
TICKETS: $39-49
THANKS TO: Creative New Zealand
Part of the 2018 New Zealand Festival.
What's This @WhyWellington Hibernation All About?
The @WhyWellington accounts on Twitter and Instagram went into 'hibernation', live on stage at the Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, during a PechaKucha presentation.
Want to know why and what this hibernation is all about?
Mechanical Ballet trailer - NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL 2018
MECHANICAL BALLET
Stroma with Sarah Watkins & Stephen De Pledge
Drums that strike themselves. Loudspeakers that pivot and pirouette. Pianos whose keys tap dance ghostly toccatas. Welcome to a brave new world of mechatronic music, where self-playing instruments rule.
Autonomous instruments have fascinated composers since the dawn of the mechanical age. The
most famous of these is arguably Georges Antheil’s epic work Ballet Mécanique (1925) – best described as The Rite of Spring meets heavy metal. In Mechancial Ballet, experience the wonder for yourself as a crowd of mechatronic loudspeakers and percussion instruments come to life – created by Wellington-based musicians/engineers Jim Murphy, Bridget Johnson and David Downes. They keep pace with percussionists from leading Kiwi new music ensemble Stroma and top New Zealand pianists Sarah Watkins and Stephen De Pledge.
This concert of virtuosic proportions features two seminal works by US minimalist icon Steve Reich, Drumming Part 1 and Piano Phase, as well as world premieres of works by composers Bridget Johnson, David Downes and Michael Norris. The future starts here.
“Stroma remain at the top as a cutting-edge contemporary music ensemble” CAPITAL TIMES
WHEN
Fri 16 & Sat 17 Mar, 7pm
WHERE
Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, NZ
TICKETS
POST-SHOW ARTIST TALK
Fri 16 Mar, Hannah Playhouse auditorium
PARTNERED BY
Victoria University Wellington
THANKS TO
Creative New Zealand
Part of the New Zealand Festival 24 Feb - 18 Mar 2018
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Drop Spike Illusion
Vegas Horror show, Wellington, New Zealand. Hannah Playhouse theatre
Bless the Child - Carrie & Moana interview 2018 New Zealand Festival
Glimpse behind the scenes of new New Zealand work by acclaimed Tawata Productions, Bless the Child, in this interview with actors Carrie Green and Moana Ete.
A child has died and Shardae, mother of the child, is held guilty until proven otherwise.
A power-hungry lawyer, Khan Te Ahi Richards, is reluctantly dragged into the case to defend the mother as the whānau close ranks. And rumbling from beneath is Rūaumoko, god of earthquakes and unborn children. Now the mother, the lawyer and the wayward ones are all in search of an answer – who took the life of baby Ara?
Challenging and thought-provoking, Bless the Child is a story of life and death, good versus evil. In an unflinching look at our society through a Māori lens, it uncovers the truth of our shared humanity – to protect the child.
Co-produced by the New Zealand Festival, Auckland Arts Festival and Tawata Productions
World Premiere Season of Bless the Child
Tawata Productions
Written by Hone Kouka
Directed by Mīria George
28 FEBRUARY - 4 MARCH
HANNAH PLAYHOUSE: 12 Cambridge Tce, Wellington, New Zealand
TICKETS: $39-49
THANKS TO: Creative New Zealand
Part of the 2018 New Zealand Festival.
Oak tree music I am your chieftess
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DYLAN LARDELLI: Musical Box
In ‘Musical Box’ composer, Dylan Lardelli seeks to express in sonic form the notion that memories often comprise reality and ongoing transfigurations. Alistair Fraser's pūmotomoto acts as memory and the other instrumentalists play transformed and faded versions of this. In this Stroma performance from its Tātai Whetū concert at the Hannah Playhouse, the composer plays guitar, with Ingrid Bauer (harp) and Andrew Thomson (viola).
You can find film of a performance of this work by the SMP Ensemble from 2009 on our website, in which the protagonist is the hue (gourd).
'Musical Box' was originally commissioned by the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, Victoria University of Wellington with funding assistance from Creative New Zealand.
Audio recorded by RNZ Concert, film funded by NZ On Air.
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ARIANA TIKAO: Clinging Things
The words of Eliza Sproat Turner inspired this new composition by Ariana Tikao in this first song from the New Zealand School of Music - Te Kōkī’s ‘Suffrage Songs Recomposed’ concert.
“We are three tender clinging things,
With palpitating natures;
We can’t endure that gentlemen
Should think of us as creatures
Who dress like frights and want their rights,
Or business to attend to;
Or have their view or ask the news,
Or anything that men do…”
Ariana is joined by Ruby Solly and Lee Stuart on the stage of Wellington’s Hannah Playhouse.
Audio recorded by Richard Caigou for New Zealand School of Music - Te Kōkī.
Film funded by NZ On Air.
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Stroma: Tātai Whetū - series trailer
Wellington-based new music ensemble Stroma celebrated Matariki 2017 with 'Ko te tātai whetū', a concert of works for taonga pūoro and Western instruments performed at the Hannah Playhouse.
Stand by in the coming week as we release very special full-length Resound films of taonga pūoro performers and composers Ariana Tikao and Alistair Fraser delivering performances of works by Gillian Whitehead, Dylan Lardelli, Tristan Carter and Philip Brownlee.
Audio was recorded by our Resound partners RNZ Concert, with filming and production funded by NZ On Air.
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JOHN RIMMER pre concert talk
We move from the Karlheinz Company’s ‘John Rimmer at 80’ concert in Auckland, to Stroma’s tribute to John, “Where Sea Meets Sky”, at Wellington’s Hannah Playhouse.
John spoke with Stroma co-director Michael Norris ahead of the concert, about ‘Where Sea Meets Sky 2’ and other works.
Audio recorded by RNZ Concert.
Film funded by NZ On Air.
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Cow - Carving In Ice
This double bill of Jo Randerson plays, staged by Carving in Ice and directed by Gaye Poole, offers a unique opportunity for Waikato audiences to see two of Jo Randerson's plays, Fold and Cow, on the same evening. This cast of Waikato University Hillary scholars, theatre students and community actors revel in the chance to work on these non-naturalistic plays. Fold and Cow: refreshing, absurd, surreal, impish, irreverent, grotesque, puzzling and hilarious in turn.
COW
Ever so slightly surreal; a wry look at the New Zealand family and the pressures of conformist society.
Beth's heart is set on making a cow out of leaves, but with a father who believes he is a cat and several opinionated interlopers will she realise her dream?
FOLD
Friends without benefits. A play about parties, presents, pegs and clean underwear.
Witty, grotesque, refreshing and chilling; a mockery of pretension, self-obsession and self-delusion.
Dates & times
Tues 1st May 8.00pm PREVIEW
Wed 2nd May 8.00pm OPENING NIGHT
Thurs 3rd May8.00pm PERFORMANCE
Fri 4th May 6.00pm PERFORMANCE
Fri 4th May 9.00pm PERFORMANCE
Sat 5th May 8.00pm FINAL NIGHT
Playhouse Theatre -- Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
More Details: carvinginice.co.nz
Tickets: ticketek.co.nz
Giant Slide
Maja and Richard take a trip down the giant slide at Smith Memorial Playground.
NZIF in one word
NZIF participants summarise the festival in one word (or so)...
Featuring: Bethany Miller, Matt Hutton, Guanny Liu-Prosee, Wiremu Tuhiwai, Laura Irish, Cassa Rowles, Kate Rodhe, Merrilee McCoy, PlayShop
NZIF | 20-27 OCTOBER 2018
ONE WEEK. NEW ZEALAND’S TOP IMPROVISERS.
EVERYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
Every year hordes of improvisers take over BATS for one week of made-up mayhem; running workshops, masterclasses and a full programme of improv theatre fun. There are no scripts, no lines to remember; only spontaneity and generosity on stage, creating theatre that has never been seen and will never be seen again. Join us at Hannah Playhouse and BATS Theatre for our 10th anniversary of all things spontaneous!
nzimprovfestival.co.nz
TAOA ShortTeaser
Filmed during the World Première season at Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, April 2015.
Direction and Set Design: Ross McCormack
Performance: Ross McCormack, Emily Adams, James Vu Anh Pham / Xin Ji/ Luke Hanna
Sound Design: Jason Wright
Light Design: Natasha James
Dramaturgy: Melanie Hamilton
Our 10th birthday wish for the future of NZIF!
NZIF participants tell us what they wish for the future of NZIF...
Featuring: Laura Irish, Guanny Liu-Prosee, Cassa Rowles, Kate Rodhe, Bethany Miller, Matt Hutton, Robbie Ellis, A Snake
NZIF | 20-27 OCTOBER 2018
ONE WEEK. NEW ZEALAND’S TOP IMPROVISERS.
EVERYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
Every year hordes of improvisers take over BATS for one week of made-up mayhem; running workshops, masterclasses and a full programme of improv theatre fun. There are no scripts, no lines to remember; only spontaneity and generosity on stage, creating theatre that has never been seen and will never be seen again. Join us at Hannah Playhouse and BATS Theatre for our 10th anniversary of all things spontaneous!
nzimprovfestival.co.nz
What does NZIF mean to you?
NZIF participants tell us what the New Zealand Improv Festival means to them...
Featuring: Matt Hutton, Bethany Miller, Cassa Rowles, Penny Ashton, Merrilee McCoy, Laura Irish, Matt Powell, Wiremu Tuhiwai, Guanny Liu-Prosee
NZIF | 20-27 OCTOBER 2018
ONE WEEK. NEW ZEALAND’S TOP IMPROVISERS.
EVERYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
Every year hordes of improvisers take over BATS for one week of made-up mayhem; running workshops, masterclasses and a full programme of improv theatre fun. There are no scripts, no lines to remember; only spontaneity and generosity on stage, creating theatre that has never been seen and will never be seen again. Join us at Hannah Playhouse and BATS Theatre for our 10th anniversary of all things spontaneous!
nzimprovfestival.co.nz