Performing Arts / May 2009
June 2009 | April 2009-
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Flipper! Flippin’ Yeah
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- Flipper, in their current incarnation of Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, Steve DePace and Rachel Thoele, are making their way to the San Francisco Bath House on June 18th as part of a longtime coming and largely antipodean tour. Flipper formed in San Fransico back in 1979 and went on to become one of post-punk’s, no-wave’s and noise rock’s most significant bands. They even had a large impact on the grun
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Comedy Divas – 18 May, Embassy Theatre
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- I have never been to the Comedy Divas evening, it is something that I have always intended to check-out, but have inevitably missed it every year. I think it’s the allure of a diverse range of comediennes and the promise of a goodie-bag for a reasonable buck, that gets me every time. Clearly a total win for a tight-arse that thinks stand-up comedy can be a bit of a gamble…
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Wellington Batucada want YOU
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- Remember the Cuba Street Carnival? What about those fantastic, drum beating, fish-headed guy’s who took the illuminated night parade by storm? Well they want YOU. Wellington’s Batucada – our very own community-based Samba percussionists – are on the lookout for new talent.
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Blood Wedding – 9 May, Circa Theatre
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- Knives, pistols, gang warfare, love, betrayal, revenge, murder… yip… Blood Wedding is a powerfully gripping and passionate piece of theatre that keeps you captivated right to the last minute.
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Nick Tipping Trio
- Wellington Live Music
- 29/04/09 | Sandwiches Jazz Nite Words by Larissa McMillan Photos by Crispin Anderlini The relaxed and warm atmosphere of Sandwiches bar is a welcome mat laid out every Wednesday for all jazz cats around, looking for some full and enriching Jazz in which to immerse themselves, as well as a dinner option to indulge themselves in. This drizzly mid-week saw a good crowd, enthusiastic and ready for t
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Matt and Kim tonight!
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- Brooklyn-based noisemakers Matt and Kim are a charming, dorky, chaotic, euphoric two piece with Kim on drums and Matt on keys. Their 2006 debut and recent release Grand are both full to the brim of their own blend of spontanious punk on a fistfull of happy pills which really shines live. More like an out of control house parties than concerts, their shows are an exhilarating, rambunctious affair,
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It's funny season in the City
- The Wellingtonista
- It's Comedy festival time in the Capital. Personally I think the timing is always quite impeccable as winter has just hit and with it comes the winter blues. There are loads of amazing local acts and also some brilliant internationals.
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Faye Blais & April Maze
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- 24/04/09 | Hole In The Wall Words and photos by Crispin Anderlini A frosty ANZAC Eve Friday brought me in from the cold to enjoy the rich, powerful, varied sounds and thoughtful, catchy, ultimately satisfying, lyrics of Australia’s April Maze (Sivan Agam and Todd Mayhew) and Canadian singer-songwriter Faye Blais. April Maze took the stage first with Sivan Agam providing a smooth, heartwarm
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Happy to change hands
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- Happy Bar always likes a surprise. And that attitude hasn’t changed, with the established ‘Experimental’ music venue moving into the capable hands of new owners, Deborah Resnick and Sam Macleod. The more out there shows will be limited to one night a week, with Tuesday’s becoming “Experimental Tuesday's”, continuing the Happy tradition of weird and wonderful performances.
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Best Busker
- Eye of the Fish
- Cuba Street is nothing if not the Busking home of Wellington, and at any given time there are normally at least a couple of buskers, thrashing out chords and trying out their talents on our eardrums.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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