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Performing Arts / April 2015

May 2015 | March 2015
    • FROM BROADWAY TO LA SCALAWELLINGTON | Michael Fowler Centre |...
      • FROM BROADWAY TO LA SCALA WELLINGTON | Michael Fowler Centre | Friday 18 September | An evening of glamour, passion and romance Renowned for their charisma, stagecraft and musical versatility, bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes joins film, TV and musical theatre star Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Australia’s favourite tenor David Hobson (Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme) and the breathtaking soprano Greta Bradman, to thrill audiences with a seamless blend of classical elegance and theatrical glamour. Joining this extraordinary quartet is a truly special guest star: the living national treasure Dame Malvina Major. From Puccini to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bizet to Gershwin and Verdi to Cole Porter, this unique concert experience features many of the greatest songs, arias and duets ever composed, brought to life by five of our region’s most highly acclaimed singers and accompanied by Orchestra Wellington. Soaring with the exuberance of the great stage musicals, enriched with the power and passion of grand opera From Broadway to La Scala will transport you with a richly entwined repertoire of all time classics, drawn from two of the world’s most enduringly popular musical genres. For ticket presales head to Ticketek HERE
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    • Reflections from week one of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
      • Drood, Glorious Drood! This week on *drama on the waterfront, we hear reflections from week one of The Mystery of Edwin Drood Just over a week ago The Mystery of Edwin Drood thundered out of the gate at Circa, with a bold and boisterous opening night event that served up a feast of madness, mystery, murder and music to the more than 200 people who joined the cast and crew to send Drood off to the races in style. Fabulous....Brilliant...Awesome...Amazing...You should see it more than once!By now, nearly 1500 of you have been welcomed to the Music Hall Royale to meet the incredible suspects, watch for clues and red herrings and decide for yourselves who the Dickens did the deed! Highly recommended that all lovers of Dickens go see this show. It’s been wonderfully exciting to see the different possible endings emerge (with some hilariously improbable pairings already proving popular! Most of all, it’s been humbling and gratifying to hear how much fun you’re all having Stunning in every way and rollicking good fun!Phew! As those of you who’ve seen it will know, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a massive and spectacular undertaking, needing truckloads of energy, wit, speed, passion…..and people to share it with! We’re still  firing on all cylinders and there are heaps of endings still to be seen, so it’s just as well we’ve got another three weeks to bring you a larger-than-life experience at The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Everyone should go and see this as quickly as they can; it is HILARIOUS!All photos taken by Tabitha Arthur, with quotes from the audience of this season of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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        • Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Meat Puppets
      • This week on *drama on the waterfront, we popped in on the Two Mortals team during pack-in to ask why the performers are wearing headphones and what makes dying so much fun… Director Geoff Pinfield, composer Beatrice Lewis, and performers Mike McEvoy and Rachael Dyson-McGregor.
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        • Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


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