Making Connections
Last year at the Festival we had actor Gavin Rutherford being whisked by speeding taxis from one venue to the other after appearing in both Le Sud and Hotel – this year there’s less drama, but still some overlapping. Jack Shadbolt, the star of The Intricate Art of Actually Caring has also been cast in the lunar hit APOLLO 13:Mission Control, taking him from Jerusalem up the Whanganui River almost to the moon! Jack isn’t the only recent addition to the APOLLO cast. Cohen Holloway, fresh from winning the best actor at the Qantas Film and Television Awards for his role as David Dougherty in Until Proven Innocent and starring in the hit NZ movie Boy, is cast in the role of legendary American broadcaster Walter Cronkite, reporting on the space drama as it unfolds.
Visit our website www.nelsonartsfestival.co.nz for show and booking details for Intricate Art of Actually Caring and APOLLO 13: Mission Control.
Do we have a deal for you?
Here’s one for our Facebook friends – You can save $15 a ticket to any performance of Zeitgeist, the extraordinary physical theatre show from Australian company Zen Zen Zo, by visiting us on Facebook (link below). Once you’re there find a unique code to use when you book online. But please note this offer is only available for a very limited time so don’t dilly dally, the fantastic deal expires 5.30pm Wed 22 September.
Cam’s in his dancing shoes
Festival marketing co-ordinator Cam Woods get’s his turn at picking a show this issue:
‘Having never been able to figure out how to co-ordinate my feet, let alone my body while performing any type of dance, I’ve always found the combination of grace and power shown by professional dance astounding. So as my pick for this week I’ve selected peso medio performed by ladoCiego company from Buenos Aries. This is tango performed in a contemporary, powerful and evocative manner from by four fantastic dancers. It tells the story of a boxer struggling to make his way in Buenos Aries (peso medio translates as middleweight) and isn’t traditional tango from the ballroom floor. Instead this is cutting edge, raw dance from the streets of Argentina.
As Julio Zurita from ladoCiego says ‘...the public doesn’t see peso medio, they experience it... It’s very dizzying at times and doesn’t give time to breathe. ‘
This is a fantastic opportunity to see international dance of the highest calibre direct from the home of the tango.’
See peso medio at the Theatre Royal, Thur 14 Oct 8pm, Fri 15 Oct 6.30pm.
On the Road
Some of our shows are already on the road, performing in other venues here and overseas. In this section of E-news we report on how they’re being received.
Miranda Harcourt’s Biography of My Skin began its New Zealand tour at the Clarence St Theatre in Hamilton last weekend. The Waikato Times critic Rob Kidd had this to say:
“Harcourt got a great response from the audience…the second stanza was fantastic though there weren’t as many laughs but there were some incredibly touching moments…
The line between life and art is often blurry and this production takes it to new levels. It’s no wonder Harcourt said this was one of her proudest acting achievements – it has the potential to be career defining.”
See Biography of My Skin at the Theatre Royal, Sat 16 Oct and Sun 17 Oct, 6pm.
That’s it for this week. Grab a programme, eat gruel for a week and splash out on as many tickets as you can!
