woa Events
As we get news of theatre events, CD
launches or the ballet, anything you might enjoy we will have it here on our
events page.
We will talk with the women involved and we often are lucky enough
to have tickets to give away.
So stay tuned to women on air on
PlainsFM 96.9
Performing
at the Harbour Light Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October.
Tickets $25, table reservations
www.harbourlight.co.nz ‘Whats On’ and door sales (if any).
Open 7pm Starts 8pm.
New Zealand
virtuoso violinist and composer Fiona Pears started performing as a soloist with
orchestras at the age of twelve. Now based in London, she has forged a career
as an international soloist and recording artist which has seen her perform at
many concert halls around the world as well as recording for EMI and Universal
records releases. A fiery melting pot of
flavours: Latin, Jazz, Celtic and classical, as well as some hot traditional
Gypsy favourites. Fiona is an electrifying and visual performer who thrills
audiences wherever she plays. During 2008 Fiona has toured the US, Ireland and
Jersey as well as performing at festivals and concert halls around England and
Scotland. She has also recorded her forth CD, “Fire and Light,” which features
the City of Prague Philharmonic as well as top Christchurch musicians Misha
Marks, Greg Donaldson, Pete Fleming and London pianist/producer Ian Tilley.
“Fire and Light,” features many of Fiona’s latest compositions and orchestral
arrangements. Fiona is back in New Zealand for several months to release her new
CD and will be embarking on a New Zealand tour with her band.
www.fionapears.com
Ladies First
Christchurch's Finest Female Singers
Featuring Lissell Stewart, Carla Flavell and
Bex Thompson
With Kharamelow, Pacific Underground Band,
6th November (Thursday)
8pm
The CIVIC (194 Manchester Street, Christchurch)
$15 (presale) or $20 (on the door)
For Tickets call Bex: (03) 3484547 or 021 127 8195
or from Music Planet at 160 Tuam Street.
www.myspace.com/ladiesfirstshow
Sir Jon Trimmer is thrilled to be playing the lead role in the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s vibrant, new production of Don Quixote. The ballet veteran and crowd-favourite is celebrating 50 years of performing with the RNZB this year, and says being offer the role of “The Don” is a dream come true. “I was thrilled and honoured to be asked to play the role of Don Quixote. These days I tend to mainly play old ladies and witches so it will be nice to be the hero for once, even an aging, addled and confused one,” jokes the 69-year-old. Sir Jon first joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 1958, just five years after the company was founded. Over the years his skills and dedication to dance have made him a household name. “I hope I’m still going strong and performing when I’m 80,” Trimmer says. He will be joined on stage in Don Quixote by special guest star and expat New Zealander, Marc Cassidy from The Australian Ballet and former RNZB principal dancer Shannon Dawson. Designed by RNZB artist director Gary Harris, Don Quixote is a family-friendly ballet featuring the best of classical dance technique set to the sparkling melodies of revered composer Ludwig Minkus. The story follows the confused and ageing Don, together with his young nephew Sancho, as they encounter the devious Gamache with his consort of rough and ready street dancers, the beautiful but feisty Kitri; her young, penniless lover Basilio; Kitri’s father – a pretentious café owner, and a tribe of wild gypsies.A secret lover’s tryst, a robbery, visions and dreams, and a celebratory wedding add excitement to this fun adventure. Don Quixote is one of the great comedic ballets of all time, so join the Royal New Zealand Ballet for this fun night out.
Christchurch 19 – 22 November
Six established sculptors will be exhibiting their work in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in a new Festival of Flowers event set to inspire, challenge and amuse. Featured artists include Tony Bond, Sean Crawford, Alison Erickson, Hannah Kidd, Ian Lamont and Aaron Te Rangaio. Curated by Lyttelton artist and organiser of Sculpture on the Peninsula Gill Hay, Flora and Forma will enhance one of Christchurch’s best assets, the Botanic Gardens. The exhibition will take you on a sculptural walk through the Gardens and focus attention on both exhibition and permanent sculpture highlighted by seasonal plantings. It will remind locals of the pleasure of wandering through the Gardens and provide visitors with a rich experience of Christchurch as the Garden City.
For more Festival of Flowers events see www.festivalofflowers.co.nz
Photo: Getaway Gateway by Hannah Kidd
United
We Fall
Climb the stairs and walk around
the first floor balcony of Christchurch Art Gallery’s foyer and you’ll
find yourself accompanied along the way by a procession of high-intensity
colours. Together these colours make up United We Fall, an exciting new
work by New Zealand artist Sara Hughes.
United We Fall is the result of a
year spent by Hughes in America, where she was bombarded with news of the hotly
contested Democratic Primary and the
US
occupation of Iraq. Noticing the way colour was used in American politics to
separate one opponent from another, Hughes resolved to put some well-known
political colours to unexpected use. She has used the 194 national flags
recognised by the United Nations, stripped of their identifying symbols and
randomly generated by computer programme, to create the spectrum of vivid
colours that now engages visitors to the gallery.
Experience Psychodrama with Lorna Di Lollo
Cheques made out to ANZPA
Send to: Colin Eliot, 27 Blighs Rd, Christchurch 8052.
Breast Cancer Website
The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram" for free (pink window in the middle).
This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com