LIVE Magazine June - July 2013 by Auckland Live

Winter showtime edition JUNE – JULY 2013

Get your skates on with Winter Showtime | STOMP’s local star

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LIVE SHORTS The Queen Street entrance to Auckland Town Hall is now open during weekdays, so that residents and visitors can visit the foyer of the historic building. The concierges previously based at the north end of the building have relocated to a reception desk next to the box office to assist the public visiting on Auckland Council business.

Stark’s Café & Bar at The Civic now offers a range of breakfast options from 7 – 10.30am on weekdays. Options include toast, bagels, croissants and toasted sandwiches, served with juice, tea or Caffe L’affare coffee.

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Up the road at BOX Café & Bar there have been new heaters installed on the terrace so you can keep toasty while meeting for coffee or having a drink before a show.

The cover illustration for this issue of LIVE was created by designer and artist Greg Straight. As well as this Winter Showtime artwork, he designed the illustration for our Unwrapping Christmas programme last year. His work has also been used by magazines and companies – you can find out more at www.gregstraight.co.nz.

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Director of THE EDGE Robbie Macrae loves performing arts, but for this issue his pick is the National Geographic Live talk with acclaimed photographer Paul Nicklen on 29 July.

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“We’re thrilled that the extraordinarily successful National Geographic Live talks are coming to Auckland this year. In July we have Paul Nicklen talking about his adventures in the polar regions, with a second talk in August by Joel Sartore. This will be a wonderful opportunity to hear first-hand stories from places most of us will never get to see.”

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Winter Wonder Winter is coming – a quote now immortalised by A Game of Thrones author George R R Martin – but it doesn’t mean Aucklanders have to seek shelter from imminent storms. There are more reasons than ever to experience and enjoy the chilly charms of the colder months as Dionne Christian discovers.

or the second year running, THE EDGE presents Winter Showtime. It’s a time of familyfriendly music, theatre, dance and lecture events from local and international artists as well as the eagerly awaited return of the Aotea Square Ice Rink. Melanie Smith, Deputy Director and Head of Programming at THE EDGE, says Winter Showtime will ward off the winter blues by providing high-quality entertainment that enlivens the coolest day or evening. The Aotea Square Ice Rink was the natural choice to be the centrepiece of Winter Showtime. Last year, 25,000 people visited the rink, ensuring it remained for an extended season. Paradice Ice Skating General Manager Chris Blong says Aucklanders realised how much fun ice skating is when they visited. “We had very positive feedback, mainly the ‘wow’ factor that it was possible to ice skate in the middle of Aotea Square and on such good-quality ice,” says Chris. “People loved the amusement rides during the day and how the ice rink was lit up at night.” The rink will be 20% bigger this year while activities include ice skating lessons, skating demonstrations, snow sculpture making, competitions and more themed weekends and evenings. Come through the doors at Aotea Centre, The Civic and Auckland Town Hall and there’s a range of entertainment, particularly for younger people. Each Saturday morning, from 22 June to 31 August, there’s Pick & Mix which includes a 45-minute free performance followed by a 45-minute free workshop. Performances are eclectic and likely to include everything from ballet, improv comedy, circus and musical theatre. It’s the perfect way to introduce

friends and family to performing arts they may not have previously experienced. Seasons, created by Wellington-based Capital E! National Theatre for Children, comes north for performances at the Herald Theatre. With music and lyrics by Laughton and Jenny Pattrick, Seasons uses song, dance and puppetry to take children on a journey through the seasonal cycle of winter, autumn, spring and summer. There’s no doubt Hairy Maclary, the little black bundle of fur made famous in Dame Lynley Dodd’s children’s books, has captured the affections of people all over the world and the touring musical Hairy Maclary and Friends is included in Winter Showtime. It was created by Scotland’s Nonsense Room Productions and visits Auckland after debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 and sell-out performances in the United Kingdom and Australia. Shows like Seasons and Hairy Maclary and Friends may have inspired some members of the National Youth Theatre Company. Open to anyone aged 7 to 21, the Aucklandbased theatrical training organisation offers training and performance opportunities. This year, more than 90 of its students take to the stage in the rock ‘n‘ roll musical Grease! Another high-profile youth-orientated event comes to Aotea Centre: the Auckland section of Stage Challenge. Stage Challenge is part of an international movement involving dance, design and drama showcased in five to eight-minute performances created by schools and set to a medley of published and recorded music. Each team can have up to 140 students from a school or community group working with parents, teachers and its local community to create their performance. Similarly, the Auckland Symphony Orchestra has been developed and nurtured by

Northern Mystics netballers Catherine Latu, Charlotte Kight and Maria Tutaia.

like-minded musicians. Gary Daverne formed the ASO in 1975 to gather players from all parts of Auckland and walks of life who wanted the opportunity to make music outside of their regular 9 to 5 jobs. Some 38 years on, Peter Thomas is now musical director and the ASO continues weekly rehearsals, regular fun, free and family-orientated concerts and provides young soloists the chance to perform in concert with a full symphony orchestra. For Winter Showtime, it presents Little Britain that features orchestral favourites by Elgar, Holst, Vaughan-Williams and Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as the Grieg Piano Concerto performed by Somi Kim who leaves shortly to study in Britain. STOMP is an international sensation and, following a performance at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, it’s back in Auckland with a new show featuring New Zealand’s own Ian Vincent. While STOMP is a journey into sound and movement, National Geographic Live is for explorers who hunger for new discoveries in the world around them and it’s coming

to New Zealand for the first time. Two adventurers share stories of their most intense and inspiring encounters. Into the Icy Realms sees biologist and photojournalist Paul Nicklen, who has spent most of his working life in the Arctic and Antarctica, share his passion for polar and marine biodiversity while, in Grizzlies, Piranhas and Man-Eating Pigs, intrepid explorer Joel Sartore talks about adventures to some of the world’s most beautiful and challenging environments and how he has lived to tell the tales. Look out for this icon on the calendar on pages 8 and 9 to see when all the Winter Showtime events are on.

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Snow Sensation Snow and ice also make an appearance indoors at THE EDGE during Winter Showtime – so do magical trains, smoke-billowing chimney-pot hats, beds that transform into boats riding storm-tossed waves, and children walking in bubbles.

hese stunning special effects are part of Slava’s Snowshow, the multi-award-winning sensation created by Russian clown Slava Polunin in 1993 following performances with Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria. It fuses traditional and contemporary theatrical clowning arts with cleverly crafted visuals, which culminate in a scene where a letter turns into snowflakes. The snowflakes herald a snowstorm which encircles the theatre leaving it ankle-deep in snow. Slava says the amount of snow used in each performance is enough to make everybody’s heart warm up so they want to stand and scream with joy.

“It is about friendship, loneliness, life and death. It speaks to people no matter where they live and what their story is... the show is visual – it has no words”

performers create a conversation with the audience about important human questions. “It is about friendship, loneliness, life and death. It speaks to people no matter where they live and what their story is,” he says. “Besides, the show is visual – it has no words – and can be understood without translation in any country in each corner of our planet.” He says spectators return to see if they can discover and understand new aspects, as well as enjoy its connection to nature and the elements. Having performed in New Zealand five years ago, Slava believes we have an innate appreciation of the natural world, which helps draw us into the world created in his masterpiece. “It seems to me that New Zealand’s people understand this and hold it close because the nature of the country is so powerful, surprising and beautiful so people live in contact with it and feel it deeply.” All cast members are hand-picked and, Slava jokes, must be willing to train no less than eight hours and 14 minutes a day with no coffee break. It is, he says, all about being seriously silly to perfect an art form that stretches back for centuries.

SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW Little wonder that Slava’s Snowshow has won so many international awards and has been seen in more than 30 countries. Slava describes it as a show where the

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SMASH. HIT. It’s been 22 years since percussion theatre project STOMP first made its footprint on the stage. With the show’s return to New Zealand just around the corner, Luke Oram talks to Kiwi Ian Vincent about the international dance sensation that’s taken a kid from Te Awamutu around the world.

e Awamutu College, like most proud institutions has its hallowed hall of achievement, boasting pictures of its alumni success stories. Along the wall hang pictures of rugby players, cyclists and all manner of sports luminaries.

You’ll also find a picture of Ian Vincent on that wall. Ian once dreamed of garnering that place by fronting the All Whites. He has, instead, earned the honour by banging a trashcan in front of Her Majesty the Queen. From its 1991 debut in London’s Bloomsbury Theatre, dance craze STOMP has stormed its way around the world. It’s a beautiful racket of body and sound, half

street-side entertainment and half urban ballet, a troupe of eight bin-and-broom-wielding dancers turning every man’s trash into a cultural phenomenon. The show’s travelled the world over, from stints at the Acropolis to Bill Clinton’s Millennium celebrations, to Muppet collaborations and Emmy nominations. Last year, the STOMP troupe was the steel backbone of the Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London – and, in that show, Te Awamutu’s own Ian Vincent, playing to Her Majesty. “I remember walking from the entrance into the middle of the stadium – everything seemed to go in slow motion,” recalls Ian down the phone line from London, “I remember walking out there; you had to wave at the royal box. I’m thinking, ‘How the heck did a little schoolboy from Te Awamutu end up here, in front of millions of people? It’s surreal; it’s beyond a dream.’” Ian was 16 when a well-timed phone call set him on a path that would see him become a member of the troupe. He was in a café with his mum (“we were discussing what I was going to do with my life”) and was called in for a private audition in front of the show’s creators at the Sydney Opera House. Ian trained with a bunch of other hopefuls, including exSupergroove drummer Paul Russell and they both eventually joined the eight-person troupe. That was five-and-a-half years ago.

your household plumbing fixtures – and why not: STOMP’S already incorporated everything from Zippos to the literal kitchen sink. Which begs the question: has Ian’s everyday life been ruined by his profession? When he looks around the kitchen, does he no longer see utensils and appliances, only a bevy of percussion aids? “I’ve been doing that since I was born,” laughs Ian. “Mum said I’d always been musical; whenever I heard Eagle Rock on the TV I’d smash whatever I could get my hands on… I’ve got to say, it’s nice to get paid to hit things now.”

It’s been four years since STOMP’s last visit to New Zealand, delivering a sell-out season for the show. For Ian, the homecoming has been too long in coming. “Mum keeps hounding me”, he laughs, promising a theatre half-full of “rellies from Otara”. This year’s version of the show also promises some new treats for the die-hard fans, including two new movements.

Ian Vincent

There’s Trolleys, which taps into the everyday experience of negotiating a busy shopping aisle with a fully laden supermarket trolley. Ian says they’re bringing over custommade trolleys, which begs all kinds of imagination; clearly New Zealand’s PAK’nSAVE dragsters aren’t up to par. The second movement Frogs explores the musical resonance of

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Political satire harks back hundreds of years to the time when court jesters entertained the king but, in more recent times, Yes, Prime Minister has established itself as one of the most popular of the genre. Writers Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have created a stage version of the show and Josie Campbell was lucky enough to catch opening night at Sydney Opera House to get the inside scoop on what’s heading to our shores.

et at the Prime Minister’s country residence, Chequers, the play opens on an appropriately lavish yet timeless set. Our only clue that this is set in the current day is a flat-screen television, although it’s not long before we are fully immersed in a play completely abreast with current political issues – The European Union’s financial meltdown, a minority government and, most importantly, BlackBerrys and Twitter. Prime Minister Jim Hacker (Mark Owen-Taylor) is in a bind; as well as dealing with interminable political crises, he must juggle the roller-coaster manoeuvrings of his allies, his enemies and his staff. He is joined by TV series favourites, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Robert Grubb) and Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley (Russell Fletcher), who simultaneously assist and undermine their leader in a recipe for disaster that can only leave the audience in stitches. Mark did his research to play the well-meaning, slightly bumbling Prime Minister he describes as “a mouse trying to be a rat. He hasn’t really got it in him, but he thinks he has. “I looked at Blair, and Cameron, just to get a sense of what they’re like. I went to London, went through the House of Commons and the House of Lords and all that stuff, which was great,” Mark says. Part of what successfully updates the story is the introduction of the ubiquitous modern-day political adviser – Claire Sutton (Caroline Craig), who is young, clever and (gasp) female, with a level of influence over the Prime Minister that infuriates Sir Humphrey.

Yes, Prime Minister has already toured Australia, with a recordbreaking season in Canberra that saw many political figures in the crowd, by all reports finding the play hilarious. “She’s the special policy adviser to the PM and she’s all about tactics and strategy and achieving goals and winning,” says Caroline. “She and Humphrey are similar, but he’s the old guard and she’s all about progress and moving forward – constantly using her BlackBerry and trying to contact America, and using her female weaponry as well, which is fun.” The play is a new take on a classic, but as Russell (Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley) points out, the story bears a striking resemblance to the original Harlequin, Servant of Two Masters. “The characters are archetypes we can all recognise. You have this slightly fumbling Prime Minister, who is being manipulated by the butler. Then I’m the kitchen-maid, so I get whacked for everything. Caroline is this outside special adviser – very modern, almost playing a straight role.”

Kitchen-maid or private secretary, Russell gets some of the best lines and generates moments of hilarious physical comedy into the play. “We’re not on television so you don’t have the close-up; so you have to keep what’s at stake in your body. If the characters don’t care about what’s happening around them and to them, then the audience won’t really invest in what’s happening either. “We’ve taken every opportunity we’ve had in rehearsal to inject a little physical gag to break up the wordy nature of it.” Yes, Prime Minister has already toured Australia, with a record-breaking season in Canberra that saw many political figures in the crowd, by all reports finding the play hilarious. “Canberra is just a big public-service city, like Washington, and they love it, because they recognise all that stuff.”

“The dynamics are exactly the same – the servant/master thing, who is going to outwit who. Of course Sir Humphrey always wins in the end, and that’s the great joy,” Mark says. “I just love the absurdity in the writing as well, and such cynicism,” says Caroline. “Like when Bernard says ‘But nothing will actually have been achieved‘ and they go ‘Well it will sound as though it has and people will think it has and that’s all that matters!‘” The play has been so successful in the UK that a new series of Yes, Prime Minister has just been created. Here in Auckland we get the chance to see the writers’ take on modern politics, with a cast many will recognise from beloved Australian shows such as A Country Practice, Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Underbelly.

As well as the politicians and civil servants, there has been what Mark calls “somewhat of a ready-made audience of people who come along because they love the TV show. “With that, there are expectations about what the characters should be, but that goes after five minutes. Hopefully they forget about the characters they knew and invest in these ones.

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LIVE calendar SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW Slava’s Snowshow is a breathtaking spectacle of beautifully crafted comic images, restoring childish wonder in people of all ages. 10 – 14 July, various times | $49 – $109* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

DANCE BALLET REVOLUCIÓN Combining 20 of the finest dancers you will ever have the pleasure of seeing from the Island of Dance – Cuba – and eight of the hottest young Cuban musicians live on stage. 11 – 16 June, various times | From $59.90* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

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THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA The completely authentic presentation from this all-American icon – The Glenn Miller Orchestra has a fourth and final Auckland show. An unforgettable journey down memory lane. 8, 29 & 30 June, various times | $79.90 – $99.90* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

SEASONS Capital E National Theatre for Children transports children through song, dance and puppetry into the heart of our ever-changing seasonal calendar. 2 & 3 July, 10am & 11.30am | $8* Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre ASB 2013 STAGE CHALLENGE® AND J ROCK™ Stage Challenge® is high-energy dance, drama and music extravaganza that aims to motivate and inspire students to lead positive, proactive lives. 2 – 5 July 2013 | Adult $33*, Children (12 yrs & under) $27* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

APO: BAYLEYS GREAT CLASSICS SERIES – DANCE! The APO welcomes back pianist Sergio Tiempo for a programme of energy and passion, featuring music by Liszt, Ravel and R Strauss. 20 June, 8pm | $26 – $122* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

CLASSICAL MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION – ROUND 3 Two evenings of superb chamber music, as the top six competitors perform piano trios with Ashley Brown (cello) and Michael Houstoun (piano). 5 & 6 June, 7.30pm | $20 – $40* Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall

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MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION – FINALS The three finalists go head to head in the grand finale of this prestigious competition, each performing a concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. 8 June, 7.30pm | $26 – $122* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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THE ILLUSIONISTS: WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE The biggest-selling magic show on earth comes to The Civic as seven of the world’s greatest magicians perform a mix of the most outrageous and unbelievable illusions until 2 June. 22 May – 2 June, various times | From $69.90* The Civic

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HAIRY MACLARY AND FRIENDS Packed with music, singing, colourful costumes and your favourite stories, you’d be barking mad to miss the stage show of Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary and Friends. 16 & 17 July, various times | $29.90 – $34.90* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

CMNZ: TOKYO STRING QUARTET After 44 astonishing years, the Tokyo String Quartet is disbanding. Their farewell tour includes Auckland and they perform three masterpieces from Mozart, Bartók and Brahms. 14 June, 8pm | $45 – $85* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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PICK & MIX 2013 Get a taste for the performing arts! Join us on Saturday mornings for dance, music, comedy, theatre, workshops and so much more. 22 June – 31 August | FREE Aotea Centre

TOWN HALL ORGAN: MICHAEL STEWART Wellington organist Michael Stewart plays French masterworks and English romantic music in a programme displaying the grandeur and beauty of the new Town Hall Organ. 13 June, 7.30pm | FREE Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

NZ COMMUNITY TRUST CHAMBER MUSIC CONTEST – AUCKLAND SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS Hear the musicians of the future as Auckland’s top young chamber music ensembles compete. Two semi-finals will be followed by the finals at 7pm. 9 June, 9.30am, 12.30pm and 7pm | $5 – $10* Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall THE NEW ZEALAND CHORAL FEDERATION – THE BIG SING Come and hear stunning performances from Auckland’s secondary-school choirs presenting choral music with skill, diversity, enthusiasm and musicianship. Encourage this journey by our Auckland teenagers with your presence. 10 – 12 June, various times Gala concert 12 June, 6.30pm | $17 – $21* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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GREASE! Grease is the word! Relive the ’50s (via the ’70s) with the National Youth Theatre Company. 21 & 22 June, various times | $22 – $35* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

YES, PRIME MINISTER The much-loved BBC hit TV series is now a hilarious stage play. A side-splitting foray into the comedy of politics and intrigue. 9 – 13 July, various times | $50 – $119* The Civic

NZSO: THE PLANETS – A CONCERT FOR MATARIKI An audience favourite. Including the famous Mars and Jupiter (the 2011 Rugby World Cup theme song), The Planets is an orchestral tour de force. Partnered by NewstalkZB. 21 June, 7pm | $25 – $126* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

NZSO: The Planets – A Concert for Matariki

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Grease!

NZSO: VERDI’S REQUIEM The great choral masterwork. Top Australasian soloists, together with Auckland Choral, perform this almighty work filled with Verdi’s trademark glorious melodies. Partnered by NewstalkZB. 22 June, 7.30pm | $25 – $126* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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Wallace National Piano Competition Grand Final

WALLACE NATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION – GRAND FINAL WNPC Adjudicator Michael Houstoun has selected four finalists to perform a 45-minute programme, each competing for prizes totalling $20,000. An awards ceremony will follow. 7 July, 3pm | $15 – $30* Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall

30 May – 7 June, 9am – 5pm | FREE Aotea Gallery, Aotea Centre

Magnum Projections – Pakistan 2005 When the Earth Quaked and Japan 2011 Tsunami Streetwalk 1, Kesennuma by Chris Steele-Perkins (UK). 8 – 21 June, 9am – 5pm | FREE Aotea Gallery, Aotea Centre

CMNZ & RSNZ: EINSTEIN’S UNIVERSE UK violinist Jack Liebeck teams up with chamber music friends to perform the music that Einstein played and loved. RSNZ illustrated talk at 5.30pm. 22 July, 8pm | $35 – $65* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall APO: A NEW ERA In the second concert of the NewstalkZB Splendour Series, the APO celebrates the dawn of a new century with pieces composed between 1900 and 1910. 25 July, 8pm | $26 – $122* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

APO: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS Qantas presents a magical evening as the APO brings a Kiwi twist to this most British of celebrations. Bring your finest singing voice and get ready to party. 11 July, 8pm | $19 – $83* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

AYO: TCHAIKOVSKY ON TOUR Be vitalised by Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol – a scintillating orchestral extravaganza! Principal Supporter: Lodge of the Liberal Arts – Freemasons New Zealand. 27 July, 7.30pm | $5 – $20* On sale 27 June Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

NZSO: BOLD WORLDS Percussionist extraordinaire Colin Currie returns for a southern hemisphere premiere. Highly respected Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä directs the NZSO for Nielsen’s energetic Symphony No. 5. 13 July, 7.30pm | $25 – $126* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

ASO: FREE FAMILY CONCERT – LITTLE BRITAIN Featuring favourite orchestral music including works by Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams, as well as the Grieg Piano Concerto. Somi Kim – Piano. Peter Thomas – Conductor. 28 July, 2.30pm | By donation Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

The Dalai Lama

2013 NZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Since 1969 the International Film Festival has been a cultural highlight of the Auckland winter, presenting premiere screenings of the latest and best of features, shorts, documentaries and animated films from around the world. 18 July – 4 August | www.nzff.co.nz The Civic and other venues

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Score Generators by Shannon Novak Use your own smartphone to reveal the musicality behind objects within the Aotea Centre as experienced by Shannon Novak through synesthesia. 31 May – 29 July | FREE Digital Art Live screen, Level 2, Aotea Centre

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Short+Sweet Dance | 28 May – 9 June Short+Sweet Song | 11 – 15 June & 30 June Short+Sweet Theatre | 18 – 30 June $20 – $35* Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre

AOTEA SQUARE ICE RINK Ice skate amongst the buzz of Auckland city and experience winter with Paradice Ice Skating. There is plenty of fun for everyone! 27 June – 11 August | Adults $20, Children $15 includes skate hire Family Pass: $55 (2 adults and 2 children) Aotea Square AUCKLAND ART & CRAFT FAIR The Auckland Art & Craft Fair is designed to showcase a selection of New Zealand’s best independent and contemporary designers, artists and crafters. 29 June, 11am – 3pm | Gold coin entry BNZ Foyer, Aotea Centre RIALTO CHANNEL 48HOURS GRAND FINAL An international judging panel has chosen the very best shorts from around New Zealand to compete in this year’s Grand Final. 16 July, 8pm | $20* The Civic

AN EVENING WITH JULIE ANDREWS The legendary star of stage and screen shares memories and reflects on a magical career. With special host Nicholas Hammond, this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event! 5 June, 8pm | $95 – $235* The Civic

FESTIVAL SHORT+SWEET FESTIVAL The world’s biggest little festival is back and we’re taking over Auckland, 10 minutes at a time!

THE DALAI LAMA: THE PATH TO HAPPINESS Considered one of the greatest influences of our time, His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains the essence of human nature, being compassionate and affectionate. 12 June, 12.30pm | $25 – $40* The Civic

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APO: BACH TO THE FUTURE In the fifth concert in the New Zealand Herald Premier Series, the APO present a programme inspired by and including the music of Bach. 4 July, 8pm | $26 – $122* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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APO: UNWRAP TCHAIKOVSKY Presenter Graham Abbott and the APO unwrap the secrets behind Tchaikovsky’s much-loved masterpiece. 26 June, 6.30pm | $15 – $25* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

APO: “NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S ORGANIST!” Expect plenty of flair and energy as superstar organist Cameron Carpenter joins the APO for the sixth concert in the New Zealand Herald Premier Series. 18 July, 8pm | $26 – $122* Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

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NZ SUZUKI INSTITUTE AUCKLAND BRANCH'S ANNUAL CONCERT In this free family event Auckland area Suzuki students, ranging in age from 3 to 17, perform their repertoire together in large groups. 23 June, 2pm | FREE Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

NATIONAL GEO LIVE PACIFIC – INTO THE ICY REALMS Share in epic adventures with real-life explorers, Adventure with Paul Nicklen to the most remote and extreme corners of the earth, and discover what it’s like to be on photographic assignment for National Geographic. 29 July, 6.30pm | From $39* ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

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A fireball of passion Igniting the stage with their sensational dance moves, a group of young Cubans will be turning up the heat with an exclusive season at the ASB Theatre in June. Kerry Engelbrecht talked to acclaimed choreographer Aaron Cash about what has been described as “an irresistible Cuban cocktail of ferocious sensuality”.

t will be the first time the 19 highly trained dancers of Ballet Revolución set foot in Aotearoa and audiences here will be treated to an explosive, hot-blooded performance unlike anything previously seen in this country.

“If you watch the Bolshoi perform Carmen as opposed to Ballet Nacion de Cuba,” he says, “you will see two great productions, both with superbly trained dancers, but the Cuban production is far more sensual, passionate and rhythmically seductive.”

With their infectious energy and breathtaking moves from ballet to street dance, Ballet Revolución has already impressed audiences around the world with sold-out shows from Sydney and Singapore to Berlin, Vienna and London.

The Ballet Revolución dancers were all trained at one of the world’s most prestigious dance institutions, the Escuela Nacional de Artes, renowned for modern dance, and at the famous classical training ground Escuela Nacional de Ballet.

Aaron Cash, who first became involved with dance in Cuba as a performer in 2009, is in awe of the passion and rhythm of these dancers. “I could see how amazing they [Cuban dancers] were back then and it was fantastic to eventually get the chance to choreograph them. Of course they’re trained very well, but they leave it all on the floor. They dance with such gusto and heart. It’s awesome, especially in a time of dance when it’s au current to dance as if you don’t care.”

Collaborating with Cuban choreographer Roclan Gonzalez Chavez, who is regarded as one of the most talented and versatile young choreographers to come out of Cuba in the last decade, Aaron says bringing their different ideas into a cohesive whole worked out well. “He pretty much did his thing and I did mine. It worked out well and our different styles meshed,” says Aaron.

Despite Cuba’s roots being deeply embedded in dance – dance is a way of life on the Caribbean island – on a professional level it is a relatively recent phenomenon that imbues performers with an unrivalled freshness and vitality.

Providing the rhythm that inspires these athletic bodies into such tremendously versatile and explosive action, the eightstrong Ballet Revolución live band are a huge part of the show, says Aaron. “Again very talented, very sophisticated rhythmically. There’s nothing better than having a kickin’ band behind you, driving you even harder. They lift the show to another level.”

Cuban folkloric dance is rooted in the African drums and the Spanish guitar, explains Aaron. “The movement is raw and into the floor… passionate, sensual and rhythmically complex.

Trumpet player Tommy Garcia Rojas is sought after all over the world. “When [famous jazz musician] Wynton Marsalis was in Cuba a couple of years back, Tommy was one of the musicians he wanted to play with.”

International hits such as those by Shakira and Ricky Martin provide a funky, high-energy setting for this mix of modern dance and elegant ballet with Afro-Cuban dance traditions. Ballet Revolución toured Australia two years ago and the response was incredible, says Aaron. “We’ve been invited back to Oz so thought we’d test the waters in New Zealand. I might be wrong but the feeling I’ve always had is New Zealand audiences are well educated when it comes to dance.” Well-educated we might be, but Ballet Revolución has something for everyone, according to Aaron. “This show is a celebration of what the human body can do through dance. You don’t have to know a lot about dance to have a great night watching the Cubans.” So book your seats, sit back and let yourself be carried away in a fireball of passion and exuberance that will surely astound and amaze.

BALLET REVOLUCIÓN 11 – 16 June ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

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National Geographic magazine has consistently delivered some of the best journalism in the world. It has a circulation of more than eight million and is published in 36 languages. Its stories have directly and indirectly shaped the way many see the world around them. Now some of its finest journalists are bringing their jobs – their adventures – to the stage. By David Farrier.

hen I speak to 44-year-old Paul Nicklen he’s on assignment in Hawaii. He tells me he’s not allowed to say what his assignment is. As one of National Geographic’s most respected photographers, scoops are sometimes a secret. He stalls for time, not wanting to be rude. “Is it important to mention it? I don’t want to run the risk…” He pauses. “But I posted on Instagram last night. I was allowed to do that! We’re doing an underwater story on the Hawaiian surfing culture. There, I said it!” Welcome to the life of an award-winning biologist and photojournalist. After spending his childhood with Inuits in Canada’s Arctic, he’d found his passion. But while he specialises in the Arctic and Antarctica, there’s no stopping his love of nature anywhere and everywhere: from polar bears to grizzly bears, he’s photographed them all. Despite all those bears, he says the most nervous he’s ever been was while giving a TED talk several years ago. You couldn’t tell: he was both charming and thrilling to watch, and concluded by sharing about the time a leopard seal took pity on him underwater and desperately tried to feed him penguins. “Everywhere I go, no matter what I talk about, narwhals or spirit bears, everyone says, ‘Oh I loved your talk on the leopard seal feeding you penguins!’ It seems to be what I’m remembered for!” The clip’s on YouTube and has had well over five million views. “I think people just connect with it, when you dispel the myth on a big predator and break down those walls. People are very anthropomorphic. They like

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to see themselves in that situation, and see human traces on an animal. So when they see the tender, nurturing behaviour of a leopard seal, I think it touches an emotional nerve.” Paul is all about touching those nerves to get people interested in conservation – a large reason The National Geographic Society exists in the first place. And he’s always looking at new ways to get the message across, whether it’s the talk he’s giving in New Zealand, or simply using Instagram. “I posted a picture on Instagram last week, and within six hours it had 163,000 likes. You realise the power of communicating instantly. And you are hitting an important age demographic; teenagers who haven’t been jaded yet; you can sway them and show them what’s important in the world.” He says he’s done “a couple of hundred” NatGeo talks, and the nerves since TED are well and truly gone. Standing in a theatre sharing stories is a far cry from his day job. “I’m on the road 10 months a year. I found out three months ago that Osama bin Laden was killed. That’s how sad my life is,” he laughs. “You live on a sailboat without contact for four months, and then you go onto the next assignment, living on sea ice with no contact…” But he does it for the story. I ask if he’s ever worried he’ll run out of photos to take. “When I started in this business I was like, ‘All the stories have been done, what am I going to do?’ And then as you go along, nothing has even been scratched… so I have a tonne of stuff.”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE PAUL NICKLEN: INTO THE ICY REALMS 29 July | ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

JOEL SARTORE: GRIZZLIES, PIRANHAS AND MAN-EATING PIGS 23 August | Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall

WIN Thanks to National Geographic Channel we have three copies of the book National Geographic 125 Years to give away. Tune in every Sunday night as they celebrate 12-and-a-half decades of groundbreaking expeditions, legendary explorers, historical milestones and ideas that changed the world. Visit www.the-edge.co.nz/comps to enter.

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Unwrap: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1

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Bach to the Future

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“Not your Grandma’s Organist”

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A New Era

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Young and gifted

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has long been a hothouse of young musical talent, and this year they share the stage with a number of these talents. Three of these musicians all have one thing in common: they want to share their enthusiasm for classical music with people who might think it’s not for them. By Bronwyn Bent.

ason Bae is a young pianist on the rise: having already won an eyewatering number of prizes, and just completed an Honours year, he’s about to continue his study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In June he’ll perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 as part of the Connecting With Music series, which takes high-school audiences through one piece of music with the aid of ebullient presenter Graham Abbott. Jason is serious about making classical music attractive to everyone, something that had its genesis when he was asked to perform in front of his peers at his all-boys school: “I wanted to destroy that whole stereotypical

As Jason explains it, Tchaikovsky still has as much to say about young love as Harry Styles does; even though the music has no words “it still has a story”...

idea of a classical musician equals boring. Every time you play at assemblies, in front of 2,000 boys, that is a big challenge. That is actually scarier than playing in the Town Hall, and I think that’s when I naturally began to learn what really excites them, grabs their attention, and I think that’s a good ability I’ve learnt over the years. It’s just a matter of interest; if you just have a little bit of interest in the taste of non-classical music-goers, you know what to do basically.” It’s a sentiment echoed by another young keyboardist, organist Nicholas Forbes, who will be presenting a solo organ recital before October’s The Roaring ’20s

programme. Like the young American organist Cameron Carpenter (performing with the APO in July), Nicholas is firmly aware of how classical music is seen by many: “As a young musician these days, you do exist in a culture of pop music, and you exist in a contemporary culture. The music that you’re playing as a classical musician, certainly as an organist, is often hundreds of years old, and you’re trying to find a way to make that link. I don’t think you’re trying to make the music more relevant because the reason I like early music is that the music can speak for itself, and that good music played well can transcend hundreds of years. At the same time, you have to

become very good at communicating it, and explaining it.” Double bassist Annabella Leslie joined the APO two years ago, returning to NZ after appearing with a number of leading North American and European ensembles. The night before we speak she’s been watching YouTube videos of the “phenomenal” cello soloist Johannes Moser, who played with the APO in May, and says that there is no reason to be scared if you’ve never been to the orchestra before: “I think people see classical music as frightening because maybe they think there’s something to get that they’re not getting, and it might seem like hard work; but actually like all music, classical music just speaks to the human soul, ultimately.” As Jason explains it, Tchaikovsky still has as much to say about young love as Harry Styles does; even though the music has no words “it still has a story”, and as Annabella says, “You just have to sit there and listen to it. You don’t need to think about it necessarily, but just experience it and see how you feel, because there are so many emotions that music can express; it can be funny, or sad, or scary or anything else...” It’s the enduring power of classical music to be able to express these shared stories that motivates these exceptional young musicians, and a great reason to catch them on Auckland stages this year before they inevitably take on the world.

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A double celebration He calls his decision to join the cast of WICKED a no-brainer and the opportunity to perform the role made famous in the southern hemisphere by Rob Guest an honour. More than that, Jay Laga’aia hopes to inspire young people to reach for the stars. By Josie Campbell.

“I think variety feeds your family,“ says Jay. “It makes for a very interesting journey.” It’s a journey that’s about to bring him home to Auckland with WICKED, after he was invited to play the Wizard. “For me it was a no-brainer. Not only bringing such a huge swinging emerald sword back home, but to be able to play one of the most iconic venues, one of my favourite venues, The Civic theatre. “I’ve never performed at The Civic as a theatre, because I’ve always known it as a movie theatre... my memories of 1977, going to watch Star Wars for the first time. Luke Skywalker and gold elephants and a false night-time sky are very much foremost in my memory.“ This tour celebrates a decade since WICKED first opened on Broadway, but the Auckland season will also mark a more personal

milestone for Jay – he turns 50 just before opening night. “For me it’s a double celebration; it’s a great celebration.” It’s unusual to change things in large-scale shows, including a character’s ethnicity, so the invitation to follow in the footsteps of “the late great Rob Guest” and, more recently, Australian icon Bert Newton came as a surprise, but the producers assured him that skin-tone didn’t make a difference. “When Stephen Schwartz created the show he wanted Oz to be multicoloured – all colours and all shapes and all sizes. That’s a great message to be able to bring back home – that it’s about who you are. “It’s a huge honour for me to accept the role of the Wizard, but not only that, to come home with a production that will inspire those who are just trying to find a way, the young people who think they’re at the back end of the universe.” Jay insists that Auckland is a great springboard to the world stage. “It’s just dependent on how high you want to go and how big you want to dream. I’m a kid who grew up in South Auckland, in Mangere, so for me it’s about reaching for the stars.

Jay Laga’aia

ay Laga’aia is surely one of the most versatile performers New Zealand has produced. He played Mufasa in the stage production of The Lion King and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. He featured in two Star Wars films and has appeared in television series including Xena: Warrior Princess and Home & Away. Jay has just finished filming a science fiction movie called Half Dead and earlier this year he performed in half a dozen shows with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra where “we did classical songs but they also orchestrated songs off my latest album.” Oh that’s right: he’s a recording artist as well.

are immense. Staging it in an environment such as The Civic only adds to the mystique of the 10th anniversary of the show. “I’m looking forward to coming home to the City of Sails and hooking up with some of my acting friends, but also to show this gift that will hopefully truly inspire.”

“As a Polynesian, when you come home you’re expected to bring gifts through customs and this is a huge gift, and I’m bringing friends. It’s a really cool, funky show. “You come in and automatically smile,” he promises. “The opening, the stage production itself and also the stage design

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one of three WICKED goodie bags, each including a copy of Gregory Maguire’s book WICKED – The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Broadway show recording. To enter, visit www.the-edge.co.nz/comps.

Qantas presents

The Last Night of the Proms

Music of the Night

8pm, Thursday 11 July Auckland Town Hall

8pm, Thursday 31 October Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Benjamin Northey Mezzo soprano Helen Medlyn

Conductor Marc Taddei Singer Tim Beveridge Presenter Raymond Hawthorne

Dress up; bring your streamers and your finest singing voice. Get ready to party to orchestral favourites including the Sailors’ Hornpipe and ‘Rule Britannia’ and celebrate the best of the British orchestral tradition.

Composers have always drawn inspiration from the supernatural and on this Halloween night we present a selection unearthly orchestral favourites including Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and ‘The Music of the Night’ from Phantom of the Opera.

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BIG THING JOAN BAEZ 29 August She’s an activist, a songwriter and the woman who introduced Bob Dylan to the world. Joan Baez returns to New Zealand for the first time in over two decades with her own brand of folk music.

SWAN LAKE 21 – 25 August

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

This year marks Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 60th birthday and the centrepiece of the celebrations is Russell Kerr’s production of the greatest classical ballet. The Vodafone season of Swan Lake promises to transport audiences from ballroom to lakeside as the tragedy unfolds to Tchaikovsky’s famous score.

5 – 12 October New Zealand Opera returns to the ASB Theatre following an extraordinarily successful season of Madame Butterfly with Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. This co-production with Opera Queensland features Welsh baritone Jason Howard, Christchurch-born bass Paul Whelan and Irish soprano Orla Boylan.

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They last played in Auckland at Laneway Festival in Aotea Square in 2011. Now FOALS take their live show next door to Auckland Town Hall to support the release of acclaimed new album Holy Fire.

The Ten Tenors return with their Mum’s The Word concert featuring all their most requested songs, a new band and their trademark harmonies. Listen out for favourites ranging from Nessun Dorma to songs by Elton John.

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