MARCH 2019
Alex Williamson: Sin On My Face
Thursday 21 March 2019 - 7:30pm
Best known to his fans for his ‘Loosest Aussie Bloke’ and ‘Bogan
Aussie’ characters that reach over 2.5 million of his social
media followers, Alex has performed a phenomenal number of shows
to a prodigious amount of people. And this comedy juggernaut is
only getting stronger as he steams through shows like a deranged
Thomas The Tank Engine.
Alex is back in NZ and embracing his inner sicko in a brand new
tour. Embrace your own inner sicko and let ‘Shooter’ sin on your
face. Book early! ★★★★
"hilarious... a tour de force" - The Speakeasy
(NZ)
Tickets available from
Ticketek: 0800 842 538 or https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=ALEXW19&v=CAU
52nd National Concerto Competition Final
Saturday 23 March 2019 - 7:30pm
The National Concerto Competition is an annual musical
competition for young people aged 25 years and under. This is the
52nd competition and 2018/2019 is for Instrumental
competitors.
The competition has always been based in Christchurch, something
the Trust is very proud of, and being a National competition, it
attracts and encourages competitors from all over New
Zealand.
The competition has built a strong national reputation by
providing young people with an opportunity of upskilling their
music performances and many competitors see the competition as a
“stepping stone” and have gone onto prominent careers in the
music industry both nationally and internationally.
In December 2018 the Preliminaries and Semi-Finals were held and
from here 3 Finalists were chosen for the Final.
The 3 finalists are:
·
Isabella Gregory (Christchurch) playing “Flute
Concerto” by Jacques Ibert
·
Hyein Kim (Hamilton) playing “Variations on a
Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (cello)” by Tchaikovsky
·
Diane Huh (Auckland) playing “Violin Concerto
in D Minor, Op. 47” by Sibelius
The 3 Finalists will be accompanied by the Christchurch Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by David Kay.
Come along and show your support and be wowed!!
Tickets available
from Ticketek: 0800 842 538 or https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=CONCERTO19&v=CAU
The Manfreds
Saturday 30 March 2019
Manfred Mann, aka The
Manfreds were one of the finest, most respected
British Invasion groups of the 1960’s. Before breaking up in
1969, with Paul Jones until 1966
then Mike D’Abo as lead singers, the
band had a string of huge hits, all enduringly memorable songs,
including 5-4-3-2-1, Do Wah
Diddy, Pretty Flamingo, and Ha Said
The Clown.
The other original members were Tom
McGuinness (guitar), Mike
Hugg (drums)
and Mann (keyboards).
As The Manfreds, the original band reformed
in 1991 with both charismatic lead singers, Jones and D’Abo, at
the helm plus McGuinness and Hugg, but not Manfred.
The Manfreds return to New Zealand in 2019
to perform all their much loved hits one last time by the
original singers.
Tickets available from Ticketek: 0800 842 538
or https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=MANFREDS19&v=CAU
MAY 2019
Rock Quest
Saturday 18 May 2019
Ticketing information to be advised...
Demetri Martin
Friday 31 May - 8:00pm
Fresh off the back of a massive 30-date tour of the US, UK,
Ireland and Europe, US comedy legend Demetri
Martin returns to Australia and NZ for the first time
since 2011 with his world-acclaimed Wandering Mind
Tour!
The standup comedian, artist, writer, and director began doing
standup comedy in New York City, where he worked as a staff
writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Demetri then
became a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart.
Demetri has won the Perrier Award for best show at the Edinburgh
Fringe and a Barry at the Melbourne International Comedy
festival. He’s released three standup comedy albums and four
Specials, including his latest for Netflix, The
Overthinker, and appeared on TV in everything
from Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel
Live to all the late shows (The Late Show with David
Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show
with James Corden,) and as the keytar-playing ‘third
Concord’ in Flight of the
Conchords.
Demetri created and starred in his own television series for
Comedy Central called Important Things With Demetri Martin. His
books are New York Times Bestsellers and his
fiction has appeared in The New
Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times
Magazine. He recently wrote and directed his first feature
film, Dean, which won the Founder’s Prize at the
Tribeca Film Festival for best narrative American feature
film.
Using deadpan one-liners, inner monologue, drawings,
peppering in music on guitar, keyboard, piano and harmonica
to glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele and
tambourine – sometimes all at once – Demetri
Martin is a truly unique voice. Don’t miss him live on
stage this May/June – tickets won’t last long!
‘Deadpan comedy assassin’ – The AV Club (US)
‘Martin roamed the stage with a dynamic energy, a barrage of
rapid fire punchlines leaving the audience exhausted from
laughing’ – Australian Stage
‘A multi-genre, wonderfully imaginative comic. Truly superb’
– TimeOut London (UK)
‘Cerebral and absurdist and surprising’ – New York Times
(US)
★★★★ ‘An exceptionally reliable comedian, with
finely crafted material... an incredibly entertaining show’
– The Guardian (UK)
Tickets available from
Ticketek: 0800 842 538 or https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=DEMETRI19&v=CAU
