Teapot Summer School presents its 17th concert ' Singing for Joy' at Old St. John's Nelson on Sunday 22 January at 2pm. Ben Parry, director of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, is the conductor.

The program includes Requiem by Faure, the mood being one of peacefulness and serenity. Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten, who movingly encapsulates the poem's half-mad and delightfully religious spirit. Seven Goodly Reasons to Sing by Ben Parry, " and if, at last, your voice take wing, this noisy world may hear the song you sing".

Teapot Summer School has over its 17 years attracted singers from all over NZ  who come together for a week of an intensive singing course directed by highly respected overseas conductors, including Sir David Willcocks, Brian Kay and Ebbe Munk.

Leapin' lizards! Annie is returning to Nelson! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope. Boasting one of Broadway's most memorable scores, including "It's a Hard-Knock Life", "Easy Street", "Little Girls", "Maybe", "I Don't Need Anything But You", and the ever-optimistic "Tomorrow", Annie is a delightful theatrical experience for the entire family. Don't miss this all-new production that Variety calls "a winner!"

Anything Goes is a wonderfully amusing story wrapped around one of Cole Porter's most magical scores, including songs like "It's De-Lovely", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "Let's Misbehave", "All Through The Night", "You're the Top", "Blow Gabriel Blow", and "Anything Goes".

Multiple disguises, mistaken identities, shipboard romances, showgirls, a live band and a toe-tapping score make Anything Goes a show not to be missed and quite simply 'It's de-lovely'!

After sell out shows at The Christchurch International Jazz Festival and The Tauranga National Jazz Festival and theatre shows across the country The Lizard Kings return with their exquisite tribute to the music and poetry of Jim Morrison and the Doors. A feast for the eyes and ears The Lizard Kings' show pays homage to The Doors counter-cultural politics and musicianship - a potent fusion of jazz-rock and the blues exploding into 1960s consciousness in the search for The Edge.

Opening act is Rabbit Hole a musical collaboration between Sahn Bishop and Bruce McGregor who seek to infect you with intergalactic squid-juicing grooves as they journey through swirling soundscapes, cosmic tentacles and lots of dancing!!!

We're proud to welcome two of Ireland's finest musical exports to Nelson, with a double bill show featuring Mundy and ALDOC.

ALDOC bring urban sounds & musical soundscapes, led by charmed melodies on the flute and lit up with jazz-tinged arrangements, heavy grooves, spooky brass solos, tremolo affected electric guitars, lonely banjo lines and dramatic breakdowns. The members will be no strangers to Nelson audiences with Dubliner Alan Doherty visiting Nelson as the flutist and vocalist with Grada, Trinity Roots at Ceol Aneas. Gerry Paul has performed in Nelson with Tim O'Brien, Grada, Trinity Roots and also Mel Parsons. ALDOC have headlined the Goa Jazz Festival and Ireland's 1916 celebrations, Celtic Connections in Scotland and they put on an "unforgettable show".

Mundy's long career speaks for itself. A multi- platinum selling artists who has released six studio albums over 20 years, it's no surprise he's even performed for Barack Obama in Ireland AND the White House. Equally adept at writing sensitive acoustic songs and upbeat crowd favourites, Mundy is known for writing ridiculously infectious songs that lodge in your cranium like squatters in a vacant house. He's been known to team up with some pretty unbelievable talent too, including Youth, Pink Floyd, Culture Club, The Verve, The Makers and even Paul McCartney and he made Steve Earle's song "Galway Girl" into an international hit. He's a humourist, a raconteur and can stir a crowd into a hearty song along".

Gumboot dancing was born out of the oppressive gold mines of South Africa. Forbidden to speak and in almost complete darkness, the slave laborers developed their own language by slapping their gumboots and rattling their ankle chains. In time it has developed into a truly unique dance form ...

It would be tempting to describe Gumboots as a South African version of Tap Dogs or even Lord of the Dance. The "gumboots" of the title Stimela "The Gumboot" musical refers to boots that South African mineworkers used to wear. Often adorned with bottle tops, they could also be used as percussive instruments as the workers performed a variety of dances.

Most recently, they've been endorsed as a symbol of self-expression and liberation by the Stimela The Musical of Soweto. Although some of the songs are traditional, most of the material was written by Mthakathi Entertainment, the show's director, and Thapelo Motloung, and should appeal to fans of South African pop and of Ladysmith Black Mambazo & The Lion King.

It is a celebration of song and dance, an international phenomenon that has swept across the globe like a tidal wave of soaring voices and stomping feet.

Unrivaled in its energy and physicality, it celebrates the body as a musical instrument whilst highlighting South Africa's rich and complex culture.

Yes they're back! This time with magic! Grumpy Old Women bring their Game of Crones to answer the unanswerable. How to fix absolutely everything!!

They conquered NZ with Grumpy Old Women, took Australia and the Universe by storm with "50 Shades of Beige" and now they're in another World. Yes!

Grumpy Old Women - Game of Crones is coming and it offers practical remedies for the atrocities of modern life.

Advice for administering safe torture to prevent snoring using bbq tools. Demonstrations of how to clean the bath whilst having mediocre sex at the same time. How to overeat on a diet. What to do when the man in your life kisses your miniature Schnauzer more than you. In Game of Crones, the young are discussed and then dismissed. Men are lovingly disembowled. Old fashioned housekeeping practices resurrected; is it too late to learn to sniff meat to determine if its past its use by date?

Grumpy Old Women will stop for nothing on their mission to slay the dragons of nonsense and reclaim the kingdom of common sense ... well maybe a glass of wine and a lie down.

The show has plenty of laughs, poorly supported breasts and unreliable statistics, so for a night of unbridled fun bring your swords and handbags and learn from the sorceresses themselves, how to survive the modern kingdom of Aotearoa.

Geraldine Brophy directs and stars with Lynda Milligan and Julie Edwards in this hilarious piece of fantasy thankfully without nudity or real blood.

The Nelson Civic Choir, directed by Chris Lukies, offers you Navidad Nuestra - a catchy pre-Christmas programme of music with a Hispanic American flavour.

Two pieces by Ariel Ramirez - Navidad Nuestra and Misa Criola - use Hispanic rhythms and traditions to present the Nativity and the Mass in joyful mood. John Leavitt's Missa Festiva matches the festive atmosphere, from a North American perspective.

Piano, guitar, double bass and percussion accompaniment.
Solos are sung by Manase Latu (tenor) and Matt Landreth (bass).
The Duo Jackson complete the programme with guitar solos and duets.

This is the choir's last performance before they head off to New York to sing at Carnegie Hall: come along and wish them bon voyage!

Direct from Australia...one show only

A tribute to three legendary Oz bands, one amazing night!!.... and not just any bands ..three of the most incredibly energetic and dynamic rock bands ever to grace the live stage, The Angels, Midnight Oil and The Divinyls.

The show consists of hits galore, including Beds are Burning, Blue Sky Mine, Power and the Passion and everything else you expect from the Oils and then get ready to Touch Yourself and rage with the Boys in Town and or take a little trip into the world of Science Fiction with Chrissy and the Divinyls.

No chance to take a break because the evening will wrap up with a non stop trip into Aussie rock history with the incredible Angels. Everything from Take a Long Line, Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, Marseilles to Coming Down, We Gotta Get Outta This Place and more.

A night of amazing music not to be missed! Early bird tickets are available until the end of January - hurry book today!

Support Act: Trials in Modern Emotion

Starring Giles Taylor

Queen - It's a Kinda Magic recreates Queen's 1986 World Tour concert, featuring over 20 of the band's greatest hits such as 'We Will Rock You', 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'We Are the Champions', 'Under Pressure' and 'Fat-Bottomed Girls'.

Painstaking attention has been paid to all the music - the iconic voice of Mercury, the amazing guitar solos of May and the groundbreaking Rock harmonies. And with state-of-the-art sound and lighting and authentic costumes, this is as close as you'll ever get to the real thing!