The 2023 Gala Concert is the final event in the three-week Nayland College Arts Festival, which includes an Art Exhibition at Greenmeadows, Vast Dance Festival, a Drama production, Solo Performing Arts Competition, and a Contemporary Music showcase.
Join our instrumental groups, choirs, dancers and actors for this wonderful celebration of the Arts, culminating in a fabulous finale showcasing New Zealand Music.
Nelson Youth Theatre is proud to present Chicago High School Edition!
Based mostly in a Chicago prison in the 1930’s, Chicago speaks of murder, mystery, love and lies, and features all your favourite songs, ‘Cell Block Tango’, ‘All That Jazz’, ‘We Both Reached for the Gun’, ‘Mister Cellophane’ and of course ‘Roxie Hart’. Filled with dance, jazz and mystery, this show is sure to have you singing and dancing the whole way home!
PG
Nelson Youth Theatre presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
Joseph is a bright, fun and musically entertaining take on the biblical life of Joseph, his father Jacob and his brothers, featuring many favourites, including Pharaoh’s ‘Song of the King’, ‘Joseph’s Coat’, ‘Go, Go Go Joseph’, ‘Close Every Door’ and ‘Any Dream Will Do’. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will surely have you smiling ear to ear!
Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza!
Our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little girl with a big imagination - Jojo, transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks". Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Seussical is fun for the whole family!
SPECIAL SATURDAY FAMILY MATINEE. Children (AND ADULTS) are invited to dress up as their favourite Seuss character and come on stage for a photo with the cast!
Musicians will be accompanying the show from the Orchestra Pit.
Show duration: approx. 75 minutes, no interval
Nelson Youth Theatre presents Oliver, the musical where the audience whistles the tunes on the way into the theatre!
Strong characters and contrasting themes of light and dark bring Dicken’s story memorably to life, from the cruel deprivations of the workhouse to the raucous comedy of Fagin and his gang of pickpockets, accompanied by well known favourite songs such as 'Food Glorious Food', 'As Long as He Needs Me', 'Consider Yourself', 'I'd do Anything' and of course the title song 'Oliver!'
Nelson Youth Theatre presents The Sound of Music, the musical based on one of the most screened movies of all time!
With its unforgettable score, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music touches the hearts of all ages and brims over with some of the most memorable songs ever performed on stage, including 'Edelweiss', 'My Favourite things', 'Do-Re-Mi', 'Climb Every Mountain', 'So Long Farewell', and of course, 'The Sound of Music'. It’s the perfect family treat and will enchant the young and young at heart!
A Musical by Jane Austen & Penny Ashton
After ten years of rapturous performances, Penny Ashton's Promise & Promiscuity is celebrating by heading to all its favourite venues. Having recently wowed Nelson with Olive Copperbottom and Showy Ovaries, Ashton is back and can't wait to jump about with excitement on the gorgeous Theatre Royal stage once more.
Follow the fortunes of Miss Elspeth Slowtree as she battles literary snobbery, her mother's nerves and Cousin Horatio's digestions, all armed with a superior wit, excellent ukulele skills and generally being quite bright ... you know ... for a girl. Balls will be attended, crosses will be stitched and manners will be minded, all with not one ankle in sight.
Penny Ashton (Winner of 2018's World Buskers Festival's Iron Chicken and Best Theatre at the Adelaide Fringe) is NZ's own global comedienne having performed over 1000 solo shows all over the world. In 2021, she also made the most of lockdown by launching her own menopause podcast Showy Ovaries.
Nelson Youth Theatre Company will have the jungle jumpin' with a jazzy beat in Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS. Adapted from the classic Disney animated film, Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS features a host of colourful characters and your favourite songs from the movie: 'The Bear Necessities', 'Trust in Me', 'I Wanna Be Like You', 'Colonel Hathi's March' and 'That's What Friends are For'.
A great musical for the little ones: 30 minutes without interval.
Dust off those musical theatre cobwebs and return to your seats to indulge in the magic of the very best songs and dance from stage and screen. Showcasing a young cast of Nelson Tasman Dancers, this glittering concert of musical theatre showstoppers is not one to miss.
Legacy Dance Company Enono (ενώνω in Greek) features a spectacular song list of your favourite toe-tapping numbers from the world’s greatest musicals including Anything Goes, Singing in the Rain, Grease, Mamma Mia, Cats, Joseph, Six and Hamilton
Enono (ενώνω) is a night set to delight and will be an experience you will never forget.
Enono (ενώνω) show is a 4 Act show that will go on a journey through the development of Musical Theatre Shows, Choreography, Music and Costumes. Legacy Dance, Company Students will transport you through the “Pre 1960’s Musicals”(Act 1), Energise the Jukebox Musical era (Act 2), pay homage to the The Great American Song book era (Act 3) and power the Modern Musical’s (Act 4).
Legacy Company cast are local Nelson and Tasman dancers that have dedicated time to explore, train and develop the craft as performers. With many dancers recently representing Nelson Tasman at National Level Dance competitions and events.
Our creative team, lead by Okiwi Hawkins and Gemma Laing, and our cast are excited to be bringing this truly amazing show to Nelson this summer. This show will not disappoint and know there is something for everyone of all ages in this show.
Age 16+, haze
The music theatre star that is Rutene Spooner is channelling the Māori hero Māui into a modern-day icon – complete with rhinestones and glitter. Don’t miss the charmingly quick-witted songs, hilarious antics and heart-felt storytelling.
A warrior and demigod, the adventures of Māui are woven into the fabric of Pacific history. In Aotearoa, this ‘Māori Superman’ was fast, fit, and funny. He was the total package. He slowed the sun, fished up Te Ika a Māui (the North Island) and brought fire to the world – to name just a few of his feats!
Rutene Spooner, this ‘haka-boogie-hori’ will be pulling out all his tricks from the past and reincarnating Māui into a living breathing musical rock star before your very eyes.
Experience this cultural hero and trickster shape shift once more.
Created by Metro Māori Productions and presented by PANNZ.
Developed in partnership with Auckland Live.
