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'!
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.
Life can throw everything in your path except the kitchen sink, and then it will throw the kitchen sink.
What will you throw at the intrepid cast of Off the Cuff: The Kitchen Sink at this month's improv show?
Will you make us perform the twelve labours of Hercules, photograph the invisible man, spin hay into gold, solve the mystery of alchemy or perhaps even answer the three questions of the keeper of the Bridge of Death? Watch us catch, duck, weave, bob, run and possibly even hide as you throw the kitchen sink at us.
So bring your friends, bring your family, bring your loved ones, bring everything but the kitchen sink along to Off the Cuff: The Kitchen Sink
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A fast paced naval romp through the decades.
From the arrival of Captain Cook in 1769 through to protecting trade routes against piracy around the Horn of Africa in 2015, The Complete History of the Royal New Zealand Navy navigates its way around the world's oceans through song, satire and silliness. Don't expect a history lesson but don't be surprised if you learn something.
On a national tour, the show is part of Operation Neptune, 75th Anniversary of the RNZN.
Ooh la la! Something sinister is afoot. New Zealand is under attack from the infamous French Pirate Captain Langlois and his fiendish Gallic rooster, Napoleon.
From the Hauraki Gulf to Foveaux Strait, nowhere is safe from his piratical plundering. When all else fails the nation turns to the Royal New Zealand Navy and courageous Commander Claire to lead the resistance against the feisty French marauder.
A wildly imaginative children’s pantomime with audience participation, puppetry, songs and over-the-shoulder cardboard ships!
Villain, victim or someone far more intriguing? Shylock explores the tragic, tempestuous, often unbelievable life of fiction's most famous Jew.
Shylock has always divided opinion. There is no doubt he is hard done by in The Merchant of Venice, but does he bring it on himself? As one of only two Jewish men in the whole of Shakespeare, he has been portrayed in ways that reflected how Jews were popularly viewed - from comic villain to a victim of racial discrimination.
This award-winning, poignant, powerful yet humorous performance brings us Shylock afresh in one of the most globally successful solo shows of the last decade.
Written & directed by Gareth Armstrong
"Innovative, delightful, exceptional!" THE INDEPENDENT
"This is as good as theatre gets…. A privilege to watch." LIVERPOOL POST
Guy Masterson is a multi award-winning actor, theatre director and producer with an extraordinary lineage in the entertainment industry.
Celebrating a day in the life of Llareggub - a small seaside village somewhere in Wales - all 69 ebullient inhabitants in Dylan Thomas' timeless masterpiece are hilariously recreated in an amazing feat of memory and virtuosity.
Complemented by a stunning original soundscape, it's bawdy and beautiful, sad and sensual and, through the music of language, leaves indelible, unforgettable images of humanity.
Made famous by Richard Burton's legendary recording in 1954, Guy Masterson (Burton's nephew) brings the entire work to vivid life on stage.
Directed by Tony Boncza
Written by Dylan Thomas
"It's a feat of multiple characterisation, impeccable timing, vocal dexterity and precise physical control, performed with tremendous sensitivity and panache!" THE GUARDIAN
"Absolutely wonderful, intensely therapeutic, intensely uplifting! Guy Masterson is something exceptional!" BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
Triumphs and Other Alternatives collides sculpture with gutsy performance to create a visceral new form of dance theatre.
The show explores the obsession and delusional joys that exist at the heart of the creative process, told through an expressive and poetic performance language. The central character is performed by Ross McCormack, a New Zealand dancer acclaimed internationally. McCormack plays a creator, confounded and enraptured by the works of art he makes.
Triumphs and Other Alternatives has delighted and deeply touched audiences in New Zealand and Australia, with one reviewer noting "I gave it a standing ovation, and continue to applaud it today".
"A low rumble in the background builds to the musical score. McCormack emerges as the 'Maker' character - a sculptor, a mad scientist, a perfectionist who manipulates his 'Creations' … this really is a perfect example of dance theatre... It is a work of art." THEATREVIEW
Not suitable for children, recommended 12+
The ultimate live cult film experience!
LIVE LIVE CINEMA takes four actor-musicians and pushes their multi-tasking skills to the limit. While Roger Corman's 1960 comic and macabre film plays behind them, the four performers work at break-neck speed to re-voice multiple characters in perfect lip synch, whilst playing a brand new score and creating live sound effects.
With our stars leaping from piano to guitar, bass to door bell, to that thing that makes the sound of footsteps - this is LIVE LIVE CINEMA's most dangerous 4-D movie yet.
It's a wild ride - where you gonna look?
Jumpboard Productions
Created and composed by Leon Radojkovic
Directed by Oliver Driver
From the people who brought us CARNIVALE OF SOULS in 2012!
"A tremendous spectacle of both cinema and human endeavour." EXPOSURE.ORG.UK
"The acting is tremendous, the musicality virtuous, the foley production ridiculous." METRO MAGAZINE
Hinepau is different from other members of the hapu. She looks different, weaves back to front and inside out, and just doesn't seem to fit in. Hinepau's attempts to hide her uniqueness fail and, through fear and prejudice, she is cast out.
As time moves on, the influence of the tete ara - upcoming chief - grows, along with his arrogance. His actions lead to a violent volcanic eruption, destroying the village. With their land desolate, there is little chance of survival.
Hinepau respects the mauri - life force. The power of her respect offers the opportunity to save the village, but only through an ultimate gift of aroha can she save the very people who rejected her.
Recommended for children aged 7-13 and adults.
Capital E National Theatre for Children
Based on the book of the same name by Gavin Bishop
Directed by Jamie McCaskill
