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Hamilton
The 2015 programme is a celebration and exploration of Hamilton
and New Zealand’s natural assets. Our very own world-class gardens
become the stage for creative work that highlight issues around
sustainability and conservation.
family highlights
TICKETS!
BIG SHOWS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE AND BIG PEOPLE! WE
HAVE MYSTERY, DELIGHT, AND A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD
OLD FASHIONED LEARNING IN STORE FOR ALL OF
OUR FESTIVAL-GOERS IN 2015, INCLUDING:
HOW TO BOOK
TEDDY
BEARS’ PICNIC
WHERE Rhododendron Lawn
Watch out for our Green Heart events that will be
sprinkled throughout our full programme coming
your way in January 2015.
WHEN
Sat 14 Feb, 10am – 2pm
TICKETS Gold Coin
A delicious line-up of music, magic
and entertainment for teddys and
their little human guardians!
COMmunity
highlights
TICKETS Standard $20
GOLD COIN
Gold coin admission to an event is per person.
CONCESSIONS
WHERE
The Beach
CONDITIONS
WHEN Sat 14 Feb & Sun 15 Feb: 11am, 1pm, 3pm
Sat 21 Feb & Sun 22 Feb: 1pm, 3pm
The Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival reserves the right to alter, without
notice, any advertised schedule of artists, events, or programmes. Tickets
are subject to availability.
THERE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE! ALL WILL BE REVEALED
IN JANUARY 2015
Thurs 26 Feb, 6.30pm
Phone iTICKET on 0508 484 253. Phone bookings that are paid for with a
credit card or debit card, delivered as a “print at home ticket” will attract an
order processing fee of $1 per order.
FAMILY
Three of Aotearoa’s favourite legends come to life in this fun-filled show.
Share Maui’s incredible adventures as he goes head-to-head with Tangaroa
God of the Ocean, deceives the mighty drag queen, Mahuika Goddess of
Fire, and battles the mighty sun Tamanui Te Ra in an awesome dance-off!
WHEN
*PHONE BOOKINGS USING A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD
AWESOME ADVENTURES
OF MODERN MAUI
TICKETS Entry by Koha
Hammond Camellia Lawn
GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE (NO BOOKING FEES!)
Concession tickets are for those able to produce a valid student ID card or
Gold Card (65+).
GARDEN OF COURTLY DELIGHTS
WHERE
GET YOUR TICKETS AT iTICKET
WWW.iTICKET.CO.NZ | 0508 484 253*
Concession $15
A delightful midsummer evening of entertainment where you will enjoy
watching as well as participating in the courtly arts from around Tudor
times. Come dressed in your Tudor or Renaissance garb and expand your
accomplishments by joining in as instructed by our dance mistress and
singing master.
Curiouser
& Curiouser . . .
Family means two adults and two children.
Tickets are non-transferable between events and there will be no refunds
or exchanges on completed bookings except as required by law. Please
be sure you choose your tickets carefully and agree to the Terms and
Conditions of sale before confirming your purchase.
FESTival highlights
FULL LINE-UP REVEALED JANUARY 2015
The Festival retains the right to admit latecomers only at a suitable point in
the performance. If a show is cancelled the ticket price will be refunded only
if the ticket is returned to the Festival Box Office by 27 February 2015.
THE GREAT DEBATE
THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS
“New Zealanders’ expectations of water quality are too high.”
MAJOR SUPPORTERS & EVENT PARTNERS
This timely and topical subject is sure to result in a fierce, informative and
entertaining debate you can get behind, one way or another.
Line-up of debaters and full details released January 2015
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE SESSIONS /
THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
EVENT SUPPORTERS
Interviews and informal talks with artists, writers and creators from within
the 2015 festival. The arts is a wonderland, how do they navigate it? What
essential items would they take with them Down The Rabbit Hole?
Full session details released January 2015
PECHAKUCHA
A space for ‘thinking and drinking’. Come together to share creative ideas,
WHERE
Medici Court
WHEN
Sat 14 Feb: 10am & 2pm
COMMUNITY FUNDERS
proposals, wild suggestions… This is the place to be bold!
Sat 21 Feb & Sun 22 Feb: 10am & 2pm
TICKETS Entry by Gold Coin
Jack’s Mum and Aunt have a penchant for collecting exotic animals. Their
recent acquisition, a camel, is not working out so Jack must take it to the
local market to sell… He comes back with beans!
Join us for this bubbly festival pantomime for all!
FULL COMMUNITY PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
JANUARY 2015!
Full details released January 2015
WE HAVE A SUMPTUOUS PROGRAMME OF WRITERS,
READERS, THINKERS, CREATORS AND DREAMERS FOR
THE 2015 FESTIVAL. INCLUDING:
TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE
CULTIVATING ART /
PERMACULTURE TRUST
A rich array of practical ways to incorporate environmental practise into your
MEDIA PARTNERS
creative life. Activities include storytelling and workshops and more in the
Unabashed storytelling, totally unscripted, where anything can happen.
Surprising, dramatic, funny, frightening and moving true stories. No notes.
No readings. No questions.
Sustainable Backyard.
Full details released January 2015
For a full list of supporters see www.hgaf.co.nz
Line-up of storytellers and full details released January 2015
FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED JANUARY 2015!
If you would like to support the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival
please contact [email protected]
Music
MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE GATHER
IN THE GARDENS FOR A STUNNING SERIES OF
CONCERTS, INCLUDING:
Soweto Gospel Choir
THEATRE
SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST HEAVENLY VOICES
THE BOOKBINDER / TRICK OF THE LIGHT
WHERE
WHERE
Rhododendron Lawn
WHEN
Fri 13 Feb, 8pm
TICKETS Best Lawn Seats $79
Standard Lawn Spot $69
Concession Lawn Spot $59
Family Lawn Spot $250
NO BYO
Grammy Award winning Soweto Gospel Choir are one of the world’s
greatest vocal ensembles. Like a force of nature, they bring to Hamilton a
concert that will share the pure joy of divine voices joining together.
Soweto Gospel Choir have performed all over the world, sharing stages with
Robert Plant, Celine Dion, U2, Aretha Franklin, Josh Groban, Peter Gabriel
and John Legend, to name a few!
They dedicate this concert to one of their biggest fans and the father
of their nation, Nelson Mandela, and will include a section dedicated to
freedom songs and some of Madiba’s favourite hymns.
WHEN
Tues 24 Feb, 7.30pm
EMILY SMITH / SCOTLAND
Pavilion Wed 25 Feb, 7.30pm
Award winning Scottish folk singer Emily Smith makes a much-welcomed
return to Hamilton, following on from her previous sold out show in 2012
with multi-instrumentalist, Jamie McClennan.
DAME MALVINA MAJOR
SUNSET SYMPHONY / TRUST WAIKATO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MUSIC UNDER THE STARS
HAYDEN
CHISHOLM TRIO /
NEW ZEALAND
English Flower Garden
WHEN
Sat 14 Feb, 8pm
Chinoiserie Garden
WHEN
Mon 16 Feb & Tues 17 Feb, 6pm
Wed 18 Feb, 9.30pm
WHERE
Rhododendron Lawn
WHEN
Sun 22 Feb, 7.30pm
Performed by award-winning playwright Arthur Meek.
SOLOTHELLO
/
–
TE REHIA THEATRE
COMPANY
TICKETS Best Lawn Seats $25, or Gold Coin
WHERE Te Parapara
Julia Booth – Guest Soprano | Katie Mayes – Leader | Rupert D’Cruze –
Conductor.
TICKETS Standard $35
WHERE
Join the over-educated, underachieving Richard Meros as he charges
through the pop-cultural slipstream to prove his amorous point: that by
taking him as her Young Lover prior to the 2016 Presidential election, Hillary
Clinton will attain the world’s highest office and initiate the Goldenest Age
of American culture and society.
Concession $30
WHERE
Under 18 $15
TICKETS $30
TICKETS Standard $35
ON THE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES
OF HILLARY CLINTON TAKING ME AS HER
YOUNG LOVER / THEATRE BEATING
Concession $30
WHEN
TICKETS Standard $25
“Tuned to perfection... Bookworms of all stripes and ages will adore it.”
– êêêê½ The Age, Melbourne
Irish singer Roesy has recorded seven albums and performed in over 1,000
cities worldwide. His first show in New Zealand promises to be a beguiling
evening of stories and song.
WHERE
Thurs 19 Feb: 6pm & 8pm
Shadowplay, paper art, puppetry and music are interwoven into an
original dark fairytale in the vein of Coraline and Jonathan Strange and
Mr Norrell. An inventive one-man performance for curious children and
adventurous adults.
TICKETS Standard $35
Wed 18 Feb: 3pm & 6pm
‘They say you can get lost in a good
book. But it’s worse getting lost in a
bad one…’
ROESY / IRELAND
Medici Court WHEN
Family $66 (2 Adults, 2 Kids)
www.sowetogospelchoir.com
THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS TO FINISH!
WHERE
Japanese Garden of Contemplation
Concession $30
Acclaimed in Europe, Hayden
Chisholm heads to New Zealand for
a rare appearance, teaming up with
two of our greatest jazz exponents:
Paul Dyne and Norman Meehan.
NIGHT OF THE
STORY TELLERS /
NEW ZEALAND
WHERE Rhododendron Lawn
WHEN
Sat 14 Feb, 3.30pm
TICKETS Standard $35
Concession $30
Settle in for a night of stories,
country music and good oldfashioned rock songs from none
other than the Warratahs and
Middleman.
FULL MUSIC LINE-UP REVEALED JANUARY 15
WHERE
Rhododendron Lawn WHEN
Fri 20 Feb, 7.30pm
TICKETS Best Lawn Seats $59
WHEN
Sat 14 Feb, 3pm
TWSO and the Hamilton Festival Chorus return to the Hamilton Gardens Arts
Festival 2015 with the traditional and much-loved Sunset Symphony.
Sun 15 Feb, 6.30pm
Come and join us in a concert for the whole family, as we celebrate some of
the best in Hamilton!
TICKETS $20
NO BYO
Standard Lawn Spot $49
Join Dame Malvina Major ONZ, GNZM, DBE and the University of Waikato’s
rising stars for an evening of music and song.
• ORIANA KERSHAW – New Zealand Aria competition finalist and
Sir Howard Morrison Vocal Scholarship recipient
• JONATHAN EYRES – Bass soloist with the New Zealand Youth Choir
• CHRISTINA VEHIKITE – Tongan Coloratura Soprano and member of the
NZ Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus
Watch Ma-ori Performance Mask (Te Mata-Kokako o Re-hia) come to life
as Regan Taylor unfolds his abridged version of the Shakespearean
play Othello as a solo performance. A dynamic and interpretive way to
experience one of history’s more tragic plays.
FOR YOUR FUTURE GUIDANCE / BINGE
CULTURE COLLECTIVE
Under 25 $29
This Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival feature performance will showcase the
talents of University of Waikato students:
Sat 21 Feb & Sun 22 Feb, 6pm
WHERE
Victorian Garden Greenhouse
WHEN
Sat 21 Feb & Sun 22 Feb, 6pm
TICKETS $25
MUSIC, MARKETS AND GOOD TIMES
WHERE
Rhododendron Lawn WHEN
Sat 21 Feb, from 4pm – till late
NO BYO
TICKETS All day pass $35
In the future, financial collapse, deadly pandemics, unannounced visits from
extended family, large-scale volcanism, mass extinction and trips to the
dentist are all credible scenarios. NOW is the time to take proactive steps to
predict and prepare.
Part theatre, part seminar, For Your Future Guidance gives YOU the skills
and knowledge YOU need to survive the coming decades.
• FILIPE MANU – Tenor in the New Zealand Youth Choir and sings for
Auckland Opera Studio.
for sun, craft beer, artisan wine and street food. Tahuna Breaks, Sola Rosa,
“For Your Future Guidance, reflects Binge Culture’s commitment to creating
daring, unpredictable performances that challenge conventional distinctions
between ‘real’ and ‘staged’ performance.” – Theatreview
and more will be there as the souls of summer, so make sure you bring your
FULL THEATRE LINE-UP RELEASED JANUARY 2015
with piano accompanist, Dr Greg Neil.
summer swagger and your dancing feet.
Join us for our festival within the festival… Get your frocks on and come