North & South – June 2019

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SHORTLAND STREET – THE MUSICAL

1-30June

TheAucklandseasonwasa hitwithaudiencesandcritics

alike:a boatloadoffun,nostalgiaandKiwihumour.Now

ShortlandStreet– theMusicalheadstoPalmerston

North’sCentrepointTheatre,witha newcastplaying

DrHoneRopataandDrChrisWarner(picturedabove)

andtherestofthe90screw.Alsointown,theyouth-

ledPasifikaFusion 2019 encouragesrangatahito

expressthemselvesthrough all forms of art (Regent on

Broadway, 26-27 June).

BLACKSWAN,WHITE SWAN

31 May-6July

Ina seven-citytour,theRoyalNewZealandpresentsMário

Radačovský’sBlackSwan,WhiteSwan, a daringretellingof

oneofballet’smost-belovedclassics,SwanLake. Reimagined

forthe21stcentury,thisstunningproductionretainsthecore

elementsofagony,ecstasyandloveat the ballet’s heart, as well

as the original Tchaikovsky score.

PALMERSTON NORTH

Left:QueenstowncelebratesMatarikiwitha TorchlightHikoi.

Below: Lanterns are paraded through the streets of Dunedin.

MATARIKI

ThearrivalofMatariki– a clusterofstarscalledthePleiades

• inNewZealandskiessignifiesthebeginningoftheMāori
  NewYear.Traditionallya timeofharvestforthewintermonths
  ahead,it’scelebratedacrossAotearoa:Auckland’sMatariki
  Festiva lopenswitha freehāngīatEllenMelvilleHall(6June);
  QueenstownwelcomeswinterwithaTorchlightHikoi
  throughthestreets(20June);in Christchurch,TheArtsCentre
  TeMatatikiToiOrainvitesthecommunitytogatherwithwork-
  shops,speakersandperformance(25June-7July);Wellington
  roundsoffMatarikikiPōnekewitha fireworksdisplayat
  thewaterfront(29June);andtouringthecountryisMatariki
  GlowShow, a giant-scalepuppetperformanceforchildren
  thatbringsMāorimythandlegendtolife,teaching tamariki the
  significance of the stars (27 May-July 5).

MIDWINTERCARNIVAL

TheOctagon, 22 June

DunedincelebratestheWinterSolsticewitha livelycarnival.

Expecta processionofmorethan 1000 people,includinglocal

families,marchingtothebeatofdrummersalongsidegiantlan-

ternsandstiltwalkers– thenightis cappedoffwitha fireworks

display.Don’tmissthelantern-makingworkshopsearlierin the

month, so you can show off your creations on carnival night.

MICHAEL AUER

BlairStrang(left)

and Roy Snow

DUNEDIN

ON TOUR

NATIONWIDE