Dunedin Public Art Gallery
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection This exhibition consists of 70 works,
including oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints and major masterpieces such as John Millais' Mariana, Dante
Gabriel Rossetti's Proserpine and William Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience. This is the first exhibition Tate has
offered to a New Zealand gallery and Dunedin is The Pre-Raphaelite Dream's only New Zealand venue. Sponsored by the
National Business Review and supported by the Dunedin City Council and The Community Trust of Otago. Indemnified by the
New Zealand Government through the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Runs Until 15 February 2004
Pre-Raphaelite Dunedin This exhibition of works of art, letters, books and manuscripts features material drawn from
three Dunedin collections, the Alfred and Isabel Reed collections of the Dunedin Public Library, the Dunedin Public Art
Gallery and the Special Collections, University of Otago Library. Runs Until 15 February 2004
Lionel Bawden: The Spring Tune The Dunedin Public Art Gallery's second visiting artist for 2003 is Sydney sculptor
Lionel Bawden, whose signature material is the humble coloured pencil. The resulting shapes rise up like miniature
landscapes and branch like coral. A Dunedin Public Art Gallery Visiting Artists Project, supported by Creative New
Zealand. 6 December 2003 to 29 February 2004
Truth's Mirror Witty and thought-provoking juxtapositions of treasures from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery's permanent
collection. Curated by Tony Green, formerly Head of Department of Art History, University of Auckland. A Dunedin Public
Art Gallery exhibition. Ongoing Exhibition
Ardour for Art: Frances Hodgkins' Path to Modernism Ardour for Art is the first exhibition in the new Perpetual Trust
Gallery permanently devoted to the works of one of Dunedin's most famous daughters, Frances Hodgkins. Curated by Linda
Tyler, it offers the viewer an insight into the artist's life and work. A Dunedin Public Art Gallery exhibition. Ongoing
exhibition
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, PO Box 5045, Dunedin Contact for enquires: Tim Pollock, phone (03) 474 3243
Cleveland Living Arts Centre
Artists in Residence Working and exhibiting in the Centre; Heather Jennings is a specialist spoon maker and pole lathe
turner, combining with hand carving to create astonishingly beautiful spoons from a variety of fruit woods. Jane Pearce
uses seagrass, cane, tree prunings and found materials to make baskets and sculpture based on basketry techniques. Runs
Until 8 December 2003.
Aid Awareness Week Artists display works in a variety of mediums with the aim of trying to shed light on and extinguish
lingering misconceptions and stigmas attached to all people living with HIV/AIDS. Proceeds are will be donated to
Dunedin's local AIDS organisation. Runs Until 6 December 2003
Aaron Parkin Commanding large scale nudes are created using conté and sculpted with sand, landscapes and abstracts
similarly are created with painting on sand. Aaron's fascination with metal is reflected in the presentation. 10 - 24
December 2003
The Affordable Art Fair The Affordable Art Fair is timed to offer art enthusiasts the perfect Christmas gift - to spoil
them self or kick-start their own art collection. Local and regional artists are invited to submit works for this
artistic feast. In true Art Fair style, sold works are replaced with new works each day and brings something new. 4
December 2003 - 9 January 2004
Cleveland Living Arts Centre, 1st floor, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Avenue, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Kari
Morseth, phone (03) 477 7291
Metropolitan Club - Rock 'n Roll Cabaret 2003 Featuring Tom Sharplin The Malcolm Charitable Trust Christmas Cabaret
features celebrated singer Tom Sharplin and backing band. Proudly presented by Mark Laughton Motors. 5 - 6 December
2003, 8.00pm Metropolitan Club, 5 Melville Street, Dunedin Contact for bookings: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597
Fortune Theatre - A Slice of Saturday Night - by the Heather brothers Audiences are invited to put on their dancing
shoes for A Slice of Saturday Night - perfect for all those "rockers" out there, young and old. This long running West
End musical hit makes its professional debut in Dunedin with a whole lot of feel good favourite tunes in tow. It's the
60s again - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, but the blue suede shoes won't stop tapping all night. It's an ideal evening
for families, and a great night out to remember. Runs Until 13 December 2003 Fortune Theatre, 231 Stuart Street, Dunedin
Contact for enquiries: (media) Lisa Scott, phone (03) 477 1695 or Box Office (03) 477 8323
Regent Theatre - The Mayor's Carols The Regent Theatre is proud to present The Mayor's Carols held on Sunday 14
December. Entry is free to the public although donations will be accepted for the Mayor' Can Help Appeal. Father
Christmas will be there and children will be invited onto the stage to listen to him read a story - this year a New
Zealand story about Christmas. As usual there will be the opportunity for everyone to sing carols - including our MP's
and City Councillors who are becoming quite professional in their performance. The Mayor's Carols is much-celebrated
event and audiences are encouraged to arrive early to ensure a good seat. 14 December 2003, 4.00pm Regent Theatre, 17
The Octagon, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597
Otago Settlers Museum
Fabulous Frocks! 19th Century Gowns from the Otago Settlers Museum Collection This fascinating display of 19th century
wedding dresses, ball gowns and stylish street wear has been extended by popular demand. An Otago Settlers Museum
exhibition. Runs Until 15 February 2004
Water Like Wine: A History of the Kaikorai Valley and Stream The Kaikorai stream defines Dunedin's western margins. Its
catchment is a border zone where town meets country and industry holds the middle ground. Water Like Wine is about the
places that flank the stream, from Halfway Bush and Wakari down the Valley to Burnside, Green Island and Fairfield. The
exhibit features old, established suburbs as well as more recent housing schemes of Brockville, Helensburgh and Kenmure.
It explores the impact of human settlement on the Kaikorai Valley from the Maori explorers who first passed this way,
through the historic concentration of industry, market gardening and mining, to contemporary efforts to rejuvenate the
eco-system of the stream. Explore one of Dunedin's more interesting edges, where history and nature come together. 14
December 2003 - 22 March 2004
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Val-mai Shaw, phone (03) 474 2728
Milford Galleries Dunedin - Overview - Notions of the Figurative Overview is a major survey exhibition of contemporary
New Zealand Art in three parts. This is the exhibition marks the second part of Overview, entitled Notions of the
Figurative and features artists Joanna Braithwaite, W.D. Hammond, Lisa Reihana, Tony de Lautour, Robert Ellis, Terry
Stringer, Jeffrey Harris, Ross Ritchie, Paul Dibble, Julia Morison, among others. What may seem disparate at first is
actually the collision (and collusion) of idea, purpose and visual intention through utilisation of the representational
language that unites a central core of our country's contemporary Art. Incisive and decisive: this exhibition presents a
powerful portrait of interior and exterior intellect. 6 December 2003 - 13 January 2004 Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18
Dowling Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Diana Hennessy, phone (03) 477 7727
Temple Gallery
The Power of Protest Artists react to the impending desiccation of the Waitaki River with this exhibition titled The
Power of Protest. First shown as Artistes against Aqua the Dunedin showing of this exhibition includes powerful works by
many of the country's' leading artists including, Bing Dawe, Donna Demente, Ralph Hotere, Trevor Moffitt, Sam Mahon,
John Mitchell, Marilynn Webb, Mary McFarlane and many others. Runs Until 13 December 2003
The Ordeal of St. Lucy The Temple Gallery is proud to present the annual exhibition of artist Donna Demente, titled The
Ordeal of St. Lucy. "In the end, the work speaks for itself. It either speaks to you or not...Some people who have
looked at a lot of art see in her the leading New Zealand exponent of a new direction, the first to genuinely post-date
Modernism." - Peter Entwisle. 16 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Place, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Victoria Timpany, phone (03) 477 7235
Blue Oyster Gallery
Excesskin Cameron Bishop wants to break the logic of the tourist, to release it from its perfected, paid-for-in-advance
and on credit image. Excesskin he recognises a different kind of tourist: the one that never quite makes it, the tourist
that is constantly threatening the body/state's margins but is never allowed entry. These tourists are the asylum
seekers, the indigenous, the poor and the absent of this world. Bishop will approach these issues with his inflated
absences: a series of latex baths, each more decayed than the other, each of them floating in the space and moving with
the rhythms of the atmosphere. Runs Until 6 December 2003
Portable: The Blue Oyster Import/Export Company This exhibition sees our travelling show return home from a tour of
Enjoy Public Art Gallery in Wellington and High Street Project in Christchurch. Portable features work by Trust members
as well as by invited Dunedin-based artists and is part of a three-way swap with these two galleries. The exhibition
looks at Dunedin's history as an industrial Port and extends these issues to encompass the transient nature of the City
that is known today. Although Gallery often imports, they are now proud to present Blue Oyster's latest export. 9 - 20
December 2003
Blue Oyster Gallery, 137 High Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Robyn Dold, phone (03) 479 0197
Globe Theatre - Prisoners of Mother England by Roger Hall, Directed by Nigel Ensor Roger Hall's play about the
experiences of a group of immigrants from Britain into New Zealand follows his characters from the 1950s through several
decades of New Zealand's history. Although some of their experiences would not be repeated today, many more will have
immediate relevance to anyone who has come to this country in recent years. Newly arrived immigrants may also have
experienced the same sense of dislocation, of homesickness mixed with excitement for the opportunities offered by this
new life, of the sense of being divided by a common language. In Prisoners of Mother England the playwright is full of
empathy for his characters (indeed, Hall freely confesses to having based one of the characters on his younger self) as
he follows them through their various problems and delights while settling into (or fleeing from) their new home. 4 - 13
December 2003 (excluding, Monday, 8 December 2003) Globe Theatre, 104 London Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries:
Rosemary Beresford, phone (03) 479 7273 or Box Office (03) 477 3274 Contact for bookings: Box Office, phone (03) 477
3274
Botanic Gardens - "Permaculture - a holistic approach to gardening" A free public talk by Trish Korth, permaculturist.
Find out more about his sustainable practice with links to the past. 5 December 2003, 12.00pm Botanic Garden Centre, in
upper Lovelock Avenue, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Clare Thomson, phone (03) 474 9469
Dunedin Town Hall
Royal Male Choir Second Subscribers Concert The Royal Dunedin Male Choir's second subscription concert for 2003 features
guest artists, the Dunedin Star Singers and Stephen Chambers (Baritone). 1 December 2003, 7.30pm
Messiah - City of Dunedin Choir Handel's Messiah, performed world wide, is greatly admired, well loved and the most
frequently performed oratorio. This performance features conductor by David Burchell, the choir's Musical Director,
accompanied by the Southern Sinfonia. Performing will be Anna Leese and Kate Spence, two exciting young New Zealand
soloists returning from their UK studies, together with David Hamilton (leading Australasian tenor) and Howard Harvey
(bass). This promises to be a marvellous Messiah. 9 December 2003, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin Contact for bookings: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597
JANUARY 2003
Hocken Library
McCahon: A Typeface by Luke Wood University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts lecturer Luke Wood has developed a
typeface based on a series of McCahon's paintings which have the now familiar theological narratives scrawled across New
Zealand landscapes and abstract grounds. McCahon: A Typeface attempts to play with the relationship between an artist's
signature style when it is reconfigured into a generic set of shapes, and what happens when a designer starts selecting
only a particular aspect of an artwork so it can be used in a new set of contexts. The question Wood addresses is: "Does
the designer, through his editing and stylising of the painter's handwriting, remove the heart of this artist's work".
Commercial success is not a motivational factor for Wood; the typeface is not licensed or available for sale. However,
it has been named: 'McCahon', as, according to Wood, an honest indicator to its origin. Runs Until 17 January 2004
Digital Mosaics: An exhibition by Sara Hughes Frances Hodgkins Fellow 2003 Using a range of methods and materials to
create large-scale painting/installations, Sara Hughes is spending her Frances Hodgkins Fellowship year in Dunedin
researching textile history in the City. Her imagination has been captured by the story of the weavers from Paisley in
Scotland who emigrated to Dunedin to form the settlement of Little Paisley in the south of the city. Sara has been
working as an artist for ten years, and in previous exhibitions has reproduced fabric patterns on walls as a metaphor
for how structure is applied in all aspects of human existence. Another interest is in the invisible digital
transmission of images whereby complex codes of pattern reassemble images across the internet pixel by pixel. Her
practice is described as "painting" but not in the traditional paintbrush and easel sense. Through her use of new
imagery and site specific locations she is suggesting that painting has entered a new era in the digital age, and it is
the modern painter's task to address what painting is and how it can operate. 31 January 2004 - 10 April 2004
Hocken Library, cnr Anzac Avenue & Parry Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Pennie Hunt, phone (03) 479 5648
Milford Galleries Dunedin
Overview - Notions of the Figurative Overview is a major survey exhibition of contemporary New Zealand Art in three
parts. This is the exhibition marks the second part of Overview, entitled Notions of the Figurative and features artists
Joanna Braithwaite, W.D. Hammond, Lisa Reihana, Tony de Lautour, Robert Ellis, Terry Stringer, Jeffrey Harris, Ross
Ritchie, Paul Dibble, Julia Morison, among others. What may seem disparate at first is actually the collision (and
collusion) of idea, purpose and visual intention through utilisation of the representational language that unites a
central core of our country's contemporary Art. Incisive and decisive: this exhibition presents a powerful portrait of
interior and exterior intellect. Runs Until 13 January 2004
Overview - Abstraction and Still Life The third part of Overview is entitled Abstraction and Still Life. Artists include
Reuben Paterson, Philip Trusttum, Mervyn Williams, Heather Straka, Jeff Thomson, Judy Millar, Emily Wolfe, Neil Fraser,
John Parker, Elizabeth McClure and others. This exhilarating exhibition is a combination of abstract painting, glass and
sculpture with that of still life. It demonstrates that while issues of abstraction concerning form, texture and
pictorial function are fundamentally different than the traditional concerns of still life painting. If still life is
removed from the conventional two-dimensional device of illusion and presented entirely three-dimensionally then there
arises a commonality of interests that is as revealing as it is illuminating. 17 January 2004 - 2 March 2004
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Diana Hennessy, phone (03) 477 7727
Temple Gallery - The Ordeal of St.Lucy The Temple Gallery is proud to present the annual exhibition of artist Donna
Demente, titled The Ordeal of St. Lucy. "In the end, the work speaks for itself. It either speaks to you or not...Some
people who have looked at a lot of art see in her the leading New Zealand exponent of a new direction, the first to
genuinely post-date Modernism." - Peter Entwisle. Runs Until 31 January 2004 Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Place, Dunedin
Contact for enquiries: Victoria Timpany, phone (03) 477 7235
Blue Oyster Gallery - Graduate Show 2004 The Graduate Show 2004 is an exhibit that features a selection of work from the
graduating class of 2003 from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Curated by the Blue Oyster Arts Trust, this is always
an exciting start to the year offering audiences the first chance see the Gallery's newly renovated space. 27 January
2004 - 14 February 2004 Blue Oyster Gallery, 137 High Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Robyn Dold, phone (03) 479
0197
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Paula Modersohn-Becker and the Worpswede Artists - Drawings and Prints 1895-1906 Born in 1876, Paula Modershohn-Becker
belonged to a circle of artists at the turn of the century that found them selves in opposition to the strict academic
line of opinion on Art. She was greatly influenced by the work of Gauguin, Cezanne and van Gogh, whom she met in Paris.
This exhibition is organised by Germany's Institut for Foreign Affairs, Ifa, and is being toured by the Goethe Institut.
Runs Until 25 January 2004
Big Country: Australian Landscape from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection The Australian landscape is an
imaginative property that artists have mapped in many different ways. Big Country draws on works from the Gallery's
collection by Arthur Streeton, Sydney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, and Brett Whiteley among others, which surveys a variety of
reinventions. A Dunedin Public Art Gallery exhibition. Runs Until 9 March 2004
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, PO Box 5045, Dunedin Contact for enquires: Tim Pollock, phone (03) 474 3243
Cleveland Living Arts Centre - The Affordable Art Fair The Affordable Art Fair is timed to offer art enthusiasts the
perfect Christmas gift - to spoil them self or kick-start their own art collection. Local and regional artists are
invited to submit works for this artistic feast. In true Art Fair style, sold works are replaced with new works each day
and brings something new. Runs Until 9 January 2004 Cleveland Living Arts Centre, 1st floor, Dunedin Railway Station,
Anzac Avenue, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Kari Morseth, phone (03) 477 7291
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For further information, please contact Dunedin City Council City Promotions, Kerry MacKenzie at phone (03) 474 3409,
email kmackenz@dcc.govt.nz - or Jennifer Hooker at phone (03) 474 3815, email jhooker@dcc.govt.nz
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<<...OLE_Obj...>> MEDIA ALERT!
Issue date: 25 November 2003
Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin Arts and Cultural Events February 2004 to March 2004
__________________________________________________________________________ _ Following is a schedule of confirmed events
in the City of Dunedin. This list was prepared by Dunedin City Council (DCC) City Promotions on behalf of the
attractions that appear below. Please contact event organisers directly for further information and confirmation of
dates and times.
FEBRUARY 2003
Regent Theatre
Regent Theatre Open Day The Otago Theatre Trust will be conducting tours of the beautiful Regent Theatre, as part of
Dunedin's festival celebrations in February. The public are invited to come and see all the areas and features that are
never normally seen. 7 February 2004, 10.00am
Pam Ayers - Words, Wit & The Wonderbra - 25th Anniversary Tour Pam Ayers has been a professional writer, entertainer, comedienne, broadcaster
and entertainer for over 25 years. In 1975 Pam first appeared on the television show Opportunity Knocks and since then
her humorous poems have contributed immeasurably to the wider appeal today of all forms of poetry. The UK Arts Council's
report on poetry, Rhyme and Reason (October 2000) identified Pam as being the fifth best-selling poet during the years
1998 & 1999, following Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, and Sylvia Plath. One of Pam's best-known poems, I Wish I'd
Looked After Me Teeth, was also voted into the Top Ten in a BBC poll to find The Nation's Favourite Comic Poems, and Pam
was one of the few poets in the Top Ten who is still alive! Pam Ayres has toured New Zealand regularly since 1980.
Recent newspaper reviewer states of he concert: "I have never laughed so delightedly. Her live stand-ups are a treat not
to be missed. Sheer blissful comedy." 28 February 2004, 8.00pm
Regent Theatre, 17 The Octagon, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597
Fortune Theatre - Agnes of God, by John Pielmeier "The baby was discovered in a waste paper basket with the umbilical
cord knotted around its neck. The mother was found unconscious by the door to her room, suffering excessive loss of
blood and brought to trail. Her case was assigned to me, Doctor Martha Livingstone, as court psychiatrist, to determine
whether she was legally sane." So begins this remarkable play, Agnes of God, a psychological thriller of the highest
order, which won the Tony Award for Best New Play on Broadway in 1982. At the centre, a young novice caught between two
worlds. Is she a Saint or Sinner? It's up to one woman - the psychiatrist - to find out, and another woman - the Mother
Superior - to engage her in a battle of will and faith she is not prepared for. Agnes of God is a murder mystery that
touches the very soul. 13 February to 6 March 2004 Fortune Theatre, 231 Stuart Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries:
(media) Lisa Scott, phone (03) 477 1695 or Box Office (03) 477 8323
Blue Oyster Gallery
Graduate Show 2004 The Graduate Show 2004 is an exhibit that features a selection of work from the graduating class of
2003 from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Curated by the Blue Oyster Arts Trust, this is always an exciting start
to the year offering audiences the first chance see the Gallery's newly renovated space. Runs Until 14 February 2004
High Street Project Swap Show High Street Project Swap Show comes direct from its great success in Wellington's Enjoy
Gallery of Christchurch artists. 17 February - 6 March 2004
Blue Oyster Gallery, 137 High Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Manager, phone (03) 479 0197
Cleveland Living Arts Centre
Anne Smith and Julie Reece The Cleveland Living Arts Centre presents oil paintings by emerging artists Anne Smith and
Julie Reece whose works depict floral and foliage studies and, seascapes. 9 - 19 February 2004
Fortune TheARTre Award This exhibition presents works that celebrate and reflect 30 years of theatre in Otago. 23
February - 5 March 2004, Monday-Friday, 10.00am-4.00pm
Cleveland Living Arts Centre, 1st floor, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Avenue, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Kari
Morseth, phone (03) 477 7291
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection The exhibition consists of 70 works, including
oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints and major masterpieces such as John Millais' Mariana, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti's Proserpine and William Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience. This is the first exhibition Tate has offered
to a New Zealand gallery and Dunedin is The Pre-Raphaelite Dream's only venue in the country. Sponsored by the National
Business Review and supported by the Dunedin City Council and The Community Trust of Otago. Indemnified by the New
Zealand Government through the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Runs Until 15 February 2004
Pre-Raphaelite Dunedin This exhibition of works of art, letters, books and manuscripts features material drawn from
three Dunedin collections, the Alfred and Isabel Reed collections of the Dunedin Public Library, the Dunedin Public Art
Gallery and the Special Collections, University of Otago Library. Runs Until 15 February 2004
Lionel Bawden: The Spring Tune The Dunedin Public Art Gallery's second visiting artist for 2003 is Sydney sculptor
Lionel Bawden, whose signature material is the humble coloured pencil. The resulting shapes rise up like miniature
landscapes and branch like coral. A Dunedin Public Art Gallery Visiting Artists Project, supported by Creative New
Zealand. Runs Until to 29 February 2004
Calf and Quill, Scribe and Limner: Medieval Manuscripts from the Reed Collections Step back in time to a medieval world
when books were rare, precious, beautifully written and crafted by hand. On exhibition are tenth-to-sixteenth-century
illuminated and decorated vellum manuscripts from the Dunedin Public Library Reed Collections. A Dunedin Public Art
Gallery exhibition. 14 February to 9 May 2004
Truth's Mirror Witty and thought-provoking juxtapositions of treasures from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery's permanent
collection. Curated by Tony Green, formerly Head of Department of Art History, University of Auckland. A Dunedin Public
Art Gallery exhibition. Ongoing Exhibition
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, PO Box 5045, Dunedin Contact for enquires: Tim Pollock, phone (03) 474 3243
Otago Settlers Museum - Fabulous Frocks! 19th Century Gowns from the Otago Settlers Museum Collection This fascinating
display of 19th century wedding dresses, ball gowns and stylish street wear has been extended by popular demand. An
Otago Settlers Museum exhibition. Runs Until 15 February 2004 Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin Contact
for enquiries: Val-mai Shaw, phone (03) 474 2728
Dunedin Town Hall - Southern Sinfonia - "Timeless Land" - A Waitangi Day Special Dunedin's professional orchestra
showcases the very best of Otago arts in the world premiere performance of a commissioned multi-artform work, Timeless
Land. The works consist of Anthony Ritchie's orchestral music, Grahame Sydney's paintings, readings by Brian Turner and
Owen Marshall of their writing, as well as a film screening of a production by NHNZ (Natural History New Zealand). All
this will be under the baton of Southland-born conductor Ken Young with nationally renowned singer Deborah Wai Kapohe as
soprano for Anthony Ritchie's composition, as well as performing the premiere of her own autobiographical work. 6
February 2004, 8.00pm Town Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin Contact for bookings: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597 Contact
for enquiries: Philippa Harris, phone (03) 477 5623
MARCH 2003
Hocken Library - Digital Mosaics: Exhibition by Sara Hughes Frances Hodgkins Fellow 2003 Using a range of methods and
materials to create large-scale painting and installations, Sara Hughes is spending her Frances Hodgkins Fellowship year
in Dunedin researching textile history in the City. Her imagination has been captured by the story of the weavers from
Paisley in Scotland who emigrated to Dunedin to form the settlement of Little Paisley in the south of the city. Sara has
been working as an artist for ten years, and in previous exhibitions has reproduced fabric patterns on walls as a
metaphor for how structure is applied in all aspects of human existence. Another interest is in the invisible digital
transmission of images whereby complex codes of pattern reassemble images across the internet pixel by pixel. Her
practice is described as "painting" but not in the traditional paintbrush and easel sense. Through her use of new
imagery and site specific locations she is suggesting that painting has entered a new era in the digital age, and it is
the modern painter's task to address what painting is and how it can operate. Runs Until 10 April 2004 Hocken Library,
cnr Anzac Avenue & Parry Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Pennie Hunt, phone (03) 479 5648
Otago Settlers Museum - Water Like Wine: A History of the Kaikorai Valley and Stream The Kaikorai stream defines
Dunedin's western margins. Its catchment's is a border zone where town meets country and industry holds the middle
ground. Water Like Wine is explores the places that flank the stream, from Halfway Bush and Wakari down the Valley to
Burnside, Green Island and Fairfield. It features old established suburbs as well as more recent housing schemes like
Brockville, Helensburgh and Kenmure. The exhibition also delves into the impact of human settlement on the Kaikorai
Valley from the Maori explorers who first passed this way, through the historic concentration of industry, market
gardening and mining, to contemporary efforts to rejuvenate the eco-system of the stream. Water Like Wine highlights one
of Dunedin's more interesting edges, where history and nature come together. Runs Until 22 March 2004 Otago Settlers
Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Val-mai Shaw, phone (03) 474 2728
Fortune Theatre
Agnes of God, by John Pielmeier "The baby was discovered in a waste paper basket with the umbilical cord knotted around
its neck. The mother was found unconscious by the door to her room, suffering excessive loss of blood and brought to
trail. Her case was assigned to me, Doctor Martha Livingstone, as court psychiatrist, to determine whether she was
legally sane." So begins this remarkable play, Agnes of God, a psychological thriller of the highest order, which won
the Tony Award for Best New Play on Broadway in 1982. At the centre, a young novice caught between two worlds. Is she a
Saint or Sinner? It's up to one woman - the psychiatrist - to find out, and another woman - the Mother Superior - to
engage her in a battle of will and faith she is not prepared for. Agnes of God is a murder mystery that touches the very
soul. Runs Until 6 March 2004
Love Off the Shelf, book by Roger Hall, lyrics by A.K.Grant and music by Philip Norman As a part of our thirtieth
anniversary celebrations the Fortune Theatre is proud to present a revival of one of Roger Hall's most popular shows -
and a musical to boot. First premiered at The Fortune Theatre in 1986 and subsequently staged in Australia and the UK,
Love off the Shelf parodies every cliché of the romantic novel genre. John and his assistant, Mary, are working on a
project with great literary merit, but one that's hardly a money-spinner. They both dream of what it could be like to be
famous and successful writers. To keep the wolf from the door, and possibly to exorcise some romantic demons of their
own, both John and Mary, unbeknown to each other, request instructions from True Love Publishers on how to write and
sell romantic fiction. The result is a hilarious musical journey where fact and fiction collide. 12 March - 10 April
2004
Fortune Theatre, 231 Stuart Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: (media) Lisa Scott, phone (03) 477 1695 or Box Office
(03) 477 8323
Blue Oyster Gallery - High Street Project Swap Show High Street Project Swap Show comes direct from its great success in
Wellington's Enjoy Gallery of Christchurch artists. Runs Until 6 March 2004 Blue Oyster Gallery, 137 High Street,
Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Robyn Dold, phone (03) 479 0197
Dunedin Town Hall - Southern Sinfonia - Last Night of the Proms Audiences are invited to join in the fun and singing
with the annual Last Night of the Proms - a night of musical mayhem. The Proms features a uniquely Otago flavour and
will highlight the musical talent of Dunedin with special focus on the University of Otago's singers and composers. This
is also a night for the audience to let its hair down, wave flags and join in the singing of Land of Hope and Glory and
Rule Britannia. 13 March 2004, 7.30pm Town Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin Contact for bookings: Regent Ticketek, phone (03)
477 8597 Contact for enquiries: Philippa Harris, phone (03) 477 5623
Regent Theatre
Royal NZ Ballet - The Meridian Energy Season of Saltarello Classical ballet gets a shake-up with an innovative programme
of contemporary dance. Mysterious and sensual, Christopher Hampson's 'Saltarello' reveals a sharp, 21st century
originality in perfect, classical technique. 'Abhisheka, Sanskrit for initiation', proves to be just that: a new work by
Otautau-born Adrian Burnett set to John Psathas' meditative and moving score. Show-stopping in the truest sense, the
Celebrated Soubrette is Javier De Frutos' tribute to Las Vegas nightlife. With soul-searching and sequins in equal
measure, the work is informed by the gritty true-life stories of people working in the entertainment capital of the
world. 9 March 2004
Cirque Dreams Some theatrical phenomena reach, simply, beyond any single definition. They are not traditional musicals
with characters or plots, nor are they ballets or operas. Cirque Dreams is such a show. It is simply a phenomenon. Since
its debut as a casino theatre attraction in 1995, the production has enthralled millions of people around the world. Now
it brings its magic to the theatre stages of New Zealand. 12 - 13 March 2004, 8.00pm
Regent Theatre, 17 The Octagon, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Regent Ticketek, phone (03) 477 8597
Cleveland Living Arts Centre
Fortune Theatre Award This exhibition presents works that celebrate and reflect 30 years of theatre in Otago. Runs Until
5 March 2004, Monday-Friday, 10.00am-4.00pm
Under the Skirts of Mt Erebus Dunedin Fashion Designer Fieke Newman created six 'frocks' and a series of photographs
when on location as an Artist in Antarctica in 2003. Under the Skirts of Mt Erebus exhibition will be accompanied by a
slide talk by the artist. In associated with Antarctica New Zealand. 8 - 19 March 2004
Cleveland Living Arts Centre, 1st floor, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Avenue, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Kari
Morseth, phone (03) 477 7291
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Big Country: Australian Landscape from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection The Australian landscape is an
imaginative property that artists have mapped in many different ways. Drawing on works from the Gallery collection by
Arthur Streeton, Sydney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Brett Whiteley and others, this exhibition surveys a variety of those
reinventions. A Dunedin Public Art Gallery exhibition. Runs Until 9 March 2004
Calf and Quill, Scribe and Limner: Medieval Manuscripts from the Reed Collections Step back in time to a medieval world
when books were rare, precious, beautifully written and crafted by hand. On exhibition are tenth-to sixteenth-century
illuminated and decorated vellum manuscripts from the Dunedin Public Library Reed Collections. A Dunedin Public Art
Gallery exhibition. Runs Until 9 May 2004
Milford Galleries Dunedin - Overview - Abstraction and Still Life The third part of Overview is entitled Abstraction and
Still Life. Artists include Reuben Paterson, Philip Trusttum, Mervyn Williams, Heather Straka, Jeff Thomson, Judy
Millar, Emily Wolfe, Neil Fraser, John Parker, Elizabeth McClure and others. This exhilarating exhibition is a
combination of abstract painting, glass and sculpture with that of still life. It demonstrates that while issues of
abstraction concerning form, texture and pictorial function are fundamentally different than the traditional concerns of
still life painting. If still life is removed from the conventional two-dimensional device of illusion and presented
entirely three-dimensionally then there arises a commonality of interests that is as revealing as it is illuminating.
Runs Until 2 March 2004 Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling Street, Dunedin Contact for enquiries: Diana Hennessy,
phone (03) 477 7727