Antarctica comes to MTG Hawke’s Bay

Media Release
13 November 2013

Antarctica comes to MTG Hawke’s Bay

Following sold out shows at the Auckland and Wellington Fringe Festivals, Bond Street Bridge will be performing their award-winning show ‘The Explorers Club: Antarctica’ at newly-opened MTG Hawke’s Bay, in its first MTG LATE event.

On 22 February MTG opens from 6.30 – 8.30pm. Visitors can experience this unique performance in the MTG foyer with a glass of wine in hand, and then wander the galleries as the sun goes down.

Auckland alt-folksters Bond Street Bridge will tell the incredible stories of Captain Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration in a unique performance combining original folk songs, spoken-word storytelling, new illustrations and dramatic heritage images.

Songwriter Sam Prebble turned a fascination with Antarctic heritage into a multi-faceted and collaborative work of art. After several months lost in books and dusty library shelves, poring over old photographs and maps and devouring first-hand accounts of adventure and mishap on the ice, Prebble emerged with a collection of songs recalling the hardships and celebrating the extraordinary pluck of the explorers who first set foot on the frozen wastes.

The songs combine material from the original journals of the explorers themselves, lines from the poets and writers who inspired their exploits, and a treasure trove of recent Antarctic scholarship, weaving tales of courage, endurance and humanity in the face of defeat and humility before extraordinary endeavour. The stories of Captain Oates walking to his death, Scott freezing in his tent, writing to the last, and Shackleton sailing hundreds of miles in an open boat to save his men are retold through heartbreaking ballads and foot-stomping sea shanties.

Don’t miss the show the Dominion Post called ‘a perfect evening of music’ performing one show only at MTG Hawke’s Bay. Book early, limited numbers.

Friday 22 November, 6.30pm
MTG Hawkes Bay
MTG Galleries open 6.30 until 8.30pm
‘The Explorers Club: Antarctica’ Performance starts at 7pm MTG Foyer

Tickets
Purchase your ticket from MTG Hawkes’ Bay, 1 Tennyson Street, Napier or phone 835 7781.
Adults $15, Students $12, MTG Friends $10 Children $5
Ticket includes a complimentary beverage, cash bar and food will be available.
p (06) 835 7781
e info@mtghawkesbay.com

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