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September 2017
The Black Rider: the casting of the magic bullets
Back by popular demand - sell-out sensation The Black Rider: the casting of the magic bullets returns for a limited two-night season especially for the 2017 Christchurch Arts Festival. An opera conceived by Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, and Robert Wilson, this New Zealand premiere production is directed by Peter Falkenberg and features Arts Foundation laureate Delaney Davidson. With popular and successful recent productions in Barcelona, Berlin, Norway and Denmark, this production is a distinctively New Zealand take on the work. So,…
Find out more »Not Hamlet Ubu Night
A special Ubu Night for the 2017 Christchurch Arts Festival… Ubu and his friends, Hamlet, Ophelia and the Ghost, invite you to a pre-election party in The Gym! Bill, Jacinda and Paula may drop by. Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Beach Boys, Neil Young, The Who, Roxy Music, PJ Harvey and Roy Montgomery will provide musical commentary throughout the evening. Ubu Nights are quite unlike anything else - anywhere! Combining theatre, music, film and hospitality, enter exhilarating, sensory environments…
Find out more »December 2017
The Art of the Deal Ubu Night
“If you are going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think Big.” Taking inspiration from perhaps the greatest artist of our time, Free Theatre is delighted to present Ubu Trump in his never-ending search for the perfect Deal. Special guests include Melania and Ivanka, Jacinda and Justin. Come join us for a night of free market magic and mayhem where the best deals are served up by The Rolling Om and where Trump’s apprentices compete to perform losers…
Find out more »June 2018
Audio Foundation presents: HackedePicciotto
For fans of Einstürzende Neubauten and Crime and the City Solution! Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto NZ Tour: Audio Foundation is pleased to announce a nationwide tour for HackedePicciotto, stalwarts of Berlin’s legendary underground culture of the ’80s and ’90s and giants of multimedia art and industrial music. Both artists are legends of their own making: Danielle de Picciotto moved to Berlin in 1987 where she became the lead singer of the band Space Cowboys, co-initiator of the Love…
Find out more »March 2024
The Oats – No. 2 Experiments
We’re gonna put on some different kinds of shows around the place in March. They’re to do with the next album, so those’ll be the songs and that’ll be the world. The shows are mainly happening in community halls as we’re trying something new out beyond the songs. There’s timings on the map (except for the festival shows) so if you’re coming you’ll need to arrive at that time or before. We’ll watch the sun go down, then we’ll go…
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