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==Tsunami alert==
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= Last updated 2010 =
A tsunami resulting from the Chilean earthquake on 28 February 2010 caused warnings for Waiheke beaches and cancelled some ferry sailings. The [[Onetangi Beach Races]] were postponed until 14 March.[http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spspo/Detail.aspx?id=171649 Tsunami hits events]
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== Ongoing Events on Waiheke Island: ==
  
== Ongoing Events on Waiheke Island: ==
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* <b>Mondays</b> 6:30 - 8pm: <b>Crash Course</b>: Chris Martenson’s “Crash Course” is a series of videos which serves as a clear and straightforward explanation of how our economy, energy systems and environment interact, how we got to where we are today, and some reasonable expectations for the future.  The July sessions will be shown in the Theatre foyer on four successive Monday evenings from the 5th until the 26th of July from 6:30-8pm.  A repeat of the series will run from the 9th to 30th of August.  There is no charge for the course; we do ask, however, that people choose a month when they can attend all four sessions.  Please RSVP to 372-2041.  Facilitated by Millie Watkins, James Samuel and Emma Bowyer-Warner.  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
 
* <b>Tuesdays</b> 3:30 - 8pm: <b>Dramability</b>: Cindy Peterken will be taking groups through drama classes that will include theatre games, improvisation, devising, script work, creating a character, stage fighting, mask work and more. Students must enrol for a term of lessons, and are encouraged to commit to a year's attendance to allow for more exciting planning.  Each term will have a different focus and there will be at least one evening performance to put skills into practice.  All students should arrive 5min before the start of the lesson and wear suitable loose clothing for moving around freely and there will be some floor work -- so no best clothes, please!  Bring only a dollop of enthusiasm and a sense of humour. 6-8yo: 3:30 - 4:15; 9-13yo: 4:45 - 5:45; 14-18yo: 6:30-8:00.  To book, contact Cindy Peterken ph 2770 or email [mailto:L.Peterken@xtra.co.nz?subject=Query_from_Waihekepedia L.Peterken@xtra.co.nz].  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
 
* <b>Tuesdays</b> 3:30 - 8pm: <b>Dramability</b>: Cindy Peterken will be taking groups through drama classes that will include theatre games, improvisation, devising, script work, creating a character, stage fighting, mask work and more. Students must enrol for a term of lessons, and are encouraged to commit to a year's attendance to allow for more exciting planning.  Each term will have a different focus and there will be at least one evening performance to put skills into practice.  All students should arrive 5min before the start of the lesson and wear suitable loose clothing for moving around freely and there will be some floor work -- so no best clothes, please!  Bring only a dollop of enthusiasm and a sense of humour. 6-8yo: 3:30 - 4:15; 9-13yo: 4:45 - 5:45; 14-18yo: 6:30-8:00.  To book, contact Cindy Peterken ph 2770 or email [mailto:L.Peterken@xtra.co.nz?subject=Query_from_Waihekepedia L.Peterken@xtra.co.nz].  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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==Upcoming Special Events: ==
 
==Upcoming Special Events: ==
  
=== March ===
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=== July ===
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* Daily in the wee hours: <b>FIFA World Cup Soccer Games</b> live on Sky at TimeOut Cafe.  Free admission.  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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* Mo12Jul-Sa17Jul: <b>Chroma Lab</b>. Artworks Community Theatre and Robert Mignault are proud to be running a youth workshop during the July school vacation aimed at developing performance skills and creative approaches for making new theatre. The workshop will run from Monday 12th to Friday 16th July, with a workshop performance on Saturday 17th July. It is open to youth and young adults aged 15 to 30 with a strong desire to participate and a willingness to engage in the creative process with others. The fee for the whole course will be $100. Chroma Lab will be an exploration of new ways of making theatre in our modern world. By using various technical and digital tools such as video, web cams, projections and video mixing, it will be about creating unique stories and telling them in unique ways. Register online at [http://www.robertmignault.com/chroma_lab_registration www.RobertMignault.com] @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
* Sat27Apr Concert at Artworks, koha entry
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* We14Jul 7:30-9pm: <b>The Great Chicane -- a Playcentre fundraiser</b>: Magician, illusionist and entertainer the Great Chicane will perform a combination of his fast-paced unpredictable magic and illusion combined with his "magic of the mind" in an evening show for adults. Chicane's magic is light hearted and off beat, with plenty of audience participation, including sawing a member of the audience in half! Fundraising for Waiheke Playcentre. Tickets $20 -- phone 372-6746 to book. Doors and cafe open at 7pm. @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
* Sun28Mar 10:30am-noon: <b>UNESCO Biosphere Reserve</b> project meeting @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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* Fr16Jul-Mo09Aug: <b>'Painting The Dream'</b> exhibition at [[Waiheke Community Art Gallery]], Korora Rd, [[Oneroa]]. This exhibition will feature work from 3 groups tutored by Bridget Oakley-Stevens, with funding assistance from Creative Communities - [[Auckland City Council]], [[Waiheke Community Board]], COGS, Lotteries Commission, [[WISH Trust]] and [[Waiheke Peer Support|Horizons]]. The artists' work will be based on the imagination using images and memories from dreams.
  
* Wed31Mar 7:30pm: <b>[[Spiritual Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
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* We28Jul 7:30pm: <b>[[Spiritual Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
  
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* Sa31Jul: <b>Acoustic Café -- a Steiner fundraiser</b>: featuring: The Two Daves (Alley and Khan), Aaron Carpenter, Ian Simpson, Nikki Ngatai, Luckless (Ivy Rossiter) and Eden Roberts. Tickets $20 advance or $25 at the door (if available): book with Artworks Theatre on 2941 or ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com, or purchase your tickets at Nourish Cafe (Ostend), Loose Change (Oneroa) or the Theatre's TimeOut Cafe. @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
=== April ===
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=== August ===
  
* We14Apr 7:30pm: <b>[[Earth Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
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* Fr06 - Sa21Aug: <b>Kaleidoscope Productions</b> in seven shows -- details TBA @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
* Fr/Sa 16/17Apr 8-9:30pm: <b>Guitar & Gloves</b>: a gorgeous duet of guitar and lyrical contemporary dance.  Dancer-choreographer Jennifer De Leon has performed throughout NZ and around the world: recent performances including Tempo, the Auckland Dance Festival 2008 and as a key presenter/performer at the Int'l Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama & Performance Studies (ADSA) Conference in Perth in 2008.  Kevin Timm is South African-born and brings to his music a spaciousness reminiscent of the vast African veldt.  This combination of Jennifer’s dance and Kevin’s music tells of a ‘synchronous serendipity’ as the two artistes have choreographed, composed and woven their expressions together. It is suitable for all ages!  Five works comprise the program, closing with “Somewhere over the Rainbow” with whimsy and grace. Bookings on 372-2941 or ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com, or at the door. @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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* Wed11Aug 7:30pm: <b>[[Earth Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
  
* Sa24Apr 8pm: <b>Tank & Pump in Concert</b>.  Door sales only. @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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* Wed25Aug 7:30pm: <b>[[Spiritual Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
  
* We28Apr 7:30pm: <b>[[Spiritual Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
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* Fri27Aug 6-10pm: <b>Rock Forever!</b> We’re looking for performers who’d like to support our Family Fun and Fundraising concert for the Waiheke UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.  (See http://waihekenova.wordpress.com for more info.)  The concert will be held at Artworks Community Theatre and will be emceed by Grant Bridger.  We’re looking at an early, family-style concert, with food and drinks available at the café, and perhaps a sausage sizzle as well. Let us know (ph Dee on 3456) if you want to be involved!  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
* Th29Apr - Sat01May: <b>Ngā Manurere</b> follows Manawa’s (Nicola Kawana) journey to reconnect with the son Morehu (Pana Hema-Taylor) she gave up through whangāi. Supported by her closest friends Wai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), Rina (Lana Garland) and Jess (Renee Maihi) who are all single mothers, the women are tied together by roots and friendship; but each secretly harbors her own view on Manawa and the son to whom she is a stranger.  At once funny and shocking, the play explores the everyday experience of being a solo mum with honesty and humor. It also reveals a terrible truth that exposes the danger of emotional silence.  @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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*Sat28Aug: <b>Lady Sings the Blues</b>, part of Waiheke's Winter Blues Festival @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
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=== May ===
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* Th08Sep-Sa18Sep: Waiheke Choral Society presents <b>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</b>. Nine cabaret-style shows: Th/Fr/Sa 8pm; Saturdays 2pm and Su11Sep 2pm. Book with the Choral Society: 372-1000 or [mailto:ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com?subject=Forum_Booking_Enquiry ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com] @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
  
* Sa08May 8:00-10:30pm: <b>Sika in Concert</b> Experience the power of the ancient didjeridoo, Native American flute, drums, voice and percussion with internationally acclaimed performer and recording artist Sika. This very unusual concert has stirred up quite a following here in NZ, as well as in the UK, USA and Australia.  Tickets $20 general, $15 student, $5 child or $45 family.  His previous two concerts both sold out, so book at the Theatre: 372-2941 or [mailto:ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com?subject=Sika_Booking_Enquiry ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com] @ [[Artworks Theatre|Artworks Community Theatre]]
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* Wed29Sep 7:30pm: <b>[[Spiritual Cinema]]</b>: @ [[Waiheke Community Cinema|the Cinema]]
  
  
 
[[Category:Events]]
 
[[Category:Events]]

Latest revision as of 08:58, 16 October 2017

Last updated 2010

Ongoing Events on Waiheke Island:

  • Mondays 6:30 - 8pm: Crash Course: Chris Martenson’s “Crash Course” is a series of videos which serves as a clear and straightforward explanation of how our economy, energy systems and environment interact, how we got to where we are today, and some reasonable expectations for the future. The July sessions will be shown in the Theatre foyer on four successive Monday evenings from the 5th until the 26th of July from 6:30-8pm. A repeat of the series will run from the 9th to 30th of August. There is no charge for the course; we do ask, however, that people choose a month when they can attend all four sessions. Please RSVP to 372-2041. Facilitated by Millie Watkins, James Samuel and Emma Bowyer-Warner. @ Artworks Community Theatre
  • Tuesdays 3:30 - 8pm: Dramability: Cindy Peterken will be taking groups through drama classes that will include theatre games, improvisation, devising, script work, creating a character, stage fighting, mask work and more. Students must enrol for a term of lessons, and are encouraged to commit to a year's attendance to allow for more exciting planning. Each term will have a different focus and there will be at least one evening performance to put skills into practice. All students should arrive 5min before the start of the lesson and wear suitable loose clothing for moving around freely and there will be some floor work -- so no best clothes, please! Bring only a dollop of enthusiasm and a sense of humour. 6-8yo: 3:30 - 4:15; 9-13yo: 4:45 - 5:45; 14-18yo: 6:30-8:00. To book, contact Cindy Peterken ph 2770 or email L.Peterken@xtra.co.nz. @ Artworks Community Theatre

Upcoming Special Events:

July

  • Mo12Jul-Sa17Jul: Chroma Lab. Artworks Community Theatre and Robert Mignault are proud to be running a youth workshop during the July school vacation aimed at developing performance skills and creative approaches for making new theatre. The workshop will run from Monday 12th to Friday 16th July, with a workshop performance on Saturday 17th July. It is open to youth and young adults aged 15 to 30 with a strong desire to participate and a willingness to engage in the creative process with others. The fee for the whole course will be $100. Chroma Lab will be an exploration of new ways of making theatre in our modern world. By using various technical and digital tools such as video, web cams, projections and video mixing, it will be about creating unique stories and telling them in unique ways. Register online at www.RobertMignault.com @ Artworks Community Theatre
  • We14Jul 7:30-9pm: The Great Chicane -- a Playcentre fundraiser: Magician, illusionist and entertainer the Great Chicane will perform a combination of his fast-paced unpredictable magic and illusion combined with his "magic of the mind" in an evening show for adults. Chicane's magic is light hearted and off beat, with plenty of audience participation, including sawing a member of the audience in half! Fundraising for Waiheke Playcentre. Tickets $20 -- phone 372-6746 to book. Doors and cafe open at 7pm. @ Artworks Community Theatre
  • Sa31Jul: Acoustic Café -- a Steiner fundraiser: featuring: The Two Daves (Alley and Khan), Aaron Carpenter, Ian Simpson, Nikki Ngatai, Luckless (Ivy Rossiter) and Eden Roberts. Tickets $20 advance or $25 at the door (if available): book with Artworks Theatre on 2941 or ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com, or purchase your tickets at Nourish Cafe (Ostend), Loose Change (Oneroa) or the Theatre's TimeOut Cafe. @ Artworks Community Theatre

August

  • Fri27Aug 6-10pm: Rock Forever! We’re looking for performers who’d like to support our Family Fun and Fundraising concert for the Waiheke UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. (See http://waihekenova.wordpress.com for more info.) The concert will be held at Artworks Community Theatre and will be emceed by Grant Bridger. We’re looking at an early, family-style concert, with food and drinks available at the café, and perhaps a sausage sizzle as well. Let us know (ph Dee on 3456) if you want to be involved! @ Artworks Community Theatre

September

  • Th08Sep-Sa18Sep: Waiheke Choral Society presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Nine cabaret-style shows: Th/Fr/Sa 8pm; Saturdays 2pm and Su11Sep 2pm. Book with the Choral Society: 372-1000 or ArtworksTheatre@gmail.com @ Artworks Community Theatre