Hi all,
Wow, we haven’t updated the site in a while. Minto is a bit flat out with Uni, so I’m advertising the upcoming gig. Are you flat out with Uni? No worries. Study hard, and then take a break for a few hours to hear some fantastic live music.
5 fantastic acts for the MASC gig
The gig will be kicking off bang on 9pm. You’ll need $5 cash for the door. Click on the poster above to be taken to the Facebook Event Invite.
For more on the acts…
The Dickens are playing at Mighty Mighty tonight (Thurs 22 Sept) with Delete Delete Delete and Thrill Collins. $5 entry. The Dickens are on at 9pm
ANNOUNCEMENT: Wellington String Players Wanted
I am setting up The String Orchestra Of Old Saint Paul’s, which will begin formally in July, 2011. Both rehearsals and performances will be in the beautiful and inspiring venue of Old Saint Paul’s.
Number of players wanted: 21 – 25
Ages of players: all ages, and I especially encourage older players to join.
Instrumentalists wanted: violinists, viola players, cellists, double bassists.
Rehearsal time: 4-6pm on Sundays at Old Saint Paul’s, Thorndon.
Yearly subscription cost: $100 per person (to cover expenses)
My vision for the Orchestra: to be a serious organisation with musical integrity and a voice in the community. To focus on musicality, depth and warmth of playing and not to focus on flashy shallow virtuosity. To be a humble organisation which makes decisions purely for the sake of advancing the quality of the music it creates.
Welcome to a satirical comedy where four socially inept friends attempt to operate a Wellington coffee shop – with spectacularly selfish, chaotic and hilarious results!
You can’t beat Wellington (on a good day) is a sitcom-style show performed in an actual Wellington café (Espressoholic).
Following the lives of The Crew, four unethical, self-centered and devious friends who run a Cuba street coffee shop, this show highlights how people can be motivated by pride, self-interest, and instant gratification while trying to “help” sort out social issues that affect Wellingtonians.
Last year, you fell in love with Owen, Donna, Kenny and Doug, now let them lie, cheat and scheme their way into your heart all over again!
This year, You Can’t Beat Wellington (On a Good Day) runs throughout the Comedy Festival. Each week features a different, brand new episode with special guests.
This show will not play in Auckland, and features only 3 jokes about the wind.
Espressoholic will be open to ticket holders from 7.45pm for meals and drinks
“Funny, intelligent, warm and self-deprecating and comes complete with a flat white.”- Theatreview.org.nz
”[They] clearly have talent at performing comedy”- Salient, NZ
The Crew (2011) are – Lucy Edwards, Josh Samuels, Steven Youngblood and Wiremu Tuhiwai
Dates: Episode 1: May 4-7, Episode 2: May 11-14 and Episode 3: May 18-21st
Time: 8.30pm (doors from 7:45pm)
Venue: Espressoholic, 136 Cuba St
Bookings: Eventfinder
Tickets: $18 full / $15 concession / $14 groups 8+ *booking fees may apply*
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For NZ Music Month 2011, MASC presents a line-up of talented local musicians.
The evening kicks off with The SMP Ensemble Electric. They’re performing a selection of modern works, from Alvarez, Kepple, Gorecki, Wolff, and new works by Robbie Ellis and Anton Killin.
They’re followed by
May 04 2011
Wednesday May 04 2011
MASC presents Vermillion, Ubermahlung Und Frottage, The Lucid Effect, and SMP Ensemble Electric
8pm doors, 8.30pm kick off
$5 entry
at HAPPY (118 Tory Street, corner Tory and Vivian Streets)
Wednesday 06 April
at HAPPY
(188 Tory Street)
9pm
Doors 8.30pm
$5 entry
Door Sales $15/$10 (concession & students)
Saturday 05 March
7:30 pm (or 6:00ish for a potluck with the band)
$10/$5/$25 family
Friday 18 February - The Ruby Lounge
Remember The Ruby Lounge? Unfortunately it had to close in November. Lots of people really miss it so there’s a “Remembering Ruby” gig to keep the spirit alive.
It’s at Bar Bodega, Friday 18th February, starting at 7:30pm. The music will be a mix of blues, rock, rhythm & blues, and folk; the line-up includes Darren Watson, The Shot Band, Claire Terry Trio, Cindy Muggeridge, Robbie Duncan, Dave Murphy and Dougal Speir; plus a few others including some new artists found at the Tuesday Night Special open mics.Definitely a full night! – and the possibility of a jam session afterwards if anyone’s interested (Bodega’s open till 3am).
Maybe bring a cushion, in case we get a big crowd? They’ve got about 60 chairs there.
$10 on the door; proceeds to the musos.
Please help us spread the word, by email or Facebook or however you share with your friends. We’d love to make this an event to remember. There’s a Facebook event invitation here that you can respond to and pass on to your friends.
A small selection of favourite photos from The Ruby Lounge:
Thanks,
Wendy Collings
Tymar Lighting
Stage lighting for small bands
Wondering what to see for the 2011 Fringe Festival? MASC makes it easy for you.
This Rugged Beauty
The biggest event of 2011. From the makers of “Elimination Rounds” and “Storytime For The Hungry” comes a work of epic scale and dizzying majesty- assuming the whale survives pack-in, the glaciers stay cold, and the keas keep off the lighting grid.“This Rugged Beauty” is an anarchic, unhinged and hilarious performance taking a hard look at what it means to be branded “kiwi”. We’re exploring the way advertisements and media se…ll us the myths of who we are; from beer billboards, to tourism campaigns, to World Cup slogans. Join as we journey through triumph and despair, victory and disaster, wild storms and golden weather.
- This Rugged Beauty
with Rachel Baker, Joel Baxendale, Simon Haren, Claire O’Loughlin and Eli Kent.
Designed by Kattral Lee, Jessica Sweden, Gareth Hobbs and Andrew Simpson.
Dramaturg/publicist: Fiona McNamara. Directed by Ralph Upton. Produced by Rose Guise.
In partnership with the Victoria University Theatre Programme and Fringe 2011.
25 February to 05 March
