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Arts on Tour NZ - 'From Scratch' - Cromwell.
Location: The Gate Conference Centre, 6 Barry Ave, Cromwell
Region: Cromwell
Dates: Fri, 11 September 2020 @ 7.30pm.
The inventive, highly rhythmic percussion group From Scratch is like no other. It has its own characteristic Pacific-region sound, performed on a unique array of original, DIY invented instruments, including their PVC slaptubes. From Scratch guide their audience through a magical journey, part sculpture, part music, part ritual. Rhythmic and instrument invention lie at the heart of From Scratch and have earned the group an international reputation for visually captivating and sonically mesmerizing performances.
Their most memorable performances have been described as “… among the greatest in any art form to come out of this country”.
With a forty year-plus history, recently celebrated with an expansive art gallery survey exhibition, this NZ group is not to be missed!
Appeal: Contemporary, alternative, and appeals across the generations, young to old.
Website: www.fromscratch.co.nz
To book click HERE
Adult $25, Seniors $20, Student $5
Location
The Gate Conference Centre, 6 Barry Ave, Cromwell
September 2020
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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Queenstown Writers Festival - Short Story Competition.Fri, 5 June 2020 - Tue, 1 September 2020 @ Entries Close 1st September 2020. | 2 | 3 | Artbay Gallery, Queenstown - A Forest by Sam FoleyFri, 4 September 2020 @ 10am - 5pm daily. Arts Central - Chamber Music, Lara Hall and Rachael Griffiths-Hughes.Fri, 4 September 2020 @ 7.30pm. Artbay Gallery - 'A Forest' by Sam FoleyFri, 4 September 2020 - Sat, 31 October 2020 @ Daily. | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Denis Kent Retrospective Exhibition.Sat, 5 September 2020 - Mon, 19 October 2020 @ 10am - 4pm daily. | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Central Cinema - National Theatre Live: Present Laughter.Thu, 10 September 2020 - Sun, 13 September 2020 @ 10th September at 2pm. 13th September at 5pm. | 11 | Wakatipu High School - All Shook Up.Wed, 9 September 2020 - Sat, 12 September 2020 @ Daily. |
Central Cinema - National Theatre Live: Present Laughter.Thu, 10 September 2020 - Sun, 13 September 2020 @ 10th September at 2pm. 13th September at 5pm. | 14 | 15 | 16 | Kids Circus Classes - Alexandra.Thu, 23 July 2020 - Thu, 17 September 2020 @ Thursdays; 3.30-4.30pm and 4.45-5.45pm. | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Aotearoa Poster Competition 2020 - Entries Open.Tue, 18 August 2020 - Mon, 21 September 2020 @ Entries Open Now. | 22 | 23 | Central Otago Art Society - Blossom Festival Art ExhibitionTuesday Thu, 24 September 2020 - Fri, 2 October 2020 @ 10am - 4pm Daily. | 25 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Landscape Painting Demonstrations by Denis Kent.Sat, 26 September 2020 - Sun, 27 September 2020 @ Daily. Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Book Launch, 'Unmooring' by Bridget Auchmuty.Sat, 26 September 2020 @ 4pm - 6pm. |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | Alexandra Musical Society - A Musical Degustation, All the Best Bits Exposed.Wed, 30 September 2020 - Sat, 3 October 2020 @ Daily. |