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Steven Gray – My Christchurch And The People I Love From There.
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I moved to Christchurch in the Summer of 1990 for 4 months to play Orsino in a collective production of ‘Twelth Night’. Cue music from ‘Summer of ’42′…..
I was 24 and it was an interesting experience as it was my first time living in a large city outside of the North island. It was indeed, another country. We were using the Mike Alfredz technique/a> to work the show, which was hard and I stunk. I had little understanding of meter in verse and that is kinda important for Shakespeare. So I stunk. But Christchurch didn’t. Sure, I noticed how incredibly white it was, but the people were amazing. We were living on hereford Street in a house that was adjacent to the Arts Center and was 20 feet from the Dux de Lux. The house was ripped down 20 minutes after we left and replaced with flats but, by god we used it well as a base to tear the city apart. The Press Club was in full swing then with the city having two dailies, and as we decided to be paid at the end of every performance we would head there every night and spend til we ran out of dosh. The inhabitants were old school and hard as a whores. They taught me well for when I ended up working at the Shakespeare in Auckland which was the regular watering hole for all the Granny herald journos. Kerryn Walsh nee Brannigan and Matt Chamberlain were the main ‘Let us show you what a great city we have’ peeps. Matt took us to Taylors mistake constantly whenever we could get out of town.
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Kim.Com Gets Bail.
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Not surprised by this. Judge David McNaughton was damning of the original charges but still refused bail. This seems fair that he is released as this is such a bullshit case.
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Leave a commentSUPPORT – The Christie Marceau Law.
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I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE PEOPLE BEHIND SENSIBLE SENTENCING, BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE BAIL CONDITIONS AND WHO IT IS GRANTED TOO NEEDS TO BE CLOSELY EXAMINED IN THIS COUNTRY……
The parents of a teenager killed in her Auckland home are to launch a campaign to toughen bail laws in a bid to prevent other families suffering similar tragedies.
Christie Marceau, 18, died on November 7 in her mother’s arms after the attack on the North Shore.
The man charged with her murder, 19-year-old Akshay Anand Chand, was on bail at the time and facing charges of kidnapping Christie just two months before her death.
Her devastated parents Tracey and Brian have been working with the Sensible Sentencing Trust since her death and will launch “Christie’s Law” at the High Court at Auckland on February 27.
The Marceaus want the Bail Act changed, and a clear message sent to judges tasked with making the decision on who is and isn’t suitable for bail. They believe if the bail laws had been tighter last year, Christie would still be alive.
The campaign
The Christie’s Law campaign will be launched at the High Court at Auckland on Monday, February 27, from 11.30am. The Marceau family have asked supporters to wear turquoise as a tribute to Christie.
Donations
To Christie’s Law Trust at Westpac, account number 03-0275-0644809-00.
Posted in Life and things, Media, Must Share Stories, new zealand, Police, Politics, Steve Gray | bail, Christie Marceau, courts, law, law law change, murder, murderer | 3 CommentsATTEND – ‘Moving Stationery’ And ‘Echolalia’ In Wellington .
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One of my fav Kiwi Theater troops was ‘Dramadillo’. These shows sound similar….
BOOKING FOR BOTH THROUGH THE BATS BOOKING LINE:
(04) 802 4175 OR ON tickets.bats.co.nz
ECHOLALIA at the GRYPHON THEATRE.
Cheeky, “ridiculous” and “delightful”, Echolalia is a solo clown theatre performance, the like of which is very rarely seen in NZ.
Tickled by the social “weirdness” of autistic children while working with them on a holiday programme, Jen McArthur created a character for the stage who doesn’t register social niceties. Echolalia uses the forms of clown, physical theatre and dance to present Echo – a young woman preparing for a much needed job interview. This challenge is intensified by the front door, behind which the pressure of social situations awaits.
Touching, surprising, playful, McArthur spellbinds the audience, in this highly recognisable portrayal of a person doing battle with their fears.
“McArthur’s tender performance as Echo is both delightful and heart breaking.” Salient.
Premiered in July last year at BATS, McArthur has since reworked the script with the assistance of Jo Randerson. “(Her) work is an important vein of comic, poetic clown that needs to get stronger in NZ for our theatre industry to grow.”
Jen McArthur is a Wellingtonian trained at the NZ School of Dance, Circomedia circus school in Bristol and by Lecoq clown teacher Giovanni Fusetti. She joined the international Kallo Collective after meeting fellow New Zealander Thom Monckton at a clown workshop. The Collective has developed a unique sense of theatre style and physical comedy drawing from the masters, Chaplin and Keaton, and adding a contemporary twist.
Contact:
Jen McArthur jennyrowan.mcarthur@
$14 Full / $12 Concession / $10 Groups 6+, kids under 10, fringe artists
MOVING STATIONERY
Moving Stationery is a wordless one-man physical comedy show combining dance, object manipulation and clown technique. The creation of Moving Stationery took place in Finland as part of a three-month artist’s residence. With very little human interaction during that time, and outside temperatures dropping to -28 degrees Celsius, the result is a particularly well rehearsed but slightly off-kilter show.
This comedy of errors revolves around Sigmund, the bewildered recipient of a new office job, who is completely out of his depth. Sigmund’s desperate attempts to defend himself against his own mistakes spiral out of control until he is fighting an epic war against a (deceptively) harmless office. The elevator, his lunch, and the office stationery seem set to destroy him.
Thom Monckton’s show “contains the history of clowning and perfect timing”. It is an easy and entertaining show to see, combining the very old and very new forms of clown – both rarely seen in New Zealand.
“…blessed with limbs that could rotate in any direction and a body that appeared entirely boneless.” Dartford Times, London
“His work is simply some of the funniest that has come out the school’s 10 years of operation.” -Godfrey Sim, CircoArts Director
Thom is a New Zealander from Patea, South Taranaki. He grew up with four older brothers and an irrational desire to be a clown. Thom has trained two years at New Zealand’s circus school CircoArts and was the 13th New Zealander in 50 years to complete the two years training course at physical theatre school ‘Lecoq’ in Paris.
Thom has helped set up four physical theatre companies in the UK and France and has established himself as a respected artist in Finland.
Contact:
Thom Monckton - thomas.office@gmail.com 0220350649
Tickets $16 full /14 concession /12 Groups 6+ and Fringe artists
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience TWO tested works steeped in a New Zealand sense of humour, from internationally experienced performers/ creators.
“I shall not reveal the conclusion, but by all means my applause was rapturous.” Salient
Kallo Collective
“…as zany as any we have seen here for decades.” -The Dominion Post (NZ)
Founded in 2009 Kallo Collective is an up-and-coming physical theatre and contemporary circus company. The international collective is based in Helsinki with strong connections in France and New Zealand. Key members include Jenni Kallo (FIN), Thom Monckton (NZ), Sampo Kurppa (FIN), and Jen McArthur (NZ).
The Collective aims to augment and evolve the disciplines of physical theatre, contemporary circus, and in particular, clowning.
The founding members (Kallo, Monckton, and Kurppa) studied together at the international physical theatre school of Jacques Lecoq in Paris and all members have a background in circus training. The collective has developed a unique sense of theatre style and physical comedy drawing from the masters, Chaplin and Keaton, and adding a contemporary twist.
Kallo Collective has created and produced the original clown theatre shows; Members of Our Limbs, Echolalia, Miss Olga, and Moving Stationery. These productions have met with great response from the public and critics alike. Kallo Collective is an adaptable and productive company with high quality, tour-friendly shows that appeal to a wide audience.
Willie Lose ‘Will Get Angry’ IF He Knew Why Radio Network Dumped Him For The Kiwi Chris Brown.
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Insane interview with Willie Lose in Granny today, where he states the Radio Network would not tell him why they have sidelined him in favour of Tony Veitch as he would ‘get angry’…….
“I approached the boss … and he couldn’t tell me the reasons why I was being replaced and that’s the hardest pill to swallow. That’s the worst thing. You can’t bring closure.
“I explained to him [that] I want to be a better broadcaster – are there things I need to do to improve? He couldn’t give me an answer … basically said, ‘You’ll get angry.’ I said, ‘What?”‘
Think that maybe grounds for unjustified dismissal. Veitch certainly knows fuck all about sport. Just ask World Cup saviour Steven Donald….
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