First MASC gig of the year!

The Music & Artists’ Social Club kicks off our year with Rose Deschamps, Blackjack, and April Fish

Wednesday 06 April
at HAPPY
(188 Tory Street)

9pm
Doors 8.30pm
$5 entry

Wednesday 06 April 2011

SMP Ensemble presents… Interiors II

TONIGHT

Friday 11 March

The SMP Ensemble presents…

INTERIORS II

Cutting-edge NZ and international music, performed by leading Wellington musicians. Music by Gendall, Holloway, Lardelli, Morgan, Sciarrino, and Watson.

 

 

Door Sales $15/$10 (concession & students)

Adam Concert Room (ACR),

NZSM Kelburn, Gate 7, Victoria University of Wellington

7pm-10pm

March Madness with Chilli Jam

Saturday 05 March

7:30 pm (or 6:00ish for a potluck with the band)

$10/$5/$25 family

Remembering Ruby – Friday 18 February

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

 

  

FRINGE SHOWS TO SEE 7: This Rugged Beauty

Wondering what to see for the 2011 Fringe Festival? MASC makes it easy for you.

BINGE CULTURE Collective presents

THIS RUGGED BEAUTY

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

WWW.BINGECULTURE.CO.NZ

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

$13/$18
Bookings: bingeculture@gmail.com
Studio 77 (77 Fairlie Terrace)

FRINGE SHOWS TO SEE 6: There’s So Much To Live For

Wondering what to see at the 2011 Fringe Festival? MASC makes it easy.

Hungry Mile Theatre

presents

THERE’S SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR

 

 

There's So Much To Live For

 

“All you have to do is make the decision to be lost, and it will all be okay.”

A play about what scares us, what stops us from living our lives and what haunts us in our dreams.

Morrissey is just an ordinary guy. He has a stupid name. (His mum liked The Smiths. A lot.)

One day he went wandering.
He might have wandered a little too far this time.

Now he’s found himself in a strange new world. A world where strange people call themselves the Romanox and regard E Coli as some neighbourhood scoundrel, rhyming like the Mad Hatter and threatening to kill Morrissey, all in the same breath.

Will he get out alive?

There’s So Much To Live For is the debut work by Hungry Mile Theatre about the fears that plague modern society, pervading our cerebral spaces and sending us into a spiral of hysteria and panic.

Is it justified, or are we all just a bit crazy?

There’s So Much To Live For is an allegorical tale from the theatre company that aims to make theatre that puts audiences on the edge of their seat, their hearts pumping, their skin shivering, their mind racing.

Price:$16 Full / $14 Concession / $12 Fringe Addict
Length: 1hr BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington.

To book: book@bats.co.nz or (04) 802 4175 or online here:http://bats.co.nz/node/37

Cast & Crew

Director: Freya Desmarais

Producer: Jennifer O’Sullivan

Designer: Penny Lawrence

Sound: Tane Upjohn-Beatson

Lighting: Natalie James

Actors: Christopher Butler, Sam Hallahan, Mariya Kupriyenko, Alice Pearce, Kent Seaman

 

22 February to 26 February, 9.30pm

BATS Theatre (1 Kent Terrace)

FRINGE SHOWS TO SEE 5: The Most Fun Funeral

Wondering what to see at the 2011 Fringe Festival? MASC makes it easier.

Anne Brashier is an American recently moved to Wellington, who has a one-woman show at The Fringe Festival.

THE MOST FUN FUNERAL

A solo interactive performance party, with Zombies

 

The Most Fun Funeral

 

Comedian Anne Brashier presents a performance party celebrating grief, ghosts, joy, and zombies. Fresh to Wellington from Los Angeles, Anne has performed with The Actors’ Gang, The Upright Citizen’s Brigade, Improv Olympic, and The Groundlings. Filled with music, jokes, dancing, and tears, this interactive solo performance will have you die laughing. (Anne sincerely apologizes for any and all awful puns in this message. Those responsible have been killed.)

A solo show to celebrate grief with music, dancing, fireworks, and zombie attacks.

Friday February 18, 7pm
Saturday February 19, 7pm

Performances at The Fringe Bar

Tickets available from Dash tickets.