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Staff at the Christchurch Museum teamed up with participants in Lego Masters NZ to create 12 models based on objects you might find in a museum. (File photo)
stuff offers a few highlights of events in Ōtautahi Christchurch this weekend and beyond.
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Rhys Darby – 25 years
He’s back where it all started. 2022 marks Rhys Darby’s silver anniversary in stand-up comedy, so he shares his favorite material from decades past at the Isaac Theater Royal in Christchurch on Saturday night.
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Darby will be bringing his retrospective show to Aotearoa NZ for just three shows.
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Rhys Darby is hosting three shows across the country and will be in Christchurch Saturday night.
“You’ve seen my stand-up, now see it again,” he said.
Darby is one of New Zealand’s most successful comedy exports. Starting in Christchurch in the 1990s, he has carried his unique style of storytelling around the world.
Ten years into his career, North America discovered him through the popular Flight of the Conchords. He has starred in blockbusters like the Jumanji franchise, indy hits like Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and is currently starring in Our Flag Means Death with longtime collaborator Taika Waititi.
Darby, who has released five comedy specials, has not toured New Zealand in the past five years.
Rage Bogan Gala
Dust off your leathers and strap on your studded belt for a midwinter Rage Bogan Gala 2022, which kicks off Friday at The Arts Center Te Matatiki Toi Ora.
As one of Christchurch’s creative residents in 2022, Rose Kirkup brings a unique style of live performance to the Great Hall. If you grew up listening to AC/DC, Meatloaf and hitting the speedway, this is the gig for you.
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Organizer of the Rage Bogan Gala, Rose Kirkup.
Kirkup creates art that is for everyone. This family-friendly event will be a celebration of life and all things bogan.
Kirkup is from Upper Hutt and spends time in Garden City investigating their bogan identity, believing Ōtautahi to be the birthplace of the modern bogan.
The Bogan Gala will explore current creative languages; rock n roll, car culture, period costume, fem/masc, community and theater, and featuring live rock music, theatrical staging, raffles, amusement rides, kai and more.
This is Call of the Huia
On July 1, Christchurch will host the opera show This is Call of the Huia at the Piano. Bringing it to life is music historian and choir director of the New Zealand Opera, Michael Vinten, who developed it through years of research.
This is Call of the Huia is a performance deep in the lost songs of Aotearoa. divesuncovering dormant work and discovering the treasures of the past.
The program takes the audience through songs from 1876 to 1950, grouped into six categories, focusing on Māori land and substantial movement in literature, art songs in nature, the poet and the music, and some exceedingly beautiful songs.
The show will be a journey through time and the audience will gain a deeper understanding of the context and meaning surrounding poetry at that time.
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New Zealand Opera choir director and music historian Michael Vinten is behind This is Call of the Huia – a performance that delves deep into Aotearoa’s lost songs.
“The idea for this came from the feedback I was getting about not enough New Zealand repertoire for opera and classical music,” Vinten said.
“I realized there were so many classic Kiwi songs that needed to be shared and their stories told.”
He said the title of the work came from an attempt to discover something beautiful that had been lost.
Lego hunt
The Christchurch Museum is hosting a giant Lego hunt all weekend for kids and adults alike.
Museum staff teamed up with participants in Lego Masters NZ to create 12 models based on objects you might find in a museum.
The Christchurch Museum is hosting a giant Lego hunt following a collaboration with Lego Masters NZ participants. (File photo)
They are hidden in the galleries of the museum next to the real museum taonga (treasures). If you can spot them all and crack the code hidden in their names, you will enter the draw to win an amazing prize.
Be sure to stop by the Level 3 Visitor Lounge, where a beautiful wearable dress made from Lego and Flexo by museum curator and Lego Masters NZ participant Emily Fryer is on display.