Audience survey highlights popularity of Festival of Colour
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:02 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour Audience survey highlights popularity and economic benefit of Festival of Colour The results of our detailed survey, completed online...
View ArticleWomen to the fore at arts festival
More young people than usual turned out for the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour this year, but where were the blokes? In the wash-up from the largely Wanaka-based arts festival in April, organisers...
View ArticleTo be, not to be: the play's the thing
From left, Pheobe James, Kirsten Jongsma, Ashleigh McLean, and Georgia McNeill make up the band in Tracing Hamlet. Photo by Wanaka TV. For six nights this week, guests of Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling...
View ArticleChch Arts Festival Project Brings Colour and Heart to City
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:30 am Press Release: Christchurch Arts Festival Media Release: For Immediate Release Christchurch Arts Festival Project Brings Colour and Heart to City A major visual arts...
View ArticleFestival of Colour
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 9:35 am Press Release: Festival Of Colour Festival of Colour The programmes are here and they look fantastic - here. We can’t wait to share them with all of you next week....
View ArticleWriters Festival: Two of our ground-breaking writers saluted on festival's...
The final day of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival was bookended by standing ovations for two of New Zealand's ground-breaking writers of the past 50 years. In the morning Sir Lloyd Geering...
View Articleichael Houstoun Begins Historic Tour with Beethoven reCYCLE
Monday, 18 March 2013, 10:44 am Press Release: Chamber Music New Zealand Acclaimed New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun Begins Historic Tour with Beethoven reCYCLE “Outstanding Beethoven all round. The...
View ArticlePulitzer winner to speak at festival
American Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh (75) will be one of the speakers at this year's Wanaka Festival of Colour, in April. The festival programme will be announced this...
View ArticleHot tip - Black Grace
New Zealand's leading contemporary dance company will bring its latest masterpiece to the Festival of Colour in Queenstown and Wanaka in April next year. Festival organisers announced this week Black...
View ArticlePure delight in opera for babies
I was a little worried about how my baby Jade would respond to being abruptly woken from her cosy car seat to attend her first opera yesterday. I need not have fretted, as the Scottish Opera's...
View ArticleClassical Expressions 2013
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 10:08 am Press Release: Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 27 Feb 2013 Classical Expressions 2013 ‘Virtuoso’ is the key word to...
View Article2013 Christchurch Arts Festival Programme Unveiled
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:00 pm Press Release: Christchurch Arts Festival 2013 MEDIA RELEASE: EMBARGOED UNTIL 8PM WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013 2013 Christchurch Arts Festival Programme Unveiled The full...
View ArticleDebate and dance dominate day three of Festival of Colour
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 5:40 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour Seymour Hersh presenting ‘Invitation to another war’ as part of the Festival of Colour’s ‘Aspiring Conversations’ programme. (credit:...
View ArticleMusic for all tastes at Festival of Colour
Monday, 4 March 2013, 3:28 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour Music for all tastes at Festival of Colour Lake Wanaka, March 4, 2013 – The 2013 Festival of Colour once again brings a diverse range of...
View ArticleFestival of Colour: Festival News - May 2013
Monday, 13 May 2013, 11:08 am Press Release: Festival Of Colour Festival of Colour: Festival News - May 2013 The 5th Festival of Colour finished in fine style and the feedback we are getting is that...
View ArticleCurtain goes up on Festival of Colour 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 6:49 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour PRESS RELEASE Curtain goes up on Festival of Colour 2013 LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 16, 2013) �" Described by festival director,...
View ArticleFestival of Colour: Comedy, drama & hairdressing take stage
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 10:29 am Press Release: Festival Of Colour Comedy, drama and hairdressing take the stage at Festival of Colour Lake Wanaka, March 26, 2013 �" Theatre productions including the...
View ArticleTruth will out in Iraq and school
Full houses for Aspiring Conversations indicate investigative journalism is a hot topic. Following Seymour Hersh's second talk on little-known truths behind American policies in the Middle East, Nicky...
View ArticleFestival of Colour launches 2013 programme
Friday, 15 February 2013, 11:52 am Press Release: Festival Of Colour Festival of Colour launches 2013 programme Tubular Bells LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (February 14, 2013) – The Southern Lakes Festival...
View ArticleFunk and feeling in late-night spots
The Festival of Colour's first late-night spot on Tuesday kicked off with funky fun from Wellington soul singer Bella Kalolo, who belted out a wide variety of songs to a packed Crystal Palace. Kalolo's...
View ArticleFestival of Colour hailed a success
Monday, 22 April 2013, 9:44 am Press Release: Festival Of Colour Festival of Colour hailed a success The fifth Festival of Colour came to a close today after a week of sell-out performances, standing...
View ArticleFestival Of Colour Tickets Go On Sale
Friday, 22 February 2013, 3:35 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour PRESS RELEASE Festival Of Colour Tickets Go On Sale LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (February 22, 2013) – Tickets for this year’s Southern...
View ArticleBiggest Line-up Yet for Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 8:52 am Press Release: Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Biggest Line-up Yet for Auckland Writers & Readers Festival 150 guests from New Zealand and around the world...
View ArticleLandSAR has funds for building
After months of fundraising, Land Search and Rescue Wanaka has met its monetary goal for a purpose-built headquarters, following the latest round of Otago Community Trust grants. It received the...
View ArticleNew trustee sees festival growing
One of the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour's new trustees says he has always loved music and drama and ''grew up with opera''. Mark Verbiest is chairman of the board of directors of Telecom and...
View ArticleCelebrated Kiwi pianist to visit
Invercargill audiences will be treated to a performance by one of the world's foremost Beethoven pianists tonight. New...
View Article2013 Christchurch Arts Festival Opens This Week
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 3:59 pm Press Release: MEDIA RELEASE 2013 Christchurch Arts Festival Opens This Week Christchurch Arts Festival opens this week with a theatrical world premiere, a major...
View ArticleOngoing commitment to the arts in the Southern Lake
Friday, 18 October 2013, 11:26 am Press Release: Modest surplus and ongoing commitment to the arts in the Southern Lakes We were pleased to announce at our AGM this week that Festival of Colour 2013...
View ArticleGreat Opening Weekend for 2013 Christchurch Arts Festival
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 11:03 am Press Release: Great Opening Weekend for 2013 Christchurch Arts Festival A world premiere play and sold out performances of cabaret show CANTINA were highlights of...
View ArticleClassical music review: Michael Houstoun, Town Hall Concert Chamber
As Michael Houstoun nears the end of his heroic Beethoven reCYCLE series revisiting the 32 Piano Sonatas, I am reminded of a comment that the pianist made back in 1989. Discussing Beethoven, he singled...
View ArticleFestival day four with tubular bells and whistle-blowers
Friday, 19 April 2013, 5:09 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour PRESS RELEASE Festival day four complete with tubular bells and whistle-blowers LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 19, 2013) �" The...
View ArticleCapacity Crowds Thrilled by Dunedin Writers Festival
Monday, 12 May 2014, 3:11 pm Press Release: Media release For immediate release Sunday May 11 2014 Capacity Crowds Thrilled by Inaugural Dunedin Writers Festival Sell-out crowds enjoyed multi genre...
View ArticleAnd it's lights, drone, action!
A drone-mounted GoPro camera hovering over the Wanaka skate park yesterday marked the start of the action at the town's 12th annual New Zealand Mountain Film Festival. The flying filming device...
View ArticleAspiring Conversations launched as annual festival of ideas
Friday, 27 June 2014, 12:14 pm Press Release: Aspiring Conversations launched as annual festival of ideas We are very pleased to announce that Aspiring Conversations, the hugely popular literary,...
View ArticleWorld premiere adds darkness and light to Festival of Colour
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 4:39 pm Press Release: Festival Of Colour PRESS RELEASE World premiere adds darkness and light to Festival of Colour LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 17, 2013) �" The second...
View ArticleClassical Reviews: November 17
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Michael Houstoun (piano). Rattle14 CDs box This must certainly rate as the classical release of the year for New Zealand records, replicating the marathon performance...
View ArticleDamp start to New Year
Previous || Next There was no piper, there was no Auld Lang Syne and the music had long since been muted, but that didn't stop a crowd of thousands celebrating the dawn of 2015 in Dunedin. Flares and...
View ArticleWorld-class choir coming to Wanaka
Wanaka will be graced with a performance by the Royal Copenhagen Chapel Boys' Choir next year. The award-winning choir is regarded as one of the finest in Europe, and its 40 members will perform on...
View ArticleArt in all its facets
Previous || Next This year's Dunedin arts diary is filling up with a kaleidoscope of concerts, plays, exhibitions and other events. Charmian Smith reveals some of the delights in store for arts lovers....
View ArticleWorld-class choir coming to NZ festival
A South Island festival will be graced with a performance by the Royal Copenhagen Chapel Boys' Choir during their New Zealand tour next year. The award-winning choir is regarded as one of the finest in...
View ArticleFestival to feature Anzac play
Previous || Next A new play written for Anzac Day features in this year's Southern Lakes Festival of Colour programme. The programme for the festival was launched in Wanaka last night. The play, called...
View ArticleWanaka’s arts festival covers all bases
Wanting something old, something new, something nutty, something nude? Grab a copy of the Festival of Colour's 10th birthday programme. Wanaka's sixth biennial arts festival features a range of...
View ArticlePlay explores an odd couple
More than 30 years ago popular playwright and screenwriter Dave Armstrong was immersed in another creative outlet: the trumpet. Armstrong, who writes a weekly column for The Dominion Post, was studying...
View ArticleClassical review: Houstoun's homage to Beethoven
Pianist's unerring fingers draw magic from composer's 32 sonatas. Michael Houstoun's reCYCLE, with the pianist tackling all 32 Beethoven Sonatas, has begun its historic journey around the country. Dean...
View ArticleConcert review: Michael Houstoun, Town Hall Concert Chamber
Michael Houstoun's reCYCLE, with the pianist tackling all 32 Beethoven Sonatas, has now begun its historic journey around the country. Dean Zillwood's portrait on the programme cover caught the...
View ArticleChallenge Wanaka gears up for biggest race yet
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 3:27 pm Press Release: Challenge Wanaka Challenge Wanaka gears up for biggest race yet On January 19th 2013 Challenge Wanaka will host over 2,000 participants in the...
View ArticleSpecial and something for all
Previous || Next ''The best little arts festival in the country'' was Southern Lakes Festival of Colour director Philip Tremewan's assessment of the week-long celebration of theatre, dance music,...
View ArticleHoustoun among Colour festival favourites
Timaru-born pianist Michael Houstoun was among the most popular performers at April's Southern Lakes Festival of Colour. A...
View ArticleWanaka festival ends on high note
The sixth Wanaka-run Festival of Colour ended on a high with an inspired performance from Circo Aereo's Thomas Monckton in The Pianist. It is rare to witness an entire audience laughing out loud from...
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