Deep & Meaningful with Rhys Darby
THE EDGE is inviting audiences to interact with artists directly with the launch of Deep & Meaningful, a series of free talks, workshops and events uncovering some of the secrets of the performing arts.
Deep & Meaningful kicks off on Monday 13 June with Tell Me About It, featuring one of New Zealand’s most successful comedy exports Rhys Darby.
Other events in June include Inside View – a pre-concert talk with the NZSO and Conversation Pit, a conversation hosted by Auckland Theatre Company’s Colin McColl on Great Disasters of the Stage.
Public Programmes Producer Bronwyn Bent describes Deep & Meaningful as a sort of live Wikipedia entry, except more authoritative and vastly more entertaining.
“The whole idea is to give audiences and aspiring performers access to some of the lead performing arts practitioners and set the scene for some very honest conversations.”
“We plan to have regular sessions, working in conjunction with many of the performers and companies who take the stage at the Aotea Centre, Auckland Town Hall and The Civic. Rhys has performed at The Civic several times recently and we are delighted to have him on board to kick off Deep & Meaningful.”
Note: All events are free and booking is not required although capacity is limited and admission is on a first in, first served basis.
Audiences can find more information at www.the-edge.co.nz/deep or on twitter at www.twitter.com/DandMtalks.
For more information or to interview Bronwyn please contact Josie Campbell on 09 3075365 or josiec@the-edge.co.nz.
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Deep & Meaningful Schedule:
Tell Me About It
Comedy: Rhys Darby
6.00 – 7.00pm
Monday 13 June 2011
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
“Dying is easy; comedy is hard” once proclaimed the English actor Donald Wolfit. How right was he? (about the comedy, we mean). Join international star of stage and screen, Rhys Darby, as he talks about comedy with interviewer and not un-funny person himself David Farrier. What’s the difference between being an actor in a comedy, a stand up comedian, or just a funny person who tells the best joke in the office?
Inside View: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pre-concert talks:
Romeo & Juliet
Friday 17 June
6.45pm – 7.15pm
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
‘And so, at the end of the third act, scarcely able to breath, stifled with a feeling as though an iron hand held my heart in its grip, I cried out, “Ah, I am lost!”’- Berlioz on seeing Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliet.
What is it about this story that continues to inspire some of the greatest music ever created? The NZSO’s Music Director, and conductor for this concert, Pietari Inkinen, discusses this with Larry Reese.
Mahler 6
Saturday 18 June 7.15pm - 7.45pm
Dr. Davinia Caddy
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
Gustave Mahler’s Symphony No.6, later appended with the subtitle Tragic, due to its dramatic and arresting final movement, beguiles the listener with raptures of love, the sounds of children’s games, and gentleness. The University of Auckland’s writer on modern music, Dr. Davinia Caddy brings her perspective to this work.
Conversation Pit
Colin McColl and friends: Great Disasters of the Stage
5.45pm – 6.30pm
Tuesday 21 June 2011
BNZ Foyer, Aotea Centre
Director and current Artistic Director of Auckland Theatre Company Colin McColl holds a lively conversation with some of his good friends about those times when the veneer slips and the audience is reminded that very often it’s a fine line between a sterling performance and one that slips into farce. Sometimes one of our lasting memories of a performance are when something goes awry, whether it be a inappropriately missed line that turns a tragedy into a comedy, or a prop that falls apart in someone’s hands; in this conversation you’ll hear about times when things went very wrong indeed.
Tell Me About It
Pop Music
11 July
Details to be confirmed
Conversation Pit
19 July
Details to be confirmed
Open Dialogue
Silo Theatre - This Is Our Youth
2 August
Details to be confirmed
