NZSO in Miniature and on the Road - at The Oamaru Opera House in March

NZSO in Miniature and on the Road - South Island Tour

NZSO in Miniature and on the Road kicks off in March with a series of fun family concerts featuring an ensemble of 20 players in the local communities of Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Christchurch, and Oamaru. These concerts introduce audiences to the instruments, sections and musicians of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Each musician performs a different instrument of the orchestra and will give audiences an interactive presentation.

The concerts feature solo performances and a programme of arrangements for this original ensemble of classic favourites such as Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, other much-loved favourites and a few surprises!


Tickets are on sale now.

Ticket prices:
$10 Adult
$5 Children
Family Tickets: $15 for 1 adult and 2 children / $20 for 2 adults and 2 children
Plus Service fees

Visit
www.oamaruoperahouse
www.ticketdirect.co.nz

or call the ticteting line
(03) 4330770
0800 4 ticket

OoH Now Selling Rugby Tickets

Ticketdirect and The Oamaru Opera House are now selling tickets to all Crusaders games at The AMI Stadium and all Highlanders games at Carisbrook. This Saturday will be a stunner.

The Crusaders’ opening Rebel Sport Super 14 match of 2010 is at AMI Stadium on Saturday, February 13, and there is a special curtain-raiser in store so make sure you get to the game early!

Kicking things off at 5.30pm is the BNZ Crusaders Legends v the Highlanders Legends.

The Crusaders team features such players as Reuben Thorne, Richard Loe, Graeme Bachop and Caleb Ralph.

All have played massive parts for the Crusaders over the years and on Saturday they get to pull the boots on for the Red and Blacks against a Highlanders Legends team featuring the likes of John Leslie, Jamie Joseph and Taine Randell.

The match is sponsored by BNZ, who are kindly paying the air fares for the players not based in Christchurch.

Former Crusader Tabai Matson, Canterbury’s current assistant coach, has been one of the main organisers of the Legends match.

He said: “The boys have been training hard for the past month. Collectively they have managed to lose 100kg! It has motivated a lot of people to get back in shape to get on the big stage again.”

The main game between the Crusaders and Highlanders kicks off at 7.35pm.

Crusaders legends

Kevin Nepia
Stu Loe
Dave Hewett
Richard Loe
Sean Cuttence
Steve Lancaster
Adam Parker
Dan Charteris
Reuben Thorne
Steve Surridge
Sam Broomhall
Scott Robertson
Clark McLeod
Greg Smith
Aaron Flynn
Graeme Bachop
Daryl Lilley
Greg Coffey
Blair Feeny
Scott Hansen
Nathan Mauger
Tabai Matson
Caleb Ralph
Tony Marsh
Paula Bale
Jason Tiatia
Hamish Coakley
James Kerr
Jason Mathie
Brad Fleming
Afato So’oalo
Angus Gardiner
Matt Sexton

Highlanders Legends

John Leslie (c)
Rob Lawton
Brian Lima
John Campbell
Justin Cullen
Jeremy Stanley
Stu Harvey
Andre Bell
Jamie Joseph
Lio Falaniko
Mike Mika
Tony McEwan
To’o Vaega
Pailate Fili
Nick Moore
Kees Meeuws
Paul Cooke
Stephen Bachop
Taine Randell
Reuben Parkinson
Romi Ropati
Tony Hunt
Pita Alatini
Brendan Laney

Ask about your Crusaders and Highlanders tickets at The OoH today.

For all your entertainment, sports, and events, book at ticketdirect
www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Oamaru Opera House ticket enquiries (03) 433 0770
Oamaru i-Site (03) 4341656
0800 4 TICKET

Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show in Oamaru Next Friday

Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show, the world's largest touring stunt show is coming to the Oamaru A & P Showgrounds. They will be performing at 26 different venues starting on Friday 18th December and touring until Sunday 14th February.

Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show is a fast moving, action packed show with monster truck destruction, Europe's only monster ride-truck, the human cannonball, car-crushing action from Thundertrax, a tank/monster truck hybrid, motorcycle, quad and all-terrain buggy jumps, amazing fire stunts, two-wheel driving displays with cars, buggies and quads and much, much more.

Scott May has been touring with his stunt show throughout the UK for almost 20 years and brings an unrivalled reputation and level of skill to his daredevil show. His stunt team demonstrate incredible skill and precision throughout a show that is a thrill to the senses. Feel the ground rumble under your feet with the extreme power and roar of the monster trucks. Hear the twisting metal of the car crashes. Smell the burning rubber of the full throttle motorcycle stunts. See the greatest show on wheels!

Those spectators daring enough to ride in one of the show's mega monster machines have the chance to win a ride in Europe's only ride on monster truck. The truck aptly named 'Slaine' has 10 seats in the back to thrill the lucky winners who dare to enter the competition.

As well as a ride on monster truck there is a second monster truck, "The Bandit" and an adapted tracked vehicle "Thunder Trax", which both cause massive destruction.

Other exciting features of the show involve fire, pyrotechnics and the infamous Sumpy the stunt clown. Sumpy, as always will be bouncing into things and causing trouble wherever he decides to get involved.

Book your tickets at The OoH, The Oamaru i-Site or 0800 4 Ticket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm417OxxuNA

Welcome Back

Hello and Welcome to 2010.

I hope you all had a pleasant break over Christmas and are ready for another big year of shows and events at the OoH.

The OoH has now secured some fantastic show's for 2010, some I can tell you about. The rest you will have to wait to find out. I have written down the first few months of shows just for you!

Don't forget that The Oamaru Opera House and i-Site also sell ticketdirect tickets. You can book for Oamaru Shows and events and out of town ones too, The Golf, The Fashion Parade or the Hokitika Wild Food Fest and many more. If it's sold by ticketdirect it's sold by The OoH, The i-Site and ticketdirect.co.nz.


Whats On...

February-

• The Waitaki Sports Awards on the 22nd.
• March -
• Thursday March 4th . Shackleton Lecture

• Saturday March 6th Club Day.
• Tuesday March 9th. Busting Out
• Sunday March 21st. Grumpy Old Woman
• Tuesday March 23rd. Pacific Curls

April -

• Sunday April 11th. Dance of Desire.

Another huge show to come in April. Tickets will go on sale from February the 1st for Dame Malvina Major – My Life in Song.

Plus now selling tickets to other venues for: Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show - Oamaru, Last Night of the Proms , Wild Foods Festival Hokitika, TOM JONES, Bluff Oyster Festival, Warbirds Over Wanaka, and many more..

Enjoy!

So this is Christmas...

So this is Christmas...

What a year it has been, with the official opening in March and now 35 shows later the Oamaru Opera House is closing for the Christmas break. Everyone has worked extremely hard from the executive team, staff and volunteers to make it such a successful year. Enjoy your break you deserve it.

To all patrons, thank-you for supporting the Oamaru Opera House in 2009. We look forward to seeing you next year for a great line-up of shows, events and meetings.

The OoH is now closed and will be open from 10am 11th January 2010. If you would like to book ticketdirect tickets over this period you still can at http://www.ticketdirect.co.nz/ 0800 4 ticket or the Oamaru i-Site.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from:

Richard
Viv
Stu
Gregg
and our Wonderful Volunteers.

Remember the Fiat?

Love it or hate it, everyone remembers the plastic round window sporting the Oamaru Borough Council emblem on the Opera House pre-restoration.

When the Opera House was restored the decision was made to replace the plastic emblem with the original nine pane window design that we have now. However it was also recognised that although not very old the plastic window held social importance and should be retained.

The plastic window has been in storage and has now been mounted inside the atrium stairwell of the new south wing addition to the Opera House. Other old signage is to be installed in this area and didactic panels are being prepared to give information about the signs. As the window was mounted crocked in it original position we thought it appropriate and a little humorous to do the same in its new position.

If you have any information about the history of the window we would love to here from you.

Music Hall Selling Fast

Music Hall is selling fast but there are still tickets available.

A box office hit in 2006, The Star and Garter Players return to make the Opera House an old time Music Hall again. Audience sing-alongs, 30 authentic songs, plus a fruity melodrama, "The Devil Within". With a guest appearance by Dame Kate Harcourt, " My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen!" takes you back to the time when black-hearted villains (Boo!! Hiss!!) roamed the stage, threatening innocent maidens with a fate worse than death until, of course, they were finally foiled. (Bravo!! Hurrah!!). If merriment, music and a little bit of tearstained pathos is your idea of a jolly good show, then you should certainly book early for this jolly good show.