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  Solid Energy Season of SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW

  Take a step in the world of SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW and prepare for the
  most magical winter transformation imaginable! SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW is unlike anything you have seen before.

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  When

  23 & 28 July, 7.30pm
  24, 26 & 29 July, 6.00pm
  25 July, 2.00pm & 7.30pm
  26 July, 1.00pm - EXTRA SHOW

  Where

  Isaac Theatre Royal

  Categories:

  Family Entertainment, Spectacle, Theatre

  Country:

  Russion Federation

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  Caroline Nin: Scarlet Stories

  Scarlet Stories takes us back to the smoky nightclubs of 1930s Berlin and Paris as Caroline Nin channels Piaf, Dietrich and Minnelli with a songbook ranging from Irma La Douce, through Liebertango, Amsterdam, Johnny, to The One and Only You, a song Marc Almond wrote especially for her. Leave your troubles outside and step into the dark of the cabaret club.

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  When

  Tuesday 28 July, 7.30pm
  Wednesday 29 July, 7.30pm
  Thursday 30 July, 7.30pm

  Where

  TelstraClear Club

  Categories:

  Cabaret, Music

  Country:

  France

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  David Berkman Quartet

  David Berkman is a fiery pianist from New York. Rhythmically propulsive, melodically engaging, harmonically adventurous, Berkman blends his influences - Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett - into a convincing and intriguing blend of swinging rhythms, featuring strong improvisation and dramatic melodies.

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  When

  28 - 29 July, 5.30pm

   

  Where

  TelstraClear Club

  Categories:

  Music

  Country:

  United States

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  Le Sud

  Le Sud is a rollicking political satire that warmly pokes fun at three cultures, two islands and one country.

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  When

  28 - 31 July, 7.30pm

  Where

  James Hay Theatre

  Categories:

  Theatre

  Country:

  New Zealand

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  Love You Approximately

  After a successful premiere in Europe, award-winning NZ theatre collective the clinic presents a visually rich and dramatically compelling multimedia performance.

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  When

  28 – 31 July, 7.00pm
  1 August, 2.00pm & 7.00pm

  Where

  CoCA

  Categories:

  Theatre

  Country:

  New Zealand

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  The Great Gatsby

  This stunning adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of love, longing and loss in a society teetering on the edge of its own excess captures the spirit of one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

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  When

  25th July – 22nd August.
  Mon & Thurs 6pm. Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 7.30pm

  Where

  The Court Theatre

  Categories:

  Theatre

  Country:

  New Zealand

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  TV One Ice Dome

  Step with us inside the TV ONE Ice Dome and be transported to a world of winter wonderment in this high-energy highlight of the Christchurch Arts Festival 2009.

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  When

  23 July – 23 August

  Hourly sessions beginning:
  10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm, 4.00pm, 6.00pm and 7.30pm.

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Family Entertainment, Spectacle

  Country:

  New Zealand

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  Angels

  Eleven years ago Stevie and Sing – cousins and best friends since Sunday school – had talent, a band and dreams of stardom. But just before they hit the big time, Sing left the band to dedicate her talent to God and the church.

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  When

  22 July – 15 August
  Mon & Thur 6.30pm
  Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, 8.00pm

  Where

  The Court Theatre

  Categories:

  Theatre

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Another New Zealand, Another United States

  An exchange portfolio of prints between eleven New Zealand artists and eleven American artists.

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  When

  22 July – 9 August
  Tuesday – Friday
  10.00am – 5.00pm
  Saturday & Sunday
  12.00 – 4.00pm

  Where

  CoCA

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  United States

• FREE Entry
  

  Assume Nothing

  Assume Nothing is a challenging and sensitive exploration and celebration of the intimacies, complexities and nuances of gender diversity.

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  When

  4 July – 6 September
  Open Daily 9.00am – 5.00pm

  Where

  Canterbury Museum

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Drape

  Subversive textile works by Katharina Jaeger, Sandra Thomson and Michael Reed.

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  When

  23 July – 9 August
  Tuesday – Friday
  10.00am – 5.00pm
  Saturday & Sunday
  12.00 – 4.00pm

  Where

  CoCA

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  et al.: That’s obvious! That’s right! That’s true!

  The collective et al. have exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and, with their critically acclaimed installation the fundamental practice, were New Zealand’s representatives at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

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  When

  23 July – 22 November
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  My Heart is a Beast

  MY HEART IS A BEAST is a series of performances evoking the enigmatic presence of the wild spirit of humanity bursting to exist within the confines of the city. HERNE the Hunter, ancient pagan deity, invites us to enter a world of dreams, senses and myth.

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  When

  23 July – 9 August
  12 - 2pm & 7 - 9pm

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Free, Quirky, Theatre, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Ronnie van Hout: Who goes there

  A twisting journey through new and recent works by Ronnie van Hout.

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  When

  4 July – 18 October
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Séraphine Pick

  Séraphine Pick’s original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand’s most highly-regarded painters.

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  When

  23 July – 22 November
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Snare/māhanga

  Using the Canterbury Museum’s ornithological collection as inspiration, contemporary artists address issues of extinction, conservation, collecting and preservation in this exhibition combining the old and the new.

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  When

  Where

  Robert McDougall Gallery

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  The Multitude

  The Multitude is an exhibition highlighting contemporary jewellery practice in New Zealand.

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  When

  22 July – 9 August
  Mon – Fri, 11.00am – 5.00pm
  Sat & Sun, 12.00pm – 4.00pm

  Where

  SoFA Basement

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

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