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For those who prefer their Friday nights to be a little less dynamic, Flight Mode is an evening of ambient music in the Picturesque Garden. A popular monthly event that is usually hosted at Never Project Space in Frankton, this Flight Mode performance features compositions by Lyttleton-based violinist Anita Clark, and Cave Circles – aka Riki Pirihi – a multi-instrumentalist, producer and conductor from Wellington. Two Gentlemen of Verona is the result of a collaboration of two theatre companies. One of these is Slip of the Tongue, a group who have established a reputation in recent years for staging fun, fast-flowing summer Shakespeare productions in the gardens. ....
It is one of a swathe of shows that should draw big crowds to the gardens and some associated venues on Wednesday night. Another is Dakota of the White Flats, a work of theatre for young people and adults that begins a three-night, three-matinee run at the Meteor Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Philip Ridley, it tells the story of a fearless 14-year-old who lives in a bleak housing complex on the edge of a polluted canal that is filled with monstrous mutated eels. Lovers of dance have a potentially thrilling experience in store for them in the form of Hurihuri, a work that has been constructed around the movement of the wheel, and fuses hip-hop and contemporary movement with traditional kapa haka. ....