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36 Thursday June 9 2016 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch The Star Theatre/Arts LA artist hits town AN internationally-renowned master at impromptu will be passing on his skills to aspiring performers in the city next month. Award-winning Los Angeles teacher David Razowsky, will be visiting the city to teach a masterclass in theatrical improvisation. Razowsky began his improvisation career at Chicago’s Second City, performing alongside Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Rachel Dratch. He then went on to become the Artistic Director of the prestigious Second City comedy club in Los Angeles, and is now one of the most influential teachers in the world of improvisation. Razowsky is in huge demand as a teacher, and he travels globally teaching, performing and directing. His innovative work has seen him win the 2015 INNY Award for Best Improvisation Instructor. As an extra bonus there will be a public performance on Sunday July 17 with actors performing under Razowsky’s direction. The “Improvising as an Actor” masterclass will run from July 15 to July 17. Further details are available on http://impulsetheatre. nz/ City actor lands key role WHEN ENGLISH musical theatre star Elaine Paige tells you to go to London, you go to London. And for former city performer and National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art graduate Nic Kyle, Paige’s advice has paid off. Kyle has landed the starring role in the Arts Theatre’s world premier of Savage in the West End of London. Savage is a challenging play exploring Nazi Germany’s proclivity for experimenting on prisoners of war and as a “cure” for homosexuality. Kyle, of Ilam, will be playing the partner of a man kidnapped from Denmark at the start of the war and forced to participate in these experiments. The show exposes the lesser known story of the Danish doctor behind the experiments, Carl Peter Værnet, who escaped justice. Kyle’s performing career began to sky-rocket in 2013 when Paige toured New Zealand and needed a singer. Following the show Paige told him to go to make his way in London. A fundrasing show in the city funded his one man performance in London at PROMISING: Nic Kyle’s professional performing arts career in London was ignited after working with international musical theatre star Elaine Paige while she was touring New Zealand in 2013. Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Kyle spent all his money on one chance to get established. He said London was a tough town with out of 250 agents invited to his show, only two came “Only two agents came to the performance, but one of them was Chris Davis, who took me on. He is wonderful. I talk to him regularly. I have friends in London who don’t know their agents at all,” he said. And at the end of his first year in London, Kyle was cast in a revival of the Jerry Herman musical The Grand Tour, playing key role the Colonel. Following the show Kyle was scouted by writer of Savage Claudio Macor, who was in the audience. •Savage opens on June 29 at the end of Gay Pride week. cnr Montreal & St Asaph Streets, Christchurch. Sales, Service & Parts: 03 379 0588 INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY. THE BEST VALUE. NEW ASX AWD XLS DIESEL With a long list of smart new features, New Zealand’s best new vehicle warranty and the sharpest prices ever on new ASX XLS Petrol and all-wheel drive Diesel. Visit christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz, call 03 379 0588 or come and see us. *Prices listed is for ASX XLS Petrol & Diesel are excluding On Road Costs. Available while stocks last. Model shown is ASX XLS Diesel. Visit www.mmnz.co.nz for full Diamond Advantage Warranty conditions. *Price Excludes on road costs. Available while stocks last. Visit www.mmnz.co.nz for full Diamond Advantage Warranty conditions.
The Star follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday June 9 2016 37 • Georgia O’Connor-Harding DEDICATED TO serving the community through music, Risingholme Orchestra is gearing up for their biannual concert later this month. More than 50 members ranging in age from their mid-20s to 90s make up the full symphony orchestra. The show will be conducted by the orchestra’s new musical director, New Zealand composer Phillip Norman. The orchestra, that has been involved in providing short music programmes to schools and performing for retirement homes, is now preparing its own show for a wider audience. Concert manager and bassoon player Ross Gurney said the Risingholme community orchestra is unique in the way it practices during the day. MUSIC TIME: (From left) Jim Parsons, Vic Bartley, Mel Smith and Doug Kelly of the Risingholme Orchestra playing trumpets. Orchestra in concert He said this allows older musicians to continue playing their instruments. The Risingholme Orchestra was formed in 1991 and used to practice in the Risingholme Community Centre before it was closed after the earthquakes. Mr Gurney said it is very sad that the Risingholme Homestead has been damaged in a second fire last Tuesday. Following the earthquakes the orchestra moved to various locations determined to continue music. They now practice every Thursday morning at Woolston Club. Risingholme Orchestra will perform at 2pm on June 26, Avonhead School, 55 Avonhead Rd. Tickets can be purchased at the door or can be ordered by phoning 348 2845 Full force confrontation Educating Rita, by Willy Russell, directed by Yvonne Martin, The Court Theatre. Reviewed by Barry Southam THE TRANSFERENCE of one entertainment experience to another medium can prove disappointing, but in this production the opposite applies. The film version is surpassed, such is the power of live theatre. Kathleen Burns stunning performance saw a Rita of passion and humour in a totally rounded working class character who craves an education so she can “know everything” and be able to talk confidently with interesting and cultured people. Sing songs in the local pub and banal topics no longer have any appeal for her. Opposite her is the very talented and experienced George Henare as the perfect foil in his whisky-soaked role as Frank, the open university tutor and onetime poet. What a combo. What a journey. Rita bursts into Frank’s life and tutorial room (in spite of a door that opens with difficulty, a neat allegorical touch) and talks nonstop in her nervousness in her NUANCES: George Henare (Frank) and Kathleen Burns (Rita) in Educating Rita. thick working class accent (superbly rendered and maintained throughout). She wants what she believes he has already. But Frank is a jaded lecturer who doesn’t like his students or his lifestyle. Yvonne Martin with her huge directorial experience has worked with the duo to bring out the nuances of each person as well as the full force of their confrontations as Rita’s high energy demands and expectations bounce off Frank’s laconic responses. One of the most memorable lines that goes to the heart of the academic world comes when Rita is asked to write an essay on how to resolve the inherent problems in staging Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. Rita’s has a simple common sense answer in five words: “Do it on the radio” Frank has to explain that much more than five words is required in university circles to get her essay a pass mark. Determined lass that she is, Rita hangs in there in all her delightful ways, in spite of a husband determined to stop her quest for knowledge and self development, and Frank’s reluctance to deliver what she wants. He denounces both her objective and his academic meal ticket, much to the bewilderment of Rita. Kathleen Burns is just so good at Rita you’d think Willy Russell had written the role just for her. She can feel right pleased with her seemingly flawless work, a delight to behold. This production is in the not to be missed category. A must for lovers of theatre. •The season ends on June 25. 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