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Arts/EvEnts<br />
3<br />
Isaac <strong>The</strong>atre Royal,<br />
145 Gloucester St,<br />
Christchurch<br />
Thursday 5 July<br />
<strong>2018</strong> 7:30pm<br />
and Friday<br />
6 July <strong>2018</strong><br />
7:30pm<br />
Part of Jekyll &<br />
Hyde NZ Tour<br />
Comedy. Thrills.<br />
Chaos. Delight.<br />
Meet the most delightfully evil<br />
man alive, Mr Hyde. A man so evil he<br />
punches the cleaning lady, drop-kicks a<br />
precious kererū and yells ‘shark’ at the<br />
beach. This bonkers rendition of Robert<br />
Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Jekyll and<br />
Hyde is retold by a team of charmingly<br />
‘French’ performers with the help of the<br />
audience. Gather up your friends, lovers,<br />
JEkyLL<br />
& Hyde<br />
and distant cousins, and prepare<br />
to unleash your inner<br />
monster!<br />
“So…funny I almost<br />
died laughing.” -<br />
Metro Magazine<br />
“...a high-octane,<br />
overly-charged<br />
show that defies<br />
many conventions of<br />
theatre.” - Dominion<br />
Post<br />
“Joyful, positive, sexy,<br />
hilarious and clever. I could stay<br />
for hours.” - Pantograph Punch<br />
A Slightly Isolated Dog Production.<br />
Directed by Leo Gene Peters and featuring<br />
Susie Berry, Jack Buchanan, Andrew<br />
Paterson, Jonathan Price and Comfrey<br />
Sanders.<br />
Tickets Available on the Isaac <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Royal website.<br />
Isaac <strong>The</strong>atre Royal, 145<br />
Gloucester St, Christchurch<br />
Saturday 16 June <strong>2018</strong><br />
7:30pm – 8:30pm<br />
Admission: Free<br />
World hip hop champion dance<br />
company teams up with NZ Top Artists to<br />
tour New Zealand to help raise awareness<br />
around depression and anxiety.<br />
I Am Unbreakable is an inspirational<br />
tour and social media campaign that exists<br />
to raise awareness around depression<br />
and anxiety with people throughout New<br />
Zealand.<br />
Positive messages are communicated<br />
through multi-media, real time social<br />
media engagement, talk show text in<br />
panel, and an all-star line-up which<br />
includes world hip hop<br />
champion dance company<br />
- Identity Dance<br />
Company and top<br />
New Zealand artists<br />
Nathan Phillips,<br />
Marley Sola, Jason<br />
Aileone and Grace<br />
Ikenasio.<br />
<strong>The</strong> text in talk<br />
show in Auckland<br />
will have MC Clinton<br />
Randell from t<strong>The</strong> Edge<br />
breakfast show ‘Dom, Meg<br />
and Randell’, and Northland and<br />
Christchurch will have Raven Addei from<br />
Mai Nights.<br />
“It exists to build strength, resilience<br />
and to inspire hope, empowering young<br />
people to discover their identity and<br />
purpose. We hope to encourage young<br />
people, their whānau and communities to<br />
reach out for help.<br />
<strong>The</strong> free 30-minute high school show<br />
is high energy and dynamic and will be<br />
touring in June. Free community shows<br />
will be held in each region after each high<br />
school tour.<br />
<strong>The</strong> events utilise one of the most<br />
powerful art forms in the world, hip hop,<br />
to engage young people in an effective way<br />
that resonates with them. All the content<br />
is clinically reviewed and approved by<br />
I Am<br />
Unbreakable<br />
mental health professionals, and links to<br />
support services provided after the shows.<br />
Key campaign messages include:<br />
- It’s ok not to be ok, you are not alone<br />
- there is always hope<br />
- reach out for help by telling your<br />
friends and whānau<br />
- talk to your high school counsellor<br />
- free text 5626 or call 1737, visit<br />
thelowdown.co.nz, reach out to a local<br />
community support group<br />
- there is no shame in asking for help.<br />
For friends and family, the key messages<br />
are that it’s good to support a friend or<br />
family member going through depression<br />
and anxiety, and let your loved ones know<br />
that you are there for them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> concept was piloted<br />
by the founder in eight<br />
cities and reached over<br />
25,000 young people,<br />
seeing a significant<br />
increase in young<br />
people reaching<br />
out for face to face<br />
help, text and phone<br />
support.<br />
IDentity Dance<br />
Company have won<br />
multiple world titles and<br />
developed one of the leading<br />
dance companies in New Zealand with<br />
80 dancers and have been in demand in<br />
Dubai, China, Japan and Europe.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Social Experience is an agency that<br />
specialises in social influencer campaigns,<br />
digital strategies, partnerships, public<br />
relations and event management.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lowdown (www.thelowdown.co.nz)<br />
is a website to help young New Zealanders<br />
recognise and understand depression<br />
or anxiety. <strong>The</strong> Lowdown is part of the<br />
National Depression Initiative, which aims<br />
to reduce the impact of depression on the<br />
lives of New Zealanders. <strong>The</strong> programme<br />
is delivered by the Health Promotion<br />
Agency.<br />
Check out www.iamunbreakable.co.nz<br />
for tour dates.
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