Cityscape Summer 2020
Welcome to 2020. For our first issue of a new decade, Cityscape has taken up the 5 Ways to Wellbeing as a kaupapa, or set of principles, underpinning our editorial direction for 2020 and beyond. If you haven’t heard of them before, the 5 Ways – Connect, Be active, Take notice, Keep Learning, and Give – have been taken up by mental health agencies and organisations around the world. There is extensive scientific evidence that if practised regularly, the 5 Ways will lift your wellbeing. The challenge is to find ways to introduce these actions into our daily lives. Between the covers of Cityscape we have curated a selection of experts local and international that can help. Supporting local businesses by getting offline and in-store is one way to connect with your community as well as be more active and giving – as consumers, we often make big decisions about where to spend our money on the basis of saving a dollar or two. Remember, when you buy from a small business, an actual person does a happy dance! We have all our regular features and contributors as well, and all that’s hot in beauty, cuisine, home and events.
Welcome to 2020. For our first issue of a new decade, Cityscape has taken up the 5 Ways to Wellbeing as a kaupapa, or set of principles, underpinning our editorial direction for 2020 and beyond. If you haven’t heard of them before, the 5 Ways – Connect, Be active, Take notice, Keep Learning, and Give – have been taken up by mental health agencies and organisations around the world. There is extensive scientific evidence that if practised regularly, the 5 Ways will lift your wellbeing. The challenge is to find ways to introduce these actions into our daily lives. Between the covers of Cityscape we have curated a selection of experts local and international that can help. Supporting local businesses by getting offline and in-store is one way to connect with your community as well as be more active and giving – as consumers, we often make big decisions about where to spend our money on the basis of saving a dollar or two. Remember, when you buy from a small business, an actual person does a happy dance! We have all our regular features and contributors as well, and all that’s hot in beauty, cuisine, home and events.
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CULTURE
Twentieth-Century China. Sure to
be an interesting night! Charles
Luney Auditorium, Sat 22 Feb,
wordchristchurch.co.nz
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS MUSIC
Punk rockers Stiff Little Fingers will
return to New Zealand to celebrate
40 years since the release of their
debut album, Inflammable Material.
Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Tue 25 Feb,
davidroywilliams.com
MY BABY MUSIC Dutch-Kiwi trio
MY BABY will have you hypnotised
with their iconic dance moves and
killer stage presence. Blue Smoke,
Fri 28 Feb, mybabywashere.com
SUMMER LATIN STREET
PARTY FESTIVAL Latin street food,
cocktails, live music and
performers will be out and about in
this fun and colourful atmosphere.
New Regent Street, Central City,
Sat 29 Feb, vivalavida.co.nz
HOLI-FESTIVAL OF COLOURS
FESTIVAL Throw some colours,
dance to music from various DJs
and enjoy traditional Indian games,
cultural performances and festive
Holi delicacies on this traditional
Indian holiday. North Hagley Park,
Sat 29 Feb, find it on Facebook
LEXUS URBAN POLO SPORT
The sport of kings is trotting into
town and will showcase a fantastic
fusion of urban polo and a
not-to-be-missed music lineup.
North Hagley Park, Sat 29 Feb,
urbanpolo.co.nz
CSO LAMB & HAYWARD
MASTERWORKS: SYMPHONIC
DANCES PERFORMANCE The
opening of the Lamb & Hayward
Masterworks Series for 2020,
Symphonic Dances will be
conducted by Benjamin Northey.
Christchurch Town Hall, Sat 29 Feb,
cso.co.nz
EARLY WARNING
NZ OPERA: EIGHT SONGS
FOR A MAD KING
PERFORMANCE Central-city library
Tūranga will play host to this
site-specific work. Tūranga, Wed 25
– Sun 29 March, nzopera.com
COWBOY JUNKIES
MUSIC Alternative-country group
Cowboy Junkies are returning to
New Zealand for the first time in
more than 20 years. Isaac Theatre
Royal, Sun 3 May,
cowboyjunkies.com
JAZZ & CABARET FESTIVAL
MUSIC Six days packed with
awesome entertainment delivered
by 80 different artists. Various
locations, Tue 19 – Sun 24 May,
jazzcabaretfestival.co.nz
RNZB: VENUS RISING
PERFORMANCE The Royal New
Zealand Ballet will capture the
spirit and power of the brightest of
lights in the night sky. James Hay
Theatre, Fri 12 – Sat 13 Jun,
rnzb.org.nz
CHESS IN CONCERT
MUSIC/THEATRE You know this
musical will be good as it was
written by ABBA songwriters
Benny Andersson and Björn
Ulvaeus, with lyrics by Tim Rice.
Isaac Theatre Royal, Fri 19 – Sun 21
Jun, isaactheatreroyal.co.nz
NZ OPERA: THE MARRIAGE
OF FIGARO PERFORMANCE
Director Lindy Hume and the NZO
team explore the class and gender
politics of this landmark opera.
Isaac Theatre Royal, Thu 16 – Fri 24
July, nzopera.com
NZ INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL FESTIVAL Check out a
curated selection of the latest
offerings from auteurs local and
international when the NZIFF hits
town. Lumière and Isaac Theatre
Royal, Thu 6 – Sun 23 Aug, nziff.
co.nz/2019/christchurch
WORD FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL Diary the WORD Festival,
which will again feature some of
the world’s top novelists, thinkers,
journalists, poets and storytellers.
Various locations, Tue 25 – Sun 30
Aug, wordchristchurch.co.nz
RNZB: DANGEROUS
LIAISONS PERFORMANCE The
RNZB will perform a beautiful take
on the compellingly dark, classic
novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Isaac Theatre Royal, Fri 28/Sat 29
Aug, rnzb.org.nz
RNZB: THE SLEEPING
BEAUTY PERFORMANCE The
iconic fairy-tale Sleeping Beauty
gets a reworking by the oh-sotalented
Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Isaac Theatre Royal, Thu 19 – Sat 21
Nov, rnzb.org.nz
SIMPLE MINDS & OMD
CONCERT Seminal Scottish band
Simple Minds return to New
Zealand, this time with Orchestral
Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD).
Horncastle Arena, Wed 9 Dec,
simpleminds.com
WIN! Cityscape has a fantastic prize pack to give away to the North Canterbury Wine
& Food Festival, the “coolest little wine festival in the country”, being held at Glenmark
Domain on Sunday March 8. The pack includes two festival tickets, a $40 gift voucher for
Utopia Ice, and a selection of Brod Kvas naturally fermented probiotic drinks. To enter the
draw, email info@somocreative.co.nz with ‘NC Wine & Food’ in the subject line and tell us
your favourite North Canterbury drop. Entries close February 21.
Take hold of your night-life with the Cityscape App. Your personal gig guide in your pocket.
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