North Canterbury News: September 24, 2020

The show must go on ...and it will
Cause for celebration ... Cast members are jubilant at the move to alert level 1.
Some of the cast of the Hartley School of
Performing Arts’ production of The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe let out ajubilant
‘‘whoop’’ at news the region is moving to alert
level 1, allowing the much­anticipated show to go
on stage.
The 200­strong cast and the backstage crew
moved into the Rangiora Town Hall on Saturday,
in anticipation of the government’s Covid­19
PHOTO:DALE HARTLEY­BROWN
level 1announcement on Monday afternoon.
The whole­school production marks the
school’s 25th anniversary.
It will be performed in six shows, with daily
shows at 2pm from Wednesday, September 30, to
Saturday, October 3, and two evening shows from
7.30pm on Thursday and Friday.
Tickets are on sale at townhallcinemas.co.nz or
by calling into the Rangiora Town Hall.
NEWS
North Canterbury News, September 24, 2020
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