Season Highlights February 2019 - July 2019 2019 www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz SHOW DIARY Visit www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz for show pricing & information MONTH PERFORMANCE PAGE Wed 6 Gin Wigmore 3 FEB Thu 14 - Sun 17 MADIBA the Musical 4 Wed 20 Jordan Peterson - 12 Rules for Life Speaking Tour - SOLD OUT 4 Sun 24 Hemispheres: Footnote Dance NZ 4 Thu 28 John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness Tour 5 Fri 1 - Sat 2 Blackboard Theatre Collective Cabaret (Gloucester Room) 7 MAR Sat 2 Engelbert Humperdinck - The Man I Want To Be 7 Sun 3 Babbu Maan Live Concert 2019 7 Mon 4 Bianca Del Rio: It’s Jester Joke 8 Fri 8 - Sat 9 Royal New Zealand Ballet: Choreographic Series 8 Fri 29 Mar - Sat 13 Apr The Saunders & Co Season Showbiz Christchurch production of 9 APR We Will Rock You Sat 20 The Rhythms of Ireland - 10 Year Anniversary Tour 10 Sun 21 Matt Corby 10 Wed 24 Apr - Sun 5 May The Mousetrap 11 MAY Sun 26 HYPNOTIST Andrew Newton 11 Fri 31 May - Sat 1 June The Pink Floyd Experience 12 JUN Sun 2 - Wed 5 Room on the Broom 12 Sat 8 The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show 13 Fri 14 - Sun 16 The Saunders & Co Season Showbiz Christchurch production 13 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Sat 22 The Menagerie Variety Show 14 Tue 25 Nick Offerman 14 Thu 27 - Sat 29 Royal New Zealand Ballet: Black Swan, White Swan 15 Mon 1 - Wed 3 Dancing like the Stars 16 JUL Sat 6 Brainwaves 16 Be sure to visit the ‘WHAT’S ON’ section on our website for new additions and up-to-date information 2 BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) FEBRUARY HOW TO BOOK ONLINE: Book at a time that suits you via ticketek.co.nz. The resale “scalper” market for entertainment tickets is a growing concern for our customers. Be sure to only purchase your tickets via our official ticketing agent ticketek.co.nz or through the Isaac Theatre Royal website isaactheatreroyal.co.nz BY PHONE: 0800 TICKETEK / 0800 842538 IN PERSON: Ticketek Box Office is located in the foyer of the Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. The box office is open Mon - Fri 10.00am - 5.00pm, and 60 minutes prior to each show. FRONT COVER PHOTO: THE HEATHER AND DOUG RECORDS Gin Wigmore Wed 6 Feb, 8pm One of New Zealand’s most- loved and unique female artists, GIN WIGMORE, makes her great return to the Kiwi stage this summer at the Isaac Theatre Royal! After being based in Los Angeles for the past five years where she wrote her latest albums Blood to Bone and Ivory, Gin comes back to New Zealand to perform her favourite hits including her debut smash Under My Skin and critically acclaimed hits Black Sheep and Man Like That. This is one artist you don’t want to miss this Waitangi Day! 3 3 FEBRUARY BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) MADIBA the Musical Thu 14 - Sun 17 Feb visit isaactheatreroyal.co.nz for show times Critics have hailed it as “irresistible”, “flawless”,“a brilliant musical about a brilliant man”and “full of enthusiasm and impact”. Powerful and uplifting – Madiba the Musical is a soul stirring celebration of the visionary leader Nelson Mandela. With its pulsating African dance, stunning visuals and inspiring songs, this epic musical charts the struggles and racial conflicts amidst the activists unyielding crusade for love, reconciliation, and freedom. The show about destiny and desire springs to life with vigour and heart, and looks to forgiveness beyond the hate. The musical pays tribute to New Zealand and the dramatic part it played in bringing an end to apartheid. international bestselling Jordan author Dr. Jordan B Peterson will bring his Peterson - 12 Rules for Life Tour to Australia & New Zealand 12 Rules for in 2019 with special guest Dave Rubin. The show will Life Speaking feature revolutionary talks Tour - SOLD OUT on overcoming life’s biggest obstacles, how to improve Wed 20 Feb, 8pm oneself, the psychology of Renowned professor, religion, mythology, and clinical psychologist and much more. companies in New Hemispheres Zealand and China. This triple-bill showcases Footnote Dance NZ the technical mastery of Sun 24 Feb, 5.30pm detailed movement that A collision of artists from is a signature of Chinese both sides of the Pacific dance companies, with the Ocean: Hemispheres is powerful physicality that a collaboration between New Zealand dancers are the longest-running renowned for across the contemporary dance world. 4 BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) FEBRUARY John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness Tour Thu 28 Feb, 7.50pm The Isaac Theatre Royal is thrilled to host a tour by one of the USA’s most remarkable songwriters: two time Grammy winner and master storyteller John Prine. Prine was recently named Artist of the Year at the 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards, held at Nashville’s famous Ryman Auditorium, and has just landed a nomination for the USA’s prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The legendary Prine – long considered a WITH SPECIAL GUEST “songwriter’s songwriter” – will perform TYLER CHILDERS one show in Christchurch with his full band in February. Joining John as special guest THUR 28. FEB at all shows is Kentucky singer/songwriter Tyler Childers. ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL Photo credit: Dean Mackenzie To book this space and for more information, contact: [email protected] 5 Presents Decadent pre-show hosting $39.50 per person Allow us to welcome you an hour before your show to indulge in a delicious antipasto platter and a beverage of your choice. To Book: P: (03) 366 6326 E: [email protected] Bookings available up to 48hrs prior to each show. For more information visit: isaactheatreroyal.co.nz 6 BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) March Come and enjoy some of Blackboard the best entertainment the Christchurch queer Theatre community has to offer in this hilariously sexy new Collective revue show. Blackboard Theatre Collective has Cabaret pulled together an Fri 1 Mar - Sat 2 Mar incredible cast who will Gloucester Room be serving all manner of visit isaactheatreroyal.co.nz fierceness and hysterical for show times antics for your enjoyment. 50 years of hits to New Engelbert Zealand this year with his critically acclaimed ‘The Humperdinck Man I Want To Be’ Tour. Engelbert’s latest album of - The Man I the same name is made up of original tracks and covers Want To Be of contemporary songs, Sat 2 Mar, 7.30pm including Ed Sheeran’s The legendary Engelbert ‘Photograph’ and Bruno Humperdinck is bringing Mars’ ‘Just the Way You Are’. music and films. Babbu Babbu Maan Maan has performed in shows across Asia, Australasia, Live Concert Europe, North America and the Middle East. In 2014, Maan 2019 was a winner of four World Sun 3 Mar, 6.30pm Music Awards: World’s Best Indian Male Artist, World’s Babbu Maan is an Indian sing- Best Indian Live Act, World’s er-songwriter, actor and film Best Indian Entertainer and producer working and living World’s Best Indian Album for in India. Most of his artistic Talaash: In Search of Soul. work focuses on Punjabi There’s a guiding star, no matter what or who you are Richard O’Brien Signature Seats Display your support for the Isaac Theatre Royal and have your name immortalised on one of our theatre seats. For more information and to purchase, contact: [email protected] 7 March BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) Bianca Del Rio returns to New Bianca Del Zealand with her brand-new comedy show, It’s Jester Joke. Rio: The self-proclaimed “clown in a gown” tells tales of the It’s Jester Joke outrageous circus that is her life Mon 4 Mar, 8pm with an important life lesson to be learned through this fearless After three consecutive comedy show...sometimes we sell-out Australian tours and all just need to lighten the f**k shows worldwide, comedy up! Don’t miss your chance to queen and RuPaul’s see The Queen of Mean in her Drag Race champion fiercely funny new show. Royal New Zealand Ballet: Choreographic Series Fri 8 - Sat 9 Mar visit isaactheatreroyal.co.nz for show times The creation of a new dance work is a voyage of discovery for both dancers and audience. The RNZB New Choreographic Series will present specially- commissioned world premieres, tailor-made for the Royal New Zealand Ballet by significant and celebrated choreographers from around the world. It will encourage and challenge choreographers to stretch the limits of their creativity, expanding the horizons of dance in to the future. This series will provide an opportunity for audiences to experience ground-breaking, original works designed on the dancers of the RNZB, expanding their repertoire with the spirit of Aotearoa. 8 BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) Mar/Apr The Saunders & Co Season Showbiz Christchurch production of We Will Rock You Fri 29 Mar - Sat 13 Apr visit isaactheatreroyal.co.nz for show times Seen by 16 million theatregoers worldwide, We Will Rock You is coming to Christchurch in 2019! Based on the songs of Queen and written by Ben Elton, WWRY takes you to a dystopian world where rock music is banned to find the unlimited power and freedom of rock music! 9 April BOOK NOW ticketek.co.nz - Tel 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) The Rhythms 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR of Ireland - 10 Year Anniversary Rhythms of ireland Tour Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm Following the highly-successful and critically acclaimed previous sell-out Australian and World Tour’s, Ireland’s most celebrated and elite company of dancers, THE RHYTHMS OF IRELAND, return with their awe-inspiring and innovative production to 20 april 2019 – Christchurch New Zealand.