15-28 October 2019 hbaf.co.nz Welcome! This year we celebrate our fifth anniversary, so This is to highlight just a few of the exciting it seems fitting that we step it up a gear or two offerings we have this year… so grab some and bring you amazing Kiwi legends along with friends, get comfortable and take your time to outstanding local and international acts, with a go through the programme together and book programme featuring blues to burlesque, circus your favourites. to comedy, cabaret to Ceilidh, dance to delight, This year’s challenge for you is to bring theatre to thrill, and a fantastic selection of literary someone new, who hasn’t been to the festival treats in our Readers and Writers programme. before and share the joy of discovery with them We have the beautiful, 1930s Victoria Spiegeltent – they will thank you for the experience. as our hub, offering a unique experience in an The Festival is firmly cemented in the incredible atmosphere, with increased seating Hawke’s Bay calendar and is only possible capacity and better sightlines. Our fabulous Festival because of the generous support of Hastings Garden is there for you to relax with local food and District Council who provide our core funding, wine before, during and after the shows. alongside Creative NZ, the team at Harcourts The festival kicks off with our flagship show, (who have supported the festival from the Limbo, easily the biggest, boldest and greatest beginning as our naming rights sponsor), show to be included in our festival line up to date. gold sponsor Jarden, NZME our official media Limbo has received rave reviews and played to partner, silver sponsors Napier City Council sell out houses in major cities around the world, and and Furnware, bronze sponsors Wallace we are putting it all on the line to feature it here in Development Company, Trinity Hill Winery Hawke’s Bay for our anniversary celebration! Do not and Indelible Film and Video Marketing. And miss it! we want to thank our growing list of corporate We are proud to present a line-up of absolute supporters, our community grant providers, our legends, including the incomparable Topp Twins, patrons, and you, our passionate audience from Dave Dobbyn, and stellar pianist Michael Houstoun near and far. in the company of Madeleine and Anna Pierard. On behalf of our board and the festival team Julia Deans sings Joni Mitchell, Michael Hurst thank you for supporting the arts in Hawke’s Bay and Shayne Carter team up in Homer’s Iliad. The and may you have great fun doing so. Blackbird Ensemble will deliver a visual and audio tribute to Björk and our own Ben Throp, with his Pitsch and Andy band of legendary musicians, will play the finale in a barn-storming night of inspired music and dancing. And if that is not enough, there will be blues from USA, dance by Alma Flamenca and acid croft by hawkesbayartsfestival hbartsfestival www.hbaf.co.nz HERETAUNGA Shooglenifty from Scotland. Festival Grants Corporate Partners Supporters Core Funder Platinum Sponsor Official Media Partners and Limbo Show Sponsors Government Funder TODAY First with the Bay’s news Web Ranger Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Show Sponsors HASTINGS DISTRICT LIBRARIES (Font = Frutiger or FreewayDemi) Patrons Your Festival Special at a Glance Ticket Offers Our Festival hub will be on the Village The Harcourts Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival is a Green in Havelock North with a Festival wonderful way to bring people together. We Pounamu Patrons Garden and the magnificent Victoria are enormously fortunate that the festival The Mactaggart Family Spiegeltent. This will be complemented Group Tickets 10+ brings unique, high quality works right to our Anonymous Patron by a range of carefully chosen venues Looking for a fun night out for a group? doorstep. Through the Festival to Schools across Hawke’s Bay so that we can We have introduced a 10% discount on programme, it inspires and encourages our Platinum Patrons offer a diverse and varied range of 10 or more tickets. youth to follow the various pathways to the Jonathan and Cristina McHardy performances over the Festival period. arts and offers our community and visitors Anonymous Napier Patron The programme pages will give you the Multi Ticket Package 1: an opportunity to discover our local talent. lowdown on what’s on offer. Music Lovers In fact, the Harcourts Hawke’s Bay Arts Gold Patrons Includes Greg Copeland, Björk: All is Full Festival provides a fantastic opportunity for Anne and Paddy Maloney Festival to Schools Festival in the Community of Love, Reb Fountain, Shooglenifty, Dave all of Hawke’s Bay to enjoy, experience and Kim and Bronwynne Thorp Providing inspiration for our next generation We passionately believe that the arts should Dobbyn and and Julia Deans: Both Sides Now. engage in the arts and its contribution to the Hamish and Audrey McHardy of arts lovers, our Festival to Schools be accessible to everyone and to enable Adult $257, Concession $232 wellbeing of our people. Katherine Halliday programme provides opportunities for as many people as possible to be able The 13-day Festival brings alive Our success has been due to the Anonymous Patron creative learning giving students age 3-18 to participate we have created a range of Multi Ticket Package 2: venues across the region with the hub passion and support of our audience the chance to experience live performance. events that are free to attend. White Night Pitsch’s Picks at the magical Victoria Spiegeltent on and, particularly, our dedicated patrons. Silver Patrons For further information about this now in its third year will enliven the streets Includes Meremere, Björk: All is Full of Love, the Havelock North Village Green. It will This festival couldn’t be done without Judith and Wyn Drabble programme see page 47. of Napier (page 22), Waiohiki Creative Arts Cellfish, Ida Y Vuelta, Phänomen and showcase music, theatre, dance, circus, their ongoing financial support, which John and Betty Baker Village (page 21) will fire up the wood fired kiln Julia Deans: Both Sides Now. cabaret, comedy, literature and so much helps us deliver on our exciting and Ros Stewart and John Gommans For Youth and Young People for the first time in three years and surround Adult $244, Concession $219 more, to entertain and enjoy, challenge, ambitious plans. Patsy Fraser Our ambassador programme, now in it with creative expression. Read more about inspire and reflect. Patron contributions make a huge its fourth year, is about supporting the the Festival in the Community (page 44) Corporate Entertainment We are very proud of our world class Arts difference to the scope of what we can Bronze Patrons next generation of actors, playwrights, where three talented Hawke’s Bay artists will We have developed a corporate Festival, filled with renowned international offer our local community through the Arthur and Monica Ormond technicians, producers or directors to create bespoke festival works that you can entertainment opportunity for you to treat and national shows, as well as some of the arts festival. Patrons help with greater Belinda Ruddle engage with professional practitioners, to watch unfold over the two weeks. your clients to a unique Harcourts Hawke's best of our local talent. We are thrilled to accessibility, free events, exposure to the Kate Holden encourage them in their theatre making. Bay Arts Festival experience. There's a be able to host it for the fifth year here in performing arts for our young people, and Sandra and Mark Hazlehurst The programme is open to young people Critic Choices Supported by The Hook range of options for you to customise your Hawke’s Bay. With such an exciting line up bringing exciting works to Hawke’s Bay that Michal McKay from across Hawke’s Bay. The Hook (thehook.nz) will be reviewing our night. Visit our website or contact rachel@ of acts, I know there will be something for ordinarily would not be presented here. Jenny Nilsson - House of Travel performances over the Festival. They have hbaf.co.nz everyone to enjoy! We would like to extend our warmest Jenny Corban Readers and Writers picked out their Critics’ Choices for the 2019 thanks to all our patrons, past and present, Rae Walker A weekend of smart conversation from Festival, which you can find on our website. 17-25 Rush Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst for your philanthropic leadership to date. Doris and Urs Blum – Breathe Yoga some of our best thinkers and talkers. The And if you fancy some tips on ‘How to Think Our 17-25 Rush ticket is new this year We share your belief in the power of the Maria van Dien Readers and Writers Festival is an integral Like a Reviewer’ and make the most of your to encourage young people to choose arts to impact our community and look The Bruce Family part of our Festival offering from Friday 18 arts engagement, The Hook will be running their own Festival experience. This ticket forward to building an ongoing legacy for Anna Jepson & Phil Williams to Monday 21 October, see pages 16-19 for a free informative, fun workshop during the is available on the night for $15 for our region we can all be proud of. Pitsch Leiser further information. Festival. Further details to come. selected shows. Festival Garden The heart of our Festival, the Festival Garden, is our magical pop-up hospitality area that surrounds the Victoria Spiegeltent. By far the best place to mingle with fellow Festival goers and soak up the atmosphere, the Festival Garden is great for eats, beats and brews of every description, including Trinity Hill Wines, Quartz Reef bubbles, and our popular gin menu.