CULTURE CLUB
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR This year’s best wildlife photos from around the world are on display at Canterbury Museum. Wildlife Photographer of the Year showcases 99 stunning images from the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition run by the Natural History Museum, London. Among them is the winning photo, The Embrace by Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov. Gorshkov spent 10 months following Siberian tigers in eastern Russia before he captured his winning image, which shows an adult female marking her territory on a tree. See other intimate animal portraits as well as wild landscapes and more at the exhibition. Until 28 March 2021, Canterbury Museum canterburymuseum.com
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CHRISTMAS JOY
FLY MY PRETTIES
JEKYLL & HYDE
Award-winning performer Ali Harper’s Christmas show, Christmas Joy, is sure to make December better than ever. With special guest and much-loved violinist Fiona Pears, Connor Hartley-Hall on guitar, and 70 glorious voices from the Cobham Intermediate School Chorale – all led by Musical Director and pianist Andy Manning, this is the show to see!
This iconic live show will see the largest cast assembled in Fly My Pretties history, celebrating the release of albums The Studio Recordings Part One which is out now, with Part Two out in May. This performance will see songs performed from the new albums, alongside some special surprises in front of an enhanced visual backdrop.
There’s a violent killer on the loose in 19th Century London, England; his handiwork splattering town with blood. Detective Utterson is on the case, but what he doesn’t suspect is that the man he’s after isn’t a man at all. Swapping between Victorian-era England and modern-day Soho, this bold adaptation is reimagined with a feminist spin on a sci-fi classic.
5 December, The Piano aliharper.co.nz
5 December, Isaac Theatre Royal isaactheatreroyal.co.nz
From 9 December, Court Theatre courttheatre.org.nz
21 NOV 2020 – 23 JAN 2021
THE STORY OF MUSIC BY
BOB GAUDIO DIRECTED BY
FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS
LYRICS BY
BOB CREWE
STEPHEN ROBERTSON
BOOK BY
MARSHALL BRICKMAN AND RICK ELICE
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY
RICHARD MARRETT