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This is a shared arts column put together by the Howick Historical Village, Te Tuhi, and Uxbridge Arts and Culture. By Paul Brobbel, director, Uxbridge Arts and Culture.
Leaving our summer months behind, it feels like the year has truly kicked in at Uxbridge Arts and Culture.
Our theatre programme is filling up with events and we’re not far away from our next school holiday workshops.
This week we welcome local filmmaker Yalin Zou to Uxbridge to premiere his latest film, Teddy Show.
Set during the difficult period of Covid-19 lockdowns, Teddy Show celebrates togetherness, kindness and love through a heart-warming intergenerational story starring Mark Hadlow and Meiling Brougham.
The premiere will be followed by two public screenings on April 10 and 17. Sure to be hit, you’ll want to secure your tickets in advance.
Staying with film and theatre, we host a performance of John G Davies’ one man play The Goblin on March 29.
This acclaimed production has been described as a “bracing dive into our collective history and imagination” and shouldn’t be missed.
For younger audiences, April welcomes back our school holiday films, Aladdin (April 16) and Happy Feet (April 23).
As always, tickets are a cheap $6 and everyone gets free popcorn.
Now’s the time to be booking into school holiday programmes.
Running from April 17-24, our programme offers a variety of half-day workshops and full-day combos.
Kids can get creative with mixed media, no-bake cooking, whip up some designs on a sewing machine, get crazy with clay or hooked on crochet.
Check out the Uxbridge website www.uxbridge.org.nz for details and enrolment or drop in for a brochure.
As always, look us up online or drop in to see what’s on and join in.
A special art event happening through April is a new collaborative art project at Uxbridge celebrating our collective care for the environment.
Drop in, grab some pens and make your own artistic contribution to our growing mural.
