May 2008
Visually ERUPT, Lake Taupo Festival is adding a striking aesthetic to Taupo. ERUPT flags, posters and billboards decorate the streets, staff in local businesses are proudly sporting bright red ERUPT tee shirts (due to demand the Festival is now likely to make the shirts available for public sale) and more than 30,000 festival programmes have been snapped up.
The next addition that people living in and passing through Taupo will notice is the futuristic Geodome that has been raised by a ten tonne crane directly in front of the Great Lake Centre. Built locally, the geodesic dome will provide a meeting point and gateway to the Festival epicentre.
Inside The Great Lake Centre, designer Tony Rabbit is transforming the theatre into The Crater Room, a cabaret style space inspired by the fiery elements of the volcanic plateau. EAT Catering, an offshoot of the popular eatery Replete will provide pre-show and post-show dining in The Crater Room’s custom built Ignite Restaurant and Bar.
Feel The Earth Move
ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival
8 – 18 May 2008
www.eruptfestival.co.nz
Erupt Lake Taupo Festival
08 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Taupo will become the arts and culture epicentre of New Zealand, with over ten dynamic days of music, theatre, visual arts and comedy at ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival to be held from 8 - 18 May 2008. From large scale outdoor events to intimate concerts, street performers to free lunchtime shows, ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival showcases the very best of New Zealand and international work in theatre, dance, music, cabaret and comedy. The 2006 Festival saw over 17,000 audience members attend performances, exhibitions, and free or low cost events, making for the largest cultural event to be staged in the Lake Taupo region.
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- http://www.taupofest.co.nz
Spirit of Place
08 May 2008 - 25 Jun 2008
Taupo Museum. An exhibition of New Zealand paintings offering an artistic ‘snapshot’ of early New Zealand, with an emphasis on the volcanic plateau.
Curated by Auckland Art Dealers, Ferner Galleries, this exhibition of more than 60 historic paintings will be a major feature of ERUPT! Lake Taupo Festival in May 2008. During the 19th century, the wealth of ‘undiscovered’ vistas throughout New Zealand captured the eye of visiting artists. Their renditions have endowed this country with an artistic heritage for future generations to enjoy, and in some instances, their views are the only remaining witness to our past. All paintings are for sale.
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- info@taupomuseum.co.nz
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- http://www.taupomuseum.co.nz
Suzuki Trail Blazer
10 May 2008 - 11 May 2008
Over summer the crew at Epic Events has been out breathing new life into the old classic trails. For 2008 we are on a mission to inject more hills into all our rides. Not huge hill climbs that go forever, just some good rolling climbs and drops combined with turns to get that flowing roller coaster sensation.
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- nick@epicevents.co.nz
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- http://www.epicevents.co.nz
Taupo Car Club National Race Meeting
10 May 2008 - 11 May 2008
Classes: NZ V8 Ute - Classics - Formula First - Super Mini - Super Sedans - Star Cars - Allcomers - Scanz
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- http://www.taupocarclub.org.nz
Arte Kanela
10 May 2008
Arte Kanela is an innovative flamenco musical ensemble from Melbourne, Australia, a collective of dancers, musicians and a singer, presenting an array of traditional and dynamic alegrias, bulerias, tangos and fandangos at ERUPT Taupo Festival. 5:00pm - 6:00pm in The Crater Room at the Great Lake Centre. Tickets available through Ticketek, Adult Premium $39, Adult A Reserve $35, Adult B Reserve $25
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- http://www.eruptfestival.co.nz
Legacy Dance Crew
12 May 2008
'The Chronicles' is a fast-paced and inspirational show from Legacy Dance Crew, taking us through the chronicles of hip hop from a Pacific perspective. Fresh from winning second place at the National Hip Hop Champs and a sell-out season in Wellington, Legacy is one of the worlds leading Pacific Island hip hop dance crews. 6:30pm - 7:30pm in The Crater Room at the Great Lake Centre. Tickets available through Ticketek, adults $20 and students $10.
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- http://www.eruptfestival.co.nz
MotoTT Motorcycle Track Day
16 May 2008
MotoTT holds regular motorcycle track days at Taupo's new international race track. These track days are designed to be a fun, non competitive environment in which to test your bike and your riding skills. Go as fast or as slow as you like with no cars (or police) to worry about. Riders are given sessions of 25 minutes (10-12 laps on the full 3.5km track). You may select 3 groups to ride in (1=fast, 2=medium and 3=slower). Spaces are limited so booking is essential to secure a place. To pre-register for a track day email Peter, please include your name, bike make/model, preferred riding group and track day date you wish to pre-register for.
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- ride@motott.co.nz
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- http://www.motott.co.nz
Alexa Still
16 May 2008
Flautist Alexa Still is renowned for beguiling and virtuoso performances, built on raw energy, limitless technique and musical intelligence. Alexa will be accompanied for her lunchtime recital at ERUPT by John Van Buskirk, a versatile pianist, who has played from Wellington to Budapest and Prince Edward Island to the Netherland Antilles as a recitalist, chamber music player and recital partner to singers and instrumentalists. Performing: Poulenc Sonata; J S Bach e minor sonata; Ian Clarke Zoom Tube-unaccompanied; Anne Boyd Goldfish Through Summer Rain; Helen Fisher Te Tangi A te Matui; Borne Carmen Fantasie. 12:30pm - 1:30pm in The Crater Room at the Great Lake Centre. Tickets available through Ticketek, Premium $25, A Reserve $20, B Reserve $15.
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- http://www.eruptfestival.co.nz
The Poet
17 May 2008
The Poet, at ERUPT Taupo Festival, is powerful marriage of music and words with the grand finale a new work by Jenny McLeod celebrating the poetry of Janet Frame. Taking the theme of text in music forms, New Zealand’s world-class national chamber choir Tower Voices New Zealand and this country’s foremost chamber ensemble, the New Zealand String Quartet, both perform works individually, from Gloria by Jan Sandtrôm to Death and the Maiden Quartet in D minor, in the lead up to the collaborative finale, The Poet: song cycle, composed by Jenny McLeod. 3:00pm - 5:15pm in The Crater Room at the Great Lake Centre. Tickets available through Ticketek, Adult A Reserve $39, Adult B Reserve $35, Student A Reserve $19, Student B Reserve $17.
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- http://www.eruptfestival.co.nz
Another Night in Buenos Aires
18 May 2008
A new show, Another Night in Buenos Aires, features world champion tango dancers and folkloric dancers, accompanied by a tango orchestra. They will share the love of tango that permeates the Argentine culture and is still alive in the streets and dance halls of Buenos Aires. 8pm at the Great Lake Centre. Tickets available through Ticketek, $48.
