Student arts festival

Press, 11 May 1979, Page 14

Student arts festival

Main events today in the national student arts festival in Christchurch include: 9 a.m.: Dance workshops begin. Teachers’ College gymnasium. 10 am.: Drama workshop. Teachers* College drama workshop No. 1. 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.: Dixieland jazz workshop. UCR. 10.30 a.m.: ‘‘Gooniversity Challenge.” with Jim Hopkins and the Wizard. LCR. 1 p.m.: Song recital by Judy Bellingham and Peter Hind with John Luxton (piano). State Trinity Centre. 1.45 p.m.: Photography lecture, “Darkroom dexterity," with Neil McLeod. SCR. 2 p.m.: Rock concert featuring Bleeding Heart. Ampitheatre. Ham ballroom if wet. 2 p.m.: Films, “The Other Side of the Dream Factory.” A selection of films bv Hollywood about Hollywood. Al. 5 p.m.: Dance — a performance of work choreographed in Repertory classes. NMT.

7 p.m.: “W” — an outdoor performance by fine arts students behind barbed wire; big blaring aggressive. Cathedral Square. 8 p.m.: Folk concert. MR. 8 p.m.: Poetry. Readings by leading New Zealand poets. Conference Room, Town Hall. 8 p.m.: Chamber music — highlights from Wednesday’s all-day concerts. State Trinity Centre. 8 p.m.: Limbs Dance Company — performance of modern dance works. NMT. 8 p.m.: Drama, “The Prince, the Wolf, and the Firebird.” Producer, Don McAra. Drama workshop No. 1, Teachers’ College. 8.30 p.m.: Drama, “Fat Little Indians,” by Gordon Dryland. New Zealand play presented by Otago University Drama Society. Drama workshop No. 2, Teachers’ College. Children’s festival 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.: National Youth Council seminar for young parents on “Children and music.” Ham School hall.

Noon: Spectacle entertain. Hornby Mall. 1.30 p.m.: Spectacle entertain. Cathedral Square. 1.30 p.m.: Crafts workshop. Upper common room, Arts Centre. 1 p.m.: Play, “Daniel,” produced and presented by Chameleon Theatre. Ham School hall. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.: Play, “What Happened 'in the Second-hand Shop,” written and produced by Gay Cusack, of Dunedin. Great Hall, Arts Centre. Abbreviations used for venues on the campus at Ham: Al, Room Al, arts block, university; LCR. lower common room. Students’ Union building; M 205, Room 205, School of Music, University Drive, MR, music room/Students’ Union building; NMT, Ngaio Marsh Theatre; SCR, Shelley common room, Students’ Union building; TCT, Teachers’ College Theatre, Dovedale Avenue; UCR. upper common room, Students’ Union building. The Ampitheatre is on the riverbank, near the Students’ Union building.