Arts diary

Press, 4 December 1985, Page 24

Arts diary

VISUAL ARTS robert mcdougall ART GALLERY (Botanic Gardens) Ancient Celebrations — Pottery (until February 2). Neil Dawson — Sculpture (until March 8). Chelsea Sugar Project — Photographs (until December 15). Angus Gray — Painting (until December 15). Historical works from collection (until March 8). Aya Kiuchi — Weaving (until January 26). C.S.A. GALLERY (66 Gloucester Street) Edward Mackenzie — Painting (until December 8). C.S.A. summer exhibition (until December 15). Fredrika Emsten, Jill Dando, Mary Bartlett, Margaret Ryley — Weaving, ceramics (until December 8). Richard Van Der Aa — Painting (until December 8). Angela Burns — Painting (until December 12). Richard Foot — Jewellery (December 10 - JanuPROMENADE GALLERY (Surfside Mall) John Brassell (until December 7). BEALEY GALLERY (Victoria Street) Robert McDowell — Paintings (until December 8). HEATHCOTE CHAMBERS (Colombo Street) Grace Butler — Painting (until December 20). GREYMOUTH ART GALLERY (Greymouth) Phillipa Blair — Cloak paintings (December 6-19). SMALL GALLERY (The Shades) Malcolm Warr — Screenprints (until December 31). GINGKO GALLERY s (Arts Centre) Christmas exhibition

(December 7-31). SEVERAL ARTS (807 Colombo Street) Diane Morris — Etchings (until December 13). JAMES PAUL GALLERY (52 Victoria Street) Coleen Anstey — Ice sculpture (December 9-12). GALLERY AKAROA (Akaroa) May Wright, Lois Waghorn — Ceramics. John Evans — Paintings (December 7-23). HALLS FINE ARTS (157 Tuam Street) Barrytown weavers (December 7). WINDSOR GALLERY (High Street) Stephen Banks — Pots, John Brassell — Watercolours (until December 6). Local artists — Paintings (December 6-31). CANTERBURY COURT (Addington Showgrounds) Craft Show (December 6-8). TRIANGLE GALLERY (Ashburton) Harry Smith — Paintings (until December 14). GEFN GALLERY (79 Cashel Street) Betty Loopeker — Silver jewellery (until December 7). THEATRE COURT THEATRE (Arts Centre) “Little Shop of Horrors” (until February 1). ELMWOOD PLAYHOUSE (Fulton Avenue) “Clouds” by Michael Frayn (until December 7). FREE THEATRE (Rolleston Avenue) “Cowboy Mouth” by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith (December 5-14). DANCE SOUTHERN BALLET THEATRE (Arts Centre) “The Nutcracker” (until December 14). THEATRE ROYAL

(Gloucester Street) “Swan Lake” by the Royal New Zealand Ballet (December 5-7). MUSIC CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL (Kilmore Street) National concerto contest preliminaries, (December 9, 10). Tim Rice and friends (December 12). Christchurch Harmonic Society carol concerts, 2.15 p.m., 7.30 p.m. (December 7). GREAT HALL (Arts Centre) Quentin Arnold, Phil Bates — Flamenco guitar, 1.10 p.m. (December 6). CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL (Cathedral Square) Kenneth Hart, Ellen Armitage Hart — Organ, 12.15 p.m. (December 5). NGAIO MARSH THEATRE (Canterbury University) Re-percussion ’B5, 2 p.m. (December 8). SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Canterbury University) Rodney Macann master class, 7.30 p.m. (December 5). CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Barbadoes Street) Academy of St Albans chamber orchestra, David Vine, Jillian Bartram, Rebecca Steel, 3 p.m. (December 8). CENTRE GALLERY (Arts Centre) Christchurch Youth Orchestra, 12.10 p.m. (December 6). STATE TRINITY CENTRE (Worcester Street) Rodney Macann, Maurice Till, 8 p.m. (December 4). Gillivan Varieties, 2 p.m. (December 8). Christchurch School of Music, 8 p.m. (December 8)-