Sean Kelly & Friends present an intimate show of live Irish music played to the backdrop of Super 8 movies taken by Sean’s Dad, a renowned Cine enthusiast, in and around Derry and Donegal 1958-1988. 

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The show features Sean Kelly on vocals, whistles, bodhran and guitar, Jono Lonie on fiddle and electric mandolin and Maree Limpus on AV and cello. As well as the professional music and visual delivery, Sean also presents an authentic dialogue on a tumultuous time in the history of Derry, Donegal and the north of Ireland. 

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It is a sensory-rich experience blending authentic Irish music with authentic imagery, no special effects whatsoever. The show is designed to entertain but also to enlighten and to leave the audience with that elusive sense of wonder. 

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‘We are proud to have hosted such a soulful and innovative performance. Sean Kelly’s work reminds us that storytelling doesn’t need to shout to be heard — it can whisper through grainy film, rustle through the strings of a guitar, and settle gently in the heart.’ 

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Lyric Theatre, Granity https://thelyric.nz/blog/post-42/

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Tickets: General admission $35, Members $30, Students $10

Book at Eastern Southland Gallery

Celebrated Dunedin author and illustrator David Elliot will share insights into his current exhibition Wind and Waves at this upcoming artist talk. Learn more about the tales and myths behind some of David’s imagined creatures and see how his stories come to life from original concept to final illustration.

Wind and Waves has grown out of David Elliot's fascination with the sea, weather, maps, and old books. Combining his life-long love of drawing and his enduring passion for books, with a more recent foray into sculpture, his characters, real and imagined, are all inspired by his home in Port Chalmers, the Otago Harbour and the wild Otago coastline. Winds howl through their pages, storms rage against their bindings, tiny ships are flung across their pages and strange creatures are cast up onto their margins. The exhibition runs until 21 June.

 

Free admission. All welcome.

New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic exotic jazz band are back! Their time away from touring has been spent composing, animating and learning even more instruments to create a show that will mesmerise the young and the old alike. Prepare for a unique experience featuring vibraphone, tuba, harmonica, pan flute, synthesisers, drums, bass and vocals – all brought to life against a stunning backdrop of hand-drawn animations.  

Band leader, Finn Scholes, known for his work with Dave Dobbyn, Circling Sun, Hopetoun Brown and composition on The SpongeBob Squarepants movie will take a trio of NZ's most talented musicians and play music that weaves stories and transports the listeners to the far reaches of the globe from South-East Asia to South America and back to good old New Zealand. Finn Scholes is joined by a team of New Zealand’s top musicians: World class drummer Alistair Deverick and the amazing multi-instrumentalist Sean Martin-Buss.

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Tickets: General admission $40, Members $35, Students $10

Book at Eastern Southland Gallery