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A stunning performance: Ria Hall performing Manawa Wera with her band at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival on Friday.
Who: Ria Hall and band performing
Manawa Wera: A Conversation Piece
Where: Harkness Henry’s Emporium of Scintillating Wonders, Hamilton Gardens
When: Friday night
Reviewed by: Ellen O’Dwyer Those who saw Ria Hall’s show in Hamilton on Friday night caught a stunning performance: Musicianship that was both emotionally and politically powerful. Hall and her five-piece band performed tracks off her critically acclaimed 2020 album
Manawa Wera at Hamilton Garden Arts Festival
. The songs, which blend Aotearoa reggae with soul, were written by Hall and Laughton Kora over 36 weeks at the height of indigenous land movements here and abroad: both Ihumatao and the Hawaiian Mauna Kea were reference points.
For those who prefer their Friday nights to be a little less dynamic,
Flight Mode is an evening of ambient music in the Picturesque Garden. A popular monthly event that is usually hosted at Never Project Space in Frankton, this
Flight Mode performance features compositions by Lyttleton-based violinist Anita Clark, and Cave Circles – aka Riki Pirihi – a multi-instrumentalist, producer and conductor from Wellington.
Two Gentlemen of Verona is the result of a collaboration of two theatre companies. One of these is Slip of the Tongue, a group who have established a reputation in recent years for staging fun, fast-flowing summer Shakespeare productions in the gardens.