What's On
What's On at the Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch? Here you will find our current and future events, performances, musicals, concerts, ballet recitals and shows. Read reviews, view show photos and book your next night out at the Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch.
Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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16 -25 September Bookings open soon
A Musical Thriller presented by Showbiz Christchurch
“A masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime”
The date is April 1888, the place is London - and Jack the Ripper is making headlines.... And meanwhile Sweeney Todd, the unjustly exiled barber has returned to infamous and seedy Fleet Street, seeking revenge against the corrupt and lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.... Todd's thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, with Mrs Lovett, the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs, making the most of a steady supply of fresh meat, which soon has the people of London lining up in droves for her mysterious new pie recipe!
The rare instance of a musical thriller, Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpeice of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime. Sweeney Todd mixes intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humour. Lust, revenge, madness and murder - all play their part in this masterful melodrama. And at the show's core is a challenging and sophisticated score of epic proportion with two tasty tour de force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice Mrs Lovett. Staged by Showiz Christchurch in this year of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, Sweeney Todd will be directed by Sara Brodie, with musical director Luke di Somma. This lavish production will enthrall audiences with outstanding voices, set and costumes, to create a most memorable and thrilling musical theatre experience.
Bookings open soon
Sleeping Beauty
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Sleeping Beauty |
30 September @ 8pm Book Now
Following their 2009 sell out performance of Swan Lake the Imperial Russian Ballet company return to New Zealand with their presentation of the classic masterpiece “Sleeping Beauty” in three acts.
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company combines the unity and integrity of the great Russian ballet schools where traditions are passed on from one generation to another. The company was formed by the Bolshoi theatre soloist of thirteen years Gediminas Taranda.
Tosca
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Southern Opera presents Tosca |
14, 16, 21 & 23 October @ 7.30pm, 19 October @ 6.30pm, 25 October @ 4.30pm Book Now
TOSCA - The Opera That Has It All
Presented by: Southern Opera
TOSCA – the opera that has it all – love, death, manipulation and a final act of tragic deception.
Southern Opera presents this Puccini classic with its deeply moving music that underpins one of the great opera stories.
Suzanne Prain appears in the title role alongside Mexican tenor, Rafael Rojas as Cavaradossi. Teddy Tahu Rhodes returns to Christchurch to feature in his debut as the manipulative Scarpia, with Barry Mora as Sacristan.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra is under the baton of Tecwyn Evans, and Raymond Hawthorne directs.
An opera in three acts by Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and luigi Illica
Sung in Italian
With the Solid Energy Chorus of Southern Opera and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
Book Now for Tosca presented by Southern Opera
The Nutcracker 2010
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RNZB Artists Adriana Harper and Benjamin Chown |
17 - 20 November Book Now
Just what the doctor ordered – a Christmas classic with a twist.
Set in a children’s hospital, Gary Harris’ reworked version of one of the world’s most-loved ballets, is a treat for all ages.
The adventure begins on Christmas morning when Clara’s rat-bag brother, Fritz, clouts her over the head with her beloved nutcracker doll. Delirious with concussion, Clara is rushed to hospital where she enters a fantasy world brought to life by Kristian Fredrikson’s eye-popping, bold designs inspired by Hollywood’s big studio era.
Be dazzled by whirling snow imps and tango-ing tea-ladies as Tchaikovsky’s magical score transports you straight into the festive season.
The Christchurch performances feature the Christchurch Symphony Orchrcestra
Choreographer: Gary Harris
Additional choreography: Adrian Burnett
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Design: Kristian Fredrikson
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David Helfgott
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David Helfgott |
23 November, 7.30pm Book Now
David Helfgott is one of the world’s best loved pianists.
His remarkable life story was the subject of the Oscar-winning film SHINE, which won a Best Actor Award for Geoffrey Rush for his astonishingly accurate portrayal of David.
David Helfgott will perform a virtuosic program of popular works by the great romantic composers including Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and, of course, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, with which he dazzled a worldwide audience at the 1997 Oscars.
"A pianist of extraordinary talent….he soars into another dimension" Courier Mail
"I am reluctant to use the word genius, but I would certainly make an exception with David Helfgott" Le Parisien
Book now for David Helfgott
Why not check out some of the past shows and performances that have tread the boards at the historic Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch?