Tāmaki Makaurau

Music: Plasmaphonic Future Orchestra

Audio Foundation
7.45pm Sat, May 9
$16.50 (plus booking fees)

“Hailed by the New York Times for her ability to time bend, Rosie Langabeer alchemizes any manner of things into musical works.

Her methods are friendly, collaborative and experimental, held together by ancestral practices of hospitality and DIY ingenuity. The sound combines a love of free-jazz, avant garde classical music, noise and occasional genre cliches with newly invented instruments, chaotic systems and nature, often using whatever materials are at hand to shape organic, site-specific works.”

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Comedy: Laser Kiwi: Everybody Knows

The Hannah Playhouse
8pm, May 5-14
$32-$40

“Armed with world-class circus skills and their signature brand of surreal sketch comedy, they’ll attempt the impossible: articulating that thing we’re all thinking. Laser Kiwi will make you laugh, gasp and maybe even agree on something for once.”

Have a listen to this fabulous interview with the three members of Laser Kiwi, on RNZ’s Nine to Noon.

Literature: Michael Pedersen – Muckle Flugga

Meow
6pm Wed, May 13
$25-$30

“Acclaimed author and Edinburgh’s Makar (Poet Laureate) Michael Pedersen known for his lyrical, absorbing poetry introduces his dazzling debut novel, Muckle Flugga, in this event with with poet, biographer, lecturer, literary scholar, Harry Ricketts.

It’s no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga. The elements run riot and the very rocks that shape the place begin to shift under their influence. The only human inhabitants are the lighthouse keeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse. Them, and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door.

‘A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.’ Bernadine Evaristo”