Torbay Suite
Jun
19
7:30 PM19:30

Torbay Suite

Friday June 19th at The Suter Theatre, 7.30pm
$30, concession $25
Tickets available through https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2020/torbay-suite/nelson

Robert Zielinski has spent 14 years living on the west coast of Ireland. He learnt to play from travelling musician Mick Doherty, has toured internationally and in the year 2000 won Ireland’s Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle Player of the Year Award.

Roberts recently composed Torbay Suite is inspired by the pristine Torbay Inlet near where he lives on Western Australia’s remote south coast. The suite was recently recorded in the Perth Concert Hall and has been described as one of the most moving and evocative pieces in recent times. The piece comes from Torbay itself but is framed on the Celtic styles that formed Robert's upbringing. Robert will be performing on a violin he made himself with Rennie Pearson on wooden flute and guitar. The two recently met due to the travel ban by chance and instantly connected musically on many levels. This performance is a rare opportunity to hear the full 50-minute suite in its entirety.

“To me, Torbay is a very special place, where the natural world and its rhythms remain largely intact. At the time I was making my fiddle and visiting the inlet every day. When I finished the fiddle I had the suite, so it feels a bit like each was made for the other. The Torbay Suite comes from the country of the Minang people, who have lived there for thousands of generations. The suite is divided into day and night, and maps Torbay through these phases. The fiddle is the main storyteller, and represents a character that goes on a journey into the unknown. The Day piece travels from dawn to dusk at the inlet and the Nighttime piece was inspired by the realisation that although we think we can see during the day, we are blinded by the sun and the day's activities, whereas nighttime is when we really see as the day distils. The Aboriginals say that night time is the only time you can see out through the holes in the blanket (the stars).” Robert Zielinski - composer

“The Torbay Suite was a sublime music journey, the highlight of the 2019 Brave New Works Festival in Denmark, inspiring the biggest standing ovation I have ever seen at the festival.” Peter Keelan - festival director

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Feb
20
7:30 PM19:30

Nelson Potters Pecha Kucha

Nelson Potters Pecha Kucha.

DATE: Thursday 20th FEB
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: Suter Theater
PRICE: $15
Tickets available at The Suter, or phone 035484699

Guests speaker include: Darryl Frost, Steven Austin, Julie Warren, Mike Ward, Rebecca Hill, Russell Harding, Sara Scott

Our exhibition will also be available for viewing:
Fire & Earth: Contemporary Ceramics from the Top of the South
Currently on view - 22 Mar 2020
The Suter Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū has invited ceramic artists from the top of the South Island to enter works into Fire & Earth: Contemporary Ceramics from the Top of the South, a biennial exhibition that highlights the best ceramicists in the region.

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CUSP, into the unknown.
Feb
13
6:00 PM18:00

CUSP, into the unknown.

A monthly improvised theatre show for families!

Family CUSP stands for Courageous, Uplifting, Spontaneous Performance. The troupe is an eclectic mix of people who are keen to create a show that delights and connects people. 
This show is a collaboration between The Suter and Nelson-based improv troupe, CUSP, comprised of Lisa and Dan Allan, Glenn Cousins, Gina Foley, Fleur Jackson and Jade Alborn. CUSP is part of Wintergreen Creative, the company behind two sell-out family shows in 2019- The Wisp (Nelson Arts Festival/ Brook Sanctuary) and The Wishing Star (Fairfield House). www.wintergreencreative.co.nz.
Come along and see these party peeps (and a rocket) in action on Thursday 13 February at 6pm at The Suter Theatre, the launch of this new initiative. The theme is Outer Space. You will be treated to an hour of intergalactic storytelling created from your suggestions. It will be silly. It will be spontaneous. It will be a sublime hour of stories to uplift and delight! Get your tickets to CUSP (from $6) at https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2020/cusp-improvised-theatre/nelson.
 
Thanks to Tasman Creative Communities for your support.

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Sympathetic Resonance: Curator lunchtime tour
Jan
24
12:10 PM12:10

Sympathetic Resonance: Curator lunchtime tour

Sympathetic Resonance: Curator lunchtime tour The Eighth Suter Contemporary Art Project

Join our curator Sarah McClintock for a guided tour. The exhibition looks at the ways in which contemporary artists reject limitations placed on their practices. They eschew the labels of ‘painter’ or ‘sculptor’, the confines of time and space, and the restrictions of materials. 

Curators tours, gather at The Suter Foyer.
Frida y 24 January 12.10pm

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Sympathetic Resonance: Curators lunchtime tours
Dec
13
12:10 PM12:10

Sympathetic Resonance: Curators lunchtime tours

Sympathetic Resonance: The Eighth Suter Contemporary Art Project

Join our curator Sarah McClintock for a guided tour. The exhibition looks at the ways in which contemporary artists reject limitations placed on their practices. They eschew the labels of ‘painter’ or ‘sculptor’, the confines of time and space, and the restrictions of materials. 

Curators tours, gather at The Suter Foyer.
Friday 13 December 12.10pm
Friday 24 January 12.10pm

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How to look at art; The Suter NELSON
Nov
28
5:30 PM17:30

How to look at art; The Suter NELSON

How to look at art, free all welcome

Join Suter curator Sarah McClintock to discuss an item from The Suter’s permanent collection for an in depth exploration into what it is, who did it, when, why and the context in which it was made.

How To Look At Art will give you an exciting insight into the broader context of an artwork and open up a whole new world of art appreciation.

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Nelson Arts Festival Presents: Kaput
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00

Nelson Arts Festival Presents: Kaput

Be swept up in the mayhem of a larger-than-life lovable buffoon as his day is flipped upside-down by the lonely, dust-covered world that surrounds him. Channelling Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, our luckless hero struggles to get the upper hand, taking one step forward and two steps back in a highly skilled, hilariously funny and beautifully poignant bit of madness, until everything is truly kaput!

SUTER THEATRE

Tickets availavble from TicketDirect

Proudly presented by the Nelson Arts Festival

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Nelson Arts Festival Presents: The South Afreakins
Oct
20
to Oct 21

Nelson Arts Festival Presents: The South Afreakins

A hilarious and heartbreaking show about country, loss, and the impossible search for home. Written and performed by Robyn Paterson.

Helene and Gordon are stuck. Stuck in South Africa and in their same rut. One longs to get out and experience everything retirement has to offer, while one won’t leave his milk tart. When they finally immigrate to New Zealand, they discover just how hard it is to find ‘home’.

SUTER THEATRE

Tickets available from TicketDirect

Proudly presented by Nelson Arts Festival

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Nelson Arts Festival Presents: Cellfish
Oct
18
to Oct 19

Nelson Arts Festival Presents: Cellfish

Where hardened inmates come face-to-face with a whole new nightmare: Shakespeare classes with Miss Lucy!

Eight counts of unlawful entry using imagination, five counts of reckless use of Māori mythology, four counts of possession and cultivation of Shakespeare, and one count of dangerous operation of a voice class.

Some are looking to improve their parole chances, others want to kill some time and one just wants to kill. A tour de force of stage craft, Cellfish challenges two actors to portray a fast-paced interwoven story featuring seven characters. The result is a funny and insightfully gripping work that takes us behind the walls of a New Zealand Correctional Facility and into the minds of its residents.

SUTER THEATRE

Tickets available from TicketDirect

Proudly presented by Nelson Arts Festival

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Jay Hutchinson Opening
Sep
20
5:30 PM17:30

Jay Hutchinson Opening

Please join us at the opening of Jay Hutchinson’s exhibition. This exhibition builds on work from the last four years as well as presenting new ‘discarded’ objects and an ambitious full sized embroidered fence. 

His meticulously embroidered objects reflect the indulgences of 21st century society – seductive yet destructive consumables such as fast food, tobacco and confectionery.

Also join Jay and Suter Curator Sarah McClintock 2pm, Saturday 21 September when they will discuss the exhibition and Jay’s practice.

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