He has been working on a new album recently which is nearing completion, while his latest single, Red Light, is already out.<\/p>\n
On social media, Teeks announced the Hamilton show, saying: \u201cThis one will be special. I will be performing an intimate show at the new Waikato Regional Theatre in Kirikiriroa … Hope to see you there x.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other shows announced recently include Sir Dave Dobbyn: Selected Songs on January 24 and Ready to Roll with Th\u2019 Dudes, The Mockers and stellar* on January 29.<\/p>\n
On March 28, the Soweto Gospel Choir will perform at the theatre and Tommy Emmanuel will be in town on May 19.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the public shows, there will be invitation-only evenings for donors, partners and community supporters of the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are not public galas, rather they are thank-you events and a chance for the people who believed in the vision and backed it to see the theatre in action before anyone else,\u201d Waikato Regional Theatre pre-opening general manager Gus Sharpe said in a release last month.<\/p>\n
Teeks will headline the public opening night at the Waikato Regional Theatre. Photo \/ Tom Grut<\/p>\n
One of the opening events is a specially commissioned performance work, called To The Stars \u2013 Ki ng\u0101 Whet\u016b, directed by Jeremy Mayall, that \u201ccelebrates … Waikato and the people who built it\u201d.<\/p>\n
The show brings together schools, choirs, kapa haka and artists from across the region in a shared story of connection, pride and imagination.<\/p>\n
Waikato Regional Theatre venue manager Michael Gilling said the team were excited to welcome the amazing artists and shows at the new theatre.<\/p>\n
\u201c[We] can\u2019t wait get fans through the doors to experience the magic of live for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Atrium between the new Hamilton Hotel and the Waikato Regional Theatre. Photo \/ Waikato Regional Property Trust<\/p>\n
Waikato Regional Property Trust chairman Ross Hargood said the trust, which owns the theatre, is thrilled to see a strong opening programme, showcasing \u201cthe best of … Waikato\u2019s creativity\u201d alongside international and domestic stars.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter many years of work, investment and perseverance, the community should be proud of themselves for getting to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Construction of the theatre building is on the home stretch. The focus is now on commissioning and defect review and correction, and getting the venue ready for patrons.<\/p>\n
The majority of the surrounding public spaces will also be completed this month, though people will see a few final activities going on into December, the property trust said.<\/p>\n
Many back-of-house spaces are now fully finished, the stage engineering has been commissioned and the auditorium seating has started to be installed.<\/p>\n
The paving along the Victoria St frontage, the riverside deck and the feature staircase in the foyer have also been completed.<\/p>\n
The idea for the theatre was sparked by the closing of Hamilton\u2019s Founders Theatre due to safety reasons in 2016.<\/p>\n
Construction work on the $80 million, 1300-seat Waikato Regional Theatre started in 2021.<\/p>\n
Sharp was announced as the theatre\u2019s inaugural general manager in 2023.<\/p>\n
In December last year, Live Nation New Zealand announced it would operate the new Waikato Regional Theatre in partnership with the trust.<\/p>\n
Former H3 event delivery manager Michael Gilling started work for Live Nation as the theatre manager in March.<\/p>\n
Danielle Zollickhofer is the Waikato news director and a multimedia journalist at the Waikato Herald. She joined NZME in 2021 and is based in Hamilton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He has been working on a new album recently which is nearing completion, while his latest single, Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15408,696,806,1568,2962,35142,156,1888,2082,42,68199,111,139,2551,69,10521,34592,5914,1436,1551,418,85147,7069,37168,2044,1524,6490],"class_list":["post-120999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-almost","tag-announced","tag-as","tag-construction","tag-curtain","tag-debut","tag-entertainment","tag-first","tag-for","tag-headlines","tag-january","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-night","tag-nz","tag-opening","tag-ready","tag-regional","tag-rise","tag-set","tag-shows","tag-teeks","tag-theatre","tag-theatres","tag-time","tag-waikato","tag-wraps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}