HOW TO WRITE AN ALBUM IN 12 HOURS
Studio 77, Victoria University, 77 Fairlie Tce, Kelburn, Wellington
27/01/2018 - 27/01/2018
Production Details
Musicians, improvisers and writers form a band to create and record an entire album in just 12 hours.
A new song from conception to perfection every hour. Experience and engage with all the joy and struggles of writing songs and making an album. Nowhere to hide, no secrets, just artists and audiences making art.
Enjoy creativity by community in this once in a lifetime show! New show/song starts every hour between 12pm and 11pm.
Come for an hour, two, three…12! Album included with all tickets.
12 hours! 12 Shows! 12 Songs! One Album!
HOW TO WRITE AN ALBUM IN 12 HOURS
Studio 77, 77 Kelburn Parade, Wellington
12pm – 12am, Saturday 27 January
Limited Access – 1 hour: $10
V.I.P – Unlimited access: $20
Tix from eventfinda.co.nz
***SUMMER OF 77***
This February, Victoria University is proud to present the inaugural Summer of 77: MFA Theatre Showcase. The culmination of a year’s creative work, Summer of 77 is the final presentation for Victoria University’s new Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) theatre course, featuring seven premieres of new work over two weeks, from 27th January to 11th February.
Our inaugural season of new theatre is sure to captivate and excite audiences through a myriad of genres and forms. Summer of 77 invites all of Wellington to support and witness the work of the next generation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s theatre makers.
Stage manager: Sam Tippet
Theatre , Musical , Improv ,
12 hours (1 song per hour)
Two down, ten to go
Review by Margaret Austin 27th Jan 2018
The Victoria University Theatre Department and Play Shop Productions have collaborated to offer a novel experience as part of the Inaugural Summer of 77.
Under the direction of Liam Kelly, resplendent for the occasion in multi-coloured shirt and blue and gold jacket, a bunch of musicians, writers and improvisers are gathering for creative purposes in Studio 77. In the space of 12 hours, they aim to produce 12 recordings – one per hour: an album!
Director Kelly gets things under way with ground rules for the handful of spectators present for the beginning of each hour. Participation in the creative process is invited, as is tangible contribution to the record cover. There’s a dedicated chair to sit in if you want to make a formal announcement of your thinking.
We form groups and offer themes for songs. First to be accepted to work on is – possibly predictably – feeling the heat! The glistening profile of the guy next to me is typical. There’s “sultry”, “steaming” and “sizzling” to be incorporated. “I’m floating on sweat and alcohol,” wails our singer.
There’s a keyboard, a drum set, a guitar and a base – all in the charge of eager players who take their cue from each other and the singer.
“Ten minutes ’til we record,” warns someone. Musical efforts are redoubled: then “Fruju with You” is in the can!
Next up is a number which takes as its repeated line: “The Shape of the Way we Look at Things”. Everyone likes this line – and the action of the afternoon accelerates. Someone asks to play the bongos; tambourines and maracas are handed out. The rehearsal climaxes in a crescendo no less exciting because it’s improvised.
It’s all good-natured, but sufficiently focussed to produce a result.
The way I look at it, ‘The Shape of the Way we look at Thing’ has a future. And so perhaps has this novel creative process.
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