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IT’S SHOWTIME!
Kiwi horror maestro Ant Timpson is continuing
to spread his wings outside New Zealand. This
month sees the DVD and Blu-ray release of
Turbo
Kid
, a fun homage to the apocalypse movies of the
80s, which is a co-production between Timpson
Films, the Canadian production house EMA
Films and the US’s Epic Pictures. And next year,
keep an eye out for the wonderfully titled
The
Greasy Strangler
, a US horror comedy, executive
produced by Timpson, Elijah Wood and cult British
director Ben Wheatley.
Turbo Kid
is out on December 9
The US network recently unveiled the first image
from the third season from the gothic fantasy
Penny Dreadful
, which will be aired in 2016.
Pictured above are star Eva Green and Patti
LuPone, who joined the show for the second
season, which is out this month on DVD and
Blu-ray.
Showtime has also revealed a January start
date in the US for the sixth season of the raunchy
family drama
Shameless
and has also confirmed
fourth seasons for two other popular shows,
Masters Of Sex
and
Ray Donovan
.
And the cable outfit also has some intriguing
new productions in the pipeline, starting with
Billions
, which premieres Stateside in January and
stars Damian Lewis as a charismatic billionaire
hedge fund operator and Paul Giamatti as a
politically-connected US attorney.
Showtime has also greenlit
Roadies
, a comedy/
drama created by Cameron Crowe, which will offer
an insider’s look at a backstage crew for a fictional
stadium rock band. The all star cast is headed by
Luke Wilson and Carla Gugino, plus Imogen Poots,
Rafe Spall and our own Keisha Castle-Hughes.
Penny Dreadful: The Complete Second Season
is out on December 2.
SUMMER STARTS HERE
A
s usual, the Summer – and the New
Year – will be kicked off with the
Rhythm & Vines Festival (together
with its South Island companion Rhythm &
Alps inWanaka), which will once again be
held December 29–31 at Waiohika Estate,
Gisborne. This year’s line-up includes the
likes of Mac Miller, Nero and Pendulum, plus
local favourites such as Dave Dobbyn,
P-Money, PNC and
Scribe.
Auckland had been
set to get a new two day
event, the Echo Festival,
but that was cancelled
as
STACK
was going to
press because of slow
ticket sales.
However, flying the
flag once again for
the indies will be the
Laneways Festival, which
returns to Silo Park – for
a final year?– on Auckland
Anniversary Day, which
this year falls on February
1. There is a distinctly
alt-dance vibe to the 2016 bill, with headline
acts including spiky US electronica icons
Battles, Scottish favourite Chvrches, jazz
funk virtuosoThundercat, rising rap star
Vince Staples and Canadian indie electro
popsters Purity Ring. Local acts to look out
for, meanwhile, include singer-songwriter
Nadia Reid and reformed Flying Nun noise
terrorists High Dependency Unit.
Another returning Auckland festival is
Splore, which this year runs February 19-21
and will once again be held at Tapapakanga
Park, 70km south of Auckland. Headliners
this year include dance veterans Leftfield,
Nightmare OnWax and the Dub Pistols, indie
folkyWaxahatchee – aka Katie Crutchfield –
and Aussie funkmeisters Hiatus Kaiyote, plus
popular local draws like Katchafire.
However, this year’s festival clashes
with another popular Summer live event
Raggamuffin, which is on February 20 at
TheTrusts Arena inWest
Auckland and boasts an
impressive line-up of reggae
and urbans acts – The Game,
Beenie Man, Bitty McLean,
House Of Eddy Grant, Maxi
Priest, Inner Circle and more.
However, the big new
event on the live calendar is
the inaugural Auckland City
Limits, which is modeled
on the Austin, Texas, event
and will be held at Western
Springs on March 19.
The full line-up was still
to be announced at press
time but hip hop superstar
Kendrick Lamar, The National,
Houndsmouth, Che Fu andThe Crates, Cold
War Kids, The Naked andThe Famous and
The Phoenix Foundation among the first
wave of acts confirmed.
Unfortunately, there is another clash,
with music fans having to choose between
Auckland City Limits and the annual WOMAD
festival in New Plymouth, which runs
March 18-20. The line-up for the latter is
headed up by John Grant, De La Soul and St
Germain, plus a host of world music acts and
homegrown bands.
Live music fans are spoilt for choice this summer, with several brand new
festivals joining some returning old favourites for the holiday season.
New shows, plus old faves renewed.
Chvrches
Kendrick Lamar
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