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"My Secret Life. Hello. My name is Ian Sinclair. You may know me as a roving reporter with the dream TV job: and a former correspondent for the TV One programme Sunday with a chance to explore the world and meet everyone from the Queen to the Taliban. Yet few would have guessed I had a lifelong secret addiction to the Spanish flamenco guitar. After nearly two thousand television stories I made a giant leap of faith… to quit and become a flamenco guitarist."
Ian Sinclair first fell in love with flamenco when he was just 6 years old. After public performances with Dave McCartney, Harry Lyon and Phil Ochs he was appointed music writer for Craccum, interviewing the Gypsy Kings, Elton John, Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Joan Baez. In Spain he has studied under maestros Miguel Garcia Jose Luis Postigo and Juan del Gastor. His arrest in 1975 by General Franco's secret police led him to switch to hard news reporting, moving from newspapers to radio, then TV in 1986, where international assignments included Bougainville, Kosovo Afghanistan and Iraq.
His command of the complex and intimate rhythms of Flamenco is astonishing – Ann Hunt Dominion Post
Itinerary
Wednesday 3 March 8:00pm Lyttelton
Loons
$20 Book: UTR
Thursday 4 March 7:30pm Geraldine
The Lodge Theatre, Talbot Street
$20 Book: Louk Clothing, Talbot Street (Cash Only)
Friday 5 March 7:30pm Fairlie
St Columba Church, Main Street
$20 Book: Heartlands Fairlie & Door Sales
Saturday 6 March 6:00pm Oamaru
Oamaru Opera House
$25 (plus fees) Book: oamaruoperahouse.co.nz
Tuesday 9 March 7:30pm Stewart Island
Bunkhouse Theatre
$25 Book: Door Sales
Wednesday 10 March 7:30pm Arrowtown
Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall
$25 Book: eventbrite.co.nz
Thursday 11 March 7:30pm Cromwell
Tarras Community Church
Adults $30; Super Gold Card $25; Children $5
Book: Artscentral.co.nz
Saturday 13 March 7:30pm Hokitika
Old Lodge Theatre, 11 Revell Street
$20 Book: Hokitika's Regent Theatre
Sunday 14 March 8:00pm Barrytown
Barrytown Hall
$20 Book: Door Sales
Tuesday 16 March 8:00pm Reefton
Reefton Club
Adults $20; Student $10; Family $50
Book: Door Sales or Phone 03 7328542
Wednesday 17 March 8:00pm Onekaka
The Mussel Inn
$15 Book: On the Door
Thursday 18 March 6:00pm Mapua
The Playhouse Theatre
$25 Book: The Playhouse; Richmond Mall; Eventfinda
Saturday 20 March 8:00pm Pahiatua
The Regent Theatre
$25 Book: On the Door
Sunday 21 March 3:00pm Norsewood
The Old Dairy Factory
$25 Book: On the Door
Monday 22 March 8:00pm Upper Hutt
Expressions Whirinaki
$20 Book: www.expressions.org.nz
Wednesday 24 March 7:30pm Te Awamutu
The Woolshed Theatre
$20 Book: Eventfinda
In Association with Backstage Pass
Thursday 25 March 7:00pm Hamilton
The Meteor Theatre
G.A. $20; Conc. $15 Book: www.themeteor.co.nz
Friday 26 March 7:30pm Opotiki
Opotiki Senior Citizens Hall
$20 Book: www.trybooking.com and Opotiki Library
Saturday 27 March 7:00pm Gisborne
Te Tairawhiti Museum and Art Centre
$30 Book: Eventfinda.co.nz
AOTNZ InCahoots with Tairawhiti Museum
Arts On Tour NZ (AOTNZ) organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand. The trust receives funding from Creative New Zealand as well as support from Central Lakes Trust, Community Trust of Southland, Interislander, Otago Community Trust, Rata Foundation and the Southern Trust. AOTNZ liaises with local arts councils, repertory theatres and community groups to bring the best of musical and theatrical talent to country districts. The AOTNZ programme is environmentally sustainable – artists travel to their audience rather than the reverse.
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