Bonafide Kiwi legend Dave Dobbyn is heading to Stratford on Friday, March 30, to mark the centenary of the King's Theatre and to celebrate 40 years as a songwriter, recording artist and performer.
"Playing provincial New Zealand gigs is my favourite thing and last year we did a run of 17 theatres across the country. Then councillor Rick Coplestone contacted my manager about your beautiful theatre in Stratford. I'm always fascinated by the storytelling life steeped in local theatre. If the walls could speak with 100 years of that life, it says a lot about people's cultural wealth. So I was intrigued and couldn't wait to visit," Dave Dobbyn said about the concert announcement.
"It sparked a recollection of playing there once before, but theatre manager Barry Milner assures me it wasn't during his 20 years of stewardship, so perhaps 1918.
"I'll be bringing my wonderful band including my guitarist, Taranaki singer/songwriter Victoria Girling-Butcher, and we'll treat you to a concert in two parts, delving a little deeper into my catalogue of songs in the first half and then moving through to more familiar territory."
