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L I V E   P E R F O R M A N C E S (click on a category)



• MC/HOST

Auckland Heritage Festival Opening Event (2008)

Women in Film and Television Awards (2008)

Montana New Zealand Book Awards (2008)

New Zealand Institute of Architects 2008 Awards for Architecture Gala Dinner (2008)

North Area Performing Theatre Awards (2008)

Celebrity Talent Quest, Silo Theatre (2008)

New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Award Event (2007)

Royal Shakespeare Company talks on King Lear and The Seagull (2007)

The Edge, State of The Nation Staff presentations (2007)

Montana New Zealand Book Awards (2007)

"A Night with Strange Friends" for Play It Strange Charitable Trust (2007)

Launch of THE EDGE International Arts Season (2007)

Faciliator of audience discussion with The Tiger Lillies (2007)

Women in Film and Television Awards (2006)

Montana New Zealand Book Awards (2006)

Opening of the Design and Creative Technologies Faculty (2006)

Schwarzkopf Professional Awards Gala (2006)

Auckland Philharmonia Summer Matinee (2006)

New Zealand AIDS Foundation 20th Anniversary Gala Ball (2005)

Starving Artists Auction Fund-Raiser (2005)

Deutz Fashion Design Ambassador (DFDA) Awards
Ceremony and Show, 2005

Circus Opera (Gala Auction Fundraiser for NBR NZ Opera) (2003)

Bollinger Ball for Starship Children's Hospital (2003)


• OTHER APPEARANCES AND PERFORMANCES

Qantas Film and Television Awards and
Qantas Film and Television Craft Awards Luncheon
Award presenter (2008)

Feast for Famous Chefs Dinner
Guest artist (2008)

"A Night in Berlin" benefit for Waiheke Art Gallery
Cabaret performer with Michael Hurst (2008)

Dress for Success Fund-Raising Dinner
Celebrity Waiter (2008)

Newmarket Rotary
Guest speaker (2007)

Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra at The Classic Comedy & Bar
Guest artist (2007)

Courageous Women Charitable Trust
Guest speaker (2007)

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Soloist in Showstoppers! concert (2007)

New Zealand Dietitians Association Auckland Branch
Guest speaker for professional development session (2007)

AUT first-year Bachelor of Communications Studies students
Guest speaker (2007)

U3A-Meadowbank
Guest speaker (2007)

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
Chair of Opening Night Global Reach (2007)

Parnell College Book Festival event
Guest speaker (2007)

Tim Beveridge's Casablanca Mother's Day concert
Guest artist (2007)

Remuera Rotary Club
Guest speaker
(2007)

AK07
Guest artist singing with La Clique (2007)

AK07
Guest artist at The Famous Spiegeltent showcase (2007)

ATC new season launch event
Playing Danielle in an excerpt of Mike and Virginia
(2007)

Official Xena Convention 2007, Burbank, California
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer (2007; click here for photo gallery--off-site)

Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award Members Gala Preview Event, Waiheke Art Gallery
Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Wine by Gerald Bryan (2006)

Opening of sculptor Terry Stringer's exhibition at Webb's Gallery, Auckland
Director and performer in Pygmalion and Galatea (mini-opera; 2006)

WIFT Networking Brunch, Auckland
Interviewed casting director Di Rowan (2006)

WIFT Networking Brunch, Auckland
Interviewed Irish actress and president of WIFT Ireland Rynagh O'Grady (2006)

Official Xena Convention 2006, Burbank, California
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer (2006; click here for photo gallery--off-site)

Launched Cat Miscellany (Max Cryer), Time Out Bookshop, Auckland (2005)

Official Xena Convention: The 10th Anniversary Celebration, Burbank, California
Celebrity guest (2005)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland
Guest artist (2004)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Christchurch
Guest artist (2003)

America's Cup Ball, Auckland
Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland performance piece (2003)

Masfen wedding at Kellihers on Puketutu Island
Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Marriage by Gerald Bryan (2000)

Launch of Montana wine "Tom" at Tom McDonald Cellar, Hawkes Bay
Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Wine by Gerald Bryan (1999)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Christchurch
Guest artist (1998)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland
Guest artist (1997)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Wellington
Guest artist (1995)

Christmas in the Park, Auckland
Guest artist (1994)

Hero Festival
Soloist in From Bizet to Broadway (1994)

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Soloist in Tell Me on a Sunday by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1993)

Bay of Islands Arts Festival
Narrator in Facade by Edith Sitwell/William Walton (1993)

Aotea Centre
Supporting artist for Sir Harry Secombe (1992)

Watershed Variety Concert
Guest artist (1991)

John Gibson and Friends (at The Gods, Mercury Upstairs; 1990)
Performer

Aotea Alive:  The Beginning!
Guest artist (1990)

Ladies at Le Bom
Guest artist (1986)


• SINGING WITH JUBILATION

The Bluestone Room, Auckland (2008)

Auckland City Music in Parks, The Culture Garden Series, Wintegardens, Auckland Domain (2008)

Leigh Sawmill Cafe (2007)

Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber (2007)

Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards event (2007)

St. Lukes Presbyterian Church, Remuera (2007)

Southern Lakes Festival of Colour, Wanaka (2007)

AK07, The Famous Spiegeltent (2007)

Auckland City Music in Parks Summer Concert Series, Parnell Rose Garden (2007)

Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber (2006)

APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Auckland Town Hall (2006)

St. Paul's Church, Devonport, Auckland (2006)

Unitarian Church, Ponsonby (2006)

Kingsway School, Auckland (2006)

Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin's Arcade, Auckland (2006)

Leigh Sawmill Cafe (2006)

Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin's Arcade, Auckland (2005)

Going West Books & Writers Festival, Titirangi (2005)

Titirangi Festival of Music (2005)

WOMAD Festival, Taranaki (2005)

Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin's Arcade, Auckland (2004)

 

2008:  Hosting Auckland Heritage Festival Opening Event


2008:  Hosting WIFT Awards

2007:  Casablanca Mother's Day Concert


2007:  Hosting "A Night with Strange Friends"

2007:  Cabaret,
"An Evening with Michael Hurst and Jennifer Ward-Lealand", at Xena convention, Burbank, California


2006:  Hosting WIFT Awards

2006:  Hosting Montana New Zealand Book Awards
"MC extraordinaire on the night was the fabulous Jennifer Ward-Lealand who kept the show on track and on time." (Montana New Zealand Book Awards)


2006:  Hosting Schwarzkopf
Professional Awards Gala


2006:  Emcee for Auckland Philharmonia Summer Matinee

2006:  Cabaret at Xena convention, Burbank, California



2004:  Singing with Jubilation



2003:  America's Cup Ball

1994:  Christmas in the Park


 

 

 

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