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SUNSET
Saturday 14th December 2019
​7pm - 7am

BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tec. Wellington
& live to air on 88.6fm
www.radioactive.fm
SUNSET, a 12-hour event celebrating and misremembering Wellington in the 1990s was created by Brigid Connor and Paula van Beek. The free, all-night expanded performance project inspired was by the world premiere of Gary Henderson’s play 'Sunset Cafe' at BATS Theatre which they saw when they were young teens back in 1993! 
Created specifically to celebrate BATS Theatre's 30th year the event paid homage to 1990s Wellington, as well acting as a ritual for 'letting go'.  It celebrated the 'good old grungy days' of BATS,  but also encouraged the arts community to allow BATS to grow up from its misspent youth and shift into a new more 'grown up' phase. The event took over all three renovated floors of 1 Kent Tce with food, drinks, dancing, design installations, a pop up cinema and a live 12-hour broadcast on Radio Active 88.6fm. 
Presented by Brigid Connor and Paula van Beek association with BATS Theatre and Radio Active 
Funded by the Wellington City Council and the Professional Performing Arts Fund 
​Inspired by the play 'Sunset Cafe' by Gary Henderson, by arrangement with Playmarket

Generously supported by Open Book Trust and the people of Wellington via Pay it Forward donations
And thanks to our friends at Red Bu
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SUNSET Snapshot

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DJStudio (Lv.2)
Live Broadcast room
in association with Radio Active 88.6fm
DJs and guests programmed by Brigid Connor

Heyday Dome (Lv.1)
In Two Places at Once
Design installations curated by Paula van Beek 

Radom Stage (Ground Floor)
Dancefloor
DJs programmed by Brigid Connor

Lumin Bar (Ground Floor) and footpath 
Sunset Cafe at the Lumin
Curated by Meredith Robertshaw 

Pop ups
Dressing Room - by Willis York Hairdressing
Pop up Cinema  - in associated with Aro Street Video Shop
​Best night of your Life (car installation) - created by Meredith Robertshaw 
​VR + AR experiences - by Ed Harris & Mark Antony

​300 people through the door
265 live stream interactions
165 listeners online
58 artists and special guests
42 'pay it forward' donations 
12 hours 
5 spaces
1 night 






Want to re-live the night or missed out in the first place?​ 

​Visit our Instagram archive   @sunset_90s_wellington

All SUNSET live broadcast room recordings are now available to stream through the Radio Active website. 
https://www.radioactive.fm/sunset-at-bats/ 

SUNSET Timeline 
​& documentation

WORK IN PROGRESS - visit again soon for more 

7pm ​

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BATS crew - Waiata - Mihi
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Live Broadcast begins in the upstairs Studio on Radio Active 88.6fm
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Havana Coffee cart opens in the Lumen Bar
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Heyday DOme REPLACE IMAGE
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Time capsule Spatial and Lighting design: Paula van Beek & Nick Zwart Nostalgic dreams & kismet connections Video Artist: Johanna Sanders Sound Artist: Martin Kwok
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The food caravan opens with a selection of chicken and cranberry pannais and Midnight Espresso chocolate cakes
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Willis York pop up hair salon opens in the backstage Dressing Room for 90s inspired looks!
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7:15pm  
 Studio: Radio Active 88.6fm live to air broadcast 

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Brigid Connor, Paula van Beek and Gary Henderson ('Sunset Cafe' playwright) introde the programme for the night and discuss the themes of the original play - nostalgia and coming of age
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Special Guest Jed Brophy talks about acting in the original production with Paula and Gary Henderson ('Sunset Cafe' playwright).

7.30pm 
DJ Âmes returns both to BATS and Active in one foolish swoop with songs from Aotearoa and 90s BATS productions matched by your Welly theatrical nostalgia dj and critic Mark Amery. 

8pm
Hannah Clarke & Guests - 90s Hip Hop and chats with the BATS cats from yesterday, today and the future!
Willis York pop up hair Salon
 

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 8:30pm
​Photo booth installation Composer commissions                                     Composer one track - Baker's Three    Composer two track - Madison van Staden Composer three track - The Harry Gendersons
Composer four track  -  Grayson Gilmour 

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 8:47pm  Sunset
Food & drinks – dinner service continues, Sundowners Redbull Cocktail hour 

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9pm
​Random Stage DJs kick off

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9.30pm
 
Jackie van Beek, Loren Taylor, Gentiane Lupi, Mel Johnstone, Jeremy Randerson interviewed by Bret MacKenzie  - Can you count how many BATS curtain calls these friends have taken? A power house of stories and tunes to take you back in time.

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10pm 
Outta site set on the Random stage- Barneys DJs 

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10.30pm
 Duncan Sarkies & Nic Marshall - Deep into the archives of music and magic stories of hopeless love

11.30pm - Streaming the Dancefloor Bex / Jen 

Midnight 
The Baker's Three - Performing songs from Sunset Cafe and an original or two. 

12:30am 
Heyday Dome get dreamy 

1.00am -  Late'n Live with Jazzy Randerson + guests   
​Car Radio and late night toasted sandwiches 

1:30am Stu and Wade 

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2.00am - DJ Kedron & DJ Panda

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5.00am - DJ Richard and DJ Nat

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5.42am - SUNRISE

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7am

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Paula van Beek (c) 2021
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