The Spooky Men’s Chorale return to New Zealand!

Darlings of the folk festival circuit, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, are coming back to New Zealand for the first time since 2012 after amazing audiences with their genre-bending acapella at festivals and shows worldwide.

In March, the half serious men’s choir and half choral pranksters will tour from Auckland to Christchurch and everywhere in between taking their captivating combination of Visigothic bravado, absurdist humour, and eye-moistening tenderness to kiwi stages.

Based on the twin pillars of grand foolishness and the quest for the perfect subwoofer-rattling boofchord (a chord you’ll only know once you hear it), the Spooky Men use their voices, a twinkle in the eye, and 15 really good hats to commentate on the absurdity and grandeur of the modern male.

Musical Director, Founder, and Spookermeister-in-Chief, Stephen Taberner, is Christchurch-born and looking forward to bringing the laughter, tears, and merriment to New Zealand again: “We’re kind of aiming to be boofy enough to take over a pub, stupid enough for a comedy festival, and reverent and beautiful enough to evoke tears….but I guess the audience has to be the best judge of whether we succeed…”

Each show promises to be a dizzying cornucopia of musical adventures, all in the name of both ennobling and ridiculing the paradoxes of man-ness.

Their catalogue, which began in 2001 with a simple combination of Georgian table songs, immaculate ballads and tawdry anthems like “Don’t stand between a man and his tool”, has since expanded to include sly and witty commentary on their own favourite body parts and a mock Sufi ode to the BeeGees. New Zealanders also might recognize “Spooky Theme Song” from the Speight’s Summit ‘Man Like Natural’ ad.

In their 18^th year, and with six studio albums under their belt, the Spookies are a vast, rumbling, steam powered and black clad vocal behemoth. From disco to dervish; from renaissance to rock ‘n’ roll; from gospel to goodness knows what; the Spooky Men’s Chorale will take New Zealand on a song-filled rollercoaster ride of fun for the whole family!

AUCKLAND
St Matthews In The City, 187 Federal Street
Saturday 10 March 7.30pm
BOOKINGS: eventfinda
All Ages

HAMILTON
The Meteor Theatre, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Sunday 11 March 7.30pm
BOOKINGS: Meteor Theatre
All Ages

NEW PLYMOUTH
WOMAD, Coronation Ave
Saturday 17 March
BOOKINGS: www.womad.co.nz

PALMERSTON NORTH
The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St
Tuesday 20 March, 7.30pm
BOOKINGS: www.globetheatre.co.nz or (06) 351 4409
All Ages

WELLINGTON
Salvation Army Citadel, 92 Vivian St
Wednesday 21 March, 8pm
BOOKINGS: eventfinda or 0800 BUY TIX (289 849)
All Ages

MOTUEKA
Motueka Memorial Hall, 8 Pah Street
Thursday 22 March, 8pm
BOOKINGS: www.statecinemamotueka.co.nz or 03 528 8648.
All Ages

CHRISTCHURCH
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street
Saturday 24 March
The Spooky Men’s Family Show 4.00pm
The Spooky Men’s Chorale 8.00pm 
BOOKINGS: Ticketspice 
All Ages