
Cast members Claire Barton, Andreas Hirt and Julien van Mellaerts, with Julia Horsnell on piano, star in The Maid Becomes Mistress, by Giovanni Pergolesi.
A scheming servant plots to become the wife of her employer with the help of a foolish valet.
Hirt, van Mellaerts and Horsnell, with Emma Fraser and Michelle Willyams, return to the stage in First the Music, Then the Words, by Antonio Salieri. A composer and writer must create an opera quickly, while at the same time dealing with two scary prima donnas.
The Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall's doors open at 6.45pm for the show at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost $40 for adults, $32 for seniors and $15 for school pupils, and are available at the Queenstown i-SITE, Queenstown Events Centre, Ticketek or at the door.
Picks of the Week
TODAY
• 9pm: Subculture celebrates "8-Mile", its eighth birthday, with drum 'n' bass from DJ Kiljoy (Concord Dawn). Earlybird entry $5 before 11pm.
TOMORROW
• 8pm: Last chance to see All Shook Up, the hit rock 'n' roll musical featuring Elvis Presley classics, in the Queenstown Memorial Hall. Tickets range from $15 to $49.50, available from the i-Site Visitor Centre Queenstown, or Ticketdirect. Box office opens 7pm.
• 8pm: Revolver presents a Mini Ramp fundraiser and social jam in aid of the $3000 cost for the Skatelite surface. Entry is a $15 donation, with spot prizes and DJ.
• 10pm: Christchurch pop punk quartet Alison Lake rock Winnie's Gourmet Pizza Bar. Free.
SUNDAY
• 2pm: A dozen young bands get their Big Break in Revolver for the first time, courtesy of charitable trust RockFormation. Free entry for pupils; adults and fans $5 on the door, from 1pm.
MONDAY
• 11am: Nostalgic New Zealand countryside is the inspiration for Auckland acrylic artist Libby McColl's new exhibition of about a dozen artworks in Artbay Gallery. "New Works: The Writing on the Wall" runs until June 20.
8.30pm: A woman (Michelle Williams), stranded in Oregon on her way to find work in Alaska, runs into a series of problems which lead to her losing her beloved dog. Wendy and Lucy (2008) is screened by the Queenstown Film Society in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown.
WEDNESDAY
• 7.30pm: Taxi Trio plays jazz in Barmuda. Free.











