Emma Memma’s Twirly Tour Twirls Its Way To New Zealand This December!
AUCKLAND, NZ (7AM MONDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2023) -- After taking the Twirly Tour across Australia throughout 2023, Emma Memma is delighted to announce that she will finally be boarding her Green Plane to New Zealand in December with her friends Elvin Melvin, BB Butterfly and Waffles The Wombat!
Families will be treated to Emma Memma’s favourite songs on the Emma Memma Twirly Tour like ‘Twirly Tuesday’, ‘Wombat Wednesday’ and ‘I Love You’ as well as the classics ‘Wheels On The Bus’, ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ and ‘ABC’ as well Emma Memma’s brand new song and crowd favourite, ‘BB Butterfly’ that are all featured on Emma Memma’s YouTube Channel here.
Emma: “To celebrate the start of the festive season, we wanted to bring our Twirly Tour to some of our favourite places in New Zealand to sing, dance and learn sign language with us in December. This is the first time we are taking our live show to these beautiful towns and we are so looking forward to seeing families dressing up in their special orange, pink and green outfits!”
Empowering the next generation through movement, creativity, inclusiveness and friendship, Emma Memma with her love of dance, sign language and music, brings visual communication to the forefront of the children’s media space and fans will get to immerse themselves in this sparkling experience on Emma Memma’s Twirly Tour.
Families are encouraged to dress in Emma Memma and Elvin Melvin’s favourite colours: orange, pink and green!
EMMA MEMMA'S TWIRY TOUR
NEW ZEALAND 2023
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8
BAYCOURT X SPACE, TAURANGA
10:00am & 12:00pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
CLARENCE ST THEATRE, HAMILTON
10:00am
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
MUNICIPAL THEATRE, NAPIER
10:00am
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12
SHED 6, WELLINGTON
10:00am & 12:00pm
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13
SKY CITY THEATRE, AUCKLAND
10:00am
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14
GLENROY AUDITORIUM, DUNEDIN
10:00am
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, CHRISTCHURCH
10:00am
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 10AM
ONE NZ PRESALE: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 AT 10AM
HEAD TO ONE.NZ/MUSIC
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz
Follow these three Twirly tips to make the most of your Emma Memma’s Twirly Tour experience:
1) One NZ members get a special early bird chance to buy tickets on Wednesday, September 27 at 10:00am. Visit one.nz/music for more information.
2) Tickets go on sale from livenation.co.nz on Friday, September 29 at 10:00am
** Only buy tickets from this authorised link, do not trust any other sites offering tickets **
3) Choose your best orange, pink and green outfits to dress up for Emma Memma’s Twirly Tour. Emma Memma costumes and accessories are available in store now!
About Emma Watkins
Dancer and filmmaker Emma Watkins began her performance career early from the age of three, nurturing her love of dance and movement by performing ballet, Irish, hip-hop, tap and contemporary dance.
Emma studied at The McDonald College for the Performing Arts, Sydney Film School, ED5 International and at the University of Technology Sydney, completing her Master’s in Media Arts and Communication.
Emma has been passionate about sign language and raising awareness of Australia’s Deaf community since she was young. Emma pursued studying sign language, completing her Diploma of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and her Diploma in Interpreting (Auslan) at Deaf Connect and submitting her PhD at Macquarie University in Sydney, focusing on the affective, artistic integrations of sign language, dance and film editing.
Over the last two decades, Emma has developed a high level of skill using expressive effort in movement. Emma hopes to continue to improve access for the Deaf community and those who use sign language in her own personal research projects.
Notes to editors
For all Emma Memma-related enquiries, contact:
818 Publicity
Morgan Ellis
morgan@818.co.nz
+64 21 176 3463
For all Live Nation related enquiries, contact:
Live Nation Australasia
Thommy Simmons
thommy.simmons@livenation.co.nz