Topp Twins Too Big for Town Hall

25/5/11

Demand for The Topp Twins’ 23 June concert with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is so strong, it’s prompted a change of venue.

The Kiwi icons are swapping one heritage building for another, moving from Auckland Town Hall to The Civic. It’s a switch that makes a further 500 seats available.

“The Town Hall is our usual home and a wonderful building but The Topp Twins are so popular we’ve had to move to accommodate more people,” says APO Chief Executive Barbara Glaser. “The good news for concert-goers is that it means tickets are still available for the twins’ show; we’d been close to selling out.”

People who have already bought tickets can rest assured that they will be transferred to equivalent or better seats at The Civic.

A reprise of 2010’s hugely successful collaboration between the sisters and the orchestra, the concert is entitled The Topp Twins and The APO: An Encore. But that doesn’t mean a note for note repeat of last year’s performance.

“This show is different,” says Jools Topp. “There are different sketches, different songs, and even different instruments.”

“We were on the verge of calling it ‘The Topp Twins and the APO: An Encore – Now With Extra Stuff and Added Alphorn’,” says sister Lynda, “but it would have cost too much to print all that on the poster.”

The twins are pleased about the move to The Civic.

“It’s a large hall but it’s got an intimate feel with a nice acoustic,” says Jools.

“And if people get bored they can sit and watch for the shooting star in the ceiling.”

They won’t.

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Who: The Topp Twins and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
What: The Topp Twins and the APO: An Encore
Where: Now at The Civic, Auckland
When: Thursday 23 June, 8pm
Bookings: Tickets available from THE EDGE, www.buytickets.co.nz, ph 0800 BUY TICKETS

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