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Live Interactive Cinema comes to SKYCITY Cinemas

Wednesday 15 July 2009, 10:10AM

By Skycity

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AUCKLAND

Children’s entertainment has taken on a whole new dimension at SKYCITY Cinemas, and it’s set to take New Zealand by storm. LICKs 5D – LIVE INTERACTIVE CINEMA FOR KIDS, the brainchild of LICKs Productions, is an incredible cross-platform entertainment experience, bringing together stage, screen and audience… and it’s like nothing audiences have ever experienced before.

The LICKs 5D concept launches a totally new form of entertainment within SKYCITY’s digital cinema, already receiving widespread praise and interest both overseas. Combining 3D animation and digital cinema technology, live stage performance (fourth dimension) and audience interaction with stage and screen (fifth dimension), cast and characters come to life right before your eyes.

LICKs 5D Productions will hold an exclusive performance of its premiere show “Hello Music Land” at SKYCITY Cinemas St Lukes, with a limited season 20-23 August, 2009.

“Hello Music Land is great entertainment for littlies and the young at heart…” says Jane Hastings, General Manager of SKYCITY Cinemas. “Alternative content compliments our core cinema entertainment experience and we are delighted to be partnering with LICKs Productions.

LICKs 5D “Hello Music Land” premiered in Singapore and Melbourne in 2006 and has been touring since, receiving rave reviews from audiences, sponsors, educators and media.

LICKs 5D was created and is produced by a collaborative team of multi-award winning directors, animators, script writers and other talents including CEO & Producer Karen Kim (Director Hello Music School, Producer ‘Hello Music Show’ C31, Foxtel and Austar - Winner Best Children’s TV Program ‘The Antennas’ ), Directors Stephen Johnson (AFI award winning ‘Yolngu Boy’, Logie awarded ‘Out There’) and Ian Munro (award winning Hi-5, New MacDonald’s Farm, Bananas in Pyjamas)

“We are thrilled to be confirming shows for the New Zealand audience with SKYCITY Cinemas. LICKs 5D “Hello Music Land” is such a unique form of edu-tertainment that we are extremely proud of.” says LICKs Productions’ CEO and Producer, Karen Kim.