Picture shows to
help build antici . . . . . .pation
22 November 2004
By TRACEY COOPER
With just four days
to go, Hamilton is beginning to "shiver with antici . .
. . . .pation".
Fans will recognise that line from Sweet Transvestite, a song
from the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show.
And city residents
will recognise the fans on Friday night when they jump to the
left and step to the right as the Time Warp makes its way along
Victoria St to the unveiling of the Riff Raff statue –-
forged in honour of former Hamilton barber Richard O'Brien.
O'Brien left the
city in the 1960s and flourished in London, where he created
the Rocky Horror Picture Show and played the butler Riff Raff
in the movie and stage shows.
The Riff Raff statue
has been created by Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor, who said
it was the first piece of public sculpture the Lord of the Rings'
special effects company had worked on.
"This cult classic,
which was born in Hamilton, has a place in the hearts of many
people the world over," he said.
The statue will be
unveiled on the old Embassy Theatre site –- where O'Brien
worked –- at midnight on Friday, with entertainment from
9pm.
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get in the mood, Hamilton's Victoria Cinema is hosting a couple
of late night, double feature picture shows.
On Wednesday it will
be The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
On Thursday it's
the 1933 classic King Kong and the second is, of course, the
Rocky Horror Picture Show –- the interactive version.
