Hi-5 House Hits! Tour

Hi-5 House Hits! Tour Show by Hi-5 Start Date: 30/06/2014 End Date: 08/10/2016 Leg(s): 04 Shows: Australia Thailand Hong Kong Dubai Singapore Malaysia Philippines Indonesia New Zealand DVD: Songs With Friends! Associated series: Series 1 and Series 2 Associated album(s): Hi-5 Hot Hits! Chronology by Hi-5 Before Tour: Hi-5 House Party Tour This tour: Hi-5 House Hits! Tour Next Tour: Hi-5 House Of Dreams: Live in Concert

Hi-5 House Hits is the fourteenth tour of the Hi-5 Australian band, that began on the 30th of June 2014 at The Concourse Concert Hall in Chatswood in New South Wales, Australia and later toured Australia and Asia in the year and in early 2015. It was later brought to New Zealand in 2016, where it commenced on the 1st of October in Auckland, and concluded on the 8th of October that year in Wellington.

This tour marks the first appearance of Tanika Anderson as a cast member, having previously served as an understudy for the group since the previous year. The tour also marks the last such tour for Lauren Brant who announced and made her formal departures from the group during the first Australian leg of the tour.

This is also the last known Hi-5 tour to visit New Zealand (and the first in 8 years since The Hi-5 Circus Stageshow), and the only time the group has toured Dubai. Furthermore, it is also the first time Hi-5 has toured to Thailand.

Setlist

NOTE: The tour was originally presented in one act when it toured Australia in its first leg in 2014. Starting from the Asian leg, the tour would be split and presented into two acts, which the following set list below represents.

Setlist is currently incomplete and only consists of songs that have been confirmed through surfaced pictures, information and footage. Songs in bold highlight the Songs of the Week featured in this concert.

Act 1

• Five Senses
• Spin, Spin, Spin
• Some Kind Of Wonderful
• Beaver Rap
• Underwater Discovery
• Fishing Rod
• Wish Upon A Star
• Spin, Spin, Spin (Reprise)
• Give Five
• Big Bee Bop
• Down By The Billabong
• So Many Animals
• Spin, Spin, Spin (Reprise #2)
• L.O.V.E.

Act 2

• Fizzy (1st Leg Australian Shows only)
• Spin, Spin, Spin (Reprise #3)
• Robot Number 1
• Rock 'N Roll
• Making Music (Shows from Thailand onwards)
• At The Bus Stop
• The Dancing Bus
• Dance With The Dinosaurs
• Ready Or Not
• Spin, Spin, Spin (Reprise #4)
• T.E.A.M.
• WOW!/Santa Claus Is Coming (Shows in the Xmas season)

Cast

Presenters

• Lauren Brant (up until Melbourne)
• Tanika Anderson
• Mary Lascaris
• Ainsley Melham
• Stevie Nicholson
• Dayen Zheng
• Lachie Dearing (New Zealand shows only)
• Chris White (New Zealand shows only)

Puppeteers

• Jessica Harm as Chatterbox (also female understudy; notably for Mary for shows in Malaysia and the Phillipines)
• Ainsley Melham as Jup Jup (voice only)
• Jessica Redmaye as Chatterbox (New Zealand shows only)

Tour Dates

Australia and Asia (2014)

• June 30th, 2014 - Chatswood, NSW, The Concourse- Concert Hall
• July 1st, 2014 - NSW, Mount Pritchard Mounties
• July 2nd, 2014 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
• July 3rd, 2014 - NSW, Penrith Panthers - Evan Theatre
• July 6th, 2014 - Perth Concert Hall
• July 10th. 2014 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre - Theatre
• July 11th, 2014 - VIC, Frankston Arts Centre
• July 12th, 2014 - Melbourne, Palais Theatre (last official shows with Lauren)
• August 2nd-3rd, 2014 - Thailand, Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
• August 9-10th, 2014 - New Territories, Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Expo
• September 5-6th, 2014 - Doha, Qatar National Convention Centre (cancelled)
• September 12-13th, 2014 - United Arab Emirates, Dubai World Trade Centre

Asia Leg 2 (2014)

• December 5-6th, 2014 - Singapore, The Star Performing Arts Centre
• December 10-14th, 2014 - Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre - Pentas 1
• December 19th-21st, 2014 - Manila, Philippines, Newport Performing Arts Theatre

Australia Leg 2 and Asia Leg 3 (2015)

• January 22nd, 2015 - Newcastle Panthers
• January 23rd, 2015 - Port Macquarie Panthers
• January 24th, 2015 - NSW, Club Forster
• January 25th, 2015 - Coffs Harbour, Coffs Ex Service Club
• February 18th-22nd, 2015 - Jakarta, Gandaria City - Skenoo Exhibition Hall
• February 28th-March 1st, 2015 - Manila, Philippines, Meralco Theater

New Zealand (2016)

• January 23rd-24th, 2016 - Opera House, Wellington (cancelled and rescheduled; due to changes in filming commitments)
• October 1st, 2016 - Auckland, Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre (originally scheduled for 30th-31st January 2016, rescheduled due to changes in filming commitments)
• October 2nd, 2016 - Claudelands, Hamilton Heaphy Room
• October 3rd, 2016 - Napier Municipal Theatre
• October 5th, 2016 - Christchurch, Isaac Theatre Royal (originally scheduled for 26-27th January 2016, rescheduled due to changes in filming commitments)
• October 6th, 2016 - Dunedin, Regent Theatre
• October 8th, 2016 - Wellington, St. James Theatre

Gallery

Trivia

• The shows in Indonesia and New Zealand marks the last time projection scrims are used in concerts in tandem to the digital projections that are used in this production.
  • Furthermore, this is also the only New Zealand tour of Hi-5 to not feature any original members of the group.
• Some of the shows in New Zealand repurpose the Hi-5 House inflatable hand sign that was previously used in the previous tour.
• Some of the shows in Asia marks the first time Chats is performed by a male, usually in events where her usual puppeteer on tour (Jessica Harm) fills in the gap in the absence of another presenter (e.g. Mary for some shows in Malaysia).
  • Furthermore, the original run of shows from 2014 to early 2015 marks the first time Chats is played by Jessica Harm, who had previously auditioned for the Hi-5 cast in the Some Kind of Wonderful movie, ending up as the top 10 finalists.