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AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS

1 years ago

Auckland Arts Festival 2013 has been hailed a major success, doubling attendance figures and recording the largest box office income for any single previous Auckland arts festival.

EXTRA PERFORMANCE DATE FOR THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

1 years ago

Due to popular demand, Auckland Arts Festival announces an extra performance of The Man Who Planted Trees on Friday 8 March, 6pm, Auckland Town Hall.

WHITE NIGHT

1 years ago

Be spellbound by Auckland Arts Festival's free arts extravaganza.

CALLING ALL SCHOOLS...TO THE AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL 2013

1 years ago

School teachers across New Zealand are encouraged to BOOK NOW for the Auckland Arts Festival 2013 SMARTSfest programme -where education meets the arts.

SOUNDS AOTEAROA SHOWCASE ARTISTS ANNOUNCED

1 years ago

Everyone's invited to see the very best contemporary Māori and Pacific musicians perform at Aotearoa's indigenous music expo.

WU MAN NAMED 2013 INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

2 years ago

Wu Man, the intrepid pipa player, Grammy Award winner and one-woman force of nature who is coming to Auckland Arts Festival 2013, has been named Musical America’s 2013 Instrumentalist of the Year.

THE ARTS PARTY EVERYONE’S INVITED TO

2 years ago

Theatre, music, dance and visual art for all at Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

MAKE A DATE WITH ART IN MARCH

2 years ago

Art is for everyone in Auckland Arts Festival 2013’s visual arts fiesta.

THE BREATH OF THE VOLCANO

2 years ago

The world-renowned pyrotechnic performance maestros, Groupe F, have created a brilliant new show especially for Auckland and Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

2 years ago

The National Theatre of Great Britain’s multi award-winning West End and Broadway sensation One Man, Two Guvnors is coming to the Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

URBAN

2 years ago

A high-voltage circus-theatre production, exploding with gravity-defying stunts and astonishing acrobatics.

CANTINA

2 years ago

Cantina offers breathtaking acrobatics, optical illusion, titillating tightrope, intimate encounters and high, high heels.

BABEL (words)

2 years ago

An infinitely beautiful dance-theatre masterpiece created by two of Europe’s hottest dancer / choreographers.

WAR REQUIEM

2 years ago

One hundred years since the birth of its composer, Benjamin Britten, the magnum opus War Requiem is coming to life at Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

THE FESTIVAL CLUB

2 years ago

Groovers and shakers are invited to swing along to Auckland Arts Festival’s Festival Club which will take up residence in the Festival Garden in Aotea Square for the entire Festival.

FAMILY DAY / WHĀNAU WHĀNUI

2 years ago

Calling all families, kids, mums, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles and babysitters to come on down and celebrate the arts in Aotea Square for Family Day on Sunday 24 March.

EN ROUTE

2 years ago

en route is an expedition into the core of the city, tailor-made for Auckland.

EVERYTHING IS KA PAI

2 years ago

An epic, one-off concert in which classic Māori anthems take centre stage.

THE FACTORY

2 years ago

New Zealand’s first ever Pacific musical, created in and about South Auckland by the courageous Kila Kokonut Krew (KKK), is coming to the big smoke.

HUGH MASEKELA

2 years ago

The ‘High Priest of Afrobeat’ and Grammy Award-winner Hugh Masekela will fill Auckland’s Town Hall with glorious sound and Afro groove.

KRONOS QUARTET AND WU MAN

2 years ago

The world-renowned Kronos Quartet and Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man perform two dynamic and boundary-breaking works, including Ghost Opera by soundtrack composer to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun.

CONVERGENCE

2 years ago

Convergence is a dynamic concert that weaves together Western, Eastern and Māori musical traditions, presented by some of contemporary classical music’s cross-cultural innovators.

THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART

2 years ago

This Auckland Arts Festival, The National Theatre of Scotland, of Black Watch fame, is taking theatre to a place Kiwis know and love – the pub.

HUI

2 years ago

Fresh from one of New Zealand’s hottest playwrights, Mitch Tawhi Thomas, comes Hui, a story about whānau, secrets, lies and the challenge of resisting Māori tradition.

RHINOCEROS IN LOVE

2 years ago

Auckland Arts Festival is delighted to be bringing the National Theatre of China and this ground-breaking masterpiece of contemporary drama to New Zealand for the first time.

SONGS AND DANCES OF DESIRE

2 years ago

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) Composer-in-Residence Jack Body’s highly anticipated tribute to New Zealand drag queen and madam, Carmen Rupe.

LITTLE BRITTEN

2 years ago

Auckland Arts Festival 2013 has invited New Zealand‘s finest choirs to raise the roof of Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral for a special concert on 20 March.

LEO

2 years ago

Leo fuses energetic live performance with innovative video projection and leaves audiences wondering which way is up and which is down.

GLEN HANSARD with THE FRAMES Supported by LISA HANNIGAN

2 years ago

Two of Irish contemporary music’s brightest stars, Glen Hansard and Lisa Hannigan, in a rare, one-night-only show.

COFFEE WITH MR BACH

2 years ago

A delightful Early Music performance from New Zealand’s Age of Discovery.

I ♥ ALICE ♥ I

2 years ago

Auckland Arts Festival 2013 invites audiences to open their hearts and prepare themselves for a most unexpected love story with I ♥ Alice ♥ I.

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

2 years ago

A funny and captivating theatre show for children and adults alike, The Man Who Planted Trees, is a delightful production based on French author Jean Giono's environmental cult classic.

THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK

2 years ago

For audiences aged 9 to 90, The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is an enchanting storytelling experience about friendship, betrayal and how relationships change over time.

RUTHIE FOSTER

2 years ago

The soulful, Grammy Award-nominated musician, Ruthie Foster powers on to the Great Hall stage on 6 March as part of Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

VIRTUOSI

2 years ago

A beautiful and inspirational feature-length documentary about the passionate drive to be an artist, created by award-winning Australian-based New Zealand choreographer and filmmaker, Sue Healey.

I, GEORGE NEPIA

2 years ago

Leading Māori playwright Hone Kouka’s award-winning play I, George Nepia, the heart-warming story of the talented and unassuming New Zealand rugby legend, is coming to Auckland Arts Festival 2013.

MADE TO MOVE

2 years ago

Three world premieres will be performed by the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) as the first dance work in the Auckland Arts Festival 2013 programme.

WU MAN

2 years ago

The intrepid Wu Man - pipa virtuoso, Grammy Award winner and one-woman force of nature - is coming to Auckland Arts Festival for a one-off, solo performance, Wu Man and her Pipa: Ancient Ties for Modern Sound.

WHAKA-ARIA MAI: OPERA IN TE REO

2 years ago

New Zealand soprano Deborah Wai Kapohe will be joined by emerging talents from the opera world to present a work that explores classic opera arias transformed into Te Reo and popular Māori waiata recreated in the lyrical language of opera.

HOU 2013

2 years ago

In HOU 2013, three of the country’s best Māori contemporary choreographers will thrill audiences with the ihi, wehi and wana (energy, power and awe) of contemporary dance theatre.