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ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

This side-splittingly funny West End and Broadway sensation is making its New Zealand debut as part of the Auckland Arts Festival 2013. Receiving five star reviews from all over the world, this is the only New Zealand season.

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14th - 23rd March

Aotea Centre

$45 - $118

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LEO

LEO

Leo tells the story of a humble man with a huge imagination and the gravity-defying powers of the greatest superheroes. Escape with Leo into a world of the impossible, a world where the limits of your imagination really are the limits of your world.

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19th - 24th March

Maidment Theatre

$39 - $58

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HUI

HUI

Sometimes all there is left is family...even if you hate their guts. Mitch Tawhi Thomas’ new play Hui relates with devastating clarity and courage, a story about whānau, secrets, lies, shame and the challenge of defying Māori tradition.

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16th - 23rd March

Q theatre Rangatira

$39 - $55

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The Strange Undoing of PRUDENCIA HART

The Strange Undoing of PRUDENCIA HART

Pull up a bar stool, grab a dram and settle in for an evening of devilishly good theatre, live music and unusual comings and goings. This Festival, the National Theatre of Scotland is taking theatre to a place Kiwis know and love – the pub.

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13th - 24th March

The Bluestone Room

$59 - $65

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CANTINA

CANTINA

Discover a 1930s underground cantina-cabaret where six freakishly talented characters take their bodies to the limit and test the fine line between pleasure and pain. Indulge your desires.

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6th - 24th March

Festival Club

$59 - $520

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URBAN

URBAN

Gravity-defying stunts and astonishing acrobatics that will have you and your kids gripping the edge of your seats. Urban by skilled-up young performers from Circolombia is one of the most revolutionary circus experiences to hit Auckland!

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13th - 17th March

The Civic

$35 - $65

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EN ROUTE

EN ROUTE

An expedition into the core of the city, tailor-made for you and unfolding all around you. en route is a warm-hearted, hand-crafted, rich, complex and roundly satisfying way for you to engage with your city and see it through new eyes.

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6th - 24th March

Central Auckland

$34 - $39

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I, GEORGE NEPIA

I, GEORGE NEPIA

Leading Māori playwright Hone Kouka’s award-winning play I, George Nepia celebrates the life of a talented young East Coast lad from humble beginnings who invented the spiral punt, crafted the crash tackle and was thrust into global rugby superstardom.

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21st - 23rd March

Mangere Arts Centre

$29 - $45

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THE BREATH OF THE VOLCANO

THE BREATH OF THE VOLCANO

The mind blowing, spectacular and unforgettable Groupe F returns to the Auckland Domain for a world premiere show of projection, fire and pyrotechnics suitable for the whole family.

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7th - 9th March

Auckland Domain

$10 - $33

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RHINOCEROS IN LOVE

RHINOCEROS IN LOVE

A flooded stage, a Chinese-pop soundtrack, Mandarin rhyming slang and online dating - Rhinoceros in Love leaves traditional Chinese theatre somewhere in its dust. Hailed as China’s most successful play of all time, get ready to be captivated by this arresting work.

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8th - 12th March

Maidment Theatre

$48 - $65

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THE FACTORY

THE FACTORY

New Zealand’s first ever Pacific musical, The Factory, is a vibrant, funk-fuelled and entirely unique exploration of the Samoan migrant experience. Get ready for music, song, story and dance that will rock your vaka.

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6th - 11th March

Q theatre Rangatira

$39 - $49

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I (HEART) ALICE (HEART) I

I (HEART) ALICE (HEART) I

A stirring piece of documentary-style theatre, by this bold new Irish company, tells the love story of two sexagenarian women, spotted kissing in a supermarket aisle.

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7th - 11th March

Q theatre Loft

$53 - $58

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THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE McGURK

THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE McGURK

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012 The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a tale about friendship, betrayal and overcoming adversity. Suitable for audiences from 9 to 90.

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23rd - 24th March

Concert Chamber
Auckland Town Hall

$12 - $20

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THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

Escape with the entire family to a hallowed land far, far away. A gentle, funny environmental fable about a shepherd who plants a forest acorn by acorn and shows us the difference one man (and his dog!) can make to the world.

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8 - 9 March

Concert Chamber
Auckland Town Hall

$12 - $20

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AUT DOMINION ROAD STORIES

AUT DOMINION ROAD STORIES

Neighbourhood theatre has never been so extraordinary. Venture halfway down Dominion Road and join Auckland Theatre Company artists, actors, volunteers and neighbourhood friends in a celebration of Auckland’s street-of-a-thousand-stories – Dominion Road.

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16th - 17th March

Dominion Rd
Potters Park

$12 - $20

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HUI - In Rehearsal

HUI - In Rehearsal

See this incendiary, brave and authentic New Zealand drama in the final stages of development before its world premiere.

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8th March

Mangere Arts Centre

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