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Sir Michael Tippett's A Child Of Our Time

Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:01 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Auckland Arts Festival is delighted to announce the unique anti-war oratorio, A Child Of Our Time , in the Auckland Arts Festival 2015. More >>

BABEL(words) - NZ Premiere 21 March

Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 3:51 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Babel (words) is an infinitely beautiful dance-theatre masterpiece that was created by two of Europe’s hottest dancer / choreographers, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, and has swept the world with huge acclaim. After a sell-out season as the ... More >>

Arts Festival Family - with NZ's first Thriller Flash Mob

Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 3:30 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Nau mai, haere mai! The Auckland Arts Festival 2013 calls 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. Between 10am-4pm, Family ... More >>

Extra Performance Date for the Man Who Planted Trees

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 12:53 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

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 AGES 7+ Huge interest in the funny and captivating theatre show The Man Who Planted Trees has ... More >>

Ten Guitars by Ten Good Wa

Monday, 25 February 2013, 10:39 am | Auckland Arts Festival

Media Release 25 February, 2013 Ten Guitars by Ten Good Wa’ Auckland Arts Festival show brings together some of the very best female strummers in Aotearoa I had a band of men and all they did was give me grief They spent all of my money and drank all ... More >>

White Night Auckland Arts Festival 2013

Monday, 18 February 2013, 1:21 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

MEDIA RELEASE 18 February 2013 Auckland Arts Festival 2013, in association with Voyager NZ Maritime Museum, Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland Museum, Central City Library - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero and Art in the Dark present More >>

Calling All Schools...to the Auckland Arts Festival

Monday, 11 February 2013, 6:55 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

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

Cast Announced for NZ's First Pacific Musical - The Factory

Thursday, 10 January 2013, 12:21 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Auckland Arts Festival is delighted to announce the cast for the brilliant home-grown production and New Zealand’s first Pacific musical, The Factory. More >>

Gotta Gripe? Tell Someone Who Cares – Auckland Arts Festival

Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:22 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Gotta Gripe? Tell Someone Who Cares – The Auckland Arts Festival AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL’S PARLOUR COMPLAINTS CHOIR INVITES THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR COMPLAINTS – EMAIL YOURS IN TODAY! “Airport security took my mouthwash!” “I keep working ... More >>

Wu Man plays in Auckland Arts Festival

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 1:10 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

MEDIA RELEASE 8 November, 2012 Wu Man Named 2013 Instrumentalist of the Year The Chinese pipa virtuoso plays two exclusive performances in Auckland Arts Festival 2013 WU MAN AND THE KRONOS QUARTET Saturday 9 March, 2013 The Civic, Auckland WU ... More >>

Auckland Arts Festival 2013 - Visual Arts

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 9:56 am | Auckland Arts Festival

A magnificent display communicating the hopes and dreams of Auckland school children, 200L of milk annihilated by gunfire and The Brady Bunch adorned with bindis are just some of what can be expected in Auckland Arts Festival’s massive, free visual arts ... More >>

Auckland Arts Festival 2013 Announced

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 9:50 am | Auckland Arts Festival

From 6 to 24 March 2013, Aucklanders and visitors to the region are invited to choose their own adventures through the streets, theatres and galleries, as the Auckland Arts Festival bursts to life across the city. Auckland’s premier arts festival ... More >>

Be an Auckland Arts Festival VIP for a Night

Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 10:50 am | Auckland Arts Festival

The Auckland Arts Festival 2013 is thrilled to announce a new competition in partnership with Coast and the Rendezvous Grand Hotel: a VIP Experience with the smash-hit show One Man, Two Guvnors . A luxurious overnight stay at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel, ... More >>

Auckland Arts Festival Announces Four Further Shows

Friday, 5 October 2012, 9:09 am | Auckland Arts Festival

Benjamin Britten’s monumental War Requiem , a new New Zealand work paying tribute to Carmen Rupe, Songs and Dances of Desire , the world renowned Kronos Quartet and Wu Man playing A Chinese Home and Ghost Opera , and the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s ... More >>

One Man Two Guvnors At Auckland Arts Festival

Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 8:19 am | Auckland Arts Festival

Auckland Arts Festival announces the exclusive New Zealand season of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS More >>

Auckland: John Psathas and the APO Bridge Worlds

Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 1:24 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Composer John Psathas has shown again and again that he’s not afraid to fuse the worlds of classical and non-classical music. A forthcoming work commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), for example, sees Psathas joining forces with ... More >>

Suburban Floral Association comes to town

Monday, 28 February 2011, 11:34 am | Auckland Arts Festival

What are hydrangea bushes doing among the steel and concrete of Newmarket? Why are flower lovers gathering outside the train station just off Broadway? Artists Monique Redmond and Tanya Eccleston, aka Suburban Floral Association, provide the answer ... More >>

Visual Arts Showcased in Auckland Arts Festival 2011

Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 5:03 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Major International artists Sarah Lucas (UK), Héctor Zamora (Mexico/Brazil) and Daniel Crooks (Melbourne-based New Zealander) headline a spectacular visual arts programme for Auckland Arts Festival 2011 (2-20 March), which includes exhibitions, ... More >>

Auckland Arts Festival Dance Programme Changes

Thursday, 23 December 2010, 12:46 pm | Auckland Arts Festival

Auckland Arts Festival Dance Programme Changes We regret to announce that due to complications with freight and transport, one of the two Maguy Marin works scheduled for Auckland Arts Festival, Salves, has been cancelled. The Festival is pleased to ... More >>

Major Awards End Fairytale Year For Red Leap

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:26 am | Auckland Arts Festival

Creator of international Festival hit The Arrival, Red Leap Theatre, is ending 2010 on a high, with a new Auckland Arts Festival work in the wings; major recognition from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, and six wins at the Chapman Tripp Theatre ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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