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Festival News - Important Corrections
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 11:42 am | New Zealand Festival
It appears that the editor of Festival News is suffering an acute case of Festival Madness. More >>
Christine Jeffs joins Writers and Readers Week
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Festival
Internationally recognised film director Christine Jeffs joins New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week, in a late addition to the programme, to talk about the challenges and issues of adapting work for the screen. More >>
Hot Cakes - Tickets Sales Take Off
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Festival
Disappointed ballet fans will be turned away from tonight's final performance by Ballet Nacional de Espana. The show has been declared a total sell-out. Last night's penultimate performance by the immensely popular troupe was also a packed house. More >>
Tariq Ali In New Zealand - Writers & Readers Week
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 11:53 am | New Zealand Festival
Writer, filmmaker and long-term political activist Tariq Ali will take part in two public events in Wellington as part of New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week (9-14 March 2004) in the New Zealand International Arts Festival. More >>
Festival News - One Week To Go
Friday, 20 February 2004, 11:55 am | New Zealand Festival
* HUMOUR THEM - THEY'RE COMEDIANS * MAORI SOUTH PARK * GILBERTO GIL'S REGGAE SUNSPLASH * LOONEY TUNES - JAZZ GREAT DOES CARTOON THEMES * IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT - DON'T GO TO COOKIN' * ETGAR KERET'S DARK LAUGHS * BAD NEWS FOR BABYSITTERS - THE FAMILY ... More >>
Festival News - Less Than Three Weeks Til Opening
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Festival
In this issue: * MAORI TALENT CELEBRATED * LOCAL HERO'S LOCAL DEBUT * OPERA SEEKS 80s GEAR * FESTIVAL TAKES ON MOBIL SONG QUEST More >>
Song Quest a Perfect Fit with Festival
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 12:41 am | New Zealand Festival
“In the 20th year of presenting the country’s premier arts festival, the New Zealand International Arts Festival is delighted to be adopting the country’s premier singing competition,” according to Fran Wilde, Chair of the NZ International Arts Festival. More >>
New Zealand Post Writers And Readers Week 2004
Thursday, 5 February 2004, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Festival
Programme at a Glance (NB: regional events and the Prize in Modern Letters award ceremony are in italics; a key for the venue codes appears at the bottom of the programme) More >>
Festival News - 27 February - 21 March 2004
Thursday, 5 February 2004, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Festival
In this issue: * BOB MARLEY MANIA * WRITERS AND READERS PROGRAMME OUT NOW * OPERA SEEKS BIKER CHICK * JOSEPH SEELIG LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE More >>
Arts Festival News - 27 February - 21 March 2004
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 7:46 am | New Zealand Festival
Nau mai haere mai and welcome Today we celebrated our 10th birthday with a huge pohutukawa coloured kiwi cake. Mayor Kerry Prendergast blew out the candles which was very appropriate as the Wellington City Council has supported the Festival through thick and thin ... More >>
New Zealand International Arts Festival News 27/2
Wednesday, 21 January 2004, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Festival
In this issue: * TARIQ ALI JOINS PROGRAMME * FLYING - LYLE DOESN'T LOVE IT * MINISTER OF COOL TO VISIT CAPITAL * SPANISH BALLET ANNOUNCES REPERTOIRE * AFTER MRS ROCHESTER A UK HIT * FESTIVAL MASCOT ABDUCTED? More >>
Cast Named For New Kouka Play
Friday, 19 December 2003, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Festival
The cast has been named for Hone Kouka's play The Prophet, a new work co-produced by the New Zealand International Arts Festival and Taki Rua Productions that will have its world premiere at the Festival in 2004. More >>
Writer Suchen Christine Lim Festival Bound
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 11:50 am | New Zealand Festival
Prizewinning author Suchen Christine Lim becomes the first writer from Singapore to take part in the New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week when she appears as a guest of the Festival in March 2004. More >>
NZ Festival News - Issue 2
Monday, 8 December 2003, 10:36 am | New Zealand Festival
In this issue: * Win tickets to the stunning new ballet FOI [Faith] * Top conductor for The Blue Planet Live! * Top UK award for Festival director * Flight of the Conchords touch down * Put the Festival into this Festive season More >>
After Mrs Rochester Director Wins Top Award
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Festival
Polly Teale has won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for Shared Experience's acclaimed production of After Mrs Rochester, which has a season at the New Zealand International Arts Festival in 2004. More >>
The World Will Be In Wellington For Festival 2004
Friday, 31 October 2003, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Festival
Events for the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2004 will feature some of the world’s best artists and performers in a three week feast of music, opera, dance, theatre, visual arts and comedy. More >>
Late Entrant Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Festival
We are none of us safe in this world. What’s unsettling about the first sentence of the extraordinary The Missing by the young Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan is the way he takes the simple fact of our own vulnerability, a fact so familiar we conveniently ... More >>
NZ Festival Show Wins Critics Circle UK Award
Monday, 11 February 2002, 6:26 pm | New Zealand Festival
the far side of the moon has won its second British theatre award in less than three months. More >>
Swedish Soprano To Perform Pre-Festival Show
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 11:58 am | New Zealand Festival
Stunning young Swedish soprano, Miah Persson, will perform at an exclusive outdoor concert in Hawkes Bay before appearing in the 2002 New Zealand Festival's production of Der Rosenkavalier from February 23rd next year, the Festival confirmed today. More >>
Festival Shows Sold Out
Friday, 2 November 2001, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Festival
After two weeks on public sale, over a third of tickets to the 2002 New Zealand Festival have been sold, says Executive Director Alex Reedijk. More >>
