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From Glow to Interactive Whoa
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:25 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Get set to Glow as the NZ International Arts Festival presents a miraculous dance work that analyses the relationship between bright luminous light, absorbing graphics and the sensuous movement of the human body. More >>
Arts Festival Daily Listings, 1 - 8 March
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:23 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
"New Zealand International Arts Festival enters Week Two with NZ work premieres alongside award winning dancers" More >>
Special Celebrity Stars for Bro’town Live Show
Monday, 3 March 2008, 1:39 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
bro' Town Live on Stage will be a star-studded affair, including Scribe, Flight of the Conchords, Neil Finn, Lucy Lawless, John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld. These special celebrity guests will feature in person and via video-link during the two ... More >>
Were the Dogs of the South Seas the Savages?
Monday, 25 February 2008, 3:57 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Commemorating the dramatic twists and turns of New Zealand history, the New Zealand International Arts Festival has commissioned a contemporary operatic retelling of Dame Anne Salmond’s Montana Award-winning The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, which ... More >>
Bro’ Town Creator to MC Free Festival Concert
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:53 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Oscar Kightley [bro’Town, Naked Samoans] has been confirmed as Master of Ceremonies for the Festival’s free outdoor event From Score to Screen. The greatest film soundtracks of all time take centre stage in this fun-filled concert at Waitangi Park on the ... More >>
A NZ Literary Feast
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 9:44 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
In an age where television and film remain controlled by ratings, is writing the last bastion of the unsayable? Do writers have an obligation to write the taboo? When is too far just enough? Are they really telling us anything we don’t already ... More >>
Addressing Contemporary Society in Literary Feast
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 9:12 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
In an age where television and film remain controlled by ratings, is writing the last bastion of the unsayable? Do writers have an obligation to write the taboo? When is too far just enough? Are they really telling us anything we don’t already ... More >>
Pakistan Situation: Festival Author Reconsiders
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 10:06 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Mohsin Hamid, an author to feature at the New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week has had to reconsider his visit to NZ due to the deteriorating political situation in his native country of Pakistan. More >>
63 young singers to compete in Lexus Song Quest
Monday, 30 October 2006, 4:30 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Singers from the Bay of Islands to Southland have entered New Zealand’s most famous singing competition, the 2007 Lexus Song Quest. Also keen to audition are Kiwi-expatriates currently residing in the UK, Germany, the USA and Australia. More >>
The play of the story of his life...
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 1:37 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
At the age of twelve, David Page had two Top Ten singles and was considered to be Australia’s answer to the young Michael Jackson. In 2000, he composed the music for the Sydney Olympics opening and closing night ceremonies. Now, he’s performing a ... More >>
Festival Debut for Flamenco’s Finest
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 12:02 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Hailed as one of the major forces in the flamenco world today, Eva Yerbabuena’s Festival performance will showcase her intimate and powerful dance Eva – the piece that secured her success and reputation. More >>
Lights, camera, action!
Friday, 24 February 2006, 12:10 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
The world famous photographic exhibition Earth from Above will make its Australasian debut tonight at 8:30pm at the new Waitangi Park on the Wellington waterfront to kick off Festival celebrations! More >>
Only two days to go until opening night!
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 10:20 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
A huge 28-metre-high inflatable white dome has landed in Waitangi Park! The spunky young cast of the Lexus Season of The History Boys have flown in from sell-out shows in Hong Kong! The Michael Fowler Centre is reverberating with the sumptuous rehearsal ... More >>
Wi Kuki Kaa
Monday, 20 February 2006, 5:11 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
It is with a profound sense of shock that the cast and crew of Dr Buller's Birds learned of the death of Wi Kuki Kaa. The role of Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, or Major Kemp, was written specifically for him and it was a huge blow when he had to withdraw ... More >>
Arts Festival pulls off military coup
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 10:39 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Members of New Zealand’s only professional brass band, The New Zealand Army Band, will be taking part in the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Seventeen members of the New Zealand Army Band will be appearing live on stage at Wellington’s Downstage ... More >>
Illustrator of the future – great youth writer
Friday, 3 February 2006, 1:05 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Acclaimed author-illustrator Shaun Tan is an exciting new addition to the New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week. Over the last decade, Tan has produced genre-breaking and multiple prize-winning picture books. More >>
Change of Cast - Dr Buller’s Birds
Friday, 20 January 2006, 1:25 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Sadly, just before Christmas, Wi Kuki Kaa had to withdraw from Dr Buller’s Birds on medical advice. A panicked search discovered an unexpectedly available Rawiri Paratene. More >>
Jan Morris cancels trip to NZ due to ill health
Friday, 13 January 2006, 3:17 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
New Zealand International Arts Festival guest Jan Morris has had to withdraw from New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week due to ill health. More >>
Whale Rider Star to narrate Tuwhare production
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 11:48 am | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Māori actor Rawiri Paratene (Nga Puhi) has been confirmed as the narrator for upcoming New Zealand International Arts Festival co-production Tuwhare. More >>
Dr Buller’s Birds – Survival of the Fittest
Monday, 21 November 2005, 2:37 pm | New Zealand International Arts Festival
Wellington based writer/director Nick Blake’s latest play is based on the life of New Zealand’s most infamous ornithologist Dr Walter Buller. The play deals with the conflict between the clashing forces of Empire and Nature and places the arrogance ... More >>
