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ONE MONTH TO GO
Artists' flights and accommodation are booked, the
sets are on the way by air and sea, the Spiegeltent arrives in
Auckland next week, and all the logistics are being finalised
... it's just one month to go until Auckland Arts Festival 2019
is officially open.
But before we fill Aotea Square for our opening night
event Tira (and we're looking forward to
hearing everyone come together for a giant sing-along), you can get
into the Festival mood at shows and events opening ahead of 7
March. Mark your calendar and head along to:
John Scott Works - David
Straight | Visual Arts | opens 14 February
Blood Water Earth | Visual
Arts | opens 2 March
Pacific Sisters:
He Toa Tāera Fashion Activists | Visual Arts |
opens 23 February
South Auckland
Poets' Collective: The First 10 Years exhibition |
opens 23 February
The Mood Machine | Visual Arts |
opens 5 March
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt - Silo
Theatre | Theatre | opens 5 March
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Kim Hill interviews director
Barrie Kosky
Legendary opera
director Barrie Kosky talked to Kim Hill on RNZ National last
weekend about bringing the epic production The Magic Flute to
Auckland.
He confesses he'd said 'no' to staging The Magic Flute many
times before, but after seeing a performance by innovative
British theatre company 1927, "I started to think, well,
this could be a way I could bring The Magic Flute to the
stage.
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"1927 has live performance
interacting with the most beautiful, low-tech sort of surreal
animation."
And, he adds after the opera premiered "we
were inundated with offers from all around the world
because everyone thought, ‘this is this new style, and this is
going to be extraordinary'."
With 125 cast and crew from Germany + 30 NZ crew
+ the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, this is the biggest
international production ever staged by Auckland Arts Festival
and is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The
Magic Flute season at Auckland Arts Festival is supported
by University of Auckland, NZOpera and the Goethe Institut
with support from Opera Boost patrons Jeremy Collins, Sir
Roderick and Gillian, Lady Deane, Trevor and Jan Farmer,
Friedlander Foundation, Kent and Gaye Gardiner, Dame Jenny
Gibbs, and The Wallace Foundation.
Image: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de
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POWERFUL,
EXHILARATING & INTOXICATING
HOFESH SHECHTER'S GRAND FINALE
21–23 March
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
Revolutionary choreographer and composer Hofesh
Shechter's latest work Grand Finale is
his boldest yet. Exhilarating and electrifying, don't miss this
beautiful, one of-a-kind performance featuring intoxicating
live music.
"Apocalyptic ... a wild waltz for the end of
time." The Guardian
SPECIAL OFFER: Book before midnight on Sunday
17 February and SAVE 15% on all Adult A and B Reserve
tickets.
NOTE: Special Offer ONLY available on
the link below
*Booking fees apply
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MAHI TAHI CEMENTS FESTIVAL'S
COMMITMENT
TO TE REO MĀORI
Auckland Arts Festival
has signed a mahi tahi (partnership agreement) with Te Taura
Whiri i te Reo Māori cementing an ongoing commitment to uplift
and promote te reo Māori.
AAF artistic director
Jonathan Bielski: "It is our goal that te reo Māori is
heard, seen and felt every day of the Festival."
As part of this commitment the festival
introduced a new strand – Toitū Te Reo which includes
six events: the opening night concert Tira,
the Festival's centrepiece Tōku Reo Waiata, the
touring play Ka Tito Au, children's playTe Kuia Me Te Pūngāwerewere,
the Whānui
programme and Whānau Day.
Six Toitū Te Reo ambassadors will be working with the festival
across the Toitū Te Reo programme - Stacey & Scotty Morrison,
Hemi Kelly, Jenny-May Clarkson, Jarod Rawiri and Jennifer
Ward-Lealand.
Pictured: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori CEO Ngahiwi Apanui
and AAF CEO David Inns sign the mahi tahi
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Grammy-award winning Silkroad Ensemble performs
their first ever concert in NZ at Auckland Arts Festival for
one night only on Thursday 14 March. Tickets are selling fast.
Representing a range of nationalities and featuring dozens of
instruments, the dynamic ever-evolving group of internationally
acclaimed musicians brings together traditional Vietnamese,
Chinese and Kazakh music, Finnish folk song, Indian classical,
popular jazz, and much more.
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WIN Film Tickets to Capharnaum
Enjoy a night out at the flicks on us. The stunning heartfelt
drama Capharnaum was the winner of the Grand Jury
Prize at Cannes Film Festival and is in cinemas from Thursday 7
February.
After being jailed for committing a violent crime, Zain, a
mistreated 12-year-old boy, sues his parents for giving him
life.
We have two double passes to Capharnaum to give away. To be in
to win, email hello@aaf.co.nz
before Thursday 14 February.
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BROWSE THE FULL PROGRAMME
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