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MORE THEATRE DANCE MUSIC CIRCUS AND DREAMS INSIDE Welcome to HOT PICKS SEE PAGE 76 FOR EARLY BIRD Auckland Arts Festival OFFERS Nau mai haere mai ki Te Ahurei Toi o Ta-maki Makaurau

The arts are like a waharoa to a new world, Other Festival shows feature moments in There are also many moments to laugh, a gateway to welcome you. So welcome history, how they have impacted on our to sing along, admire an artist and be to the Auckland Arts Festival where the world. Such as the establishment of the swept away with a story. There is magic programme crosses time, cultures, Stewart dynasty between warring tribes and memories a-plenty. borders and art forms and has diversity of Scotland in The James Plays and the Thanks to the many artists who have at its heart. meeting between President Nixon and Mao contributed their art to this Festival for Tzedong in John Adams’ opera Nixon in Millennia ago humans discovered fire all of us to experience. China. We move through time and see our and it changed the course of history. Fire world through a new lens. Thank you to all the funders, sponsors and remains an elemental force that people supporters whose generosity lets us bring from around the world, across cultures and We cross cultures with Neil Ieremia and the work of great artists to audiences religions, use to celebrate, to worship and Swee Boon Kuik’s choreography on Black across this wonderful city of ours. to remember. Julia Deans' song We Light Grace, and Nina Nawalowalo’s Marama. Fires says it beautifully…. We cross borders with m¡longa from the streets of Belgium to the calle of Buenos we light fire to not forget… Aires. And John Psathas’ No Man’s Land we light fire for the tears in our eyes finds one place where there are no borders. we light fire waiting for the sunrise…. we light fire in communion Art forms mingle in Te P and another year in a circle around the sun….. from Korea, The Chorus; Oedipus. In Ruaumoko performers and artists of all The Auckland Arts Festival opens with ages and communities join together to Carabosse’s Fire Garden where you can become one voice. Robinson Stephen Photograph: walk amongst the flaming sculptures and John Judge, Chair, be transformed. Carla van Zon, Artistic Director, David Inns, Chief Executive.

their lives, contributes to Auckland being of a festival that is growing up. It is a From a capital of arts and entertainment. Many sign of how important this Festival has people have contributed to the growth of become that this year it has attracted Mayor this event since its humble beginnings and events as successful as The James Plays, I’m thrilled we are now at a stage where and the extraordinary opera, John Adams’ Len we have decided to make it an annual Nixon in China, involving a collaboration event. This puts Auckland on the same of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Brown cultural footing as Australian cities like and New Zealand Opera. This is widely Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane acknowledged as one of the 20th century’s Welcome to the YES, THIS IS AN AD. and Perth which all have annual festivals. greatest works for the opera stage. eighth Auckland Auckland has a diverse population. This It’s also pleasing to see events, like Arts Festival. diversity is truly reflected in a wide 360 ALLSTARS, that are so accessible for Despite appearances this is a sponsorship ad. Created to dollars in shredded New Zealand bank notes to play with. We spectrum of events showcasing our place our young people. highlight that Colenso BBDO is very proudly supporting made an eight-part online series for kids about experimenting and our people. Whilst Ruaumoko portrays

our strong M ori identity Changes and Once again, we are spoilt for choice. Auckland Arts Festival. You might ask why would a with food. And we even came up with an actual car speed- Since becoming Mayor of Auckland, I Marama celebrate our growing Asia- have made no secret of my vision for Enjoy! communication company known for its creativity have such dial that allows children to handwrite the numbers, to make Pacific flavour. an ordinary looking ad. Especially in an arts programme. parents think harder about their speed. All these ideas had Auckland to be the world’s most liveable city. Support for arts and culture is pivotal Established and emerging Aotearoa Where’s the clever headline? The witty picture? Or at least, a one thing in common. They were all interesting. So they got to this and the Auckland Arts Festival, by talent, world-class international talent, creative use of our logo? Any logo? Well, truth is, we look for people talking. And therefore had people engaged with our bringing people together and enriching innovation and imagination are the drivers every opportunity not to do the expected. We’re not simply clients’ brands. In the end that’s what it’s all about. Getting about creating adverts, we’re about creating interesting. Sure, a result for our clients. Because something is really only Content interesting can still often be an ad. But more and more these worth doing if it's effective. A bit like this ad. Which, given Key Events...... 6 Navigator Family Fun days it’s not. In the last year we’ve created petroleum out of that you’ve read all the way down to here, has done what Spiegeltent ...... 34-45 NZSL interpreted Show ideal for the whole family performance beer waste. We’ve launched a radio station for dogs to listen it was designed to do. Inform you that Colenso BBDO is a Calendar...... 40 to while their owners are out. We produced a breast cream very proud supporter of the Auckland Arts Festival. Now we Community...... 51, 52, 57 Close Encounters Audio-described Visual Arts...... 58-67 A rare chance to hear artists discuss to encourage women to self examine as part of their beauty hope you’ll support them too by getting along to some of the their work, pre- or post-show. performance regime. We persuaded the Reserve Bank to give us millions of shows. Without doubt, they’re all interesting. Maps...... 74-75 Booking...... 76 Booking more than one show? Use the shopping cart feature at www.aaf.co.nz Cover image: John Izatt www.aaf.co.nz New Zealand

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“Furiously exciting. A high-stakes political thriller that never lets up ” TimeOut, UK

“ Better than Shakespeare… Rona Munro's thrilling New Zealand Premiere trilogy could be the finest history plays ever penned” Daily Telegraph, UK

Monumental, rich and utterly Written by award-winning writer Find out why 88,000 fans across The James Plays riveting The James Plays bring for stage and screen, Rona Munro Great Britain gave this powerhouse National Theatre of Scotland to life three generations of (Dr Who), directed by National production their seal of approval Stewart kings who ruled Scotland Theatre of Scotland’s Laurie and book your place at the banquet National Theatre of Great Britain in the tumultuous fifteenth Sansom and with a cast that table now. Edinburgh International Festival century. Historical drama for a includes Blythe Duff (Taggart), Scotland contemporary audience, the plays Steven Miller (Casualty) and John T h IN A NUTSHELL s e are more real, more epic, and Stahl (Game of Thrones), y a J Gripping writing /Blood, sweat l a P

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funded by the Scottish Government www.aaf.co.nz Scotland Photograph: Robert Day New Zealand Premiere JAMES I JAMES II JAMES III Scotland THE KEY WILL KEEP THE LOCK DAY OF THE INNOCENTS THE TRUE MIRROR The James Plays Prisoner of England for 18 years, James is delivered Crowned King at age six, James II is a puppet in a Charismatic, cultured and obsessed with grand back to his homeland, with an English bride, to reign as vicious game between Scotland’s most powerful gestures, James III is loved and loathed. In a royal James I of Scotland. Returning to a troubled nation he families. As he approaches adulthood, James must court where lowly and high born women are the faces terrible choices if he is to save himself, his Queen fight for his crown while the nightmares of his beating heart, Scotland’s future may lie with James’s JAMES I: THE KEY WILL KEEP THE LOCK and the crown. childhood torment him. resourceful and resilient wife, Margaret of Denmark. WHEN Can she rescue a struggling nation? Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm Wednesday 9 March, 7.30pm Saturday 12 March, 12.00pm

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WHERE ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre DURATION The James Trilogy: 11hrs including three intervals and two meal breaks. Individual performance: 2hrs 30mins with interval. TICKETS Premium $109 Premium Conc $99 A Res $89 A Res Conc $81 B Res $69 B Res Conc $62 C Res $49 D Res $39 PURCHASE GA on stage $49 THE JAMES PLAYS Be at the heart of the action in one of our GA seats TRILOGY built into the set right on stage! DARKER THAN BOOK AT 20% DISCOUNT Ticketmaster outlets: ticketmaster.co.nz THE DARKEST * 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 BOOKING MORE THAN ONE SHOW? CELLAR IN Save time and only pay one booking fee by using the WOLF HALL Shopping Cart at www.aaf.co.nz Visit www.aaf.co.nz to find out how you can book all 3 plays at once.

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Stonehenge for London’s Cultural GETTING THERE AND AWAY WHEN Olympiad, the gates of the Kremlin, the Arrive anytime between 7.30pm and Friday 4 March – Sunday 6 March “a glowing fairytale” banks of the River Thames and the Hue 10.00pm. The gates of the Fire Garden The Fire Garden is open between Culture24.com Bridge have all been awash in renowned will open at 8.30pm. Once you’ve entered, 8.30pm and 11.00pm French fire-artists Carabosse’s golden simply follow your nose. Allow yourself at WHERE “c’est agréable, c'est exceptionel, glow. This summer, it’s Auckland least an hour or more… event closes Auckland Domain – Corner of Domain Drive Domain’s turn. at 11.00pm. and Lower Domain Drive. c'est magnifique” Entrance opposite Band Rotunda. Using flaming flower-pots and cool cast- Regular updates on transport options, 20 minutes.fr iron contraptions, Carabosse, with music access and available facilities at DURATION resonating throughout the night, transform www.aaf.co.nz as the event nears, so check Audience may enter as it suits between 8.30pm familiar spaces into otherworldly fire- closer to the night for details! and 10.00pm gardens. Roam through blazing landscapes, TICKETS pass by hand-made metallic inventions IN A NUTSHELL GA Adult $33/Gate Sales $35 and be warmed by red-hot charcoal as Architecture of flames and sound / Wend GA Friend/Conc/Group $29 these musicians, dreamers, metal-workers, your way through a fiery Zen garden / Set GA Child (14 and under) $12 storytellers and old-soul fire-brands create your imagination on fire GA Child (4 and under) Free a fairground of fire where you can set your BOOK AT Please note: This is a promenade show so wear deepest imaginings free. Ticketmaster outlets: ticketmaster.co.nz comfy shoes and travel light. No animals or As the sky darkens and the night closes in, deck chairs. 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999. Box office is also available bring your nearest and dearest together on site for walk ups from 7.00pm WITH SUPPORT FROM around the flames beneath Auckland Outdoor performance. Limited capacity Domain’s native and exotic trees. Take – book early. paths less travelled, wander at will and let

Page 10 the heat, light and aural delights of these wizards of fire touch your heart and fill up Follow us on: your senses. @Aklfestival facebook.com/Aklfestival @Aklfestival, #AKLfest to receive on-the-day hints and to share choice tidbits that you see. www.aaf.co.nz Australia

360 ALLSTARS is a mind-blowing

physical performance exploring all Australia forms of rotation. Boasting a stellar cast, including world champion “a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges “A supercharged show... incredibly athletes, world class dancers and world renowned musicians, the production from street culture... destined to be a sell-out ” talented athletes and musicians ” connects the street with the elite to TV Bomb Theatermania, New York deliver a radical urban circus! Replace acrobats with breakdancers, switch a juggler for a basketball freestyler, swap the unicyclist for “arrived at the Fringe with the word a BMX flatlander and you get an exhilarating performance like nothing 'crowdpleaser' stamped all you have seen before! And with music from master musician, Gene Peterson, over its cargo ” and live looping vocalist, Sam Perry, The Scotsman, Scotland 360 ALLSTARS is as aurally exciting as it is eye-popping.

Showcasing performers from USA, Europe, Australia and Aotearoa, 360 ALLSTARS is a revolutionary production that will leave you dizzy with excitement!

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m¡longa “the essence of this impassioned production Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is its exceptional dancers Argentina/Belgium and their supercharged Welcome to the milonga – a celebratory party where tango dance WHEN m and music are a way of being; a place of passion and unparalleled Friday 18 March, 8.00pm ” relationships a ¡ l g

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Co-produced with Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; Migros Culture Percentage Post-show Saturday 19 March (Evening show) Dance Festival Steps; Théâtre du Jorat, M zières; deSingel International Arts Campus, Antwerp; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Les Nuits de Fourvière/Département du Rhône; Movimentos Festwochen der Autostadt in SPONSORED BY Wolfsburg; Festspielhaus St Pölten; Fondazione Musica per Roma; Eastman. Page 14 www.aaf.co.nz Korea Photographs: JD Woo and Tuckys Photography Korea “Hard for anything in the festival… to top this” The Business Times, Singapore New Zealand Premiere “the entire thing was a goosebump moment” The Chorus; Today, Singapore “Worthy of the ten-minute standing ovation it received ” Oedipus TimeOut, Singapore 더 코러스; 오이디푸스

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The Chorus; Oedipus is a contemporary Korean theatre work WHEN that uses a riveting mix of music, movement and drama to Thursday 17 March – Friday 18 March, re-imagine Sophocles’ well-known Greek tragedy as a music 7.30pm theatre work. Saturday 19 March, 3.00pm & 7.30pm Sunday 20 March, 5.00pm In this incredible adaptation, the chorus is the star. Sinewy and athletic they move in unison, channeling a foreboding wind, a WHERE chariot, a flock of birds and the tormented Oedipus himself. Rangatira, Q Theatre The play is underscored by pianists performing live on four DURATION pianos and high-energy, in-the-moment choreography and 1hr 35mins no interval harmonic vocals. TICKETS Rich in metaphor and imagery and layered with spectacularly A Res $65 nuanced and beautiful performances, The Chorus; Oedipus A Res Friend/Conc/Group $59 is intimate in scale and epic in scope. A huge box-office hit B Res $52 at 2014’s Singapore International Arts Festival The Chorus; B Res Friend/Conc/Group $45 Oedipus had audiences clamoring to get tickets. BOOK AT Q Theatre: www.qtheatre.co.nz Witness how this tale as old as time becomes as fresh, 09 309 9117 contemporary, stylish and original as it was when it first hit the ampitheatre 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. Ticketmaster outlets: www.ticketmaster.co.nz IN A NUTSHELL 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Boundary-breaking theatre that won’t let you go / Four pianos, and pianists / A first for our city Post-show Friday 18 March

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Marama is a powerful call from women of the Pacific – the voices of a vanishing world. The devastating effects of deforestation on their New Zealand New homelands and culture are brought startlingly to life through waiata, chants, dances and rituals gracefully and magically performed. As their story unfolds and as the women emerge from and disappear into their ever-changing environment, we are reminded of the ancient Encounter the sacred connection between a woman’s body and the earth, and the strength and fragility of the beauty of the forests of ground upon which we all dwell. Directed by the much-admired Nina Nawalowalo, Fiji, the Solomons, Samoa with compositions based on field recordings and new works by renowned New Zealand composer and Aotearoa at Marama, Gareth Farr, indescribably beautiful design by Fabiana Piccioli (lighting designer for iTMOi) a richly textured and and Nicole Cosgrove, Marama will leave potent new theatre work you breathless. Expose yourself to a world seldom seen at this from internationally touching, visceral show. World Premiere acclaimed company, IN A NUTSHELL Visually stunning, wordless theatre / Gorgeous, The Conch hand-crafted puppets / Breath-taking design

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When you fall in love, death is the last thing you think of. WHEN e T Wednesday 9 March – Saturday 12 March, A policeman, a priest and a blind man look for clues that will 8.00pm lead them to the missing playwright Bruce Mason. Where has he Sunday 13 March, 1.30pm & 7.30pm gone? What made him leave his desk and vanish into the night? Monday 14 March, 6.30pm And what is that seagull at the window trying to say? For all of WHERE ’s Te P odd characters, finding Bruce Mason has become a Rangatira, Q Theatre matter of life, death and catching a big fish. DURATION Te P is an eloquent and surprising comedy punctuated by 1hr 25mins no interval M ori showband songs. It’s about searching for someone you TICKETS have loved and lost and finding them again. Beautifully written A Res $59 by Carl Bland it stars Carl, George Henare and Andrew Grainger. A Res Friend/Conc/Group $53 From the same out-of-the-box team that produced the award- B Res $45 winning 360 – a theatre of recollections, including director B Res Friend/Conc/Group $39 Ben Crowder and sound designer John Gibson, joined by BOOK AT no-holds-barred set designer Andrew Foster, Te Po‐ leaves no Q Theatre: www.qtheatre.co.nz theatrical stone unturned in its mission to give us a unique view 09 309 9117 of the world. Ticketmaster outlets: Find something to hook your heart on at this original, www.ticketmaster.co.nz extraordinary and moving show. 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999

IN A NUTSHELL Post-show Thursday 10 March Three characters in search of Bruce Mason / Love, loss Thursday 10 March and the nature of existence / Mind-bending puppetry Monday 14 March Co-produced by Auckland Arts Festival, New Zealand Festival, Theatre Stampede and Nightsong Productions WITH SUPPORT FROM

Te P by Carl Bland was developed with the assistance of Auckland Theatre Company. Production animals designed, created and sponsored by Main Reactor. Page 20

Photography: John McDermott Photography . Model maker: Carl Bland www.aaf.co.nz New Zealand Photograph: Tim Elkington Belgium “Jamie McCaskill and “an electrifying and Kali Kopae are a dynamic team, transcendent piece of art” “a fascinating experience”

using their combined skills to EXEUNT, Scotland The Guardian, UK produce theatre that goes to the heart of who we are”

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WHEN TICKETS Tuesday 15 – Wednesday 16 March, GA $59 7.00pm GA Friend/Conc/Group $53 Thursday 17 – Friday 18 March, BOOK AT Big 8.30pm Q Theatre: Saturday 19 March, www.qtheatre.co.nz 2.00pm & 8.30pm 09 309 9117 Sunday 20 March, 7.00pm Ticketmaster outlets: Not in our WHERE www.ticketmaster.co.nz Mouth Loft, Q Theatre 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 SKaGeN and Richard Jordan Productions DURATION Neighbourhood in a co-production with De Tijd & STUK 1hr 20mins no interval Post-show Wednesday 16 March Belgium by Jamie McCaskill h N t

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Take 2,500 years of oratory, five microphones A filmmaker has been invited to Not in our Neighbourhood is a gripping Take this rare opportunity to witness and one-man multilingual powerhouse Valentijn Te Wh riki Manaw hine Hauraki, a play that takes a close look behind documentary theatre in the making at Dhaenens and you have the theatrical loop-de-loop refuge for women, to document its the mask of domestic violence and this powerful New Zealand play. that is BigMouth. clients and raise awareness about reveals the despair, the misguided Juxtaposing fragments of world-famous speeches domestic violence. While there, she loyalties, the pain and the hope that IN A NUTSHELL of the kind that started wars and revolutions, meets four very different women from lie there. Kali Kopae (H koi) plays five Entertaining and potent theatre / excited hearts and minds and made listeners different backgrounds with their own characters in an astounding, virtuoso Stunning performance / Truthful tremble, protest and guffaw, this virtuoso solo unique stories to tell. performance that brings the voices and humorous work has a cast of full-on movers and shakers. and experiences of the survivors and Written by director, actor and award- support workers to the stage with From Goebbels to General Patton, from Socrates winning playwright Jamie McCaskill, respect, integrity and passion. to the bumbling Dubya, Dhaenens shapeshifts, croons and loops his way through history, WHEN WHEN DURATION examining racism, justice and human vulnerability Wednesday 2 March, 6.30pm Saturday 5 March, 7.00pm 1hr no interval as he goes. BigMouth exposes the biggest con of Thursday 3 March, 8.00pm WHERE FOR LOFT BOOK AT the talker’s trade – that the voices of good and evil Friday 4 March, 6.30pm Te Oro, Glen Innes Q Theatre: www.qtheatre.co.nz are rhetorically indistinguishable, that talkers talk the same talk no matter the walk. WHERE TICKETS 09 309 9117 Loft, Q Theatre GA $25 FOR LOFT AND TE ORO BOOK AT Whether you’re a history buff, a budding politician TICKETS Ticketmaster outlets: or you’ve just joined toastmasters, you’ll want to GA $49 Post-show Saturday 5 March www.ticketmaster.co.nz be lending us your ears for this sell-out hit of the GA Friend/Conc/Group $43 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Edinburgh Fringe, London and New York.

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Change and Constancy 變化與恆常 Changes is the world premiere Choreographed by Kuik Swee Boon of two significant new dance in collaboration with Dancers. World Premiere Change and Constancy explores New Zealand/SingaporeNew works by visionary choreographers the parallels between Swee Boon’s Singaporean society and the different Neil Ieremia (Black Grace, cultures, backgrounds, and nationalities of Black Grace’s dancers. Swee Boon’s New Zealand) and Kuik Swee Boon fluid, evocative movements, often 變 underscored by melancholy, are melded Changes with the raw energy, natural athleticism (T.H.E Dance Company, Singapore). and spirit of the Black Grace dancers Another letter from Earth by Neil Ieremia and Change and Constancy by Kuik Swee Boon and Zhuo Zihao and Wu Mi from T.H.E to Aotearoa/New Zealand and Singapore deepen an enquiry into society’s tolerance of difference and whether we are mature enough to celebrate diversity.

Kuik Swee Boon is the first international choreographer invited by Neil Ieremia to work with Black Grace – a fitting way to celebrate this groundbreaking dance company’s 20th anniversary. Another letter from Earth

Choreographed by Neil Ieremia These new works are part of the Asia Pacific Dance Project, an Auckland Arts Festival initiative bringing choreographers from Death – the bringer of change, liberator the Asia Pacific region together to create and present work. C s h from pain and suffering, a keeper of its own e a

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I have watched death reunite those relationships broken by distance and time, bring out the best and the worst in people. Can death truly heal the bruised spirit and the broken heart? Will it bring rest and forgetfulness when it finally comes?

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WHEN TICKETS Post-show Thursday 17 March Wednesday 16 March – Thursday 17 March, A Res $59 7.00pm A Res Friend/Conc/Group $53 WITH SUPPORT FROM IN A NUTSHELL Friday 18 March, 6.30pm B Res $45 An Asia Pacific first / Death, diversity Saturday 19 March, 8.00pm B Res Friend/Conc/Group $39 and dance / Creativity that spans the seas WHERE BOOK AT SKYCITY Theatre Ticketmaster outlets: Co-produced by Auckland Arts Festival and Black Grace DURATION www.ticketmaster.co.nz 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999

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With pulsating energy and soaring New Zealand Premiere lyricism, and influences from big band to Wagner, the opera tells the story of the historic meeting of two of the 20th century’s most controversial political figures – Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong. This was the first time a U.S. president Nixon in China had visited the People’s Republic of China, and it spelled the beginning of a new era Presented by Auckland Arts Festival in association with in East-West relations. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and New Zealand Opera Dubbed ‘provocative, edgy, and audacious’ Aotearoa/New Zealand at its Met' debut in 1987, Nixon in China is now regarded as a masterpiece. Composer: John Adams Bringing together a stunning cast and an Libretto: Alice Goodman all-star creative team, this semi-staged Conductor: Joseph Mechavich NZ premiere will go down in history. Be Director: Sara Brodie part of the moment.

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A world of old sea shanties and hymns from the Titanic gives way to a glittering array of contemporary originals as Meow Meow sails to a land of altered hearts, minds and body parts. This operatic and outrageous sea ride features a rocking live band and a posse of cardboard cut-out princes led by real-life prince Chris Ryan.

Forget the fairytale you thought you knew, this rollicking affair is a fairytale gone rogue.

IN A NUTSHELL WHEN DURATION BOOK AT Kamikaze-cabaret / Mermaids, Mermen and Tinder Tuesday 8 March – Friday 11 March, 7.00pm 1hr 10mins no interval Ticketmaster outlets: Raucous and raunchy Saturday 12 March, 7.00pm & 9.30pm TICKETS www.ticketmaster.co.nz Sunday 13 March, 7.00pm GA $69 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999

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AAF 2015 attendee This is a sensational opportunity to watch inspirational artists paint as they bring their sense of place, their tūrangawaewae, to life.

Way better than 19 of your own back This year we’ve got: ▸ A chilled out Garden Bar Live painting in The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden Elliot Francis Stewart deck BBQ parties… it’s 19 sun-drenched – visit www.aaf.co.nz for a schedule from February 2016. ▸ A Spiegeltent and a Big Top tent ▸ Bean bags and deck chairs for kicking days and starry summer nights of food, with cabaret, comedy, circus, music back and relaxing fun, beats, eats, friends, family, and IN A NUTSHELL and fun-times for families and the arts and entertainment as tasty as any ▸ An info and ticket booth teamed by Art as it happens / Astounding images / Urban art vibes footloose and fancy free char-grill at the one-and-only NZ Herald super-friendly staff Festival Garden in Aotea Square. ▸ Bites to eat ▸ A Garden Host for all your NZ Herald The Garden was the beating heart in ▸ Mojo coffee on tap Festival Garden needs WITH SUPPORT FROM the Heart of the City in 2015 and it’ll be ▸ Lunchtime lounging ▸ Urban Art pumping out the good stuff again this year. Come be part of the rhythm. ▸ Plenty of activities for busy kids on Family Day SPONSORED BY

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New Zealand Premiere “Dusty was blessed with a Emily King powerful, smoky voice that United States of America ran from cool sophistication

New York native Emily King is a Grammy- to simmering passion” nominated singer-songwriter who has recorded with NAS, Lupe Fiasco, and toured with Emeli Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sande, Alicia Keys and John Legend.

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parlemag.com Hitch a ride on Dusty’s trail, from her folk beginnings through the Memphis years, to the soulful 60s England IN A NUTSHELL she championed, and on to her adventures with The Pet Swinging-all-the-way / Beehives and Ballads “Emily King is a goddess! I loved her Shop Boys in the 90s. Neilson, Kalolo and Coddington, The queen of blue-eyed soul with musical director Steph Brown (LiPs, Daffodils), energy, her class, her voice” celebrate and channel Dusty, re-imagining her hits and remembering the smoky-voiced pop-soul vocalist who Audience member, Boston MA passed away almost two decades ago on a dry and mild day in March 1999.

WHEN DURATION BOOK AT WHEN DURATION BOOK AT Tuesday 15 March, 8.15pm 1hr 30mins no interval Ticketmaster outlets: Wednesday 2 March, 8.15pm 1hr 30mins no interval Ticketmaster outlets: Thursday 3 March – Saturday 5 March, TICKETS www.ticketmaster.co.nz Wednesday 16 March, 7.00pm TICKETS www.ticketmaster.co.nz 7.00pm GA $55 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 WHERE GA $55 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Spiegeltent, NZ Herald GA Friend/Conc/Group $49 WHERE GA Friend/Conc/Group $49 Spiegeltent, NZ Herald Festival Garden Booth (8 seats) $440 Festival Garden Booth (8 seats) $440 WITH SUPPORT FROM Page 38

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Photography: Shervin Lainez Bella Kalolo photograph: Louise Hatton. Dusty Springfield photograph: BBC Photograph Library www.aaf.co.nz *Disclaimer: @Aklfestival facebook.com/Aklfestival Details in this brochure are correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change. Auckland Arts Festival takes no responsibility Festival Calendar Aklfestival #AKLfest for any programme copy considered offensive or found to be untrue.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Carabosse - Fire Garden Auckland Domain 10-11 8.30pm-11pm 8.30pm-11pm 8.30pm-11pm

Ronaldo Big Top, La Cucina dell'Arte 30-31 7pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 7pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 5pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 5pm The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden

6pm - Auckland wide 66-67 White Night midnight

Noreum Machi Auckland wide 55 POP-UP POP-UP POP-UP

The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden, Aotea 10.30am- 55 Family Day Square 3.30pm

The Science Show: Big Bang, Little Bang! Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna 54 5pm

MUSIC

No Man's Land Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 48 8pm

Sufjan Stevens The Civic 33 8pm

Meow Meow's Little Mermaid Spiegeltent, The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden 34-35 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm & 9.30pm 7pm

Brass Poppies Maidment Theatre 49 8pm 8pm 8pm

Nixon in China Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 28-29 7.30pm 7.30pm Reinventing the Classics: Concert Chamber 47 6.30pm Uri Caine with the NZSQ John Grant Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 32 8:30pm

SPIEGELTENT

Dust to Dusky Spiegeltent, The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden 39 8.15pm 7pm 7pm 7pm

Tar Baby Spiegeltent, The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden 44 9.30pm 9.30pm 5pm

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Shooglenifty Spiegeltent, The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden 45 9.30pm 9.30pm

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Loft, Q Theatre 22 6.30pm 8pm 6.30pm Not in our Neighbourhood Te Oro, Glen Innes 22 7pm

The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna 52 1pm & 5pm 11am & 2pm Duck, Death and the Tulip Loft, Q Theatre 52 6.30pm 1pm 1pm

James I - The Key Will Keep the Lock ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre 6-7 7.30pm 7.30pm 12pm

James II - Day of the Innocents ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre 8 2pm 7.30pm 4pm

James III - The True Mirror ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre 9 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.15pm

RAW: Hinemoa and Tutanekai Loft, Q Theatre 50 3pm

RAW: Black Tree Bridge Loft, Q Theatre 50 6pm

RAW: Cell Fish Loft, Q Theatre 50 3pm

RAW: Tea Loft, Q Theatre 50 6pm

Tar Baby TE POU Theatre, New Lynn 44 7pm

1.30pm & Rangatira, Q Theatre 20-21 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 6.30pm Te Pō 7.30pm

Loft, Q Theatre 53 6.30pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 4pm

Waves Barnett Hall, Piha 53 7pm

Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island 53 7.30 pm

BigMouth Loft, Q Theatre 23 7pm 7pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 2pm & 8.30pm 7pm

The Chorus; Oedipus Rangatira, Q Theatre 16-17 7.30pm 7.30pm 3pm & 7.30pm 5pm

DANCE/PHYSICAL THEARTRE

Speed of Light: SKYCITY Theatre 26-27 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 4pm Three Brilliant Danceworks (RNZB) Marama Rangatira, Q Theatre 18-19 8pm 6.30pm 8pm 2pm & 8pm 5pm

Ruaumoko (APO and Atamira Dance Company) The Civic 46 5pm

Changes (Neil Ieremia & Kuik Swee Boon) SKYCITY Theatre 24-25 7pm 7pm 6.30pm 8pm

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“a perfect example of what Don McGlashan Belgium real songs sound like” & Shayne Carter What’s On, NZ Aotearoa/New Zealand Rock up to the Spiegeltent for a very special night with two of our greatest singer/ songwriters, Don McGlashan and Shayne Carter.

Mining their back catalogues for dark gems, or bringing new rough-hewn diamonds into the light for the first time, these two fine musicians put four hands to many instruments to bring you music that is meant to be experienced up close. “raw, rocking, and tearing up IN A NUTSHELL the stage like a blues legend” NZ’s music heroes / Song writing geniuses / Heart-breaking riffs 13th Floor, NZ New Zealand Premiere

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Let Laughton Kora blow your mind as he shakes the Spiegeltent Zealand/Scotland New Tar Baby with his monster musical talent. Hot off the world stage, Laughton brings a unique DJ set to the tent for a big-beat frenzied-feet Platt Productions night with some very special guests. Come and see why this United States of America man rocks any venue from stage to stadium. Making her New Zealand debut Edinburgh Fringe, Tar Baby takes IN A NUTSHELL Huffington Post ‘Favorite Female a funny and inclusive look at the Leave that 9 to 5 on the shelf / Get down on it Comedian’, Desiree Burch, scary and divisive subject of race. Wiggle it, just a little bit challenges the notion of a post- racial America in this interactive IN A NUTSHELL carnival of race and capitalism. Provocative and confronting / “Kora seemed to be channelling parts Prince, With a socially conscious comedic Games! Cotton candy! White WHEN style reminiscent of Richard Pryor liberal guilt! / ‘Beat the s?#t’ Moby and perhaps even Michael Jackson” NZ Musician Thursday 3 March – Friday 4 March, and Louis CK, Burch uses stand-up, out of racism current events and autobiography 9.30pm WHEN TICKETS to speak to America’s growing Warning: Strong language, possible Sunday 6 March, 5.00pm Thursday 17 March, 9.30pm GA $29 majority of minority experiences. audience participation! WHERE GA Friend/Conc/Group $25 Following a Fringe First award- WHERE Spiegeltent, NZ Herald Booth (8 seats) $232 winning performance at the Spiegeltent, NZ Herald Festival Garden Festival Garden BOOK AT DURATION DURATION Ticketmaster outlets: www.ticketmaster.co.nz WHEN TICKETS S 1hr 30mins no interval 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 t p 1hr 30mins no interval n i Saturday 5 March, 7.00pm GA $25 e e

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Ticketmaster outlets: Scotland www.ticketmaster.co.nz Shooglenifty 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Shooglenifty is a six-man band and a rip-roaringly good vocalist stirring up a fiery and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance Dragon’s grooves known as "hypno-folkadelic ambient trad". Scotland’s Shooglenifty have a serious fan base and are famed for energised, contemporary roots Diva Den material. Supremely dexterous and witty, the band’s lively, out-of-the-box performances mean Aotearoa/New Zealand they’re in constant demand around the world. Get your Glam-Drags on to go double-D madd at Lola La Skip right up to the cèilidh, fling your frustrations Bomb’s explosive Diva Karaoke special! Sing your favourite out the door and get ready to dance with these Diva hits from Whitney to Britney under the Spiegeltent’s inventive, brilliant and slightly batty Scotsmen. bespangled top. Expect special performances from the best drag performers in Auckland and celebrity drag IN A NUTSHELL make-overs, win spot prizes and lots of surprises too! It’s Celtic music with a modern groove / Get out of not called Queen Street for nothing, honey! your seat vibe / Serious fun

IN A NUTSHELL Unbreak your heart / Test out your tonsils / WHEN DURATION BOOK AT Be queen for a day Friday 18 March – Saturday 19 March, 1hr 30mins no interval Ticketmaster outlets: 9.30pm TICKETS www.ticketmaster.co.nz Photograph: Alex Plumb WHERE GA $55 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Spiegeltent, NZ Herald GA Friend/Conc/Group $49 WHEN DURATION BOOK AT *If you want a seat, book a booth, Festival Garden Booth (8 seats) $440 otherwise it’s standing all the way! Saturday 5 March, 9.30pm 1hr 30mins no interval Ticketmaster outlets: Page 44 WHERE TICKETS www.ticketmaster.co.nz Spiegeltent, NZ Herald GA $19 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999

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World Premiere Uri Caine with the USA/New Zealand New Zealand String Quartet Ruaumoko Reimagining the Classics Atamira Dance Company Composer: Gareth Farr Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Artistic Director and Choreographer: Moss Patterson United States of America/New Zealand “exemplary compositions

Aotearoa/New Zealand Soundscape Artist: Paddy Free New Zealand String Quartet and virtuoso playing... Helene Pohl, First violin Douglas Beilman, Second violin a gutsy fearsome Gillian Ansell, Viola Rolf Gjelsten, Cello jazz technique”

The Concert Chamber will never be the same after Grammy-nominated jazz BBC Music, UK pianist and composer Uri Caine has done his thing.

A Philadelphian-native, Caine produces eclectic and inventive interpretations of the classical repertoire and has reworked Bach's Goldberg Variations, “the easy, unforced Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, as well as Wagner, Schumann and Mozart. His collaborations extend from the Beaux Arts Trio to John Zorn, and from energy of the playing the Woody Herman Band to the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. R u e a was a delight” n i u In Auckland for this one-night only show, he is joining forces with the

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WHEN Thursday 10 March – Saturday 12 March, 8.00pm WHERE Maidment Theatre DURATION 1hr 10mins no interval TICKETS A Res $65 A Res Friend/Conc/Group $59 B Res $53 WHEN BOOK AT B Res Friend/Conc/Group $48 Friday 4 March, 8.00pm Ticketmaster outlets: www.ticketmaster.co.nz BOOK AT WHERE 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 Maidment Theatre: www.maidment.auckland.ac.nz Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 09 308 2383 DURATION Visit: www.nomanslandproject.org for all the details Ticketmaster outlets: www.ticketmaster.co.nz Photograph: Troop image courtesy of Richard Stowers collection; manipulated cottage image (ref: 1/1-026571-G) 1hr 20mins no interval 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library. TICKETS Post-show Friday 4 March WITH SUPPORT FROM Post-show Thursday 10 March A Res $69 A Res Friend/Conc/Group$62 Produced by Victoria University of Wellington, with support WITH SUPPORT FROM B Res$59 from the Lottery Grants Board, Adrian Durham, the British High

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WITH SUPPORT FROM Q THEATRE AND Close Encounters Aotearoa/New Zealand Photograph: Chye-Ling Huang If you live in Waiheke, Piha, Takapuna, Glen Innes, New Lynn or the CBD, you can have a close encounter of a Festival kind Hand-picked by Artistic Director Carla with Waves, Duck, Death and the Tulip, Not in our Neighbourhood, Noreum Machi and Tar Baby which are touring to your van Zon, RAW features works at different ‘hoods. Check the relevant show pages for days and times. stages of development – from concept onwards. Artists’ ideas are presented Photograph: RNZ – Lisa Thompson Photograph: Gwangdeok Ahn in the raw and give you an opportunity to get an insider’s view of the various processes, artistic practices and hard work that go into creating a production.

WHERE Rehearsed Reading: Loft, Q Theatre DURATION Black Tree Bridge All sessions 1hr including Q + A by Chye-Ling Huang TICKETS Silo Theatre Koha entry for all except Black Tree Bridge is written by Chye- Hinemoa and Tutanekai GA $10.00 Ling Huang, an exciting, young and BOOK AT ambitious new voice in theatre- Showcase: Q Theatre: www.qtheatre.co.nz making. It is an epic adventure Cell Fish 09 309 9117 between parallel worlds, featuring Ticketmaster outlets: ancient poets, ghosts, a talking eel by Miriama McDowell www.ticketmaster.co.nz and an abandoned Mulan toy living at & Rob Mokaraka

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Family Day is always a special occasion as The NZ Herald Big Bang, Little Bang! Festival Garden in Aotea Square transforms into a creative playground for kids, teens and adults alike. Cruise around and enjoy a relaxing day of fabulous, fun, free family performances, workshops and art activities. Rain or shine we have you covered!

Nanogirl (aka Michelle Dickenson) Face Painters: Family Day favourites, Magical Masquerade always bring the magic by transforming you into mystical beings Aotearoa / New Zealand from your wildest imagination.

From cosmos to microcosm - check out the big and little wonders The Ink Spot! Join fabric artist Katie Smith of Smitten Design and have fun with ink. that surround us. Join Nanogirl (Dr Michelle Dickenson) and friends Use blocks to print unique designs onto bags, pillowcases or t-shirts to take home with you! as they blow things up, blow things over, and blow your mind!!! SPONSORED BY

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Presented by Duck, Death and the Tulip (p52) Waves (p53) BOOK AT Ticketmaster outlets: Auckland Arts Festival ticketmaster.co.nz WHEN 1.00pm WHEN 4.00pm in association with 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999 thinkScience Trust WHERE Loft, Q Theatre WHERE Loft, Q Theatre FOLLOW  @Aklfestival DURATION 50mins DURATION 45mins facebook.com/Aklfestival TICKETS GA $20 TICKETS GA $39 Aklfestival #AKLfest GA Friend/Conc/Group $18 GA Friend/Conc/Group $33

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Photograph: Gate Photography www.aaf.co.nz SmartsFest Zealand New Schools Meet Arts at the Festival Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe te ao katoa! Artistic excellence makes the world sit up in wonder!

SmartsFest 2016 offers students Aotearoa/New Zealand: The Science Show IF IT’S ON, IT’S IN unique opportunities, through the Duck, Death and the (p.54). power of creativity and the thrill of Tulip (p.52). Michelle Dickenson the arts, to engage with the cultures, An award-winning puppet (aka Nanogirl) changes politics, people and times that shape show based on Wolfgang Elbruch’s perceptions by demonstrating that the world we live in. Join us and inspire much-loved book. For Primary Schools science is not hard, but is everywhere. the next generation of New Zealand’s Years 1-4 Years 7-11 Science, General Interest arts geniuses (think Lisa Reihana, Ruaumoko (p.46). YOUR ULTIMATE TV, Victor Rodger, Nancy Brunning, Warren DOUBLE DAY OUT! Composer Gareth Farr, Maxwell and more). Maximise your Festival experience GIG & ENTERTAINMENT the APO, Atamira Dance and see two shows in one day. Company and 100 GUIDE Ten thousand tickets are offered to students join forces to Friday 4 March (Years 12-13) the best locally and internationally EVERY THURSDAY re-invent a New Zealand Not in our Neighbourhood: 11am acclaimed drama, dance and music folk story. Years 5-13 Marama: 1pm IN YOUR HERALD. at schools-only matinees and evening Dance, Music, Drama, Ma-ori shows. Tickets are priced from $10 Friday 11 March (Years 7-13) to $20. Marama (p.18-19). Waves: 10.30 am t Waiata, dance and ritual are used to Ruaumoko: 1pm s + e F

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Visual Arts Zealand New Once again we are proud to share with you a series of exhibitions and installations that celebrate the diversity and energy of Auckland’s contemporary art scene. Thanks must go to the Chartwell Trust for their wonderful partnership that enables us to bring visual arts to the Festival each year.

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Aotearoa/New Zealand Aotearoa/New Zealand Explore themes of death, sex, flesh and FREE Vibrant and fully immersive, Full Moon Kingdom FREE the female gaze in Fiona Pardington: A WHEN reveals the secret and magical nightlife of Beautiful Hesitation, on at Auckland Art WHEN Saturday 27 February – Sunday 19 June Auckland Zoo. Taking the audience to a world Gallery Toi o T maki. With more than Saturday 20 February – Sunday 20 March Daily, 10am to 5pm of infinite beauty that unfolds unnoticed every 100 photographs on display, A Beautiful Tuesday to Thursday, 12pm to 8pm WHERE night in our city, Full Moon Kingdom features not Hesitation is a comprehensive presentation Friday, 12pm to 9pm Auckland Art Gallery only full-moon photography but poetry, lighting of 30 years of Fiona Pardington's artistic Saturday, 10am to 9pm Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets and an enchanting nocturnal soundscape. practice. Revealing the key elements Sunday, 10am to 4pm WHERE that have helped to shape her work, the WITH SUPPORT FROM

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For thirty years, Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust Aotearoa / New Zealand has been navigating the realms of Pacific art and the walls Maddie Leach’s From where she was standing references Leach’s time of the ‘white cube’ gallery. TAUTAI | NAVIGATE celebrates as artist in residence in Mandurah, Western Australia in 2014. The project and showcases a cross-section of Aotearoa-based Pacific follows and extends a curious historical narrative between a rock, a artists whose works have contributed to these two realms. meteor and a missing plaque in small town Western Australia. The exhibition is accompanied by a performance series. Image credit: At 10:10 am on 30 September 1984, after the appearance of a brilliant fireball Visit www.tautai.org for details. accompanied by sonic booms, a single crusted stone (H5 chondrite) weighing 488.1g fell within 4-5 metres of two women sunbaking on Binningup beach. From the collection of Dr Alex Bevan, Western Australian Museum, Perth. FREE WHEN Monday 29 February – Saturday 26 March Monday to Thursday, 9am to 7pm Friday, 9am to 5pm Saturday, 9am to 4pm Dark Watch WHERE Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust, Studio One, Toi T Pauline Rhodes

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In My Own Time is a ‘sampler’ retrospective that spans four decades of Richard McWhannell’s work. His work is figurative and moves between the observed and the conjured; and has been described variously as psychological, risqué, autobiographical, mournful, serious and playful.

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YOU CAN BOOK AT ACCESSIBILITY Ticketmaster for all Festival events Wheelchair access: Please advise of any special seating requirements including (except Waves at Artworks Theatre and wheelchair and/or companion seating when booking. Tar Baby at TE POU Theatre) Accessibility: Most Festival venues have mobility access and some venues www.ticketmaster.co.nz also offer hearing loops. The Festival offers signed and audio described 09 970 9700 OR 0800 111 999 performances for a selection of shows. Accessibility icons in this brochure Aotea Centre Box Office indicate signed and audio described performances. For some performances Bruce Mason Centre Cnr Hurstmere Road written introductory notes are available on request for blind and low vision & The Promenade, Takapuna patrons. Where applicable this is indicated in the brochure. Introductory notes Festival Information Booth (2-20 March only) are posted online on the event page (see www.aaf.co.nz for show details) or The New Zealand Herald Festival Garden, alternatively email [email protected] to request a copy. Aotea Square

FOR SHOWS AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES SEATING, CONCESSIONS AND GROUPS YOU CAN ALSO BOOK AT: General Admission (GA): Seating is on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Arrive Q Theatre early (45 minutes prior or more for events in the Spiegeltent) to ensure the best www.qtheatre.co.nz choice of seat. ALL seating reserves for Spiegeltent shows are on a first come, 09 309 9771 first served basis, except pre-booked booths. Box Office Q Theatre 305 Queen Street Concession (Conc): Senior Citizens 65+ (with SuperGold Card); Full-time Maidment Theatre student (with valid ID); Beneficiary (with Community Services Card); Child www.maidment.auckland.ac.nz is aged 14 years and under. All children must have a ticket, regardless of age. 09 308 2383 Please note: only selected shows have child prices. Box Office Maidment Theatre 8 Alfred Street Group Bookings: Groups of 6+ qualify for concession prices . Book on Artworks Theatre Ticketmaster Group Booking line 09 970 9745 or via email at www.artworkstheatre.org.nz [email protected]. For Q Theatre & Maidment Theatre contact the 09 372 2941 venue directly. Box Office Artworks Theatre 2 Korora Road, School Groups: Oneroa, Waiheke Island For information about bringing a school group to a Festival show, see page 57 and/or visit www.aaf.co.nz TE POU Theatre Student Rush: Full time students (with valid ID) can purchase Student Rush www.iticket.co.nz tickets at 50% off any regular ADULT price only on the day of the performance 0508 iTICKET (484 253) / 09 361 1000 from the venue box office (subject to availability). FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL Friends of the Festival enjoy ticket discounts, zero booking fees and a hotline (09 970 9745). SPECIAL OFFERS See page 72 for details. Special Offers: The Festival may run special ticket offers for selected shows. Offers are communicated to Twitter followers (@Aklfestival) and Facebook DOOR SALES Tickets are available on the friends (Facebook.com/Aklfestival). day of the performance at relevant box offices (see above), 90 minutes prior to the HOT PICKS Early Bird Offer: Book full price A-reserve tickets by 30 Nov 2015 performance unless sold out. Book early to and concession prices will apply for all our HOT PICKS shows: The James Plays, avoid disappointment. Visit www.aaf.co.nz for Carabosse, m¡longa, La Cucina dell’Arte, and 360 ALLSTARS a list of all box offices. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FESTIVAL WEBSITE Book multiple shows • Tickets may be sold by a variety of ticketing agents, each with differing booking or service fees and processing easily and SAVE on booking fees, visit www. charges. Prices for events listed in this brochure are exclusive of these charges. Where tickets are booked in person, aaf.co.nz, select the show/s you wish to by phone, mail, fax or internet, an additional cost will be incurred and will vary from a per-transaction charge to a per ticket charge depending on which agent is selling the ticket. Recommendation: if you are booking more than attend and click on the one show use the SHOPPING CART function at www.aaf.co.nz. Online bookings generally incur the lowest charges ADD TO SHOPPING CART button . when buying more than two tickets. When you are ready to purchase tickets, go to • Information in this programme is correct at the time of printing. The Festival reserves the right to alter without notice any events, programmes and artists your cart and follow the prompts. • Ticket prices include GST. All sales are final and there are NO refunds or exchanges, except as required by law • All ticket purchases are subject to availability and the best available seats (in each price category) at the time NOTE Tickets are subject to availability and of purchase booking fees and credit card charges apply. • Latecomers may be excluded from a show or admitted only at a suitable point in the performance. Latecomers Page 76 will not be entitled to a transfer or a refund Visit www.aaf.co.nz for more information. • Some seats (other than Premium and A Res) may have sightline/sound restrictions, please check when booking.

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