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Nau mai ki te Ahurei Welcome to Toi o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Arts Festival

I tēnei, i te 12 o ēnei Ahurei, ka rukuhia ngā take pakeke o In this, our 12th Festival, we grapple with the tough ngahau te wā: Te kainamutanga o te Parekura āhuarangi; Nō wai te stuff: impending climate Armageddon, who mana whakahaere ki ngā kōrero ka rere?; Mā te aha e kīia ai gets to control the narrative, what constitutes tētahi mahi he kōhakitanga?; E tika ana kia arohaina e tātou appropriation, who we are allowed to love, and the a wai?; ā, me ngā tukinga o te ao tawhito ki te ao o nāianei. collision of the traditional and the contemporary.

Ko tā ngā ringatoi kua whai wāhi mai ki te Ahurei he ārahi The artists of the Festival take us on explorations i a tātou kia wherawherahia ai he kare ā-roto matarau, he of complex emotions, lead us into other realms tō i a tātou ki ao kē, otirā, he whakatakoto i ētahi ui pakeke. and pose tricky questions. They offer us no Kāore kau he rongoā ngāwari noa. Ka mahue mai tātou ki ō easy resolutions. We are left with intellectual tātou hinengaro huritao, ki ētahi tirohanga hou anō. provocations and new perspectives.

Arā hoki ko ngā pito manahau. Then there is the joy.

Ka whakatairitea e tā tātou Ahurei ngā take pakeke ki ētahi Our Festival contrasts the tough stuff with kaupapa e rere ai ngā whakaaro ki ao kē, e rangona ai te escapism and elation, laughter and excitement. hari nui, e kata ai te puku, e hiamo ai te ngākau. Ka hoki Reminding us of the joyfulness of human life are performance ngā mahara ki ngā koanga ngākau o te ao o te tangata acrobats, singers, actors and musicians in gleeful nā runga i ngā karawhiunga a ngāi ringatoi pūkenga celebration of all that is fun and good in the world. whānui, tītaritari mai, waiata mai, whakaari mai, puoro mai anō, ki tētahi whakanui e rewa ai te ngākau ki ngā tini Join us; see a show, let your mind, your heart and pārekarekatanga, ki ngā tini painga o te ao. your soul soar to new heights. Be rewarded.

Whakapiri mai; whāia he whakaaturanga, tukuna ō We offer this Festival to the people of Tāmaki whakaaro, tō ngākau, tō wairua anō, kia rere ki taumata kē. Makaurau with aroha and invite everyone to be Kia whiwhi hua nui koe. part of three glorious weeks this Summer.

E tukuna nei tēnei Ahurei ki ngā tāngata o Tāmaki

Take a photo, Makaurau i runga i te ngākau aroha, me te aha, e pōhiritia facebook.com/Aklfestival @Aklfestival nei te katoa kia whai wāhi mai ki ētahi wiki mīharo e toru @Aklfestival AucklandFestival learn a language. hei tēnei Raumati. IMAGE: TOM ARRAN TOM IMAGE: • Book Multiple Shows & Our official Festival dates are 11–29 March 2020, although some SaveWhat’s On Booking On & Fees When events begin as early as 21 February. For an overview of event dates, times and venues, consult the fold-out festival calendar on page 77. At Colenso, we’re inspired by creativity in all its forms - from incredible events at Auckland Arts Festival to innovative technology. We teamed up with Spark, Google and Te Aka Book Multiple Shows & aaf.co.nz is your destination for everything about the Festival, including Māori Dictionary to develop Kupu, an app that translates photos into te reo Māori. Save On Booking Fees box office locations and information on how to book tickets online, Giving Kiwis a new language experience is just one of the ways we like to see creativity Where & How to Book by phone or in person. Or see page 76 for booking information. celebrated. Auckland Arts Festival is another. We hope you enjoy the show.

PROUDLY SUPPORTING Specially priced access tickets are available for selected AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL PLACE DES ANGES DES PLACE COVER: FRONT Access & Inclusion performances for access patrons and one companion. For a guide to accessible events, see page 68 or visit aaf.co.nz/access

Circolombia - Acéléré Performed at Auckland Arts Festival. Image by David Levene.

AKF0068 Auckland Arts Fest Ad_vf.indd 1 23/10/19 1:30 PM 43 CLARION: 58 ŌTAIRONGO MUSIC BY VISUAL ARTS CONTENTS E V E D E CASTRO-ROBINSON 60 TRANSMISSION VISUAL ARTS MUSIC 4 PLACE DES ANGES 30 MOUTHPIECE 61 SAFE AS HOUSES SPECIAL EVENT THEATRE 44 ALDOUS HARDING WEYES BLOOD VISUAL ARTS 8 LIMBO UNHINGED 32 BARRY MCGOVERN IN PURPLE PILGRIMS WATT 62 SPLIT LEVEL CIRCUS CABARET BY SAMUEL BECKETT MUSIC VIEW FINDER: 10 SNOW WHITE THEATRE 45 @PEACE AND THE THEO SCHOON AND NEW ZEALAND ART DANCE 34 BLACK LOVER PLUTONIAN NOISE SYMPHONY VISUAL ARTS 12 CIRCOLOMBIA – THEATRE ACÉLÉRÉ MUSIC 63 SPEAKING SURFACES 35 BABBLE CIRCUS 46 SOWETO GOSPEL VISUAL ARTS THEATRE CHOIR: FREEDOM 14 BLACK TIES 64 HONESTLY SPEAKING: 36 LAGRIME DI SAN MUSIC THE WORD, THE BODY THEATRE PIETRO 47 AN EVENING WITH AND THE INTERNET 16 WOLFGANG’S MAGICAL MUSIC PAT METHENY VISUAL ARTS MUSICAL CIRCUS 38 BEETHOVEN 250 MUSIC FAMILY CIRCUS 65 QUEER ALGORITHMS MUSIC 48 BILADURANG VISUAL ARTS 18 TOITŪ TE REO 40 AMANDA PALMER – DANCE THEATRE 66 I EXTEND MY ARMS TOITŪ TE REO THERE WILL BE 50 VERSES VISUAL ARTS 20 TIRA NO INTERMISSION DANCE MUSIC TOITŪ TE REO MUSIC 67 CHROMOINTERFERENCE 51 NGĀ MANU RŌREKA VISUAL ARTS 22 KA PŌ, KA WAIATA 41 ESTÈRE – FAMILY TOITŪ TE REO MUSIC TOITŪ TE REO INTO THE BELLY 68 ACCESS & INCLUSION OF CAPRICORN 52 WHĀNUI Booking information for 24 COLD BLOOD MUSIC FAMILY TOITŪ TE REO access patrons & events THEATRE in the Access programme 42 EIGHT SONGS 54 CREATIVE LEARNING 26 DIMANCHE FOR A MAD KING 70 SUPPORTERS For students & teachers THEATRE MUSIC 56 TALKS + THE CURRY 76 PLAN YOUR FESTIVAL 28 UPU HOUSE KID Booking & contact information, THEATRE TALKS FILM festival calendar, festival venues 4 SPECIAL EVENT 5 FRANCE

So breathtaking that it [has] to be seen to be believed.

— The West Australian

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PLACE PIERROT BIDON & STÉPHANE GIRARD Uplifting... DES ANGES [a] word-of-mouth phenomenon... [that] took over the skies before popping up all Compagnie over Instagram. Gratte Ciel — The Guardian (Australia)

Don’t miss the outdoor event of the summer: Spectacular... an evening of pure, the sight of acrobats unadulterated joy under a sky filled with angels, dressed as angels acrobatics, beautiful music performing in and dreamlike images you’ll the night sky is remember for eternity. something to behold and treasure.

— The Adelaide Review

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE

Sponsored by IMAGE: GRANT HANCOCK GRANT IMAGE: 6 SPECIAL EVENT 7 FRANCE

As the sun sets over the city, PLACE Mortgage the house. high above the tree tops, angels descend from the heavens. Sell your possessions. DES ANGES This is Place des Anges, a playful, awe-inspiring Do anything that aerial spectacle performed above thousands of makes it possible to people. The one-of-a-kind creation of French company Gratte Ciel commands the twilight sky If Groupe F’s Breath see Place des Anges. with an incredible team of acrobats and dancers of the Volcano had It is absolutely – suspended high in the air, beneath the stars your pulse racing and out in the open. wonderful. at the Auckland Uplifting, ethereal and totally out of this world, Place des Anges has left its mark – and Domain in 2013, — The Advertiser (Australia) countless memories – wherever it has landed Place des Anges will around the globe. The angels land next in make your heart soar. Tāmaki Makaurau; for three amazing nights, Auckland Domain is their outdoor playground. Be there to welcome them down to earth and share in the wonder of this very special event.

Upper Field, Auckland Domain

M T W T F S S Capture[s] so much March 11 12 13 14 15 of the ineffable 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 wonder of what it 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

means to be alive. FRI, SAT, SUN 8.30PM 55mins event, — The Australian inc. 40mins aerial performance This is a standing outdoor performance suitable for all ages. Chairs are not permitted. Includes the use of sustainably A sight to behold. sourced and sterilised feathers.

— Hull Daily Mail All performances Access & Inclusion info p68

GA / GA gate sales / Child $37 / $39 / $15

Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGE: TOM ARRAN ARRAN TOM IMAGE:

Supported by 8 CIRCUS / CABARET 9 INTERNATIONAL

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE

A boundary-pushing LIMBO circus production… showcasing even more talent UNHINGED and unbelievable abilities. — Australian Arts Review Spiegeltent, Strut & Fret Aotea Square Production House The mad-geniuses behind Festival M T W T F S S blockbuster LIMBO are back with a March 11 12 13 14 15 brand new, wildly unhinged circus- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

cabaret extravaganza. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Unleashing pyrotechnics, sword-swallowing and aerial shenanigans against a pulsating live WEEK ONE soundtrack, this exciting new extravaganza from THU (12) 8.00PM circus-cabaret masters Strut & Fret pushes the limits FRI (13) 7.00PM SAT (14) 7.00PM of circus towards even more unearthly proportions. SUN (15) 6.00PM Catering to every kind of thrill-seeker, the diverse WEEK TWO global cast includes Coney Island sword swallower TUE (17) 7.30PM Heather Holliday (USA) and dancing sensation WED (18) 7.00PM THU (19) 6.30PM Hilton Denis (Australia), alongside the acrobatic FRI (20) 7.00PM & 9.30PM expertise of Mikael Bres (France). SAT (21) 7.00PM & 9.30PM SUN (22) 6.00PM Taking LIMBO to the next level, Limbo Unhinged has earned rave reviews and sold-out houses WEEK THREE wherever it’s toured. Auckland, now it’s your turn to TUE (24) 7.30PM WED (25) 6.30PM get in on the hottest act in town. THU (26) 6.30PM FRI (27) 7.00PM & 9.30PM SAT (28) 7.00PM & 9.30PM SUN (29) 6.00PM 1hr 20 mins no interval Recommended for ages 15+ Contains adult themes

WED 18 MAR 7.00PM — Weekend Notes (Australia) Access & Inclusion info p68

Premium GA Limbo Unhinged $89 — The Advertiser (Australia) may be the perfect show… GA / Conc It has everything. $79 / $73

— The Adelaidian — The Courier-Mail (Australia) Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: DAVID SOLM (MAIN); PRUDENCE UPTON (INSET) UPTON PRUDENCE (MAIN); SOLM DAVID IMAGES:

SPIEGELTENT SUPPORTED BY Supported by FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON AUCKLAND 10 DANCE 11 FRANCE

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE SNOW WHITE

Ballet Preljocaj

CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ COSTUMES BY JEAN PAUL GAULTIER MUSIC BY GUSTAV MAHLER

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre

M T W T F S S March 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 High fashion meets iconic fairy tale in Deliciously dark… this darkly delectable retelling of Snow WED & THU 7.00PM modern and gripping. imagined by acclaimed French FRI & SAT 8.00PM White SUN 5.00PM choreographer Angelin Preljocaj. — Limelight (Australia) 1hr 50mins no interval Recommended for ages 12+ Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is the fairest of all? Contains partial nudity Ballet Preljocaj’s bewitching transformation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale is a boldly seductive global hit. Its fresh THU 12 MAR 7.00PM and sexy take on the timeless conflict between young SUN 15 MAR 5.00PM Access & Inclusion info p68 Utterly beguiling. Snow White and her jealous stepmother, the Queen, is both strikingly sensual and blazingly contemporary – and Premium / Conc — The Guardian (UK) courtesy of costumes by the legendary fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, an incredible visual spectacle too. $139 / $125 A Res / Conc Masterminded by revered French choreographer Angelin $119 / $105 Preljocaj, this ravishing concoction of dance, design and Breathtaking. B Res / Conc wearable art has reawakened the classic story’s themes of $89 / $79 beauty and envy for a new age. Combined with towering — The Washington Post C Res / Conc sets and the monumental symphonies of Gustav Mahler, $59 / $54 Snow White is dance on a truly visionary scale. Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: YANG WANG (MAIN); JEAN-CLAUDE CARBONNE (INSET) CARBONNE JEAN-CLAUDE (MAIN); WANG YANG IMAGES: WITH SUPPORT FROM Supported by PLATINUM PATRONS KENT & GAYE GARDNER GOLD PATRON FRIEDLANDER FOUNDATION 12 CIRCUS 13 COLOMBIA

Circus like you have never seen or heard before. Sensational singing, wild atmosphere. — Edinburgh Guide They’ve caught the old world big top ethos and doused it in Colombian spirit.

— Fest Magazine

Circus superstars Circolombia are here to amaze with their renegade brand of dance, live music and astounding acrobatics.

Welcome to the new revolution. Circolombia, a supercharged company of youthful Colombian artists, has been Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, CIRCOLOMBIA changing the face of contemporary circus now for over a decade. Their latest Aotea Centre phenomenon, Acéléré, smashes all ACÉLÉRÉ preconceptions of circus with a high-risk, M T W T F S S adrenalin-fuelled production bursting NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / March 11 12 13 14 15 with Latin fire, urban flavour and heart- AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 stopping energy. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Delivered with the rawness and attitude of South American street life, Acéléré THU, FRI & SAT 7.00PM turns the spotlight on 14 incredible SUN 4.00PM performers and their endless feats of 1hr no interval strength, balance, tumbling and insane Recommended for ages 7+ pinpoint accuracy. Every gutsy and improbable stunt is staged in the same Premium / Conc / Child breath as Circolombia’s trademark circus- $69 / $62 / $49 concert soundscape, a vibrant mixtape A Res / Conc / Child of Latin hip-hop and electro cumbia $59 / $54 / $39 performed live and in the spirit of an B Res / Conc / Child infectious dance party. $49 / $44 / $29 This is the circus Rebellious, dynamic and wildly C Res / Child performance that entertaining, Acéléré is no ordinary $39 / $19 circus. It’s simply extraordinary. shows others how Book at aaf.co.nz it’s done. Go. Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: ROBERTO RICCIUTI ROBERTO IMAGES:

— The Scotsman PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ARTS PROJECTS AUSTRALIA 14 THEATRE 15 AUSTRALIA / AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

WORLD PREMIERE SEASON ILBIJERRI Theatre Company & Te Rēhia Theatre Company

BY JOHN HARVEY & TAINUI TUKIWAHO

BLACK TIES DIRECTED BY RACHAEL MAZA & TAINUI TUKIWAHO

Hera Tapuwera, I’ve never been so serious about anything in my life. Will you marry me?

Two families, two cultures... tumeke!

When Māori corporate hotshot Hera and Aboriginal consultancy entrepreneur Kane locked eyes at a Cultural Awareness session, it was love at first sight. Ambitious and career-focused, Kane and Hera now have their perfect future all mapped out. But there is Waitākere Room, one thing they can’t control… their families! Aotea Centre

As the biggest mob of Aunties, Uncles and cousins M T W T F S S from both sides of the ditch get worked up for the brownest wedding ever, reality is sinking in. Fast! Will March 11 12 13 14 15 this international love story bring two strong cultures 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 together? Or will it blow Hera and Kane’s world apart? 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

With a peerless cast including Lana Garland, Laughton Kora, Brady Peeti, Uncle Jack Charles, WED, THU & FRI 7.30PM Mark Coles Smith and Tuakoi Ohia, and created by SAT 2.30PM & 7.30PM SUN 6.00PM a brilliant team of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori artists, Black Ties reimagines the popular 2hrs 45mins approx. inc. interval wedding rom-com from a distinctively First Nations Recommended for ages 12+ Contains some adult references perspective. Set to a live score of Black anthems and and moderate coarse language wedding classics, it will be a party to remember.

SAT 14 MAR 2.30PM Access & Inclusion info p68

GA / Conc Black Ties was commissioned by AsiaTOPA, a joint initiative of the Sidney Myer $59 / $54 Fund and Arts Centre Melbourne. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian Book at aaf.co.nz International Arts Festivals Inc., Sydney Festival, Perth Festival, Asia TOPA / Arts Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Centre Melbourne, New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Auckland Arts Festival, and Brisbane Festival. ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body,

and by Creative Victoria and City of Melbourne. ORIANDER GARTH IMAGES:

Auckland season Supported by presented in partnership with 16 FAMILY / CIRCUS 17 AUSTRALIA

Delightful... WOLFGANG’S Manic Performed with and magical. an infectious MAGICAL — The Guardian (UK) sense of joy.

— Sydney Morning Herald MUSICAL CIRCUS Bruce Mason Centre NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE

M T W T F S S March 11 12 13 14 15 Circa 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

CREATED BY 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 YARON LIFSCHITZ WITH BENJAMIN KNAPTON & SAT 10.30AM & 12.30PM THE CIRCA ENSEMBLE SUN 10.30AM & 12.30PM 1 hr no interval Recommended for ages 3+ The thrill of circus, the mayhem of Mozart. FRI 20 MAR 10.30AM Access & Inclusion info p68 Straight from the score and onto the stage, Mozart appears amid a storm of powder, tumbling and twirling, as musical Adult / Child mayhem and movement fuse in this family show with a $28 / $21 circus twist. Family Pass To those who know him, he is Wolfgang, the dart-playing $78 ratbag. To those who are watching and listening, he is the wigged genius Mozart. Come and discover his irrepressible Book at aaf.co.nz spirit and vibrant compositions through physical comedy Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 and mischievous antics.

Reinventing the composer’s magical music, this skilful and illuminating show features Circa’s dexterous daredevil artists and a live accordionist. Watch as the notes are physically lifted off the page as performers bring the renowned compositions to life in a hilarious and high- spirited act young ones will fall head over heels in love with.

Commissioned by The Art Centre Wyong. Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

IMAGES: DYLAN EVANS (MAIN & INSET); In partnership with DAMIEN BREDBERG (TOP RIGHT) TOITŪ TE REO 18 TE REO 19 T U I A T E M U K A K Ō R E R O

Ngā Kaupapa Toitū Te Reo / Toitū Te Reo Events Ko te reo te taura TOITŪ PAGE 20 Tukuna ō koutou reo kia rere ngātahi Let your voices soar with us as we here i te tangata ki ō mātou, kia taiea anō ai tā tātou kick off the Festival in style again TIRA whakarewa i te Ahurei ki TIRA i te Papa at TIRA in Aotea Square. Language brings 11 Poutūterangi o Aotea. Whakapiri mai ki a Hollie Smith, Join Hollie Smith, the Hātea Kapa 11 March TE REO people together ki te Kapa Haka o Hātea, otirā, ki ētahi Haka and choirs from around tira waiata nō ngā pito huri noa i Tāmaki Auckland in singing a playlist of Makaurau, kia waiata ngātahitia ai tētahi iconic waiata. FREE. kohinga waiata rongonui. UTUKORE.

I te Ahurei o tērā tau, i rewa a TOITŪ TE REO. Ko Last Festival we launched our TOITŪ TE REO te whakamāoritanga o TOITŪ TE REO ko te ū ki programme strand. TOITŪ TE REO translates as PAGE 22 Whakaarohia tētahi ao e noho nei koe i Imagine a world where darkness is te reo kia ita, me te aha, e tūmanako ana mātou ka holding fast to our language and it is our desire te pō, ao te pō, he ao e herea pūtia ai te your every day, where true sight relies rangona ko te reo Māori mā roto mai i te ao toi. to let the Māori language resonate through the KA PŌ, tirohanga tūturu ki rongo kē atu, ā-pā, on sensation, sound and feeling. platform of the arts. KA WAIATA ā-oro, ā-kare ā-roto anō. He mahinga Ka Pō, Ka Waiata is a creative Kua auraki mai a TOITŪ TE REO i tēnei tau – ka 18 Poutūterangi ngātahi a Ka Pō, Ka Waiata e mahi tahi ai collaboration in which musicians work rangona te reo Māori, ā-taringa mai, ā-whatu mai, This year TOITŪ TE REO is back again – te reo 18 March ētahi pūkenga puoro ki te auaha i ētahi collaboratively to shape responses and ā-roto mai anō i ia rā o te Ahurei. Māori will be heard, seen and felt every day of hua oro, i ētahi taiao oro anō mō te pō. environments of sound for darkness. the Festival. Mai anō i te hui whakatuwhera i te pō tuatahi, i TIRA, tae atu ki tētahi huihuinga puoro motuhake From our opening night event TIRA, to a special PAGE 51 Ka auraki mai tētahi tino whakaari A Taki Rua Productions Te Reo e rongo ai tō katoa; mai anō i ētahi whakaaturanga immersive music event; from performances i te Kaupeka Reo Māori a Taki Rua Māori Season favourite returns. reo Māori ki rō kura, ki te tōpūtanga mai o ētahi in schools in te reo Māori, to Māori artists and NGĀ MANU Productions. He mea tito nā te pūkōrero From award-winning storyteller ringatoi Māori me ētahi hapori e mahi tahi ana communities working together in our Whānui RŌREKA whai-tohu, nā Apirana Taylor, he mea Apirana Taylor, with translations by ki te kaupapa o Whānui – mā TOITŪ TE REO project – at TOITŪ TE REO audiences can 22 Poutūterangi whakamāori nā Materoa Haenga, he Materoa Haenga, Ngā Manu Rōreka te whakaminenga e aronui mai, e rongo ai i te engage, enjoy and participate. 22 March whakahanumitanga mīharo a Ngā Manu is a wonderful blend of te reo Māori pārekareka, otirā, e whai wāhi pū mai anō. Ka huri haere ki ētahi kura i Rōreka o te reo Māori me te whakaari and physical theatre, allowing Check out the shows, our Creative Learning Tāmaki Makaurau, ā-tinana, e taea ai e ngāi aroha nui ki te language lovers and learners to Tirohia ngā whakaaturanga, ā mātou hōtaka Ako and Access & Inclusion programmes and 17–27 Poutūterangi reo me te hunga akoako anō te whai share in a journey of connection and Auaha, Wātea anō, otirā, wherawherahia te maha explore more via the TOITŪ TE REO app. Touring schools throughout noa atu mā te taupānga TOITŪ TE REO. Auckland, 17–27 March wāhi ki tētahi haere whai hononga, whai guidance from ancestors. FREE. Tukuna te reo kia rere! Kia ita! tohutohu anō i ngā tīpuna. UTUKORE. Tukuna te reo kia rere! Kia ita!

PAGE 52 He haerenga tōpū, he mātātoa anō a Whānui is a communal adventure: Whānui: he kohinga kaupapa toi e whai a collection of participatory arts WHĀNUI wāhi atu ai te tangata, otirā, he tūāhua e projects in which an amazing Poutūterangi 2020 piri ai, e whai wheako anō ai tētahi kāhui mix of people who call Auckland March 2020 kanorau motuhake e noho nei ki Tāmaki home create, join in with and Makaurau ki ētahi mahinga toi e tau ana experience artworks in the many ki ngā tini tōpito o ō tātou takiwā kāinga. spaces and places that form our He UTUKORE, he nui mārika hoki ngā neighbourhoods. FREE and filled Supported by huihuinga whakaū i te ora, he pāhekoheko, with life-affirming, interactive, get- hei torotoronga hoki mā te hunga hiakai. in-amongst-it events. 20 HE PUORO / MUSIC 21 TE REO AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND T U I A T E M U K A K Ō R E R O

TROY KINGI & RIA HALL PERFORMING AT TIRA, 7 MARCH 2019 • IMAGE: EU-LEE TEH TIRA FREE FESTIVAL OPENING

Tukuna ō koutou reo kia rere ngātahi Let your voices soar with us as ki ō mātou, kia taiea anō ai tā tātou we kick off the Festival in style whakarewa i te Ahurei ki TIRA i te again at TIRA in Aotea Square.

Papa o Aotea. Join Hollie Smith, Hātea Kapa Haka and choirs from around Auckland in singing a Whakapiri mai ki a Hollie Smith, ki te Kapa Haka o playlist of iconic waiata. Hātea, otirā, ki ētahi tira waiata nō ngā pito huri noa i Tāmaki Makaurau, kia waiata ngātahitia ai tētahi 14 years ago, amidst the backdrop of Mt kohinga waiata rongonui. Roskill and from the soundtrack of Toa Fraser’s hit movie, No. 2, Hollie Smith Tekau mā whā tau ki muri, i raro i te maru o electrified the airwaves with her iconic Puketāpapa, ā, mai anō i te kohinga waiata o te rendition of ‘Bathe in the River’, penned by kiriata angitu a Toa Fraser, o No. 2, i haruru mārika Don McGlashan. The song spent 37 weeks in ngā aratuku i a Hollie Smith me tana whakaritenga the top 40 and is now part of the soundtrack o te waiata a Don McGlashan, o ‘Bathe in the River’. of a nation, while Hollie Smith has become Toru tekau mā whitu wiki tēnei waiata i te rārangi one of Aotearoa’s most beloved voices. To angitu 40 e tau ana, me te aha, kua titia ki ngā open this year’s Auckland Arts Festival, ngākau o te motu, ā, kua aroha nuitia a Hollie Smith Hollie Smith is breathing new life into this hei reo makau o Aotearoa. Hei whakatuwhera i te mighty waiata, by singing a reo Māori version. Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Makaurau mō tēnei tau, ka whakahoungia tēnei kura waiata e Hollie Smith i From ‘Bathe in the River’ to the National tāna waiata ki te reo Māori. Anthem in te reo Māori, waiata set to the tune of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, and soulful tunes by Mai i ‘Bathe in The River’ ki te Waiata Matua o Hollie Smith, we are set to sing our hearts out te Motu ka karawhiua ki te reo Māori, atu i tētahi together at TIRA 2020. waiata e ū nei ki te rangi o 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ki ētahi waiata rōreka a Hollie Smith, e anga nei tātou Turn up on the night and sing-along, or join Aotea Square ki te tuku ngātahi i ō tātou reo kia ngātoro ki ngā us for open rehearsals in the lead up to the rangi i TIRA 2020. event. To learn the harmonies and melodies M T W T F S S in advance, download the Toitū Te Reo app. Haere noa mai i te pō tonu ka waiata tahi mai ai, piri March 11 12 13 14 15 mai rānei ki ngā whakaharatau mā te katoa tōmua For more information, tutorials, song lyrics, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 atu i te huihuinga nei. E ako tōmua ai koe i ngā rehearsal dates, and to download the app, reretau me ngā rangi, tīkina mai te taupānga o 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 visit aaf.co.nz/tira Toitū Te Reo. WED 6.00PM E whai māramatanga ai koe ki ētahi pārongo kē 45mins no interval atu, ki ētahi akoranga, ki ētahi kupu waiata, ki ngā rā whakaharatau anō, otirā, ki te tiki mai i te Hollie Smith, taupānga, torohia te paetukutuku aaf.co.nz/tira Hātea Kapa Haka & Braille song sheets available choirs from around Auckland Access & Inclusion info p68

RINGATOHU AUAHA / CREATIVE DIRECTOR: TAMA WAIPARA FREE RINGATOHU PUORO / MUSIC DIRECTOR: STEVE RAPANA

Supported by 22 HE PUORO / MUSIC 23 TE REO AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND T U I A T E M U K A K Ō R E R O

KA PŌ, I te tīmatanga ko te kore, ko te pō. In the beginning there was the Whakaarohia tētahi ao e noho nei koe i te pō, ao te nothingness, then the night. pō, he ao e herea pūtia ai te tirohanga tūturu ki rongo Imagine a world where darkness is your every kē atu, ā-pā, ā-oro, ā-kare ā-roto anō. He mahinga day, where true sight relies on sensation, ngātahi a Ka Pō, Ka Waiata e mahi tahi ai ētahi KA WAIATA sound and feeling. Ka Pō, Ka Waiata is a pūkenga puoro ki te auaha i ētahi hua oro, i ētahi creative collaboration in which musicians taiao oro anō mō te pō. work collaboratively to shape responses and He haumako te pō, he wāhi auaha, he whakaihiihi, environments of sound for darkness. he wāhi mōmona, he hōhonutanga whakapapa The night is fertile, a charged creative space, anō. I te pō ka waiatatia ko te orokohanganga mai a place of richness and layered depth. It was in the o te ao, ā, ko tā Ka Pō, Ka Waiata, he raranga i ngā night that the universe was sung into existence, whakapaparanga o te oro, o te orokohanganga mai and so Ka Pō, Ka Waiata brings together the anō o te ao... woven layers of sound and cosmology... Ka puta ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama. Tihei mauri ora. To the glimmer of dawn, to the bright light of day He mea waihanga nā ngā pūkenga puoro, nā ngā where there is life. pūkenga waiata hoki, nā Warren Maxwell rātou ko Created by artists Warren Maxwell, Teina Moetara, Teina Moetara, ko Tama Waipara, ko Whirimako Tama Waipara, Whirimako Black, Horomona Black, ko Horomona Horo, ko Waimihi Hotere, ā, he Horo and Waimihi Hotere, and combining live mea raranga i ngā tukuhanga puoro mataora ki ētahi performance and soundscapes. hopunga oro.

I te pō ka Concert Chamber, waiatatia ko te Auckland Town Hall orokohanganga M T W T F S S March 11 12 13 14 15 mai o te ao. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 It was in the WED 6.00PM & 8.00PM night that 1hr no interval the universe WED 18 MAR 6.00PM SONGS IN was sung into Access & Inclusion info p68 existence. GA / Conc DARKNESS $49 / $44 Book at aaf.co.nz IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76

TE TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL WAIPARA ZAK ARTWORK:

WORLD PREMIERE Supported by 24 THEATRE 25 BELGIUM

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / Featuring elaborate scale film sets, tiny props, AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE cinema projection, ace film technicians and Wonderfully a cast of performing hands, Cold Blood is a whimsical, dreamy, compelling marvel. exquisitely crafted… Cold Blood is an astonishing theatre event that unfolds in miniature, and on the tips of performers’ fingers, right before breath-taking, your eyes. Staged in front of an audience and filmed and affecting [and] C O L D projected live in perfect synchronicity, it’s like nothing you’ve magical. ever seen before. — The Herald (UK) Belgian choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael have formed an inspired collaboration BLOOD around this singular concept. Captivating cinematic vignettes celebrate life through the absurdity of death: a drive-in Visually… movie theatre, a war-ravaged city, a space station, an old stunning… Hollywood ballroom with a Fred and Ginger-style tap routine. It’s a journey across space and time, and into the enchanted At turns memories of seven characters about to meet their end. laugh-out-loud funny and Funny, tragi-comic, philosophical and strangely moving, Cold Blood transports us to amazing miniature worlds where poignant. the fingers do the walking and a film crew captures it all — The Scotsman in real time on a giant movie screen. Performed to music by Schubert, David Bowie, Janis Joplin and Nina Simone, this larger-than-life creation is hands down the most mind- Michèle Anne De Mey blowing show you’ll see at this Festival. Jaco Van Dormael ASB Waterfront Kiss & Cry Collective Theatre

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A bewitching, beautifully evocative work. WED, THU, FRI & SAT 8.00PM 1hr 15mins no interval — The Arts Desk (UK) Recommended for ages 12+

A Res / Conc $75 / $69 B Res / Conc $65 / $60

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Executive Producer: Astragales asbl (BE) • Associated Producer: Mars, Mons Arts de la Scène IMAGE: JULIEN LAMBERT JULIEN IMAGE: (BE), Théâtre de Namur (BE) • Co-producers: Charleroi Danse (BE), la Fondation Mons 2015, Directed by Michele Anne De Mey, Jaco Van Dormael • Choreographed by Michele Anne De Mey, KVS (BE), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (LUX), le Printemps des comédiens (FR), in collective creation with Grégory Grosjean, Thomas Gunzig, Julien Lambert, Sylvie Olivé, Nicolas Olivier, Supported by Torino Danza (IT), Canadian Stage (CA) Théâtre de Carouge-Atelier de Genève (CH), Théâtre and the participation of Thomas Beni, Gladys Brookfield-Hampson, Boris Cekevda, Gabriella Iacono, des Célestins (FR) • With the support of the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles – Service de Danse Aurélie Leporcq, Bruno Olivier, Stefano Serra International Touring Agent: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent Inc. 26 THEATRE 27 BELGIUM

A family battles extreme weather and intrepid filmmakers An ordinary family is about to spend their Sunday Chaliwaté Company together. But the walls are shaking, strong winds and brave the Arctic wilds in this ingenious, visually-inspired Focus Company torrential rain rage outside and the storm has only just portrait of humanity at the mercy of Mother Nature. begun. Meanwhile, somewhere near the North Pole, three wildlife reporters are doing their best to document the apocalypse by filming the Earth’s last living species: three wild animals on the brink of extinction.

From physical theatre trailblazers Chaliwaté and Focus NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE SEASON – a Belgian collaboration uniting the talents of brilliant puppeteers and technical geniuses of the stage – Dimanche is a pure gem of visual and storytelling imagination. Centred on the planet’s climate change crisis, this meticulously detailed show stirs emotion and wonder in equal measure, as performers guide intricate miniatures and lifelike puppets through richly cinematic sets to evoke a world in peril.

Developed from the award-winning Backup (Total Theatre Award for Physical & Visual Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe 2018), the newly commissioned Dimanche is a gorgeous piece of theatre wizardry, and a witty reminder to heed the warning signs of global warming.

ASB Waterfront Theatre

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WED, THU, FRI, & SAT 8.00PM SUN 4.00PM 1hr 20mins no interval DIMANCHE Recommended for ages 9+ A Res / Conc $69 / $64 B Res / Conc $59 / $55

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JULIE TENRET, SICAIRE DURIEUX & Book at aaf.co.nz [An] exquisite, heartbreaking show A jewel of creativity Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 SANDRINE HEYRAUD [with] abundant wit and elegance. and humour. IMAGES: YVES KERSTIUS (RIGHT); KERSTIUS YVES IMAGES: (LEFT) DESIGN ATELIER & GALAND TRISTAN — The Arts Desk on Backup — Le Suricate Magazine on Backup Co-produced with Le Théâtre les Tanneurs, Le Théâtre de Namur, La Maison de la Culture de Tournai/Maison de la Création, Le Sablier – IFS (France), Arts and Ideas New Haven (USA), Adelaide Festival (Australia), Auckland Arts Festival (NZ) and the Coop ASBL. 28 THEATRE 29 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

A must see. UPU — Tearaway (NZ) Silo Theatre

CURATED BY GRACE TAYLOR This show is DIRECTED BY FASITUA AMOSA pure oratory and storytelling at its finest.

— Theatrescenes (NZ) “Come home to the sea. She has a big heart: she adopts anyone who loves her.” Rangatira, Q Theatre

— Our Sea of Islands, Epeli Hau’ofa M T W T F S S The world of Oceania is not small. From the energetic March 4 5 6 7 8 volcanoes of O’ahu to the southern reaches of Aotearoa, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 she is borderless and vast – and growing bigger by the day. After decades of dismissal and disconnection, her 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

children are closer than ever. It’s time for a reunion. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Silo Theatre’s first production for 2020 brings the wealth WEEK ONE and power of Pacific literature to roaring theatrical life. THU 7.30PM preview Curated by award-winning poet Grace Taylor and led FRI & SAT 7.30PM by powerhouse director Fasitua Amosa, UPU gives the SUN 5.00PM stage to Oceania's most electrifying poetry. Ben Brown, WEEK TWO Karlo Mila, Albert Wendt and more: UPU is for the TUE – FRI 7.30PM trailblazers, the icons and the new writers transforming SAT 5.00PM & 8.00PM Aotearoa today. SUN 5.00PM & 8.00PM 1hr 10mins no interval Following two knock-out Matariki seasons at the Recommended for ages 15+ ZHU JULIE IMAGE: Basement Theatre, UPU is a remix, a re-imagining, an Contains strong language all-star line-up of leading Māori and Pasefika performers and adult themes , 2018 • reviving the words of our literary legends and bellowing

out the proclamations and provocations of the next Premium / Conc game-changing generation. $55 / $49 A Res / Conc $45 / $39 Preview $35

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CO-PRODUCED BY AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL & SILO THEATRE 30 THEATRE 31 SCOTLAND

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE

MOUTHPIECE Visceral, emotional and totally involving... Traverse Theatre Company Extraordinary theatre.

BY KIERAN HURLEY DIRECTED BY ORLA O’LOUGHLIN — BritishTheatre.com ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: KATHERINE NESBITT

Following sold out, award-winning Edinburgh Fringe performances, Traverse Theatre Company’s gripping, critically-acclaimed Rangatira, Q Theatre sensation about class, culture and M T W T F S S appropriation comes to Auckland. March 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Standing on the edge of Edinburgh’s Salisbury Crags cliff 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 face, a woman takes a step forward into the air. A teenage boy pulls her back. Two lives are changed forever. WEEK ONE THU, FRI & SAT 7.30PM Libby whiles away her days in New Town cafés and still SUN 2.00PM calls herself a writer. Declan is a talented young artist WEEK TWO struggling with a volatile home life on a deprived estate. MON, WED, THU & FRI 7.30PM As they form an uneasy friendship, complicated by class SAT 3.00PM & 7.30PM and culture, Libby spots an opportunity to really make a 1hr 30mins no interval difference – and put her career back on track too. Recommended for ages 16+ Contains frequent strong language, She needs his story. But does she have the right to it? descriptions of violence, scenes of a sexual nature, references to Frank, unflinching and threaded with unexpected suicide, and haze humour, Mouthpiece takes a look at two different sides of Edinburgh that exist in ignorance of one another, and asks whether it’s possible to tell someone else’s story without A Res / Conc $59 / $54 exploiting them along the way. Magnificent. Brilliantly A gripping, truthful B Res / Conc acted and tautly directed. play for our times. From the theatre geniuses behind 2019 Festival firecracker $49 / $45 Ulster American, this powerhouse play – winner of the C Res prestigious Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award – will $39 — Sunday Times (UK) — The Stage (UK) spark conversations about art, privilege and responsibility long after its thrilling conclusion. Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: LARA CAPPELLI LARA IMAGES: SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE SCOTLAND, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL, BRITISH COUNCIL NEW ZEALAND AND Q THEATRE 32 THEATRE 33 IRELAND

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE

A gem of a show… one Barry McGovern in of the greatest Beckett interpreters in the world. WATT — Time Out (Australia) by Samuel Beckett

Anyone who cares about acting should seize the chance to see McGovern perform.

— The Age (Australia)

Irish actor and legendary Samuel Beckett expert Barry McGovern performs his ASB Waterfront exceptional stage adaptation of the novel Theatre Watt for the first time in New Zealand. M T W T F S S Arriving in the countryside, Watt begins a slow, existential March 11 12 13 14 15 trek to the home of Mr Knott. But how will this itinerant manservant cope when he reaches the residence of his unseen 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 employer, with a confounding list of duties and a collection of 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 extraordinary characters? WED, THU*, FRI & SAT 8.00PM The great Barry McGovern has received acclaim around SUN 4.00PM the globe for his one-man performance since 2010, and it remains among the finest, funniest and most popular Beckett 1hr no interval *Includes post-show talk with interpretations ever. Capturing the essence of the writer’s Barry McGovern and Tom Creed dark worldview while amplifying his scintillating humour and wordplay, Watt will have you in raptures contemplating the SUN 29 MAR 4.00PM absurdity of life – and discovering there’s so much more to Access & Inclusion info p68 Beckett on stage than Waiting for Godot.

A Res / Conc $69 / $64 ADAPTED BY BARRY MCGOVERN DIRECTED BY TOM CREED B Res / Conc SET & LIGHTING DESIGN BY SINÉAD MCKENNA $59 / $55 COSTUME DESIGN BY JOAN O’CLERY Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: PIA JOHNSON PIA IMAGES:

SUPPORTED BY CULTURE IRELAND 34 THEATRE THEATRE 35 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND BLACK LOVER BABBLE By Stanley Auckland Massive Makuwe Theatre Company Company

DIRECTED BY ROY WARD

Loft, Q Theatre

M T W T F S S March 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Māngere Arts Centre

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“We must make it possible for every WORLD PREMIERE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 individual to lead the good life, to win WEEK ONE FRI 7.00PM preview 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 a place in the sun. We are in danger of SAT 7.00PM becoming a race of fear-ridden neurotics – WEEKS TWO & THREE The beeping and buzzing of technology, WEEK ONE TUE – SAT 7.00PM noisy traffic, the incessant shouting of social WED (18) 7.00PM we who live in the finest country on Earth.” SUN 4.00PM THU (19) 7.00PM FRI (20) 7.00PM WEEK FOUR media – it never shuts up. Caught in this TUE – FRI 7.00PM constant babble, how do we find stillness? SAT (21) 2.00PM & 7.00PM Ex-pat New Zealander Sir Garfield Todd said these words in SAT 2.00PM & 7.00PM WEEK TWO his final speech as Prime Minister of Rhodesia in 1958. Ousted SUN 4.00PM This is the starting point for Massive Company’s newest FRI (27) 7.00PM from politics for being a “black lover”, Todd’s ongoing fight for Runs until 4 April. For additional devised work, directed by longtime Massive collaborators SAT (28) 7.00PM racial equality and opposition to white minority rule led to his times and dates, visit atc.co.nz Scotty Cotter and Carla Martell. 1hr 10mins no interval house arrest in 1965, the starting point for Makuwe’s story. 1hr 10mins no interval Babble brings dynamic physicality, inventive imagery, a FRI 27 MAR 7.30PM Confined to his home, with the civil war raging close by multilayered musical soundscape and a formidable cast of Adult from $44 WED 1 APR – Workshop and separated from his wife and children who have fled 25 young South Auckland voices to the Māngere Arts Centre Access & Inclusion info p68 abroad, Todd and his family’s servant, Steady, confront the Senior from $39 stage. Drawing on the unique experiences and stories from uncertainties of their precarious lives. Conc from $30 their own lives, the performers take us on an uplifting journey GA / Conc through the many interruptions of modern life. Zimbabwean Stanley Makuwe migrated to New Zealand in Groups from $34 $25 / $18 2002. An award-winning playwright, Makuwe combines writing “In our productivity age of perpetual motion, it’s increasingly with a career in psychiatry. Black Lover brings to life a great Book at aaf.co.nz hard to honour stillness, to build pockets of it into our lives, so Book at aaf.co.nz New Zealander and explores how two men stand with courage Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 that our faith in beauty doesn’t become half-hearted, lopsided, Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 against terror in a nation experiencing deep racial divides. crippled.” — Pico Iyer

Black Lover was proudly developed with the support of Auckland Theatre Company. 36 MUSIC 37 USA

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / A major accomplishment [A] stunning performance. AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE for music history. This beautiful Renaissance work was a triumph. — Los Angeles Times — Sydney Morning Herald

Orlando di Lasso’s heavenly masterpiece soars to breathtaking new heights under Great Hall, LAGRIME Los Angeles Master Chorale’s spine- Auckland Town Hall tingling a cappella staging, devised by M T W T F S S renowned theatre director Peter Sellars. March 11 12 13 14 15 D I An achingly beautiful choral work too sublime to put into 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 words, Lagrime di San Pietro was the great Renaissance 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 composer Orlando di Lasso’s final and most famous composition. Completed just before di Lasso’s death, FRI 7.30PM it conveys a powerful sense of mortality while vividly S A N illuminating the Biblical story of St Peter, whose grief after 1hr 20mins no interval he denies Christ surges through this profoundly moving cycle of 20 madrigals (songs). Premium $119 / $109 Cementing their place as one the world’s finest choral A Res / Conc PIETRO ensembles, the outstanding Los Angeles Master Chorale $99 / $89 has taken di Lasso’s sacred polyphonic epic to the B Res / Conc highest plane imaginable. Under Peter Sellars’ direction, $79 / $73 their spine-tingling rendition matches seamlessly with C Res Los Angeles Master Chorale elegant stage movement – a simple yet striking theatrical $49 interpretation that demands near super-human vocal skill COMPOSED BY ORLANDO DI LASSO from the 21 singers. CONDUCTED BY GRANT GERSHON DIRECTED BY PETER SELLARS Book at aaf.co.nz For one special night only, experience the emotional riches Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 of di Lasso’s crowning glory and the supreme talents of the Los Angeles Master Chorale in perfect harmony.

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Beethoven 250 will be a fantastic festival within the Festival. The centrepiece will BEETHOVEN’S see the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) performing the complete cycle BIG BIRTHDAY of nine Beethoven symphonies in four BEETHOVEN concerts over nine days, led by APO Music Director Maestro Giordano Bellincampi, and BASH culminating in a very special performance of the Ninth Symphony featuring New Zealand Calling musicians of all ages and skill levels who ARTWORK: ENUAKE SIRIKIGE ENUAKE ARTWORK: soloists Madeleine Pierard, Kristin Darragh, love Beethoven! This is your chance to join Ludwig’s 250 Amitai Pati and Teddy Tahu Rhodes. birthday celebrations with our community play-in – Beethoven’s Big Birthday Bash. In addition to the symphony cycle there will be a variety of exciting free and community For this special event, community and student events celebrating Beethoven’s legacy musicians will work together with their APO and connecting him to our city and our counterparts to create a mass community people. This includes Ludwig Reflected, a orchestra and choir performing selected extracts free chamber concert and speaker series from the Ninth Symphony, led by Giordano featuring new Beethoven-inspired works by Bellincampi. Music will be specially arranged by New Zealand composers and the chance APO Communities Composer Ryan Youens so to delve deeper into the fascinating life that everyone can join in. and times of the great composer; a series Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall of access and inclusion initiatives; and a The APO joins SUN 15 MAR 2.30PM community Big Play-In for musicians of all 2hrs 30mins approx. inc. intervals the worldwide skill levels (see opposite). Register your interest at aaf.co.nz/birthdaybash celebrations marking FREE Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020 with PRESENTED BY AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA & a series of concerts Great Hall, AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL and events. Auckland Town Hall IN ASSOCIATION WITH AUCKLAND LIVE

M T W T F S S March 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 LUDWIG

SAT (21) 7.30PM the classicist REFLECTED TUE (24) 7.30PM the romantic THU (26) 7.30PM the revolutionary SUN (29) 5.00PM the radical The APO has asked four New Zealand composers to respond to Beethoven’s music. To accompany Deluxe Adult $139 these performances, they've invited guest speakers to offer their perspectives. Join the APO for an Adult from $59 hour of stimulating, thought-provoking music, NINE SYMPHONIES ACROSS FOUR CONCERTS Senior from $55 Auckland performed by the talented APO Young Achievers, #1: THE CLASSICIST SYMPHONY NO.1, 2 & 3 Student from $29 and opinions on the life, the music, the times, and Philharmonia #2: THE ROMANTIC SYMPHONY NO.4 & 5 the legacy of this colossal figure in Western art. #3: THE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONY NO.6 & 7 Orchestra #4: THE RADICAL SYMPHONY NO.8 & 9 Book at aaf.co.nz Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 MON 23, WED 25 & FRI 27 MAR 6.00PM Reserve your place at aaf.co.nz/ludwigreflected FREE PRESENTED BY AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA IN ASSOCIATION WITH AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL & AUCKLAND LIVE 40 MUSIC MUSIC 41 USA AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

WORLD PREMIERE SEASON AMANDA ESTÈRE PALMER INTO THE THERE BELLY OF WILL BE CAPRICORN

IN COLLABORATION WITH NO SARA BRODIE & JO KILGOUR Heartfelt, shocking, hilarious, and INTERMISSION thoroughly arresting. With a flair for exploring uninhabited terrain, the captivating — Spectrum Culture (USA) and idiosyncratic Estère unveils The unapologetic front-woman of her latest music – and an exciting [A] funny, charming, The Dresden Dolls brings her critically- new live performance concept – gracious and articulate acclaimed one-woman show to at the Spiegeltent this summer. performer. — The 13th Floor (NZ) Auckland – a night of piano, pain and Estère, aka the Empress of Electric Blue Witch-Hop, laughter you must experience live. is one of Aotearoa’s finest acts. And if you’ve yet to discover her transfixing blend of velvety vocals Emphatic artist, feminist and singer-songwriter Hollywood Avondale and cross-pollinating sonic landscapes, she’s also Spiegeltent, Amanda Palmer, a cult hero to her adoring fans, has one of music’s best kept secrets. A high-flying artist Aotea Square conjured a searing and infectious masterpiece in M T W T F S S who’s conquered Europe, toured the world and There Will Be No Intermission. A response to global opened for the likes of Grace Jones and Erykah March 11 12 13 14 15 M T W T F S S anxieties and the #MeToo movement, as well as Badu, Estère’s innovative approach to music and 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 personal grief and motherhood, this wise and witty performance is something not to be missed. March 11 12 13 14 15 new album is resonating with audiences around the 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 world, and has furthered Palmer’s passionate following Into the Belly of Capricorn is an inspired 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 wherever she tours it. Amanda Palmer on stage performance work that braids together theatre, set- THU & FRI at 7.00PM design, lighting and costume into a contemporary Commanding the stage alone and performing simply Estere on stage at 9.30PM 3–4hrs approx inc. interval live-music show unlike anything else, featuring with a grand piano and ukulele, Palmer’s intensely Recommended for ages 13+ Estère and her powerhouse band. Luxuriating in the intimate show offers an unforgettable synergy of Contains mature themes human unconscious, Estère’s boldest outing yet is GA / Conc triumphant anthems including ‘Drowning in the and strong language shaped by the immense talents of award-winning $49 / $44 Sound’ and ‘Voicemail for Jill’, and emotionally raw director Sara Brodie, lighting designer Jo Kilgour, monologues, at once brave, inspiring and relatable in Allocated / Conc and audio-visual creative Kaysha Bowler. Be among Book at aaf.co.nz their honesty. Heart-rending and unflinching, don’t miss $75 / $69 the first to welcome this uniquely theatrical offering Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 the naked truth of Palmer’s songs and stories as they within the realm of live music into the world.

IMAGE: KAHN AND SELESNICK AND KAHN IMAGE: were meant to be heard and felt – live and in the flesh.

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MUSIC BY SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES TEXT BY RANDOLPH STOW AND GEORGE III DIRECTED BY THOMAS DE MALLET BURGESS

MUSIC BY EVE DE CASTRO-ROBINSON Experience opera outside the box.

Get outside the box of opera as you know it with this innovative A clarion call to arms across oceans; an alarm indoor/outdoor staging of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ “astonishing Ellen Melville Centre work” (Classical Source) Eight Songs for a Mad King. clock to wake us up to climate change and rising sea levels. This new production by New Zealand Opera, directed by M T W T F S S Spiegeltent, Thomas de Mallet Burgess and designed by Robin Rawstorne, March 11 12 13 14 15 Foremost New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson considers Aotea Square sees a King in distress transformed into a modern corporate 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 the future of our next generation in her newest concerto, Clarion, everyman as a disarming device to explore our complicated featuring Bede Williams on trumpet and pūtātara (conch shell) with M T W T F S S relationship with mental health and power. As an added twist, 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Peter Scholes. March 11 12 13 14 15 you will experience the action both up close, and from outside with only a window separating you and the King. All performances 8.30PM Research shows that an understanding of our warming climate can 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1hr 15 mins inc. interval be seen in the carbon being layered in the growth of the conch 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Maxwell Davies’ iconic score derives from the songs King Contains themes relating shell. Like the shell, de Castro-Robinson builds up instrumental George III played on his mechanical organ and attempted to to mental distress layers in Clarion building gradually to its cataclysmic climax with MON 7.00PM train his bullfinches to sing. The music requires a baritone of the trumpeter utilising a range of calls and cries, keening, moaning, 1hr no interval extraordinary technique to sing over five octaves, with New GA alerting, and sounding a warning to us of our need to act in the Zealander Robert Tucker fit for the challenge. Partnering with $79 current climate emergency. the ground-breaking contemporary music ensemble Stroma, GA / Conc conducted by Hamish McKeich, this modern take on opera Fittingly, in creating this work, de Castro-Robinson and Scotland- $49 / $44 promises to be a bold and immersive experience. Book at aaf.co.nz based, New Zealand-born Williams collaborated across the seas. Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 These performances of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies are given This very special one night only performance is exclusive to Book at aaf.co.nz by permission of Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, exclusive agents for Boosey & Hawkes Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Auckland Arts Festival and follows the world premiere at the Music Publishers Ltd of London. University of St Andrews in Scotland.

The concert will include a selection of other works composed by PRESENTED BY NEW ZEALAND OPERA Eve de Castro-Robinson.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL Supported by & NEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 44 MUSIC MUSIC 45 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND / USA AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

ALDOUS IMAGES: CLARE SHILLAND ( ALDOUS HARDING, LEFT) ; KATHRYN VETTER MILLER ( WEYES BLOOD, CENTRE) ; HARDING OLIVIA RENOUF ( PURPLE PILGRIMS, RIGHT) @PEACE WEYES AND THE BLOOD PLUTONIAN PURPLE NOISE PILGRIMS SYMPHONY

Celebrate songwriting of the highest @Peace has calibre with this rare triple bill headlined managed by 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award winner something quite Six years on from the creation of New Zealand Aldous Harding. stunning here. cult classic album @Peace and the Plutonian Aldous Harding is back at Auckland Arts Festival after — Off The Tracks Noise Symphony, @Peace reunites for a on the album @Peace and the captivating audiences in 2018. One of contemporary music’s Plutonian Noise Symphony most remarkable voices, she continues to create waves special one-off live performance. throughout the world. Among 2019’s best albums, her critically-acclaimed Designer – which includes the Silver Scroll-winning ‘The Barrel’ – follows up the hypnotic Party Back in 2014, Tom Scott (Home Brew) with Lui Tuiasau on vocals, with even more “fascinating and frightening, highly eccentric and a musical soundscape laid down by Christoph El Truento, and blisteringly beautiful” songs (Q Magazine, ). Great Hall, Hayden 'Dandruff' Dicky and Brandon Haru as @Peace, released Spiegeltent, Auckland Town Hall their first and only full-length album.@Peace and the Plutonian Aotea Square American psychedelic-folk artist Weyes Blood, aka Natalie Noise Symphony was a critically acclaimed modern masterpiece Mering, is in stiff competition with Harding for the album M T W T F S S that broke boundaries, but also broke the group up. The album, M T W T F S S of the year mantle with her latest release, Titanic Rising. founded on the fear of finality, was ironically their last. March 11 12 13 14 15 A spellbinding performer and songwriter whose storytelling March 11 12 13 14 15 is “steeped in the magic stuff of fantasies and daydreams” 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Now they are reuniting to bring to Auckland Arts Festival a 2020 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 reinterpretation of the Taite Prize-nominated opus in its entirety, (NPR), Mering’s sound evokes artists as varied as the Kinks, 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Enya, Hoagy Carmichael, Brian Eno and Joni Mitchell. An accompanied by special musical guests including Riki Gooch enchanting, buzzworthy talent. (Trinity Roots) on drums, with visuals by Tomek Bogdanowicz and Artists on stage from 7.30PM lighting by Brad Gledhill. @Peace on stage at 9.30PM Harding’s Flying Nun labelmates Purple Pilgrims carry the songwriting torch through a mesmerising dreamscape GA The live show promises to reflect the album: a gumbo of existential GA / Conc of celestial pop, folk and atmospheric jazz. Hailing from $89 sci-fi psychedelia inspired by Sun Ra, Pink Floyd, Can and Funkadelic, $49 / $44 Christchurch, the magnetic sister duo of Clementine and while expanding on where they left off. Performed in the Spiegeltent, Valentine Nixon have transported the dream-pop genre into Book at aaf.co.nz this one-off show is a must for music lovers and sci-fi nerds. Book at aaf.co.nz earthy, textural realms, and completes this stellar all-female Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 line-up as a rising star of the local and international indie scene. 46 MUSIC MUSIC 47 SOUTH AFRICA USA

One of jazz’s great stars. S O W E T O — The Telegraph (UK)

IMAGE: JOHN PEDEN JOHN IMAGE: A one-of-a- GOSPEL CHOIR: kind sort of guitarist… [with] IMAGE: HENRY ENGELBRECHT HENRY IMAGE: FREEDOM jaw-dropping capabilities. AN — Los Angeles Times EVENING WITH It’s impossible to spend an hour with them and not leave with a big smile on your face. — In Daily (Australia) P A T METHENY These Triple Award-winning global Pat Metheny, one of the world’s gospel superstars have been spreading Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, greatest guitarists, is finally back in joy and lifting spirits since 2002. Aotea Centre Aotearoa for a glorious night of jazz Great Hall, Winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best World Music repertoire alongside an incredible M T W T F S S Auckland Town Hall Album for Freedom, Soweto Gospel Choir brings its trio of musicians. March 11 12 13 14 15 “Freedom” concert to Auckland for the very first time. M T W T F S S 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 In this uplifting and joyous repertoire, the choir will March 5 6 7 8 American jazz maestro Pat Metheny’s illustrious perform a rousing programme of songs celebrating the 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 career spans over four decades, more than 40 full- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 life of the father of their Rainbow Nation, Nelson Mandela, length recordings, and 20 Grammy Awards. No less 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 as well as international gospel classics including a spine- WED 8.00PM than a living legend, his trademark improvisational tingling take on Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and an 1hr 50mins inc. interval 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 playing style is the envy of guitarists everywhere and extraordinary rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’. music to the ears of fans globally. Premium / Conc Pat Metheny on stage at 8.00PM Hailing from Soweto (South West Township), the home $97 / $89 With only one concert in New Zealand previously of Mandela and South Africa’s democratic movement, A Res / Conc (in 2006), Metheny is promising a special live A Res Soweto Gospel Choir continues to inspire audiences $91 / $81 performance where anything goes – brand new $139.90 around the world with its powerful blend of African music, all-time classics and deep cuts from his B Res gospel, freedom songs and international classics. A B Res / Conc $81 / $71 extensive back catalogue. Metheny’s long-time $109.90 line-up comprising South Africa’s best vocalists, these drummer Antonio Sanchez, Malaysian-Australian VIP Hot Seat uplifting performers have shared the stage with some of C Res / Conc $69 / $57 bassist Linda May Han Oh and British pianist Gwilym $250 the biggest names in music including U2, Aretha Franklin, Simcock will not only play support but also share the Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant, Celine Dion, Red Hot Chili spotlight as tremendous musicians in their own right. Peppers and Josh Groban. Book at aaf.co.nz Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76

PRESENTED BY ANDREW KAY AND ASSOCIATES BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH LIVE NATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL 48 DANCE / THEATRE 49 AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE / AUCKLAND EXCLUSIVE

Impressive… deeply moving.

— Time Out (Australia)

One of the hottest tickets of the [Sydney] festival.

— The Guardian (Australia)

AVANI Auckland Metropolis Residences

M T W T F S S March 11 12 13 14 15 Pull on a bathrobe and share a uniquely 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 immersive and intimate encounter with proud 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Wiradjuri man Joel Bray, in the hilarious and

revelatory Biladurang. WEEK ONE WED 6.00PM & 8.00PM previews THU – SAT 6.00PM & 8.00PM Joel Bray is black. Well, he’s white, but black. Y’know? He’s in a hotel SUN 5.00PM & 7.00PM room somewhere in Auckland and you, the audience, are invited to WEEK TWO share his story. WED – SAT 6.00PM & 8.00PM SUN 5.00PM & 7.00PM In this nowhere place Bray takes a pause, looks over his shoulder BILADURANG 1hr 15mins no interval and takes a good look at his life, asking: “Is this where I am Recommended for ages 18+ supposed to be? Is this who I am supposed to be? What is all this? Contains coarse language, The drugs? The sex? The cigarettes?” adult themes, drug references, Joel Bray nudity and sexual references Biladurang is loosely based on the traditional story of the platypus. It’s a story Bray – a gay, fair-skinned Aboriginal artist – grew up GA / Conc hearing, identifying with this mutant offspring who doesn’t seem to $59 / $54 belong and finds himself roaming in search of a home. This award- winning confessional solo show is physical, tender, funny and dark. It’s the perfect dance-theatre one-night stand. Book at aaf.co.nz Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 IMAGES: PIPPA SAMAYA PIPPA IMAGES:

Biladurang was first presented at Melbourne Fringe 2018 with support from Melbourne Also join Joel Bray for the Festival talk Baby Mutants (p56), where he and other artists share their Fringe, CHUNKY MOVE, Arts House, ILBIJERRI and the Wilin Centre. experiences of forging new paths and finding their tribe. 50 DANCE HE KAUPAPA Ā-WHĀNAU / FAMILY 51 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND TE REO AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND T U I A T E M U K A K Ō R E R O NGĀ MANU Taki Rua Productions VERSES NĀ / BY APIRANA TAYLOR

KAIWHAKAMĀORI / TRANSLATOR: Black Grace RŌREKA MATEROA HAENGA

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NEIL IEREMIA Ka auraki mai tētahi tino whakaari A Taki Rua Productions Te Reo Māori i te Kaupeka Reo Māori a Season favourite returns. Taki Rua Productions. On tour throughout From award-winning storyteller Apirana Taylor (Ka Tito Au), with translations by Materoa Haenga, the regional Auckland He mea tito nā te pūkōrero whai-tohu, nā Apirana classic is a wonderful blend of te reo Taylor (Ka Tito Au), he mea whakamāori nā Materoa Ngā Manu Rōreka Māori and physical theatre, in which language-lovers M T W T F S S Haenga, he whakahanumitanga mīharo te kura and learners share in the protagonists’ journey to regain whakaari nei, a Ngā Manu Rōreka, o te reo Māori me March 11 12 13 14 15 connection and receive guidance from their ancestors. te whakaari ā-tinana, e taea ai e ngāi aroha nui ki te reo 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 me te hunga akoako anō te whai wāhi ki te haerenga Two students, struggling with their school studies, 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 a ngā kiripuaki matua kia whai hononga ai, kia whai are inspired by their ancestors to find another way to tohutohu anō ai i ō rāua tīpuna. impress their teachers and community: by entering a singing talent competition. When the students return Warkworth Town Hall Arā ētahi ākonga tokorua, e pokea nei e ngā mahi kura. WED (18) 7.30PM to their home marae, they open a portal for their tīpuna Ka whakaaweawetia rāua e ō rāua tīpuna kia kimihia to return from Hawaiki into their modern day lives. Their Te Oro, Glen Innes he ara anō e whakamīharotia ai ō rāua kaiako me tō THU (19) 7.30PM ancestors guide them to follow their talents and make rāua hapori: mā te kuhu ki tētahi whakataetae pūkenga the best decision of their lives. Māngere War Memorial Hall waiata. Ka hoki ngā ākonga ki tō rāua marae kāinga, FRI (20) 7.30PM ka huakina tētahi tatau e hoki mai ai ō rāua tīpuna i However, they aren’t the only singers on the day.

Orewa Community Centre Hawaiki ki te ao o te nāianei. Ka arahina rāua e ō rāua A special cameo performance by the audience is also SAT (21) 7.30PM tīpuna kia whāia ō rāua pūkenga, otirā, kia tatū i a rāua required to enrich the competition further! Startlingly fresh, Artworks Community Theatre, te whakatau pai katoa i ngā rā o ō rāua ao. full of invention and Waiheke Island SUN (22) 5.00PM Heoi anō rā, ehara i te mea ko rāua nahenahe ngā infectious exuberance. kaiwaiata o te rā. Me whai wāhi rawa te whakaminenga Waiuku Memorial Town Hall ki te waiata motuhake atu e reka pai ai te whakataetae! — The New York Times WED (25) 7.30PM Helensville War Memorial Hall Spiegeltent, THU (26) 7.30PM Aotea Square Zeal West, Henderson FRI (27) 7.30PM [An] immersive, fun and an open M T W T F S S handed challenge to engage One of New Zealand’s leading contemporary Barnett Hall, Piha March 11 12 13 14 15 SAT (28) 7.30PM with and appreciate a unique dance companies, Black Grace brings its 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The PumpHouse Theatre, taonga of this land – long-running, critically-acclaimed Verses Takapuna Te Reo Māori. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 series to regional Auckland. SUN (29) 5.00PM 1hr no interval — Theatreview (NZ) SUN 11.00AM & 2.00PM To kick off its 25th anniversary year, Black Grace celebrates with 50mins no interval its hometown through a 10-centre tour of Tāmaki Makaurau with GA Recommended for ages 5+ the next instalment of Verses. $20 This performance is undertaken completely in te reo Māori Founding Artistic Director Neil Ieremia curates a collection of dance works, inspired by words, lyrics, lines and verse, set to an Door sales only. eclectic mix of his favourite pieces of music to create Verses. Tickets available at the venue one FREE hour prior to each performance. Register at aaf.co.nz/ngamanuroreka IMAGE: SIMON WILSON SIMON IMAGE:

Supported by 52 HE KAUPAPA Ā-WHĀNAU / FAMILY 53 TE REO AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND T U I A T E M U K A K Ō R E R O

He haerenga tōpū, he mātātoa anō a Whānui is a communal adventure: Whānui: he kohinga kaupapa toi e whai a collection of participatory arts wāhi atu ai te tangata, otirā, he tūāhua e projects in which an amazing piri ai, e whai wheako anō ai tētahi kāhui mix of people who call Auckland kanorau motuhake e noho nei ki Tāmaki home create, join in with and Makaurau ki ētahi mahinga toi e tau ana experience artworks in the many ki ngā tini tōpito o ō tātou takiwā kāinga. spaces and places that form our

I te tau 2020, ka ū tonu a Whānui ki te hura i ētahi o ngā neighbourhoods. kura kōrero me ngā takiwā e motuhake ana ki tō tātou In 2020, Whānui continues to bring light to some of tāone nui. the unique stories and landscapes that are distinct to our city. KI TE TAKE O TE MAUNGA AT THE FOOT Ka mahi tahi ngā iwi o ngā takiwā tūtata o Tāmaki me Maungakiekie kia panonihia ai he whaitua tūmatanui. OF THE MAUNGA Mā tēnei whakawhitiwhitinga e kitea ai te waihangatanga The neighbouring suburbs of Tāmaki and mai o ētahi mahinga toi nui mārika i ō rātou hapori, ā, Maungakiekie team up to transform public space ka whakaatuhia ki Onehunga me Mauinaina. He mea in an exchange that sees large-scale installations whakarite ngātahi ki te Tarahiti Ohaoha o TGTB, created within their communities displayed in he mea ārahi nā te ringatoi, nā Chantel Matthews ko Onehunga and Panmure. In association with Bobby MacDonald. TGTB Charitable Trust and led by artists Chantel Matthews and Bobby MacDonald. HE KURA TOI Auckland-wide He mea whakatōpū i ngā pūkenga taketake o te rangatahi HE KURA TOI ki ērā o ngā mātanga toi whakaari, he wānanga whakaihiihi MARCH 2020 Teaming the natural talents of rangatahi with hou a He Kura Toi e honohono ai ētahi ringa ngaio nō ngā leading performing artists, He Kura Toi is rāngai toi whakaari, toi auaha anō, ki ētahi arero reo Māori A full programme of events, dates an exciting new wānanga which connects i te uru o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka whai wāhi ētahi taiohi kei and locations will be available professionals from the performing and creative ngā Tau 12 me te 13 i te kura ki tētahi hōtaka motuhake ka early 2020 at aaf.co.nz/whanui arts industries with te reo Māori speakers in West whakakapitia ki tētahi hui whakanui i ngā tūmanako o te and across social media channels: Auckland. Year 12 & 13 taiohi (youth) will participate rangatahi mā roto mai i te Whakaari, i te Kori, i te Puoro in a specialised programme, culminating in a facebook.com/Aklfestival anō. He mea ārahi nā ngā pūkenga whakaari, nā Ani-Piki celebration of rangatahi aspiration through acting, Tuari rāua ko Krystal Lee Brown, ā, me tētahi tōpūtanga o @Aklfestival movement and music. Led by artists Ani-Piki Tuari ngā pūkenga whakaari taiea o Aotearoa. and Krystal Lee Brown, and a team of Aotearoa’s @Aklfestival He UTUKORE, he nui mārika hoki ngā huihuinga whakaū i eminent performers.

AucklandFestival te ora, he pāhekoheko, hei torotoronga hoki mā te hunga FREE and filled with life-affirming, interactive, hiakai. Nau Mai Haere Mai – haere mai ka rongo ai i te #AKLFEST #WHANUI get-in-amongst-it events. Nau Mai Haere Mai – reka o tētahi o ngā tino wāhi o te Ahurei, o Whānui! come and experience Whānui, a Festival favourite! FREE

IMAGE: RAYMOND SAGAPOLUTELE He Mokopuna He Tūpuna created by Te Pou Theatre, with children and elders from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kotuku and Te Rōpu Kaumatua o Te Whānau o Waipareira (2019) . Supported by 54 CREATIVE LEARNING 55

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THE CURRY HOUSE KID In this poignant documentary, 35°12’28.7”S 174°04’33.4”E the curry houses of choreographer B A B Y Akram Khan’s youth inspire a poetic dance work about the MUTANTS immigrant experience in Britain.

In his intimate hotel-room show, Biladurang (p48), Joel Bray When he was 20, Akram Khan – the visionary explores the remarkable tension of growing up as a gay behind 2018 Festival triumph Giselle – ran Aboriginal boy in a white Pentecostal household and feeling from his childhood and never looked back. He like a ‘mutant’. But how do you find (and remain true to) returns home in The Curry House Kid – to his yourself when you don’t have an anchor? And how does this memories of growing up on Brick Lane with his change the way we think about family? TALKS Bangladeshi parents, and to the violence and racism that shaped his everyday life – all of it Join Joel Bray, designer Kaan Hiini, artist and FAFSWAG culminating in a ruminative, hypnotic dance co-founder Tanu Gago, performance artist Moe Laga and piece in an abandoned warehouse nearby. journalist David Farrier as they share their own experiences of forging new paths and finding their tribe. A series of talks exploring the big questions, intimate narratives and [A] brave, beautiful fresh perspectives at documentary… Auckland Arts Festival. The choreography is extraordinary: expressive, CURATED BY ROSABEL TAN dynamic and deeply moving.” 35°12’30.9”S 174°04’31.1”E 35°12’28.7”S 174°04’33.4”E FOLLOWED BY — The Guardian (UK) CULTURE D A R K Spiegeltent, VULTURE Aotea Square MAGIC “Great artists steal”, or so the refrain goes. But is all really fair A year on from the Christchurch Terror Attacks and against a in love and art? How do we navigate the blurry line between Baby Mutants talk global backdrop of increasing division and violence, it feels TUE 17 MAR 5.30PM – 6.30PM appreciating and appropriating a culture that isn't ours? like there are increasingly higher stakes in the art we create Academy Cinemas Should artists have the right to tell stories that don't belong GA $20 and consume. So where to from here? Tempo Dance Festival to them? And how do we celebrate now-problematic figures director Cat Ruka, theatremaker Ahi Karunaharan (Tea, A The Curry House Kid film from history? Culture Vulture talk Fine Balance, My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak), poet Nida Fiazi + Dark Magic talk TUE 24 MAR 5.30PM – 6.30PM and playwright Stanley Makuwe (The Dead Shall Rise Again, SUN 22 MAR 2.00PM – 4.00PM Debating these questions are actor (Hunt Rachel House GA $20 Black Lover) unpack the considerations they make when Allocated $20 for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok), Te Tairāwhiti Arts drawing on their own (and their communities') experiences, Festival director , writer and director Tama Waipara Todd Book at aaf.co.nz the art that has changed their lives, and the very idea of hope. Book at aaf.co.nz Karehana (The Spectacular Imagination of the Pōhara Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Plan Your Festival + Booking info p76 Brothers, Ahikāroa), Curator Mātauranga Māori at Museum This talk follows the screening of The Curry House Kid of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Matariki Williams and and is chaired by comedian James Roque (Boy Mestizo, filmmaker/producerJulie Zhu. Frickin Dangerous Bro).

IMAGES: BAD LAMPS — KARL BAYLY IMAGE: SWAN FILMS & ALL3MEDIA INTERNATIONAL Each lamp is titled with the co-ordinates (longitude and latitude) from which its materials were gathered. Of the land, for better or for worse. The Curry House Kid (UK, 2019; directed by Nick Poyntz) is rated exempt. 46mins. 58 VISUAL ARTS 59 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Ō TAIRONGO

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Te Oro o Te Wāhine Māori The Unseen EXHIBITION Ōtairongo comes to life in this Chaired by Nigel Borell (Curator free evening of performance and Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery storytelling with the portraiture Toi o Tāmaki), join pioneering Pushing at the boundaries of subjects themselves – Moana artists Lisa Reihana and Maree contemporary Māori art, sound artist Maniapoto, Ramon Te Wake and Sheehan as they discuss the Maree Sheehan explores a new form Te Rita Papesch – along with the vital role that sound plays in their of portraiture in Ōtairongo. Using artist, Maree Sheehan. practice and the unique and only sonic elements as her palette, politically radical considerations each portrait captures the wairua Artspace Aotearoa that underpin their work. and mauri of three mana wāhine THU 19 MAR 7.00PM – 8.20PM Māori – Moana Maniapoto, Te Rita FREE Artspace Aotearoa Papesch and Ramon Te Wake. SAT 18 APR 10.00AM – 11.00AM FREE Rongo2 This immersive installation is a world first. Elevating your aural senses, Experience Ōtairongo in a new light Demonstration: Binaural and you are invited to put on a pair of with this special, one-off dining Immersive Sound Experiences headphones and be submerged experience. Join chefs Karena and into an ethereal plane where Kasey Bird as they serve up their Presented in collaboration kōrero, waiata, the marae, whānau, interpretation of and response to with Protel and Sennheiser, and whenua converge to create a Ōtairongo in this four-course meal this workshop invites creative captivating 360° experience. with matched wines. practitioners to witness the latest technology in binaural and Artspace Aotearoa immersive soundscapes – and to THU 26 MAR 7.00PM explore sonic experience creation Limited spaces available as a potential avenue for future Tickets on sale from December projects. Hosted in the state-of- Visit aaf.co.nz/otairongo for more info Artspace Aotearoa the-art Dolby Atmos theatre at Department of Post.

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SAFE AS Craig Horne Ana Lakusa TRANSMISSION Metiria Turei Kereama Taepa KEREAMA TAEPA, UNTITLED, 2019 HOUSES

Transmission is a major exhibition by award-winning, multidisciplinary artist Kereama Taepa that will realise one of his most ambitious commissions to date. Taepa’s practice demonstrates the long tradition of innovation within te ao Māori. His use of virtual reality and 3D printing has infused whakairo (carving) with new modes of address, interaction and portability that extends from the gallery walls to everyday dress.

Transmission explores the infinite possibilities of digital technologies to transmit mātauranga Māori. Taepa considers digital technologies beyond their immediate application, locating them within Māori paradigms that simultaneously connect to origin stories and offers space to embed personal narratives as a way forward into the future.

Kereama says, “Looking into the CRAIG HORNE future, my major concern is how we may identify our kinship to these Safe as Houses is a site-specific group exhibition digital and virtual phenomena so curated for and about Ōtahuhu, South Auckland. that these technologies are not The artists include local photographer Craig Horne, merely being used, but rather they West Auckland-based painter Ana Lakusa, and Vunilagi Vou are contextualised within te ao Dunedin-based former politician turned textile Māori itself.” installation artist Metiria Turei. The exhibition unpacks ideas related to historical architecture and TUE 3 MAR – SAT 4 APR Visit aaf.co.nz/transmission for landmarks, the whare tangata and body as home, information about special events that and gentrification as represented in collective FREE coincide with Transmission, including a Objectspace culture and identity. music performance in response to the exhibition on FRI 20 MAR. THU 12 MAR – SUN 3 MAY Vunilagi Vou is a South Auckland-based gallery that centralises contemporary Pacific art and South FREE Auckland audiences.

Safe as Houses has been produced with support from Mangere-Ōtahuhu Local Board. 62 VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS 63 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

SPEAKING SURFACES

Speaking Surfaces asks how do surfaces speak? How are stories and experiences inscribed in the surfaces that surround us? A collaboration SPLIT LEVEL between ST PAUL St Gallery and AUT Spatial Design, Speaking Surfaces is a dynamic and welcoming space that serves as a platform for encounters VIEW FINDER: through exhibitions, conversations, performances, gatherings, screenings, and teaching – including a Creative THEO SCHOON Wānanga, developed especially for A N D Auckland Arts Festival. SPEAKING SURFACES NEW ZEALAND ART MOVEMENT WORKSHOP WITH JACK GRAY, ST PAUL ST GALLERY, AUT, SEPTEMBER 2019.

Connecting Bauhaus modernism, Māori art and the art Talking with Theo CREATIVE of the mentally unwell, Theo Schoon (1915–85) remains a controversial figure in New Zealand art. His work was A day of talks and conversations in ST PAUL St Gallery constantly in dialogue or dispute with other cultures and response to the exhibition Split Level WĀNANGA View Finder, led by Hamish Coney. other artists. FRI 21 FEB – SAT 16 MAY All talks are free. No bookings necessary. Jack Gray & The first comprehensive Schoon exhibition in decades, SUN 8 MAR 11.00AM – 4.00PM FREE Creative Wānanga Split Level View Finder presents his painting, graphics, Atamira Dance Company SAT 21 & SUN 22 MAR photography, and jade and gourd carving, in conversation with works by contemporaries Rita Angus, Len Castle, Over one weekend during Auckland Arts Festival, ST PAUL 10.00AM – 12.00PM lab (gallery) 1.00PM – 3.00PM explore A.R.D. Fairburn, Rolfe Hattaway, Dennis Knight Turner, St Gallery activates space in response to the kaupapa of (bus/train/walk/car) Douglas MacDiarmid, Paratene Matchitt, Selwyn Muru, Speaking Surfaces. Facilitated by Atamira artistic director 4.00PM – 5.00PM jam (gallery) Arnold Wilson and Ans Westra, rethinking Schoon’s Te Uru Waitākere Jack Gray and special guests, this creative wānanga invites Participants need to register at legacy for 21st-century Aotearoa. the public to discuss, share and participate in a tactile, Contemporary Gallery [email protected] multi-sensory series of events situated both in the gallery You can sign up for any session, and outside. We take you on a surprising journey – walking/ SAT 7 MAR – SUN 31 MAY on one, or both days. Split Level View Finder is curated by Dr Damian Skinner and Aaron Lister. buses/trains/cars – to unpack, map and explore our The exhibition is supported by the City Gallery Foundation, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Schoon Estate, and the Fletcher Trust Collection. collective experience, and the terrain, of Tāmaki Makaurau. It is developed and toured by City Gallery Wellington. Skinner’s book Theo FREE FREE Schoon: A Biography was published in 2018

IMAGES: SPLIT LEVEL VIEW FINDER: THEO SCHOON AND NEW ZEALAND ART, CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON, 2019. 64 VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS 65 INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL HONESTLY SPEAKING: QUEER THE WORD, THE BODY ALGORITHMS AND THE INTERNET

Shahryar Nashat Sriwhana Spong Frances Stark Martine Syms

SHAHRYAR NASHAT START TO BEG, 2019. SYNTHETIC POLYMER, ATOMIZED ACRYLIC, AND FIBERGLASS. COURTESY OF DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.

SRIWHANA SPONG CASTLE-CRYSTAL (STILL) 2019. A VIRUS WALKS INTO A BAR, 2018 16MM FILM TRANSFERRED TO HD VIDEO. CO-COMMISSIONED BY (FILM STILL) BY JOHN WALTER, AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TĀMAKI AND EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL. Algorithms are problem-solving operations. They are a set of rules that help us calculate, decode and define. But what PART OF ‘CAPSID’, CO-COMMISSIONED BY SOUTHWARK PARK GALLERIES happens when these set of rules are ‘queered’? Gus Fisher LONDON AND HOME MANCHESTER – Gallery presents a timely and relevant show, tapping into This exhibition explores the body and language in art today SUPPORTED BY A LARGE ARTS AWARD through four highly immersive presentations by leading pressing issues facing local and global queer communities. FROM WELLCOME AND ARTS COUNCIL international artists. In a cultural era dominated by images, ENGLAND GRANTS FOR THE ARTS. This exhibition brings together a plurality of voices where these artists emphasise the relationship between objects, IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. identities are understood as always multifarious and in bodies and language. They re-engage ideas of gender flux. Assuming a polyvocal and intersectional standpoint, politics that were first seen in the 1980s, igniting questions Queer Algorithms features artists whose artworks have about power and personal truth in the digital age. These and are in the process of reconfiguring new algorithms for ideas are especially relevant now, as political truths are change against continued systems of exclusion. called into question and the expansion of technology Gus Fisher Gallery outpaces our understanding of its effect on our lives. Auckland Art Gallery Gus Fisher Gallery is proud to be working with the Toi o Tāmaki New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Ending HIV on the Honestly Speaking: The Word, the Body and the Internet SAT 15 FEB – SAT 2 MAY presentation of a selection of individual panels from the includes new and recent work by Shahryar Nashat SAT 22 FEB – SUN 7 JUN National Aids Memorial Quilt as part of the exhibition. (Switzerland), Frances Stark (USA) and Martine Syms (USA), NZSL videos about the exhibition Queer Algorithms includes artworks by ground-breaking and a work by UK-based New Zealand artist Sriwhana available through the gallery FREE* artists never seen before in Aotearoa working in the Spong which was co-commissioned for the Edinburgh Art mediums of video, installation and internet art. Festival in 2019. FREE

*Gallery admission charges apply for international visitors. 66 VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS 67 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND VENEZUELA / FRANCE I EXTEND MY ARMS Shannon Novak & Jeff Nusz

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ENVIRONNEMENT CHROMOINTERFÉRENT, 1974/2012. EXHIBITION “CRUZ-DIEZ. COLOR IN SPACE”, JEONBUK PROVINCE ART MUSEUM, JEONBUK, SOUTH KOREA, 2012 © CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ/ADAGP. COPYRIGHT AGENCY, 2019. CHROMOINTERFERENCE

Venezuelan-French artist Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019) was a Aotea Square is a living organism. Human activity flows around Carlos Cruz-Diez major protagonist in the field of kinetic and optical art. His body it and through its veins – cars driving to the movie theatre, of work explores how the movement of our bodies, objects and PRESENTED BY the criss-crossing of walking paths at the traffic intersection, light determines our perception of colour. For him, colour was an TE TUHI & AUCKLAND LIVE arm gestures as a story is told. I Extend My Arms, rendered evolving experience in space and time, and by means of various live on the larger-than-life Auckland Live Digital Stage screen technologies he produced ingenious devices of perception. If in Aotea Square, makes this ever-changing life-force visible. looking at a painting is comparable to gazing out of a window, his People are transformed into geometric avatars that move along works propose a leap into a void made of mutating colour. the ground – a cube, a sphere, a pyramid. They leave behind Aotea Centre Wrap, coloured walking trails that slowly dissipate over time. This Digital Stage, For the first time in New Zealand, Te Tuhi and Auckland Live Aotea Square builds an abstract image of everyday life in the area and how its Aotea Square present the artist’s magnificentChromointerference (1960–2019), inhabitants change the collective energy of the space over time. where colour is made of projected moving patterns and light creating spellbinding ‘events’ in a monumental scale. WED 11 MAR – SUN 29 MAR This title of this project takes its cue from artist Claude Cahun’s WED 11 MAR – SUN 29 MAR Daily, from sunset to 11.00PM photograph of the same name (1930). In this photo, a large stone Daily. For a detailed schedule, This epic visual extravaganza will be projected onto the exterior monolith has human arms reaching out – a seemingly inanimate visit aaf.co.nz/iextendmyarms surface of the Aotea Centre for the duration of the Festival. object (like Aotea Square), animated. FREE FREE

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Blind & Low Vision Events ACCESS & BARRY MCGOVERN IN BLACK TIES PAGE 14 SNOW WHITE PAGE 10 WATT BY SAMUEL BECKETT PAGE 32 INCLUSION Waitākere Room, Aotea Centre Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre Saturday 14 March 2.30pm Sunday 15 March 5.00pm ASB Waterfront Theatre • Sunday 29 March 4.00pm

Audio described performance & touch tour Audio described performance & touch tour Speech-based performance; performance notes We’re committed to making the Festival accessible $20 $20 ahead of time for Blind & Low Vision audiences for all audiences. The following icons in this guide THEATRE DANCE $20 and on aaf.co.nz indicate the accessibility of events THEATRE in our programme. KA PŌ, KA WAIATA PAGE 22 TIRA PAGE 20 ŌTAIRONGO PAGE 58 Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall ACCESS TICKETS Aotea Square • Wednesday 11 March 6.00pm Wednesday 18 March 6.00pm Artspace • Thursday 19 March 5.30pm Braille song sheets available; Tickets are $20 and under for access patrons for events Performance notes ahead of time designated access area for Sonic art exhibition; in the Access programme. One companion ticket per for Blind & Low Vision audiences audience who may require it touch tour & artist talk access patron is available at the same price each for all events in the Access programme. Some events have $20 MUSIC FREE MUSIC FREE VISUAL ARTS limited capacity so book early to avoid disappointment.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS BOOKINGS Deaf & Hard of Hearing Events

These bookings should be made directly with the BABBLE PAGE 35 LIMBO UNHINGED PAGE 8 PLACE DES ANGES PAGE 4 venue or via Ticketmaster. Māngere Arts Centre Spiegeltent, Aotea Square Upper Field, Auckland Domain Please download our Festival Social Story for Friday 27 March 7.00pm Wednesday 18 March 7.00pm Access tickets available for all performances information on accessible parking. NZSL interpreted performance NZSL interpreted performance NZSL video about the show; very visual show Wheelchair accessible seats for the events listed in $20 THEATRE $20 CIRCUS CABARET $20 SPECIAL EVENT the Access programme are $20 each, plus a companion ticket for $20. Limited capacity, so book early to avoid disappointment. Massive Foundations Taster Workshop SNOW WHITE PAGE 10 QUEER ALGORITHMS PAGE 65 with Massive Company artistic director Sam Scott, MNZM

Limited wheelchair seats are available for performances Ōtara Music Arts Centre, Main Hall Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre Gus Fisher Gallery outside the Access programme at usual ticket prices. Wednesday 1 April 4.30–7.30pm Thursday 12 March 7.00pm Saturday 15 February – Saturday 2 May

NZSL interpreted workshop for ages 14–24 NZSL video about the show; very visual show NZSL videos about the exhibition FREE – visit aaf.co.nz/babbledeaf for booking info $20 DANCE available through the gallery; very visual show Access Booking & Contact FREE VISUAL ARTS

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Event Venue Page TUE 10 WED 11 THU 12 FRI 13 SAT 14 SUN 15 MON 16 TUE 17 WED 18 THU 19 FRI 20 SAT 21 SUN 22 MON 23 TUE 24 WED 25 THU 26 FRI 27 SAT 28 SUN 29

Place des Anges Upper Field, Auckland Domain 4 8.30PM 8.30PM 8.30PM

Biladurang AVANI Auckland Metropolis Residences 48 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 5.00PM & 7.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 6.00PM & 8.00PM 5.00PM & 7.00PM

Circolombia – Acéléré Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre 12 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 4.00PM

Limbo Unhinged Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 8 8.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 6.00PM 7.30PM 7.00PM 6.30PM 7.00PM & 9.30PM 7.00PM & 9.30PM 6.00PM 7.30PM 6.30PM 6.30PM 7.00PM & 9.30PM 7.00PM & 9.30PM 6.00PM

Snow White Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre 10 7.00PM 7.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 5.00PM

Verses On tour throughout regional Auckland 50 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 5.00PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 5.00PM

Ngā Manu Rōreka Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 51 11.00AM & 2.00PM

Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus Bruce Mason Centre 16 10.30AM 10.30AM & 12.30PM 10.30AM & 12.30PM

@Peace and the Plutonian Noise Symphony Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 45 9.30PM

Aldous Harding • Weyes Blood • Purple Pilgrims Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 44 7.30PM

Amanda Palmer – There Will Be No Intermission Hollywood Avondale 40 7.00PM 7.00PM

An Evening with Pat Metheny Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 47 8.00PM

The Classicist The Romantic The Revolutionary The Radical Beethoven 250 – Concerts Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 38 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 5.00PM

Beethoven 250 – Beethoven’s Big Birthday Bash Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 39 2.30PM

Beethoven 250 – Ludwig Reflected Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall 39 6.00PM 6.00PM 6.00PM

Clarion: Music by Eve de Castro-Robinson Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 43 7.00PM

Eight Songs for a Mad King Ellen Melville Centre 42 8.30PM 8.30PM 8.30PM 8.30PM 8.30PM 8.30PM

Estère – Into the Belly of Capricorn Spiegeltent, Aotea Square 41 9.30PM

Ka Pō, Ka Waiata Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall 22 6.00PM & 8.00PM

Lagrime di San Pietro Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall 36 7.30PM

Soweto Gospel Choir: Freedom Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre 46 8.00PM

TIRA Aotea Square 20 6.00PM

Babble Māngere Arts Centre 35 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 2.00PM & 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM

Black Lover Loft, Q Theatre 34 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 4.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 4.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 7.00PM 2.00PM & 7.00PM 4.00PM

Black Ties Waitākere Room, Aotea Centre 14 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 2.30PM & 7.30PM 6.00PM

Cold Blood ASB Waterfront Theatre 24 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM

Dimanche ASB Waterfront Theatre 26 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 4.00PM

Mouthpiece Rangatira, Q Theatre 30 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 2.00PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 3.00PM & 7.30PM

UPU Rangatira, Q Theatre 28 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 7.30PM 5.00PM & 8.00PM 5.00PM & 8.00PM

Barry McGovern in Watt by Samuel Beckett ASB Waterfront Theatre 32 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 8.00PM 4.00PM

Opens Ends Chromointerference Aotea Centre Wrap, Aotea Square 67 WED 11 MAR SUN 29 MAR

Opens Ends Honestly Speaking: The Word, the Body and the Internet Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 64 SAT 22 FEB SUN 7 JUN

Opens Ends I Extend My Arms Digital Stage, Aotea Square 66 WED 11 MAR SUN 29 MAR

Opens Te Oro o Te Wāhine Rongo2 Ends Ōtairongo Artspace Aotearoa 58 FRI 6 MAR Māori 7.00PM 7.00PM SAT 16 MAY

Opens Ends Queer Algorithms Gus Fisher Gallery 65 SAT 15 FEB SAT 2 MAY

Opens Ends Safe as Houses Vunilagi Vou 61 TUE 3 MAR SAT 4 APR

Opens Creative Wānanga Creative Wānanga Ends Speaking Surfaces ST PAUL St Gallery 63 FRI 21 FEB 10.00AM – 5.00PM 10.00AM – 5.00PM SAT 16 MAY

Opens Ends Split Level View Finder Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery 62 SAT 7 MAR SUN 31 MAY

Baby Mutants The Curry House Kid Culture Vulture Talks / The Curry House Kid Spiegeltent, Aotea Square / Academy Cinemas 56 5.30PM + Dark Magic 2.00PM 5.30PM

Opens Music Performance Ends Transmission Objectspace 60 THU 12 MAR 7.00PM SUN 3 MAY MATAKANA

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