Media releases
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19.02.2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Opens New Chapter for 12 Authors of the South East Asia and Pacific Internationally recognised for propelling authors into the literary spotlight, the shortlist for the regional winners from South East Asia and Pacific has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. read on
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15.01.2010 Rufus Wainwright Tour of Australia and New Zealand Cancelled It is with deep regret that Chugg Entertainment and Gaynor Crawford Presents today announced that Rufus Wainwright's upcoming tour will be cancelled due to an illness in the family. read on
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22.12.2009 New Zealand Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale a success New Zealand's participation at the art world's most prestigious contemporary art exhibition - the Venice Biennale - was a critical and popular success with an unprecedented number of visitors passing through the 2009 exhibitions. read on
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12.12.2009 New Acts Announced for New Zealand International Arts Festival The New Zealand International Arts Festival has announced two new acts for its 2010 line up at the Pacific Blue Festival Club - the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra from Brooklyn, New York and award winning indie singer-songwriter St. Vincent. Tickets g read on
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01.11.2009 Shaun Tan’s Book Arrives On Stage The Arrival is a near-wordless stage production based on an adaptation of the award-winning graphic novel by Australian artist and author Shaun Tan. read on
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31.10.2009 Four Superstar Jazz Women Salute Nina Simone at the Festival A supernova line up of four of the world’s great female vocalists – Dianne Reeves, Patti Austin, Lizz Wright and Simone - pay homage to the one and only Nina Simone in Sing The Truth: Nina Simone Remembered. read on
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01.11.2009 Orchestra Breaks Baroque Music Out of the Box One of the world’s most popular Baroque ensembles makes its Australasian debut during the New Zealand International Arts Festival in 2010 with its energetic interpretation of classical and contemporary music. read on
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01.11.2009 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests When Dean Wareham brings 13 Most Beautiful... to the New Zealand International Arts Festival next March he will be performing in his home town for the first time. read on
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31.10.2009 Festival Welcomes the World with the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ The opening of New Zealand’s International Arts Festival on February 26 will gather together one of New Zealand’s largest ever orchestral and choral polyphonies for Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 lead by world renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. read on
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31.10.2009 A Journey through Faith and Imagination Shaolin Kung fu monks perform the breathtaking dance work Sutra by of one of Europe’s most exciting choreographer-dancers in its only Australasian performances at the New Zealand International Arts Festival next year. read on -
31.10.2009 High Flying Swedish Circus is a Magical World on a Knife’s Edge Sweden’s Cirkus Cirkör brings its hit show, The TV3 Season of Inside Out, to the New Zealand International Arts Festival with jaw-dropping athletics and playful magical storytelling that is all about the human heart and “something as simple as life.” read on
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01.11.2009 A Play Without Words Set Behind The Iron Curtain Latvia’s New Riga Theatre brings their much loved and recently controversial play Sound of Silence to the opening night of the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington. read on -
31.10.2009 Iconoclastic Director Debuts His Latest Play in New Zealand Legendary theatre director Peter Brook is currently in rehearsal with his latest work Eleven and Twelve ahead of its world premiere in Paris at the end of November. read on
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31.10.2009 Galloping Irish comedy heading to New Zealand Celebrated Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s devastatingly funny play The Walworth Farce is on the largest international tour for a new work in recent times, and it’s heading to the New Zealand International Arts Festival for 2010. read on -
31.10.2009 Polish Powerhouse Play from Theatre Company TR Warszawa Europe’s trailblazing theatre company TR Warszawa and its white hot writer-director Grzegorz Jarzyna bring their latest work T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. to the New Zealand International Arts Festival next March. read on