New Zealand International Arts Festival

A huge number of compelling and exciting events in this year's New Zealand International Arts Festival, from dance to jazz...theatre to international music...classical to kids events. Be sure to get out and support the arts!

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Chamber Music NZ Presents The Borodin String Quartet

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 6 Mar 2010
Good Morning, Mr. Gershwin

St James Theatre, Wed 17 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Sound of Silence

TSB Bank Arena, Fri 26 Feb 2010 – Fri 5 Mar 2010
11 and 12

St James Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010 – Sun 14 Mar 2010
The Clemenger BBDO Season of The Walworth Farce

The Opera House, Wed 17 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Rufus Wainwright: CANCELLED

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 27 Feb 2010
Mahler Symphony No. 8: SOLD OUT

Michael Fowler Centre, Fri 26 Feb 2010
'360'

Te Whaea: NZ National Dance and Drama Centre, Fri 12 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
He Reo Aroha (Art on the Move: Regional Performance)

PATAKA Art + Museum, Fri 12 Mar 2010 – Sat 13 Mar 2010
Mark Twain & Me in Māoriland (regional performance)

Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Tue 9 Mar 2010
13 Most Beautiful

Wellington Town Hall, Thu 4 Mar 2010
Branford Marsalis Quartet

Michael Fowler Centre, Sat 20 Mar 2010
Calexico

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Thu 11 Mar 2010 – Fri 12 Mar 2010
Djan Djan

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Wed 3 Mar 2010
Dancing on Your Grave

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Sat 27 Feb 2010 – Fri 5 Mar 2010
Irya’s Playground

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Enter the Dragon with Karsh Kale & Midval Punditz

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Tue 16 Mar 2010 – Wed 17 Mar 2010
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Sat 6 Mar 2010 – Sun 14 Mar 2010
Ship Songs

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Thu 4 Mar 2010 – Sat 6 Mar 2010
Frisky and Mannish

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Thu 18 Mar 2010 – Sat 20 Mar 2010
Gala Opening (NZ Post Writers and Readers Week)

Embassy Theatre, Tue 9 Mar 2010
Afternoon Tea with Jenny Pattrick

InterContinental Wellington, Sun 14 Mar 2010
Town Hall Talk: Simon Schama

Wellington Town Hall, Fri 12 Mar 2010
Once Upon a Deadline

Wellington Town Hall, Mon 8 Mar 2010
Echoa (Art on the Move: Regional Performance)

Kuranui College, Mon 1 Mar 2010
Transports Exceptionnels

Waitangi Park, Fri 26 Feb 2010 – Sun 28 Mar 2010
The Letter Writer

Circa Theatre, Sun 7 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Music in the Eye

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 6 Mar 2010 – Sun 7 Mar 2010
Organ Recital

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 6 Mar 2010
Pre-Concert Talk: Borodin Quartet

Ilott Theatre, Sat 6 Mar 2010
New Zealand String Quartet: Ten

Wellington Town Hall, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Pre-Concert Talk

Ilott Theatre, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Visual Music

Ilott Theatre, Sun 7 Mar 2010
New Zealand Post Young Writers and Readers Day

Capital E, Sun 14 Mar 2010
The Ugly Duckling and Me

Ascot Picture Theatre, Sun 14 Mar 2010
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ascot Picture Theatre, Sun 14 Mar 2010
The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy (regional performance)

Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Sat 27 Feb 2010
Art Talks: Simon O’Neill

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Tue 2 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Apollo 13: Mission Control

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Thu 4 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Sound of Silence

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Fri 5 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Mark Twain & Me in Māoriland

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Mon 15 Mar 2010
St. Vincent

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Thu 18 Mar 2010
Art Talk: Happy As Larry

City Gallery Wellington, Tue 9 Mar 2010
Theorem, a film by by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Soundings Theatre, Sun 14 Mar 2010
Emily Perkins An Innocent Abroad

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Collecting Worlds Kamila Shamsie and Ilija Trojanow

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Geoff Dyer The Ongoing Moment

Embassy Theatre, Thu 11 Mar 2010
But Beautiful Geoff Dyer and Philip Hoare

Embassy Theatre, Thu 11 Mar 2010

Sutra

St James Theatre, Fri 26 Feb 2010 – Sat 6 Mar 2010
T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

TSB Bank Arena, Sat 13 Mar 2010 – Fri 19 Mar 2010
The Arrival

The Opera House, Thu 11 Mar 2010 – Sun 14 Mar 2010
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Wellington Town Hall, Wed 17 Mar 2010 – Thu 18 Mar 2010
The TV3 Season of Inside out

The Opera House, Mon 1 Mar 2010 – Mon 8 Mar 2010
Happy As Larry

TSB Bank Arena, Sun 7 Mar 2010 – Wed 10 Mar 2010
Simon O’Neill: Wagner Gala

Michael Fowler Centre, Fri 5 Mar 2010
He Reo Aroha

Soundings Theatre, Tue 9 Mar 2010 – Wed 10 Mar 2010
Mark Twain & Me in Māoriland

Soundings Theatre, Sat 13 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Sing the Truth

Michael Fowler Centre, Sat 6 Mar 2010
Ravi Shankar

Michael Fowler Centre, Fri 12 Mar 2010
Yellowjackets

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Tue 2 Mar 2010
Don McGlashan & Friends: SOLD OUT

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Djan Djan (Art on the Move: Regional Perfomance)

PATAKA Art + Museum, Thu 4 Mar 2010
Dancing on Your Grave (Regional Performance)

Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Tue 2 Mar 2010
Jenny Morris

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Sat 13 Mar 2010
The Swell Season : SOLD OUT

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Sun 21 Mar 2010
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Regional)

Southward Theatre, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Ship Songs (Art on the Move: Regional performance)

Southward Theatre, Tue 9 Mar 2010
Apollo 13: Mission Control

Downstage Theatre, Sat 27 Feb 2010 – Tue 9 Mar 2010
Writers Upfront

Embassy Theatre, Tue 9 Mar 2010 – Sun 14 Mar 2010
Town Hall Talk: Richard Dawkins

Michael Fowler Centre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Town Hall Talk: Neil Gaiman

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 13 Mar 2010
Echoa

Soundings Theatre, Tue 2 Mar 2010 – Sun 7 Mar 2010
MTYLAND

Soundings Theatre, Sat 27 Feb 2010 – Mon 1 Mar 2010
Mary Stuart

Circa Theatre, Sat 27 Feb 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Stockhausen: Helicopter String Quartet

Ilott Theatre, Sat 6 Mar 2010
Breath of Wind

Ilott Theatre, Sat 6 Mar 2010 – Sun 7 Mar 2010
NZTrio: Movement

Wellington Town Hall, Sat 6 Mar 2010
Keith Lewis & Michael Houstoun: Peaks of Cloud

Wellington Town Hall, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Organ Recital

Wellington Town Hall, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Dirty Beasts & Other Stories

Wellington Town Hall, Sun 7 Mar 2010
Kids on Sundays

various, Sun 7 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
Kids' Flicks

Embassy Theatre, Sun 21 Mar 2010
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Embassy Theatre, Sun 21 Mar 2010
The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy

Capital E, Sun 14 Mar 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy (Regional Performance)

Masterton Town Hall, Fri 12 Mar 2010 – Sat 13 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Sutra

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Mon 1 Mar 2010
Art Talks: 13 Most Beautiful

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Wed 3 Mar 2010
Art Talks: Visual Arts

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Thu 4 Mar 2010
Art Talks: 11 and 12

Adam Auditorium, City Gallery - DUPLICATE, Thu 11 Mar 2010
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Tue 9 Mar 2010
Anthony McCall Drawing with Light

Adam Art Gallery, Wed 24 Feb 2010 – Sun 21 Mar 2010
The Man in Black: the Johnny Cash Story

Pacific Blue Festival Club, Wed 17 Mar 2010
Sarah Waters History's Darling

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Where to From Here? Peter Singer and Rod Oram

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Chloe Hooper True Crime

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Poetry Reading

Embassy Theatre, Wed 10 Mar 2010
Glyn Maxwell Time's Fool

Embassy Theatre, Thu 11 Mar 2010
Margo Lanagan Tender Morsels

Downstage Theatre, Thu 11 Mar 2010

Tours & Themes

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Lenny Henry - Cradle to Rave Tour

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Raggamuffin Roadtrip

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Blacklistt - From The Blind Spot Tour

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NZSO's Spellbound

A battalion of determined buckets and brooms usually comes to mind whenever Paul Dukas’s…
Kaha - Aotearoa Tour

Kaha - Atamira Dance Company’s exciting new compilation, taking to stages across Aotearoa…
Herman's Hermits New Zealand Tour

The mid-60s music scene was dominated by British Acts, three of which became household…
California Youth Symphony Tour

The California Youth Symphony is undoubtedly one of the finest youth orchestras in the world.…
Elizabeth Marvelly's Heartland Tour

Kiwi songstress Elizabeth Marvelly will sing time’s most beautiful songs on her very special tour…
The Black Keys New Zealand Tour

The Black Keys return to New Zealand... to unlock their magic in Auckland and Wellington.The…
Kenny Rogers & Glen Campbell New Zealand Tour

Grammy Legends and Country Superstars Kenny Rogers and Glen Campbell return to New Zealand…
NBR New Zealand Opera's Rigoletto

Opera doesn't get more melodramatic than Rigoletto, Verdi's heartbreaking tale of love and…
Goodshirt - EP Release Tour

Goodshirt have been keeping busy since their return late last year, with a new video for ‘So…
New Zealand International Science Festival

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Ian McKellen on Stage - with Shakespeare, Tolkien and You

The Hobbit star Ian McKellen is downing his staff and pointy blue hat at weekends to perform a…

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