New Zealand International Arts Festival 24 Feb - 18 Mar 2012
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Today, the New Zealand International Arts Festival released the findings of BERL’s Economic Survey measuring the contribution to the Wellington City economy and Nielsen’s Audience Survey. Read on
The Lexus Song Quest Preliminary Judges have been stunned by the wealth of young talent in this year’s competition, as they announce the names of the 12 contestants who will go through to the semi-finals. Read on
The world premiere of a homegrown opera about Hohepa Te Umuroa is a highlight of the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival which opens in Wellington on Friday. Read on
The world premiere of a homegrown opera about Hohepa Te Umuroa is a highlight of the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival which opens in Wellington on Friday. Read on
The 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival opens this Friday with 900 artists from around the world filling the theatres, galleries and streets of Wellington for New Zealand’s largest multi-arts festival. Read on
When the Sydney Festival kicks off this weekend it will showcase Indigenous cultures. Among the highlights is a show by The Barefoot Divas - six performers from three Pacific nations who are a musical and cultural force to be reckoned with. Read on
Leave it to Stephen Colbert to bring a crowd together – an eclectic one at that, too. Last night, Malian collective Tinariwen came “to rock the gourd” and also sat down to talk shop with Colbert. Read on
It’s not every day that an incredible line-up of children’s and young adult authors come together in one place, but that’s exactly what happens during the literary celebration held as part of the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival. Read on
Anne Chamberlain is pleased and rightly so. It’s her first year as co-ordinator of the New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers & Readers Week and she has landed Germaine Greer as a headliner. Germaine Greer Read on
A big top circus from Belgium, a punk accordion player from Finland and the world premiere of a New Zealand opera are among the three hundred shows in next year's International Arts Festival. Read on
The New Zealand International Arts Festival aims to appeal to anyone who wants to be entertained. It is up to the festival's artistic director Lissa Twomey to decide which international acts New Zealand audiences will pay to see. Read on
The 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival this week launched the programme for next year’s festival. It will feature more than 300 performances from fairy tales to opera, from Shakespeare to salsa, from the Sahara Desert to a circus tent. Read on