2010 NZ International Arts Festival

The 2010 Festival programme promises to be as wide-ranging as ever. Award-winning theatre, visionary dance, monumental music collaboration, and a renowned prize-winning author give you a taste of what’s coming to Wellington in 2010.

The Festival includes New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week (9-14 March). New Zealand’s premiere cultural event and one of the leading multi-arts festivals in the world, the Festival presents a wide-ranging programme of the best international and New Zealand artistic works.

Festival 2010 features award-winning theatre that pushes boundaries, with Sound of Silence - a play without words, to the restaging of APOLLO 13, an unforgettable, interactive theatre experience. From the breathtaking sequence of movement and martial arts of Shaolin monks in Sutra, to the visionary choreography of Good Morning, Mr. Gershwin, the Festival’s dance programme reveals a deep curiosity concerning cultures and genres.

The monumental music events range from Mahler Symphony No.8 led by world renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, to the legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and jazz great Branford Marsalis. Renowned authors, including Neil Gaiman, Richard Dawkins and Simon Schama, will challenge and entertain at New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week.

The Festival happens in venues across Wellington and the Wellington region. In 2010 the beating heart of the Festival will be the Pacific Blue Festival Club - an exciting new space at Shed 6 on the Capital’s picturesque waterfront. It’s where you can check out live music in the early evening, then catch a late night theatre show or hang out at the bar. The Club is the perfect place to soak up the Festival atmosphere.

To find out more, preview shows and events and book tickets visit www.nzfestival.nzpost.co.nz

Visitors who stay at Novotel Wellington, Mercure Wellington, Mercure Wellington Willis Street or Ibis Wellington and flash their Festival performance tickets/confirmation at check in receive a $20 credit to be used towards food and beverage during their stay. Use the credit towards pre-show cocktails, supper or breakfast...the choice is yours! Room rates start from $119.00 per night.

Interests: Music & Dance, Theatre & Film

Events in this festival ordered by starting date

Mary Stuart

Seduction, greed and deception lie at the heart of this production.

Sat 27 Feb to Sat 3 Apr 2010
Tue, Wed 6.30pm Thu - Sat 8pm Sun 4pm
Circa Theatre
$20 – $38

Art Talks

A series of conversations with national and international artists.

Sat 27 Feb to Fri 19 Mar 2010
1pm or 5.30pm
City Gallery Wellington
Free

Revolt of the Mannequins

Changing the way you think about street theatre!

Sat 6 to Sun 14 Mar 2010 Finishing Soon
All Day
Various locations
Free

Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

Deliciously dark and strangely beautiful theatre cabaret.

Sat 6 to Sun 14 Mar 2010 Finishing Soon
10pm: 6, 10-13 March 2010, 8pm 14 March 2010
Shed 6
$56

The Letter Writer

Both a suspense story and a transcendent love story.

Sun 7 to Sun 21 Mar 2010
Various
Circa Theatre
$45

New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week

A week of surprises, delights, challenges and entertainment.

Tue 9 to Sun 14 Mar 2010
Various times
Various locations
$15 – $45

Writers Upfront

Writers Upfront brings the world of words to Wellington.

Tue 9 to Sun 14 Mar 2010
9.30am - 7pm
Embassy Theatre
$180 – $190

Eleven and Twelve

A tale of an Africa shaken by colonialism and torn by internal strife.

Wed 10 to Sun 14 Mar 2010
8pm 10 - 13 March 4pm 14 March
St James Theatre

The Arrival

An emotive and inspiring account of one man’s quest to belong.

Thu 11 to Sun 14 Mar 2010
8pm 11 - 12 March 2010 2pm 13 March 2010 4pm 14 March
The Opera House
$18 – $66

Calexico

Described as “eclectic indie rockers sprinkled with desert dust”.

Thu 11 to Fri 12 Mar 2010
7:30pm
Shed 6
$68

Town Hall Talks: Simon Schama

See one of the world's most renowned historians, Simon Schama.

Fri 12 Mar 2010
6.30pm
Wellington Town Hall
$22 – $25

Ravi Shankar

See legendary sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar.

Fri 12 Mar 2010
8pm
Michael Fowler Centre
$73 – $120

360

Travelling back through the memories of a prodigal son.

Fri 12 to Fri 19 Mar 2010
8pm 12 March, 2pm & 7pm 13 - 14 and 20 - 21 March, 7pm 16 - 17 March, 6pm & 8pm 18 - 19 March
Te Whaea - National Dance and Drama Centre
$56