arts festivals in New Zealand

The New Zealand city of Dunedin is raising eyebrows around the country by ditching traditional Easter trading rules to “paint the town Ed” in honour of Ed ... The British pop-star is scheduled to play three stadium concerts over Easter weekend, and the city council has planned a weekend-long festival to ...

In its 11th year as the CMC Rocks franchise (it moved to Queensland in 2014 following promises of government and tourism support) reached its largest crowd, with 20,000 attending Ipswich Speedway. This figure was up from 15,000 last year, after promoters Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts ...

The latest to adopt interactive video technology in order to connect students with educators is the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). ... come into the classroom to teach students because he was working with a renowned director on a high profile film in New Zealand, the class is able to come to him.

HUNTINGTON - Marshall Campus Recreation is bringing the Banff Mountain Film Festival to the big screen at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in ... rock climbers, kayakers, backcountry skiers and other adenturers, shot in locations around the world including New Zealand, the Canadian Arctic, the ...

Pasifika Festival, the biggest Pacific cultural event of its kind in the world, opens in Auckland today. ... Arts and crafts display at Pasifikia Festival 2018. Photo: RNZ Pacific/Sara Vui-Talitu. A new component this year showcases small and medium size businesses from the Pacific to New Zealand consumers.

The New Zealand Festival in Wellington and the Auckland Arts Festival have presented some extraordinary examples of theatre, dance, visual arts and ... and The Select in Wellington, Akram Khan's Giselle and 1984 in Auckland as well as Orpheus and The Piano, which were presented at both festivals.

Wellington's Cuba Street comes alive this weekend as it hosts CubaDupa - New Zealand's largest immersive arts festival. More than 120 acts and 250 performers are on hand in an experience which "blurs the line between audience, performer, stage and street". Artistic Director Drew James says ...

Even past its peak, the annual South by Southwest Music Festival was a prodigious thing, with some 2,000 acts performing in Austin's clubs, theaters, .... chord changes, dramatic buildups and guitar tremolo filled the songs of Marlon Williams from New Zealand: “Now that you've left me, what can I say?/

New Zealand Arts Festival's programme has a picture of this - a boy with arm outstretched in wonder and psychedelic lines swirling behind him - as the poster image for Future Playground. Six of us file into the room, which has mirrors on the floor and ceiling and projections on each of the four walls. Nobody ...

Hosted in Wellington from February 23 to March 18, 2018, New Zealand Festival is the country's largest melting pot of arts and culture. From theatre and ballets to talks and special events, the Festival is a must-visit while in Wellington. Planning a last minute getaway? Here's what we suggest. Advertisement ...