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Hard for anything in the festival... to top this
더 코러스; 오이디푸스
17 - 20 March
Q Rangatira
Intimate in scale, epic in scope, this South Korean theatre work uses a mix of contemporary music, dance and drama to re-imagine Sophocles’ fraught Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex.
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March 2016
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...industrial, thumping, brooding, banging. A delicious cacophony
17 - 20 March
Spiegeltent, Aotea Square
In this classic coming-of-age story a live rock concert and theatre performance collide as musical genres change gears and live, hand-drawn illustrations weave their way across the backdrop
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March 2016
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instil[s] a sense of wonder in her audience
Artworks Theatre, Waiheke
Beguiling storytelling for the whole family, in Waves, Elizabeth Moncello, inventor of the butterfly stroke, learns to swim with the help of fish, penguins and other amphibian friends.
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instil[s] a sense of wonder in her audience
17 March
Barnett Hall, Piha
Beguiling storytelling for the whole family, in Waves Elizabeth Moncello, inventor of the butterfly stroke, learns to swim with the help of fish, penguins and other amphibian friends.
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March 2016
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two expert clowns, and many laughs
2 - 20 March
Circus Ronaldo Big Top, Aotea Square
The sixth-generation of a renowned Belgian circus family, Danny and David Ronaldo are cast as chef and kitchen hand serving hearty helpings of slapstick, vaudeville and traditional commedia.
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March 2016
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an electrifying and transcendent piece of art
15 - 20 March
Q Loft
From Goebbels to General Patton and Socrates to George W Bush, Flemish artist Valentijn Dhaenens shapeshifts, croons and loops his way through history in this jaw-dropping theatrical tour-de-force.
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March 2016
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Although we spoke quietly, the eyes and ears of history caught every gesture
17 - 19 March
Great Hall
A soaring and compelling opera that relates the moment Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong, two of the 20th century’s most controversial figures, meet.
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March 2016
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It's a masterpiece
9 - 14 March
Q Rangatira
In this surprising new comedy, a policeman, a priest and a blind man look for clues that lead to the missing playwright Bruce Mason.
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March 2016
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Furiously exciting. A high-stakes political thriller that never lets up *****
5 - 12 March
ASB Theatre
History just got its mojo back! An epic trilogy set in Scotland in the tumultuous 15th century bringing to life three generations of medieval kings.
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a morally fraught, white-knuckle ride*****
5 - 12 March
ASB Theatre
Prisoner of England for 18 years, then sent home, James I must make some terrible decisions to save himself, his English Queen and the crown.
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March 2016
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a strong exploration of damage, oppression and ensuing explosion
6 - 12 March
ASB Theatre
Crowned King at aged six and tormented by childhood nightmares, James II must fight for his crown in a vicious game between Scotland’s most powerful families.
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March 2016
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it all comes round, it all comes round again whatever you do
6 - 12 March
ASB Theatre
Charismatic, cultured, and obsessed with grand gestures, James III is loved and loathed. The nation’s fate lies with his resourceful and resilient wife, Margaret of Denmark.
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March 2016
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