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March 18

two expert clowns, and many laughs
La Cucina dell'Arte
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. shortlist
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an electrifying and transcendent piece of art
BigMouth
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. shortlist
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Changes is the world premiere of two significant new dance works by choreographe...
Changes 變
16 - 19 March SKYCITY Theatre The world premiere of two significant new dance works by visionary choreographers Neil Ieremia and Kuik Swee Boon, exploring themes of death, tolerance and diversity. shortlist
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a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges from street cult...
360 ALLSTARS
17 - 20 March The Civic Boasting a stellar cast including world-class breakdancers, a world champion BMX flatlander and basketball freestyler, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a radical urban circus. shortlist
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...industrial, thumping, brooding, banging. A delicious cacophony
The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy
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 shortlist
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Hard for anything in the festival... to top this
The Chorus; Oedipus
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. shortlist
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exemplary compositions and virtuoso playing...a gutsy fearsome jazz
Uri Caine with the New Zealand String Quartet: Reimagining the Classics
18 March Concert Chamber Jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine joins forces with the New Zealand String Quartet to perform inventive and eclectic interpretations of classical repertoire. shortlist
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the essence of this impassioned production is its exceptional dancers and their ...
m¡longa
18 - 20 March ASB Theatre World class virtuoso tango is re-forged by genius choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as he injects the traditions of Argentine tango with his own ground-breaking contemporary twists. shortlist
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fabulous, fantastical, magnificent*****
John Grant
18 March Great Hall American musician John Grant performs live with a five-piece band from Iceland. Utterly gorgeous melodies and witty on-stage banter make his shows varied, marvellous and entrancing. shortlist
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They are the nicest and gentlest of people, and then they go on stage to become ...
Shooglenifty
18 - 19 March Spiegeltent, Aotea Square The ‘hypno-folkadelic ambient trad’ of Scotland’s Shooglenifty is famed for their out-of-the-box performances. Skip right up to the cèilidh with these inventive and brilliant Scotsmen. shortlist
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March 2016
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