Festival Director David Malacari revealed the exciting line-up for Auckland Festival 2009 last week. World premieres, cutting edge artists, great classical works, a sophisticated late night scene, and compelling, inspiring and challenging work from New Zealand, the Pacific and beyond. The festival is on 5-22 March 2009. Tickets are on sale from Wednesday. Visit the website for the full Festival programme.The programme has several themes - Theatre, Dance, Music, and Visual Arts. The Red Square will be taking over Aotea Square.
Highlights include:
"Gathering Clouds" is a new dance work by acclaimed choreographer Neil Ieremia. Beautiful in its fury, Gathering Clouds responds to controversial claims made by economist Greg Clydesdale in which he warns that Polynesians display “significant and enduring under achievement” – a problem he believes immigration is making worse.
Hailed as a masterpiece everywhere it has been performed, this magical theatrical production, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s timeless fables and anecdotes drawn from his Parisian travels, delves into the life of a Québécois man who comes to Paris to write a libretto for a children’s opera of The Dryad. Incorporating humour and satire, puppets and supra-realist video backdrops, The Andersen Project also explores more troubling territory: questions about sexual identity, unfulfilled fantasies and a thirst for recognition that are drawn from Andersen’s life and writings, and which serve as a filigree to the modern tale.
Nostalgia is a powerful and engaging tale that combines movement, theatre, dance, voice and an original score in a stunning production. It is a visual feast that traverses the history of the 20th century to offer a theatrical experience that transcends language.This compelling work evokes the passion, joys and the distress experienced by travellers and immigrants everywhere. Against a backdrop of overscale images, the immigrants travel to new lands. Slowly they emerge from the constraints of their past, to experience the colour, excitement – and despair – of a new South American life.
"The Arrival" By Shaun Tan, adapted by Red Leap Theatre, New Zealand
CREATED BY: Kate Parker, Julie Nolan, and Cast
What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey alone to a land where the future is unknown? This question inspired Shaun Tan's award-winning book, now lifted from the page in a wondrous, wordless stage production. Designed to captivate audiences of all ages, the show combines music, movement, puppetry and shadow play to send your heart and imagination on a journey of discovery to a land of flying ships, strange birds and travelling balloons.
This story of overcoming hardship, of humanity and of hope is a tribute to migrants and refugees throughout the world.
The Arrival is also part of the New Zealand Post Family Weekend. Developed through the Auckland Festival WATCH THIS SPACE initiative funded by Arts Regional Trust and ASB Community Trust.
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