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Dunedin Arts Festival
Dunedin
April 2
A showcase of artistic triumphs
The Dunedin Arts Festival is in full swing across the city, with big audiences lapping up an impressive array of dance, music, theatre and visual arts events.
Dunedin
April 2
Improvised music at heart of show
Davey’s Backyard Skiffle Band is visiting six primary schools across Dunedin this week, before a public instrument-making session and show on Saturday.
Dunedin
April 2
Art awards winning entries on display
The 2025 Cleveland National Art Awards, featuring 220 selected works by artists from across New Zealand, are on display at the Otago Art Society galleries as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival.
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Dunedin
April 2
Answers to life’s questions given loudly
What is the secret to happiness?
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Entertainment
April 2
Meshing poetry and theatre
Actor and director Fasitua Amosa had never come across poetry until he was asked to help turn a piece of poetry into theatre.
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Entertainment
April 2
Finding magic in the light
A family trip to the South Island during breaks in Covid-19 lockdowns has inspired the work of Wellington artist Juliet Best being shown in her first solo exhibition in Dunedin.
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Dunedin
April 1
Illuminating streets with nature
Dunedin is home to many marine mammals, but typically not ones that float three storeys in the air on the side of a building.
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Dunedin
March 31
Suitcase-sized show inspired by globetrotting surprises
Hannah Smith says she is often taking "strange things" on to aeroplanes.
Dunedin
March 30
Works to make you think, contemplate, yearn for more
If I could simply say this work was amazing, that would be my review done.
Dunedin
March 29
Monologue brings novella to life
A man alone in the dark imagines he is not a man alone in the dark.
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Dunedin
March 28
New and old worlds joined for performance
A multimedia Dunedin performance company are combining Māori instruments with digital cinema to celebrate the beauty of a traditional art form.
Dunedin
March 26
Award-winning show home for fest
Internationally award-winning show Pōtaka Nautilus & Pepe returns home with a hybrid fusion of dance, music, theatre and cinematic artistry for the Dunedin Arts Festival.
Dunedin
March 26
Guitarist goes classical
A local musician has embarked on a personal journey from classic rock to classical guitar.
Dunedin
March 26
Four-concert chamber music series begins
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra will take audiences on a journey through elegant, witty and daring chamber music in its four-concert DSO at Six series at Hanover Hall during the Dunedin Arts Festival.
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Dunedin
March 25
Playwright looks to her ancestor to help others reflect
A Dunedin playwright who has penned a performance about her great, great, great, great, great grandmother hopes it will encourage audiences to examine their own ancestors’ stories.
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Dunedin
March 24
Ode to youth the real deal
Friends of choreographer Jeremy Beck may not consider themselves dancers, but their talents will be part of the opening show for the Dunedin Arts Festival.
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Entertainment
March 12
Mozart in context — and not
Singer, composer and teacher Robert Wiremu believes the southern performances of his piece Reimagining Mozart will be "magical".
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Entertainment
February 12
Age no bar for veteran dancer
Leading New Zealand dancer and choreographer Michael Parmenter presented his first choreographic work at Allen Hall at the University of Otago in 1979.
The Mix
January 31
Juggling life and the farm
The worldwide circus sensation, Cirque Alfonse, is finally on its way to NZ. Bruce Munro talks to co-founder Antoine Carabinier-Lepin.
The Mix
January 31
Also at the Dunedin Arts Festival 2025
March 26 to April 6
Dunedin
October 26
An array of shows to suit all tastes
After a final flurry of fun over Labour Weekend, the Dunedin Arts Festival has come to an end, leaving happy arts fans in its wake.
Dunedin
October 21
‘Sense of stillness’ in the ‘midst of chaos’
Rodney Bell may rely on his wheelchair to move, but now the multi-award winning dancer is taking to the air.
Dunedin
October 21
High flyer
Imogen Stone, of Colossal Production, hoists herself up a rope in Dunedin’s Octagon yesterday for the Biggest Little Circus Show.
Dunedin
October 21
Sassy show celebrates female empowerment
The Most Naked is a little bit cabaret, a little bit burlesque, a little bit strip tease and a lot of sass.
Dunedin
October 19
NZSO delivers a stunning collection
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra gave Dunedinites an extraordinary musical treat over the weekend, offering three contrasting concerts under the baton of celebrated English conductor Alexander Shelley, and an immersive open day.
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