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Our sincere thanks to all the sponsors, funders, patrons and supporters listed on these pages, and to our fantastic audiences – this is your festival, bring your family and friends and enjoy!

GOLD PATRONSC Blackley Family Trust, Sharp Tudhope Lawyers, Wright Family Foundation, Zariba Holdings.

SILVER PATRONSBurley Attwood Law, Ian & Paula Cross, Paul & Susan Mabey, Jon & Bev Mayson, Dr Jann Medlicott, Metro Marketing, Sally Morrison, Barby Pensabene, Ian & Jenny Thomas.

BRONZE PATRONS Gina & Shaun Barry, Kate Barry-Piceno & Craig Batchelar, Mike Chapman & Judith Bidlake, Alan & Lynda Bougen, Nancy van der Laan & Marty Brick, Fay & John Burn, Capulet Curtains Co, G & J Clarke, Kate Graeme & Simon Clarke, Ryan Milligan, Kimberley Cleland & Marilyn Cleland, Terry & Dallas Collett, Kay & Les Dawson, DHT Architects, David Dowrick, Stephen & Donna Edge, Bruce & Lesley Fraser, Gerrand Floorings, John & Briar Gordon, Rhonda & Brett Hewlett, Sue & Marty Hoffart, Graeme & Sue Horsley, Dr David & Penelope Jackson, Margaret & Mike Kedian, James Trevelyan & Vicki Long, Lynn Ross & Gordon MacLeod, Guy Malthus, Mig McMillan, Debby Meldrum, Alastair & Diana Melvin, Shirley Hooper & Terry Morris, Chris & Lynda Royal, Scoular-Sutton Family, Irene Thompson, Graeme & Theresa Tingey, Karina & Peter Tinholt, Ciska Vogelzang & Neil Tyson, Gary & Marlene Ware.

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Baytrust, BOP Regional Council, Lion Foundation, Pub Charity, NZCT, Endeavour Foundation, Asia NZ Foundation, First Sovereign

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre, Ngai Te Rangi Iwi, Ngati Ranginui Iwi, Dry Dock Café, Huria Marae, OPAC, The Craft Collective, Wakelin Motors Cars, Tauranga Canvas, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic

Tickets0800 842 53807 577 7188

www.ticketek.co.nz *service fees apply

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Jo BondFestival Director

A giant world of luminous light and colour is going to land on Tauranga’s Waterfront! Come inside a walk-through inflatable wonderland called Exxopolis. Exxopolis is a luminarium, a multi-sensory structure described as a dazzling maze of winding paths and soaring domes, where Islamic architecture and Gothic cathedrals meld into an inspiring mix of design and engineering.Bring family, bring friends, or come alone . . . and immerse yourself in this wondrous world where design meets imagination meets something you’ll never forget. Created by Architects of Air Designed by Alan Parkinson

Fri 16 Oct - Sun 1 NovMon - Fri: 11am – 5pm Last admission Weekends: 10am – 5pm Last admission

Closed on Mon 19 and Tues 27 October

Tauranga WaterfrontAdmission: $12, Family $45 (2 adults, 2 children OR 1 adult, 3 children) Children 12 months and under are free

(*TECT Earlybird: Adults $9.60, Family $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. Booking fees apply

book at www.ticketek.co.nz or Baycourt Box Office

EXXOPOLISArchitects of Air (UK) in association with Insite Arts

Like an aquarium holds water, a luminarium holds light

Exxopolis is wheelchair accessible.Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged over 18 (a maximum of 4 children per adult).

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Featuring songs by: Crowded House, LIPS, Bic Runga,

Chris Knox, The Mint Chicks, Dave Dobbyn, The Exponents, Darcy Clay, The Mutton Birds,

Th’Dudes, The Senators, The Swingers, Blam Blam Blam

This is far more than boy meets girl. Travel through a landscape of live music and heart-aching theatre in this beautiful love story about a teddy boy and a farm girl and the New Zealand pop-rock soundtrack that shapes their lives.Rose was 16. Eric, 18. They met at the lake by the daffodils. Was it destiny? Perhaps. But what happens after years of misread moments, too many maybes and unspoken thoughts that never go away?Daffodils is inspired by private letters, real interviews and family myths. Starring Todd Emerson (TV’s Westside), Colleen Davis (Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar) and a live three-piece band led by Silver Scroll Award winning artist Stephanie Brown (LIPS).

Supported by Creative New Zealand

Thurs 22 Oct & Fri 23 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace70 mins (no interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Thursday 22 October 7amTauranga WaterfrontAdmission: Free

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“a play to turn you inside out and set you back, heart pounding and eyes all wet, terribly upset, terribly

full of thanks that it could be so good. It’s a new-formed, fully

fledged wonder. I love it.” SIMON WILSON, METRO 2014

Ka tū he whakatūwheratanga hui a rēhia, hui taurima a Toi ki Tauranga Moana: he kapa reo takitini a hapori, kapa waiata hoki rā ki te atapō: Ka waiatatia ake te tākiritanga a Tama nui Te Rā ki runga i ngā kare moana te rohirohi, kia whakahirahira tangata, whakahirahira rohe, whakahirahira kaitoi.Nāna tonu, nā taua kapa rēhia taurima a Toi ki Tauranga Moana i inoi ake ki te tokorua o ngā tuawāhine, tangata whenua ake rā ko Teraania Ormsby-Teki rāua ko Ria Hall, ki te tito waiata kia akohia ake ai e te kapa reo waiata o ngā kura a rohe me te kapa reo waiata o te kāhui pakeke hoki rā, kia tū ngātahi ai ki te waiata hei te 22 o ngā rā o Oketopa 2015.Ko Tākiri Ko Te Ata he hui kia whakarēhiatia ake te mana o te mahi whakatangi waiata kia whakakōtahi hoki ai e te katoa kia tū. Ka karangatia ake te mano tini kia eke panuku ahakoa atu ko wai rā – kimihia, rangahautia ai ngā whakaritenga me ngā haemata mahi, ko ngā kupu me te rangi waiata ki runga noa atu i a: taurangafestival.co.nz

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Tauranga Arts Festival will be officially opened by a dawn chorus: we will be singing a new waiata to the sun rising across the sea in celebration of our people, place and our artists.Tauranga Arts Festival has commissioned local composer Teraania Ormsby-Teki and celebrated performer Ria Hall to create a special waiata to be learned by school and adult choirs who will perform with us all on Thursday 22 October. Tākiri ko te ata is a celebration of the power of music to bring us together. Everyone is invited to partake and join us – keep up to date with full details, lyrics and music at taurangafestival.co.nz

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Following on from the global touring success of Casus’ first work, Knee Deep (Tauranga Arts Festival 2013), the

company embarks on their second ensemble production.On a search for silence, the absence of noise is elusive,

barely tangible, and as Casus discover, the search is liquid much like the acrobatics that it yields.

The elusive nature of silence is a very personal thing. Casus dive headfirst into the depths of their own

emotions and fears to expose an incredible and unique approach to both acrobatics and theatre; bodies combine

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“This work is romantic, cheeky, nostalgic, sexy, powerful and has a fresh naivety. It started out full of potential and completely delivered.” Brendan Cooney Brisbane Festival.

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Admission: Adults $45, Students/Children $25

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“You’ll join the standing ovation at the end and get treated to a dramatic interpretation of River

that gives you chills. You’ll think ‘Julia Deans is so friggin cool, and she’s got such great hair to

boot’. You’ll be glad you got the ticket.”Theatreview

Joni Mitchell wrote songs that defined an era and a generation. She struck a nerve with her take on life’s little, ironic disappointments. Woodstock, River, Help Me, Blue. They’re songs of introspection and stark, personal confession. Julia Deans has a talent that soars. With a voice ranging from honey-sweet to dark-as-shadows she has captivated audiences throughout her career: from fronting Fur Patrol, to co-conspirator with renowned supergroup The Adults, to sultry chanteuse in Silo Theatre’s Brel. And now she is let loose on Joni Mitchell’s legendary songbook. Performed by: Julia Deans, Tom Broome, Sean Donnelly, Robin Kelly and Paul McLaney

You’re invited to share three very personal stories of the hard road with three powerhouse performers and their favourite songs spanning ancestral folk to modern pop.Kiwi legend Annie Crummer is the Killer Queen of Soul to Julia Deans’ unadulterated Rock Chick. Joined by Tama Waipara and his mesmerising brand of Alt Soul, all three combine power and grace to bring you a stunning and occasionally irreverent blend of Aotearoa goodness.  Come and experience three incredible musicians armed with their originals, some old favourites and more than a few surprises. An intimate night of great music. Supported by

Creative New ZealandSupported by Creative New Zealand

Sat 24 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace90 mins (no interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015 booking fees apply

Sun 25 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015 booking fees apply

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The Hard RoadAnnie Crummer, Tama Waipara, Julia Deans (AOTEAROA)

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‘ ...Delightful, funny and moving...marvellously acted.’

National Business Review

“with a wonderful sense of humour in the music, we were

in awe at the adaptability of these classical musicians”

Nelson Mail

‘I am not normal; I am Chinese’

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Nearly ninety years ago on a New Zealand market garden, two families, one Māori and the other Chinese, became part of a romance that would uproot their lives over generations.Layered with myth and fable, The Mooncake and the Kūmara is a moving story about a mixed-up, Māori-Chinese love affair that sprouts among rows of potatoes. Told in a rich mixture of English, Māori and Cantonese, The Mooncake and the Kūmara is the debut, award-winning play by Māori-Chinese playwright Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen. Loosely based on her grandparents’ relationship, this is a story about history, duty, secrets and the delicate balance needed to grow families.This performance will be sign interpreted. Proudly supported by Baycourt.

NZTrio continues to smash preconceptions of classical music being stuffy and intimidating with this light-hearted and joyful programme. From the toe-tapping beat of Kenji Bunch’s Grooveboxes and the fast-flowing rhythm of Claire Cowan’s Ultraviolet to the colourful, Brazilian sounds of Raimundo Penaforte’s An Eroica Trio. New Zealand’s foremost piano trio captivates audiences from all walks of life, injecting this versatile musical genre with their trademark sense of vitality and passion.Performed by: Justine Cormack (Violin), Ashley Brown (Cello), Sarah Watkins (Piano)

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Sun 25 Oct, 7pmBaycourt100 mins (no interval)Adults $45 Students $25 (*TECT $36, $20)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Mon 26 Oct, 5pmX-Space, Baycourt75 mins (no interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson sings her heart out.Tami’s journey has been of endless roads and stages, from her days as a young girl in Canada touring with the Neilson Family band, opening for the likes of Johnny Cash, to her full blossoming in New Zealand as a formidable talent in her own right, Tami Neilson has won the Tui Award for each of her past three albums. And in May this year Dynamite won the Tui for the Best Country Album 2015, and has her own Silver Scroll for her song Walk (Back to Your Arms).Come to the Palace for this special Labour Day afternoon with one of New Zealand’s shining stars.

Four of Ireland’s best-known traditional musicians (including 2011 festival favourite, Pauline Scanlon) are travelling to collaborate with platinum-selling trio Trinity Roots, on a contemporary collaboration between Māori and Irish musicians. Motu :: Oileáin (‘islands’ in both te reo Māori and Irish) combines the traditional music of Ireland and New Zealand within a modern musical context. This energetic, beautiful and powerful musical conversation reveals the parallels and commonalities in music, culture and history. This is a one-off festival highlight not to be missed.Performed by: Pauline Scanlon, Alan Doherty, Tola Custy & Gerry Paul with Trinity Roots

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Mon 26 Oct, 3pmPacific Crystal Palace110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $20)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Mon 26 Oct, 8pmBaycourt 110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $65 (*TECT $52)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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BEST FEMALE ARTIST 2010, 2011 & 2014

“A red-hot honky-tonker, somewhere between Patsy Cline and Wanda Jackson

with perhaps just a little bit of Peggy Lee sophistication.”Nick Bollinger, RadioNZ National

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For one night only three masterful Kiwi singer-songwriters come together to combine their rich blend of brilliant musicianship and melodies.They all share the work of guitar greats as they take turns to pass the gat (guitar).The trio is made up of Arts Laureate Warren Maxwell (Trinity Roots, Little Bushman), soulful rising star Louis Baker (APRA Silver Scrolls Finalist 2014), and Thomas Oliver (internationally acclaimed Weissenborn player).Together these men of music put on a genre-defying show of singing, strumming, and playing their favourites – there’s no telling where their guitars will take them.

Mel Parsons is highly regarded as one of New Zealand’s rising songwriting stars. With a dynamite live show, Parsons is armed with a unique sensibility for melody and harmony, and is a two-time NZ Folk Album of the Year finalist.Drylands is her third album and since its release in April it has reached critical acclaim here and overseas (9 weeks in the NZ charts). Mel is a travelling troubadour and comes to our festival triumphant from a 23-date headline tour of NZ, following performances at WOMAD, Woodford Folk Festival, Folk Alliance International (US), and Byron Bay Bluesfest this summer.Performed by Mel Parsons, Gerry Paul, Aaron Stewart, Nick George, Ed Zucollo

Commissioned by Auckland Arts Festival

Tues 27 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Wed 28 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace 110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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“Parsons not only means and feels every moment here, every song, every story - her band is with her, beside her; they’re all wrapped up inside this music. It’s lovely. Really, really lovely.”SIMON SWEETMAN offthetracks.co.nz

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Squaring the Wheel combines circus, clown, strange mechanisms and contraptions, puppetry, magic and music into an unusual, thingamabobbish theatre extravaganza. A flying broom, 17 balls, 34 metres of bent steel, 483 welded points and 15 marching eggs are just the tip of the iceberg of unexpected, transformed wacky materials and objects.Topsy-turvy ways to look at things, teamed with imagination, transform a pile of junk into a resourceful repository of gadgets and circus props, into life and friendship supporting odds and ends … all done in an hilarious and ultimately very human way of complicating simple things.Adult friendly family show suitable for ages 5+

This is a story about a girl who followed a map off the edge of the world… A young woman strays from the beaten track and finds herself in a paper world. It seems a land of possibility but she soon discovers that things that happen in the fictional world can have frighteningly real consequences.From award-winning company Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder) comes an original fairytale reminiscent of the late (great) Margaret Mahy. Combining puppetry, shadow play, and live music, The Road That Wasn’t There is a curious tale for intrepid children and adventurous adults…Performed by: Ralph McCubbin-Howell, Elle Wootton, Paul Waggott.

Thurs 22 Oct, 5pm Fri 23 Oct, 1pm & 5pmX-Space, Baycourt60 mins (no interval) with 20 mins post-show Q&AAdults $20 Children $15 (*TECT $16, $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Sat 24 Oct, 1pm Sun 25 Oct, 5pmX-Space, Baycourt60 mins (no interval) Adults $20 Children $15 (*TECT $16, $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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“...A comical visual feast which simply has to be

seen to be believed.”Artshub, ****

“Thoroughly enchanting and totally engrossing…a must see show for all ages.”THE DOMINION POST

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Squaring the WheelA thingamabobbish theatre-circus comedy

Winner of the Adelaide Fringe Award 2013, Best Presentation for Children

Trick of the Light(AOTEAROA)

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Suitable for ages 8+

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What would happen if the laws of gravity were to

suddenly change?

LEO is a mind-bending, funny, surreal, and surprisingly

touching work that challenges the senses and tests

perceptions of reality through the clever interplay of live

performance and video projection. LEO leaves audience

members wondering which way is up and which way is

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LEO has dazzled audiences and critics from New York

to Berlin, from Melbourne to Hong Kong with stops in

Montréal, Moscow and London along the way.

Tues 27 Oct, 6pm Wed 28 Oct, 1pm & 6pm Baycourt 65 mins (no interval)Adults $45 Students/Children $25

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“An Eye-teasing, Grin-Inducing, Deeply Impressive work of sustained absurdist magic.”

Time Out New York / USA

“ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!in this spectacular show, LEO lives at a

ninety-degree angle to the rest of us. The joy of LEO is partly seeing his gravity-

defying antics as his world and ours collide. Just when you think it can get no better,

LEO amazes once more…”Three Weeks, UK

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A miraculous world is unearthed before your very eyes. Dancers dig deep in the dirt to uncover stringed instruments, spices and bountiful harvests. Java Dance Company discovers a world of delicious dirt, creating a magical feast for the senses. Dirt & Other Delicious Ingredients is a dance theatre work with live music set in a land of spice. There’s magic hidden in every crevice, you just need to dig deep! Java brings you squishy, wild playful dance in a world that starts in the dirt and ends in the sky. Suitable for ages 3+

Thurs 29 Oct, 1pmPacific Crystal Palace60 mins (no interval) Adults $20 Children $15 (*TECT $16, $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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“Totally captivating”Dominion Post 2015

Java Dance Company (Aotearoa)The Pacific Crystal Palace – that magical travelling spiegeltent – is

back again. Open 1 hour before all performances, come in for drinks and platters by Juz Catering. Then get addicted to the atmosphere of this festival icon complete with stained glass nikau palms, brass

snakes and night after night of world-class entertainment.

Boffa Miskell’s Festival Front Yard Transforming the space outside the Palace and

extending the play from inside to out are leading New Zealand environmental planning and design

experts, and proud new sponsors, Boffa Miskell.

Chargrilled vegetable and feta whip platter with toasted za’tar pitas.Baked brie, grapes and crackers.Eggplant in spicy honey sauce, feta pistachio whip and slow cooked mashed tomato and zucchini spreads with toasted pitas and turkish bread.Fig and walnut bruschetta topped with a selection of: salmon and dill; peppered strawberry balsamic reduction; feta and radish; ricotta blueberry and honey; sautéed leek and blue cheese; cucumber, dill and feta.Paté of the day with pastry twists and roasted olives with mini loaf bread.

Beautiful platter of sweet treats with strawberries.

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Thirty years is a long time to be at the forefront of contemporary dance, and it’s enough time to learn that survival isn’t possible without adaptation.30Forward by Footnote New Zealand Dance flips, samples, disrupts and regenerates the solid foundation of a dance company fuelled by three decades of invention. Part reflection and part premonition, this two-part birthday programme acknowledges the contribution of New Zealand choreographers throughout Footnote’s evolution with selected highlights from past works curated by founder Deirdre Tarrant. A new commission from renowned choreographer Malia Johnston draws on the company’s physical history to suggest where the next steps may take us.

Fri 30 Oct, 7.30pmBaycourt 80mins (incl. interval)Adults $45 Students/Children $25

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“There in the glass was the soil of a place and in that soil a soul.”We create something magic and dangerous when we tend the vines, crush the grapes, and ferment the juice. The Wine Project invites you into a world of flavours and aromas, of ritual and revelry: Bright berry fruit gently framed by autumnal, forest-floor notes with hints of chocolate, coffee and spice. Recently returned from a sell-out season in Edinburgh, Java Dance Company captures audiences with dance theatre that clambers into your senses.   Sacha Copland began fermenting this new work in a French vineyard and now invites you to taste it.

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Thurs 29 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace60 mins (no interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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“The Wine Project was not like anything I had seen

before. It’s one of a kind”Southland Times, 2015

Java Dance Company (Aotearoa)

From the company that brought you Back of the Bus

Irish songwriter Roesy is one of Ireland’s most respected touring artists. He has released 8 albums and shared the stage with luminaries such as Ron Sexsmith, Billy Bragg, John Martyn, Joan Armatrading and Donovan. “Roesy’s the best of the lot” – RTE Guide, Ireland. Roesy’s set is followed by The Seisiún, an electric performance that brings together a multi-award winning collection of Ireland’s top traditional musicians and dancers, including: Charlene Morrison and Liam Scanlon (step dance), Stephen Doherty (flute, melodeon, bodhrán), David Doocey (fiddle, concertina), Pat Coyne (guitar, vocal) and Andrew Laking (double bass).

Meet us in the Pacific Crystal Palace for the final Saturday night of the Festival! We play a disverse and eclectic mix of whatever takes our fancy and have a lot of fun doing so.From latin, to reggae, gypsy swing to celtic, jazz and beyond. Come find out what the fuss is about, dance in the magical spiegeltent, sing-a-long, make a request, toss a rose from your teeth, or a note if you really love us, or buy us a beer (did we say that?).Note: There will be limited seating in booths only.Performed by: Craig Denham, Nina Marinová, Vladá Hádjec, Libor Vanék, Dan Panchártek

Fri 30 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace 110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $45 (incl. entry to Ceili) (*TECT Earlybird $36)Ceili only - $10 from 10.30pm (*TECT Earlybird $8)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply.

Sat 31 Oct, 8.30pmPacific Crystal Palace110 mins (incl. interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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STEPHEN DOHERTY ALL IRELAND

BEST MELODEON PLAYER AWARD

STEPHEN DOHERTY ALL IRELAND

BEST FLUTE PLAYER AWARD

DAVID DOOCEY ALL IRELAND BEST

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Ceili! - Put on your dancing shoes after the concert and join us for a traditional Irish ceili!

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‘Hiraeth’ is a Welsh word with no direct translation. It is a mixture of homesickness and an intense form of longing or nostalgia.With live music and welsh cakes, Hiraeth explores the decline of Welsh tradition and identity through one woman’s struggle to escape and let go. Desperate to leave, Bud wrestles with the knowledge that her departure sounds the death knell for the family farm. Leaving five generations of tradition behind her, she sets out alone into the big smoke...This is a heart-warming, hilarious, moving work all the way from Wales.Performed by: David Grugg, Buddug James Jones, Max Mackintosh

Hannah has a dance collection. It is a collection she has been gathering for a while and she calls it ‘dancing like everyone I know’. And Hannah has discovered that it’s all in the detail, that’s what makes your dance so specific. Echo Beach is dance theatre that revels in the casual social dancing that is unique to everyone. It uncovers the delicacies of family life, unveils memory through music and movement, and touches upon the fragility of what is seen and what is felt.

Performed by: Hannah Sullivan Developed at Battersea Arts Centre

Thurs 29 Oct, 7pm & Fri 30 Oct, 6pmX-Space, Baycourt70 mins (no interval)Adults $45 Students $25 (*TECT $36, $20)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

Tues 27 Oct, 7.30pm Wed 28 Oct, 7.30pmX-Space, Baycourt 60 mins (no interval) Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $20)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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“IT’S A SHOW OF REAL CHARM ON A UNIVERSAL THEME THAT EXPLORES THE THINGS THAT

HOLD US TOGETHER BUT SOMETIMES ALSO TEAR US APART.”

LYN GARDNER, THE GUARDIAN

“THERE ARE LAUGHS AND TEARS BOTH ON AND OFF STAGE, IN A CHARMING PIECE...”

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Winner of ‘Best Production in the English Language’ at the Wales

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Supported by Arts Council England, IdeasTap and Bristol Ferment.

‘The piece was a complete highlight … touching and poignant, funny and nostalgic. The fragments

of memory spoken through movement and voice, saying just enough, not too much. It was a beautiful

balance of fragments and narrative, humour and depth, an openness cultivated with the audience’

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Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. The story of racism, love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge and repentance remains relevant to contemporary audiences and has been performed regularly around the world since it was first performed in 1604. It has also been the basis for numerous operatic, film, and literary adaptations.Watch Māori Performance Mask (Te Mata-Kokako o Rehia) come to life as Regan Taylor unfolds his adaption of Othello as a solo performance. A dynamic and interpretive way to experience one of history’s great tragic plays.Performed by Regan Taylor and Directed by Craig Geenty

Tues 27 - Fri 30 Oct, 5pm & 7pm The Dry Dock, Wharf St 60 mins (no interval)Admission: $45 (*TECT Earlybird $36)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees applyCall The Dry Dock to pre-order nibbles 07 577 1537

Thurs 29 Oct, 7pmHuria Marae, Wharenui. 1 Te Kaponga St, Judea 60 mins (no interval) Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $20)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

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The final chapter in the site-specific series (HOTEL, SALON) gives us a unique coffee-house buzz; a funny, caffeinated, delightful

work of new New Zealand theatre.

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JR’s café is usually fairly busy, but in the last few months it has seen a massive spike in its popularity. The place is humming. Veteran café owner John puts it down to his experience in creating the perfect ‘atmos’ for his customers. However, hipster barista, and onsite coffee roaster Che has unwittingly developed a very special blend of coffee that will change people’s lives, opening the doors of perception for all.By the time everyone has made the connection between being opened up to their truths, and Che’s magic beans… there’s only enough for one more cup. Who gets it? Who needs it most?Written by Rachel Callinan and Paul McLaughlinThanks to our co-commissioning partners – Auckland Arts Festival, New Zealand Festival, Festival of Colour, Nelson Arts Festival, and Kokomai Creative Festival.

ANZ Community DayCelebrate the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland at Tauranga Arts Festival’s ANZ Community Day!

The Strand will be closed, the streets will be cleared, markets will pop up like toadstools and the creatures will come! Tauranga joins the world in celebrating the weird wonderland of Lewis Carroll’s adventurous Alice. There will be a Creatures of Wonderland procession – make your own costume, get your face painted and join the party! There will be storytelling, games and delicious things to feast on with mad hatters. This is a free family day for everyone – come and join us down the rabbit hole…A collaboration with The Incubator & The Little Big Markets

These majestic creatures will be making an appearance on the Tauranga Waterfront on Community Day. Whales is an outdoor spectacle by Binge Culture Collective (Wellington), that is suitable for all ages. Watch them sweep in, and then be prepared to give them a helping hand. Bring a bucket. Want to be a whale? Contact: claire.mabey@taurangafestival.co.nz

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ANZ Community Day will also feature Jazz in the Square with the Tauranga Jazz Society and performances by the vibrant and talented musicians from one of New Zealand’s best traditional music schools, the Sargam School of Indian Music. Come and hear the beautiful sounds of the tabla, sitar and Indian fusion, with traditional Indian dancing, sargamschoolofmusic.co.nz

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Sat 24 Oct 11am – 3pmThe Strand, The Waterfront

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Morning of the Earth is a cult 1970s surfing film, featuring sublime music against footage of the search for the perfect wave. A must-see for all mounties, surfies, beach babes, music lovers …

Mt Drury, The MountSat 24 Oct, 8.30pm

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Hugely talented Irish songwriter Roesy is joined by an electric line-up of some of Ireland’s best traditional musicians and dancers for one impressive night you’ll never forget!

In Katikati - Thurs 29 Oct, 8pmTalisman Hotel, 7/9 Main Road, Katikati110 mins (incl. interval) Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $20) *TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply In Opotiki - Sat 31 Oct, 8pmDe Luxe Cinema, 127 Church St, Opotiki110 mins (incl. interval) Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $20) *TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply Tickets online at ticketek.co.nz or at The Travel Shop, 104 Church St, Opotikisponsored by:

‘Hiraeth’ is a Welsh word with no direct translation. It is a mixture of homesickness and an intense form of longing or nostalgia.With live music and welsh cakes, Hiraeth explores the decline of Welsh tradition and identity through one woman’s struggle to escape and let go.Desperate to leave, Bud wrestles with the knowledge that her departure sounds the death knell for the family farm. This is a heart-warming, hilarious, moving work all the way from Wales.

Wed 28 Oct, 7pmTe Puke Litt Park Theatre, Litt Park, Park Lane70 mins (no interval)Admission: $25 (*TECT Earlybird $2o) *TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October 2015. booking fees apply

“For each portrait I asked about each person’s connections/whakapapa to show a meaningful setting for their portrait. I wanted the portraits to represent not only them, but their ancestral past.”Come to Baycourt throughout the festival to take in photographs of 19 Kaumatua from 19 Tauranga Moana Marae. Bob Tulloch has spent many months visiting the Marae, getting to know the people and their whakapapa, and capturing them in an unprecedented collection of portraits. With special thanks to Toni Heke-Ririnui.

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“Roesy’s the best of the lot” – RTE Guide, Ireland

22-31 OctoberBaycourt FoyerAdmission: FREE

Faces of Tauranga Moana

PORTRAITS BY BOB TULLOCH

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Refugees and asylum seekers are once again at the forefront of our news. Displaced by war, famine and collapsing societies, the tide of human beings hoping for a better life elsewhere are often cheated of that goal. British journalist Christina Lamb has seen the displacement of millions of Afghanis during her more than 25 years covering that country, while New Zealand journalist Tracey Barnett has reported from the Thai-Burma border and Sydney’s refugee detention centre. Since 2013 she has been campaigning for a change to this country’s asylum law. Lamb and Barnett are in conversation with Wallace Chapman (Radio NZ National).

Riley Elliott is an avid spearfisherman, surfer, scuba diver and a PhD student in shark biology at the University of Auckland. Elliott’s passion for sharks developed while working in South Africa where he began freediving (no cage!) with great whites and became addicted to the ‘surprising calm’ he felt when swimming with sharks. With a quarter of the world’s sharks and rays threatened with extinction, it turns out humans might be the more dangerous animal. Author of Shark Man: One Kiwi Man’s Mission to Save our Most Feared and Misunderstood Predator (2014), Elliott last year hosted a 30-part television series by the same name.

Christina Lamb, who has been reporting on Afghanistan for more than 25 years, offers a final analysis in her new book published earlier this year. Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World is a personal account of the longest war ever fought by the US, and one of the longest fought by the UK. How did a group of religious students and farmers defeat the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground? Lamb, who was awarded an OBE in 2013, is in conversation with Wallace Chapman (Radio NZ National).

Phil Jarratt rode his first wave aged 9 and published his first article about surfing in 1968, aged 17. Since then he has edited Tracks magazine and the Australia edition of Surfer’s Journal, been named among Australia’s 50 most influential surfers, worked for Quiksilver, and founded the Noosa Surfing Festival, the world’s largest surf carnival. His books include That Summer at Boomerang (2014), the story of Hawaiian surfer Duke Kahanamoku and a teenage Aussie girl on the eve of World War 1, while his best-selling Mr Sunset (about surf legend Jeff Hakman) was made into a film. Find out what keeps Jarratt searching for the perfect wave.

SILVER SURFERPhil Jarratt

DISPLACEDChristina Lamb & Tracey Barnett

FAREWELL KABULChristina Lamb

IN THEIR ELEMENTRiley Elliott

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Saturday, October 24 2.30pm-3.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)

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Life isn’t all beer and skittles if you’re living your dream on the road. In this session a seasoned foreign correspondent, a life-long surfer and surfing writer, and a shark researcher and diver share tall tales and true about making do for shelter, sustenance and ablutions. Are the Taliban more dangerous than leaping great white sharks? Is Afghani food better than that of pre-tourism Bali? Why won’t Riley Elliott ever go surfing alone, why is Phil Jarratt wary of mushroom soup and why did Christina Lamb disguise herself as a male mujahadeen (and did she pull it off)?

MAKING DOChristina Lamb, Phil Jarratt & Riley Elliott

Broken-hearted and unemployed in 1974, Phil Jarratt spent his last few hundred dollars on a holiday package to Bali – the start of an adventure that has lasted a lifetime. To outsiders the Indonesian island appears to be a peaceful, tropical paradise full of laidback, spiritual people, however the island has a long and sometimes bloody history, including two post-9/11 bombings that killed more than 200 people. In his 2014 book Bali: Heaven and Hell Jarratt explores the rise of Hindu culture, the cruel eras of European colonialism and the start of the tourist industry, interwoven with a personal memoir of the island.

What is it about the past that intrigues us so? Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Debra Daley has set her two most recent novels in the 18th century (Turning the Stones, 2014, and The Hidden Hand, forthcoming) of England and India, while Mei-Lin Hansen draws on her Māori and Chinese heritage for The Mooncake and the Kumara, her debut play which is being performed at the festival. In this conversation they talk about the demands of historical fiction, family secrets, identity, the meaning of home and the differences in writing for the stage and page.

Being at a writers’ festival sounds a great deal for an author... or does it? In her latest novel, The Writers’ Festival, Stephanie Johnson possibly uses her own experiences, including as a founding board member of the Auckland Writers Festival, and at last year’s inaugural Australia and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London. Claire Mabey, associate director of the Tauranga Arts Festival, was also at the London festival last year, as well as the renowned Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh events. What makes for a good festival and why are some festivals thought to treat their writers shabbily? Johnson and Mabey dish the dirt to Stephen Stratford.

THE WRITERS’ FESTIVALStephanie Johnson & Claire Mabey

ISLAND TIMEPhil Jarratt

ALL RELATIVEDebra Daley & Mei-Lin Hansen

Sunday, October 25 2.30pm-3.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October. booking fees apply

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Sunday, October 25 11.30am-12.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October. booking fees apply

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With an Austrian father, a mother born in East Africa and being raised with a strong sense of social justice, the Hager children were always going to be different. When his home isn’t being raided by police, investigative journalist Nicky sings in a choir and researched this year’s New Zealand entry to the Venice Biennale. When she’s not accepting awards for her YA novels, Mandy likes to eat strong cheese and was the winner of the 2014 Katherine Mansfield Fellowship to France. Both describe themselves as purely political people. The Hagers are in conversation with Toby Manhire.

FAMILY TIESMandy Hager & Nicky Hager

The centenary of World War 1 offers a chance to learn more about the facts and fictions of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Tauranga-born historian Dr Damien Fenton co-authored The Anzacs (2015) which followed his seminal New Zealand and the First World War (2013). He is now working on a book about the Ottoman Empire. Harry Ricketts has become an expert on war poets, (mostly) men who made a distinctive contribution to the literature of the early 20th century. He has written Strange Meetings about WW1 poets (2012) and co-edited How We Remember: New Zealanders and WW1 (2014). Chaired by Toby Manhire.

THE GREAT WARDamien Fenton & Harry Ricketts

Steven Carroll is author of nine novels, including The Time We Have Taken, which won both the Commonwealth Writers’ Regional Prize and the Miles Franklin Award, and Spirit of Progress. Last year he published A World of Other People set in London in 1941 and inspired by one of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets poems, and which was co-winner of the Australian Prime Minister’s Award for Literature in 2014. He writes in longhand, 1000 words every day, usually in the shed at his Melbourne home. He is influenced by the classics: TS Eliot, Proust and Beethoven, to whom he often listens while working. Steven talks to Harry Ricketts.

The 2014 winner of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, Mandy Hager has written nine novels, as well as short stories and scripts. She won the Esther Glen Award for Fiction for Smashed and Best Young Adult Book in the 2010 NZ Post Book Awards for The Crossing, the first in the popular Blood of the Lamb trilogy. Her latest books deal with the arts – Dear Vincent (2015) is about painting, suicide and Vincent Van Gogh, while her award-winning Singing Home the Whale (2014) chronicles Hager’s passion for music and conservation. Hager is this year’s writer in residence at Waikato University.

ART IN THE RIGHT PLACEMandy Hager

THE LIVES OF OTHERSSteven Carroll

Saturday, October 31 2.30pm-3.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October. booking fees apply

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Pack down with our pundits in preparation for the Rugby World Cup final in the early hours of tomorrow. Who better to preview the match than award-winning sports journalist Joseph Romanos, former Māori All Black captain and Portugal coach Errol Brain (who has been at some of the early RWC games) and mad-keen fan Toby Manhire. The team will be marking the score cards of Richie McCaw’s men and Steve Hansen’s coaching squad, and assessing the top teams and the tournament so far. The fans in the stand get to have their say too – and there’s plenty of beer available at the bar!

HAPPY OR HUNGOVER?Joseph Romanos

Join our experts – Dr Sydney Shep, a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist, print historian and designer bookbinder at Wai-te-ata Press at Victoria University, and Harry Ricketts, co-editor of the quarterly NZ Review of Books since 1998 and one of this country’s leading poets – to hear what is about the combination of paper, binding, printer’s ink and typeface choices that still excites them in this age of digital books and paperless reading. Leading the conversation is art historian and book lover Penelope Jackson (who has, nevertheless, recently used an e-reader).

The Black Caps’ purple patch is coinciding with cricket’s worldwide resurgence. But how did this sport with its antiquated code of conduct and specialised lingo capture hearts from Melbourne to Madras and Aberdeen to Auckland? Steven Carroll fictionalised the effect of the 1960 West Indies cricket team on a small Australian town in The Gift of Speed, while England-born Harry Ricketts has penned a guide for newcomers, How to Catch a Cricket Match. They join Joseph Romanos, who has written about Brendon McCullum’s 2014 triple century at the Basin Reserve and Lou Vincent’s admission of match fixing.

HOWZAT!Steven Carroll & Harry Ricketts

THE RISE OF BOOKSSydney Shep & Harry Ricketts

Nicky Hager has specialised in hard-to-document subjects, such as intelligence agencies and the unseen side of politics, for his six books, which include Hollow Men (2006) and Dirty Politics (2014). New Zealand-born Bryan Gould was twice elected an MP in Britain before unsuccessfully contesting the Labour Party leadership there in 1992. He has written or contributed to a number of books, including The Democracy Sham (2006) and Rescuing the New Zealand Economy (2007) and is working on a book about moral philosophy. Former Guardian (UK) journalist Toby Manhire leads the conversation.

DIRTY POLITICSNicky Hager & Bryan Gould

Sunday, November 1 11.30am-12.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October. booking fees apply

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Don’t know your iambic from your elbow? Post-modern from pantoum? Haiku from halitosis? Fear not, Harry Ricketts, the author of four poetry collections including this year’s Half Dark, is here to help. Based on his work with Paula Green as they co-authored the primer, 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry (2010), Ricketts offers a way to understand and enjoy poetry. Co-editor of last year’s Essential New Zealand Poems, Ricketts has also written biographies of World War 1 poets, Strange Meetings, and of Rudyard Kipling, called “the most balanced yet written” by the Wall Street Journal.

HOW TO READ A POEMHarry Ricketts

Learn how to physically structure a zine (hand-made magazine/small book) with time for creative interpretations. This hands-on workshop introduces new ways of thinking about physical books and teaches some basic techniques to realise them, including stitched and non-adhesive bookbinding techniques. Dr Sydney Shep is a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist, and designer bookbinder at Wai-te-ata Press at Victoria University, and will guide participants through the exciting world of crafting a zine.Materials supplied. Bring your lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

Zine CraftWorkshop with Sydney Shep

Sunday, November 1 2.30pm-3.30pmPacific Crystal PalaceAdmission $15 (*TECT $12)*TECT Earlybird offer ends 7 October. booking fees apply

Saturday, October 31 10am-3pmThe Craft Collective, 85 Twelfth Ave, TaurangaAdmission $75 (limited places available) booking fees apply Supported by: The Craft Collective

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The Incubator, The Historic Village, 17th Ave17 Oct The House of Cards: An exhibition to celebrate the 150th birthday of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in a suitably inventive and eccentric style.23 October, 8pm: Heat 2 of Miss Cadaver 2015 contest. For more information incubator.co.nz

New works fromGRAHAM CROW

16 -29 OctoberZeus Gallery

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SECOND NATURE

ART OF TECHNOLOGYArtists wowing you with technology.Technology has a huge effect on the worlds of each of us. So too it affects how artists see the world. This exhibition showcases the possibilities of new mediums (and some traditional ones in a new way) and explores how we interact with technology to see the world around us. The pieces will surprise you, intrigue you, invite you to create, or open new ways of thinking about art.info : facebook.com/artoftechtauranga

More to See and Do

Follow an art trail that links Tauranga Arts Festival venues Baycourt and the Pacific Crystal Palace. Foot Traffic is a series of installations and activations presented by Year 1 Bachelor of Creative Industries students www.boppoly.ac.nzVisit Testspace Projects, a series of pop-ups established by Year 2 Bachelor of Creative Industry students showcasing original artwork, product and design. www.testspaceprojects.co.nz

BLUTOPIA; Manifesto 17 October - 24 January

Tauranga Art Gallery, Willow St, Tauranga

Auckland artist John Reynolds showcases a purple patch of blue projects with his book Blutopia. Blutopia: Manifesto carries on with abstracts, words and double meanings.

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SQUARING THE WHEEL5PM pg18

FINDING THESILENCE7PM pg8

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SQUARING THE WHEEL5PM pg18

SQUARING THE WHEEL1PM pg18

THE ROAD THAT WASN’T THERE1PM pg19THE ROAD THAT WASN’T THERE5PM pg19

FINDING THESILENCE7PM pg8

TAMI NEILSON 3PM pg14

NZ TRIO 5PM pg13

MOTU::OILEAN 8PM pg15

PASS THE GAT 8.30PM pg16

ECHO BEACH 7.30PM pg29

LEO 6PM pg20

CAFE 5PM & 7PM pg30

MEL PARSONS 8.30PM pg17

HIRAETH 7PM pg34

ECHO BEACH 7.30PM pg29

CAFE 5PM & 7PM pg30

LEO 1PM & 6PM pg20

THE WINE PROJECT 8.30PM pg24

WRITERS PROGRAMME pg36 - 44

HIREATH 7PM pg28

CAFE 5PM & 7PM pg30

SOLOTHELLO 7PM pg31

ROESY + THE SEISIUN 8PM pg34

DIRT & OTHER DELICIOUS INGREDIENTS 1PM pg23

ROESY +THE SEISUN 8.30PM pg26

HIREATH 6PM pg28

CAFE 5PM & 7PM pg30

30FORWARD 7.30PM pg25

PRAGUEMATIQUE 8.30PM pg27

ROESY + THE SEISIUN 8PM pg34

CEILI 10.30PM pg26

BOTH SIDES NOW 8.30PM pg10

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Tākiri Ko Te Ata- A CHORUS DAWN ANZ Community Day

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Fri 16 Oct - Sun 1 Nov Closed on 19 and 27 October

EXXOPOLIS page 4Night Owl Cinema Morning of the Earth at Mt Drury Sat 24 Oct 8.30pm pg 33

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