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June ➤ EXPOS & FESTIVALS Auckland Festival of Photography Now – June 22, times and locations vary If a single picture says a thousand words, this event speaks volumes! so, rather than rabbit on about how wonderful this annual festival is, we simply suggest you go and see for yourselves! Full details via photographyfestival.org.nz.
Tap into the taste of some of the finest craft beers and ciders during this celebration of the way we brew. With street food and entertainment in abundance, GABs has plenty for patrons to wrap their laughing gear around. see gabsfestival.com for more information.
richard Wagner. While performing Wagner’s famous Wesendonck Lieder on this nationwide tour, simon will be backed by the talents of the New Zealand symphony Orchestra. For more information, visit nzso.co.nz. Yorick! June 12–23, from 7.30pm, Loft, Q Theatre, 305 Queen St, Auckland City Despite his eternal grin, poor yorick’s jest was not infinite. In fact, alas, the only punch lines we can be sure he delivered were most grave in nature, indeed! However, as this play reveals, when a performance of Hamlet goes awry, the gallows humour which follows could ensure that, far past the point of his departure from ‘this mortal coil’, poor yorick might have the last laugh after all! see qtheatre.co.nz for details.
➤ MUSIC, MUSICALS, DANCE & THEATRE Pacific Dance Festival Now – June 23, times vary, Mangere Arts Centre, Corner Bader Drive and Orly Avenue, Mangere showcasing work by a range of Pacific choreographers, this festival brings a wealth of talent from throughout our region to the Auckland stage. For a full schedule of events, visit pacificdance.co.nz.
Night Lights at MOTAT June 15-17, 6-9pm, MOTAT, 805 Great North Rd, Western Springs As the sun sets in the West (or maybe just after it rises, considering Auckland’s traffic!), plenty will be making tracks out to Western springs to celebrate Matariki. Featuring a truly brilliant show, Night Lights highlights the work of bright spark artists as they present imaginative illuminations. Visitors will also be treated to performances celebrating Maori and Pasifika cultures, as well as some authentic ka pai kai – courtesy of popular food truck Puha and Pakeha. Details via motat.org.nz. gABS – the great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular June 30, from 12pm, ASB Showgrounds, 217 Green Lane West, Epsom
An Evening with Simon O’Neill June 9, from 7.30pm, Auckland Town Hall, Queen St, Auckland City Kiwi tenor, simon O’Neill, will lead the charge in presenting works by one of the world’s most revered composers, Wilhelm
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The Cherry Orchard June 12-26, ASB Waterfront Theatre, 138 Halsey Street, Auckland City Work by another master playwright is on stage in Auckland this month. With The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov gave his final masterpiece to the world, a story which asks how far a family will go to avoid the pitfalls of poverty. Billed as a ‘tragicomedy of laughter-through-tears told by sad clowns and self-made men’ this play is a must see. Visit atc.co.nz/whats-on for more information.
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Shake, Rattle & Roll June 18 & 19, 11am-1pm, Somervell Presbyterian Church, Corner Greenlane and Remuera Road,
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Remuera, and St Columbia Presbyterian Church, 480 Ti Rakau Drive, Botany Downs While it ‘won’t do nothing to save your doggone soul’, a little shaking, rattling and rolling is rather fun, Big Joe Turner once proclaimed. since then, plenty have embraced his ‘devil in nylon hose’, rocking their way around the clock for decades. In this performance, rock ‘n’ roll greats are showcased in a veritable blast from the past. see operatunity. co.nz for details.
Michael Bolton Symphony Tour June 19, The Civic Theatre, Queen & Wellesley Sts, Auckland Ever since (more than a quarter of a century ago) Michael Bolton covered Otis redding’s Dock of the Bay, the Bee Gees’ To Love Somebody and Percy sledge’s When a Man Loves a Woman plenty have fallen in love with Michael Bolton. Now, the grammy award-winning singer is poised to deliver hits a-plenty (including a number which sprang from his own pen) with the asistance of Auckland’s amazing Philharmonia Orchestra. For more details, visit zaccariaconcerts.com.au.
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