23 February 2010 (Te Ao Māori , Events)
Sponsored by Bro Online, the AROHA Festival (March 12-20) will drag native Aucklanders out on the town to celebrate their diversity! The festival is programmed to thrill, with over thirty unique and exciting events, spread across nine days, all centred around cultural and colourful Karangahape Road.
AROHA 2010 features music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, visual art, performance art, drag, films, workshops, discussions, community events, five fantastic parties – and the inaugural AROHA Lifetime Achievement Award!
The festival opens with the premiere performance of Mika’s new Tribal Pop Opera, Pō | Beautiful Darkness, on the Aotea Centre main-stage. Mika delivers ringing anthems composed by Gareth Farr and performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, alongside a stellar cast of local and international dancers and musicians.
Housed at Galatos, the Kapai Kabaret season showcases a diverse variety of exotic and enlightening live acts. Internationally acclaimed Japanese dancer Shakti will expose her new multimedia work, Empire of the Senses. Drag-tastic songstress Miz Ima Starr dances out onto the Auckland cabaret stage after a dozen years abroad, to dish up Hello Miss American Pie! And Melbourne based singer Kerryn Fields will share the stage with Charlotte Yates and Mahina-Ina Kaui in an evening of superb female singer/songwriters.
Other festival highlights include, the AROHA After Dark dance party at Galatos, punk-cabaret superstar Amanda Palmer at the Kings Arms, Chinese video artist Zheng Bo at Artspace, performance artist Richard Kereopa turning heads all along K’ Road, the super-soulful Hymnchidivah concert at Galatos, the Kura Kōrero sharing and discussion series, and a show-stopping late-night burlesque revue hosted by hilarious Trans-Tasman drag divas, Tess Tickle and Polly Filla.
The festival climaxes on Saturday 20 March with AROHA Day in Beresford Square – an action-packed, celebrity-encrusted, community celebration with live music, a delicious menu of local performers, plus all your favourite festival stars!
Haere mai ki te AROHA Festival!
Friday 12 March
Pō | Beautiful Darkness – Mika and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre – 8pm, book at THE EDGE
Kura Kōrero – Māori Performance Discussion with Dr. Sharon Mazer and Te Rita Papesch
Air New Zealand Foyer, Aotea Centre – 6pm, koha
Pō After-Party
Family Bar – 9.30pm, koha
Saturday 13 March
Shakti & Alfira
Galatos – 8pm, book at iTICKET
Kura Kōrero – Shakti Discussion
Galatos Lounge – 6pm, koha
Kings & Queens Night
Naval & Family Hotel – 10pm, free
Sunday 14 March
AROHA Lifetime Achievement Award – Carmen Rupe
Galatos – 7pm, book at iTICKET
Wānanga – Mau Rākau Workshop with Mokoera Te Amo
Mika Studios – 11am, koha
Wānanga – Taonga Pūoro Workshop with Mahina-Ina Kaui
Mika Studios – 1pm, koha
Wānanga – Body Percussion Workshop with Alfira
Mika Studios – 3pm, koha
Monday 15 March
Glam Boy Youth Showcase – G33K Movement, Sample Dance Crew, Divaz of La Salle…
Galatos – 7pm, book at iTICKET and Rainbow Youth
Kura Kōrero – Youth Culture Lunch with Jermaine Leef
Alleluya Café, St Kevins Arcade – 12.30pm, koha
Kura Kōrero – Rainbow Youth Discussion with Tom Hamilton
Galatos Lounge – 6pm, koha
CineChico Short Film Screening – An Island Calling
St Kevins Arcade – 8pm, door sales only
Tuesday 16 March
To Beat With Her Heart – Charlotte Yates, Mahina, Kerryn Fields
Galatos – 8pm, book at iTICKET, Kamo and The Women’s Bookshop
Kura Kōrero – Lesbian Lunch with Anne Speir
Alleluya Café, St Kevins Arcade – 12.30pm, koha
Kura Kōrero – Women Songwriters Discussion
Galatos Lounge – 6pm, koha
Wednesday 17 March
Amanda Palmer
Kings Arms Tavern – 8pm, book at www.undertherader.co.nz
Miz Ima Starr – Hello Miss American Pie!
Galatos – 8pm, book at iTICKET
Kura Kōrero – Drag Lunch with Beaver Brown
Alleluya Café, St Kevins Arcade – 12.30pm, koha
Kura Kōrero – Drag Discussion with Charles Bracewell, Anthony Hotere and Colin McLean
Galatos Lounge – 6pm, koha
Tess Tickle and Polly Filla’s Pop-Up Burlesque Revue
Galatos – 10pm, door sales only
Thursday 18 March
Miz Ima Starr – Hello Miss American Pie!
Galatos – 8pm, book at iTICKET
Kura Kōrero – Cuban Lunch with Daniel Gallo Villalon
Alleluya Café, St Kevins Arcade – 12.30, koha
Tess Tickle and Polly Filla’s Pop-Up Burlesque Revue
Galatos – 10pm, door sales only
‘Over’ the Rainbow – Quay Street Social Club DJs, Boo You Whore, Disco Pauley…
Whammy Bar, St Kevins Arcade – 9.30pm, door sales only
Friday 19 March
HYMNCHIDIVAH – Lindah E, Ramon Te Wake, Taiaroa Royal, ALLEGRO
Galatos – 8pm, book at iTICKET
Kura Kōrero – Pacific Peoples Lunch with Rev. Mua Strickson Pua
Alleluya Café, St Kevins Arcade – 12.30pm, koha
Kura Kōrero – HYMNCHIDIVAH Discussion
Galatos Lounge – 6pm, koha
Tess Tickle and Polly Filla’s Pop-Up Burlesque Revue
Galatos – 10pm, door sales only
Proud Mary – DJ Bridge, Rebecca Maxine, MTron Bomb, Boy + Girl, Miss Leda Petit
Rising Sun – 9pm, door sales only
Saturday 20 March
AROHA Day – Mika, Peta Mathias, Jan Hellriegel, Steven Gray, Caluzzi Girls, Finale Girls, Aroha Hathaway, Caitlin Smith, Miz Ima Starr, Will C Barling and DJ Stevolicious, Hymnchidivah, Jermaine Leef, Miss Ribena, Louisa Wall, DJ Geezer Guy, DJ Phoebe Falconer, DJ Samuel Holloway, Ramon Te Wake, Daren Kamali, Tess Tickle, Polly Filla, Mimi Boyz, Amanda Tepania-Ashton and Kimo Houltham, Tatiana Petites, Amanda La Whore, Kā Crew, Maihi Makiha, Lani Lopez and Timothy Giles, Rev. Mua Strickson-Pua, G33K Movement, Sample Crew, Glam Boy Entertainment, Dragon Origin, The Vixens and Karma Chaos…
Beresford Square – 3pm til 9pm, koha
AROHA After Dark – Soane, James Leuii, Mauri, Karl Moser, Samuel Holloway, EarCandy…
Galatos – 9pm til 5am, book at iTICKET, Marvel Menswear, Urge Bar, DJ Station and Kamo
Daily Visual Arts Programme
Zheng Bo
ARTSPACE – opening Friday 12 March, free
Wonderland: The Magic of the Rose
Auckland Museum – daily, door sales only
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Okaioceanikart – opening Wednesday 10 March, free
Richard Kereopa
St Kevins Arcade and K’ Road – Monday 15 til Saturday 20 March, koha
Ticketing Info
Kapai Kabaret and AROHA After Dark bookings through iTICKET
Internet: www.iticket.co.nz
Phone: +64 9 361 1000
Door sales from 30 minutes prior to show
Pō bookings only at THE EDGE
Internet: www.the-edge.co.nz
Phone: +64 9 357 3355 or 0800 BUY TICKETS (289 842)
Or visit the Aotea Centre Box Office
Service fee may apply.
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