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Line 15: \| url = http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/article.php?sid=4010&mode=&order=0 \| accessdate = 2008-05-15}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}} </ref> AK03, the inaugural event of the “new” Auckland Festival, opened on 20 September 2003. Subsequently the dates were moved to March and festivals were held in 2005 (AK05), 2007 (AK07), 2009 (Auckland Festival 2009), 2011 (Auckland Arts Festival 2011), 2013 (Auckland Arts Festival 2013), and 2015 (Auckland Arts Festival 2015) before going annual in March 2016. The 13th Auckland Arts Festival will take place 3-21 March 2021. ~~The current{{when\|date=August 2020}} Artistic Director is Shona McCullagh.~~ <ref name="Shona McCullagh in conversation with Indira Stewart">{{cite web \| title = Shona McCullagh in conversation with Indira Stewart \| work = First Up Line 21: \| year = 2020 \| url = https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/first-up/audio/2018747183/auckland-arts-festival-looking-for-all-creative-ideas-for-2021 \| accessdate = 2020-05-20}}</ref> [[Shona McCullagh]] is the artistic director from 2021 - 2024 taking over from Jonathan Bielski.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Christian\|first=Dionne\|date=2019-11-27\|title=Auckland Arts Festival names new head\|language=en-NZ\|work=NZ Herald\|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12288872\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-09-20\|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> ~~\| accessdate = 2020-05-20}}</ref>~~ The ~~festival celebrates the distinct and unique characteristics of Auckland and its particular Pacific style. Its~~festivals main objectives are to engage Aucklanders in the arts, to support New Zealand art and artists, and to reflect what is unique about Auckland in.<ref name="About Us?">{{cite web\|title=About Us \|publisher=Auckland Festival 2007 \|year=2007 \|url=http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/AboutUs/TheFestival/ \|accessdate=2008-05-15 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720222937/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/AboutUs/TheFestival/ \|archivedate=July 20, 2007 }}</ref> Its program features more than 100 events including [[dance]], [[music]], [[cabaret]], [[burlesque]], [[theatre]], [[ballet]], [[visual arts]], [[film]], and public forums, occupying most of Auckland's theatres, galleries and concert halls. In 2007 a dedicated music and cabaret environment (“Red Square”) was created, which serves as a hub where artists and public gather during the festival, day and night. In 2011 'Red Square' was re-branded as the Festival Garden and a new program element, White Night, modeled on Europe's '[[Nuit Blanche]]' events, was introduced - the first such event in Australasia. Its program features more than 100 events including [[dance]], [[music]], [[cabaret]], [[burlesque]], [[theatre]], [[ballet]], [[visual arts]], [[film]], and public forums, occupying most of Auckland's theatres, galleries and concert halls. In 2007 a dedicated music and cabaret environment (“Red Square”) was created, which serves as a hub where artists and public gather during the festival, day and night. In 2011 'Red Square' was re-branded as the Festival Garden and a new program element, White Night, modeled on Europe's '[[Nuit Blanche]]' events, was introduced - the first such event in Australasia. The 2013 Auckland Arts Festival was the most successful festival to date achieving record attendances and more than doubling the box office income. It featured more than 300 events and over 1000 artists participated including three national theatre companies. There were 63 sold out performances. Highlights included Group F's ''Breath of the Volcano'', ''Urban'' (Circolumbia), ''Everything is Ka Pai'', ''War Requiem'' (with the APO), ''One Man, Two Guvnors'' ([[National Theatre of Great Britain]]), ''The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart'' ([[National Theatre of Scotland]]) and ''[[Rhinoceros in Love]]'' ([[National Theatre Company of China]]). A new Maori work ''HUI'' by Mitch Tawhi Thomas premiered alongside the re-staging of the Pacific musical ''The Factory'' by Kila Kokonut Krew. Audiences were again welcomed over 19 days to the Festival Garden in [[Aotea Square]], including the Festival Club (Spiegeltent), Tiffany Singh's ''Fly Me Up to Where You Are'' which she created with 4,000 Auckland children, and Srinivas Krishna's video artwork ''When the Gods Came Down to Earth'', as well as free music, family days and the opportunity to relax and meet friends over food and drink. ''White Night'' took place throughout Auckland City with 83 galleries, museums and other locations opening their doors to more than 20,000 attendees. Audiences were again welcomed over 19 days to the Festival Garden in [[Aotea Square]], including the Festival Club (Spiegeltent), Tiffany Singh's ''Fly Me Up to Where You Are'' which she created with 4,000 Auckland children, and Srinivas Krishna's video artwork ''When the Gods Came Down to Earth'', as well as free music, family days and the opportunity to relax and meet friends over food and drink. ~~''White Night'' took place throughout Auckland City with 83 galleries, museums and other locations opening their doors to more than 20,000 attendees.~~ In May 2014, [[Auckland Council]] voted unanimously in support of a trial annual festival as part of its budget meeting. The Council voted to provide for additional funding to the Festival for a trial annual festival in 2016. Line 48 ⟶ 45: AAF 2020 was scheduled to take place 11-29 March, however was seriously impacted by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic. In late February air cargo issues as a result of cancellation of flights resulted in the cancellation of the major outdoor event Place Des Anges. The Festival opened as planned on Wednesday 11 March with TIRA in Aotea Square featuring Hollie Smith, Hātea Kapa Haka and the six Auckland Everybody Sings choirs and was attended by 2000 people, and reaching a further 7000 people online. From Saturday 14 March, the New Zealand Government imposed border controls and limits on mass gatherings which saw the cancellation of a number of shows. On Thursday 18 March further restrictions limiting indoor gatherings to 100 people resulted in the cancellation of the rest of the Festival. New Zealand entered full lockdown on Thursday 25 March. Highlights of the eight days of the Festival which took place 11-17 March included: Ballet Preljocaj's Snow White, the trans-Tasman rom-com BLACK TIES from ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Te Rēhia Theatre Company, the mind-blowing Cold Blood, Los Angeles Master Chorale's profoundly moving performance of Lagrime di San Pietro, circus-cabaret Limbo Unhinged, Silo Theatre's UPU, and the world premiere of Ka Pō, Ka Waiata: Songs in Darkness. The Festival is run by an independent not for profit trust, the Auckland Festival Trust. It is principally funded by Auckland City.<ref name="Auckland City">▼ ▲The Festival is run by an independent not for profit trust, the Auckland Festival Trust. It is principally funded by Auckland City. ~~.<ref name="Auckland City">~~ {{cite web \|title=Auckland Festival Line 85 ⟶ 80: \|- \|2021- \|[[Shona McCullagh]] [MNZM] \|}

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