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SpECIAL EVEnT FREE FOR 12s AnD unDER
CApTAIn unDERpAnTS
SunDAY MAY 17 – 9.00-10.00AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
Ta-dah. Welcome Captain Underpants to the stage for an hour of mayhem
as he fights for “Truth, Justice and
all that is Pre-Shrunk and Cottony” alongside sidekicks Harold and George. Instantly recognisable – in underpants and red cape with black polka dots – the Captain makes mischief with his legions of fans in this special Festival event. Ticketed but free for 12s and under. Book at Ticketmaster. Supported by Scholastic.
Standard $25; Student $12.50; Children 12 and Under FREE.
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THE ART OF THE nOVEL
SunDAY MAY 17 – 9.00-10.00AM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
In the second of our new Festival forums, we turn our attention to the novel. What makes a good one? Accomplished writers share their approaches and some rules of plot, dialogue and character that divide successes from near-misses. Stephanie Johnson, Emily St. John Mandel and David Mitchell join chair Laurence Fearnley.
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SpECIAL EVEnT DALLOWAY
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.00-11.25AM WInTERGARDEn, CIVIC
Austen’s Women’s Rebecca Vaughan returns with her latest hit: a stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, that Modernist mapping of interior states in the aftermath of World War I. This five-star Edinburgh 2014 success has been hailed as accomplished and incredibly moving. Adapted and directed by Elton Townend Jones. A Dyad Production.
Earlybird $30; Standard $35; Patrons $28; Students $17.50.
63 WEEkEnD GALLERY SERIES
AT THE BEnCH: HELEn LEACH
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.15-11.15AM AuCkLAnD ART GALLERY AuDITORIuM
Anthropologist Helen Leach, author of The Pavlova Story (2008) and Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century (2014), takes the audience
on a lively journey through the New Zealand domestic kitchen over the last one hundred years, providing a fascinating insight into changing patterns of culinary traditions and domestic arrangements and revealing who we are through the room at
the centre of the house. Supported
by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki.
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An HOuR WITH TIM WInTOn
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
Tim Winton is a leading exponent of short and long form fiction. Most recently the Guardian reviewed
his novel Eyrie as “a superb tale of disillusionment and redemption, loss and beauty” – a description
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