Auckland Arts Festival champions ambitious ideas
The 2021 Auckland Arts Festival reaches Mahurangi this year with three shows at the Warkworth Town Hall.
Artistic director Shona McCullagh says the festival comprises a programme designed to unify, uplift and inspire through a “world-class all-Aotearoa curated collection of events that celebrate the timely theme of Aroha (love)”.
“Our festival vision champions change-making, the environment, ambitious ideas, powerful voices and inspirational experiences that open our eyes, our hearts and our minds,” she says.
Ms McCullagh says the festival, which runs from March 4 to 21, will include world premieres of several new works and revive some that had to be cancelled in 2020. It will involve more than 1000 artists at more than 70 events.