I know I should be writing some passionate (associate) editorial endorsing The New Zealand International Arts Festival 2006, but I am very busy with paid day jobs at the moment. So I’ll have to make do, for the mo, with a 13 Things To See At The Festival list. (There’s no pointing recommending stuff that’s already sold-out.)—AB

    Theatre
    » The Dragon’s Trilogy
    » Rebirth of a Nation

    Music
    » A Capital Celebration—The Phoenix Foundation
    » Orchestra Baobab
    » Parsifal
    » Toyota Picnics in the Park: The Final Fling—Fat Freddy's Drop
    » Tuwhare

    Dance
    » Aterballetto (Omaggio a Bach)

    National Bank Festival Club
    » Ba Cissoko

    Writers and Readers Week
    » Writers International—Michael Cunningham
    » The War Zone

    Visual Arts/Free Events
    » Michael Smither—The Wonder Years
    » Patricia Piccinin—Nature's Little Helpers