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Supporting NZ's performing arts sector, through the PANNZ Arts Market, National Touring Programme, Festivals Commissioning Fund & The FAME Awards.

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Know someone out of Auckland who’d love Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking? Tag them! It’s just ONE WEEK until this taonga opens in Meanjin at the Brisbane Powerhouse, then it goes on tour around Aotearoa.

Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking
by Witi Ihimaera
Bilingual adaptation by Witi Ihimaera, Katie Wolfe & Maioha Allen
He Kōpara – Tā Haare Williams

🎭 Nī Dekkers-Reihana @niidekkersreihana, Miriama McDowell @miriamamcdowellactor
✨ Directed by Katie Wolfe @katiewolfe.nz
📷 Andi Crown @andicrownphotography

Full line up of dates below:

💥 @brisbanefestival
📍 Brisbane Powerhouse
🗓️ 10 – 13 Sep

💥 @festivalofdesign_aotearoa
📍 Royal Whanganui Opera House
🗓️ 16 Oct

💥 @nelson_arts_festival
📍 Theatre Royal Whakatū
🗓️ 22 – 23 Oct

💥 @taurangafestival
📍 Addison Theatre Baycourt
🗓️ 30 Oct

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Check out funding and other opportunities that are currently open! 🗓️💰

For more info regarding each opportunity, please contact the institutions providing/facilitating them directly—their Instagram channels have all been tagged in each images here as well as their contact info.

Sign up as an Auckland Pride member now to receive monthly updates on fundings and opportunities that are available to artists, markers, curators, and practitioners all across Tāmaki Makaurau. Go to: https://membership.aucklandpride.org.nz/ (link also in bio)

#fundingopportunities #tāmakimakaurau #aucklandart #auckland #artsfundings

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We’re bringing The Bookbinder back to @edfringe for three shows only this week to mark our 500th performance. Catch us upstairs at @assemblyroxy at at 3pm Thu 13th, 6:15 Sat 15th and Sun 16th. Book at assembly festival.com

(Thanks to @artscentremelbourne who shot this behind the scenes reel.)

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@culture360_asef has published the Aotearoa New Zealand #GreenGuide, and it features both @trickofthelightnz and @greengreenroomnz!

It's a beautifully designed, thoroughly researched work by@shea0neill of @sunfadestudio, and it features a directory of a whole bunch of arts organisations addressing environmental challenges through creative practice. Have a read, get inspired. Find it through @culture360_asef.

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Having the best time performing The Bookbinder in @themicklallytheatre @galwayintarts. Real treat to do a season in a venue with such theatre history, and it must be one of the most perfectly atmospheric spaces we’ve played in. Sold out run here — try your luck for returns over the last few shows, and don’t miss out at @aberdeenperformingarts next weekend, and @assemblyroxy in August over @edfringe.

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Aotearoa is home to an ecosystem of passionate creators and producers who believe our communities are stronger when everyone can see themselves in the stories we tell.
We’re beyond proud to stand alongside @Performingartsnetworknz and @aotearoanzfest as finalists in the NZEA New Zealand Event Awards for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Event of the Year for 'Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan'.
Telling the story of musician and disability advocate Pati Umaga (@pati_umaga) and led by a powerhouse Pacific creative team; Sasha Gibb (@gibbingituuup), Oscar Kightley (@oscarkightley), Nathaniel Lees and Neil Ieremia this unforgettable work blended music, story, and striking visuals into a bold, disability-led celebration of resilience and hope.

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The world is a smaller place when you are in the right rooms.

These are the international performing arts platforms that have shaped AFE’s journey - conferences and festivals Aaron has attended, built real relationships through, and found genuinely valuable for connecting with artists, presenters, and cultural organisations around the world.

There are plenty of other great markets out there - these are just the ones we know firsthand.

From the world’s largest arts festivals to smaller marketplace platforms, these are the rooms where lifelong friendships are made, touring opportunities come up in conversation, collaborations are born, and international careers quietly take shape.

Since starting AFE in Mumbai in March 2020, Aaron has attended 50+ international arts conferences and festivals across 6 continents and the network that’s come out of it has been the most valuable thing we’ve built.

If you’re an artist, producer, or arts organisation thinking about taking your work international - SAVE THIS. 📌 We’ll keep adding to it.

[PerformingArts, ArtsManagement, InternationalArts, ArtsTourisim, CulturalDiplomacy, EdinburghFringe, FestivalDAvignon, CINARS, HKPAX, APAM, ISPA, AdelaideFringe, PANNZ, AFE, AaronFernandesEntertainme, Mumbai, GlobalArts, ArtsTour IndianArts]

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Bags packed, beard hacked. We’re on the road with Suitcase Show, heading to Orkney today for @stmagnusfestival this weekend, and coming soon to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Denmark.

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🌍 🎧 Listen to the last episode of IETM Global Pod!

In this last episode, Global Connectors Andreia Duarte @andreiaduartedefigueiredo (Brazil) and Louise Gallagher @performingartsnetworknz (New Zealand) talk about working with indigenous artists and how to support them. The conversation is hosted by Gulli Sekse @gullisekse , Founder of @reartica.no in Ask, Norway.

⏯️ Episodes are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music via RedCircle or you can watch on YouTube, all via the link in bio
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The IETM Global Connect programme is co-funded by the European Union and supported by the IETM Associate Members: @arkokorea Arts Council Korea (Korea), @artscouncilmalta (Malta), @celfcymruarts Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales (Wales, UK), @belfastcitycouncil (Northern Ireland, UK), @britishcouncil (UK), @creative.australia (Australia), @creativescots (Scotland, UK), @statenskunstfond Danish Arts Foundation | Kunstfond (Denmark), @fondspodiumkunsten Dutch Performing Arts (Netherlands), @if_officiel (France), @onda_diff_art Office national de diffusion artistique (France), @prohelvetia (Switzerland), @artscouncilireland (Ireland)

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BRISBANE FESTIVAL 2026
10 - 13 September
Cremorne Theatre
Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Book your tickets via the linktree in our bio

#QueenslandPremiere #MostHyped #Dance #Theatre #PasifikaArtists
#TupuaTigafua #LeMoana

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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗲 - Lived experience leadership in the Arts

The first time Cian Parker stepped into a theatre was through a Primary School trip to see Māui.

Growing up in Melville, Hamilton, the arts weren’t part of her everyday world—because they weren’t visible or accessible.

That one experience changed everything.
Today, Cian is General Manager of The Meteor Theatre in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, after a successful career as a performer, writer, director, and storyteller across Aotearoa and internationally.

But her work now is focused on something bigger than the stage.

For many young people, the barrier isn’t talent.
It’s access.

It’s connection.

It’s being part of networks where opportunity actually flows.

And that’s where inequality often lives—not in ability, but in visibility and relationships.

Through youth workshops and strong partnerships with schools and youth development organisations, The Meteor is already working alongside the community to support rangatahi to find voice, confidence, and belonging.
It’s not just a theatre.

It’s part of a wider ecosystem of care, creativity, and connection.

And it shows what becomes possible when arts and community are not treated as separate systems—but as one.

Because when young people see themselves reflected in stories and leadership, something shifts.

They begin to believe they belong.

And that changes everything.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 see

#arts #community #youthdevelopment #systemschange #equityandinclusion

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