Performing Arts - Classical Music Events
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Sunday 23 February 2020
Conductor Kristjan Järvi has earned a reputation as “one of the canniest, and most innovative, programmers on the classical scene” (Reuters) and here he leads the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only... More...

Jung Chang: Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Performing Arts - Literary Events
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Friday 28 February 2020
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth Century China is the new biography from internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans. The Soong Sisters from Shanghai were Ching-Ling,... More...

FLEXN

Performing Arts - Dance Events
Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua - Mana, Wellington Region

From Sunday 23 February 2020 to Monday 24 February 2020
Characterised by pausing, snapping, gliding, bone breaking, hat tricks, animation and contortion, flex is a form of street dance that has evolved from the Jamaican bruk-up found in dance halls and reggae clubs in... More...

Tutus On Tour

Performing Arts - Ballet Events
Kapiti Performing Arts Centre, Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, Wellington Region

Saturday 29 February 2020
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to expand the company’s much-loved regional touring programme in 2020, featuring works tailor-made for the RNZB by trail blazing choreographers at home in New Zealand and on... More...

The Human Voice at the NZ Festival of the Arts

Performing Arts - Opera Events
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

From Thursday 27 February 2020 to Saturday 29 February 2020
A splintering relationship becomes high art in Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau’s lushly operatic one-act monodrama, The Human Voice (La voix humaine). Tabitha Arthur directs soprano Barbara Paterson and pianist... More...

The Big Bike Film Night

Performing Arts - Film Events
Penthouse Cinema, Wellington

From Sunday 23 February 2020 to Monday 24 February 2020
Prepare to be inspired! The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission sharing the best cycling short films from around the world with you! Showcasing our 2020 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience... More...

Chosen and Beloved

Performing Arts - Theatre Events
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Friday 21 February 2020
The 2020 Festival opens with an unforgettable live orchestral art experience. Henryk Górecki’s phenomenally popular Symphony No. 3 has special reverence for Lemi Ponifasio – both as a piece of music that fuelled his... More...

Jerusalem

Performing Arts - Theatre Events
The Opera House, Wellington

From Saturday 22 February 2020 to Sunday 23 February 2020
Created in turbulent and perplexing times, القدس Jerusalem is Lemi Ponifasio’s major new work. Inspired by the epic Concerto Al Quds by the great poet Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), it will premiere here before... More...

In Search of Dinozord

Performing Arts - Theatre Events
Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington

Thursday 27 February 2020
If you haven’t yet heard about Faustin Linyekula, then “quite possibly the most important artist working on the African continent today” (Frieze), “breathtaking political art” (LA Times) and “live-wire... More...

Witi Ihimaera: Native Son

Performing Arts - Literary Events
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Saturday 22 February 2020
Witi Ihimaera speaks with novelist Kate Duignan about Native Son, the sequel to his Ockham Award-winning memoir, Māori Boy. Beginning with the relief of passing his School C exams Witi takes us to the family farm where... More...