Price: $38-$78

Step inside the vintage big top on Wellington’s waterfront and enter a world of enchantment and intrigue with Circus Ronaldo. Read on

Price: $28-$33

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, columnist and author Thomas Friedman concludes Writers and Readers Week with a keynote address examining the current state of America. Read on

Price: $53-$65

The circus gets a titillating twist as Cantina’s creatures of the night come out to play. Read on

Price: $48-$55

Described as one of the world’s top ukulele composers and arguably the best player on the planet, James Hill’s unusual techniques, humour and creativity have seen him build a global base of fans. Read on

Price: $18-$83

Leave reality behind and immerse yourself in a place of dreams, imagination and giant puppets as one of physical theatre’s most celebrated sons unleashes his stunning array of skills. Read on

Price: $18-$48

Following two hugely successful UK tours and sell-out runs in London’s West End, this riveting adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book comes to the Festival. Read on

Price: $43-$50

Playwright Gary Henderson takes a touching, bittersweet look at life in the 1960s in this beautifully crafted play, directed by Jane Waddell. Read on

Price: $48-$58

The laws of gravity are made to be broken in this brilliantly mind-boggling piece of theatre. Read on

Price: $38-$68

Kiwi eyes and ears will be smiling as famed Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon’s infectious tunes and seven-piece big band light up the Town Hall. Read on

Price: $40-$48

With intricate, almost imperceptible flicks of his fingers, santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma creates music that is nothing short of magic. Read on

Price: $65

Engage your mind and indulge your tastebuds as Selina Hastings presents Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh: A Literary Correspondence Course based on the brilliantly funny letters they exchanged. Read on

Price: $10-$18

New Zealand fiction writers Paula Morris and Linda Olsson launched their careers with stunning first novels and have continued to create emotional and engrossing work. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Three inspirational women join forces to examine past, current and future social and political women’s issues. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Ken Duncum leads a discussion with playwrights and screenwriters Dave Armstrong and Robert Shearman to explore how theatre continues to survive in an age of downloads, DVDs, YouTube and TV on demand. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Michael Corballis is Professor Emeritus of psychology at The University of Auckland and has an outstanding ability to transform complex scientific theories into plain English. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Harry Ricketts is a poet, academic, editor and reviewer who studied English at Oxford University and lived in Asia before moving to New Zealand. Read on

Price: $10-$18

Scottish crime writer Denise Mina, Doctor Who screenwriter Robert Shearman and American slipstream fantasy writer Kelly Link gather to explore the world of comics, fantasy and popular culture. Read on

Price: $15-$26

Maisey Rika brings her eclectic songs and honey-stung vocals to Otaki and Upper Hutt. Read on

Price: FREE

In Mark Harvey's Productive Bodies, a group of people with experience of redundancy and unemployment are brought together as a community to explore and perform ideas of usefulness and productivity. Read on