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Beautiful Burnout

Price: $48-$68

Grab your seat around the revolving stage for this explosive and heart-wrenching piece of physical theatre from the acclaimed theatre company behind 2008 Festival smash hit Black Watch. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Circenses

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

FebruaryMarch
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The Wild Bride

Price: $18-$78

Enter a stunning world of petals, clay, fire and orchards for this lyrical love story about what happens when dad accidentally sells you to the Devil. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Arcane

Price: FREE

With two wheels that look like they’ve been pinched off a giant’s bicycle and two fearless French performers, this is the jaw-dropping acrobatics of Arcane. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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The Māori Troilus and Cressida

Price: FREE

See this very special Te Reo Māori version of Shakespeare’s tragedy before it travels to play at London’s Globe. Read on

Raoul

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

FebruaryMarch
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Henry V

Price: $38-$78

Rediscover Shakespeare through the physical style and engrossing interpretations of renowned all-male theatre company Propeller. Henry V is the tale of the greatest warrior in English folklore. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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The Winter's Tale

Price: $38-$78

Propeller’s celebrated renditions of Shakespeare combine devotion to the Bard’s original text with inventive staging. The Winter's Tale tells the tragic story of Leontes, King of Sicilia. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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White

Price: $15-$25

With characters named Cotton and Wrinkle you’d expect Andy Manley’s White to be the kind of show that will charm your kids’ socks off – and you’d be right. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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To Be Or Not To Be, Etc.

Price: $38-$48

Celebrated actor Michael Hurst joins forces with two of New Zealand’s freshest young writers in this innovative new solo work, set in the Shakespearean afterlife. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane

Price: $38-$68

Who is going to be, or not to be, Hamlet? That is the question you are faced with during this purgatorial presentation of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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The Animals & Children Took to the Streets

Price: $48-$63

Evil kids run riot and creatures of darkness rule in this gloriously grim and wickedly funny world created through astonishing animated projections. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Michael James Manaia

Price: $38-$48

20 years after it burst onto the stages of the world, writer John Broughton’s iconic piece of Kiwi theatre returns for its Festival encore. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Tu

Price: $48-$53

Patricia Grace’s award-winning novel is the inspiration for this powerful return to the stage by celebrated playwright and director Hone Kouka. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Private Peaceful

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

FebruaryMarch
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Peninsula

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

FebruaryMarch
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MASI

Price: $53-$58

The Conch Theatre’s much anticipated follow up to international hit Vula, Masi grows from a unique collaboration between artistic director Nina Nawalowalo and legendary British illusionist Paul Kieve. Read on

FebruaryMarch
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Leo

Price: $48-$58

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

FebruaryMarch
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Art On The Move:
Private Peaceful

Price: $15-$36

Be there to see this riveting adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book when it plays in Lower Hutt and Greytown. Read on

Art Talks:
Beautiful Burnout

Price: FREE

What does it mean to be a theatre company without bricks and mortar? The National Theatre of Scotland talks about their approach to building a new generation of theatre-goers. Read on

Art Talks:
Masi

Price: FREE

The Conch director Nina Nawalowalo and British illusionist Paul Kieve talk about the cross-cultural creation of Masi. Read on

Art Talks:
The Wild Bride

Price: FREE

Join members of the Kneehigh theatre company as they discuss taking their work from the fields of Cornwall to London’s West End and Broadway. Read on

Art Talks:
Tu

Price: FREE

Adapting someone else’s story to stage – join Hone Kouka as he discusses writing a play inspired by Patricia Grace’s bestselling novel. Read on

Art Talks:
The Animals and Children Took to the Streets

Price: FREE

Wellington is awash with digital creators. Be there as members of theatre company 1927 talk with local experts in the field. Read on