Price: $18-$83

For 90 unforgettable minutes, Festival audiences left reality behind and were immersed in a place of dreams, imagination and giant puppets as James Thiérrée unleashed 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 came to the Festival. Read on

Price: $38-$98

2012 audiences experienced the magic of Japanese manga in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s entrancing follow-up to 2010 Festival smash hit Sutra. Read on

Price: $38-$88

Following a meteoric rise to become one of the hottest properties in modern dance, Hofesh Shechter brought his unmistakable style to New Zealand for the first time. Read on

Price: $38-$98

19 lycra-clad bodies flowed, melted and crashed together in this sizzling double bill from celebrated Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo. Read on

Price: $40-$48

New Zealand’s leading piano trio joined forces with outstanding percussionists Lenny Sakofsky and Jeremy Fitzsimons for a programme of vast sonic scope and visual energy. Read on

Price: $53-$65

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

Price: FREE

The Festival began in truly breathtaking style as one of Wellington’s most iconic buildings was transformed into a living, moving canvas by acclaimed New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery. 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: $38-$78

Festival audiences were invited to step inside the vintage big top on Wellington’s waterfront and enter a world of enchantment and intrigue with Circus Ronaldo. 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: $48-$63

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

Price: $15-$25

With characters named Cotton and Wrinkle you’d have expected Andy Manley’s White to be the kind of show that would have charmed your kids’ socks off – and you’d have been right. Read on

Price: $18-$78

Audiences entered 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

Price: $38-$68

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

Price: $38-$48

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

Price: $38-$78

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

Price: $38-$78

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

Price: $48-$53

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

Price: $38-$48

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

Price: $53-$58

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

Price: FREE

In an exceptionally well-received performance, audiences saw this very special Te Reo Māori version of Shakespeare’s tragedy before it travelled to play at London’s Globe. Read on

Price: FREE

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

Price: $43-$108

A powerful story, spine-tingling staging and our finest operatic talent all come together in this new New Zealand opera from acclaimed composer Jenny McLeod. Read on

Price: $10-$43

This classic children’s tale was at its sparkling best, as Suzie Templeton’s Academy Award-winning short film was accompanied by the beautiful live music of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read on

Price: $38-$78

Struggle, power and sensational music came to the Town Hall, as five proud black women combined their talents in the spirited Walk a Mile in My Shoes. Read on