Ngā Tae o te whenua – Colours of the Land
Ngā Tae o te whenua – Colours of the land is a dance film made in collaboration with dancers and musicians who are currently pupils at Mount Aspiring …
Kathryn Parsons & Jason Pellegrino: Innovation & disruption
Technology is constantly changing the world we live and work in. Our panellists discuss their own experiences of innovation and disruption. Kathryn Pa …
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Michael Houstoun – Purely Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical genius who composed some of the most beautiful music ever written. Audiences often grappled to appreciate his id …
Festival Opening: Flaming Arts – bonfires on the lakefront
Three bonfires will be set alight on the beach for our festival opening as darkness gathers. Come join us around the blazing fires for story-telling, …
Fire & Grace – Edwin Huizinga & William Coulter
Virtuoso violin meets Celtic guitar Bach meets bluegrass in this beguiling performance by Canadian-born violinist Edwin Huizinga and Grammy Award-winn …
Ensemble Paladino
Each member of Ensemble Paladino is a soloist in their own right, and the knitting together of their consummate abilities has made Ensemble Paladino a …
Dr Karen Hitchcock: don’t ever grow old
Old people are often seen as a burden – threatening the future of younger generations by sucking up health resources, straining families and spending …
Street Theatre: Country Life starring Fraser Hooper
Take one award winning clown, sprinkle on some magic, add some eccentric dancing, a water skiing cow and a large rubber duck and you have the perfect …
The Song Dispensary
Your trusted partner for your medical-musical needs! The pop-up Song Dispensary will open its Wanaka doors on Tuesday 4 April in the Armstrong Room at …
Every Brilliant Thing
The worldwide smash hit. You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. You make a …
Dangerous Song
An intriguingly beautiful and moving musical performance that combines the human voice with the sounds of endangered and extinct animals. Planet Earth …
Heart Goes Boom/Head Goes Bang
Written and performed by Jamie Bowen. Sometimes life comes apart. When it does, laughter is your greatest weapon. This is a hilarious and heartfelt st …
How to Keep an Alien
A story about falling in love and proving it to the government. Edinburgh Festival Fringe winner Sonya Kelly relates a tearfully funny, tender memoir …
Hudson & Halls Live!
By Kip Chapman with Todd Emerson and Sophie Roberts A Silo Theatre Production And we’re live! The oven’s caught fire, David is drinking and Peter has …
No Science to Goodbye
Please note we have tickets for the Glenorchy Hall only; we have sold out of the two Wanaka performances. The mountain landscape of the Southern Lakes …
Pass the Gat
This is way more than your average guitar party. Three of New Zealand’s top singer-songwriters bring together their rich blend of melodies and musicia …
Lady Rizo
“Cabaret Superstar” (NY Magazine) Lady Rizo was born to theatrical gypsies on the cold northern beaches of the Pacific Northwest but soon made her way …
Princessin Hans
Princessin Hans is a band from Berlin with core members Jörg Hochapfel and Hans Kellett. New Zealand-born Hans has been active in the Berlin queer and …
Paddy Free – The Language of the Land
Paddy Free is one of the godfathers of electronica in this country and is best known as one-half of the duo Pitch Black. They’ve toured the world – fr …
Michael Houstoun – Bach’s Preludes and Fugues
The Bach Preludes and Fugues are a collection of sublime musical utterances and also the best keyboard training system ever conceived. Michael Houstou …
Scarlett Hagen and Laura Williamson: On your bike
Scarlett Hagen claimed her first national title at 12, won the Junior World Champs at 17, became Elite Oceania Champion at 20, and retired from racing …
Max Harris and Shen Narayanasamy: How can we change the world?
Brexit and Donald Trump have changed the sense of an open, globalised world with countries working together to solve problems from poverty to climate …
Jim Bolger & Vincent O’Malley: The Great War for New Zealand
A former Prime Minister and a working historian discuss not Gallipoli but the Waikato War, a war which in so many ways has done more to shape this cou …
Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes
This is an exhilarating live performance. Sal Valentine and the Babyshakes are a ten piece ensemble who deliver a superb repertoire of rhythm and sou …
Portraits in Motion
Winner of the Total Theatre Award for innovation at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Intrepid traveller and passionate creator of photographic flip …
Tami Neilson
Singing her heart out along endless roads and stages, from her days as a young girl in Canada touring with the Neilson Family band and opening for the …
Sadness Songs
The saddest songs in the universe. Homegrown singer-songwriters Julia Deans and Sean James Donnelly invite you to come and wallow in a selection of so …
The Nukes
The innocent little ukulele is the instrument of choice and audiences will be staggered by what The Nukes are able achieve with it. They are high ente …
Sing it to my Face
Barbarian Productions Ltd Come and enjoy a sing-off between generations, a community singing about our experiences. Four local choirs of very differen …
KIRI
KIRI is a performance combining dance, sculpture and video by choreographer/video artist Louise Potiki Bryant and clay artist Paerau Corneal, with a h …
Siouxsie Wiles: The end of antibiotics – the end of modern medicine
We know that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness – more and more bacteria are becoming resistant. This is partly a result of evolution at work …
Celebration of the Arts: Fundraiser Cocktail Party
Time to dust off the glad rags and get in the party mood one week before the Festival of Colour starts. Dress to impress (come in black and white, or …
The Blue Moments Project
”Living abroad, he said, there’s only one way to do it / evict memory / don’t take mementos / even the ones small enough to pack / have weight” The Bl …
Tim Naish & Joe Michael: Antarctica – beautiful but melting
New visitors to the frozen continent are always blown away by its sheer beauty. Photographer Joe Michael captured something of this when he led an exp …
Roto
Come and see this gorgeous new video work on the large outdoor screen on the deck of the Central Lakes Trust Crystal Palace next to the Wanaka Hotel. …
Tell Me My Name
You’ll find riddles in the Bible and riddles in The Hobbit and riddles in every place on earth – they remind us just how mysterious the world can be. …
