21 Feb–15 Mar 2020 | New Zealand Festival of the Arts

Dimanche

Keeping up appearances in a world on thin ice

Theatre Selling fast

MÁM

A wild celebration of life’s peaks and valleys

Dance Music Selling fast

Kate Tempest

An explosion of verse and song raging against apathy

Music Selling fast

القدس Jerusalem

Extremes exist in one metaphorical place

Dance Theatre

Släpstick

Flying violins! Speed skating ballerinos! Astonishing musical buffoonery!

Theatre Music Selling fast

Trois Grandes Fugues

Three major choreographers interpret one masterpiece from Beethoven

Dance Selling fast

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

A surreal musical satire on tyranny

Theatre Music Sold out

The Calling

Improvisational and incantatory music with Laurie Anderson’s ensemble

Music

Peter Sellars – Kopernikus

A ritual opera of death made for the living

Opera

FLEXN

As much a dance movement as a social revolution

Te Ata Dance Theatre

In Search of Dinozord

Intrepid imaginings transform a war-ravaged Congo

Dance Theatre Selling fast

BLACK TIES

Two families, two cultures ... tu meke

Theatre Music Selling fast

View All Events

One Festival, Many Voices

Three guest curators have selected many of the events in the 2020 Festival. Experience their worldview through their signature selections.

More about the curatorial process

Director & Choreographer

Lemi Ponifasio

See Lemi’s events
Musician & Multimedia Artist

Laurie Anderson

See Laurie’s events
Comedian, Actor & Composer

Bret McKenzie

See Bret’s events

Article Magazine

The Garden Party: Your New Summer Writers Festival

Claire Mabey, the prolific force behind Verb Wellington and the New Zealand Festival of the Arts Writers Programme, talks her new hybrid festival of music and words, The Garden Party. Coming to the Wellington Botanic Gardens from 20 - 21 February.
My Art Inspiration: Alex Lodge

Taki Rua’s latest production Sing to Me offers audiences a charmingly poetic, yet playfully modern, love story set against the backdrop of a climate in crisis. The Wellington world premiere kicks off on February 27 at Te Whaea Theatre, followed by a season at Auckland Arts Festival as part of a five-centre national tour.
Three Picks from What If The City Was A Theatre?

In celebration of their decade anniversary, The Performance Arcade has teamed up with creative producers from across Wellington to present What If The City Was A Theatre?, a city-wide explosion of innovative, outdoor works and performances. Director of The Performance Arcade Sam Trubridge dives into three of the 10+ programme streams set to take over Wellington City.