Blind & Low Vision

Shadow

Based on Back to Back Theatre’s award winning stage production, Shadow blends fiction and documentary elements to tell the story of a group of activists who hold a public meeting only to discover their own prejudices are their biggest obstacles in creating change. With 95% of the cast identifying as having a disability and a crew made up of mentored interns with disabilities, the film’s themes and philosophical approach to creation are intrinsically linked.

Sun 10 March, 2:30pm

Close Captioned

Duration: 1 hour

Audio described pre-show notes available online

Jungle Book reimagined
Akram Khan Company

Experience this timeless tale like never before, as one of the most innovative dance companies in the world, Akram Khan Company (UK), travels to Aotearoa with their latest production: a thought provoking but magical retelling of Kipling’s much loved classic.

Jungle Book reimagined is a beautifully compelling and vital piece of storytelling about our need to belong and bond with others, and to connect with and respect our natural world.

St James Theatre

Audio described performance Sat 24 Feb, 7pm. Touch Tour 6.15pm

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes (includes an interval)

The Savage Coloniser Show
By Tusiata Avia

FCC Theatre company is back, bringing to ferocious life Tusiata Avia’s book The Savage Coloniser, for which she became the first female Pasifika poet to win the Ockham Award for poetry. Under the artful direction of the equally formidable Anapela Polata’ivao, Avia’s unapologetic and clear eyed examination of race and racism, the colonised and the coloniser, is full of bold humour, courage and lacerating truths.

Circa One

Audio described performance Sat 2 March, 4pm. Touch Tour 3.15pm

Duration: 1 hours, 10 minutes (no interval)

Taniwha Time Machine
Dreamgirls Art Collective

Renowned for their ‘breathtaking and purposeful’ (Ensemble) artworks across Aotearoa, Dreamgirls Arts Collective will transform the Wellington Waterfront, bringing kōrero tuku iho (stories of the past) of Ngake and Whātaitai to life in a way only they can- larger than life, bursting with colour, complete with a disco dance floor. And that’s not all- a sparkling phone booth created by cameo Dreamgirl Coco Solid (Ngāouhi/Samoa) beckons- lift the receiver, dial into the ‘Hotline to the Divine’ and see what happens… you could find yourself connecting to a whole new dimension.

Wellington Waterfront

Audio described walkthroughs will be available:

Sun 25 Feb, 11am - 2pm
Sun 2 March, 2 -5pm
Sat 9 March 1-4pm

The walkthrough should take about 15-20 minutes. Just turn up; no need to make a booking. When you arrive, mention that you would like an audio described tour through the space, and one of our trained volunteers will guide you through the Taniwhā Time Machine.