Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events

Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s ‘Verklärte Nacht’ (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe. Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage,…

As seen on 7 Days! 'The Silencer' will not be silenced! Covid safe and harder than ever, Chopper brings his hit show to New Zealand in March 2021. Panic, terror, stupidity; they can all form a queue and suck the wrinkles out of Chopper’s walnut wallet because he has stopped giving a f*** and is done with suffering fools. Masks, lockdowns, Karens, climate change, American elections, cancel culture – the outrage is deafening. Everyone is crazy, everyone has an opinion,…

Auckland Theatre Company presents TWO LADIES by Nancy Harris “Provocative... passionately on the side of women who are not in the room where it happens.” THE  GUARDIAN The women behind the most powerful men in the world take centre stage. Two Ladies catapults two dynamic women into a high-tension global crisis. While their husbands, the Presidents of the United States of America and France, cross diplomatic swords, the real fireworks are down the hall, where bloodied Sophia and world-weary Hélène…

How did we get here? How do we find our way through this? And exactly who are we again? In Bill Bailey’s new show, EN ROUTE TO NORMAL, Bill ponders these and other questions that this moment in history has thrown up and tries to see a way through the strange unreality of our new world. With Bill naming the show before we’d even heard of Covid-19, EN ROUTE TO NORMAL has become not just a funny, heart-warming mix of…

"The kids were absolutely mesmerised with eyes not even blinking. They laughed, clapped and cheered throughout." - Kate Nelson, MeeToo Laugh-out-loud stupidity and side-splitting slapstick. Nail-biting circus tricks and a phenomenal finish! The world-touring, crazy stunt people from Dislocate, with creative director Malia Walsh, are back with their brand new show, 3 Speed Crunch Box Rebooted. In this hilarious story of a family of outlandish stunt people, expect impressive aerobatics, spectacular circus tricks and - you won’t believe it - even…

Start your 2021 Art Deco Festival with sparkling jazz singer Lady Larisa and her incredible band for Honeychild. Be entertained in the Stunning Opera House, whilst sharing in the official release of ‘Honeychild’ Lady Larisa’s debut jazz ep which recently received a five star review. The original songs, written in Hawke’s Bay during the 2020 lockdown, tell a story of love, comfort, fun & betrayal. The new songs will be woven within a set-list of well-known jazz music. Lady Larisa…