Find out what Performing Arts events are on in Hawke's Bay.
The Haka Party Incident
BY KATIE WOLFE
An Auckland Theatre Company production
The last New Zealand war took place in Auckland in 1979. It lasted three minutes. The Haka Party Incident resurrects the eventful day when a group of University of Auckland engineering students rehearsing their...
Date: Monday 18 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Cunning Little Vixen - Directed and Conducted by José Aparicio
In partnership with the 2021 Hawke's Bay Arts Festival, Festival Opera proudly presents Leoš Janáček’s operatic fable The Cunning Little Vixen.
Whether you’re an opera lover or new to the genre, The Cunning Little...
Date: Tuesday 19 October to Wednesday 20 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 19 October to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ka-Shue (Letters from Home)
Co- Producers Jo Marsh & Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Ice Floe Productions Tapui Ltd
Ka-Shue is an epic story of love, laughter and loss over a hundred years, seen through the eyes of a Chinese family struggling to resettle in Aotearoa. Ka-Shueis a Cantonese phrase for...
Date: Wednesday 20 October
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver.Stone.Wood.Bone
Chamber Music New Zealand
SILVER STONE WOOD BONE weaves soundscapes and landscapes together into a haunting multi-sensory tapestry of music and moving imagery. Bridget Douglas, principal flute in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra joins with Alistair Fraser, renowned...
Date: Thursday 21 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Artist
Circo Aereo
New Zealand’s answer to Mr. Bean, but with more physical prowess! Comedy and circus sensation Thom Monckton will knock you out with his physical theatre masterpiece about a nutty painter with an almighty creative block. The Artist is a hilarious story without words,...
Date: Thursday 21 October to Friday 22 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawke's Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana! After last month's postponement due to someone called Delta, we're kicking off in September with a Level 2...
Date: Thursday 21 October to Thursday 16 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mrs Krishnan’s Party - INDIAN INK THEATRE COMPANY
Mrs Krishnan’s Party - you’re invited! Written By Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis Starring Kalyani Nagarajan and Justin Rogers Step into the back room of Mrs Krishnan’s dairy where garlands decorate the ceiling, music flows and Mrs Krishnan...
Date: Saturday 23 October to Sunday 24 October
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Want to do drag but don't know where to get started? Doing drag but want to up your game? Learn how to create slick, simple but sickening stage spots that are guaranteed to stick in this drag basics workshop. In this session aimed to get your creative brain sparking, we'll cover the logistics of...
Date: Sunday 24 October
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Furnware Ambassador Programme - Tūrangawaewae
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions registrations are now required through hbaf.co.nz. To manage audience numbers, we have added an additional 3pm performance on Sunday October 24th 2022.]
The Festival is proud to celebrate the 6th year of the...
Date: Sunday 24 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Faces of Nature
Ta'alili
Led by award winning artists Aloali'i Tapu and Tori Manley-Tapu, Ta’alili are a company that work in theatre, dance, stage design, film and visual art, exploring how perceptions shape communities and reflecting on personal experiences of tension between cultures,...
Date: Monday 25 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Thousand Thoughts A Minute
A guide into the unequivocal world of Kristyl Neho, a self-confessed Drama Queen. Written and performed by Kristyl, this is a personal, often humorous ride through her life. From bodacious weight gain and weight loss experiences and the indisputable life of motherhood;...
Date: Tuesday 26 October to Thursday 28 October
Where: Spaceship, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Trojan War
A Slightly Isolated Dog
Following the success of Don Juan and Jekyll & Hyde, A Slightly Isolated Dog brings you the third installment in the trilogy of very sexy works: The Trojan War! This explosive and hilarious work uses a cast of faux-French performers to create a joyful...
Date: Tuesday 26 October to Wednesday 27 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
[Please note that an additional performance of 'Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project' has been added on the 29th of October 2021 in the Toitoi Opera House.]
Paul Bosauder is a cultural ambassador, performing around the world as a highly regarded...
Date: Wednesday 27 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Two veteran kiwi jokers come together to tickle your funny bone in all the right places ( and probably some wrong ones as well-no promises). Each of these guys has over twenty years experience as a pro comedian.
Oo Gish is a crowd favourite across the nation and Benjamin Crellin has an...
Date: Thursday 28 October
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
WERK IT
Circus Trick Tease
WERK IT is an all-new, late-night, high-energy, acrobatic comedy romp. Celebrating spandex, highvis, vitalityand vigour, it received nightly standing ovations in its debut season. Combining never seen before acrobatic feats and jaw dropping skill, this show will be...
Date: Thursday 28 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Strauss, Pärt and Mendelssohn - HBO and Friends
This concert explores the most-loved chamber music of the string repertoire, making it a joy for classical fans as well as for people who want an experience of live classical music for the first time.
Hawkes’ Bay’s premier orchestral...
Date: Thursday 28 October
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Motuhake
Jandel J & The Funky Friends
“You are Special / I am Special (Motuhake)” is a highly interactive and magical show for children and families. This story is set in an imaginary world where the main character gets spooked as he journeys through adventures and finds puppets that come...
Date: Saturday 30 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The End of the Golden Weather
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the venue for this show has changed from Toitoi Opera House to St. Andrews Hall in Hastings. An additional performance has been added on Sunday October 31st at 7.30pm.]
“I invite you to join me, in a voyage into the past,...
Date: Sunday 31 October
Where: St Andrews Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A liveplay survival horror RPG featuring:
- Paul Shaw (GM)
- ??
- Benjamin Crellin
- Christer Eriksson
- Mike Shaw.
An ancient city has been found under the ocean and the scientists sent to research it have gone silent. And now the team sent in to investigate have bean brutally...
Date: Sunday 31 October
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes
A richly autobiographical monologue in which an adolescent boy tries to find his place in an adult-dominated world; a young man retraces an intensely felt boyhood experience of bullying; and a playwright, in his last days, reconciles the value of an artistic life...
Date: Sunday 31 October
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 1 November to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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Motif Poetry is proud to present the fourth annual Hawke's Bay Poetry Slam! A friendly, inclusive space for poets to come together and share their work.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS...
Date: Friday 5 November
Where: Peak House, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“A Galvanizing Psychological Thriller” - Time Magazine
‘Equus’ is a psychological drama about Dr. Martin Dysart (Daric Moore), a psychiatrist who has grown unhappy with his life, encouraged to take on a peculiar case by a magistrate, Hesther Salomon (Natalie Sandbrook). This involves...
Date: Friday 5 November to Saturday 13 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment. Following its hugely successful world premiere in 2015, the RNZB is thrilled to be bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream back for Christmas 2021. Lovers, fairies, mischief and moonlight...
Date: Saturday 6 November to Sunday 7 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedian, snapchat satirist and now unmasked as the dancing Alien on The Masked Singer NZ, Tom Sainsbury is about to add another string to his bow. Comedian on the loose!
Tom is hitting the road with SNAPCHAT DUDE LIVE! and no stone will be unturned in his quest to poke fun at New...
Date: Saturday 6 November
Where: Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
April's Fool
By David Burton
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule these performances to Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th of November 2021. Any ticket holders will automatically have their tickets transferred to this new date and will receive communication about this...
Date: Tuesday 9 November to Saturday 13 November
Where: Keirunga Gardens, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
COVID-19 Update:
Following the 4th Oct Covid-19 announcement and the changes made to the regulations applicable to each level, we are very pleased to confirm that the production of 'One Day I'll Fly Away' will be able to take place at Level 1 or Level 2. There are some compromises, however,...
Date: Tuesday 9 November to Saturday 20 November
Where: Waipukurau Little Theatre, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
The Waipawa Musical &Dramatics Club winter Musical Revue.
West End to Waipawa “Musical Theatre through the Ages” culminating in a mix of favourite (and soon to be new favourites) from the great musical theatre shows we love.
Slightly new feel to this winter show with a more intimate...
Date: Thursday 11 November to Saturday 20 November
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Preparations are underway for a 2021 SING-IN in the Waiapu Cathedral in Napier, the third one we have held in recent years. This will be a wonderful afternoon of music-making, after so many choral events being cancelled or postponed lately.
Anyone who can read a music score and loves to sing is...
Date: Saturday 13 November
Where: Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 November to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 19 October to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
***RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM***
In August and September, the New Zealand String Quartet will perform across Aotearoa for our 2021 National Tour. Immerse yourself in astounding beauty, inspire your senses, and fire your curiosity through four centuries of string quartet...
Date: Friday 19 November
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The GLOW SHOW team is back with WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW, a ‘kiwified’ interpretation of the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' tale for tamariki, educators and whanau! Let your imagination soar as you're transported by the magic of giant scale glow-in-the-dark puppetry. The mega edu-taining...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Curtain Call is a showcase of some of the performers that have taken part in our shows throughout the year.
Combining all the acts to make a super show that is Curtain Call! One final bow for the year!
And what better place to celebrate the year than to take over Paisley Stage for one last...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawke's Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana! After last month's postponement due to someone called Delta, we're kicking off in September with a Level 2...
Date: Thursday 21 October to Thursday 16 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 1 November to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
BOLD, INNOVATIVE, MAGICAL. Wearable Art. Edible Inspired.
The Edible Fashion Awards are Hawke’s Bay’s spectacular wearable art event... with 50 mind-blowing edible-inspired creations, intertwined with quality live entertainment from across Aotearoa, the Awards are a unique, exciting and...
Date: Thursday 9 December
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 November to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"Jingle Jigs, Reels a Treat.”
Ken Longworth – The Newcastle Herald
After breaking touring records in 2019 and following a further sell-out tour of Australia in 2021 with A Taste of Ireland, the all-singing, all-dancing, family-friendly treat, ‘A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland’...
Date: Sunday 12 December
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The 7 Days Live tour is now officially an annual tradition. And this year our (not very) brave comedians will smash out 13 shows in 13 towns around New Zealand with (nearly) no fear at all. Jeremy Corbett, Dai Henwood, Paul Ego, and the team will jump in a van and bring much-needed comedy to the...
Date: Tuesday 14 December
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawke's Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana! After last month's postponement due to someone called Delta, we're kicking off in September with a Level 2...
Date: Thursday 21 October to Thursday 16 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 19 October to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mana Wahine - Ōkāreka Dance Company
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance. If you have already registered for this event, please re-register for the 22nd of January 2022.]
To celebrate the start of the 2021 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival we are...
Date: Saturday 22 January
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Glitter Boomb
This show will be a supercharged spectacle for the senses. With different styles of burlesque to entertain your eyes like; classic, comedic, and something just a little bit different. With a seriously talented line up of performers, you won’t want to miss them take the stage! We...
Date: Friday 28 January
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Urzila Carlson: It's Personal
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance (Day Month Year). Any ticket holders will automatically have their tickets transferred to this new date and will receive communication about this soon.]
Welcome to the days of mind...
Date: Friday 4 March
Where: ToiToi: Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hello Darkness
By Peter Wells, Adapted by Victor Rodger
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance to Sunday 13th of March 2022. Any ticket holders will automatically have their tickets transferred to this new date and will receive communication about this...
Date: Sunday 13 March
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
So, no one told you life was gonna be this way! Not even Phoebe with all her psychic connections could have foretold the events of the past 2 years.
In the words of Joey, “how you doin'?” We hope you’re ready to laugh again. We sure are.
So, Friends! The Musical Parody, the outrageous...
Date: Saturday 7 May
Where: Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Considered the greatest of all classical ballets, Swan Lake is a perfect synthesis of music and dance. We are thrilled to be able to present this important revival of Russell Kerr's timeless production, our first since 2013, with the support of colleagues from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...
Date: Saturday 4 June to Sunday 5 June
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Musical Gala with an International cast brings London’s West End and New York’s Broadway to New Zealand for the first time.
The World of Musicals brings the very best of Musical theatre to life.
This incredible production is a wonderful revue of all your favourite musical theatre...
Date: Tuesday 21 June
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The World of Musicals Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented performing artists who exquisitely recreate classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes.
From the best of “The Phantom of the Opera”...
Date: Tuesday 21 June
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The World of Musicals Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented performing artists who exquisitely recreate classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes.
From the best of “The Phantom of the Opera”...
Date: Wednesday 22 June
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the ‘dream team’ who brought you 2019’s dazzling Hansel & Gretel, comes a brand-new ballet to celebrate the re-opening of Wellington’s St James Theatre followed by a national tour.
Feisty, funny and fabulous, Cinderella is choreographed by master storyteller Loughlan Prior to a...
Date: Saturday 20 August to Sunday 21 August
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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