What if the City was a Theatre?

Award-winning festival The Performance Arcade will present a FREE city-wide programme of art and performance this summer, curated in collaboration with some of Wellington’s most exciting artists, events, and creative organisations. A vibrant celebration of art in Aotearoa NZ, this initiative marks 10 years of the Wellington festival and the first collaboration of this kind between various sectors of the capital’s creative community. 

WHAT IF THE CITY WAS A THEATRE? encourages audiences to rethink the limits of public space. The programme presents an invitation to take to the streets, and experience internationally acclaimed free arts performance in the places you least expect it.

We are proud to have assisted in finding space for several of the artist projects:

Prophetic Visions

Dilohana Lekamge. Property Partner: Readings Cinema. Ex-ANZ, 100 Courtenay Place, Te Aro. Thursday - Sunday throughout February.

Lights From The Underworld

Mouthfull Productions. Property Partner: Readings Cinema. Reading’s Cinema Carpark, 230 Wakefield Street, Te Aro. 11 - 14 February. Photography: Caio Silva

Holodeck

New Zealand School of Dance & Mixed Reality Performance. Property Partner: Willis Bond. Exchange Building Atrium, 24 Blair Street, Te Aro. 12 - 19 February.

Musical Box

The Metamorphosis Artists: Daniela Mogin & Charley Davenport. Property Partner: Zambesi. 103 Customhouse Quay, Wellington Central. 25 - 26 February.

Echoes

Joe Dixon and Storybox. Property Partner: Willis Bond. 106a Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011. 5 - 28 February 2021. More information here.

The Builders’ Fringe

Maverick Creative. Property Partner: Willis Bond & LT McGuinness. Victoria Lane Apartments, 161 Victoria Street, Te Aro. 8 - 12 March 2020. More information here.