Ruth Ige: The Evocation of Worlds
23 Aug - 15 Nov
Te Uru Contemporary Gallery
Experience a compelling new body of work by Ruth Ige, exploring painting, memory, identity and imagination through richly evocative visual worlds.
Cirque Alice
28 Aug - 6 Sep
The Civic
Don’t miss Cirque Alice, as it reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats, starring some of the greatest circus performers on earth. Join us at The Civic for a spectacular adventure down the rabbit hole!
Macbeth
28 Jul - 22 Aug
ASB Waterfront Theatre
A poisoned prophecy. A blood-soaked crown. A kingdom lost and won. Shakespeare’s most potent psychological drama, Macbeth is the timeless tale of a man undone by greed, ambition and the corrupting lust for power.
Grease Young@Part®
Sat 15th Aug 1:30 & 7pm,
Sunday 16th August 1:30pm
Due Drop Events Centre
The classic musicalGrease, adapted to appeal to audiences of all ages. Featuring a cast of more than 50 incredibly talented young performers representing the rich cultural diversity of Tāmaki Makaurau, this high-energy production features all the songs you know and love - from “Grease is the Word” and “Summer Lovin” to “Beauty School Dropout” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
CRIT: Art learning since 1987
18 July - 16 Sept
Artspace Aotearoa
This exhibition explores how artists, educators, and communities have learned inside, beside, outside, around, and against institutions in Aotearoa and beyond since the late 1980s. Rather than presenting a single model for the future of art education, CRIT brings together many different ways of learning, making, and being together.
Sefton Rani: Clear My Throat
20 Aug - 15 Nov
The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead
Presented by 2026 Guest Curator Dina Jezdić, Clear My Throat reimagines colonial domestic architecture as a living body, bringing Rani’s new works into dialogue with selected works from The Arts House Trust Collection to trace shifting relations between materiality, geography, and time.
Witipū
Fri 17 Aug, 6 - 8pm
Homestead Galleries
Witipū reclaims a term often used to describe stern, formidable wāhine Māori and restores it as a marker of strength, authority, and presence. The artists featured in this exhibition are Erena Baker-Arapere, Huhana Smith, Mari Ropata-Te Hei, Rongomaiaia Te Whaiti, Terri Te Tau and Karangawai Marsh.
National Secondary School Art Awards 2026
10 Sept - 18 Oct
The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead
Now in its 14th consecutive year and open to Year 11, 12, and 13 art students nationwide, The Arts House Trust's National Secondary School Art Awards celebrate the imagination, skill, and creativity of Aotearoa New Zealand’s young artists.
Te Tuhi August Exhibitions
Sun 9 Aug - Sun 4 Oct
Te Tuhi, Pakuranga
Te Tuhi presents three new exhibitions opening on Saturday 8 August, including work by Axel Iva, Kāhu Kaan, Lolani Dalosa, Ma'alo Lafo, and Pallavi Paul.
Image: Pallavi Paul, 'How It Feels to Be in Someone Else's Prayer', 2026
Closing events: Studies for a Keepsake
Sat 22 Aug, 1 - 6pm
Gus Fisher Gallery
Visit Gus Fisher Gallery for a suite of free events celebrating the closing of Studies for a Keepsake: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Begin with a curator talk between Cameron Ah-Loo Matamua, Kirsty Baker and Lisa Beauchamp, followed by Surrealist film screening, and lastly a performance by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch.
