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The Performance Arcade presents WHAT IF THE CITY WAS A THEATRE? Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington 5 February to 28 March 2021 ​ Programme A free city-wide programme of art and performance, curated in collaboration with some of Wellington’s most exciting artists, events, and creative organisations. ​ Contact us : theplaygroundnz@gmail.com

Experience the City As A Theatre... Got some time between shows? ​ It’s time to explore the world’s coolest little capital. Packing a big punch in a small space, Wellington has a bustling arts and restaurant scene and some of the best cafe culture around. The city is easy to navigate on foot, cycle, and public transport. It’s little laneways, and narrow streets invite you to make discoveries at every corner. There is no shortage of fuel for your soul or stomach in Wellington. We have some of the most cafes, bars and restaurants per capita in the world, so you are never too far away from your next caffeine fix. From sophisticated fine-dining to quick and easy soul food Wellington has it all. To get the low-down on what this cool little city has to offer head over to WellingtonNZ. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Getting around the city… ​ There’s a lot to see around the city, using the city’s public transportation is a quick and easy way to get between events…. The bus routes that stop the closest are 14 Kilbirnie and 24 Miramar Heights to get to The Performance Arcade venue. These buses stop outside Waitangi Park, which is a short walk to The Performance Arcade. For more information and timetables, please visit Metlink’s website. ​ ​ Parking There are many parking spots around the city and parking buildings - for a list of mobility parking spaces click to be taken to the Wellington City Council website for their complete list. here There are also several parking lots and parking buildings around the city that also have mobility parks. The closest parking lot to The Performance Arcade venue is Wilson Barnett Street - for pricing and more information. Discover more at WellingtonNZ Metlink Journey Planner Wellington City Council Parking

Cable Car Duets The Metamorphosis Artists 6 Feb, 14 Feb, 20 Feb, 27 Feb Various, see below Time: 120mins Cable Car 1 Upland Road, Kelburn, Wellington 6012, New Zealand Access: wheelchair accessible, casual Wellington's professional musicians and dancers collide, meet and improvise to bring dance and music to the Wellington Cable Car. Five duets will take place on, in and around the Cable Car during the festival. These Metamorphosis artists came together through 101 improvisations over Zoom during Lockdown and now they burst into real life in your city. Sat 6 Feb 3pm Rachelle Eastwood (Flute) Ella Williams Sat 6 Feb 4pm Barbara Paterson (soprano) Anita Hutchins Sun 14 Feb 4pm Bridget Kelly (clarinet/saxophone) Kia Jewell Sat 20 Feb 4pm Jake Baxendale (saxophone) Eliza Sanders Sat 27 Feb 4pm Ruby Solly (taonga puoro/cello) Bjorn Aslund ​ The Wellington Cable Car, Creative NZ and Toi Poneke

Echoes Storybox 5 Feb, 6 Feb, 7 Feb, 8 Feb, 9, Feb, 10 Feb, 11 Feb,12 Feb, 13 Feb, 14, Feb, 15 Feb, 16 Feb, 17 Feb, 18 Feb, 19 Feb, 20 Feb, 21 Feb, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb 8pm - Midnight Time: ​ 106a, Cuba Street 106A Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand Access: wheelchair, sensory, speech free Echoes is a giant digital mirror which is a photo-visualisation interactive installation designed to handle large amounts of visual data. It represents large collections of images as an impressive and cohesive whole – a giant mosaic constructed from thousands of smaller images. The image collection for City as a Theatre will be themed on ‘performance in Wellington’. ​ https://storybox.co.nz/ ​

If These Walls... Footnote New Zealand Dance 11 Feb, 12 Feb, 13 Feb, 14 Feb Various, see below Time: 45mins Hidden Courtyard, 44 Ghuznee St 42 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand Access: Wheelchair, casual, sensory spectacle, speech free Acclaimed national dance company, Footnote New Zealand Dance, presents If These Walls… by choreographer Claire O’Neil. A joyful site-specific dance work that dives into modes of isolation, surges of communal awakening, and sharing of dance that is deeply embedded in the pursuit of our regeneration and sustainability. If These Walls… will enliven a space in the city with lush movement by the incredible Footnote company members, sound design by award-winning composer Jason Wright, lighting by renowned designer Marcus Mcshane and uplifting grooves by a Balkan band. Join the band on a procession and short dance party on Cuba St after the performance! 11 - 13 Feb: 8:30pm 14 Feb: 3pm ​ https://footnote.org.nz/ Creative New Zealand, Wellington City Council, Wellington Community Trust, Pelorus Trust, Tarrant Dance Studios, Havana, Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, Habit Health

The Performance Arcade brings together visual arts and performance in a specially curated ‘exhibition-event’ of live art practices on Wellington Waterfront. An arrangement of shipping containers and scaffold structures provides a temporary architecture for this unique project, housing a bar space, a programme of live music and events, and new performance installations by NZ and International artists. Open 13 hours a day, this event is free to the Wellington public. THE LIVE PRESS 2018 #02 JOHN JARBOE / PAX RESSLER John Jarboe is a director, singer, cabaret artist and writer based out of Philadelphia. He's currently using the music of Mr. Rogers, David Bowie, Exuma, German composers from the 1920s, and the Disney songbook to explore the rise of nationalism, American cultural imperialism, and the death of irony (light subjects). He runs The Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Philadelphia, an ensemble of composers designers and performers that combines the sensibilities of cabaret with those of opera and theater to create what they call "Cabaplays," works that sit on your lap and tell you a story. Jarboe also curates and hosts an monthly cabaret series at FringeArts at which artists such as Justin Vivian Bond, Penny Arcade, and Erin Markey have performed. Pax Ressler (they/them) is a genderqueer creator, composer, music director & performer based in Philadelphia. Their compositions for choruses and instrumental ensembles have been performed across the United States as well as internationally. Pax's primary work lies in the intersection of music and theatre, including musical theatre and original live music for stage plays, physical theatre, and dance.

Big Data Binge Culture Collective (featuring various artists) 21 Feb 1:00 PM Time: 4 hours Cuba Mall 82 Cuba Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand Access: wheelchair, join in When the answer to everything is at our fingertips, how much information is too much information? And who else has access to it? In Big Data, a bespoke app-driven adventure whisks you on a journey around town to find where your data goes – and who is looking after it. Part-treasure hunt, part-mystery; Big Data is a theatrical game filled with challenges and bizarre characters – from sneaky bots right through to the big data boss. Bring your smartphone and look out for information around the city! Sometimes the smallest piece of info can unlock whole other worlds… (featuring Joel Baxendale, Freya Daly Sadgrove, Karin McCraken & Sepelini Mua’au. Created with Oliver Devlin, Hāmi Hawkins, Eleanor Strathern & Ralph Upton.) Roc Torio - photography http://www.bingeculture.co.nz/ Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council

HOLODECK New Zealand School of Dance & Mixed Reality Performance 10 Feb, 11 Feb,12 Feb, 13 Feb, 14, Feb, 15 Feb, 16 Feb, 17 Feb TBC Time: ​ Te Whaea, NZ School of Dance 11 Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Access: wheelchair, sensory, speech free New Zealand School of Dance plays with a combination of Live Performance, LED Walls, and Game Engines in Holodeck. The culmination of these mediums is a series of short ensemble pieces exploring alternate realities Get ready to ‘tech-splore’ the wonders of virtual production with New Zealand School of Dance Contemporary dancers and VR Filmmaker Ed Davis (Lucidtripper). … these huge LED Walls are like standing in Star Trek's “Holodeck” ​ http://lucidtripper.com/ ​

What if the City was a Theatre? A Symposium on Performance and Urban Space, Day Two Academic Symposium, Day Two 13 Feb Various, See below Time: ​ ​ Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand Access: wheelchair In this multi-disciplinary, three-day symposium the city features as both a space of performance and a space performing itself. Participants discuss topics as varied as housing, posthumanism and city performance, urban architectures, poetry, and kaitiakitanga, while engaging with the “What if the City was a Theatre?” programme. February 13th, Day 2: Sympoesis—Making Together With Across Wellington Waterfront 10:00am-12:00pm: Citizens Assembly by Binge Culture Collective The public is invited to join and vote in a lively participatory assembly on Wellington housing. Frank Kitts Park Outdoor Auditorium Rain venue and time: City Gallery Wellington Adam Auditorium 12:00-1:00pm: Kai ‘n’ Korero Public discussion and kai, facilitated by Jack Gray Long table sculpture, Commonwealth Walkway, Wellington Waterfront Cancelled in case of heavy rain 1:15-3:00pm Curated visits to City/Theatre performances 3:00-4:15pm Panel discussion: “Developing” Cities: Class, Economics, Housing, and Gentrification The Performance Arcade Stage 4:30-5:45pm: Panel discussion: Whose City? Body, Space, Culture City Gallery Adam Auditorium 6:00-6:45pm: Artist Talk: Counter Strike! George Awatea and Reuben Friend The Performance Arcade Stage All events are free and open to the public. Independent scholars, performers, artists, and members of the public are invited to attend and participate throughout the symposium weekend. The City/Theatre symposium runs throughout the weekend of February 11- 14th. See the programme for other events. Register at the link below. Curated by Melody Nixon in association with Victoria University's School of Languages and Cultures https://forms.gle/kZQGN5ZXQSmMKDyN9 ​

Subtle Dancing BalletCollective Aotearoa 13 Feb, 25 Feb, 26 Feb Various, See below Time: ​ Civic Square Wellington 6011, New Zealand Access: wheelchair Subtle Dancing is an open rehearsal in Wellington's Civic Square showcasing some of Wellington's leading Ballet practitioners and is in preparation for the BalletCollective season titled Subtle Dances. Subtle Dances is a season of new choreographic work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting ballet choreographers — London-based Cameron McMillan, Loughlan Prior and Sarah Knox. These works are created to music composed by John Psathas’s work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances and music by Rhian Sheehan and performed by dancers of the newly formed BalletCollective Aotearoa. Our gorgeous dancers are a lovely mix of long-time professional dancers and emerging young talent. They include Abigail Boyle, William Fitzgerald and Medhi Angot (all formerly RNZB) working alongside 6 recent graduates from the New Zealand School of Dance. 13 Feb - 12:30pm 25 Feb - 3pm 26 Feb - 12:30pm Garry Trinder - NZSD, LOD Studios, Te Whaea Services, Photos by Celia Walmsley @ Stagebox Photography http://www.balletcollectiveaotearoa.com/ CNZ, the many donors who pledged to our Boosted Campaign - Arts Foundation