Arts events on this weekend
A Very Welly Christmas Saturday and Sunday,
Lambton Quay will be pedestrianised for two days of entertainment and activities including bands, choirs, carol singing, an ice rink, a snowball igloo, street performances, facepainting, a foam pit, photo booths, local sports stars, and of course Santa. More info: averywellychristmas.co.nz. Sat noon-5pm, Lambton Quay; Sat 5pm-7pm, Carols in the Park, Midland Park; Sun noon–4pm, Lambton Quay.
After Work Music at GoetheInstitut
Goethe-Institut, 150 Cuba St (entrance on Garrett St, level 6), today, 5pm, free
Listen to classical and modern sounds by local pianist Liam Furey and a baby grand piano.
Camerata presents Haydn in the Church St Peter’s on Willis St, today, 6.30pm, koha
Enjoy a feast of Romanticism, with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and Grieg’s Last Spring. Haydn’s Symphony No. 15 lends its grace and intimacy.
Alan Carr, Regional Trinket Michael Fowler Centre, tomorrow, 8pm, $84+
From the exhilarating high of his star-studded wedding day to the low of lockdown stuck on a farm, a lot has changed since Alan Carr’s last tour in 2016. Tickets: Ticketmaster
Pinocchio the Pantomime Circa Theatre, Nov 26-Dec 23, Tues-Sat 6.30pm, Sun 4pm, $18-$54
Wellywoodington is the place to be this Christmas. Whale
watching, a topsy-turvy parliamentary circus, and toys and treats for all the family. Join Pinocchio and friends as they fight fake news and discover what it means to be a real person. Tickets: circa.co.nz
Groove Armada TSB Arena, Sunday, 6pm, $99+
Experience electronic dance act Groove Armada live. Tickets: Ticketmaster
Avenue Q Gryphon Theatre, to Dec 3, $37.50/$32.50, R13
A romp through the eyes of Sesame Street. Puppets perhaps but this is not the show for your
little monsters. Tickets: wellingtonrepertory.org.nz/ bookings
Homemade Takeaways BATS Theatre, to Dec 3, 7pm, $20+
Red Scare Theatre Company presents Homemade Takeaways about everyday lives in an average Kiwi home. Tickets: bats.co.nz
Trio Muritai, Chamber Concert St Ronan’s Church, Eastbourne, Sunday, 4pm, $20
Trio Muritai (Rebecca Steel, flute; Roger Brown, cello; and Rosemary Barnes, piano) play Gaubert: Pie`ce Romantique; Haydn: Trio in D Major Hob XV16; Saint-Sae¨ns: Softly Awakes my Heart; and Weber: Trio in G Minor Opus 63.
Tickets: slang@xtra.co.nz
Tintype Photobooth Photography Sessions
Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Saturday and
Sunday, 10am-4pm, $150 per session
To celebrate the opening of the new exhibition – Look Closely and Tell Me What You See: Photographs from the Collection – photographer Adrian Cook brings his mobile darkroom (a 1950s caravan) to the museum to craft timeless portraits. Bookings: tintypecentral.com
Olive Copperbottom Circa Theatre, until Dec 7, 7.30pm, and 4pm Sundays. $25-$38
In this Dickensian tale of love, gin and the pox, Penny Ashton brings orphan Olive and a gaggle of hilarious Victorians to life. Tickets: circa.co.nz
Exhibitions The Long Waves Of Our Ocean
Exhibition opening: Te Ahumairangi Foyer, National Library, tonight, 5.30pm6.30pm, free
Come along to the opening of the library’s latest exhibition.
The Places We Called Home Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Nov 26-Dec 18, 10am-4pm weekends, free
The Places We Called Home brings together the work of Andrew Ross & Cody Ellingham, two photographers capturing the history of urban Wellington 20 years apart.
Events to include? If you want your event listed on this page, please send an outline to arts@dompost.co.nz with ‘‘what’s on’’ in the subject line.