- nz
COUCH STORIES
FESTIVAL MAINSTAGE
Wed 23 Oct, 7.30pm
Couch Stories are true, personal stories told live on stage, without pictures or notes.
Kōrero
- free
- international
CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS
BHUTANESE, COLOMBIAN & SRI LANKAN in AOTEAROAFOUNDERS PARK / UPPER TRAFALGAR STREET
Sat 19 – Mon 28 Oct
This year’s Festival has a designated space hosted by communities from different cultural backgrounds, to encourage informal conversations around arts and culture.
Selling Fast
- nz
PECHAKUCHA
FESTIVAL MAINSTAGE
Tue 22 Oct, 7.30pm
PechaKucha returns for its twelfth year at the Festival, with a diverse range of presentations from interesting and creative people.
- international
PORTRAITS IN MOTION
GERMANYFESTIVAL MAINSTAGE
Sun 20 Oct, 7pm
What began as a one-to-one travelling theatre grew into a 16-year odyssey, turning photographs into magical flipbooks.
- nz
PUKAPUKA TALKS: DOCTORS WHO WRITE
GRANARY FESTIVAL CAFÉ
Sat 26 Oct, 3.30pm
Join three physicians – who are also poets, playwrights and prose writers – in conversation with medical student and writer Emma Espiner.
- nz
PUKAPUKA TALKS: THINKING BRUNCH 1 – ‘LIVING’ LONGER
GRANARY FESTIVAL CAFÉ
Sat 26 Oct, 10am for brunch, 10.30am start
Meet four extraordinary people who are redefining what ‘ageing’ and ‘eldership’ mean, and learn some of their insights into having a long and fruitful life.
- nz
PUKAPUKA TALKS: THINKING BRUNCH 2 – THE TIME TO ACT
GRANARY FESTIVAL CAFÉ
Sun 27 Oct, 10am for brunch, 10.30am start
With a climate emergencies being declared in many places, we bring together a business leader, a researcher, a filmmaker, an activist and RNZ broadcaster Kim Hill to explore what this means in practice.
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