Price: $38-$98

2012 audiences experienced the magic of Japanese manga in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s entrancing follow-up to 2010 Festival smash hit Sutra. Read on

Price: $53-$65

The circus got a titillating twist as Cantina’s creatures of the night came out to play. Read on

Price: $43-$50

Playwright Gary Henderson takes a touching, bittersweet look at life in the 1960s in this beautifully crafted play, directed by Jane Waddell. Read on

Price: $38-$78

Festival audiences were invited to step inside the vintage big top on Wellington’s waterfront and enter a world of enchantment and intrigue with Circus Ronaldo. Read on

Price: $38-$48

20 years after it burst onto the stages of the world, writer John Broughton’s iconic piece of Kiwi theatre returned for its Festival encore. Read on

Price: $38-$78

Propeller’s celebrated renditions of Shakespeare combined devotion to the Bard’s original text with inventive staging. The Winter's Tale told the tragic story of Leontes, King of Sicilia. Read on

Price: $48-$53

Patricia Grace’s award-winning novel was the inspiration for this powerful return to the stage by celebrated playwright and director Hone Kouka. Read on

Price: $38-$48

Celebrated actor Michael Hurst joined forces with two of New Zealand’s freshest young writers in this innovative new solo work, set in the Shakespearean afterlife. Read on

Price: $53-$58

The Conch Theatre’s much anticipated follow up to international hit Vula, Masi grew from a unique collaboration between artistic director Nina Nawalowalo and legendary British illusionist Paul Kieve. Read on

Price: $25-$88

One of the world’s greatest period ensembles came to New Zealand for the first time to present two very special concerts. Read on

Price: FREE

This was a rare chance to hear from the renowned conductor and founder of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers. Read on

Price: $58-$65

The Club was pumping as this Finnish accordionist unleashes his incredible menagerie of sound. Read on