Exhibition opening: Saturday 8 November, 2-4pm
Faces, bodies, and strange creatures emerge from fabric in Sarah Cowie’s exhibition The Moon Looked at Me Funny. Sarah uses puppetry and fabric sculpture, with digital photography and videography, to activate her puppet creatures as they inhabit lush fabric worlds. Her work plays with the effect of pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing faces and living forms in arbitrary materials and objects. She is interested in the puppet’s ability to disarm anxieties, as well as its power as a means of communication. Her works are both whimsical and unnerving, with the creature’s mimicry of personality and life creating a skewed sense of reality.
depot.org.nz/event/sarah-cowie-the-moon-looked-at-me-funny/
Exhibition Opening and Artist Talk: Friday 21 November, 6-7:30pm
Spotlighting local architecture and community spaces, Anna invites us to reflect on all the memories and stories these places hold. She illustrates digitally with simplified lines, enhanced symmetry, and soft, complementary tones, resulting in a series of limited edition prints.
depot.org.nz/event/anna-victoria-time-well-spent/
Ukulele Funtime Orchestra & Singers present a happy hour of popular songs from the 60s to the 80s. We feature great songs by great artists and sometimes play songs of an earlier vintage. You're in for a treat with our soloists, group singers, and musicians.
This group has grown in size from five members in 2018 to around 50 members, with the last and 4th concert of the year featuring a new set of songs and encouraging the audience to sing and tap along.
10th December 2025
45 Anzac Road, Browns Bay.
Time 1.30pm – 2.45pm. Entry is $5 with a door prize.
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Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 250th birthday bonanza, and you’re invited to the ball of the season. Join Penny Ashton (Promise & Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom), Lori Dungey (LOTR, M3GAN) and marvellous musical maestro Greg Ward (Improv Bandits, Lyons & Ward) as they swoon, laugh and romp through an entirely improvised Austenian Musical.
thevic.co.nz/movie/austen-found
Show times: 2pm and 3.30pm
Legendary Kiwi children's presenter Suzy Cato takes the reins of the sleigh in this fun-filled, interactive Christmas extravaganza! Suzy joins the Auckland Philharmonia for Christmas singalong favourites 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Jingle Bells', alongside merry orchestral music, and Suzy's beloved original songs 'Sprinkle a Little Sunshine' and 'See Ya, See Ya Later.'
Specially designed for under sixes, these one-hour concerts provide opportunities for kids to have a go at conducting, sing and dance along with the music, and join a walk-through of the orchestra while the musicians are playing to see the instruments up close.
Come early and enjoy free pre-concert activities such as face painting, a musical instrument show and tell, and arts and crafts.
aucklandphil.nz/concert/tunes-4-tamariki-christmas-with-suzy
Show times: 7pm and 8.30pm
Get ready for an unforgettable night as Devonport's premier adult choir takes centre stage at the historic Victoria Theatre! We're rolling out the red velvet for 'Noteworthy, Naturally', a spectacular concert blending pop anthems, contemporary hits, and high-energy Musical Theatre showstoppers. Experience our signature premier sparkle in the country's most historic theatre. Don't miss this one-night-only event!
thevic.co.nz/movie/noteworthy-choir
Long Bay Surf Club is open from 11.30am until late for a whole day of family fun!
From 2pm: Free family activities (face painting, candy floss, goody bags and outdoor games)
3pm–4pm: Kids’ fluro-themed NYE Rave
4pm: Special kids’ countdown
After the kids’ celebrations, stay on for dinner, drink specials, live DJs, and the big countdown on the screens.
Book your table and celebrate the New Year at LBSC!
longbaysurfclub.co.nz/events/new-years-eve/
Thursday nights: Jan 15, 22, 29; Feb 5, 12, 19; March 5
The Mischief Company presents: A live improvised comedy Soap Opera where no one knows what scandals will be revealed - not even the actors!
Join us for a smorgasbord of humanity, as three couples come together for a potluck dinner. Delicious relationship morsels, succulent tales of love and loss, all cooked up and served on the spot by our talented improv comedians.
Featuring a revolving cast of improvisers: Tresna Hunt, Richard Lambert, Phillip Rice, Ralph Corke, Steve Robinson, Mike Witt, Jana Hoffman, Lori Dungey, Amy Bird, Fran Vergara, Matias Avaca, Tamara Androsoff and Clare Kelso.
thevic.co.nz/movie/potluck---a-live-improvised-comedy-soap-opera
Takapuna is your ultimate summer destination with the Takapuna Beach Summer Days Festival on Saturday 24th of January at Takapuna Beach Reserve! 🌞🏖️
This event is FREE and open to the whole community, so bring your friends, family, and loved ones along and celebrate summer with us.
🎉 Starting at 10am, bring the kids over and enjoy a wide variety of family entertainment and performances, to giant games, bouncy castles and more!
(Keep an eye out for further announcements on our social pages for performances and activities)
ilovetakapuna.co.nz/event/takapuna-beach-summer-days-festival-2026
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