Artworks, Waiheke Island.

10/03/2026

C ARTS | C venues | C digital | award-winning online arts programmeAvailable to view on-demand: res.CtheArts.com/event/34:3992An inspired, powerful and elega...

17/02/2026

✨ Save the Date! ✨

Mark your calendars for An Arts Affair, a lively variety night fundraiser in support of Artworks Theatre! Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with music, comedy, drama, and delightful surprises as we celebrate the incredible talent within our community. This special night isn’t just about entertainment - it’s about coming together to champion the arts and ensure our local stage continues to shine for years to come.

Why support Artworks Theatre?
🌟 Creative opportunities for local performers of all ages
🌟 Arts education and confidence-building for young people
🌟 A welcoming space where stories are shared and connections are made
🌟 A stronger, more vibrant community enriched by the arts

When you support local arts, you’re investing in creativity, connection, and culture right here at home. Your support helps keep productions accessible, nurtures emerging talent, and sustains a space where imagination thrives.

11/02/2026

🌈 Come Celebrate Pride on Waiheke! Let's Have A Gay Day! 🌈

Join us Sunday 22 Feb, 4–7:30pm for Have A Gay Day, Waiheke’s joyful Pride picnic and community celebration at Artworks Theatre! 🎉🌻

It’s FREE and open to everyone.

✨ What’s Happening:

🎶 Dance & vibe as we build a community pride playlist together
👕 Bring a favourite shirt or drink bottle to pride-up with decals, stickers & more (provided!)
💖 Create a pride kit for yourself or someone you love (all materials supplied)
🎧 Enjoy music, film and poetry videos from a variety of q***r artists
🍹 Grab a drink from the Pinter Bar
🧺 Bring a picnic to enjoy with your mates, or grab a bite from Ajadz
📹 Film a contribution to a living library of q***r Waiheke stories - share your pride.

🎬 Then at 7:30pm, settle in at everyones favourite cinema for a FREE screening of Call Me By Your Name - a tender, beautifully shot coming-of-age love story that celebrates q***r desire, self-discovery, and the courage it takes to feel deeply. 💛

🌈✨ Come hang out in the sunshine, make art, make friends, and celebrate pride, identity and community together. All ages welcome!

18/02/2025

Busy hands have been crafting dozens of ceramic hearts to be painted as one of the interactive art stations at this Sunday's Pride Party 🌈

With live drawing, painting, writing, crafting, and music on offer, there's something for everyone.

We can't wait to celebrate you and your creative self expression this weekend from 2pm to 6pm 😍 Dress ups VERY much encouraged!

13/02/2025

Weekends in February: Sorted ✅️

Our line up for Creative Sundays is here! Mark your diaries and come out to celebrate a beautiful long summer of creativity 🌞

We kick off on 2nd of February with The Far Out Swell, featuring Dub Penguins and guests in the courtyard, followed by BARDO inside! 🌊

The 9th of February brings something for the tamariki, with The Fairy Queen and her special guest Flum Flum bringing some magic to the courtyard.🧚‍♀️

The 16th is for you, creatives! Come together, enjoy some wine and sunset vibes, have a dance and connect with your fellow creatives!🌅

Finally, our Proud Voices Open Air Art Exhibit - come celebrate Pride, love, and all the things about it as we transform the courtyard into an interactive art space, filled with live music, poetry, and more 🏳️‍🌈

See you in February folks!

Special thanks to Waiheke Local Board and our graphic designer Zephir Delamore.

31/01/2025

It's Pride month, Waiheke, and do we have a lineup for you 😍🏳️‍🌈

Join us at the Waiheke Library on Saturday 8th and Thursday 13th of February to create black out and spoken word poetry themed around pride, love and identity ✒️

Friday 14 brings a special Valentines Open Mic to the library - come share your poems, songs or musings around love and inclusivity - or just sit back, enjoy some snacks and listen 🎤

Finally, funded by the Waiheke Local Board, e have our Open Air Art Exhibit Pride Party in Sunday 23rd of February from 2pm. Come enjoy live music, interactive art stations, poetry and live drawing, all while enjoying drinks from the Pinter Bar! 🎉🖌🎨

We can't wait to celebrate Pride, love, identity, belonging and CREATIVITY with all of you.

18/10/2024