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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261015T193000
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SUMMARY:Bryony Matthews presents Brain Storm
DESCRIPTION:An immersive live music and storytelling experience exploring the realities of traumatic brain injury and the long road to recovery.\nCreated by Ōtautahi singer-songwriter Bryony Matthews\, the show weaves together original songs\, personal storytelling\, and evocative visuals to share a deeply human story of loss\, resilience\, and adaptation. Drawing on Bryony’s own experience of life-changing head trauma\, Brain Storm offers a rare and honest glimpse into the often-unseen challenges of living with an acquired brain injury. \nFeaturing music from Bryony’s recently released concept album\, the performance unfolds across six chapters\, tracing a journey through injury\, uncertainty\, healing\, and renewal. Atmospheric soundscapes and intimate storytelling combine to create an experience that is both deeply personal and widely relatable. \nMoving\, insightful\, and ultimately hopeful\, Brain Storm invites audiences to step into a world rarely spoken about and gain a deeper understanding of the realities of living with brain injury. \n\nCreated by: Bryony Matthews \nRunning time: 60 mins \nRecommended for: Ages 15+
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/bryony-matthews-presents-brain-storm/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261016T190000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261017T190000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034411
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SUMMARY:The Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Got the post winter blues? Sick of current political madness? Bring friends\, family or colleagues to share a laugh while you enjoy this fast\, sharp satire to light up a dark evening.\nGood news: this political\, satirical comedy is the perfect show to light up a dark evening. A top secret\, future-defining meeting is about to take place in a swanky hotel. Everything falls on an overworked cleaner\, three bumbling P.A.s\, and a paranoid secret agent…What could go wrong? \nAs the characters multiply and tensions rise\, the situation gets more and more out of control… \nFrom two vibrant seasons in Otautahi to an international Commedia dell’Arte festival in Italy\, a tour of NZ and Nelson Fringe Festivals\, to The Basement Theatre in Auckland\, this one woman comedic farce brings the current circus of civil affairs in Aotearoa to life with witty dialogue and laughter. \n\nThis show was created with and directed by Pedro Ilgenfritz as part of Hagley Theatre School’s Six Month Theatre Creation Course in partnership with Isaac Theatre Royal. \nCast: Lola Houghton \nRunning time: 60 mins
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/the-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261018T160000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261018T173000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034411
CREATED:20260924T050640Z
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SUMMARY:Downtown Musicals Jr
DESCRIPTION:Downtown Musicals Jr gives performers aged 8-17 the chance to build confidence\, gain stage experience and perform as soloists or duets.\nThe Downtown Musicals – Junior Sessions provide a fantastic opportunity for up-and-coming theatre performers to gain experience performing in front of an audience\, while also welcoming those who are keen to try something new or return to performing after some time away. \nPerformers can take to the stage as a soloist or as part of a duet\, making it a great way to build confidence\, gain performance experience and share a love of musical theatre. \nDowntown Musicals Junior afternoons are held at The Meteor and are open to students aged 8–17 years. \nFor information about our adult Downtown Musicals sessions\, please visit the Hamilton Operatic Society website. \n\nPresented by: Hamilton Operatic Society \nRunning time: 90 mins \nSuitable for: All ages
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/downtown-musicals-jr/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261022T110000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261107T110000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034411
CREATED:20260928T222450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T222450Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Advocacy Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:By Year 1 Whakaora ngangahau ākonga\, occupational therapy students \nAn exhibition of creative reflections from first-year occupational therapy ākonga/ students\, exploring meaningful participation in activities and occupations across diverse populations and communities encountered through their fieldwork placements. \n\nPlease join us at the opening event for The Art of Advocacy exhibition on Thurs 22 October\, 11am. \nThe Nancy Caiger Gallery is open 11am-2pm from Wednesday to Saturday. If you’d like to visit this exhibition outside of these opening hours\, please email kiaora@themeteor.co.nz
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/the-art-of-advocacy-exhibition/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261023T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261024T193000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034411
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SUMMARY:The Lover and The Collection
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration of (potent pause) Productions 25 years of theatre with a Double bill of Harold Pinter’s exquisite one act classics!\nThe Lover: \nA married couple who live a private kind of life in the middle of somewhere or other\, comfortably off financially and seemingly happy. However\, their sex life has deteriorated and they decide to uncomfortably change that. But as you’d expect from a Pinter play\, there’s rather more to it and as we get to know the couple better and their double existence\, their refined deception- both are prisoners of the repetitive mechanisms of life. A dark comedy that explores illusionary behaviour and identity\, but still preserves its timely relevance and uncontainable strength with an almost Pirandellian piquancy. \nThe Collection: \nOn the same sort of lines of The Lover\, though the sexual element here focuses on bisexuality\, trust and jealousy. Bill is a young fashion designer who lives with his older partner Harry. One day a strange man\, Jimmy\, phones at 4 am to speak to Bill. Then he comes round to Harry’s house unannounced\, helps himself to some vodka and a grape or two\, and accuses Bill of having slept with his wife Stella\, in a hotel while on business in Leeds. Bill at first denies the accusations\, but the matter is never clarified or resolved satisfactorily in spite of Stella’s denial. The Collection was first written and presented as a TV play in 1961 and then produced on stage by the RSC in London. The Financial times chronicled the play as “an under praised little masterpiece” \n\nTheatre company: (potent pause) Productions \nWritten by: Harold Pinter \nDirectors: Paul Gittins and Michael Lawrence \nCreatives: John Parker (Set Design)\, Michael Goodwin (Lighting Design) \nCasts: Sarah Somerville\, Michael Lawrence\, Edward Newborn\, Rachelle Duncan\, Richard Thompson and Matthew Sunderland \nRunning time: 105 mins
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/the-lover-and-the-collection/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261031T220000
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CREATED:20260724T024704Z
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SUMMARY:Miss Cadaver
DESCRIPTION:Who will be crowned the very last Miss Cadaver? Open to all undead species and genders.\nMiss Cadaver was created as a way to celebrate our undead beauties. Often left forgotten in the world of high fashion\, this is a place where they can bare all and fight within themselves to be the reigning Miss Cadaver. \nThe first one was in 2013 and only meant to be a one off and yet it spawned two more before we called it quits. But yet it lingered much like the smell of defeat. So we have decided one last try\, one last coffee creak\, one last soulless amble across the stage at The Meteor theatre. Before we finally crown our beast… oops queen. \nAll contestants will be put through their paces in the introduction section\, talent section (where they will shine or fall) and then the ever awkward and much maligned “question time.” \n\nRunning time: 180 mins \nContent: Some mature content
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/miss-cadaver/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261106T163000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261106T190000
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SUMMARY:TEDx TAMAHERE YOUTH
DESCRIPTION:THINK. DARE. SHIFT. RISE\nWe invite you to be a part of TEDx Tamahere Youth\, a student-led platform designed to give young people a voice and an opportunity to share ideas that can shape the future. \nThe event is being conceived\, planned and delivered primarily by students aged 13–15\, allowing young people to take ownership\, develop leadership skills\, and create meaningful conversations within our community. \nOur 2026 theme\, “Unwritten Futures\,” explores the ideas\, innovations and challenges that will influence the world we live in tomorrow. \nThrough a diverse range of licensed TEDx talks from students\, educators\, entrepreneurs and community leaders\, we hope to inspire young people to become confident thinkers\, problem-solvers and contributors to society. \n\nOrganised by: TEDx Tamahere Youth \nRunning time: 4:30pm-5:30pm networking & 5:30pm-7pm TEDx talks \nSuitable for: All ages
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/tedx-tamahere-youth/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261107T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261107T190000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034412
CREATED:20260917T062700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T000205Z
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SUMMARY:Becoming
DESCRIPTION:A hip hop dance theatre production exploring the different identities we create to belong\, succeed and be seen.\nFeaturing the 2026 Street Squad dancers\, Becoming follows the emotional journey of discovering who we are beneath the expectations of the world. Through themes of freedom\, pressure\, loneliness\, ambition and healing\, this is not a story about having life figured out. It is about realising that we are all still ‘Becoming’. \n\nDance Company: Street Dance Sessions \nFeaturing: 2026 Street Squad \nRunning time: 60 mins \nShows: Sat 7 Nov\, 2pm & 7pm
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/becoming/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261121T190000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034412
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SUMMARY:9-to-5: The Musical
DESCRIPTION:A hilarious story of friendship\, revenge and the timeless songs of Dolly Parton.\nTe Kawau Toi | Wintec Theatre students present 9-to-5: The Musical\, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and a book by Patricia Resnick. Based on the 1980 hit movie\, this story of friendship and revenge is a little bit romantic\, thought-provoking and a whole lot outrageous. \nPushed to their limits\, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist\, egotistical\, lying\, hypocritical boss. Hilarity ensues as Violet\, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest dreams and take control of the company that had always kept them down. With the toe-tapping songs of Dolly Parton and the razor sharp book of Patricia Resnick\, 9-to-5 is anything but a typical day at the office! \n\nDirector: Kyle Chuen \nMusical Director: Nick Braae \nCast: Te Kawau Toi | Wintec Theatre students \nShows: 19 & 20 November\, 7pm. 21 November\, 2pm & 7pm. Student rush tickets available on 21 November\, 2pm show! \nRunning time: 140mins
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/9-to-5-the-musical/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261125T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261126T193000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034412
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SUMMARY:Ballyturk
DESCRIPTION:Two unnamed men trapped inside a mysterious room pass the time by acting out the lives of the residents of Ballyturk\, an imaginary Irish town.\nAs the story telling games of 1 and 2 grow darker the men confront mortality and fear. Ballyturk is funny\, physical\, absurd\, achingly sad\, tender. \nIrish playwright Enda Walsh has been named “one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre” (The Guardian). His plays include Disco Pigs\,The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom. His screenplays are Hunger\, Small Things Like These\, The House and Die My Love. Walsh’s many awards include a Tony and New York Drama Critics’ Circle award for Best Musical for Once\, the Camera D’or for Hunger (co-written by Steve McQueen) and an IFTA award for Small Things Like These. \nBallyturk premiered at the Galway International Theatre Festival in 2014 then transferred to the National Theatre London. The play “delights in its own bizarreness and abrupt changes of mood” (Daily Express\, 2014). \n\nTheatre Company: Carving in Ice \nWritten by: Enda Walsh \nDirected by: Gaye Poole \nCast: Liam Hinton (1)\, Andrew T Lyall (2)\, Simon McArthur (3)\, with Julianne Boyle\, Kendra Boyle\, David Lumsden and Louise Blackstock. \nRunning time: 90 mins \nRecommended for: Mature audiences \nLocation: Nancy Caiger Gallery
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/ballyturk/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261127T190000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261127T213000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034412
CREATED:20260821T032456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T000647Z
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SUMMARY:Meteor End of Year Quiz Night Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:We’re back again! Gather your quiz team and test yourselves on a range of knowledge!\nThe Meteor fam return for another night of brain baffling boffin-ry. The bar is open\, the clues are ready\, so bring your biggest brains and compete for some fantastic prizes. \nCheeseboards available to purchase for $30 each! Serves roughly 6-8 people\, but if you love cheese\, why not buy two! These must be ordered in advance by emailing kiaora@themeteor.co.nz\, they won’t be available for purchase on the night. Cut off for order is Wed 25th November 5pm. No dietaries sorry! \n\n1 ticket per table: Each table can hold a maximum of eight people. \nRunning time: Approx 2.5 hours. Doors open 6.30pm\, Quiz starts at 7pm. \nQuiz master: Jam Smith
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/meteor-end-of-year-quiz-night-fundraiser/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261209T110000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261218T183000
DTSTAMP:20261012T034412
CREATED:20260910T032900Z
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SUMMARY:TREES AT THE METEOR
DESCRIPTION:Fire up the hot glue gun\, mix up your paint pots\, and sharpen your scissors because Trees at The Meteor is back again for 2026! \nIf you’re planning\, or already working on\, a creative interpretation of the festive Christmas tree\, please use this form to register your details for our tree-rific exhibition of hand-made tree-ts! \nThis exhibition and event is all about connection and kindness within the community at Christmas time\, so remember to incorporate this idea into your wonderful and wacky creation! \n\nTrees at The Meteor has been a traditional family Christmas outing for tens of thousands of Hamiltonians since its inception in 2007. This well-loved community arts focused event draws widely from across the city and attracts thousands of annual visitors to participate and vote\, view the works created by people of Kirikiriroa\, and experience social connection and fun in a joyful environment. \nTrees At The Meteor delivers a ‘Compassion not Consumption’ kaupapa\, as an affordable event that exhibits creative\, hand-made interpretations of festive trees\, focusing on connection and kindness within the community at Christmas time. \nWe are pleased to host this regular fixture of the Christmas calendar\, as many are eager to experience the magic and fairy lights of the Trees exhibition again\, marvelling at all the wonderful\, wacky\, and inventive ways their fellow citizens have interpreted the iconic Christmas Tree. \nThis year\, the Trees at The Meteor exhibition will run from the 9th-18th December 2026. Opening hours are: \nWednesday 9th – Saturday 12th December\, 11am-2pm \nTuesday 15th – Friday 18th December\, 6:30pm-9pm \nEntry is by koha! \n\nWant to support Trees at The Meteor? We’ll soon be looking for volunteers to help! Get in touch with us by emailing trees@themeteorco.nz for more info
URL:https://themeteor.co.nz/event/10693/
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