Tēnā koutou! Nau mai haere mai ki te hōtaka Hotoke me hōtaka Matariki ō Basement Theatre.
Welcome to the 2025 Winter/Matariki season at Basement Theatre – a season of warm incubation, idea exploration and embracing our unique togetherness.
This year’s national theme for Matariki – Matariki mā Puanga – is about celebrating diversity and Matariki together. This speaks to us as it cosies up nicely with our own value of Wildly Connecting. Basement Theatre being a facilitator for Aotearoa’s artistic communities to come together is one of our drivers, and a core way we can bring about positive social change.
Our Winter/Matariki programme sees this kaupapa in full swing within our jam-packed season, communities of artists and audiences from across the motu and artforms all coming together under the one roof.
One week in July, we see William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar performed by only two performers upstairs and also a 7th-century Sanskrit farce happening downstairs.
In another week, we’ll have a new play from Pōneke matched up with a return season from Tāmaki.
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And in the final week of the season, a dance show confronts individual and shared taniwha while a theatre solo confronts grief as it descends into chaos.
Basement Theatre’s Winter/Matariki season gives us all a moment to be in the moment, to acknowledge those who have come before and for us to dream of futures together. We can’t wait to experience this with you x
