Performance

Saturday, 5 September — 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Gather your crew and soak up the energy of this spirited live poetry showcase.

Saturday, 5 September — 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Join celebrated writer and artist Jo Randerson for this special, interactive, visionary event where they will reveal how to apply and infuse Secret Art Powers into your daily life.

Saturday, 5 September — 6:00pm – 7:00pm

With over 35 years in the music industry, Shihad’s Jon Toogood is a legend of local hard rock.

Friday, 4 September — 8:30pm – 9:30pm

In Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, poet Kate Camp interrogates her teenage accounts of sex, drugs, and risk-taking. See it unfold on stage!

Friday, 4 September — 6:30pm – 7:45pm

Snap up your tickets to this riotous session of tiny lectures. Five writers share their weird and wonderful deep obsessions!

Thursday, 3 September — 8:00pm – 9:15pm

Papers past, read by some of our favorite voices in the festival including Elisabeth Easther and Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu). A special night of storytelling via scrawled messages and typewriter ink.

Thursday, 3 September — 7:00pm – 9:30pm

The Ōtautahi Poetry Slam returns to WORD Christchurch! Poets will be throwing down like their lives depend on it, raising the bar a little more over three intense rounds.

Wednesday, 2 September — 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Celebrate our rangatahi, what they have to say and the stories they want to share. Expect the voices of youth to speak their truth proudly and loudly – no topic is too big for these brave poets!

Tuesday, 1 September — 7:00pm – 8:15pm

Multi-instrumentalist Riki Pirihi (Ngāti Wai, Patuharakeke, Ngaati Maahanga) and award-winning writer Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā) weave together sound and story, taonga pūoro and strings, in this special performance.