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Outdoor Cinema 2026

Fri 3 - Sun 5, Fri 10 - Sat 11 & Fri 17 - Sat 18 April 2026

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Kids $5 | Adults $10 | Family $25
Booking fees additional.  

Arts Centre Restoration Awarded Again

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The United Nations Education and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) has once again recognised the quality of post-quake restoration and conservation at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre.

Airbnb in the Creative Residence

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Located in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch within the cultural precinct, just a one minute walk to the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch Art Gallery, and tramways, you will be wowed by this stunning space. You will love the views of Arts Centre's historic buildings. With a 1920's art deco style art-house cinema and bar right outside your door you'll never want to leave.

Cubbin Theatre

Creative Residences

Cubbin Theatre’s distinctive approach prioritises the needs of their very young audience. Their critically acclaimed show, Up and Away, for infants who cannot yet walk was developed in collaboration with a Speech Language Therapist and is performed to very small numbers inside a gently lit teepee, where the audience can crawl around safely. In March 2025, Cubbin Theatre performed this show by invitation at the prestigious ASSITEJ International festival in Marseille, France.

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Creative Residences

Cubbin Theatre

Various dates throughout 2026

The Arts Centre's 2026 Company-in-Residence, Cubbin Theatre, specialise in imaginative and interactive theatre for children.

Introducing The Arts Centre’s 2025 Company-in-Residence

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The remarkable Cubbin Theatre will be Company-in-Residence at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre for 2025.

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Artists’ Studios Re-open at The Arts Centre

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Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre has reinstated the tradition of open artists’ studios, where the public can watch artists at work. The open studios were a popular feature of The Arts Centre before the Canterbury earthquakes.

The Central Art Gallery gifted to Arts Centre Trust

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The Arts Centre Trust and The Central Art Gallery have jointly developed a plan to extend the life of The Central Art Gallery which was due to close at the end of March.