Running into the Sun


Tuesday 9 September - Sunday 14 September 2025

Time

6.30PM – 7.30PM

Pricing

  • General Admission $40.00
  • Concession $30.00
    + $1.50 booking fee
  • Venue: Cloisters Studio

    A 60 minute, high octane performance at the Christchurch Arts Centre with two actors, a three piece jazz band and four contemporary dancers.

    It’s graduation night. Ash and Mary discover they are pregnant. A flash flood hits their hometown. The war crimes overseas become more horrifying.

    Running into the Sun arrives back in Aotearoa after a breakthrough debut at the 2024 Melbourne Fringe, winning Best Emerging Company and Best Theatre from a pool of 400 international shows.

    Get ready for a 60 minute whirlwind performance at the Christchurch Arts Centre with two actors, a three piece jazz band and four contemporary dancers.

    Location map

    Cloisters Studio,
    Worcester Boulevard

    Market Square Hereford St Carpark Boys' High Entrance Engineering Laneway The Observatory Hotel Courtyard South Quad North Quad Registry Student Union The Gym Engineering Cloisters Studio Common Room Library Biology, Observatory and Physics Chemistry School of Art West Lecture Classics Rutherford's Den Clock Tower Boy's High Workshop Great Hall
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