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The Performance Arcade is an annual festival held on Wellington's waterfront of live-art and music events held in a temporary installation of
The Performance Arcade was first held in 2011 and was founded and is led by the Director, Sam Trubridge. It often attracts up to 60,000 people. In 2021 Sam Trubridge received the Arts Wellingtonian of the Year award as founder of The Performance Arcade.
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s. It is free entry and designed to attract passers-by and be family friendly.
History
The Performance Arcade was first held in 2011 and was founded and is led by the Director, Sam Trubridge. It often attracts up to 60,000 people. In 2021 Sam Trubridge received the Arts Wellingtonian of the Year award as founder of The Performance Arcade.
Programme
The programme is a range ofperformance art
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...
, theatre artists and music. The Performance Arcade was part of the 2014 New Zealand Festival and featured 14 container works from both New Zealand and international artists (Australia, Canada and USA). New Zealand companies included Java Dance, Binge Culture, Barbarian Productions and Touch Compass
Touch Compass is a professional disability-led arts and accessible education organisation in New Zealand established in 1997 as a disability-integrated dance company. They have been at the forefront of access arts, dance and theatre in New Zea ...
. Three video works from the 2108 and 2019 programmes were presented by The Wallace Art Trust at the Pah Homestead
The Pah Homestead is a historic home located in the suburb of Hillsborough in Auckland, New Zealand, within the bounds of Monte Cecilia Park. It is owned by the Auckland Council, and is currently used as an art gallery, housing the Arts House T ...
in 2019 showing 'performance art, dance and drawing practices'.
In 2022 there were 15 performance art 'experiences' including ''Kia Tūhono,'' a sonic installation made from sound from an ancient log from the Wairarapa
The Wairarapa (; ), a geographical region of New Zealand, lies in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay Region. It is lightly populated, having several rural service t ...
created by Warren Maxwell (of band TrinityRoots), and a music series with 40 performances. ''The Floating Theatre'' by director and designer Stephen Bain was part of the programme in 2023. The Performance Arcade in 2023 was in the New Zealand Fringe Festival
The New Zealand Fringe Festival is an open access arts festival in Wellington, New Zealand, held over several weeks in February and March each year. The 2025 programme marks the festival's 35th anniversary.
Background
The festival was establis ...
programme.
References
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