Presenters - Beyond The Page

String Bean Puppets with Anna Bailey

String Bean Puppets is a Wellington puppet company dedicated to sharing the wonder and magic of puppetry. Anna is a traveling puppeteer and as well as performing locally in a variety of settings she has traveled extensively overseas to Street Theatre Festivals, Puppet festivals, Children’s Theatre Festivals and Fringe Festivals. Anna performs intimate and lyrical […]

Little Dog Barking Theatre

Colourful props and puppets are woven together by Kenny King to tell this story in English, Te Reo Māori and Samoan. Enjoy an exciting story of change, colour and creation!

Sara Hirsch

Sara Hirsch is a London-grown poet and spoken word educator currently on loan to New Zealand. She is a former UK Slam Champion, ranked third in the World Slam Championships in 2014 and won the European Slam in Madrid in 2016. She is a TEDx speaker, has performed at Glastonbury and live on the BBC […]

Toro Pikopiko

Jeffrey Addison (Ngai Tahu) and Whaitaima Te Whare (Ngati Tuwharetoa) are a dynamic performance duo who have created and toured fifteen original puppet shows since 1995, when they founded Toro Pikopiko Puppets. Since then, they have built up over 25 years’ experience creating radio and television programmes for children, and touring their acclaimed bilingual puppet […]

VIVITA | Terran from Conjured Craft

Leading VIVITA Aotearoa’s ‘Serious Sculpting’ workshop is local creator Terran, from Conjured Craft: “Hi there! My name is Terran and I’m a self-taught artist making sculptures, props, dioramas, and more. I love filming tutorials of my projects and sharing them online to teach others.” Subscribe to Terran on YouTube here: Conjured Craft | YouTubeFollow Terran […]

VIVITA Aotearoa

VIVITA Aotearoa is a dynamic co-creation environment that facilitates learning experiences in creative thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship. With support from local and global networks, our experiences open up opportunities for children to work on projects, products, or services that are important to them and their communities. Thanks to the global VIVITA network, learning experiences are […]

Zealandia | Te Māra a Tāne

Zealandia is the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with an extraordinary 500-year vision to restore a Wellington valley’s forest and freshwater ecosystems as closely as possible to their pre-human state. The 225 hectare (500+ acre) ecosanctuary is a groundbreaking conservation project that has reintroduced 18 species of native wildlife back into the area, some of […]

VIVITA | Ralph Titmuss

Leading VIVITA Aotearoa’s ‘Miniature Modelling’ workshop is local creator Ralph Titmuss. Ralph is an experienced Construction Project Manager working on diplomatic projects all across the globe. When not building full-size things, he can be found building miniature worlds and characters in a range of styles. Learn more about VIVITA Aotearoa on their website. View events

VIVITA | Sanit Klamchanuan

Leading VIVITA Aotearoa’s ‘Cardboard Costumes’ workshop is professional costume designer Sanit Klamchanuan. Sanit is a passionate maker who wants to share the joy of making with others. Follow Sanit on Instagram here: spicythaidesign | InstagramFollow Sanit on ArtStation here: spicythaidesign | ArtStation Learn more about VIVITA Aotearoa on their website. View events