Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre

Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Event Centre aims to be the most vibrant arts, culture and events facility in Aotearoa. Toitoi means to motivate, inspire, enthuse.

With a clear community mandate to deliver a diverse programme, Toitoi is the cultural heart of Hastings. Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre includes the Opera House, Municipal Building, Cushing Foyer, Functions on Hastings and Eastbourne Corner. It's the pinnacle of achievement. Toitoitia! "Go for it!"

Toitoi remembers our legacy waiata - Pōkarekare Ana. It was ascribed to one of our earli

est written versions of the song, now held in the National Library. Toitoi is used to describe the quick movements in dance that mimic birds and fish. Toi is simply art. Toi toi toi comes from the world of opera, borrowed from German then Italian, it's a performer's way to say, "Good Luck".

💥 Ding D**g’s back, baby! 💥Get ready to tease your hair, warm up your vocal cords and dust off your leg warmers – the Di...
01/07/2025

💥 Ding D**g’s back, baby! 💥

Get ready to tease your hair, warm up your vocal cords and dust off your leg warmers – the Ding D**g Sing Song Pub Quiz Games Night (80s) Costume Party is making its radical return to Toitoi! 🎤🕺

Part costume party, part sing-along, part pub quiz, part games night – it's your table versus everyone else in a hilarious, chaotic, slightly inappropriate battle for glory. With prizes, party tunes and enough neon to light up the whole block, this is the 80s night out you didn’t know you needed.

📅 Saturday August 16
📍 Functions on Hastings
🎟 $240 for a table of 8 (+fees) – get the crew together now!

Tickets are flying out faster than a Walkman mixtape – don’t miss out!
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite!

🎭 The show must go on – but what happens before it begins?Mr & Mrs Macbeth of Duart Valley Road is a razor-sharp comedy ...
30/06/2025

🎭 The show must go on – but what happens before it begins?

Mr & Mrs Macbeth of Duart Valley Road is a razor-sharp comedy about two actors, one dressing room, and a whole lot of unresolved drama. Set just moments before curtain-up on their new production of Macbeth, real-life tensions bubble to the surface – with career-crushing consequences and hilariously awkward timing.

Starring legends Mark Hadlow (The Hobbit) and Lara MacGregor (Clickbait), this backstage comedy delivers Shakespearean chaos, Taika Waititi cameos (sort of), and the kind of explosive chemistry that only happens between long-time lovers... or bitter stage rivals.

🎟 Two nights only – Wednesday July 23 & Thursday July 24
📍 Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre
💥 Book now before it sells out!

Tickets available from our website or your local isite now!

📚 School’s out, adventure’s in! 🎉The July school holidays kick off today – and we’ve got the perfect treat for your litt...
30/06/2025

📚 School’s out, adventure’s in! 🎉

The July school holidays kick off today – and we’ve got the perfect treat for your little explorers! The Gruffalo is stomping into Toitoi this Friday with FOUR magical performances full of laughs, songs and storytelling fun.

Whether you’ve read the book a hundred times or this is your first trip into the deep dark wood, this stage adaptation brings the beloved story to life in the most delightful way.

🦊🐍🦉👣 Ideal for ages 3+ and loved by the whole whānau – it’s a must-do holiday outing.

🎟 Tickets still available for all four shows, but they’re going fast – don’t miss out!
📅 Friday July 4 & Saturday July 5

Book now at toitoivenues.co.nz or your local isite...

🍎 The Ballad of Briar Grant – coming to Toitoi Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 July!What are the chances? Hayley’s life just e...
29/06/2025

🍎 The Ballad of Briar Grant – coming to Toitoi Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 July!

What are the chances? Hayley’s life just exploded… and now she’s stuck in a French orchard working with the namesake of the woman who set off the bomb...

This sharp, funny, and heartfelt new dramedy by Jack McGee dives headfirst into friendship fallouts, fresh starts, and fierce orchard energy. Presented by Squash Co. Arts Collective, The Ballad of Briar Grant is a love letter to complicated women, deep-rooted grudges, and the healing power of the French countryside.

✨ Two divas. One name. Endless baggage.
🎭 Don’t miss this bold new Aotearoa work!

🎟️ Book now – this one’s juicy. Tickets available from our website or your local isite...

🎻 Assembly Room Tunes: Marian Burns in Concert – This monday from 10.30am at Toitoi! 🎻Get ready for foot-stomping, hand-...
28/06/2025

🎻 Assembly Room Tunes: Marian Burns in Concert – This monday from 10.30am at Toitoi! 🎻

Get ready for foot-stomping, hand-clapping, high-octane energy as New Zealand’s fiddle queen Marian Burns storms into Toitoi!

From the Eiffel Tower to the Grand Ole Opry, Marian’s taken her unstoppable joy and world-class musicianship global – and now she’s bringing it home to Hawke’s Bay. With a career spanning 40+ years, countless awards (including a Queen’s Honour!), and a reputation for electrifying live performances, this is your chance to see a true Kiwi music legend in action.

🎶 High-speed fiddling
🎶 Global stories
🎶 A whole lot of heart

Doors open at 10.30am for tea and coffee. Concert runs 11am–12pm.
🎟️ Book now – this one’s going to be a blast! Tickets available from our website, your local isite, or on the door...

This show was a sell out smash hit last year, so we're bringing it back but this time with more neon, shoulder pads and ...
28/06/2025

This show was a sell out smash hit last year, so we're bringing it back but this time with more neon, shoulder pads and questionable hairstyles!

Part costume party, part sing-along, part pub quiz, part games night - it's basically your table versus everyone else in a hilarious competition to see who can have the most fun.

Think The Krypton Factor but with absolutely no mental agility, observation, intelligence, physical ability, or general knowledge required.

Get your friends/social club/workmates/team together and book a table (8 people) early, because once it’s full, not even MacGyver can get you in!

The Ding D**g Sing Song Pub Quiz Games Night (80s) Costume Party
Saturday August 16th | 5pm
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...

Don't miss your chance to see Mr and Mrs Alexander tonight at Toitoi! It’s a play… with magic, mind reading and sideshow...
27/06/2025

Don't miss your chance to see Mr and Mrs Alexander tonight at Toitoi!

It’s a play… with magic, mind reading and sideshow stunts woven into the story. Celebrate the hucksters, mediums and scam artists of the past with the show that NOW Toronto called “Gripping theatre, full of laughs and thrills, surprises and delights.”

Tickets available from our website, your local isite, or on the door 1 hour before the show.

Get ready, Hawke’s Bay. Cirque Bon Bon is coming. Following sold-out seasons across Australia, this electrifying all-ag...
27/06/2025

Get ready, Hawke’s Bay. Cirque Bon Bon is coming.

Following sold-out seasons across Australia, this electrifying all-ages spectacular makes its international debut in New Zealand with three performances as part of the 2025 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival (9-19 October).

Created by former Cirque du Soleil Creative Director Ash Jacks and choreographer Julieann Nugent, Cirque Bon Bon is a 70-minute fusion of beauty and laugh-out-loud bravery. Expect acrobatics, dance, comedy and glittering visual magic - all wrapped into a show that’s as much fun for a five-year-old as it is for a seventy-five-year-old.

You’ll see aerial artistry, Guinness World Record–breaking contortion, roller-skating duos, hula hoops and an outrageous emcee.

Every moment is designed to dazzle and leave you wondering HOW ON EARTH they just did that!

Friday 17 October – 6pm
Saturday 18 October – 2pm and 6pm
Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, Opera House
All ages
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite!

Calling all millennials, tweens, teens and those in betweens. Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is for you! This darkly goofy ...
27/06/2025

Calling all millennials, tweens, teens and those in betweens. Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is for you!

This darkly goofy one-woman show is written and performed by elder millennial and apocalypse worrier Florence Hartigan, who can also be seen acting in TV comedy Madam alongside Rachel Griffiths.

A nostalgic journey through the era of Britney Spears and low-rise jeans, Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is a tale of past demons, future hopes, and the universal struggle of the family we need versus the family we get.

Thursday August 14th | 7pm
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite.

🎭 It’s official – Tickets are on sale now for Bill Bailey's brand-new show Vaudevillian!Before streaming, before tv, bef...
26/06/2025

🎭 It’s official – Tickets are on sale now for Bill Bailey's brand-new show Vaudevillian!

Before streaming, before tv, before cinema, before even radio….
There was Vaudeville!
This was the primetime entertainment of its day...
A celebration of comedy, songs, and multifarious skills..

Bill Bailey returns with a show that celebrates this great tradition, as the versatile multi instrumental, multi-lingual, purveyor of humour and musical prowess, who could lay claim to being perhaps the foremost practitioner of this great tradition, an entertainer, a performer, a modern Vaudevillian!

🗓️ Saturday 8 November
📍 Toitoi Opera House
🎟️ Tickets available now from our website or your local isite!

Be quick – they won’t last long!

✨ Need a laugh that actually delivers? ✨Take a night off and treat yourself to Hayley Sproull – The Baroness, live at To...
26/06/2025

✨ Need a laugh that actually delivers? ✨
Take a night off and treat yourself to Hayley Sproull – The Baroness, live at Toitoi!

She’s smart, sharp, and unapologetically funny – with punchlines for every part of life you don’t post about. Fresh from hosting the NZ Comedy Gala and nominated for a Fred Award, Hayley’s latest hour is the perfect mix of cheeky and cathartic.

✅ Easy night out
✅ Guaranteed good time
✅ No nappies, no nonsense

One night only. Zero regrets.
🎟️ Book now and let Hayley do the heavy lifting. You’ve earned this.
Tickets available now from our website, or your local isite.

Hayley Sproull - The Baroness
Saturday August 16th | 7.30pm

If you're a fan of musical theatre, spectacular cabaret, or just looking for a great night out we've got the show for yo...
25/06/2025

If you're a fan of musical theatre, spectacular cabaret, or just looking for a great night out we've got the show for you!

Monster Songs is a high-energy, hair-raising r***e dripping with pop and musical theatre melodrama, and it's coming to Toitoi for one night only as part of our Laugh Your A** Off Festival!

From Bowie, Britney, Moulin Rouge to Rocky Horror, this show is a satisfying Frankenstein’s monster mash of gut-wrenching power ballads to freakishly impressive bangers.

Tickets are on sale now from our website or from your local isite.
Don't miss this one, it's going to sell out fast!

Monster Songs: A Supernatural Pop Cabaret
Friday August 15th | 7.30pm

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What is Toitoi - Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre?

In the heart of Hastings, Toitoi will be a hub for cultural, community and commercial activity. Education and hospitality will add to the life of the centre giving locals and visitors multiple reasons to make Toitoi a vital and vibrant part of their time in Hastings City.

When it’s fully open, Toitoi will mean a lot to all of us . . . it means a lot already!