The Piano

28/10/2026

🥳 Whakanuia, celebrate our 10th Birthday with us!

Join us for a one-night-only birthday bash as we celebrate ten years of The Piano! Enjoy an unforgettable evening of performances showcasing the incredible breadth of Canterbury’s artistic talent, from Ōtautahi’s next generation of rising stars to celebrated professionals, with special performances from our very own artists-in-residence. Our MC is Jed Parsons - so you know it’ll be a great night!

Featuring
NZ Army Band, Mel Parsons, Jubilate Singers, Jimmy Rainey, Alice Tanner & Friends, Students from Burnside High School & Te Kura Whakapūmau, Michael Endres and Terrible Sons.
The Jubilate Singers Terrible Sons

🎟 A strictly limited release of tickets available - get in quick!

📅 Thursday 19 November, 7.00pm
Tickets at the link in comments 👇

27/10/2026

🌙 A dreamy reverie with the NZTrio.

NZTrio are back to close out our 2026 Christopher's Classics season with an evening of mesmerising melodies, atmospheric soundscapes, and musical storytelling.

Featuring the works of Hannah Kulenty, Robert Schumann, Adam Schoenberg, Karlo Margetić (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music Tarling Trust Commission), and Leonard Bernstein.

📅 Thursday 05 November, 7.30pm
Tickets at the link in the comments 👇

Music, Arts, Events. A Place where you'll hear sound like you've never heard before.

25/10/2026

The Te Whare Tapere Performing Arts Precinct Open Day is on today!

Come along between 10am-2pm and discover the creative heart of the city. There will be free performances, activities, workshops, behind-the-scenes experiences and more, with The Court Theatre, Isaac Theatre Royal, The Piano and Tūranga opening their doors and welcoming the community to discover what happens inside these creative spaces.

Enjoy live performances from the Big Band Festival, get involved in activities for all ages, explore the venues and meet some of the people who make Ōtautahi’s performing arts scene so vibrant.

Whether you’re a lifelong theatre-lover, a budding performer, a music fan, a curious first-timer or looking for something fun to do with the whānau, there’s something to discover.

Free entry, all ages welcome.

23/10/2026

💫 Our 2027 Christopher's Classics Season is here!

We celebrate the special conversations amongst chamber music artists and audiences with a line up of unique collaborations, traversing classical, jazz, contemporary and theatre.

👇 Check out our full line up in the comments below
🔵 Season Subscriptions provide massive savings, flexible ticket exchanges, and priority seating
🟣 Subscriptions available until 28 February 2027. Single tickets on sale from 1 March 2027.

21/10/2026

👀 A little behind-the-scenes sneak peek!

Take a listen to this snippet of Walter Gieseking's lush Quintet for Piano and Winds.

Don't miss your chance to see Aotearoa's finest principal wind players alongside pianist Liam Wooding TOMORROW!

Tickets in the comments 👇

Sam Brough David McGregor Liam Wooding Emma Eden

16/10/2026

💨 The winds take over!

We're delighted to bring together some of New Zealand's finest principal wind players from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, alongside exceptional pianist Liam Wooding.

Wind Masterworks explores the refinement of Mozart, the lush, impressionistic sounds of Walter Gieseking, and the themes of memory and nostalgia in Cameron Monteath’s Recollection (world premiere).

Wind Masterworks
Presented by Christopher's Classics at The Piano

📅 Thursday 22 October, 7.30pm
Tickets in the comments 👇

Music, Arts, Events. A Place where you'll hear sound like you've never heard before.

13/10/2026

🔥 It's all going on over here!

An epic week of shows is coming up at The Piano. So which one are you tagging along to? 👀

📅 Wednesday 14 October – Paul Bosauder Arco y Olvide (Album Release Tour)

📅 Thursday 15 October – The Tempestuous Hot Pink Penny Ashton

📅 Friday 16 - Sunday 18 October – Enchanting Productions: Sweet William or Born to be Bard

📅 Friday 16 October – Music Star Teachers' Concert 2026: Star of Something New

📅 Saturday 17 October – An Evening with Wayne Mason: After All These Years Tour

Check out the link in the comments below for more info👇

11/10/2026

📣 The Great Big Arts Debate!

That's right folks, the arts matter enough to host a dedicated debate about why it's so important to have the arts for our society. Ōtautahi Christchurch arts organisations are bringing representatives from all political parties together for one big, unmissable kōrero: The Great Big Arts Debate.

Straight talk, sharp questions, and the public in the room. Moderated by arts and culture champion Ali Jones, hosted at The Court Theatre.

📆 Monday 12 October, 5.30pm - 7.30pm
📍The Court Theatre
👇Free but ticketed event, register at the link in comments

Let’s hear what our political parties have in store for ‘the capital of cool’* - RNZ, October 2025.

Do you have a burning question you want to put to the representatives? Email [email protected] with your questions.

10/10/2026

🔥 Last tickets are selling fast!

Less than one week to go until award-winning comedian Penny Ashton, creator and star of smash hits Promise and Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom and Austen Found, presents her latest literary solo musical with this Shakespearean frolic.

As our friends at WORD Christchurch say, don't get FOMO, get booking!

📅 Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm
Tickets in the comments below 👇

Hot Pink Penny Ashton

09/10/2026

😎 Step into this weekend right here at The Piano.

Check out this epic range of shows and workshops happening.

📅 Saturday 10 October – Festival of New Theatre: Tessa Waters Do the Hustle Workshop

📅 Saturday 10 October– Festival of New Theatre: Dan Pengelly Devising Workshop Isaac Theatre Royal

📅 Saturday 10 October – National Band of New Zealand

📅 Sunday 11 October – Somi Kim: Sundays at Four International Piano Recital Series

Check out the link in the comments below for more info👇