Six Degrees Festival 2026
6 Dynamic New Shows
Established In 2018, the Six Degrees Festival is a staple of the Victoria University MFA (Creative Practice) at Te Whare Ngangahau–Theatre and Performance Studies.
Fun, quirky, serious, or thought-provoking, the shows produced under the festival have served as launching pads for the careers of many successful arts practitioners.
Following on from an epic 2025, that included gems such as; A Hardware Love Affair, Homebodies, Strays, Youltide, and a rehearsed play reading of Tama, the 6 Degrees Festival 2026, once again promises to delight audiences with another smorgasbord of emerging talent, straight out of Victoria University's MFA in Creative Practice.
Want to grab a ticket to two shows?? Check out the 6Degrees DOUBLE PASS (Concession/Waged)
Keen to check out four shows?? Check out the 6Degrees SEASON PASS (Concession/Waged)
The Awakening
25 - 28 November
Rambler Collective
We follow Rory as she disocvers magic that could bring back her brother from the dead. However, the mysterious man weilding this power has his own agenda, which begs the question: What price will they have to pay? As Rory finds strength in herself and grapples with the loss of a defining figure in her life, we explore grief in young adults (18-21) in our home of Aotearoa.
Since She Burned
Tangled Cats Theatre
25 - 28 November
‘Since She Burned’ is a queer-feminist adaptation of Espy W.H. Williams' Witchcraft or The Witch of Salem. The story follows Amy Fairfax as she grapples with the accusation of witchcraft.
Endemic Park (The Musical)
Jules Daniel
27 November
A selection of elements from an upcoming musical. This show aims to center and give agency to multiple gender-diverse creative voices identifying under the trans umbrella.
Undreamt.
Lie-less Theatre
2 - 5 December
Undreamt. explores the murky depths of dreams and nightmares through absurdist/physical solo performance. By conducting 'dream interviews' with a variety of anonymous participants, we devised Undreamt. with the goal of transforming 'subconscious truths' into physical narratives.
Every Brilliant Thing
Duncan Macmillan & Johnny Donahoe
2 - 5 December
Every Brilliant Thing begins with a plan hatched by a seven-year-old in an attempt to understand their mother’s depression and help lift her out of it by documenting all the joys in life. Starting with the basics, like ice cream and the color yellow. The list is maintained throughout their lifetime and highlights the narrator’s ever-changing view of what is beautiful about the world as they reach adulthood.
NZSL integrated throughout the performance in collaboration with Pollyanna Ferguson
The Final Rehearsal
Akash Bhargava
2 - 5 December
A live theatrical show with film which represents a super natural love story about grief, unfinished conversations and the difficulty of letting someone go.
