Raye Freedman Arts Centre

01/05/2026

Congratulations to The Classical Collab on a truly amazing showcase! First, Light featured a dazzling array of passionate emerging artists, young talent and guest performers who brought together an incredible arrangement of contemporary ballet performances. Always a treasure to have you in the centre.

11/09/2025

Tickets are on sale now for Kumo Taiko's TEN, a celebration of the group’s first decade with original compositions, choreographed routines, and dynamic performances that showcase the energy, cultural depth, and community spirit of taiko drumming. With over 30 performers beating out the rhythms, this will be their most ambitious production yet!

Secure your tickets now through our website: https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/ten/

23/04/2025

Auckland’s top pop choir brings its 80-voice power to the June edition of its biennial concert. VoiceClub Choir sing pop songs old and new, presented in polyphony with the theme of “Looking Up” – to the stars, the moon, the sky – in fact anything heavenward.

Special guests Linn Lorkin and Hershal Herscher present Linn’s famous original songs with a nostalgic nod to New Zealand.

Secure your tickets now through our website: https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/looking-up/

15/04/2025

Acclaimed New York indie musician Joan As Police Woman – aka Joan Wasser – performs a very special career-spanning concert at Ray Freedman Arts Centre in Auckland.

Joan – at the grand piano - will perform a career-spanning concert including material right up to new album Lemons, Limes & Orchids, which as charmed critics and fans alike.

Experience the artistry of Joan As Police Woman up close at the wonderful theatre venue. Secure your tickets now https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/joan-police-woman/
“The coolest woman in pop”
The Times


“a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane”
The Guardian

27/03/2025

Experience the incredible talent and imagination of Auckland’s rangitahi as they take on the magic of Shakespeare in new and exciting ways.

Next week, The Raye Freedman Arts Centre and Epsom Girls Grammar School are hosting the SGCNZ Auckland Central Regional Shakespeare Festival 2025! During the festival, students bring Shakespeare’s work to life with their creative reimaginings, performing 5 minute and 15 minute scenes.

Join us to celebrate Shakespeare! Secure your tickets now https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/sgcnz-victoria-university-wellington-regional-shakespeare-festival-auckland-central/

14/08/2023

On the 9th of September The Classical Collab's SHORT STORIES is coming to the Raye Freedman Arts Centre!

Short Stories is a quadruple bill comprising four newly commissioned contemporary ballet pieces, performed by The Classical Collab’s 2023 company dancers and choreographed by Sarah Knox, Bjorn Aslund, Jessica Opacic and Meaghan Rowe.

Come along and see some of Auckland’s finest young artists in a production which explores four narratives from four unique choreographic perspectives.

To secure your tickets head to our website:
https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/short-stories/

01/05/2023

03/10/2022

Here's Michael Hurst - he's narrating the text by Pico Iyer in "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Seven". Head over to aco.co.nz and join our mailing list to get invite for tickets. It's free to get in (koha on exit). Also in the programme is "Idyll" by Janáček and "Transfigured Night" by Schoenberg. Sunday October 9 @ 5pm, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

17/09/2022

16/09/2022

There’s still tickets available to see The Classical Collab - Auckland Youth Dance Theatre at the RFAC tomorrow night. Don’t miss out! 🔥

For more information and tickets, head to our website: https://www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz/event/reframe/

On this weekend in Auckland! The wonderful dancers and artists of The Classical Collab - Auckland Youth Dance Theatre will challenge and excite you through their performances! Get your tickets on www.iticket.co.nz to watch REFRAME (Sep 17, 2022 - Raye Freedman Arts Centre)