Arrive curious.

As The Hannah’s General Manager Eleanor Strathern marks the milestone of a year in the job, we reflect on the year that’s been, the progress that’s been made, and everything still to come. One thing’s for sure:  The Hannah isn’t just open; it’s alive, generous, and essential. A place where art is made, remade, and made possible.

When Untitled Warehouse Project take over The Hannah with their new work OMNIA, it won’t look or sound like your average night at the theatre. The Wellington-based collective are flipping expectations — drawing rave culture into the architecture of our brutalist theatre, and in the process challenging how we value creativity in a world that prizes business models over artistic risk. As we understand it, this is the first rave ever to happen at The Hannah!

Laughter is a lifeblood of Wellington’s arts scene, and in August, The Hannah hosted the Raw Comedy Quest Wellington Final, a night where the next generation of comics step into the spotlight. The nationwide competition has launched countless careers, and in Wellington it has been nurtured for 15 years by producer Jerome Chandrahasen, who knows just how transformative stand-up can be.