Poetry in Performance - Spring Season (3 of 4)

Name: Poetry in Performance - Spring Season (3 of 4)
Start: 2026-10-15T18:30:00+1300
End: 2026-10-15T20:30:00+1300
Location: 130 Madras Street, Imagitech Theatre at the Ara Institute of Canterbury

Thu, 15 Oct, 6:30pm - 8:30pm NZDT

130 Madras Street, Imagitech Theatre at the Ara Institute of Canterbury

Christchurch, New Zealand

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Canterbury Poets' Collective

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Join us in the Ara Imagitech Theatre for our spring season of Poetry in Performance, the iconic open mic and reading series brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective (CPC).

Tonight, we welcome guest poets EMMA BARNES, KERRIN P. SHARPE, and CLAUDIA HERZ JARDINE.

Settle in for two hours of great poetry, including our warm and friendly open mic! Arrive early to add your name to the open mic list, mix and mingle, and grab a good seat before we get started at 6.30 pm sharp.

Tickets are $10 each night or $30 for a season/supporter ticket, giving you all 4 nights for the price of 3. Plus, the option to join via Teams (perfect if you suddenly can't make it in person one night but you don't want to miss out!). Individual nights and season tickets can also be purchased at the door. Refunds not available.

All funds raised go to support future CPC events and poetry in Canterbury. Big thanks to our venue sponsor Ara Institute of Canterbury.

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Grounded in Canterbury and centred in Christchurch, the Canterbury Poets’ Collective run the annual CPC Poetry in Performance readings, bringing the best, most diverse list of poets in Aotearoa New Zealand to perform live alongside established and emerging local talent. Our legendary poetry open mic also offers a welcoming place for writers of all levels to test-drive new ideas and develop their art.

We were founded in 1989 by Karen McNabb, Jeffrey Harpeng and David Howard, with the aim of fostering access to, and excellence in, the art of poetry.

Our annual Poetry in Performance readings series began in 1990, and has continued every year despite earthquakes, fires, and Covid 19. It is the longest-running poetry reading series in Aotearoa New Zealand.

While the readings are a central part of what we do, the CPC also takes local poets on tours to other centers, runs the annual youth event Lambing Season, publishes anthologies of work from the open mic, and in 2021/22 launched the John O’Connor Award – a biannual manuscript competition for the best first collection by a local writer.

Poetry is what sustains us
when nothing else makes sense.

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Thu, 15 Oct, 6:30pm - 8:30pm NZDT

130 Madras Street, Imagitech Theatre at the Ara Institute of Canterbury

Christchurch, New Zealand

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