Save the Ice Creams. Save the World!

Siblings Bonnie and Nikau have been promised a special treat, ice creams! But it’s a hot day and on the way home the ice creams begin to melt…

Their journey home becomes an epic adventure that transforms important issues around environmental change into a double scoop of delight. Sprinkled with aerial acrobatics, contortion, ice cream juggling and more, the siblings work their way through environmental issues to get the ice cream safely home for the whānau.

Children and families delight in this silly, fun and sweet story told through the wonders of circus.

Ticket includes an illustrated PDF storybook to help learners prepare for or reflect on the story.

The Ice Cream is Melting! will be performed at Ellerslie Arts, home of The Dust Palace in the Ellerslie War Memorial Hall, right in the heart of Ellerslie these school holidays. Suitable for children aged 3-8 and their families.

AUCKLAND SHOWS:

Fri 3 April & Mon 6 - Sat 11 April

2 shows daily at 10am and 1pm

We’re also touring to Carterton and Hastings!

WAIRARAPA EVENT CENTRE, Carterton

Wed 15 April, 11am show

Plus free workshops at 1pm and 2pm

And in collaboration with the Carterton Climate Council, we’ll be running free workshops for Rangatahi as part of their climate forum on Tue 14 April.

LIFT OFF FESTIVAL at TOITOI, Hastings

We are excited to be part of the Lift Off Children’s art festival at ToiToi in Hastings this year, with shows and a workshop:

Shows

Friday 17 April 2026, 2:30pm

Saturday 18 April 2026, 10:30am

Saturday 18 April 2026, 2:30pm

Circus Workshop
Friday, April 17th | 10am - 11.30am | Assembly Ballroom

Book workshop

TERM 2 NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGS!!!

For a discount on packages use this CODE by Sunday April 12th.

CODE: 10%OFFTERM2PACKAGE

THIS ONE’S ON US!

13 - 14th APRIL

Two days of workshops and performances at Ellerslie Arts.

Free circus and drama performances and workshops -

And did we mention IT’S ALL FREE!!!!

He karanga nō te kainga. Pulling us heart first back to the ngāhere.

The Tūī soaks up the world around it and responds in song. Though beautiful, its tune is now a faint echo of what it once was when Aotearoa was blanketed in the ngāhere, flutes of patupaiarehe filled the trees and Māori alone walked gently upon their mother.

Te Tangi a Te Tūī invites you to experience an enchanting and empowering Māori cirque theatre work about adaptation and authenticity. This collaboration between kaupapa Māori theatre company, Te Rēhia Theatre and circus theatre company, The Dust Palace, is an evocative narrative of love and loss between Māori and the natural world in the face of colonial impact.

After sell out seasons in Vancouver, Tāmaki Makaurau, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taranaki, Whangārei & Kerikieri, Te Tangi a Te Tūī is set to travel back to Canada in 2026.